BOOM!
A thunderous shockwave rippled through the battlefield as Baby's colossal golden fist was halted, caught by a single, outstretched hand. From within the smoke and crackling air, Jiang Chen stepped forward, his entire body cloaked in a soft crimson glow, radiating divine energy that shimmered like a blazing sun.
Everyone watching froze. Eyes widened. Mouths dropped. The first to react was none other than Son Goku.
The instant he laid eyes on Jiang Chen's transformed state, his pupils shrank in astonishment. This power, this form, it mirrored his own Super Saiyan 4 in structure.
But there was one critical difference… He couldn't feel any Ki coming from Jiang Chen.
…
Kaiōshin Realm
"Ancestor! W-What in the realms is that?!" Kibito gasped, staring in disbelief at the figure now standing on Planet Plant.
"Super Saiyan 4?" he blurted.
"No... this isn't just Super Saiyan 4! It's... something else entirely!" The Old Kaiōshin narrowed his eyes, confusion written across his face.
At first glance, Jiang Chen's form resembled the Super Saiyan 4 Goku had awakened, but as he observed closer, he realized that this wasn't just primal power. There was divinity woven into it.
Something ancient... yet new.
"Hahahaha! Whatever it is, Goku's not alone anymore!" Kibito cried, elated. "With the two of them, that parasite Baby doesn't stand a chance!"
"Yes... Yes!" The Old Kaiōshin added with a hopeful grin.
Then, as if suddenly reminded, his smile faded.
"Quick, while Baby's distracted, go restore Earth's people!" He commanded.
"R-Right! Restoration, on it!" Kibito immediately began forming the sacred spell needed to undo the damage on Earth.
…
Planet Plant
"Who the hell are you?! No, you're one of them too! Another filthy, wild monkey! Damn it all! How many more of you are there?!" Baby's furious roar echoed as he spotted the red-furred tail swaying behind Jiang Chen.
Even though Jiang Chen's look differed from Goku's, that tail told him all he needed to know.
Another Saiyan. Another threat.
"Watch out!" Goku warned. "He's strong, we need to cut off his tail first!"
But Jiang Chen just smirked, completely unbothered.
"No need to make such a fuss," He said calmly. "He's just a pitiful parasite clinging to someone else's strength."
His voice carried a quiet confidence. What others feared from Baby, his ability to possess and corrupt others, was nothing in Jiang Chen's eyes. Fusion, parasitism, he had mastered the laws behind both. This wasn't the fusion of Piccolo and Kami. This was nothing more than a mimicry of unity.
And in this realm, he reigned supreme.
"Die! Die, you damned monkey!" Baby screamed, flinging a massive, golden energy blast directly at Jiang Chen.
"How rude," Jiang Chen muttered, amused.
Then, with the casual lift of his right hand,
BOOM!
The blast shattered, crumbling into harmless sparks before it could even reach him.
Baby's eyes went wide in disbelief and before he could react,
Whoosh!
Jiang Chen vanished from his position in an instant.
When he reappeared, he was floating directly above Baby, staring down like a god gazing upon a mortal.
Baby's expression twisted in horror.
"So fast!"
Baby's pupils shrank sharply but it was far too late to respond.
BOOM!
In the blink of an eye, Baby's massive form was sent hurtling through the air, smashing through clouds like a ragdoll.
Before the shockwaves had even faded, Jiang Chen vanished again.
And then,
Before the stunned eyes of Son Goku and the Old Kaiōshin, Jiang Chen's figure danced across the sky like streaks of lightning. He flashed from one point to another, barely visible, each time, striking Baby's enormous body and sending him ricocheting through the air like a sandbag in a typhoon.
The mighty Baby, now reduced to a battered target, couldn't even find the chance to counterattack.
Even though Jiang Chen's pure Super Saiyan 4 form wasn't stronger than Goku's, especially not when facing Baby in his Golden Great Ape state, what made the difference was the Saiyan God's divine energy surging through his veins.
That power boost was monstrous.
It eclipsed even the Super Saiyan Blue transformations Goku and Vegeta had reached in the main timeline. Only Goku's Ultra Instinct and Vegeta's path of Self-Mastery could match such godlike might.
"Incredible..." Goku whispered, eyes wide and heart pounding as he looked up at the storm of red light swirling across the heavens.
He had fought across the multiverse, against gods, demons, tyrants, and fate itself.
But this...
This was a power beyond comprehension.
A fierce, primal flame sparked within him, the drive to improve, to chase this new peak.
To break limits, once again. As Goku burned with excitement, the scene above shifted once more.
BOOM~!
Another earth-shaking blow landed, but this time, something changed, and Baby's eyes widened in horror.
Hovering in the sky before him was a golden-furred colossus, another Great Ape, radiating divine majesty.
"No...! It can't be! That form, how?! I---"
Terror twisted Baby's face, and he could barely process what he was seeing.
"It's over." A calm, amused voice echoed through the air.
Jiang Chen floated steadily in place, divine light coiling around him like a burning dragon. He brought his hands together slowly, channeling energy as his aura surged with violent intensity.
"Tenfold Super Ka, Me, Ha, Me, Ha!"
A deep blue sphere swelled in his palms, then rapidly shifted, turning crimson red like a sun preparing to explode.
BOOM!
The blast erupted and a beam of god-infused energy roared forward, engulfing Baby's frame in seconds.
"NOOOO---!"
Baby's final scream echoed as the immense wave of energy hurled his body out of the atmosphere, deep into space.
BOOM! RUMBLE!!
And then, in the vacuum of space, the explosion bloomed like a crimson nova. The blast obliterated everything. The shockwave erased all trace of Baby's form.
There was no regeneration. No escape. No survival.
The divine energy that fueled the technique had completely overwhelmed and annihilated him.
Back in the sky, Jiang Chen floated silently, his godly aura fading bit by bi and as the red glow dimmed, his form reverted, returning to Super Saiyan 4.
During his time training in Jiang Xi's Time and Space Domain, under the guidance of the Old Kaiōshin, he had finally achieved what few Saiyans ever had: merging the Saiyan God essence with his Super Saiyan lineage.
But even so, this hybrid transformation could only be maintained at peak, for less than a minute.
Once time passed, the divine power naturally began to dissolve.
Fortunately, that brief moment of divine fusion was all he needed.
Unlike in the original GT timeline, Planet Plant hadn't been torn apart by the devastating clash between Son Goku and Baby. The planet remained intact, its skies slowly clearing as the last traces of divine energy faded.
"So strong… That was incredible!"
As Jiang Chen returned to his normal state, Goku, now back in his child form, zipped up beside him, eyes sparkling with admiration.
"Hahaha! Ah, it's nothing special..." Jiang Chen laughed sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. The last traces of his Super Saiyan 4 aura shimmered briefly before vanishing, leaving him completely at rest.
"I'm Son Goku! What's your name? I never thought there was another Saiyan this powerful in our universe!" Seeing Jiang Chen up close, Goku couldn't help but blurt it out again, buzzing with excitement.
"I'm Aspara. It's an honor to meet you!" Jiang Chen smiled warmly, returning the greeting.
"Aspara, huh?" Goku tilted his head, then grinned.
"Hey, what was that form you used just now? It looked like Super Saiyan 4, but... it felt way beyond that!"
"Ah, that?" Jiang Chen nodded. "It's Super Saiyan 4, fused with the power of the Saiyan God."
He didn't hold anything back, answering honestly.
(To Be Continued…)
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