Although Son Goku and the others' reaction to Shenron—one that could only be described as fleeing in a panic—was hilarious, Beerus's words left them no choice but to hurry.
"Five Saiyan warriors?" Son Goku had clearly exposed his weakness.
"Me, Vegeta, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks. That makes five, doesn't it?"
Son Goku grinned and gathered everyone around him. This way, they could summon the Super Saiyan God right away!
"Ow!"
Son Goku suddenly felt a heavy blow to the back of his head. When he turned around, he saw that Vegeta had hit him.
"Vegeta, why'd you hit me? I didn't say anything wrong."
Son Goku looked at Vegeta with an aggrieved expression.
Even Son Gohan could only shake his head at his father's reaction.
"Idiot! The power of five Saiyan warriors has to be infused into someone else. Doesn't that mean we need six Saiyans?!"
Vegeta shouted at Son Goku, utterly defeated by the way his mind worked.
"Ohhh, six!"
After hearing Vegeta explain it, Son Goku scratched his head with a grin. It seemed he really had counted wrong.
But...
Including Gohan and Trunks, there were only five Saiyans present.
They didn't meet the requirement of six Saiyan warriors needed to summon the Super Saiyan God.
Son Goku fell into thought.
What were they going to do now?
"Saiyans, huh?"
Son Gohan suddenly spoke. He gently led his wife, Videl, over to them.
Videl was pregnant, her belly swollen with child.
She rested both hands on her stomach, clearly still unsure what was going on.
The baby in her belly was the child she had conceived with Son Gohan.
The baby also carried Saiyan blood!
"Oh, right! Videl!"
Son Goku was delighted. He had forgotten that Videl was there.
After all, Son Gohan's unborn child surely carried the blood of a Saiyan warrior, too.
"Huh?"
Videl asked in confusion, but after Son Gohan explained, she spoke again.
"Will this really work?"
She found it hard to believe it could work, since the baby hadn't even been born yet and was still in her belly.
"Of course! It'll work!"
Son Goku called Goten and Trunks over as well.
After he briefly explained what was happening, they understood what they needed to do.
Everyone took their places around Goku.
They joined hands.
"Is it starting?"
Beerus watched Son Goku and the others from nearby, a smile on his face.
He only hoped they wouldn't disappoint him this time.
Otherwise, Earth would be of no use to him anymore.
And he would keep his word and destroy the planet completely.
The others watched, too.
Their hearts were in their throats as they waited for the Super Saiyan God to be born.
"Here we go!"
Son Goku said gravely. To be honest, he was a little nervous. He didn't know whether it would work.
As soon as Son Goku finished speaking,
the others began trying to channel their energy into him.
It flowed gradually toward Son Goku at the front.
Since Videl wasn't a Saiyan warrior, all she could do was hold hands with the others and stand on the ground.
But to her surprise, she felt the baby in her belly respond.
It seemed to be sending her some kind of message.
"It's working!"
Videl smiled. The baby in her belly had responded, too.
It began slowly sending energy to Goten and Trunks, who stood on either side of her.
Then they passed it on to Son Goku.
At the front, Son Goku could feel the energy everyone was sending him.
There was Vegeta's, Gohan's, Goten's, and Trunks's.
And there was another energy he had never felt before.
Yet the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.
The ritual continued.
Golden light began to shine from Videl, gradually illuminating her entire body.
It wrapped around her until she looked completely golden.
Even her hair began to float.
Boom!
Boom, boom!!
Boom, boom, boom!!!
In the next instant, the golden aura around her spread to everyone present.
Their auras erupted one after another, and waves of golden energy swept outward.
Everyone except Son Goku was wrapped in golden light and transformed into a Super Saiyan.
They hadn't done anything, yet it was as if their bodies had received the command to transform.
Rumble!
In an instant, immense energy surged outward from them.
Waves of power rolled across the area.
Beerus raised his eyebrows.
Son Goku at the front hadn't changed at all, but Beerus could clearly sense that something had appeared inside him.
Something only the gods possessed.
Behind him, Whis watched Son Goku with keen interest.
If all went well, Son Goku and the others would summon the Super Saiyan God this time!
Golden clouds began to gather in the sky.
It was a sight found only in legends.
They said that such auspicious clouds appeared only when a god was born.
The scene was spectacular.
Just as everyone was about to pull out their phones and take pictures, rain began to fall from the sky.
But that wasn't all.
The rain soon turned into snow.
The flakes were enormous.
Everyone had to take shelter from the weather, giving up on taking pictures.
At the same time, Son Goku's body began to change.
The golden light turned red.
In an instant, it illuminated the whole area.
Son Goku's aura surged higher and higher. In just a few moments, it reached an unimaginable level.
Son Gohan and the others let go of one another.
They had done all they could.
The rest was up to Son Goku.
Watching Son Goku's red figure, Beerus couldn't help getting excited.
He recalled the scene he had seen in his dream.
That dream was finally about to become reality!
Rumble!
The auspicious clouds dispersed, and Son Goku's aura plummeted.
But his power hadn't disappeared. It had reached such a height that it had become contained within him.
Now, not only was Son Goku's hair red, but so were his eyes.
He even looked much younger.
Unlike the exaggerated appearance and muscles of Super Saiyan 3,
Son Goku now seemed to have undergone no obvious changes apart from his hair and eyes.
But Beerus didn't see it that way.
The Son Goku standing there was the very person he had foreseen in his dream—the one he had been searching for.
The Super Saiyan God!