Are You Crazy? What Right Do You Have to Hit Me?!

You had to know that on Divine Martial Battle Star, a vast number of Saiyans still had yet to surpass 500,000 battle power.

They trained bitterly day and night, their armor drenched in sweat, yet the gains they made still could not compare to the leap granted by a single fruit—leaving them disheartened, yet igniting an even fiercer desire within them.

Precisely because stellar-grade fruits were so scarce, Barros simply brought out fifteen of them in public:

He gave two to Broly for emergencies, allocated two to Bardock's team for shared use, distributed six among the six expeditionary teams in the East Galaxy, and reserved the remaining five as rewards for future merits.

In private, he also secretly gave Xuesaili and Palanti two stellar-grade fruits each; his mother, Xuesaiya, received three ordinary Neural Tree Fruits to strengthen her foundation.

Over the past two years, the finest warriors of Divine Martial Battle Star had nearly all touched the threshold of becoming Super Saiyans.

Bardock had already reached 3.37 million battle power. All he needed was a spark of fury to break through and transform;

The sisters Xuesaiya and Xuesaili followed close behind, both possessing 3.26 million battle power;

Palanti was slightly behind them, but she had still reached 3.02 million.

As for the other warriors charging across the East Galaxy and North Galaxy, the weaker ones had five or six hundred thousand battle power, while the stronger ones had already surpassed one million—capable of stirring entire star systems at a whim, a truly terrifying prospect.

After four years of painstaking development, Divine Martial Battle Star had undergone an overall leap in battle power.

As the supreme ruler of Divine Martial Battle Star, the "Saiyan Divine Martial Emperor" Barros, and Broly, Divine Martial Battle Star's second-strongest warrior and a natural Legendary Super Saiyan, how could they possibly remain stagnant?

Two years ago, Broly's battle power had already broken through ten million. He stood only a thin veil away from the realm of Super Saiyans.

Had Barros not sternly warned him, and had Broly not feared that he would struggle to retain his sanity after transforming, he would have been more than capable of becoming the number one warrior on Divine Martial Battle Star back then—perhaps even the undisputed strongest being publicly known in the current universe.

With Broly's 10.8 million battle power as its foundation, the legendary Super Saiyan transformation would grant him 640 million battle power in its initial form; if he went one step further and entered the legendary form, his battle power could soar to 1.08 billion—enough to rival Vegeta and Trunks during the Cell battle in the original story.

But precisely because the variables were too great and the risks too high, Broly, whose battle power had entered the ten-million range half a year ago, still had not pierced through that critical threshold.

He feared that overwhelming rage, world-destroying urges for destruction, and violent thoughts beyond control would crush what little sanity remained within him.

For that reason, he suppressed himself every day, restraining himself inch by inch.

Had Barros not personally taught him the Ice Heart Formula, he feared he would have long since been torn apart by the seductive voices in his heart and his burning thirst for power, collapsing and forcibly completing the transformation!

Yet even so, Broly's restraint had grown increasingly difficult over the past month.

With every additional point of battle power he gained, that seductive voice in his heart grew stronger by another degree.

He could not delay much longer. Even with the Ice Heart Formula and dual cultivation with ice essence supporting him, he was highly likely to lose his mental defenses and completely release the innate power of a Super Saiyan.

After all, he was not an ordinary Saiyan, but a Legendary Super Saiyan who appeared once in a thousand years, destined by his bloodline.

Compared to ordinary people, how could that instinctive summons be merely five times stronger for him?

That Broly had endured for over half a year spoke to a willpower that was already exceedingly rare among Super Saiyans throughout history.

Of course, the reason he grit his teeth and held on was indeed because he feared that berserk fury would consume his sanity;

But the deeper reason was that Barros was about to connect the thirty-six Heavenly Gang acupoints and open the one hundred and eight Heavenly Cycle meridians, transforming in one stroke and becoming a Super Saiyan!

After spending several years together day and night, Broly's trust in Barros had long since seeped into his bones.

