Goku's Severed Arm

"Minions, go!"

The five Destruction Ghosts shot toward Goku in unison. Goku flew swiftly into the sky, while the ghosts behind him pursued relentlessly, like a pride of lions fighting over prey.

Gaia below was not idle either. He crouched where he was and closed his eyes, beginning to gather power. Slowly, the mark of a cleaver appeared on his forehead. The blade was long overall, with a short hilt, and three large characters were engraved upon it: "God-Slaying Blade."

Vegeta's heart sank at the sight before him, because he knew this blade was the weapon of a God of Destruction. Unlike other enemies, Goku's body had been tempered through countless battles until ordinary weapons could no longer harm him, but this was the weapon of a God of Destruction. How could its power possibly compare to other weapons?

Even the divine sword that Gohan had once cut in half was slightly inferior before it. Vegeta quickly flared his aura and flew behind Goku, while the ghosts behind him were still chasing.

"Kakarot, let's do this together!"

Vegeta's worry was not unnecessary, because the current Goku had already been worn down by being chased by these ghosts. But what kind of personality did Goku have? Unless it was a critical moment, he absolutely would not let Vegeta interfere. He shook his head and refused Vegeta.

But it was precisely because Goku shook his head that he would pay a terrible price later.

"Kakarot, you..."

Vegeta was angered by Goku's behavior. After all, no one knew whether the God of Destruction before them was testing them or truly getting serious. Looking at Goku's stubborn expression, Vegeta gave a disappointed sigh as well, then turned and flew elsewhere.

After seeing Vegeta fly far away, Goku finally stopped hiding it. He immediately stopped in place and quickly transformed into Ultra Instinct. His hair turned white at once, and the transparent aura around him became silver-white.

"Kamehameha!"

Goku did not charge this attack for long. He fired it instantly, and the ghosts behind him were blasted into pieces. Four of them were killed on the spot, while the last ghost was heavily wounded by this Kamehameha.

Goku raised his hand above his head, and energy gathered into a disc. He threw it straight at the final ghost. The already battered ghost was cut cleanly in half by the strike.

"Yo, you've got some skill."

Gaia below had already finished charging his new weapon. In his hand was a long blade that reached all the way down to his heel. The blade's surface gave off a dark purple aura, but the name "God-Slaying Blade" shone in red, forming a stark contrast with Gaia's aura and the energy of the blade itself.

Goku seemed to be violently shocked by this blade, because he had never seen a sword with such murderous hostility before. How could the energy of a God of Destruction possess such intense malice?

"Kakarot! Don't let that blade cut you!"

At some point, Vegeta had appeared on the ground, and standing beside him was Goku's companion, Majin Buu.

"Sun Wukong, fight without worry. I'll heal you."

When Goku saw Vegeta and Buu on the ground, he felt a little more secure. Now he did not have to fear getting hurt. Even if he was injured, Buu was there to heal him.

Gaia raised the blade and slashed toward Goku. Goku could only dodge passively, but Gaia's attack speed was very fast. Goku could not keep defending without attacking forever, so he could only wait for Gaia to reveal an opening, then slowly look for a chance to finish him in one blow.

Gaia dragged the blade with both hands and slashed so many times, yet Goku still had not been hurt by him. At this point, Gaia flew into a rage. He quickly chanted an incantation, and the originally dark purple "God-Slaying Blade" slowly began to change.

The characters at the back were simply altered outright, becoming "Moon Demon Blade." Moon Demon was Gaia's title before he became a God of Destruction. This blade was a weapon formed from his own energy made physical.

"Take this!"

Gaia's slashing speed became even faster. Goku had no choice but to gather both hands in front of him, because if that blade stabbed into Goku's heart or chest, and Goku was not treated in time, he would one hundred percent die here.

"There really aren't many people who can withstand this many attacks from me. So far, it's already been eighty times. You're impressive, Earthling. But this eighty-first strike—you definitely won't block it!"

Gaia rapidly enlarged the "Moon God Blade," and dark purple energy slowly flowed into the blade's interior. Goku was also about to use his trump card skill, "Dragon Fist."

"Moon God Slash!"

"Dragon Fist!"

Goku slowly raised both hands, and energy began gathering in his palms, forming a golden energy sphere. The sphere gave off a dazzling light. Its shape began to change, gradually forming the shape of a dragon.

The dragon's form grew clearer and clearer. Its scales glittered with golden light beneath the sun, its eyes were like two burning fireballs, and its roar echoed through the valley.

