The border region between Universe 6 and Universe 7.
As preparations for the Tournament of Power were underway in other universes, Lin Chen found himself in this neutral space, making his final efforts.
"Roar!"
As the Golden Great Ape, Lin Chen was wreaking havoc upon everything in sight.
From stray planets which had drifted into this region accidentally to meteorites, comets, and asteroids.
With colossal swings and stomps, the towering Golden Great Ape effortlessly destroyed everything.
However, beneath this seemingly frenzied rampage, a hint of clarity shone in Lin Chen's eyes.
The actions of the Golden Great Ape were not devoid of reason but completely under Lin Chen's conscious control.
After a series of punches and kicks into the empty void, the Golden Great Ape suddenly opened its hands, adopting the pose of Kamehameha.
With a loud roar, a colossal blastwave, ten times thicker than a regular Kamehameha, traversed across the space.
"Phew, it seems I've become proficient in controlling the Golden Great Ape form."
Lin Chen thought to himself.
After days of training, although he hadn't mastered the Super Saiyan 5 transformation yet, he has taken a solid first step.
Now, he could adeptly control himself in the Golden Great Ape form and even proficiently use Ki.
In fact, the Golden Great Ape form wasn't practical; its Power Level increase was only 500 times, roughly equivalent to Super Saiyan 3.
Moreover, considering that the huge size of the Great Ape form leads to magnified weaknesses, the Golden Great Ape's effectiveness in combat was even less comparable to the Super Saiyan 3 form.
Yet, Lin Chen still spent a significant amount of time of this precious half-month, aiming for the next form of the Golden Great Ape.
Golden Great Ape 2!
If he could successfully master this form, then Lin Chen might be able to further evolve into the Legendary Super Saiyan 5!
Taking a deep breath, Lin Chen's gaze became firm.
"Let's go! There's not much time left, whether I can succeed depends on this moment!"!"
The next moment, the surrounding space began to violently contract, and Lin Chen's aura began to rapidly swell, even causing a slight tremor in the space.
Gradually, Lin Chen began to feel his consciousness shrinking, his mind becoming somewhat blurred.
With multiple experiences under his belt, he knew this was the precursor to losing consciousness.
"Oh no! I can't lose consciousness now; I must control my mind!"
Lin Chen struggled to maintain consciousness while continuing to transform into Golden Great Ape 2.
But just then, a purple Energy of Destruction suddenly appeared behind Lin Chen.
The massive Great Ape's back was instantly struck by this Power of Destruction.
Under the effect of the Power of Destruction, the aura around Lin Chen's body instantly disintegrated, followed by a serious injury on his back.
With a roar, the Golden Great Ape flipped backwards in place, narrowly avoiding further attacks from the Power of Destruction.
However, under the effect of this attack, Lin Chen's consciousness completely lost control.
The wild nature of the Golden Great Ape overpowered rationality.
Before completely losing self-awareness, Lin Chen glanced at the assailant.
Over there, at least twenty people had gathered, with two of them seemingly the God of Destruction from other universes!
"These Fools!"
Anger erupted in Lin Chen's heart, but at this moment, his consciousness had already been completely engulfed by the wild nature of the Golden Great Ape.
...
Going back to time a little earlier.
Universe 4, God of Destruction's Planet.
While people from other universes were busy with their training, the mouse-like God of Destruction of Universe 4, Quitela, was gathered with Universe 9's God of Destruction, Sidra, and Supreme Kai, Roh.
They weren't gathered to exchange experiences or share information but for a special purpose.
"How about it, Sidra? Have you made a decision?" Quitela smiled.
"Yes! But Quitela, are you sure we can do this? Won't Grand Priest or Zeno-sama get angry?" Sidra, the red-bearded dwarf-like God of Destruction from Universe 9, said with fear.
"Don't worry, I've asked Cognac. You should have asked Mohito, right?" Sidra nodded.
Cognac and Mohito, the two Angels respectively from Universe 4 and Universe 9.
What Quitela was planning this time was not trivial. Sidra also dared to come to Universe 4 only after consulting his Angel Mohito, and receiving a positive response.
"Mohito said that as long as the Grand Priest and Zeno-sama haven't forbidden it, we can do it."
"Alright, Sidra-sama!" Universe 9's Supreme Kai Roh, spoke at this moment, "We've all come to Universe 4; there's no need to hesitate! Quitela-sama, just tell us, whom do we target from Universe 7?"
Just as Roh said, they have only one purpose for coming this time.
That was to find a way to eliminate several contestants from Universe 7 before the main Tournament of Power began, thereby weakening their power.
During the last Zeno Expo, Universe 9 realized that with their strength, even with half a month of training, it would be difficult to win the competition, especially defeating Universe 7.
Just at that moment, Universe 4 extended an olive branch, willing to facilitate an alliance.
As long as they agreed, the two universes could conspire to ambush individuals from Universe 7 before the competition began.
In the future, during the main Tournament of Power, the winning universe from among them could assist in resurrecting the other universe while making the wish.
This condition was exactly what Universe 9 has been looking for.
The two universes immediately agreed.
Their purpose in coming this time was to confirm the target.
Quitela snapped his fingers, and the Universe 4's Supreme Kai Kuru, came over with a file in hand.
"Please take a look, this is the list of confirmed contestants from Universe 7 that we have gathered so far."
In the file were photos of Universe 7's confirmed contestants.
The two God of Destruction and two Supreme Kai studied them one by one.
"Which one do you intend to deal with? Broly? Goku? Or Vegeta?" As Kuru read out the names one by one, Sidra and Quitela kept shaking their heads.
"No, no!"
"Broly is a Trainee God of Destruction, and is always with Beerus. That Goku and Vegeta are also known to be very close to Beerus."
"What about Lin Luo and Taro? Or Piccolo and Gohan? These four seem easy to deal with?"
"It's not good either." Roh shook his head, "These people aren't strong to begin with, dealing with them would certainly be a piece of cake for the two sirs, but at the same time, we can't harm Universe 7's strength."
According to the agreement between the two God of Destruction, this time they intended to gather the strong people from two universes, along with the direct intervention of the two God of Destruction themselves. With such strength, they believed they could handle even Lin Chen.
Since they were paying such a price, they had to target Universe 7's weak point and severely cripple their strength.
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