He believed every word Barros said and treated them as absolute doctrine.

Since Barros had told him to hold off and wait until the day he succeeded before making his breakthrough—Broly was willing to endure and patiently await that moment.

Thus, Broly could only clench his teeth and forcibly suppress that searing, overwhelming impulse to transform into a Super Saiyan.

Deep within the Imperial Hall.

Barros sat cross-legged atop the high platform behind the hall. Strands of starlight descended from the heavens, gathering into a pillar of stars that connected heaven and earth, illuminating all eight directions. This vast stellar stream surged from the boundless universe beyond Divine Martial Battle Star like a celestial river pouring down, unstoppable in its momentum.

All was silent. Only that radiant star pillar, standing between heaven and earth, burned quietly as though it had existed since time immemorial.

Barros had long since tempered all seventy-two Earthly Fiend acupoints to perfection.

Over these four years, the thirty-six Heavenly Gang acupoints—the most difficult to conquer—had also finally all been successfully refined under the unceasing nourishment of star cores.

Once the one hundred and eight Heavenly Cycle acupoints—the thirty-six Heavenly Gang and seventy-two Earthly Fiend acupoints—were completely fused into one, Barros would completely break free from the shackles that planets imposed upon Saiyan bloodlines. With the power of his flesh alone, he would be able to roam the sea of stars and cross the universe.

However, precisely because the thirty-six Heavenly Gang acupoints contained such immense power, the final step of condensing and connecting them was especially perilous and difficult.

Even though more than a dozen star cores lay piled before him—three planetary-grade and one stellar-grade—

The tempering of this final "Heavenly Pillar Acupoint" still progressed with agonizing slowness.

Once the Heavenly Pillar was formed, the Heavenly Gang art would be complete, and the Heavenly Cycle would naturally open.

For that very reason, Barros did not dare show the slightest carelessness with this final acupoint.

To ensure nothing went wrong, before entering seclusion to assault the Heavenly Pillar Acupoint, he deliberately sent away Broly, who was already nearing the brink of losing control, and urgently recalled Xuesaiya, Xuesaili, and Palanti to stand guard.

Had Bardock's current expedition to the far reaches of the East Galaxy not been so distant, Barros would have torn through space to summon him back without hesitation!

Still, with Xuesaiya and the others holding the fort, Barros was certain this trial was as secure as an impregnable fortress.

Beneath that towering pillar of stars, Barros's blood and vitality surged through his body like rivers, while his flesh became harder than divine iron. The two battered and tempered each other, rising rapidly.

The Heavenly Pillar Acupoint was a crucial pivot of the human body, and the central outline governing the thirty-six Heavenly Gang acupoints, linking the seventy-two Earthly Fiend acupoints, and unifying the one hundred and eight Heavenly Cycle acupoints.

A star core rapidly withered, while Barros's body became like an abyssal maw.

In an instant, it devoured every last trace of the vast stellar energy contained within.

The annihilation of a star core meant his physical body had advanced another step, his blood and vitality growing more vigorous and refined. It also meant that the Heavenly Pillar Acupoint was one step closer to truly taking shape.

Time flew by. The star cores before Barros dimmed and dried up, one after another.

To forge the strongest physical body capable of bearing the acupoints throughout his body, he should have condensed the Heavenly Pillar Acupoint immediately after draining the last ordinary star core—

Yet he did the opposite, dispersing all the star-core energy originally reserved for the Heavenly Pillar Acupoint throughout his limbs and body, tempering his sinews, bones, flesh, and blood over and over.

The final ordinary star core exploded, crumbling into drifting ashes.

Without moving from his cross-legged position, Barros then drew upon one of the three planetary-grade star cores before him, slowly absorbing its surging stellar power into his body.

Divine Martial Battle Star, Imperial Hall.

At that moment, Kamosi, the Saiyans' chief scientist, was flushed with excitement as he raced toward the Imperial Hall, moving as swiftly as the wind.

