One-Star Dragon was about to ask something, but Four-Star Dragon, before One-Star Dragon could speak, anxiously blurted out:
"Hello, miss, we are new subordinates of Lady Beryl."
"Subordinates?" Kusu slightly furrowed her brows. "Local specialties from that world?"
Kusu didn't fully believe what the two said, but they had Lady Beryl's energy on them as a protective measure, Kusu could not misjudge this point.
The crystal at the tip of the staff in her hand emitted a faint light.
It slowly shone on One-Star Dragon and Four-Star Dragon.
A moment later, the staff's light dimmed.
"You truly aren't lying." When it came to Beryl, Kusu felt that no amount of caution was too much.
She deliberately read some of One-Star Dragon and Four-Star Dragon's memories.
To avoid harming the two, she only vaguely read some fragments.
However, it also confirmed that the two were subordinates taken in by Lady Beryl.
"You two come with me. I need to open the Time Rift over there."
Involving the Supreme Kai of Time, if anything went wrong, it would become very troublesome.
Kusu didn't even give the two Shadow Dragons time to react.
The bottom of the staff lightly touched an empty space.
A colorful halo rose from beneath her feet.
Immediately, colorful cubes enveloped the three.
Whoosh—
It drew a meteor-like tail flame across the universe, rapidly flying towards the Time Rift node from which One-Star Dragon and Four-Star Dragon had emerged.
In a blink of an eye, the light vanished.
The three had already reached their destination.
The place where One-Star Dragon and Four-Star Dragon had emerged.
"This is the right place, isn't it?" Kusu subconsciously asked.
"Uh…" One-Star Dragon was still a bit confused about the situation.
"That's right, it's here." Four-Star Dragon nodded. "We just appeared at this very spot."
"I understand."
Kusu raised the Angel Staff in her hand above her head.
As the light emanating from the tip of the staff intensified, the surrounding space began to distort.
However, the next second—
Clang—
The staff in Kusu's hand flew out, as if it had touched some force, directly leaving Kusu's grasp.
Looking at the staff that had been bounced away, Kusu fell into thought: "Impossible. The Time Rift of that universe, with my current power, shouldn't be impossible to open."
Kusu murmured, and with a "whoosh," the staff instantly returned to her hand.
"Could it involve some kind of time-related causality?" Kusu was puzzled.
She raised the staff again, intending to open the Time Rift.
But just like last time, right when the opening was about to be made, the staff in her hand was bounced away again.
Even Kusu took two steps back.
She fell into silence.
After a long while, the staff returned to Kusu's hand again, and she sighed.
"It seems we can only wait for Lady Beryl to come out herself."
…
Within the Time Rift.
Beryl and the Supreme Kai of Time Chronoa and others were in a standoff.
"Lady Chronoa, my patience with you has a limit. Last time, these two attacked me inexplicably, and now they're doing it again. If I hadn't reacted in time, my two subordinates would have been killed by them."
Saying this, Beryl coldly glanced at Goku and Vegeta.
"Please quell your thunderous wrath, young God of Destruction."
"Deliberately bringing people who don't belong to that world from other timelines will disrupt spacetime. As a God of Destruction, I believe you wouldn't be unaware of the consequences of disrupting spacetime." Chronoa's tone was calm.
"My Angel has already told me that there will be no more parallel worlds in my world, so bringing back the two subordinates I took in does not fit your description of the possibility of parallel worlds appearing."
Hearing Beryl's explanation, a look of surprise appeared on the Supreme Kai of Time Chronoa's face, and then she fell into thought.
After a long moment, she spoke: "I cannot confirm what you said for now. We will conduct an investigation and verification on our end."
"Don't talk to me about such useless things. I have no connection with your Time Nest whatsoever. If there's a problem with what I've done, Lord Zeno will naturally comment on it."
Beryl completely ignored Chronoa's approach, saying, "I only have one goal now: how will you deal with Vegeta and Goku? As the Supreme Kai of Time, I hope you can give me an explanation."
"Otherwise, I can only report your actions to Lord Zeno."
"To be honest with you, I went to that world to clear negative energy at the request of Dragon God Zalama."
"Presumably, Lord Dragon God also wouldn't be able to bypass Lord Zeno and directly entrust me with such a task."
"Don't you agree, Lady Chronoa?"
She was practically saying that she was acting through legitimate channels, and Chronoa, as an unlawful person, was abusing her authority.
"This…" Chronoa fell silent.
Chronoa weighed the pros and cons, biting her lip for a long moment, then said: "How about I exchange the lives of Goku and Vegeta for the essence of Time Power with you?"
"Are you sure?"
Beryl was slightly surprised.
Essence is not a simple law.
Dragon Balls are a derived application of the Dragon Energy essence.
The methods of using Dragon Energy can be diverse.
Simply put, laws are like finished products, while essence is like a production line. With a production line, you can create multiple finished products, even finished products with different contents.
The Kami of Earth could create Dragon Balls, but he didn't know why he could create them. Essence is different.
"Wait, Chronoa." Goku frowned. "With your strength, there shouldn't be a need… And if you lose the essence, you will be in a state of weakness for a period of time…"
"It's fine, Goku." Chronoa said, "It's just a little bit of essence; it won't have too much impact on me. Moreover, if I don't do this,"
"This young God of Destruction in front of us won't let us leave either."
Saying this, a white light appeared around Chronoa.
In a moment, the scattered light gathered in her palm.
As the light orb condensed, the Supreme Kai of Time Chronoa's aura became somewhat unstable.
The light orb in her hand floated towards Beryl.
"Consider this my apology. Since the laws of a God of Destruction and Supreme Kai don't conflict with the laws generated by the Dragon Energy within you, I assume Time Power will also be of some help to you."
Beryl frowned, looking at the Supreme Kai of Time opposite her.
"She actually gave the essence so easily?" To be honest, Beryl hadn't expected the Supreme Kai of Time to actually bestow the essence upon her.
Because, even Goku and Vegeta only had laws on them; they were still a grade below essence.
Beryl sealed the light orb in her hand with a barrier and put it away.
It would be foolish not to take advantage of a good thing.
Regardless of the other party's intentions, Time Power, in a certain sense, was more valuable than the laws of a God of Destruction and Supreme Kai.
"Since Lady Chronoa values these two so much, then I won't take what others cherish."
After saying that, as if afraid Chronoa would regret it, Beryl quickly turned and left.