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"Boom!"
A golden aura violently swept across the battlefield. Frieza's power had surged to a terrifying level. The Golden Frieza form was not a direct leap to the divine realm; rather, it was a transformative enhancement, similar in concept to the intense, strained evolution of Super Saiyan 4.
"Boom!" "Rumble, Rumble!"
A colossal roar echoed through the sky, and the clouds above were ripped apart by the sheer force of the released energy. An overwhelmingly terrifying aura spread in all directions.
"You monkeys! Enjoy your last few moments!" Frieza's voice rang out, heavy with arrogance and pride.
"Boom!"
As his challenge ended, Frieza's figure instantly vanished.
In the next instant, Raditz instinctively sensed the imminent danger, but he was too slow. His body plummeted like a cannonball toward the ground.
"Rumble, Rumble!"
The distant ground buckled and collapsed. Raditz's body was slammed deep into the earth, creating a massive crater.
"Now it's your turn!" "All the humiliation you've given me… this time, you will all die for it!"
Frieza's voice was laced with cruelty, and his gaze instantly locked onto Jiang Chen.
"Frieza!" "Your opponent hasn't even been resolved yet!"
Looking at the tyrant, Jiang Chen allowed a slight smile to play on his lips.
"Hasn't resolved?"
Frieza froze for a moment, then suddenly turned his head back toward the crater.
At the very instant he turned, "Boom!"
A crimson divine aura surged forth from the earth, and Raditz's energy signature was instantly infused with godly power.
"Truly terrifying!"
Wiping his mouth lightly, Raditz's hair blazed crimson as he slowly rose from the depths of the earth. His crude, explosive fighting aura had completely vanished, replaced by the smooth, controlled flow of divine ki.
Through countless battles and endless training, this time Raditz did not hold back. He had directly activated his strongest form: Super Saiyan God.
"Hmph!" "Just a mere monkey. If you're not dead, then I'll kill you again," Frieza snorted coldly, his irritation growing. He instantly charged straight at Raditz once more.
At this moment, the battle entered its second, most serious round.
Golden Frieza versus Super Saiyan God Raditz.
Compared with the original Goku and Vegeta, Raditz at this stage was only a Super Saiyan God, not the subsequent Super Saiyan Blue. Theoretically, he should not have been a match for Golden Frieza, who required Blue-level power to be challenged.
However, Raditz's base battle power in this alternate universe far exceeded that of the original Goku and Vegeta.
Under these circumstances, the collision between the two actually resulted in a momentary stalemate, a clash of equals.
"Boom!" "Rumble, Rumble!"
A massive roar echoed as golden and crimson shadows clashed rapidly across the sky. Powerful auras swept out recklessly in all directions.
At this moment, not only Earth, but the entire Universe seemed shaken by the intensity of these two titanic powers.
Fortunately, the Earth had been reinforced countless times by Shenron; otherwise, the simple collision of their ki signatures would have been enough to shatter the planet.
"Jiang Chen!" "Can Raditz win?" Seliba couldn't help but ask, her expression filled with nervousness.
Toma and the others felt the same apprehension.
In stark contrast, Goku and Vegeta gazed at the distant battle with eyes shining with excitement. For them, a fight of this magnitude was incredibly captivating.
"He should be fine."
Jiang Chen pondered briefly, then offered a calm smile. Although Golden Frieza's strength was indeed impressive, he had not yet reached the Black-Gold form. Raditz should still be able to handle him, provided Frieza didn't pull any of his old, dirty tricks.
Hearing Jiang Chen's confidence, Seliba and the others breathed a little easier.
Yet, as they felt reassured, Jiang Chen's perception sensed an entirely different, powerful signature buried deep within the void.
His gaze instinctively turned toward the emptiness of space above.
"This aura?"
With a slight frown, Jiang Chen's expression revealed a trace of doubt. It was familiar, yet utterly unexpected.
"Watch over them for me. I'll be back soon." With that, he addressed the group.
In the next instant:
"Whoosh!"
A wave of phantom energy swept across as he stepped forward, and Jiang Chen's figure disappeared from sight.
Beyond Earth.
No sooner had Jiang Chen appeared in the void than his pupils contracted sharply.
For before him stood a shadow he had never expected to encounter here.
"Such sharp perception!"
"I thought even if you sensed me, it would take you some time to arrive."
