"Lord Lu Li, I... I only attacked him because he dared to attack you..."
Zamasu spoke with a tremble, terrified that Lu Li would force him to split into several thousand more copies and use them as targets for sword practice.
He still remembered how, when he had refused to split before, he had suffered inhumane abuse and ultimately split into over ten thousand Zamasus.
Back then, he had considered striking back. After all, there had been over ten thousand Zamasus. Lu Li's cruel treatment had filled him with rage, and for a time, he had wanted to rebel.
But when faced with the counterattack of ten thousand Zamasus, Lu Li had merely condensed Destruction Energy onto his blade. With a single slash, he wiped out nine thousand Zamasus.
The remaining thousand had not survived because Lu Li could not kill them in one strike. He simply wanted to preserve Zamasu's seed stock, maintaining a certain population for future splitting and propagation.
Of course, Lu Li paid close attention to the safety of his livestock. Before leaving the subspace, he would kill all but one Zamasu and place restraints on him.
After such repeated training, Zamasu alternated between hope and despair. In the end, no matter how many Zamasus he split into, he no longer dared entertain thoughts of resistance.
Every attempt at rebellion had ended miserably. Mentally, he had already submitted to Lu Li and long forgotten his grand ambition of exterminating humanity.
"Fine. Go spar with him for a while. You can beat him to the brink of death, but don't kill him."
Lu Li's words felt like a pardon to Zamasu.
To show his loyalty, Zamasu immediately stepped in front of Lu Li, intending to teach this apparently overconfident Saiyan a proper lesson.
At this point, Broly