Lulana's Shock

But those ancient gods and the ones who rarely left their homes were exceptions. After all, the Saiyans had once been infamous for their savagery, bloodlust, and love of battle.

"Impudent! You're only a human, yet you dare address this god by name. Saiyans really are Saiyans—far more savage than other humans."

West Supreme Kai Lulana looked at Lei Chen with disdain. From what she sensed, his base battle power was over thirty billion.

But in her eyes, a battle power of over thirty billion might have made him the strongest Saiyan she had ever encountered, yet it meant nothing to her.

She wouldn't even take him seriously if he transformed into a Great Ape.

Lei Chen frowned. He didn't know why this Supreme Kai was speaking to him like that, but he treated others with respect when they respected him. Since she was treating him—and, by extension, him as a Saiyan—with such contempt, he saw no reason to be polite.

Maybe other Saiyans had offended her, but what did that have to do with him?

"Hmph. You may not have a god's power, but you've certainly got a god's temper!"

Lei Chen's expression gradually turned cold as he spoke to Lulana.

"You're asking for it!"

Furious at Lei Chen's scornful words, Lulana raised her right hand and fired a blue beam from her fingertip at him.

"Hmph!"

Lei Chen gave a cold snort. He didn't even bother dodging, casually batting the beam aside. He hadn't transformed, and his base strength was only a little over thirty billion, but he could unleash dozens of times that power whenever he wanted.

Saiyans like Vegeta and Son Goku had been knocked back to their base forms before, their strength dropping hundreds of times, yet they could still trade a few blows with their opponents.

Take Vegeta's fight against little Majin Buu. Even after he had been knocked down from Super Saiyan 2 to his base form, with his strength reduced by more than a hundredfold, he had still managed to exchange a few blows with Majin Buu instead of being taken out instantly.

Not transforming into a Super Saiyan didn't mean he couldn't use a Super Saiyan's power. The difference was that one could freely use fifty times their base strength, while the other had to rely on bursts of power when attacking.

"This..."

Lulana stared at Lei Chen in surprise. She wouldn't have been all that shocked if he had dodged her energy blast, but he had casually batted it aside. It was unbelievable.

Lei Chen only had a battle power of a little over thirty billion, while hers was over a trillion. Even a casual energy blast from her shouldn't have been something he could block. Even a human whose battle power exceeded a trillion wouldn't have been able to stop it.

Still unable to believe that Lei Chen had casually deflected her blast, Lulana conjured a white light in her palm. A blue-ball-sized orb of white energy gathered in her right hand.

The next moment, Lulana hurled the energy orb.

This blast was several times stronger than the one before. Now, forget a human with a battle power of thirty billion—even a human with a battle power of three hundred billion would be left badly injured, if not killed, if it hit them.

Lei Chen watched the energy blast rush toward him. As it drew close, it suddenly swelled into a massive orb a hundred meters across.

Lei Chen was thoroughly enraged now. What a piece of work. Does she really think I'm an easy target? If she weren't a Supreme Kai, she'd have been dead the moment she attacked me.

Just as the energy blast neared him, brilliant golden light burst from Lei Chen. Golden lightning crackled around him, and his hair stood on end, growing thick and rigid. Arcs of electricity flashed around him as his battle power surged to thirty trillion—three trillion? No, thirty thousand billion.

Boom! Boom!

Almost at the same instant, Lulana's blast struck Lei Chen. A white pillar of light shot into the sky, and the tremendous energy unleashed a fierce gale that swept across the surrounding hundred meters.

A vast cloud of white smoke spread across the sky for several kilometers.

"How is this possible?!"

"What an incredible aura!"

Lulana stared in shock at the golden figure within the white smoke. Lei Chen's battle power had already surpassed hers—and by an enormous margin.

"That aura's reached three trillion, hasn't it? How is that possible? It's still rising!"

Lulana felt a terrifying gaze lock onto her. Her elegant purple face turned deathly pale.

Lei Chen's cold face slowly emerged before her. His long, upswept black hair had turned golden, and his aura blazed with golden light. He wore white armor over a tight blue bodysuit, and a golden tail curled around his waist.

Before Lulana's eyes, Lei Chen's hair began to grow longer, and his aura grew even stronger.

His hair soon reached below his tail. His eyebrows vanished, a ring of deep blue appeared around the pupils of his eyes, and lightning crackled more densely around him.

An invisible shock wave rippled through the air, twisting the space in the sky.

With a tearing sound, golden light ripped open the space around him.

At that moment, Lei Chen's battle power reached twelve trillion.

With a thud,

as all the pressure Lei Chen released settled over her, Lulana finally gave in and dropped to one knee.

His aura was more than ten times stronger than hers. It felt as if a mountain the size of a planet were pressing down on her shoulders, as if the entire world were bearing down on her.

"Pfft!"

Lulana spat out a mouthful of blood. Just as she thought she was about to become the first Supreme Kai in history to be killed by a human, the crushing pressure on her suddenly eased.

Lei Chen's voice reached her ears.

"I won't kill you, out of respect for Beerus."

"This is your last warning. Don't underestimate humans again. There are plenty of humans in this universe who are even stronger than gods."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Chen swept a hand through the air. A powerful gust carried Lulana away.

In an unknown place on Sky Blue Planet, a figure came plummeting down from the sky.

"How is this possible? There's actually a human this powerful in this universe. A golden-haired Saiyan... Could the legend be true? But even if Super Saiyans really are as powerful as the legends say, they shouldn't be this strong."

After landing, Lulana stared in disbelief toward the place where Lei Chen was.

"Beerus? He just mentioned Beerus. Does this human actually know Lord Beerus, the God of Destruction?"

At the thought, Lulana gave a bitter smile.