Six Super Saiyan Forms

Two days later.

In a seemingly endless golden desert, Lei Chen stood atop a dune, gazing out at the vast stretch of sloping terrain before him.

It had been two days since Son Goku killed Baby. Throughout those two days, Lei Chen had remained in his Super Saiyan 4 form.

Ordinary people couldn't approach a Full Power Super Saiyan 4. Otherwise, they'd be burned alive.

In the story, Son Goku and Baby, in his Great Ape form, had fought each other to a standstill, and both had collapsed unconscious on the ground. Son Goku hadn't reverted to his normal state, which showed that a Super Saiyan 4 could maintain the transformation for a long time, provided their energy hadn't run out.

In Dragon Ball Super, the Super Saiyan God could go toe-to-toe with Master Roshi and Krillin. Later, he faded into the background, and any new fighter could match Super Saiyan Blue Goku. The concept of relative strength had gradually grown blurry, and the power levels had become a mess.

But Lei Chen felt that anime was just anime. Now that he was in the real world, Super Saiyan God couldn't go toe-to-toe with just anyone.

Lei Chen could now transform into both a Super Saiyan and a Super Saiyan God. In his eyes, Super Saiyan God was like a mage: powerful, but fragile.

Super Saiyan 4, on the other hand, was like a tanky assassin—capable of both offense and defense.

"Huff..."

Lei Chen took a deep breath. A flash of red light passed over him, and he returned to his normal state.

Lei Chen had completely mastered the technique for transforming into a Super Saiyan 4. His transformation simply wasn't as powerful as before.

Lei Chen now had six transformations: Super Saiyan 1 through 4, Semi-Finished Super Saiyan 4 God, and Super Saiyan God.

That was because, from a young age, Lei Chen had been contemplating the laws of the universe, as described in the novels from his previous life. This had given him a profound understanding of the realms of cultivation. Otherwise, he never could have successfully transformed into a Super Saiyan 4 God.

By treating ki as spiritual energy, Lei Chen had truly managed to cultivate the Dao—or, more accurately, to cultivate godhood.

In the Dragon Ball world, people mainly cultivated by training their muscles and bones to make their bodies stronger, allowing them to absorb and store more ki. Once they accumulated enough, the ki would in turn nourish every cell in their bodies, improving them as a whole.

In other words, cultivation in the Dragon Ball world proceeded from the outside in.

Since Lei Chen had been contemplating the Dao of the universe from a young age, he absorbed ki directly to strengthen himself. His method of cultivation could be said to develop both the inside and the outside.

"Ha!"

A flash of golden light passed over Lei Chen, and he transformed into a Super Saiyan 4 once more. His body was covered in deep red fur. His black hair fell to his back, with locks draped over his shoulders.

This time, Lei Chen had transformed into an ordinary Super Saiyan 4. His hair was black, and his body fur was deep red, a shade darker than Son Goku's. Vegeta's was dark red.

A terrifying aura spread across the entire desert. Centered on Lei Chen, the whole sky instantly darkened.

As an ordinary Super Saiyan 4, Lei Chen had a battle power of only 24 trillion, nowhere near as terrifying as the 240 trillion of Super Saiyan 4 God. After all, Lei Chen's base power was simply too low.

"Only 24 trillion? Looks like my power is too weak."

Lei Chen muttered, then looked up at the sky. Perhaps others on this new Earth couldn't sense the changes in Hell, but Lei Chen, who had reached the divine realm, could feel that it had changed greatly.

Looks like Super 17 will appear in a little over a month.