"Success!!!"
The system successfully upgraded, increasing battle power by 1 Zi per second!
Super Saiyan Demon!
Feeling the mysteries of this brand-new form, Lin Chuan rapidly drew his aura back.
Although the transformation's amplification was not very strong, it was the same as Super Saiyan God and the peak of black-haired Super Saiyan 4.
However, although the amplification strength was similar, in terms of destructive power, Dark Power was probably even more domineering than Divine Power.
"Although the power amplification of this transformation isn't too strong, being able to upgrade the system is the greatest gain. Moreover, this form still has room for development! Transforming into Super Saiyan on top of this form... would be just like Super Saiyan Blue." Lin Chuan's mood grew increasingly excited, and a faint excited smile appeared on his face.
In the state of Super Saiyan Demon, his smile looked somewhat sinister and terrifying, even more chilling than a demon's smile.
To be honest, ever since he mastered Super Saiyan 5 back then, he had been trying every possible way to increase the number of transformations in order to raise the system's level.
This time-space journey not only allowed him to find Lin Xue, but also let him come into contact with Dark Power. By a lucky coincidence, he developed the Super Saiyan Demon transformation and raised the system's level.
A battle power increase of 1 Zi per second was undoubtedly enormous for him, whose base state was currently only at the Ninth Dimension.
There were 86,400 seconds in a day, which meant 8 Rang 6,400 Zi!
There were 2,592,000 seconds in a month, which meant 259 Rang 2,000 Zi.
There were 31,104,000 seconds in a year, which meant 3,110 Rang 4,000 Zi!
At the very least, even if he made no progress from now on, he would only need two or three years for his base battle power to break through to the Tenth Dimension level!
After rising another major dimension level, Lin Chuan felt that perhaps he would undergo a new transformation.
However, even so, Lin Chuan did not want to rely entirely on the system.
Over the years, Lin Chuan had used the system's battle power increase less and less.
Although the system inevitably helped him become stronger, it was not complete dependence.
With a thought, the Dark Power around Lin Chuan gradually dissipated, and his form also returned to normal.
He did not go further to cultivate the realm after Super Saiyan Demon, instead choosing to advance steadily step by step.
Rushing for quick success might be possible, but excessive squeezing would greatly exhaust both body and spirit.
Just as he was preparing to come out of seclusion, Lin Chuan suddenly seemed to sense something.
He raised his hand and opened it slightly, and a white ball of light appeared out of thin air.
This was not an ordinary energy ball, but the special contact light sphere that Angel Whis had once given Lin Chuan.
"I didn't expect this thing to actually transmit messages across time and space, even delivering the information to the Time Domain I created... Is the Tournament of Power about to be held?" Lin Chuan received the message Whis had sent through the contact information.
The sudden development was too unexpected. He originally thought he still had plenty of time to do more things, but now it seemed that he had to return as soon as possible.
Fortunately, the crises on this side had already been resolved. Next, it depended on whether Xue still had any concerns.
After all, she was the one who had asked to return later.
"According to the normal flow of time, a year should have passed after I left."
Putting away the white ball of light, Lin Chuan dissolved the Time Domain with a thought and returned to the outer Time Domain space.
"Hm? Piccolo isn't here?" The instant he came out of seclusion, Lin Chuan had already used divine sense to envelop the entire independent small space, but he did not sense Piccolo's aura.
It was strange, but Lin Chuan immediately thought that Piccolo should have gone to the outside world.
As his divine sense covered the Time Nest outside, Piccolo's aura quickly entered his perception.
...
At this moment, the Time Nest was being enveloped by a deep and fierce dragon might.
A profound golden radiance covered the entire Time Nest.
For Piccolo, six days ago, he had left the outer Time Domain and found the Supreme Kai of Time, Chronoa, learning some secrets about Dragon God Zalama from her.
Although he did not learn much, Chronoa's description awakened Piccolo and helped him find even more inspiration for a breakthrough.
In order to help Piccolo break through without disturbing Lin Chuan, Chronoa set up a Time Domain for him in another space within the Time Nest for his cultivation.
Now, Piccolo had already reached the crucial moment of breakthrough.
Future Son Gohan, Future Lin Xue, and the Time Patrollers were all watching.