Gaia's Moon God Slash rapidly enlarged the blade. Its body did not gather any energy, but its edge was quickly condensing deep purple energy, and that energy was still expanding rapidly.

By now, Goku had finished charging. His body quickly locked onto the target, and he stretched out his right hand—the one not wearing the Time Ring—then rushed swiftly toward Gaia. Gaia also launched this attack in the form of a horizontal slash.

This energy far exceeded Goku's imagination. Anything touched by it vanished completely from where it stood.

Goku could also feel that his Dragon Fist was struggling somewhat. If Goku did not use Dragon Fist to send this God of Destruction before him away, then even if the other man did not use the Power of Destruction, Earth would once again be destroyed by the force of this horizontal slash.

Goku roared with even greater force, and half a wing was growing from his back. The originally golden dragon first turned silver-white, then became a completely white dragon, and its eyes also turned white.

Gradually, the horizontal slash could no longer withstand the impact of Dragon Fist. The expression on Gaia's face went from confidence to nervousness, because he knew that Sun Wukong before him had already gotten completely serious.

"Heh. Even if I die, I'll make sure you don't get off easy!"

Gaia rapidly shrank the horizontal slash that was about to be broken through by Dragon Fist. He did not draw this energy back into his body, but gathered it once more onto the shrunken Moon God Blade.

With that shrinkage, Goku's Dragon Fist finally struck out completely, smashing fiercely into Gaia's stomach. Gaia spat blood from the punch, but that was only the dragon head touching him. The dragon's body had not come close to touching him yet.

"Sun Wukong, go die!"

After Gaia said this, his entire body was completely pierced through by the Dragon Fist, leaving only one arm behind. But the blade condensed on that arm had not been lowered. Instead, it chopped down with all its might toward the dragon head position of Goku's Dragon Fist.

"Ah!"

After Goku let out a loud scream, blood began gushing endlessly from his body, and one of his arms had also fallen off. With just that one strike, Goku, who had survived countless battles, was completely defeated.

Gaia was no better off. He was completely obliterated by Goku's Dragon Fist in angel state. Aside from the remaining mist of blood left in the sky, nothing else remained.

Goku clutched his severed arm and screamed, while Vegeta and Buu also saw that something was wrong and immediately flew in front of Goku. Goku had already been tortured unconscious by the pain brought by the severed arm.

"Buu, can this still be reattached?"

"I can only do my best. I'll transfer my power to him first to help him stop the bleeding. You need to find a suitable arm for him to attach. Otherwise, I'm not confident I can make him recover a severed limb again."

Buu's face was filled with anxiety. If it were some minor injury, Buu could definitely heal it completely. But when it came to a severed arm, he truly had no confidence, let alone one caused by a weapon that possessed the Power of Destruction.

If only Goku and Majin Buu had the same kind of body, able to recover even if they were shattered to pieces.

"Majin Buu, try reattaching his severed arm first."

"Okay. I'll do my best."

Vegeta picked up Goku's severed arm and placed it against the stump. Majin Buu then pulled some flesh from his own body and pressed it tightly over Goku's severed limb, continuously pouring energy into him.

"Good thing I had the foresight to call you over."

Vegeta let out a long sigh. Without Majin Buu, he truly would not have known what to do.

"It's no good, Vegeta. The inside of this arm was completely destroyed by that God of Destruction's weapon just now. All that's left is an empty shell of skin."

Vegeta was stunned. He had not expected Gaia to unleash such powerful energy against Goku, much less reduce Goku to a one-armed man.

"There is one more way, Vegeta."

Majin Buu's body shifted into the Grand Supreme Kai he had absorbed. His originally chubby, adorable face was now almost no different from the Grand Supreme Kai standing before them.

"What way?"

"Go to another time-space and find Dr. Gero. Have him make Goku an android arm."

"Would that really work?"

The Grand Supreme Kai seemed to be thinking something over.

"I only heard from Satan that there was once an incredible Dr. Gero who created many powerful androids. For now, I can only trouble you with this. You must soften your attitude, or if Dr. Gero refuses to do it, things will get troublesome."

After saying that, the Grand Supreme Kai immediately added another sentence.

"Whatever you do, do not interfere with anything on that timeline. Even if the warriors of other universes all fall in battle, do not interfere, because that is the law of the universe."

Vegeta nodded and raised the Time Ring on his hand. He shouted for it to take him to a time-space where Dr. Gero existed, and then a black hole slowly appeared before him. No one knew what time-space lay beyond. No one knew what Vegeta would experience.

But at that moment, there was only one sentence in Vegeta's heart: Kakarot, wait for me!