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  The final number settled, and the smug expressions on Jeid Burter's faces instantly vanished and their pupils dited in shock.

  "What the hell?!" Burter muttered, his voice filled with disbelief.

  "Wait... Could you be the one Frieza's been after?!" Jeice suddenly realized something, his gaze log onto Jiang with growing horror.

  "Heh, so you're not pletely clueless." Jiang chuckled, his aura tinuing te.

  A powerful force rippled through the air, parting the clouds above.

  At the same time, he casually pced a Senzu Bean in his mouth.

  He had already seheir energy before they hey weren't quite as strong as in the inal timeline— Jeice's power level was only 45,000, and Burter's was 40,000, slightly lower than their recorded peak.

  Even so, they still outcssed him in raw strength.

  Even Burter alone was strohan him.

  Jiang knew he could probably hold his own against Burter, but Jeice would be a different story.

  This was going to be a tough fight so he o be fully prepared.

  His eyes flickered toward the horizon.

  There, his backup pn was in pce.

  Before Bardock's squad had arrived, he had already set up a proje system within his ship.

  If things went south, he had an escape route.

  Because while he sought growth through battle, he wasn't foolish enough to throw his life away. Even in a world where death wasn't necessarily perma, he had no iion of being reckless.

  "Yetting cocky, kid!"

  "A power level of 38,000 means nothing when I'm at 45,000!"

  "Prepare to die!"

  Jeice roared, the sho his eyes now repced by sheer aggression.

  "Is that so?"

  "We'll see who's heading to the afterlife."

  Jiang 's smirk widened as his energy erupted once more.

  This time, he held nothing back.

  As his aura bzed around him, his Saiyan blood roared in response. His power level, already at 38,000, began climbing further.

  Not just by a little— but by hundreds at a time.

  "You want to die that badly?!" Jeice's expression darkened when he saw this and without hesitation, he charged.

  He was Fast. Incredibly fast.

  While Jeice wasn't the fastest in the universe, his sheer power made him almost impossible to track with the naked eye.

  But even if Jiang couldn't see him—

  His body could still react.

  "Boom!"

  Jiang instinctively raised his arm and a powerful shockwave erupted as their blows collided.

  Jeice's eyes flickered with surprise.

  But he didn't let up.

  "Boom!"

  "Rumble!"

  The battle ignited in full force.

  Waves of energy exploded outward, ripping through the sky and shattering the ground below.

  In the anime, such destruight have seemed standard.

  But iy, the sheer force of warriors with power levels exceeding 40,000 was beyond prehension.

  This wasn't just a battle.

  This was a test of survival.

  …

  A Battle Power surpassing 10,000 grants a powerhouse the ability to shatter a p with sheer destructive energy. At 40,000, even the mere csh of fists send shockwaves that the very skies. At this moment, as Jiang and Jeice exge relentless blows, the entire prembles beh their might.

  The heavens as dark clouds are torn asunder, while the vast nd cracks and crumbles uhe force of their battle.

  "Boom!"

  "Boom!"

  Thunderous explosions ripple through the sky as two figures tio collide at blinding speed in mid-air.

  With a Battle Power of 45,000, Jeice quickly gains the upper hand against Jiang in the fight.

  In the world of martial arts, at least in the early days, a disparity of more thay pert in strength is often an insurmountable gulf.

  45,000 against 38,000 may not breach that threshold, but aeen pert gap is still enough to weigh heavily on Jiang .

  Each csh sends tremors through his body.

  "Boom!"

  Another impad Jiang is hurled backward through the sky with a thin trail of blood f at the er of his mouth.

  A, a smile creeps onto his face.

  Jeice's strength is undeniable, far exceeding his own. Even with Jiang 's mastery over Ki, seg victory would be a very challenging task.

  But Jeice's power is not as overwhelming as he had imagined.

  He suppress Jiang — but that's the only thing he do, he only suppress him.

  He is not an immihreat to his life.

  Seeing the smirk on Jiang 's face, Jeice scowls.

  "Hey, you! How long do you pn to just stand there?"

  "He 't take me down alone!"

  Jeice's frustration grows, but Jiang 's lighthearted chuckle only fuels his anger.

  "Jeice!" From a distance, Burter's sharp gaze locks onto the fight.

  "Do it!" Jeice's face darkens, but he knows the truth— he ot defeat Jiang alone. Gritting his teeth, he finally gives the signal.

  Burter's eyes gleam.

  In an instant, he vanishes from sight.

  "So fast!"

  Jiang 's pupils trad a flicker of shock appeared in his gaze.

  His instincts take over, and he raises his arm—

  "Boom!"

  A colossal force erupts, sending him hurtling through the sky like a meteor.

  "Boom!"

  "Boom!"

  A distant mountain range crumbles as his body crashes through it.

  Moments ter, Jiang stumbles forward from the debris.

  His breath is unsteady, his aura weakened.

  "Such monstrous speed…!"

  Wiping blood from his mouth, his eyes sharpen with newfound focus.

  "Hahaha! You low-css Saiyan! It's over for you! I am the fastest in the universe!" Burter's mog voice cuts through the battlefield.

  "Fastest in the universe?" Jiang scoffs.

  Burter's speed is indeed formidable.

  But to call himself the fastest iire universe?

  "Tch, you talk too much!" Burter's smirk twists into a snarl.

  "Let's end this! We'll take him together!" Jeice's voice cuts in.

  "Fine by me!" Burter nods.

  In a fsh, they move, and the battle resumes.

  Now, with Burter in the mix, Jiang finds himself in dire straits.

  Yet his honed instincts keep him alive, even without the mastery of Ultra Instinct.

  "Boom!"

  "Boom!"

  "Boom!"

  Shockwaves erupt across the battlefield.

  The sheer force of their battle reshapes the nd, carving deep chasms into the earth's crust.

  Not far away, a dormant volo awakens from turies of slumber, spewing molten fury into the sky.

  As the battle intensifies, the pself teeters on the brink of destru.

  But amid the chaos, something begins to shift within Jiang . From struggling to hold his ground, he starts pushing back.

  His Saiyan blood surges, his power rising with every moment.

  Jeid Burter exged uneasy gnces when they saw this.

  Jiang is clearly injured, yet his Battle Power tio climb.

  (To Be tinued)