The dragon might permeating the space brought an incomparably heavy pressure to both their bodies and souls.
"Uncle Piccolo is finally about to take that step?! Amazing! This pressure is making it hard for me to even breathe." Future Son Gohan clenched his fists tightly. Although the sense of pressure was overwhelming, it made his expression excited.
Between master and disciple, even if they came from different time-space worlds, Son Gohan was still Son Gohan, and Piccolo would always be his master.
From the bottom of his heart, he was happy that Piccolo was taking another step forward.
"The power is beginning to withdraw. Uncle Piccolo is about to come out of seclusion." Future Lin Xue became alert and said with full concentration.
In her original time-space world, Uncle Piccolo also possessed extremely powerful strength, second only to her father, Lin Chuan.
Even though Uncle Vegeta and the others were also not weak, Uncle Piccolo's strength was always just a little stronger than Uncle Vegeta's.
"Although I've already felt Dragon God Power before, this time feels completely different from the previous times." Future Son Goku sighed.
He was both excited and unwilling. Judging solely from this profound dragon might, Piccolo was already far, far ahead of him.
Unless he could break through his limits again and master an even higher level of Super Saiyan God, he could catch up to the current Piccolo.
"How annoying. That guy got stronger again. I'm actually starting to look forward to what kind of form he'll have after successfully transforming." Future Raditz smiled, speaking with a trace of expectation.
Although they did not belong to the same time-space world, in his world, Piccolo was still one of the top-tier combat power existences.
Now that he was personally witnessing a Piccolo from a past time-space world undergo transformation and ascension, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
"Stop talking. Just watch quietly." Future Vegeta crossed his arms, his expression serious.
He wanted to see exactly what realm Piccolo's transformation this time could reach.
Future Trep, Future Son Goten, and Future Trunks also became fully focused, staring without blinking at the center of that light.
At this moment, Lin Chuan silently arrived at the Time Nest and directly felt that overwhelming Dragon God might.
"Looks like I came out of seclusion at just the right time. You've also reached the most critical step! This dragon might is far too different compared to before." Lin Chuan exclaimed in surprise, a smile on his face.
No one noticed his arrival. At the same time, he also began looking forward to the changes after Piccolo emerged from seclusion.
Would he reach that realm?!
...
Time passed second by second.
The majestic dragon might permeating the Time Nest also withdrew bit by bit.
Before long, all the dragon might completely dispersed, and the brilliant golden light filling the space disappeared along with it.
Under countless gazes, Piccolo's current appearance was revealed.
He looked no different from his usual self.
This scene left all the Time Patrollers stunned in place.
This was far too different from what they had imagined.
After Piccolo came out of seclusion, shouldn't he be in a transformed state? Could it be that the breakthrough had failed???
'Clap! Clap! Clap!'
At this moment, a pleasant round of applause rang out.
The owner of this applause was undoubtedly Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan walked past everyone and arrived in front of Piccolo. Others could not see Piccolo's current changes, but that did not mean he could not.
Through the ability provided by the system, Lin Chuan saw Piccolo's current battle power: a full 2,000 Zi.
"You came out of seclusion too, Old Lin?" Piccolo looked directly at Lin Chuan and sized him up.
He originally thought that after his strength increased, he would be able to see Lin Chuan more clearly, but he never expected that the mist covering Lin Chuan would become even thicker.
Even with his current strength, he still could not see through him.
"The current you should have already taken that step, right?" Lin Chuan asked.
"It can only be considered half a step. If I want to break through completely, I still need some opportunity. Compared to that realm, my Law Power has made a major breakthrough." Piccolo answered with a smile.
"Good. Since you've come out of seclusion, I also have something to tell you. Just now, Whis from our world contacted me. It seems to be about the Tournament of Power, so this time-space journey ends here." Lin Chuan went straight to the point and smoothly explained the matter regarding the Tournament of Power.
Hearing this news, Piccolo froze for a moment, then said with slight surprise in the next second, "Whis can actually contact you? The existence of Angels is indeed something even the current me cannot imagine."
"Yeah. In short, we have to go back now." Lin Chuan answered.
"I don't have any problem with that. It's your daughter, Lin Xue..." Piccolo said.
The two simultaneously shifted their gazes and looked toward Future Lin Xue nearby.