At the thought that the news he was about to report could earn him a lavish reward—perhaps even a stellar-grade Neural Tree Fruit—his heart pounded wildly, and he could barely contain himself.

The figure speeding in from afar and reaching the skies above the Imperial Hall in the blink of an eye

immediately made Xuesaiya, Xuesaili, Palanti, Jiyande, and more than a dozen other top Saiyans guarding the area frown in unison. Their blade-sharp gazes locked onto the newcomer.

Kamosi, whose mind had been overwhelmed by ecstatic anticipation, caught sight of the towering pillar of starlight behind the Imperial Hall and the dozen or so figures standing solemnly before it—

But he paid them no heed and simply accelerated his descent.

Seeing that he showed no sign of stopping and was heading straight for the forbidden grounds, frost instantly covered Xuesaiya's exquisitely beautiful face.

"Humph!"

Meisu, one of the ten strongest Saiyans, was as loyal to Barros as iron. Seeing this man dare to barge into the secluded cultivation grounds, he snorted coldly before Xuesaiya could speak and fired a Ki blast, carrying a fierce gust of wind, straight at Kamosi.

Anyone who disturbed the Emperor's secluded cultivation, regardless of who they were, would be killed without mercy.

This was an iron law personally laid down by Barros, and it was the absolute line between life and death that none of them would tolerate being crossed.

Still lost in his beautiful fantasy, Kamosi suddenly sensed a sharp surge of energy slashing toward his face. His expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly twisted aside.

He barely dodged it. Clutching his numbed arm, he glared at Meisu and roared, "Meisu! Have you gone mad? Why did you attack me?!"

That single shout completely ignited the situation.

Meisu had been the only one to strike at first, but before his words had even faded, Xuesaiya, Xuesaili, Palanti, Jiyande, Meisu, and eight other Saiyans at the very pinnacle of Divine Martial Battle Star all raised their hands—

More than a dozen Ki blasts tore through the air, all hurtling toward Kamosi!

None of the Ki blasts had been charged to full power, but with more than ten top experts attacking at once, their might alone nearly scared Kamosi out of his wits.

Faced with the overwhelming assault, he did not even have an opening to dodge. He could only cross his arms before his chest and forcibly withstand the barrage!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Dull impacts exploded one after another.

In mere moments, Kamosi's skin had split open and blood streamed down his body.

If he had not been a Saiyan scientist familiar to Xuesaiya and the others, not one of them would have held back in that earlier wave of Ki blasts.

Likewise, if Kamosi had truly been an enemy, he would have been ground into dust from a thousand miles away. He would never have had the slightest chance to approach the Imperial Hall.

After a long while, Kamosi landed unsteadily, his face full of confusion and pain.

"Lady Xuesaiya, Lady Xuesaili... how exactly have I offended you all?" Even now, he remained utterly bewildered.

"Humph—!"

Xuesaiya gave a cold snort. Without waiting for him to say another word, her voice pierced forth like an icicle:

"Barros is in secluded cultivation. Those who approach without permission will be killed without mercy!"

"Th-the Emperor!" Kamosi looked up at the pillar of starlight that pierced the clouds and connected heaven and earth. His legs went weak, and he nearly collapsed on the Imperial Hall steps. In that instant, he understood everything—no wonder Meisu had attacked him, and why Xuesaiya and Xuesaili had immediately moved to surround him.

So merely approaching on his own had already been a grave taboo. Then he had gone and shouted at the top of his lungs, practically throwing himself onto the blade edge of Barros's secluded cultivation.

At the same time, Kamosi secretly felt a chill of fear. If the Saiyans before him had not all been familiar faces, and if he had not been the chief scientist of Divine Martial Battle Star personally appointed by the Emperor, he would likely have been blasted into nothing the instant he stepped into the forbidden grounds. How could there have been any of what followed?

Before the cold sweat had even dried, all resentment had vanished from his heart—he had brought this entirely upon himself. The fact that he had managed to keep his life was already an immense stroke of fortune!