Mu Yang took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and drew on all the ki in his body. Then he opened his eyes and snapped his head up.
In front of the Destruction Energy Ball, vast as a planet, everything in his field of vision was swallowed up. The oxygen vanished, and the air itself trembled.
The colossal Destruction Energy Ball, radiating energy like the sun at every moment, abruptly hurtled toward Mu Yang.
It was right before him, almost within reach.
Mu Yang raised both hands and struggled to hold back the Ki Blast.
Sweat poured down his face, but it still made no difference!
Mu Yang was still being driven back by the Destruction Energy Sphere, utterly unable to fight back.
"If you can't stop it, then just die here." With his hands behind his back, Champa watched Mu Yang stubbornly resisting below. A flicker of regret passed through his eyes, so faint it was almost impossible to notice.
That brat...
What a waste to make him Beerus's Candidate Destroyer.
Why couldn't he be my Candidate Destroyer instead?
How had Beerus gotten so lucky?
"Don't joke around, God of Destruction Champa!" Even in such a wretched state, Mu Yang gritted his teeth and struggled on, refusing to back down. "I won't lose, and I won't die!"
"Heaven Swallowing Demon Art, activate!"
"Body Tempering Method, activate!"
"Ahhh!! I'll surpass my limits!! I'll reach the pinnacle!!"
The Legendary Super Saiyan Bloodline within Mu Yang boiled and burned.
In an instant, he crossed countless thresholds of power and reached an entirely new dimension!
"What?"
Champa's eyes widened. He was even more envious of Beerus now.
Faced with this life-or-death crisis,
not only had Mu Yang refused to give up, his strength had even reached a whole new level. What kind of monster was he?
This was outrageous!
Champa was seething with envy, but he kept it to himself.
Instead, he continued to sneer. "It's useless. No one can save you."
The gap between a God of Destruction and a mortal was enormous. How could breaking through one or two levels possibly be enough to bridge it?
Champa had only used a quarter of his power, but unless Mu Yang had Super Saiyan Blue-level strength, he had no hope of stopping it.
By then,
Mu Yang's gaze had begun to grow unfocused. He was exhausted, too tired even to think.
There was only one thought in his mind:
He had to stop the Destruction Energy Ball.
The system's mechanical voice rang out once more.
[Ding~, congratulations, host. Having experienced the crisis of life and death, your comprehension has reached the heavens, and you have automatically mastered the Golden Body Tempering Method.]
Golden Body Tempering Method!!
Mu Yang absorbed the information about the Golden Body Tempering Method as it flowed into his mind. There was only one line:
Enter the jaws of death to be reborn; undergo a phoenix-like rebirth and attain the Buddha Golden Body.
Mu Yang's face lit up. He gave up resisting altogether.
Champa's Destruction Energy Sphere gradually swallowed him whole.
"So that's all you had in you?"
Champa descended with a complicated look in his eyes. He sighed regretfully and closed them. "It's over."
"Mu Yang..." Whis furrowed his brows.
"How could this happen?" Vados lost her composure and covered her mouth with her hand.
She hadn't expected things to end this way.
It had only been a sparring match.
Yet it had turned into such a disaster.
But then she remembered what she could do, and let out a breath of relief.
At least there was still a chance to fix this.
But Mu Yang...
Vados shook her head in disappointment. He was nothing more than a hothead.
Though he was extraordinarily gifted, his poor judgment made him fit to be a vanguard, not a general.
"Vados, hurry up and use time reversal! If you wait any longer, that brat really will be dead!" Champa called to Vados beside him, his hands still behind his back.
"I know, Lord Champa." Vados smiled and tightened her grip on the Scepter. She was just about to draw on her angelic power and turn back time with the power of the time laws when—
"Buzz!"
A vast golden radiance suddenly appeared in the Destroyer God Realm.
"What?"
Champa, Whis, and even Vados all gaped in astonishment.
There was Mu Yang before them, his whole body glittering with golden light. He had suddenly absorbed the entire Destruction Energy Ball, and a map of the cosmos seemed to be etched across his body.
Mu Yang sat cross-legged on the ground. Every breath he took revealed the laws of the universe, and his body shone brilliantly.
"Thump!"
A Buddha Golden Body suddenly appeared around Mu Yang.
Then,
under the astonished gazes of the angels and the God of Destruction, Mu Yang slowly opened his eyes. A golden gleam flashed in his pupils, lighting up the world around him.
The energy gradually grew obscure and intangible, then vanished completely.
Mu Yang drew the Buddha Golden Body, which towered dozens of meters behind him, back into his body, then slowly rose to his feet.
Under Champa's astonished gaze, Mu Yang's lips curled into a mischievous, playful smile. "I'm still alive. Are you disappointed, God of Destruction Champa?"
Champa slowly came back to his senses and gave Mu Yang a complicated look. "You..."
He didn't want to say anything more. It was just too upsetting.
His attacks hadn't killed Mu Yang. Instead, they had helped him grow stronger, again and again.
Anyone with a weak heart would have simply given up.
Although Champa could no longer tell how strong Mu Yang had become, judging by the strange celestial phenomenon and that enormous Buddha Golden Body just now,
there was no doubt that Mu Yang's power had transformed to an entirely new level.
"Then let's keep going..."
Mu Yang looked at Champa, his fighting spirit blazing.
But the next moment,
as soon as he finished speaking, he fainted on the spot.
Champa let out a heavy sigh of relief.
Thank goodness...
Whis lightly tapped the ground with his Scepter. A gentle barrier enveloped Mu Yang and carried him over to Whis.
"So Lord Champa can get scared after all?" Vados chuckled.
"Vados, I'm not scared!" Champa insisted. "He did well, so I'm letting him live. That's all."
"Heh... Right, right, of course..." Vados nodded repeatedly.
Champa was at a loss for words.
Vados really was half-hearted in her response.
With an indestructible little cockroach like that, who only got stronger the more you hit him, someone else could take him on.
Champa, at least, wasn't going anywhere near him!
"Then, Sister Vados, I'll take my leave." Whis wanted to take Mu Yang and go.
"Not so fast." Vados smiled and glanced at Mu Yang. "We can leave after this little guy wakes up."
Whis: "..."
He understood now. His sister still hadn't given up on Mu Yang.
"Sister, Mu Yang really likes Universe 7." Whis spoke with a serious expression.
"Damn Beerus, I'll beat you up one of these days," Mu Yang mumbled in his sleep.
"???"
Whis didn't know what to say anymore.
"Ha ha ha ha..." Champa burst out laughing, delighted.
"Looks like little brother Mu Yang doesn't love Universe 7 quite that much after all." Vados gave Whis a meaningful look.
Whis's mouth twitched. He was starting to regret bringing Mu Yang to Universe 6.
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