Instant Transmission Acquired

The battle had not ended.

After taking a couple of breaths, Son Goku powered up again.

His overwhelming aura shot straight into the sky.

Son Goku was thrilled. It had been a long time since he had faced such a powerful enemy.

Not since he had defeated Frieza.

He had never felt such immense pressure.

Son Goku's power level was currently only 500 million.

Lapis, on the other hand, had just shown a power level of 800 million.

Son Goku used High-Speed Movement and appeared behind Lapis in an instant.

His fist, wrapped in a terrifying aura, slammed toward Lapis.

"Smack!"

Lapis caught the punch firmly, as if he had eyes in the back of his head.

Then he grabbed Son Goku's fist and yanked him toward himself. At the same time, he drove his knee up like a cannonball, smashing it into Son Goku's abdomen.

"Cough!"

A mouthful of blood sprayed from Son Goku's mouth.

But Lapis gave Son Goku no time to catch his breath. He slammed a powerful elbow into his back.

"Boom!!"

Son Goku plummeted like a meteor onto the Lookout, smashing a huge crater more than ten meters deep into it.

"Dad!!"

Tears poured from Gohan's eyes like water from an open tap.

Seeing Goku beaten so badly, he couldn't help rushing over.

"Gohan! I'm fine. Don't come over."

Just then, Son Goku's voice came from the crater, stopping Gohan.

Son Goku pushed himself up from the ground.

His martial arts uniform had been beaten to tatters, with only his pants barely holding together.

His body was covered in bruises and wounds, and he looked utterly battered.

But the fighting spirit in his eyes hadn't diminished at all.

"Hyaaah!!"

Son Goku let out a loud yell, and his aura surged back to its peak.

Then he raised his left hand and pressed two fingers to his forehead.

His entire body vanished from the spot.

Then he instantly appeared behind Lapis.

"Thud!"

A whipping kick struck Lapis in the side.

Instant Transmission.

Son Goku knew the gap between him and Lapis was enormous.

If he used High-Speed Movement, he wouldn't be able to escape Lapis's senses.

Lapis was stronger than him, and just as surely, he was faster.

High-Speed Movement was fast, but it left a trail.

Lapis could sense his aura and pinpoint his location.

Instant Transmission was different.

He vanished in an instant and reappeared just as quickly. It was a technique that crossed space.

There was no aura for his enemy to sense.

And by the time he appeared again, his attack had already arrived. His enemy wouldn't have time to react.

Watching from below, Mo Yuan couldn't help but let the corners of his mouth curl up.

This was exactly what he had been waiting for.

Cell had been able to learn the technique after seeing it just once. Mo Yuan had no reason to believe he couldn't do the same.

Perhaps it was because Son Goku's cells had been fused into his body.

When Son Goku used Instant Transmission, Mo Yuan clearly sensed a strange fluctuation of energy around him.

It was a fluctuation of spatial energy.

Mo Yuan closed his eyes and began sensing the spatial energy around him.

Then he saw a wondrous world.

A world made up of countless, densely packed spatial nodes.

But those spatial nodes were all unfamiliar.

If he stepped into one carelessly, he might end up in a dangerous place, such as a spatial rift.

So he needed to use an aura to find the spatial node he wanted.

Otherwise, one wrong step could mean utter ruin.

Mo Yuan was overjoyed.

Although Instant Transmission couldn't be used as a standard fighting technique, it could catch an enemy off guard in special situations.

Just as Son Goku had used Instant Transmission to hit Lapis a moment ago.

Mo Yuan opened his eyes, and the sight before him left him stunned.

He could actually see countless spatial nodes.

Normally, spatial nodes only appeared in one's mind, so it was impossible to know where they were located.

But Mo Yuan could see the spatial nodes. That meant he could use Instant Transmission to go anywhere within his field of vision.

He didn't need to rely on an aura to use Instant Transmission.

If that was the case, then Instant Transmission could become one of his standard fighting techniques.

Just like Hit's Time Skip.

