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Chapter 983 Trunks Slashes at Lu Li

"Sousuke, this is truly a brilliant paper. I believe the entire universe will soon know about your work."

The Supreme Kai of Universe 3, Erza, looked at Aizen with undisguised admiration, quite satisfied with his successor.

"It's all thanks to your guidance. Without your instruction, I would never have been able to complete this research with my limited knowledge."

Aizen smiled modestly and said.

"Sousuke is too modest. You clearly have a lot of knowledge that even I don't know. Sometimes I really wonder if there are people who are born with knowledge."

"After this seminar, I believe you will soon receive funding from across the universe and will no longer have to worry about a lack of research funds," El said with emotion. "I look forward to your results."

"Everything is still just theory. Once I actually develop it, the strength of the Third Universe will be greatly enhanced. When that happens, I won't be modest anymore when you praise me."

Inazaki had a smile on his face that was as pleasant as a spring breeze.

"Then I look forward to it."

Erwin smiled, then took Aizen aboard the spaceship, activated the space jump, and instantly returned to the place where the Supreme Kai lived.

After saying goodbye to Erwin, Aizen returned to his laboratory and looked at the various devices inside, a smile playing on his lips.

While Brother Lu was diligently cultivating, he certainly couldn't be idle.

However, Aizen knew that he didn't have the same cheat code as Lu Li, who had his limiter removed. If he were to simply try to improve his cultivation by competing with Lu Li, he would never be able to catch up.

Therefore, he had to find another way, using his relatively smarter brain compared to Lu Li, to improve his strength through scientific research.

Universe 3 is a universe with a highly advanced technological civilization; even the God of Destruction is a robot, or rather, a robot piloted by a human.

Although the strength of the Gods of Destruction varies from universe to universe, and the God of Destruction Mosco (piloted by Mull) may not be among the top, he is still a God of Destruction, so his strength is unlikely to be lacking.

In addition, the things Chuchu made in the previous world gave Aizen some inspiration, which made him think about whether he should create a super mecha in the third universe.

Because he directly acquired a large amount of knowledge through Shenron, Aizen's process of creating the mecha went quite smoothly. Within a month in the Dragon Ball universe, he had already created the first prototype.

He tested it and found that when he piloted that mech, he could fully utilize his 260 points of overall attribute strength.

However, Aizen was not satisfied with this result because he realized that mecha had obvious shortcomings. Just like the people of the continent of Compassion were advanced in civilization but had no way to deal with the supernatural, if the pilot's spirit was not strong enough, the enemy might be able to break through from the inside.

Furthermore, Aizen does not intend to pursue the technological enhancement route of mecha piloting; he only hopes to improve the strength of his own body through technological research.

While mechs are good, future upgrades and maintenance require a lot of effort and materials. It's better to invest in yourself rather than spending that time on them.

Aizen quickly abandoned his research on simply pilotable mecha and instead focused on the differences between mechanical and ordinary life forms. He hoped to create a technology that would allow humans to achieve 'genetic ascension' through machines.

The underlying principles are quite complex. If Aizen were to explain it to Lu Li, he would simply say that the theory is to use mechanical life forms to pre-simulate the process of human genetic ascension, thereby performing deprogramming to find ways for humans to improve their strength.

This technology is different for each person. For example, Aizen created a mechanical Aizen and used the parameters of this machine as a reference to improve his strength.

It sounds simple, but Aizen actually used a lot of technology in the process. The technology of Universe 3 and the technology of the androids in Universe 7 also gave him inspiration.

For example, there is a characteristic of the androids that Aizen finds very familiar: their infinite energy reminds him of Lu Xun's Immortal Seed.

Although he doesn't believe that androids have truly unlimited stamina, there are clearly some merits to this technology. In addition, the fact that one cannot normally sense the android's aura suggests that the android does not gain its strength through aura-driven power.

Aizen is gathering all the technologies and knowledge from this universe and is developing a customized enhancement plan for himself. Once successful, he will gain a huge boost, and there will be considerable room for further growth.

If his technology were to be popularized in the Third Universe, it would enhance the overall strength of the Third Universe. Even just releasing his research on new mecha technology would significantly improve the Third Universe.

