Control Form

"This isn't Super Saiyan!"

Son Goku and Vegeta both looked surprised when they saw Son Gohan's form.

They had long grown accustomed to the power boost brought by Super Saiyan transformations, but Son Gohan's transformation...

"His ki hasn't increased much," Vegeta said with a frown.

The reason Super Saiyan was so powerful was obvious: it provided an enormous boost in battle power, initially multiplying it by more than fifty times.

Yet Son Gohan's current transformation was completely different from Super Saiyan. The amount of ki had not increased much; it had even weakened.

But with Son Gohan's strength, could it really have weakened?

Clenching his fist, Son Gohan felt the power within him. It was just as he had envisioned, with no significant difference.

Yes, this was the first time he had used this transformation, one he had been envisioning for the past seven years.

It was a combined version of Potential Unleashed, Super Saiyan, and several other special forms.

Many people would surely think Super Saiyan was the orthodox path of Dragon Ball, but in truth, Super Saiyan was not perfect.

Yes, Son Gohan was not saying Super Saiyan was inadequate. It simply needed improvement.

Many might think that was wrong, but throughout Dragon Ball, Super Saiyan had always been unable to escape one flaw: its consumption was far too great.

The higher the Super Saiyan transformation, the greater the drain on stamina and ki. Super Saiyan 3 in particular had an utterly terrifying level of consumption.

Even Super Saiyan Blue was a transformation with even more frightening consumption.

Many people who had watched Super would complain that even when Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan Blue, his fights were basically always evenly matched.

But it had been said before: this was due to the divine realm's control over