In Dragon Ball: A brutal beating of Frieza at the start

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So all you have to do is smash these red dots one by one? Vegeta stood in the corner with his arms crossed, his deep blue aura occasionally bursting into tiny sparks. If he hadn't said it was this simple, he should have started seven days ago.

"Not so easy." The Rat Destroyer suddenly shrieked, "My universe has already launched three raids, and each time we approached the anchor point, we were surrounded by the mirror forces. Those shadows can copy our moves, and they can even mimic our destructive energy to a great extent."

Mirror Force? Lin Ye frowned. Alice had mentioned in the data stream she cracked that it was made from the remnant consciousness of a destroyed planet. He suddenly looked at the High Priest, "You just said that the Observer is the negative emotion of the previous Omni-King?"

A soft light shone from the top of the High Priest's scepter, projecting a blurry image: the white-haired Omni-King pressed a churning mass of black energy into a dimensional rift. More precisely, it was a collection of resentment left over from all the failed universes that had been cleansed. The previous Omni-King hadn't been able to completely purify it before abdicating, which was why it had grown into this form within the dimensional rift.

The council chamber suddenly fell silent, save for the curious whispers of the Omni-Kings. Lin Ye's bracelet suddenly heated up, and Alice's phantom materialized on his shoulder: "To add, these resentments are also mixed with the consciousness of parallel universes devoured by the Observer." She pulled up a data stream; like a snowball, the more universes he destroyed, the stronger his power became.

Who cares what it's made of? Wukong's black hair moved without wind, and golden flames shot up like fire. Anyone who dared to cause trouble would be beaten up and made to behave.

"Idiot." Vegeta scoffed. "You said the same thing at the Tournament of Power, and you got beaten so badly by Jiren you couldn't get up."

"That's because I wasn't fighting seriously!" Goku scratched his head and suddenly said to the Grand Priest, "Could we get the warriors from all twelve universes together for training? Like the Tournament of Power, it would be so exciting!"

Now is not the time to talk about this. Klin wiped the sweat from his brow. Near the anchor point of Universe Seven, more than thirty spacetime rifts had already appeared.

The High Priest's scepter drew twelve golden streaks in the air, each striking one of the twelve Gods of Destruction: Coordinates have been sent. Seven days later at noon, all universes will launch their attack simultaneously. He looked at Lin Ye, "Can your AI synchronize the attack times of the twelve universes?"

No problem. Alice's phantom circled in the air, but she'd have to use Bulma's time-space radar; the observer was interfering with the time signal.

"Leave it to me!" Bulma's holographic projection suddenly appeared behind Goku, holding half a piece of roasted meat in her hand. "I've wanted to take down that guy's crappy machine for a long time."

Seven days later, in an abandoned city on Earth, the smell of gunpowder from the last battle still lingered in the concrete ruins. Lin Ye stepped on a broken billboard, watching the purple crack widening in the distance: three minutes left.

Enough with the rambling. Vegeta's deep blue aura exploded above the ruins. Hopefully, this time we can have a good, satisfying fight.

Don't rush, Vegeta. Goku, carrying the Power Pole, jumped onto a tall building. "After we've sorted things out here, how about we go to King Kai's planet to train? I recently learned a new Super Saiyan God variant."

"Who wants to go to King Kai's planet with you?" Vegeta turned his face away, but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

As Alice's countdown reached zero, a stream of black energy suddenly erupted from the purple rift. The Observer's clone emerged from the energy stream, its silver-white mask gleaming coldly in the sunlight: "It's finally here, my perfect creation."

Lin Ye assumed a fighting stance: Enough with the nonsense. You got away last time, but you won't be so lucky this time.

Run? The observer's clone suddenly laughed, the voice beneath the mask sounding like countless people speaking simultaneously: "I'm just collecting data. What you think are your self-created moves are nothing more than code I wrote into your genes."

A black wave of energy suddenly erupted, and the observer's figure instantly appeared behind Lin Ye: For example, this!

A familiar elbow strike grazed Lin Ye's nose; it was the counter-attack move he had practiced thousands of times in the gravity chamber. Lin Ye used the momentum to do a backflip, his energy condensing into a spiral shape in his palm: the imitation was quite good, but something was missing.

What's missing? The observer's clone unleashed dozens of energy waves, each with the exact same trajectory as the one Lin Ye had used before.

This... Lin Ye suddenly accelerated, weaving through the gaps in the energy waves. The air currents generated by his fists sent shards of stone flying everywhere. Fighting isn't about reciting lines from a script!

The fist slammed into the Observer's mask, sending silvery fragments flying. But the clone's wounds were quickly healed by black energy: It's useless; all your attack methods are in my database.