That way, his attacks would be like those of a ghost, impossible to guard against.

Like a child who had just gotten a new toy, Mo Yuan couldn't help wanting to test whether Instant Transmission worked the way he imagined.

His first target was a spatial node two meters away.

Mo Yuan connected to that node. His body vanished from the spot, then appeared two meters away.

"It worked!!"

The result didn't disappoint Mo Yuan. It had worked exactly as he expected.

Although Mo Yuan's power level hadn't increased, his combat ability had improved several times over.

"Right, I should try this too."

Mo Yuan suddenly realized: if the Mind's Eye could also see spatial nodes, wouldn't he be able to move freely anywhere within its range?

Mo Yuan eagerly activated the Mind's Eye. In an instant, it encompassed the entire Earth.

Sure enough, spatial nodes appeared one after another within the Mind's Eye.

Mo Yuan connected to a spatial node on the other side of the Earth. His figure vanished in an instant, then appeared in the place he had just seen.

"Hahahahaha!!!"

Mo Yuan couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter.

With this ability, unless the gap in strength was too great, he was practically invincible.

After calming down, Mo Yuan used the Mind's Eye to find Lazuli and performed Instant Transmission.

Lazuli was still wondering where her boyfriend had gone.

My boyfriend was right here, then poof, he was gone.

She sat on the steps, resting her chin in her hands, feeling glum.

Isn't my wife adorable?

Before long, Mo Yuan appeared beside her again.

A hint of delight flashed in Lazuli's eyes, but she kept her expression composed. "Where did you go?"

Mo Yuan said excitedly, "Sis, I just learned Son Goku's Instant Transmission. I'll teach it to you in a bit. If you learn it, then even if you run into an enemy you can't beat, you'll be able to protect yourself with this ability."

Mo Yuan's first thought after learning Instant Transmission had been to teach it to Lazuli.

After all, this world had too many powerful fighters, and they couldn't be together every single day.

With Instant Transmission, even if Lazuli encountered an enemy she couldn't beat, she could still escape using it.

Hearing Mo Yuan's words, Lazuli felt a warmth in her heart.

By then, the battle between Lapis and Son Goku was also nearing its end.

Although Son Goku had used Instant Transmission to catch Lapis off guard and hit him several times,

those weak attacks felt like tickles and did no real harm.

They couldn't injure Lapis at all.

Meanwhile, Son Goku had nearly exhausted all his energy in the long battle.

Son Goku's gaze sharpened. He decided to stake everything on one final attack.

After putting some distance between himself and Lapis, he held his hands at his waist.

"Kamehameha!"

A terrifying aura gathered between his hands, and a blue sphere of light shone brilliantly.

"Whoosh!"

Son Goku held his hands in a cupped shape, and the blue sphere transformed into a massive beam of light that shot toward Lapis, carrying a terrifying aura.

"Hahaha, it's no use, Son Goku!"

Lapis was completely unafraid. A green energy shield enveloped his entire body.

"Tenfold Kaioken!!"

"Argh!!!"

"Kamehameha!!"

Suddenly, a terrifying aura appeared behind Lapis.

A layer of red aura flared over Son Goku's golden aura.

His power level instantly skyrocketed from 500 million to 5 billion.

An even more terrifying Kamehameha erupted from Son Goku's hands.

Caught off guard, Lapis had no time to react. The moment the green energy shield touched the Kamehameha, it was instantly broken apart.

The Kamehameha's power washed over Lapis's body.

Under that terrifying force, Lapis's body began crumbling piece by piece.

Just as Lapis thought he was about to die, the energy suddenly vanished.

Son Goku's body had been unable to withstand the strain of stacking Super Saiyan with Kaioken.

After maintaining it for just five seconds, his body was nearly shattered.

Son Goku couldn't even maintain his Flight Technique and fell from the sky.

But Lapis was hardly in any better shape.

In those five seconds, he had been badly injured too.

Watching Son Goku fall, Lapis felt a lingering sense of dread.

That was close.

He had almost lost.