A playful laugh sounded as the figure looked at Jiang Chen, a trace of amusement in his gaze.
"Who are you?" "You can't be… Raditz!"
The low, stern voice spoke, and Jiang Chen's gaze locked onto the figure before him.
It was a shadow he knew all too well.
Clad in the characteristic armor of Planet Vegeta, with a scouter over his left eye for measuring battle power. Long, flowing black hair, and the same arrogant, dismissive smirk he had worn the first time Jiang Chen had ever seen him.
But how could this be? Raditz was currently battling Frieza on Earth, so how could an identical Raditz appear here in space?
Suddenly, a theory began to form in Jiang Chen's mind.
With a thought,
"Whoosh!"
A wave of illusory energy swept over, and in the next moment, a spectral book, the Book of Time, slowly materialized before him.
Countless threads of time intertwined, attempting to trace the marks left across time itself.
Yet very soon, Jiang Chen was struck with profound astonishment once more.
Even with the aid of the Book of Time, he could detect no trace of temporal or spatial residue on the Raditz standing before him. In other words, this Raditz inherently belonged to this Universe Seven. He was a natural element of this time and space.
Only in this way could there be absolutely no temporal or spatial irregularities.
But how could this be? In this world, in this time and space, how could two Raditz exist?
"Nothing is impossible!"
"We were born thanks to you, Aspara!"
While Jiang Chen was still processing the shock, another familiar shadow slowly emerged from the void, his face carrying the same arrogance, coupled with a hint of mockery.
When Jiang Chen's gaze landed on this second figure, his pupils contracted sharply once more.
For this figure was none other than Seliba.
He was identical to the Seliba currently present on Earth, except that his aura was far stronger and far more sinister. Otherwise, there was almost no difference.
"You were born thanks to me?"
Jiang Chen's mind raced as he looked at the two of them, a trace of doubt and intense calculation in his voice as he asked.
"Aspara, it seems you don't fully understand. Then allow me to explain!"
"Over ten years ago, you taught Raditz and the others how to master the Super Saiyan God form. To successfully undergo the transformation into Super Saiyan God, they chose to strip away their own evil hearts. We are precisely the evil hearts they shed."
The newly emerged Raditz spoke with a cold smile, and Jiang Chen's pupils shrank violently.
"Evil hearts? Stripped away?"
In that moment, Jiang Chen finally understood why his powers of time and space had detected no anomaly.
These two had always belonged to Universe Seven's time and space. Naturally, no irregularities could be sensed because they were native to this reality.
He had simply never imagined that Raditz and the others would undergo the same process as Kami Piccolo, dividing their being.
Back then, Kami Piccolo had stripped away a portion of his own evil to become the benevolent Kami, leaving that concentrated wickedness to form Piccolo Daimaō.
Raditz and the others, in order to truly become the righteous, calm Super Saiyan Gods, had somehow stripped away their evil hearts, creating the new, powerful, and sinister versions of Raditz and Seliba standing before him.
"No… it's not just Seliba!"
Thoughts raced through Jiang Chen's mind, and suddenly he felt a deeper jolt of realization. If these two were here, others must exist.
"Whoosh!"
The illusory wave swept, and the river of time began to surge upward, attempting to spread outward to search for others.
"Do you see now?" "Not bad, Aspara!" "But… you should stay behind!"
Seliba spoke with a light laugh, and in the next instant, a Pitch Black bird beside him slowly took flight.
Immediately after, the surrounding time and space seemed to freeze in that instant.
Indeed, at that moment, the entire continuum was instantly sealed and immobilized.
"What is this?"
Jiang Chen's pupils contracted again as his gaze instinctively fell on the massive Pitch Black bird.
Time and space sealed, a strange black bird... he recognized it immediately.
This was the Koku-Koku Bird, an existence rumored to be capable of destroying even the Zen'ō (King of All) Universe.
Only an existence like this could effectively seal him, one who possessed the Book of Time. Otherwise, even the Grand Priest might not be able to suppress his control over this portion of time and space.
"A Koku-Koku Bird from the deepest layers of the Devil Realm… Aspara, this time, there's no way for you to leave. Just stay here obediently!" Seliba spoke with a smile, watching Jiang Chen's expression register with a hint of cruel emotion.
"Two of you, I think you've misunderstood something."
"The time and space are sealed, yes, but the seal affects not only me. It also affects you and the Koku-Koku Bird."
