After a year apart, the two had undergone significant changes.

  Goku's eyes were bzing as he meticulously scrutinized Vegeta, taking in every change in the other man.

  Vegeta, in turn, focused his sharp gaze on Goku, also noticing the changes in him.

  "It seems you've been training more diligently than I have, Vegeta."

  "If I'm not mistaken, you should have taken that step as well, right?"

  Goku's face broke into a warm smile, genuinely happy for his old friend.

  "Hmph! I can't always be behind you, Kakarot. Super Saiyan 4 is nothing more than a stepping stone. I'll find my own way to achieve it."

  "It seems that you have also become stronger in the past year, Kakarot."

  Vegeta's cold eyes narrowed slightly, and he released an invisible pressure, testing Goku's strength with the intention of probing.

  Faced with Vegeta's proactive probing, Goku also released a little of his own aura to disrupt Vegeta's energy field.

  "Although I'd love to fight you, we should restrain ourselves, after all, this is Bulma's birthday party."

  "Even if we do fight, it has to be after the party ends."

  Goku proposed, suppressing the anticipation in his heart.

  Vegeta didn't say anything but silently withdrew his aura. He didn't have any intention of fighting Goku right now.

  After all, it was his wife's birthday party, and he, as a husband, wouldn't do such a foolish thing.

  "But on another note, I have a question to ask you." Goku leaned in close to Vegeta's ear and asked cautiously, "How old is Bulma turning today exactly?"

  "What are you asking that for?" Vegeta frowned, looking at Goku in confusion.

  Honestly, he didn't know how old Bulma was turning today either.

  "I'm just a little curious, or do you not know either?" Goku asked with a smirk.

  "Hmph! I wouldn't care about such trivial things," Vegeta said coolly.

  Just as the two were talking, an unforeseen event occurred.

  Outside Earth, a streak of light pierced through the Earth's atmosphere and descended at a terrifying speed to the left of Goku and Vegeta.

  "What's going on?" Goku instantly became vigint.

  "What the hell is that?" Vegeta heightened his senses.

  The two's sharp eyes watched the brilliant, colorful light. When the light dissipated, two people they had never seen before appeared in their sight.

  The newcomers were none other than the God of Destruction, Beerus, and the Angel, Whis.

  [Who are these two?!] Goku stared intently at the two, his mind filled with turmoil.

  In his memory, these two had never existed.

  Goku became even more serious, locking his sharp gaze on Beerus and Whis, expanding his senses.

  If he hadn't sensed them, it would have been fine, but as soon as he did, he was shocked.

  [This is... Godly Ki? Such pure Godly Ki!] The result left Goku in awe.

  Ever since he had obtained the Godly Ki training method from Old Kai a year ago, he hadn't been zy and had been using this method to train.

  To this day, he had cultivated Godly Ki within his body.

  But these two guys who suddenly appeared had even purer Godly Ki than him.

  [Could they be gods? Gods I've never seen before.] Goku thought gravely in his heart.

  Unlike Goku's confusion, Vegeta's eyes were bnk and his expression was shocked when he saw these two.

  In his mind, a memory that had been buried for a long time surged like a tide.

  Vegeta entered his memory, seeing his father being stepped on by God of Destruction Beerus, constantly threatening him to find the best pillow in the universe.

  At that time, he was young and didn't understand the terror of the God of Destruction. He wanted to rescue his father, but he was frightened to the ground by a single look from the other party, unable to move.

  Since then, the terror of God of Destruction Beerus had been deeply imprinted in his mind.

  His body's instincts had buried this memory deep in his mind. Now, with the personal arrival of God of Destruction Beerus, this memory that he least wanted to recall had been unearthed.

  "God of Destruction Beerus!" Vegeta's eyes were filled with ferocity, revealing a cold, piercing chill.

  "God of Destruction Beerus, Vegeta, you know this guy?!" Goku turned his head and asked in disbelief.

  In his past life, he had never heard Vegeta mention any God of Destruction or anything like that, nor had there been any appearance of a God of Destruction.

  Could it be that this world he was reborn into was different from his previous world?

  "It's been decades since we st met. The Saiyan prince who was scared to the ground by just a look from me back then has grown up now," Beerus said with a sneer, in a condescending tone.

  "Hmph... I was just a child back then, but the shame you brought to my Saiyan race, I will never forget it, Beerus!" Vegeta's attitude was very firm, his eyes cold and sharp.

  Back then, his father, his people, including him, had been toyed with by God of Destruction Beerus. This was a national disgrace that he could never forget.

  As the Saiyan Prince, he had to regain the dignity that had been lost.

  "King Vegeta had a good son."

  "Thinking back to those years, your father was just a humble servant in front of this God."

  "Now, his son has more backbone than him, but, Vegeta, I have to remind you that God of Destruction is very terrifying!"

  God of Destruction Beerus smirked, and in an instant, the pressure of the God of Destruction was released.

  A very strange feeling enveloped Vegeta and Goku's hearts, a feeling they had never felt before.

  As a God of Destruction, every move represents destruction. His pressure, his terror, any living thing would instinctively feel fear and give up the idea of resistance.

  But that was only for the weak.

  The strong fear no one, not even gods!!

  Goku and Vegeta were not affected in any way by the pressure exerted by God of Destruction Beerus.

  "As a God of Destruction, you're being too rude. If you want to fight, I'm willing to go all the way," Goku's face turned cold, and he had defined the God of Destruction Beerus in front of him as an enemy.

  "Arrogant Saiyan, just because you defeated Frieza, that worthless trash, you think you can contend with the God of Destruction?"

  "How naive!"

  God of Destruction Beerus sneered at Goku. In his eyes, Goku was just a wild monkey with well-developed limbs and a simple mind.