Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, seven years had passed since the Cell Games. Under Qing Mo's guidance, Vegeta had successfully transformed into Super Saiyan 3 a year ago!
But the moment he successfully reached Super Saiyan 3, he immediately discovered the side effect Qing Mo had told him about back then!
Although this form granted him immense power and confidence, Vegeta found that once he transformed into Super Saiyan 3, his stamina drained far too quickly!
Especially the first time he transformed. Though he had caused quite a commotion, letting Gohan, Piccolo, and Krillin—along with his wife Android 18—sense the terrifying power of Vegeta's transformation!
Yet after transforming, Vegeta had maintained the form for less than ten minutes before being forced back to normal!
The reason was that with Super Saiyan 3, even if you did absolutely nothing after transforming, your stamina would continue to drain at an extremely fast rate. Before long, it would squeeze nearly every last drop of Vegeta's strength dry!
In order to perfect Super Saiyan 3, Vegeta continued having Qing Mo increase the pressure on him. And because he refused to let Kakarot surpass him!
Not only did he endure the pressure Qing Mo imposed on him every day, he also went to the gravity control chamber to train like mad. He would not stop until he had practically worked himself half to death!
Still, it was thanks to Vegeta being ruthless enough toward himself that his base form received extreme, overloaded tempering. By now, Vegeta had already traveled quite far down the path of Super Saiyan 3!
When he transformed into Super Saiyan 3 now, the loss of stamina had already decreased greatly compared to the beginning, and he could maintain the form for much longer!
Meanwhile, under Qing Mo's