"As long as I defeat you, naturally, the seal disappears."
Seeing Seliba's smug smile and Raditz's arrogant expression, a genuine, challenging smile broke across Jiang Chen's face.
"Still as arrogant as ever," Dark Raditz scoffed.
"But I am not the useless weakling I once was. Besides, with time's power sealed, you cannot transform into your Super Saiyan God form now."
"You think you can take us down with your current strength?!" Raditz burst into laughter, his face brimming with malicious pride.
Though they were merely the evil hearts separated from the original warriors, the process, and the decade spent steeped in the Devil Realm, had augmented them incredibly.
They were aware that in other universes, individuals like Nappa and Turles, empowered by demonic energy, could reach the level of Super Saiyan Blue. Dark Raditz, dormant in the deepest demonic circles, felt his and Dark Seliba's power was now incomparable to their righteous counterparts and far surpassed Jiang Chen's expected level.
"Is that so?"
"Then let me see just how strong you really are!" Jiang Chen spoke calmly, unfazed by their theatrics. In the next moment, he stepped forward, and a majestic aura began to rise from his body.
"Boom!"
Golden energy swept across.
But just as he was about to transform into a Super Saiyan... the golden energy instantly dimmed.
Jiang Chen restored himself to his normal state.
"Forget it. I don't have time to play with you. Let's just finish this quickly."
Glancing at the two arrogant figures, Jiang Chen's calm voice rang out, causing both of them to freeze in surprise.
At the same time, a far more violent, overwhelming aura surged around him. Jiang Chen did not choose to pursue the Super Saiyan God transformation. Since Raditz and Seliba had already claimed it was impossible to activate under the seal, he took their word for it.
But he was not limited to that one form.
"Boom!"
"Rumble, Rumble!"
The sealed time and space began to tremble violently at this moment.
A brutal aura swept outward, and in that instant, Jiang Chen transformed into Super Saiyan 4.
But it didn't stop there.
An even more intense aura began to surge from his Super Saiyan 4 form. White fur spread in an instant, expanding outward in all directions, and the legendary Super Saiyan 5 manifested once more.
At this moment, Jiang Chen held nothing back.
The sudden appearance of the Koku-Koku Bird and the highly strategic emergence of the Dark Raditz and Seliba clones already suggested a massive, organized threat. Not to mention, if they had been created a decade ago, as they claimed, their timing for this attack was clearly deliberate.
The meaning behind this sudden confrontation was obvious: this was an attempt to sideline him permanently.
"Boom!"
The aura surged, shaking the entire universe once more.
Yet, this overwhelmingly violent aura was completely sealed by the Koku-Koku Bird's magic.
Forget the nearby Earth; even higher dimensions barely perceived any anomaly here.
On the Kaiō God Realm, the Old Kaiō God remained focused on Earth, his expression tense but unaware of the true danger above.
Above Earth, the brutal battle between Raditz and Golden Frieza raged at white-hot intensity.
On the God of Destruction's Planet, Angel Whis continued leisurely savoring the delicacies from Earth, oblivious.
In the City of Time, everything remained unchanged, and Chronoa, the Kaiō God of Time, had still not returned.
"What is this?"
The powerful aura swept across, and the once-proud Dark Raditz and Dark Seliba felt their pupils contract sharply.
They understood Jiang Chen's strength, but this understanding was limited to the known power scales of the Zen'ō Universe. They were aware of Super Saiyan God and its derivatives. They had taken every precaution, using the Koku-Koku Bird to seal the time-space continuum at great cost, specifically to prevent Jiang Chen's power from exceeding their control.
Yet, the outcome still surpassed every expectation.
Even beings from the deepest layers of the Devil Realm could not discern the power of the GT Universe, a continuum ultimately controlled by the Dragon God Zalama. Naturally, they could not have detected the existence, let alone the power, of a form like Super Saiyan 5, which Jiang Chen had obtained from that unique world.
(Author's Note: The setup here, where demonic energy enhances a separated 'evil half,' is based on the original Piccolo storyline and Dragon Ball Super Heroes. The idea is that both the evil and righteous hearts have inherent strength, and constant magical augmentation in the deepest layers of the Devil Realm allows these clones to naturally exceed the power of their original form. A being spending every day in the City of Time would experience a similar rapid increase.)
(End of Chapter)