"Is that so?" Lin Ye suddenly laughed, opening his arms and letting the energy wave strike his chest. The instant the pain shot through him, he felt the Saiyan bloodline and divine aura within him merging, his pale golden fur gradually turning blue.

"That's impossible!" The observer's clone took two steps back, a red light flashing in the eyes beneath the mask. "Without system assistance, how could you possibly break through the gene lock?"

Because I am not your creation. Lin Ye's voice echoed in the energy storm, and the new form of air wave crushed the ruins into powder. From the first time I picked up a weapon on Namek to standing in front of Zeno at the Tournament of Power, what has supported me has never been code.

His fist pierced through the observer's clone's chest, and the black energy receded like a tide: it was the thought of protecting everyone.

The clone's body began to disintegrate, and the moment the mask shattered completely, Lin Ye saw a face exactly like his own. The Observer's roar exploded on the level of consciousness: Why? I gave you the most perfect growth path...

In your perfection, there are no friends, no family, and nothing you want to protect. Lin Ye withdrew his fist, watching his clone turn into black particles. Who would want this cold, lifeless perfection?

As the last black particle dissipated, Alice's voice echoed above the ruins: All anchor points have been destroyed! The observer's consciousness is crumbling!

In the distance, the purple cracks in the sky began to shrink. Lin Ye sat on the broken concrete pipe, watching the new form of energy slowly dissipate in his palm: Is it over?

It's only temporary. Vegeta landed beside him, tossing a piece of alloy he'd picked up from the ruins in his hand. This aggregate of resentment might resurface any day now.

"Then let's beat him up again." Goku jumped down, still holding the Senzu Bean he hadn't finished eating. "By the way, Lin Ye, that move you used just now was really powerful. Can you teach me?"

Three months later, at the Earth Festival, Bulma's yard was filled with barbecue stalls. Goku and Vegeta were arguing over the last plate of barbecue, Gohan was trying to mediate, and Piccolo watched the show with his arms crossed.

Lin Ye leaned against a coconut tree, watching Alice and Bulma adjust the new training pod. On the holographic screen, a map of the One Piece world was slowly unfolding.

Are you really going? Alice's phantom floated over with a glass of juice. I heard that the guys over there don't use energy to fight; they rely entirely on their fists and knives.

That sounds interesting. Lin Ye took the juice, and in the distance came Wukong's cheers—he had obviously won the barbecue battle. Perfect timing to try out this new move.

Alice suddenly pointed to the sky, where a flock of seagulls were flying in formation: "Do you think there might still be remnants of the Observer?"

Who cares? Lin Ye took a sip of juice. Sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting dappled shadows on his face. As long as everyone was together, he wasn't afraid of even the strongest enemy.

On the distant sea, a ship flying the skull and crossbones flag was cutting through the waves. Lin Ye smiled, stood up, and dusted himself off: Looks like we have guests.

Wukong ran over with a mouthful of roasted meat: "Is this a new challenger? Lin Ye, I'll go first this time!"

Don't rush, Lin Ye clenched his fist, feeling the steady flow of Qi within his body, and decided to let them experience Earth's hospitality first.

The sea breeze whips up the fine sand from the beach, carrying a sense of new adventure as it blows towards the azure sky.

Chapter 301: Cross-Industry Invitation

"A rubber man? The kind that can stretch?" Goku stroked his chin and bounced twice, golden flames flashing around him. "Sounds way more interesting than Frieza's transformation. His punches definitely aren't as hard as mine!"

Vegeta leaned against the alloy pillar in the lab, arms crossed, eyebrows raised high. "Foolish bastards, fighting isn't about whose body is weirder." He suddenly kicked the control panel beside him. "Bulma, can you hurry up with the coordinate calibration? I don't have the patience to play house with you guys."

"What's the rush?!" Bulma slammed the wrench on the workbench, the blue light from the monitor reflecting on her puffed-up face. "This is an interdimensional portal, not your crappy spaceship's navigation system! A slight mistake and we'll fall into a black hole! If you're so capable, fix it yourself!"

Lin Ye leaned against the observation device, his fingertip lightly tapping the wanted poster projected on his bracelet. Luffy's smiling face flickered in the light and shadow, the edge of his iconic straw hat gleaming with a faint energy aura. He suddenly looked up: "Vegeta, did you sense it? The energy fluctuations on this paper seem familiar."

"Just some low-grade extradimensional energy." Vegeta scoffed, but his pupils contracted slightly. The lingering stinging sensation from the Dark Dragon Balls resurfaced upon contact with the wanted poster projection. "Hmph, barely worth any research."