Regarding the wish granted by Shenron, Lu Li once asked him if he wanted to increase Aizen's strength or make Aizen immortal.

Aizen refused. On one hand, he felt that it was an opportunity for Riku in Universe 7. On the other hand, he felt that the power gained through the Dragon Balls was ultimately limited. Moreover, knowledge is power, and he had already gained a lot of knowledge through Shenron, so there was no need to ask Shenron to grant him any more bizarre wishes.

Aizen knew that the so-called immortality was limited to those below the ninth rank, and he felt that it was impossible for the Super Dragon to break through the ninth rank. The so-called strongest in the universe was at most only 280 points.

Moreover, whether or not they can reach that level remains to be seen.

Rather than gaining attribute points through wishes, Aizen prefers to acquire power through his own wisdom. This is the difference between giving someone a fish and teaching them how to fish. If he can make a breakthrough in his research, it means that he can improve through his own efforts.

Whether it's the peak of the eighth rank or the ninth rank, it's not a dream. Relying on yourself is the more sustainable solution.

Aizen threw himself into his work, showing no intention of relaxing, because he knew that the Dragon Ball universe was very dangerous.

The space didn't give them a time to return this time, which seemed like a great opportunity for extensive cultivation, but in reality, there was a huge pitfall.

He started in Universe 3, so his identity belongs to Universe 3. There's no such thing as switching sides just because he went to Universe 7.

If the Omni-King were to hold the Tournament of Power in the future, it would mean that one of his universes and Lu Li's universe would inevitably be erased. Even if someone were to use the Super Dragon Balls to restore the erased universe afterward, explorers like him and Lu Li would not be resurrected.

Therefore, the Omni-King is like a sword hanging over their heads, which could fall at any moment. Lu Li may not think deeply about this, but Aizen cannot ignore it.

Moreover, neither he nor Lu Li were people who liked to follow the crowd. They were not going to pin their hopes on the King's mood; they preferred to take their own destiny into their own hands.

Therefore, Aizen must raise his strength to the late stage of the eighth rank, or even the peak, as soon as possible.

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Time passed quickly, and two months later, in Universe 7, at Beerus's castle.

boom--

With a dull thud, an invisible ring of air rippled outwards, but only spread a few meters before stopping.

Lu Li's fist struck Weiss's palm, causing him to smile. "Isn't this enough to hit you?" Weiss's eyes showed no surprise, only admiration. "You learn really quickly, but maintaining that is the key."

At this moment, Lu Li, who was standing in front of Weiss, was surrounded by bursts of white mist-like radiance, and his black hair had turned silver-white, rising slightly in the mist.

This is a sign that appears after initially mastering the art of Extreme Freedom, and this state is also simply referred to as the Extreme Freedom sign.

For the past two months, Lu Li has been traveling back and forth between Earth and Beerus. Apart from sparring with Whis, instructing people on Earth in their cultivation, and preparing delicious food, he spends the rest of his time in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

So strictly speaking, Lu Li has already cultivated for several decades in this world.

During this period, he did not focus on improving his basic attributes, only increasing them by 2 points overall. More importantly, he was constantly developing new martial arts techniques and exploring new realms of martial arts.

He would create shadow clones to fight against himself in the subspace, with both sides battling each other, absorbing combat experience, and feeling the profound mysteries of Ultra Instinct.

Strangely enough, Lu Li himself was quite talented. In the original story, he saw that Goku learned Ultra Instinct much faster than he did, and Vegeta also developed his own Ultra Instinct after following Beerus for many years.

But it took him decades to master Ultra Instinct.

Weiss didn't think Lu Li mastered the Ultimate Freedom Technique slowly; in fact, he thought Lu Li learned it too quickly because Lu Li hadn't even released those distracting thoughts, yet he still learned the Ultimate Freedom Technique.

At this moment, as Lu Li smiled, the aura of ultimate freedom on his body dissipated, causing Lu Li to frown slightly.

"You're still not skilled enough. You need to transform to enter this state. Only when you reach my level will you be considered to have entered the field."

Weiss, as a teacher, was quite strict and pointed out Lu Li's shortcomings.

