Dragon Ball Super: The Saiyan Path
Chapter 37

Super 17 Defeated

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"Boom!"

Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku crossed his arms to block, only to be sent flying by Super 17!

"Now is the time!"

Suddenly, Son Goku roared at the top of his lungs.

Super 17 was stunned; he had no idea why Son Goku would say such a thing.

But the next moment, Super 17 understood, as energy blasts filled the sky, hurtling toward him at high speed.

Super 17's face broke into a wild laugh.

"Hahaha, Son Goku! Many thanks for the energy!"

"Kakarot, what on earth is that guy doing?"

Vegeta said with a displeased look. In his view, Son Goku's power was gradually surpassing Super 17's, so why was he holding back his strength?

One had to know that Super 17 possessed infinite energy; trying to outlast him in a war of attrition was complete suicide.

Yet, knowing full well that Super 17 could absorb energy attacks, Son Goku had insisted on launching energy blasts at him, which made the situation even more incomprehensible to Vegeta.

Super 17 did not dodge Son Goku's energy blasts, instead meeting them with a calm expression.

"Bang!"

After the energy blasts struck Super 17, they vanished directly into his body, causing his muscles to bulge slightly.

By absorbing Son Goku's energy blasts, Super 17's power began to rise.

"Hahaha!"

Super 17 threw his head back and laughed wildly. Although he didn't know why Son Goku would attack him with energy waves knowing he could absorb them, he didn't care what kind of scheme Son Goku was plotting.

Super 17's combat power was increasing rapidly.

6 trillion, 8 trillion.

"What the hell is Kakarot doing!"

"Does he not know that Super 17 can absorb the energy from attack waves?"

Vegeta's veins bulged, and he gritted his teeth.

"Hahaha!"

"Stupid red monkey, keep firing more energy blasts!"

"Once I absorb enough energy, perhaps even that Saiyan won't be a match for me!"

Super 17 thought viciously, his eyes filled with killing intent as he looked toward Lei Chen.

He felt that if he continued to absorb energy, even Lei Chen would not be his match.

To Super 17's surprise, Son Goku did not panic; instead, he began to laugh.

"Haha, you've fallen for it, Super 17!"

"Just as I thought, you can't move at all while you're absorbing energy!"

Son Goku laughed loudly.

"What!"

Super 17's expression shifted in shock; he didn't quite understand what Son Goku meant.

But the next moment, he found out.

Son Goku, who had been gathering his ki, hunched his body slightly, clenching his left hand into a fist that suddenly erupted with golden light.

"Dragon Fist!"

A golden Shenron instantly manifested from the light in Son Goku's fist, its aura vast and boundless.

"Explode!"

As soon as Son Goku finished speaking, a hundred-meter-long divine dragon surged forward with surging energy, striking toward Super 17 with a heaven-shaking roar.

As Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku threw this punch, a hundred-meter-long golden Shenron charged at Super 17.

"Roar~"

The sound of a dragon's roar echoed between heaven and earth.

The golden dragon passed straight through Super 17's body, punching a hole through his chest and abdomen before emerging from his back.

When the dragon vanished, the figure of Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku stood behind Super 17.

Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku stood coldly in the void behind Super 17, his long black hair fluttering in the wind, looking like a peerless god of war.

Super 17 looked at the massive hole in his chest and abdomen in utter disbelief.

"I... I refuse to accept this! Aaaah!"

Super 17 roared in intense frustration, and the next moment, his entire body suddenly exploded.

"So that's how it is, Kakarot! So this was your plan all along!"

Vegeta finally understood why Son Goku, despite possessing power far greater than Super 17, had allowed himself to be suppressed by him.

"Damn it, it seems that guy Kakarot had already arrived back when I was fighting Super 17."

Vegeta thought to himself, and at the realization that Son Goku had used him as a test subject to probe Super 17's weaknesses, he felt like ten thousand grass-mud horses were stampeding through his heart!

If I had discovered Super 17's weakness back then, perhaps I would have been the one to defeat him, Vegeta mused inwardly.

In Vegeta's eyes, anything Son Goku could do, he could certainly do as well.

"Whew, finally succeeded!"

A flash of golden light streaked by, and Son Goku's body rapidly shrank; having defeated Super 17, he returned to his base form.

"Great, Grandpa finally defeated Super 17!"

Pan cheered happily. Although Lei Chen could also have defeated Super 17, she admired Son Goku even more.

"I really didn't expect that after the two 17s fused, their power would become so much stronger!"

Son Gohan said, somewhat astonished.

"Yeah, but it's a good thing Uncle Son Goku defeated him!"

Trunks said with a smile.

"Hmph!"

Suddenly, a cold snort came from behind Trunks, causing his expression to change drastically.

It's over, I forgot my father was here too! Trunks thought with a bitter smile. He knew his father Vegeta's personality all too well; the thing Vegeta could tolerate the least was someone implying he was inferior to Son Goku.

Vegeta glared at Trunks with a grim expression.

Is this brat saying that I'm not as good as Kakarot?

Just wait until we get back, I'll show you! Vegeta thought to himself.

"Hahaha, if I hadn't watched the battle between Vegeta and Super 17, perhaps I would have been the one to lose!"

"However, with Lei Chen here, even if I had lost, Super 17 would have been no match for him anyway," Son Goku said with a laugh.

"Hmph!"

Hearing Son Goku mention him, Vegeta let out a cold snort, but he didn't say anything, instead shifting his focus to Lei Chen.

Almost simultaneously, right after Son Goku finished speaking, Lei Chen spoke up: "Kakarot, come here for a moment. I have a gift for you."

"Oh?"

Son Goku was taken aback. He didn't know why Lei Chen was calling him over, and as for a gift—what could it possibly be?

With questions swirling in his mind, Son Goku quickly ran over to Lei Chen.

"What is it, Lei Chen?"

"What kind of gift do you want to give me? Could it be a Senzu Bean?"

The small Son Goku rested his hands behind his head and looked up at Lei Chen, who was three or four heads taller than him.

Lei Chen didn't answer the question, merely looking at Son Goku with a smile before saying, "Kakarot, I recall that you were turned into a child by Shenron, is that right?"

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