"It's more than just a little." Lin Ye zoomed in on the pattern in the corner of the wanted poster, which overlapped with the Dark Dragon Ball pattern stored in his bracelet. "A 23% similarity—that goes beyond mere coincidence. The system just indicated that the fruit's energy and the observer's dark energy share the same origin, just like…?"

"Like misshapen gourds and cracked dates growing from the same tree root," Goku suddenly interjected, a Senzu Bean appearing in his hand without his knowledge. "Who cares what it is? We'll find out after a fight!"

"Can you three please stop making things worse?" Bulma suddenly clapped her hands, and the circular device in the center of the laboratory hummed, a pale blue energy stream beginning to rotate within the ring. "Spatial stability 97%, coordinates locked to the first half of the Grand Line! However..." She pointed to the fluctuating energy curve, "the channel can only be maintained for fifty-nine minutes and thirty-seven seconds, and the landing point error might be ten kilometers."

Number 18 leaned against the doorway, arms crossed, her silver hair gleaming in the reflection of her robotic arm. "Ten kilometers? What if you fall into the sea?" She tossed Lin Ye a metal capsule. "An underwater breathing apparatus, left over from the fight with the android siblings last time."

"Thanks." The moment Lin Ye caught the capsule, his bracelet suddenly beeped rapidly. A dense stream of data popped up on the holographic screen, among which the words "霸气 = Qi Energy Application Variant" stood out prominently.

"What does this mean?" Goku leaned closer, blinking intently. "Do those people over there also know the Kamehameha?"

"Similar, but different." Bulma brought up a 3D model, where the energy flows of Ki and Haki were displayed on the screen in spiral and radial forms. "Haki is more about the attachment of spiritual power, while your Ki focuses more on the burst of energy. Simply put, it's like you hit people with your fists, they hit people with their will."

"Using willpower to fight?" Goku clenched his fist, a gust of air rising from it. "Sounds pretty cool!"

"Boring." Vegeta turned and walked towards the portal, his purple battle suit gleaming metallically in the energy beams. "No matter what it is, it's all trash in the face of absolute power."

Lin Ye checked the communicator's frequency and suddenly noticed that the capsule Android 18 had given Goku was glowing. Android 18 winked at him: "Inside is a miniature model of the gravity training room. Those two Saiyans can't sit still."

The blue light from the portal gradually thickened, like melting sapphire. Bulma pressed the last button: "Remember, the communicator can only be used within the same latitude. If you encounter danger, crush the emergency flare, and I'll try to force open the portal." She suddenly remembered something, "Oh, right, the food over there has a very low energy density, so eat the compressed biscuits sparingly."

"Got it!" Goku was the first to rush into the portal, his golden figure instantly engulfed by the blue light. Vegeta glanced at Lin Ye: "Keep up, don't hold us back."

The moment Lin Ye stepped into the passage, he felt as if his internal organs were dislocated. Fragmented images flashed through the darkness: a burning naval warship, a boy in a straw hat laughing in a storm, black beads shattering in the starry sky… When he finally stood firm, scalding sand was digging into his cheeks.

"Cough cough..." Lin Ye propped himself up and found himself lying on a crescent-shaped beach. Azure waves, lapping with white foam, crashed ashore, and in the distance, sailboats flying skull and crossbones flags were moored in the harbor, the straw hat pattern on the flags particularly glaring in the sunlight.

"Looks like I'm in luck." He brushed the sand off his clothes, and just as he straightened up, he heard a whooshing sound behind him. Three long swords were crossed and held against his neck, the sunlight reflecting off the blades forcing him to squint.

"Speak, who are you?" The green-haired swordsman, his left eye covered by a scarred eyepatch, stood firm in his three-sword stance. "Dressed so strangely, are you a new Navy agent?"

Lin Ye caught a faint scent of alcohol and sea salt on the other man and suddenly smiled: "Three-Sword Style Zoro, truly living up to his reputation. I'm looking for..."

"Zoro! What are you dawdling for?!" A deafening shout came from the direction of the port. A boy wearing a straw hat was hopping around on a wooden barrel. "Sanji's seafood fried rice is going to get cold!"

Zoro instantly sheathed his sword, turned, and headed towards the port: "So noisy!" After taking a couple of steps, he turned back, "Keep up close, if you dare to try anything..."

"Understood, understood." Lin Ye followed him, his bracelet suddenly vibrating. The energy indicator was flashing wildly at the boy in the straw hat, the value reaching a staggering 89%.

On the harbor pier, a group of oddly dressed people were feasting around a wooden barrel. A long-nosed man was using a slingshot to shoot seagulls, a curly-browed chef was stuffing fried rice into a pink-haired girl's mouth, and a blue-nosed reindeer was gnawing on dried fish, his face covered in crumbs.

