After his primary connection to the rules of the Source-Devouring Time-Space was severed, the Spirit-Seizing Ancient Emperor's aura fluctuated violently.
Nearly half the densely packed bright yellow patterns covering this Level-12 Source-Devouring Strong Practitioner's body dimmed within moments.
Even his Rule True Body, which Vegeta had severely injured earlier, no longer recovered as swiftly as before.
But the Spirit-Seizing Ancient Emperor certainly had not given up struggling.
Hundreds of millions of soul threads shot out of his body. Some rushed toward the Mechanical Nodes sealing off the battlefield, while the rest locked firmly onto Vegeta.
The intangible Spirit-Seizing Rule penetrated the golden Saiyan energy, attempting to forcibly strip Vegeta's soul from his rules body.
Vegeta's body froze for an instant.
But only an instant!
The next moment, even fiercer golden energy erupted from within Vegeta.
The mass of soul threads wrapped around his body shattered outright beneath that overwhelmingly brutal power!
Vegeta made no attempt to understand the Spirit-Seizing Ancient Emperor's soul Arcane Truth.
He had no need to understand it!
Once strength reached a certain threshold, it alone was enough to crush most rule-based methods head-on.
The path Vegeta followed was precisely one of Proving the Dao with Strength, much like Kakarot's!
He lacked Kakarot's outrageous capacity to grow through battle, but his control over his own strength and his immensely proud, unwavering will were likewise beyond the reach of ordinary level-12 beings.
To shake Vegeta's soul, the Spirit-Seizing Ancient Emperor first had to pierce the layer of golden Saiyan energy covering his body.
Yet as the battle continued, Vegeta's strength kept rising!
"Is that all you've got?" Vegeta asked, looking up at the Spirit-Seizing Ancient Emperor.
The Spirit-Seizing Ancient Emperor did not answer.
The Ancient Emperor's enormous Rule True Body suddenly split down the middle, revealing a grotesque