Phase Two Asura

Lin Yuan looked toward the sound and saw Ashura's body beginning to swell within the smoke, black energy surging wildly from inside him.

His body grew enormous, veins bulging across his arms, and his aura instantly became several times stronger than before.

"Ha ha ha ha! Now I'll let you see my true strength!" Ashura shouted with laughter as he leaped onto the arena.

Lin Yuan frowned slightly as he sensed Ashura's powerful aura, but there was not a trace of panic in him. Instead, intense fighting spirit rose in his eyes. "Interesting. Now this is more like it."

Just when he was getting sleepy, someone had brought him a pillow. He happened to need an evenly matched opponent to serve as a whetstone.

The current Ashura was undoubtedly the best candidate at this stage.

"Goku, let me take this round. You rest for a while."

As Lin Yuan spoke, he landed on the arena. Goku did not force himself to continue; after reminding Lin Yuan to be careful, he stood to the side with Misa to watch.

Lin Yuan crossed his arms over his chest without making any move. He merely fixed Ashura with his gaze.

Goku felt that Lin Yuan was standing there, yet somehow seemed not to be there at all. He was clearly powerful, but only gave off the faintest aura.

It was the aura of a stone!

Ashura felt the same way.

"Die!!"

With an angry roar, Ashura charged at Lin Yuan. Their battle erupted instantly—fists and kicks collided, energy clashed, and the entire hall shook.

Every one of Ashura's attacks was filled with destructive power, his moves broad and forceful.

Lin Yuan, on the other hand, moved only slightly. Every technique looked casually thrown out, yet he perfectly blocked Ashura's attacks every time.

Ashura was frustrated. He clearly felt as though he was pressing his opponent down, yet he was the one panting heavily now, his stamina rapidly draining.

Meanwhile, the brat opposite him wore an irritating grin, his aura not the least bit disordered.

After some probing, Lin Yuan had a rough idea of Ashura's strength.

This Ashura really was formidable. At the very least, his combat power was no weaker than Lin Yuan's.

If Lin Yuan had not undergone those two and a half years of training, then with equal combat power, he might truly have had no way to defeat him.

But now, victory was assured!

Unless Ashura's strength doubled again, he posed no threat to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan assumed an opening stance, the smile fading from his face as he said slowly, "My turn!"

Before the words had even faded, his attack arrived.

Lin Yuan threw a plain, unadorned straight punch directly at Ashura's face.

Looking at that seemingly simple punch, Ashura instantly broke out in a cold sweat and raised his hand to defend himself.

But the force behind that punch was like an arrow shot at extreme speed, driving Ashura straight into the wall.

"Impossible! This guy's ki is clearly weak. How can he unleash such a powerful attack?!"

Ashura pulled himself from the wall, his face filled with disbelief as he roared unwillingly.

"I'll kill you, brat! Haaahhhhh!"

Ashura began to howl, his aura rising again. His right arm swelled as well, while a mass of black energy rapidly enveloped the entire limb.

Lin Yuan did not dare lower his guard, because the energy gathered in Ashura's right arm was now powerful enough to threaten him. His combat power had reached a full 800 points!!

Lin Yuan clenched both fists and drew them back to his waist, letting out a fierce shout.

White ki flames began to seep from his body, enveloping him. His powerful aura spread outward in layers like rolling waves.

The next second...

Both of them moved at once.

With a roar, Ashura transformed into a black meteor and shot toward Lin Yuan.

White ki flames likewise coiled around Lin Yuan as he shot toward Ashura.

"Die...!!!!"

"Comet! Big Bang!"

The two shouts rang out at the same time, followed immediately by the collision of black and white light.

After one second of deadlock, the black was completely swallowed by the white.

Only after the shockwaves from the collision dispersed could the situation in the arena be seen clearly.

Ashura's entire right arm was gone, dark red blood dripping continuously from the wound. Lin Yuan, meanwhile, had merely lost the sleeve on his right arm.

Bang!!

Ashura's body crashed heavily onto the ground.

Seeing their boss fall, the surrounding lesser demons were all terrified out of their wits, frozen where they stood.

Looking at Ashura lying on the ground, Lin Yuan felt no stir in his heart as he said:

"Don't worry. Your boss won't die."

Then he turned his gaze to Goku.

"Come on, Goku. Bring Misa with you."

The three of them swaggered out of the Demon Realm.

After returning to the human world, Goku kept marveling.

"Wow, I never expected there to be experts like you guys. Looks like I need to train even harder."

The gate to the Demon Realm closed, and the two of them safely returned little Misa to her parents.

Seeing that Misa was safe and sound, her parents held a party and warmly entertained Lin Yuan and Goku.

After eating and drinking their fill, the two rested in the castle for the night.

Early the next morning.

Lin Yuan and Goku got up and headed for West City. Goku said he wanted to take a look at Lin Yuan's dojo.

Lin Yuan naturally flew using the Sky Dance Technique, while Goku rode the Flying Nimbus.

After arriving in West City.

Lin Yuan planned to drop Goku off directly at the Ultra Instinct Dojo, where Tien Shinhan and the others were.

Goku would surely be excited to train alongside them.

Over the past two and a half years, more people had begun training at the dojo.

Lin Yuan scanned the area with his ki and discovered several powerful presences.

Their battle power was likely no lower than one hundred, and one had even reached two hundred.

He found Nam and Tien Shinhan to learn about the dojo's situation over the past two years.

After two years of development, the dojo had grown to more than 130 disciples.

It was basically at capacity now. Unless someone was exceptionally talented or there were special circumstances, they would no longer accept new members.

Besides Nam, three captains had also been selected.

The three captains usually led the basic training, while Nam handled the advanced training.

The dojo had also adopted a uniform: silver-white training clothes with a logo bearing the character "Ultra" on the chest.

After hearing all that, Lin Yuan was fairly satisfied. After leaving Goku behind, he left the dojo.

He was going home.

On the way back to West City, Lin Yuan had already called Launch and told her he would be home soon.

She was probably preparing breakfast right now.

At that thought, a smile unconsciously appeared on Lin Yuan's lips, and his speed increased a little more.

In less than two minutes, Lin Yuan was standing at his front door.

Looking at the familiar little courtyard, Lin Yuan felt both emotional and excited. He pushed the door open and walked in.

"I'm back!"

"Lin Yuan—!!"

A figure rushed out of the kitchen and threw herself into Lin Yuan's arms.

"Lin Yuan, I missed you so much!"

Launch buried her head against Lin Yuan's chest, wrapped her arms around his waist, and held him tightly.

Looking at Launch in his arms, Lin Yuan felt a little guilty and sighed.

"I'm sorry. I made you wait so long."

Launch repeatedly shook her head.

"It's okay. You haven't eaten yet, right? Breakfast will be ready soon, so you should first... mmph!"

Before she could finish, Lin Yuan kissed her...

Perhaps because they had not seen each other in so long, they stood there kissing for a full five minutes. Even the usually reserved blue-haired Launch seemed fervent.

After a long while, their lips parted.

Lin Yuan looked at Launch's flushed face, his eyes full of affection. As though he had made some kind of decision, he said softly, "Launch, marry me."

"Mmm... mmph!"