God and God

Terrifying energy waves erupted one after another, making the scene feel as if high-yield bombs were detonating in constant succession. Wave upon wave of energy surged and churned.

"Such immense power! If this keeps up, the Earth is finished!"

The surging shockwaves forced everyone to gasp in alarm. This was only because Son Goku and Beerus were intentionally holding back; otherwise, the Earth would have been obliterated long ago.

"Lord Beerus, let's take this fight up into the sky!"

Son Goku naturally realized that the brief exchange between him and Beerus had already caused massive destruction to the planet.

"As you wish!"

Beerus said indifferently.

"Damn it, Kakarot actually pulled it off!"

Previously, Son Goku had invited Vegeta to join him, hoping to see if he could transform into a Super Saiyan God with Vegeta as the focal point.

But the moment Vegeta heard that they were still one Saiyan short, he refused Son Goku without a second thought. Yet, to his surprise, even with two Saiyans missing, Son Goku kept running over to take Trunks away. In the end, what Vegeta feared actually happened: Son Goku really did transform into a Super Saiyan God despite being two Saiyans short.

This made Vegeta realize one thing: the Super Saiyan God form could also be achieved through external training.

At the same time, Vegeta discovered another issue: when Son Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan God, he was even more powerful than Lei Chen.

However, Lei Chen had transformed into a Super Saiyan God over a month ago, and Vegeta had no idea how much progress Lei Chen had made since then.

Just as Vegeta was deep in thought, he suddenly heard Piccolo say, "It looks like Son Goku is reaching his limit."

"What?"

Vegeta's expression shifted in shock. He turned his head to look up at the sky, only to see that Son Goku had already fallen into a disadvantage.

As Beerus increased his intensity, Son Goku's power could no longer keep up. After transforming into a Super Saiyan God, Son Goku's power had surged twentyfold; his Super Saiyan 3 power was 2 trillion, making his Super Saiyan God form 40 trillion.

But Beerus was now using eighty percent of his divine power. Although he naturally defeated Son Goku, compared to the Son Goku in the original timeline who could force out seventy percent of Beerus's power, the current Son Goku was significantly stronger.

Finally, under the fierce onslaught of Beerus's boosted speed and strength, Son Goku reverted to his base form with black hair, falling from the high altitude, his spirit withered.

"Kakarot lost." Vegeta called out, his expression extremely complex.

If even Son Goku, having transformed into a Super Saiyan God, was no match, who else could stop this temperamental God of Destruction?

Could it be that only that guy Lei Chen could do it? But who knew where that guy had run off to now.

"How boring. It seems the Saiyan you mentioned, Lei Chen, is the true rival from my dream."

Beerus looked disappointed. He had hoped that Son Goku, a Saiyan capable of becoming a Super Saiyan God, would bring him some amusement this time, but he hadn't expected the result to be like this.

If that guy still doesn't show up...

Then there is no need for this planet to exist.

"Destruction!"

A purple orb of Destruction Divine Power condensed at Beerus's fingertip and then plummeted toward the Earth beneath his feet.

Seeing Beerus suddenly move to destroy the Earth, everyone's faces turned pale with shock. Even Whis looked surprised; he hadn't eaten enough of the Earth's delicacies yet. He raised his Angel Staff, about to stop Beerus.

But just before the purple-black energy of destruction could descend upon the Earth, a voice suddenly rang out from thin air.

"Beerus, I heard you were looking for me."

Following that, another golden surge of energy erupted from the distance, slamming directly into the energy sphere Beerus had released.

The two terrifying forces canceled each other out and annihilated one another, vanishing in an instant.

"What?"

Seeing someone easily block his energy of destruction, Beerus's expression shifted in shock. He first looked down at Son Goku, but saw that Son Goku was still lying on the ground.

Suddenly, a voice appeared in Beerus's ears.

Beerus turned his head to look, only to see a man standing before him, 1.85 meters tall, with black hair styled similarly to Broly's base form and a tail swaying behind him.

A sense of familiarity washed over Beerus; the figure from his dream overlapped with the man before him.

"It's you! You really are the person I saw in my dream!"

Beerus said with a hint of excitement.

Lei Chen was stunned.

What is going on? I actually became the rival from Beerus's dream.

That whole "I am a Saiyan God" thing—I was just spouting nonsense.

Did Kakarot say something to Beerus earlier?

Lei Chen felt a sense of panic inside. He began to regret the random bragging he had done in front of Son Goku.

This Beerus isn't going to go all out against me right away, is he?

I'm not going to get one-shotted, am I?

Lei Chen had just rushed out to challenge Beerus, not because he was confident in his raw strength, but because he had pushed his mastery of the Laws of Space to the limit, which was the only reason he dared to face Beerus one-on-one.

As long as Lei Chen willed it, he could instantly use Instant Transmission to reach any corner of the universe in a single thought.

In other words, unless Grand Zeno himself intervened, there was no one who could kill Lei Chen.

Just as Lei Chen was about to transform directly into Super Saiyan God Blue.

At that very moment, a flash of red light cut between the two of them.

"Lord Beerus! Our fight isn't over yet!"

Son Goku, who had already reverted to his base form, had unexpectedly reappeared before Beerus, his hair once again ignited with a fiery red glow.

"You brat? You still have the strength to fight?"

Beerus looked at Son Goku with some surprise, discovering that Son Goku's power had increased yet again. Although it still didn't match his own eighty percent divine power, it wasn't far off; if he wanted to defeat him now, it wouldn't be as easy as before unless he used ninety percent of his power.

"Haha, Lei Chen, you can head back. Could you leave Lord Beerus to me? I haven't had enough yet!"

Son Goku called out to greet Lei Chen.

"Sure!"

Lei Chen nodded in agreement without a second thought. If he could help it, he didn't want to face Beerus at all—at least not right now, not unless he could fuse the power of Super Blue with the power of Super Saiyan 4.

Son Goku had the protagonist's halo, but he did not. If he died, he would truly be dead, whereas Son Goku would not; at the very least, the universal laws of this world would not allow Son Goku, the son of this universe, to die so easily.