Super Saiyan

S-Cells!

The key to Saiyans becoming Super Saiyans!

Ron had first sensed them many years ago.

At the time, he had been breaking through the limits of the 9 Refinement Body Technique and 99 Soul Forging Technique he had brought from the Swallowed Star World.

The instant he broke through the bottleneck, his strength reached Star Level, and he sensed a dramatic change in his Internal World.

Countless golden lights appeared and coursed through his body.

They were completely different from ordinary energy.

The simplest way to describe them was as the power of his bloodline.

As his strength grew, the Saiyan power at his core began to awaken within his bloodline.

These special golden cells were what Ron considered S-Cells.

Ever since he sensed the existence of the golden cells, his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds.

Especially over the past year or two, as the golden cells multiplied, his strength had grown stronger and stronger.

As for why he still hadn't broken through until now, it was simply because he wasn't strong enough and didn't have enough golden cells.

This time was different.

A full year had passed since his last attempt to force his way past his limits!

After a year of accumulation and refinement, Ron had tempered his strength until it was solid enough.

He had more than ten times the S-Cells he'd had a year ago.

The situation now was exactly as he'd expected.

As he released all the power he had accumulated in one go, the bottleneck he could once touch but never break through finally began to give way.

The S-Cells surged toward the center of his spine.

Before, it had seemed like a bottomless vortex, constantly swallowing energy. Even when he directed every last S-Cell toward it, he couldn't fill even a tenth of it.

This time, that sense of endless emptiness was gone.

Deep within the unfathomable vortex, enough golden cells had gathered. One after another, they fused together like living things, finally becoming a golden spring of energy!

No!

Perhaps a spring wasn't the right comparison.

If his spiritual body entered this vortex of energy, it would be like entering a boundless golden ocean, without end!

His Internal World was undergoing a tremendous transformation.

At the same time,

the pale aura surrounding Ron had been replaced by a golden one.

Countless S-Cells from every part of his body surged toward their destination. The energy grew ever more immense, driving his strength higher and higher!

Ron's transformation had finally reached its most critical moment.

The limiter broke. The Saiyan's restraints shattered completely. His black hair and eyebrows turned golden, dyed by the power of his bloodline, and his eyes shifted to emerald green.

"Haahhh!!!!"

Once again, he let out a desperate roar.

It felt as if his body had exploded, like the birth of the universe itself.

The ocean of energy within the golden spring seemed to trigger some mechanism. It burst forth all at once, crashing into the world around him.

When Ron's transformation was finally complete, the world gradually fell quiet.

Golden light broke through the clouds overhead. The thunder had vanished, as if it had never been there.

"Finally! I finally broke through! This is... a Super Saiyan!!"

Ron kept his eyes closed, focusing for a long while. Only after he had fully sensed his newfound power did he open his eyes and murmur.

With a fiftyfold increase in battle power, he felt as though he could do anything.

This leap in strength wasn't merely a breakthrough in his realm. It was a genuine transcendence of his limits—and then beyond those limits again.

This was the power of a Super Saiyan!

This was the kind of absolute strength the powerful in this world should possess!

Over a hundred million in battle power!

He was undoubtedly at the level of an Emperor of the Universe.

Ron was confident that if Frieza stood before him now, even in his final form with a battle power of 120 million, he wouldn't stand a chance against him.

After all, Ron's base battle power was at least five million!

"Not only has my strength increased, but after transforming, my body has become tougher thanks to the boost from my bloodline! The 9 Refinement Body Technique even seems close to breaking through its limits!"

"Whoosh~!!"

"Boom~!!"

"Crack~!!"

He casually threw a few punches and kicks, and the invisible force they unleashed was powerful enough to tear through the air.

His strength had skyrocketed, and his attacks were faster than he could have imagined.

This all-around improvement was different from what he had initially expected; it wasn't just his strength that had increased.

No wonder the Saiyans in the original story could fight at such a high level after transforming.

Of course, his body-refining technique might also have contributed, making this advantage even more pronounced.

Overcome with excitement at his sudden increase in power, Ron threw back his head and laughed.

Then he released his energy and shot skyward in one burst, becoming a golden pillar of light with a long tail trailing behind him as he broke through the planet's atmosphere!

Even before this, Ron had been able to survive in space.

Now, his strength had reached the hundred-million range in this world, and his body was far beyond that of an ordinary life-form.

At the very least, he surpassed the Z Fighters from the original story by far.

With his life form having ascended, Ron could now easily survive in even harsher environments.

It would merely take more energy; he only needed to expend enough to protect his body and meet its basic needs.

Surrounded by the pitch-black void, he looked at the distant stars and felt the energy draining from his body.

Compared to his base form, the amount consumed was indeed negligible.

However, although Super Saiyan form greatly increased his base battle power, one point couldn't be ignored: after transforming, his energy continued to drain even when he wasn't fighting.

Ron had known that from the start.

He was a Dragon Ball fan, after all. As a transmigrator familiar with the story, he knew very well that unless a Super Saiyan attained full power, maintaining the form would consume a great deal of Super Saiyan Energy.

This was actually similar to the way it worked in the manga and games.

Ron remembered playing the Dragon Ball games in his previous life. Once a Saiyan transformed into a Super Saiyan, the form always had a time limit.

"At this rate of consumption, my current strength is still nowhere near enough for interstellar travel... Flying at full speed would take even more energy. Unless I had plenty of things to restore my stamina and energy..." Ron muttered to himself.

Since he was in space, sound couldn't travel.

Of course, that didn't mean he couldn't speak.

Sound could travel with the help of energy; it could serve as a medium.

"Looks like I was thinking too simply. To truly cross the universe, my base battle power will have to reach that level at the very least... Sigh..." Ron sighed again, reining in his excitement as he returned from space to the ground.

He still had to become stronger.