Lu Li seemed to be deep in thought upon hearing this. In fact, he had never followed the right path in the process of cultivating the Free and Unfettered Ultimate Skill.

The philosophy that Weiss taught him was to empty his mind and let his body take over the fight, instinctively making dodging and attacking movements, so that there would be no unnecessary delay.

However, Lu Li did not actually empty his mind. After decades of rigorous training, he was able to forcibly enter the transformation state of Ultra Instinct Sign. In reality, he still thought during the battle, but on the surface, it looked the same as Ultra Instinct.

In summary, Lu Li felt that his improved combat skills made him appear as if he had mastered the Ultra Instinct technique.

This is not the real Ultra Instinct. Including those signs, they were actually special effects that Lu Li imitated by looking at Goku's form in the manga.

What's amazing is that after he did this, Weiss was certain that after he learned Ultra Instinct, his talent awakening mission was truly completed, and he has now started the second stage.

[Talent Awakening Quest - Second Stage: Carefree and Unfettered]

Mission objective: Break free from conventional constraints, develop your own 'Ultra Instinct', and strive to surpass the perfect state of Ultra Instinct as commonly understood in the Dragon Ball world.

Task Difficulty: Hard to Nightmare
Quest Reward: Awakening the Third Talent

Failure penalty: Permanently close the third talent awakening path.

After seeing the next stage of the mission, Lu Li couldn't help but fall into deep thought. He even asked Beerus about his Ultra Instinct technique.

But Beerus told him that he didn't know Ultra Instinct at all, and that he wasn't even proficient in Ultra Instinct.

Lu Li realized that Ultra Instinct was something Vegeta developed himself; it was essentially a version of Ultra Instinct that was only suitable for Vegeta.

Now his task is similar, but what's more ridiculous is that Lu Li has not actually learned Ultra Instinct. He just pretends that he has learned Ultra Instinct and adds some special effects to himself, so Weiss thinks he has. What's even more absurd is that the space also believes he has.

"It really feels like the road ahead is long and arduous."

Lu Li sighed.

Weiss thought Lu Li was talking about Ultra Instinct, so he just smiled and said, "You don't need to be in such a hurry. Why don't you go back to your previous state of mind and go out for a walk? If you're going to Earth, please bring back some local specialties for me and Lord Beerus."

Lu Li smiled upon hearing this, "That's good. My cultivation has been too intense lately, I should go out and relax."

For Weiss, it was only two months, but for Lu Li, a king of scrolls, decades had passed since he entered the mental time chamber. In terms of his life journey, this was equivalent to his previous lifetime.

In other words, Lu Li is able to focus on cultivation and enjoy the feeling of progressing in martial arts; otherwise, he would definitely find it extremely boring.

Before long, Lu Li teleported to Earth. He didn't go looking for anyone else, but just wandered around the cities and villages on Earth.

He originally came just to find some human warmth and to adjust his mental state; he had no intention of doing anything important.

But just as Lu Li was walking down the street eating ice cream, he suddenly felt a fluctuation in spacetime.

And coincidentally, an egg-shaped mechanical structure appeared in the void and crashed down on his head.

Pedestrians on the street were terrified. Lu Li reached out and caught the falling egg-shaped pod. After extending his senses inside, he paused, "Trunks?"

Seeing the commotion among the passersby, Lu Li teleported instantly, bringing Trunks to Bulma's courtyard.

"Mr. Lu?"

Bulma was watering the flowers when she saw Lu Li suddenly appear carrying a time machine, and she was stunned for a moment.

Lu Li didn't rush to explain. After opening the hatch, he pulled Trunks out, turned on the engine, and Trunks' injuries were instantly healed.

Lu Li knew that there was a plot in the original work where Trunks returned from the future. He was just wondering why Trunks came so quickly, because he had calculated that Trunks should not come until about a year after the game ended.

Moreover, in the original story, Trunks landed with precision, so how did he end up crashing into the city this time, right on his head?

With this question in mind, Lu Li woke Trunks up, wanting to ask him what was going on.

When Trunks woke up and saw Lu Li, he immediately drew his sword and slashed at Lu Li.

(End of this chapter)