New Opponent

Goku could no longer fight Vegeta through combat. He had to use Angel Power. Half a wing grew from Goku's back, while Vegeta, as Goku gathered power to transform, charged up his strongest technique—Final Flash!

Just as Goku had emerged from his half-winged state, Vegeta suddenly fired his blast. Goku met the beam without fear, placing one hand before his chest and opening his palm to reveal an inward-curving circular center.

The moment Vegeta's technique made contact with Goku, his beam did not explode on impact. Instead, Goku absorbed it in some way. Goku's hand grew brighter and brighter, and his wing grew larger and larger.

Vegeta stopped the light wave and stood there, panting heavily. At that moment, Goku suddenly appeared in front of him, touching Vegeta's forehead with one hand while gripping Vegeta's arm with the other.

"Out!"

The energy Goku had absorbed into his hand was released all at once in that instant. Like gentle moonlight, it quietly touched Vegeta's body, driving away the dark energy within him with that white power.

At last, all the dark energy in Vegeta's body was purged by Goku, and he returned to calm. Goku could also sense that this energy did not quite resemble the energy of the Seed of Divine Wrath. It was more like some new kind of energy.

"Vegeta, what exactly happened?"

"The Seed of Divine Wrath. It was the Seed of Divine Wrath."

"The Seed of Divine Wrath? How could it have this kind of aura?"

Vegeta began recalling what had just happened.

"When I was training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Zalama's aura appeared beside me. When I attacked that evil aura, I was surrounded by it. As for where this dark aura came from, I don't know either."

"Looks like we'll have to go find the Grand Priest again."

"No, there's no need."

At that moment, Jing Qi and Whis, who had been watching from afar, walked out. Vegeta looked at the unfamiliar face and could not help but question him.

"Kakarot, who is this person?"

"This person..."

Jing Qi interrupted Goku, signaling that he would explain himself.

"Hello, I'm Jing Qi, the new God of Destruction of Universe 7."

"Mm. I'm Vegeta."

Jing Qi looked at Vegeta, whose personality was completely opposite to Goku's, and for a moment he actually did not know what to say. Then Goku spoke.

"Jing Qi, you said there's no need to find the Grand Priest. Does that mean you know what's going on?"

"Yes. This dark aura of yours isn't from the Seed of Divine Wrath. It belongs to a person. Before I became a God of Destruction, I suffered at his hands."

"It belongs to a person? What would his purpose be in coming to Earth?"

Jing Qi thought of the Time Ring Goku had used just now. He pointed at the Time Ring on Goku's hand and said, "The Time Ring. He came for the Time Ring. I believe Mr. Vegeta must have one on his hand too."

"Yes."

Vegeta nodded, but he was also curious. Why had that person not gone after Kakarot, and had gone after him instead?

"I think he didn't go after Goku because Whis and I were by his side. He must have found you while you were training alone."

"Then how did he manage to come here silently and inject dark energy into me right in front of me?"

"His specialty is spatial suspension. He gathered fallen energy from the universe in advance, absorbed it into his body, found your location, used his own domain to pause time, then released it in front of you. Mr. Goku, do you still remember when I ran for God of Destruction?"

Goku nodded.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be Number Nine, the one who lost the selection. He's probably doing this to take revenge on us."

"He shouldn't have energy this powerful, right? When I saw you and Number Ten fighting him, you didn't seem to have that much trouble."

"That was only on the surface. In truth, I also had to put in a great deal of effort to beat him, and I had to rely on Number Ten to draw his attention before I could defeat him."

While they were talking, he sensed an energy appearing on this planet that was neither particularly strong nor particularly weak.

Goku and Vegeta immediately flew near that energy, searching for the strange power. Suddenly, a light wave appeared in front of Goku, and Goku punched it.

But when Goku's fist struck the light wave, it was not knocked back. Instead, it stuck to Goku's hand and began devouring it with a molecular appearance.