"Xue, although Dad doesn't want to rush you, the Tournament of Power concerns the survival of our time-space world's universe, so it's time for us to go home." Lin Chuan said in a gentle tone.
Lin Xue did not make things difficult for Lin Chuan. She nodded and said, "In these two days, I've already finished handling everything, so I can go back with Dad and Uncle Piccolo now."
Receiving the answer he wanted, the smile on Lin Chuan's face grew even stronger.
The time to go home had finally arrived.
Because of this unexpected development, the separation came very suddenly.
Especially for all the Time Patrollers and Chronoa, they were caught off guard and also felt extremely reluctant to part.
But from the bottom of their hearts, they were happy for Lin Xue, because she had found where she belonged.
The atmosphere was heavy, but they were not leaving immediately.
So after some exchanges, everyone, together with Chronoa, prepared a farewell banquet to send off Lin Chuan, Lin Xue, and Piccolo.
Even though, for them, they had only held a banquet celebrating victory two days ago.
Time flashed by, and in the blink of an eye, it was the next day.
After yesterday's farewell banquet, Lin Chuan did not directly take Lin Xue and Piccolo back.
Instead, he gave Lin Xue and Piccolo one more night.
The reason he gave Piccolo time was to let him say goodbye to Future Son Gohan.
"Let's go! There may still be a chance to meet again in the future, so there's no need to feel sad. If you want to come back and visit, there will be many opportunities in the future too." Leaving these words behind, Lin Chuan raised his hand and opened a time-space tunnel.
As the three of them stepped inside, the time-space tunnel disappeared as if it had never appeared.
Chronoa led all the Time Patrollers and stood there for a long time without dispersing.
...
In the main time-space Lin Chuan belonged to.
The Lookout.
God of Destruction Beerus, Angel Whis, Son Goku, Son Gohan, Vegeta, Raditz, Broly, Tien Shinhan, Krillin, and the others had gathered here because of the Tournament of Power.
Just yesterday, Zeno could no longer wait. In order to experience the enjoyment brought by the Tournament of Power, he ordered Universe 7 and Universe 9 to each send three contestants to hold an exhibition match at Zeno's Palace.
Originally, Lin Chuan should have led the team to participate in the match, but Lin Chuan was absent, so the representatives fighting for Universe 7 were changed to Son Goku, Raditz, and Broly. Even Vegeta had only just learned about this matter.
Although the strength of the three of them was not as absurdly powerful as Lin Chuan and Piccolo, they still won this cross-universe exhibition match.
And due to the conclusion of the exhibition match, the Tournament of Power was officially put on the schedule.
"That guy still hasn't returned? Hmph! Crossing time and space without permission, how bold." Beerus sat in front of the food prepared by Popo. Usually, he would have already been eating heartily, but right now, he had no appetite at all.
The matter of the Tournament of Power was making him feel extremely troubled. In particular, the fact that Lin Chuan and Piccolo, two top-tier combat powers of Universe 7, had not returned made him feel even more irritated and restless.
"Please calm down, Lord Beerus. I have already notified Lin Chuan. He should already be on his way back, and there is still enough time. Let's wait a little longer." Whis said from the side.
"I hope that guy moves faster. I don't want any more accidents to happen!" Beerus sighed helplessly, and only then did he begin eating the delicacies on the table.
The preliminary contestants for the Tournament of Power had actually already been gathered.
There was no doubt that as Universe 7's main combat forces, the warriors on Earth could not avoid participating.
It had to be said that over the course of this year, everyone had undergone a complete transformation, and their strength had surged tremendously.
Time passed second by second.
The calm atmosphere continued for nearly another hour.
With a sound of 'Buzz~!!!!!'
Accompanied by the appearance of a time-space tunnel, three auras transmitted out from within it.
Everyone became alert at this moment, their gazes simultaneously shifting to the suddenly appearing time-space tunnel.
Lin Chuan, Piccolo, and Future Lin Xue walked out from the time-space tunnel.
Everyone's eyes trembled, and their attention focused on Lin Xue.
Regarding Lin Chuan going to search for Future Lin Xue and bring her back, they had actually all already known.
It was just that seeing her again after so many years naturally felt different from back then.