Whis had once taught Gran that a true warrior is one who can fully control their own power — whose every move and strike leaves the surrounding world untouched.
Gran had achieved that level back when he was training under Whis in the Kaiō Realm.
But this time, he made no effort to restrain himself.
He was going to show off — spectacularly — in front of that damned, millennium-ranked number two!
BOOM!!!
The instant his power level surged past a billion, heaven and earth seemed to tremble.
The once-dim sky burst into blinding light.
BANG!
The scouter on Little Vegeta's face exploded instantly.
"WHAT—?!!"
The overwhelming pressure of Gran's power made Vegeta's face twist in shock. He staggered backward, unable to stand firm.
"The scouter— exploded?!"
"W-What is this power?!"
Cold sweat poured down Vegeta's forehead. For a moment he thought his scouter had malfunctioned.
But as that monstrous aura crashed against him, forcing him back step by step, he realized the truth.
The scouter hadn't malfunctioned at all.
It had simply been destroyed by the sheer force of Gran's power!
"Th-this is impossible…! You— how did your power suddenly become so strong?!"
"No! You were just a discarded piece of trash I left behind! How could you— how could you have grown this powerful?!"
Watching Gran's unleashed might tear through the sky, Vegeta felt his entire worldview collapse.
That Saiyan disgrace he had once abandoned three years ago…
had returned with strength that defied belief.
"Impossible… absolutely impossible!!!"
Meanwhile, elsewhere—
Raditz and Nappa's scouters detonated as well.
Raditz's legs were trembling so hard they were practically knocking together.
"T-The scouter can't even read Gran's level anymore? Just— what kind of power is this?!"
Nappa's massive frame was shaking too, though he gritted his teeth against the terror.
"He's been hiding his strength all along! He's not just six hundred— he's way beyond that! What the hell did he go through in those three years?!"
Suddenly
A violent shockwave tore across the land!
"Aaaah! Nappa, grab me! I'm gonna get blown away!!"
Raditz's small body clung to Nappa's waist.
"Let go, you idiot! If you hang on, I'm gonna get blown away too!"
And the next second—
CRASH!
Both of them were hurled through the air by the raging storm.
The scene cut back to Gran.
A blazing white aura erupted from his body, towering nearly a hundred meters high.
The roaring energy blasted outward, shattering stone into dust.
At the center of it all, the ground split open under his feet—and within moments, the entire battlefield began to collapse.
Vegeta retreated rapidly.
But it wasn't over yet.
WHOOOOSH!!!
The magnetic field around them went haywire.
Winds howled, energy raged— the planet itself seemed to scream.
At the heart of the storm hovered the small figure of Gran — barely over a meter tall — yet radiating the majesty of a Kai-level dimension, a being like a god descended to the mortal plane.
He could feel the power coursing through him, wild and exhilarating.
Surely, Vegeta would find this display satisfying, right?
Gran glanced toward the distant prince.
Vegeta's face had gone deathly pale, all color drained away.
Good.
That expression was exactly what Gran wanted to see.
"So, Vegeta— how's my power? Are you satisfied?"
As he flew toward Vegeta, every meter he closed made Vegeta's spine bend further under the crushing pressure.
"N-No… no way…!"
"How?! How can your power be this great?!"
The arrogance that Vegeta wore like armor had completely shattered.
"Why you? Why do you get to be this strong?!"
"Why?" Gran sneered. "Because I was born with talent."
He drifted closer, smirking.
"Do you even know what my current power level is?"
Vegeta said nothing, jaw clenched so tightly his teeth creaked.
Expression blank, Gran stopped in midair and declared flatly
"My power level has reached one billion."
…?!?
Those words hit harder than Frieza's infamous boast:
"My power level… is 530,000."
BOOOOM!!!
The moment Gran's words reached Vegeta—and the distant Raditz and Nappa—it was like a nuclear blast in their minds.
All three froze in disbelief.
It took Raditz a full thirty seconds to find his voice.
"N-Nappa… did he just say… a billion? Did I hear that wrong?"
"No," Nappa croaked. "You heard right. He said— one billion."
A billion power level.
What did that even mean?
The strongest Saiyan warrior before them barely reached ten thousand.
Even transforming into a Great Ape only raised it to a hundred thousand.
And a hundred thousand wasn't even a fraction of a billion.
Madness.
Pure madness.
"Impossible! It's fake— all of it!"
"There's no way anyone could reach a billion power level!"
"You're lying to me!!!"
Vegeta's mind cracked under the weight of it. He shook his head frantically, denying reality.
But no matter what he said, his body trembled uncontrollably beneath that crushing aura.
His instincts knew— he was standing before something far beyond him.
"Hahaha! Vegeta, where's that pride of yours now? What happened to that arrogant prince's posture?"
Gran didn't care whether Vegeta believed him or not.
He just wanted to watch this damned eternal number two break apart.
"Shut up!!!"
Vegeta tried to straighten his back, tried to reclaim his royal pride—but against Gran's overwhelming presence, it was impossible.
A power level of six thousand against a billion.
The gap was too vast to even fathom.
"I haven't even moved yet— and you're already in despair?"
The despair, helplessness, and fury twisting Vegeta's face— Gran savored it.
He wanted to crush his pride, just as his own had once been crushed while waiting for Whis to arrive.
"Aaaaah! I'm the most gifted prince of the Saiyan race! How can you be stronger than me?!"
"Prince?" Gran laughed coldly. "Do you even deserve to call yourself that?"
He hovered in the air, gaze sharp as a blade.
"Three years ago, your squad still had seven or eight members, didn't it? And now? Didn't you abandon them all?"
"Shut up! My business is none of your concern!"
"Fine then, Saiyan Prince— I don't care. But now…"
Gran's eyes blazed with wrath.
"…it's time for my revenge. Feel my anger!"
Seeing Vegeta's composure collapse completely, Gran's heart swelled with satisfaction.
He no longer bothered with words.
In the blink of an eye, he vanished from sight.
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