"No need!" Vegeta shook his head.
"Looks like I'll have to get serious." As Jiren spoke, he suddenly pushed his speed to its limit.
"Whoosh!"
In the blink of an eye, Jiren appeared behind Vegeta.
Vegeta didn't even have time to react.
"Thud!"
Jiren's fist slammed into Vegeta's back.
With a dull thump, Vegeta took the hit.
"Pfft..."
Vegeta spat out a mouthful of blood and pitched forward.
However, Vegeta reacted quickly. As he fell forward, he hurriedly spun around with a graceful turn.
"Whoosh!"
A blast of energy shot from Vegeta's foot and roared toward Jiren.
"Thud!"
Jiren sneered and swatted at it, knocking the energy blast Vegeta had fired away.
"Whoosh!"
The next moment, Jiren blurred again and appeared directly above Vegeta.
"Rumble!"
Jiren swung his hand downward, and a powerful wave of energy quickly enveloped Vegeta.
Vegeta took the hit and plummeted toward the ground below.
Just as he was about to hit the ground—
"Hey!"
Energy surged beneath Vegeta's feet, steadying him.
"Whoosh!"
Vegeta shot upward and quickly appeared directly opposite Jiren.
"Not bad. Your name's Jiren, right?" Vegeta said with a smile.
"That's right." Jiren nodded.
"You're the first human I've had to take seriously." A smile spread across Vegeta's face.
"So you're planning to take your hands out of your pockets?" Jiren smiled.
Far away.
"That kid's had his hands in his pockets the whole time. Does he really think he can beat Jiren just by taking them out? How childish!" Belmod snorted.
Rumsshi said nothing.
Rumsshi had realized by now that this guy named Jiren was extraordinarily strong.
The energy he'd unleashed in an instant had even exceeded the energy levels of us Gods of Destruction.
Belmod was such a cheat.
He'd actually let someone this powerful fight Vegeta!
Looks like we won't be getting that thousand years after all.
Even if Vegeta took his hands out of his pockets, he still might not be a match for Jiren.
"Big Sister Kusu, it looks like the Jiren from our universe is going to win," Marcarita said with a smile.
"That's not necessarily true," Kusu replied with a smile.
Marcarita looked at Kusu intently.
Why was her big sister so confident?
This little guy named Vegeta was indeed very strong.
But I feel there's still a huge gap between him and Jiren.
He still hasn't taken his hands out of his pockets.
But Jiren hasn't gotten serious either.
Below, at the Pride Troopers' headquarters.
Dyspo and the others looked up at the sky, watching the battle between Vegeta and Jiren.
"How's it going, Vice Captain? Jiren should be able to beat him, right?" Cocotte asked.
"Jiren can definitely beat him. That's Jiren, after all!" Dyspo said with a smile.
"Jiren will win for sure," Kunshi added.
"That's right. Jiren is an undefeated legend," Kahseral agreed.
The Pride Troopers all wore expressions of confidence and pride.
Jiren would definitely win.
High in the sky.
Vegeta and Jiren stood facing one another.
"You're certainly a worthy opponent. I'll have to take you seriously," Vegeta said with a smile.
Jiren didn't respond.
"Fine. Now I'll show you my true power. I hope you won't be too scared." As Vegeta spoke, he took a deep breath.
"Rumble!"
The next moment, an astonishing surge of energy burst out from Vegeta.
Suddenly, golden flames quickly enveloped him.
When the light cleared, Vegeta was gleaming from head to toe, and his hair had turned golden.
"Crackle... crackle..."
Bolts of lightning crackled around Vegeta.
Super Saiyan, transformation!
Vegeta had transformed directly into a Super Saiyan 2.
His power had increased a hundredfold.
"What? What is this transformation?" Jiren's expression changed again and again.
"Nothing to be surprised about. It's just a simple transformation," Vegeta said with a smile.
Seeing Vegeta's transformation,
Rumsshi's eyes widened in disbelief, too.
"Th-this..." Rumsshi was stunned.
Kusu, on the other hand, remained fairly calm, though there was a little confusion in her eyes, along with a hint of surprise.
After all, Vegeta had transformed into a Super Saiyan once in front of Kusu while Rumsshi was sleeping.
But that had only been an ordinary Super Saiyan transformation.
Vegeta hadn't transformed into a Super Saiyan 2 back then.
That was why Kusu was confused and surprised.
Why was this transformation different from the one I saw before?
They looked about the same.
But I can clearly feel that your power has increased at least a hundredfold.
The previous one was a fiftyfold increase.
What's going on?
You can upgrade your transformations, too?
"What? Transform? This guy can transform?" Belmod's eyes widened as he turned to look at Rumsshi.
Then Belmod realized that Rumsshi was just as astonished.
"You... Rumsshi... You didn't know this guy could transform either, did you?" Belmod asked.
Rumsshi: "..."
"Ahem... How could that be? Of course I knew he could transform." Rumsshi decided not to admit it.
If I admit it, I'll look like an idiot.
"I saw how surprised you were!" Belmod snorted. "You clearly didn't know he could transform."
"I was pretending to be surprised just for your sake," Rumsshi replied with righteous conviction.
Belmod didn't feel like talking to Rumsshi anymore.
Who did you think you were fooling?
Jiren's expression had grown increasingly grave, too.
Are you kidding me?
I can feel that this kid's transformation has increased his power at least a hundredfold.
This isn't just a simple golden glow.
At this moment, Vegeta gleamed from head to toe.
The entire sky around Vegeta had been dyed golden.
That's right, Vegeta had transformed into a Super Saiyan 2.
After finishing his training with Rumsshi and Kusu, Vegeta had spent the past three years not only fusing the divine power of the God of Destruction Technique with Ultra Instinct, but also using his remaining time to study transformations.
Vegeta's focus was this: what kind of transformation would let me unleash even more of my power?
At Vegeta's current level,
transformations were just a means of support.
Vegeta had mastered them with ease.
Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2 were both incredibly easy for Vegeta.
All he needed was a calm state of mind and a powerful emotional surge.
Vegeta had no trouble finding the right emotional trigger, either.
That was his frustration at being unable to touch Kusu!
Er, I mean being unable to reach her...
My mind went somewhere else for a moment.