"Hey! Who are you?" The straw-hatted boy, his mouth full of fried rice, pointed at Lin Ye and mumbled, "You're dressed so strangely!"

"Luffy!" The orange-haired girl slapped his hand away and handed him a handkerchief. "Don't be so rude!"

Just as Lin Ye was about to speak, he suddenly felt an invisible pressure sweep across the pier. Luffy, seeing the bracelet at his waist, abruptly jumped off the wooden barrel, his Conqueror's Haki erupting without warning. The air seemed to solidify like cement, and seagulls plummeted from the sky with cries of agony.

"This power..." Lin Ye's pupils contracted sharply, and the Dark Dragon Ball patterns on his bracelet began to heat up. This fluctuation was remarkably similar to Goku's Super Saiyan transformation, only wilder and more uncontrollable.

"Such powerful aura!" Goku's voice suddenly came from behind. He and Vegeta were standing at the edge of the beach, their golden auras not yet fully subsided. "Lin Ye, is this the rubber man you were talking about?"

Vegeta stared at Luffy, a cold smile playing on his lips: "This level of energy fluctuation isn't even as strong as a Saiyan infant."

"Who are you guys?" Luffy stuffed the last spoonful of fried rice into his mouth, his eyes sparkling as he stared at Goku. "Is your hair dyed? It's so cool!"

"My name is Son Goku, and I'm a Saiyan." Goku scratched his head, suddenly assuming a fighting stance. "I heard you can extend your legs? Let's see whose fist is harder!"

"Alright, alright!" Luffy immediately jumped up, his body suddenly stretching like a rubber band, his fist slamming towards Goku with a whooshing sound.

"Bang!" The two fists collided in mid-air, the shockwave sending nearby wooden barrels flying. Wukong raised an eyebrow in surprise: "It actually blocked my ordinary punch?"

"Your fist is so hard!" Luffy shouted excitedly, his arm suddenly spinning in a spiral motion, "Gum-Gum, machine gun!"

"Interesting!" Golden flames erupted from Wukong's body as his fist blurred into a blur as he charged forward. "Watch this!"

"Stop!" Zoro drew his sword and blocked the two, the light of his three-sword style causing the air to surge to both sides. "This is a harbor! If you want to fight, go fight in the sea!"

Lin Ye suddenly grabbed Goku's shoulder, his bracelet pointing towards the northern horizon: "The energy reaction is over there, three times stronger than before." He looked at Luffy, "Want to know what a cosmic-level treasure looks like? It's way more powerful than your One Piece."

"A cosmic treasure?" Luffy's eyes instantly lit up with stars. He suddenly grabbed Lin Ye's arm. "Where is it? Where is it? Is it more valuable than gold? Can you eat it?"

"Luffy!" Robin closed the ancient book in her hand, her fingertips tracing the yellowed pages. "The Poneglyphs record extraterrestrial visitors who are said to be able to summon lightning and meteorites. Their treasure must be some kind of energy core." She looked at Lin Ye, "Does your world also have something like Haki?"

“We call it Qi,” Lin Ye said, pulling up an energy model. “The principles are similar; both are external manifestations of life energy.”

"I see." Robin smiled slightly. "No wonder Luffy's Conqueror's Haki didn't work on you earlier."

"Hey! Cook!" Zoro suddenly shouted, "How much food do we have left on the ship? We might have to go on a long voyage."

"You damn green-haired jerk! Call me Sanji!" The blond chef approached with a plate, suddenly bowing to Lin Ye. "Would you like some black tea, sir? A journey must be tiring; a little sugar is good for you."

"No need." Lin Ye's bracelet suddenly emitted a piercing alarm, and the energy curve on the screen began to fluctuate violently. "The energy source is moving, heading towards the naval base."

"The Navy?" Luffy suddenly stood up, his eyes sharpening beneath his straw hat. "Is it that guy who's always chasing us?"

"It seems our target has run into the Navy." Lin Ye looked at Goku and Vegeta. "Are you ready for battle?"

"I can't wait any longer." Vegeta crackled with electricity. "Let these natives see what a real battle is like."

"Wait!" Nami suddenly ran over, holding a nautical chart. "Loguetown is three nautical miles to the north, and Vice Admiral Smoker is there! Your energy reactions will be suppressed by Seastone!"

"Seastone?" Lin Ye frowned. "A mineral that can block the flow of energy?"

“That’s right.” Nami pointed to the red dot on the map. “If your abilities are similar to Devil Fruits, you’d better be careful.”

"Interesting," Vegeta sneered. "I'd like to see what kind of stone can stop a Saiyan's power."