Near the Brink of Death..

A mass of hair turned purple and floated stiffly in the air. His entire body was shrouded in flame-like energy, his eyes had turned pale green, his features had changed, and his skin had shifted to a different shade.

Broly... This was what he looked like now...

But even so... his tremendous power surged outward, blasting Betkas hundreds of meters away.

"How is this possible?! The control device broke?!"

The most shocked person there wasn't Broly or Betkas. It was Paragus. He remembered clearly that without his consent, Broly's power shouldn't have been able to break free...

But now... Broly's immense presence had been laid bare. Its sheer force was enough to change the heavens and earth. The gale howled... Paragus was trembling uncontrollably, and he even felt like running away.

Betkas, meanwhile, was in far worse shape...

He slowly rose from the ground. Seeing the fragments of the scouter that had exploded when Broly's energy surged, he felt utterly helpless and hopeless...

Because Broly had transformed!

He had never imagined that one desperate, all-out attack of his would damage the control device. That was the last thing he wanted to happen. Now Broly's fury had erupted, his consciousness had faded, and all that remained was an urge to destroy...

And so his strongest power had burst forth... That overwhelming presence was enough to leave Betkas with no will to resist.

This difference... was no joke.

"Even if he isn't a perfect Super Saiyan yet... he's still strong enough to kill me instantly... Heh..."

Betkas wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at Broly in the distance, whose power kept surging skyward. His heart was filled with bitterness... From what he remembered, Broly's current form was what they called Pseudo Super Saiyan.

In other words... Pseudo Super Saiyan was merely a form of False Super Saiyan. It wasn't the real thing... Although it didn't multiply his strength by fifty, it still increased it by at least... thirty times.

Heh... Before, he could barely hold his own... Now that Broly had become like this, what could he possibly do to resist?

The only option left was... to run!

But... could he get away?

Betkas asked himself that as he watched Broly, who was clearly in an unconscious state.

Any living thing nearby that made even the slightest movement might be the first to suffer a thunderous attack... That was why Betkas hadn't immediately turned and fled. Even though he was now a hundred meters from Broly, in his False Super Saiyan state, Broly could still kill him with ease...

"I really can't accept this... Dying at the hands of a Super Saiyan would be an honor, but dying at the hands of a False Super Saiyan... I can't call that an honor."

Betkas managed a wry joke to himself. He knew Broly hadn't truly transformed. Or, to put it another way... Broly didn't want to become a true Super Saiyan just yet... Only he knew why... That was why he was in this pseudo form.

"Goddamn ridiculous setup... It's going to get me killed..."

Betkas grumbled in annoyance. Only now did he realize how unreliable the scenes described in anime and novels were...

In this Pseudo Super Saiyan state, Broly's presence alone was already too much for him to withstand. If Broly became a Super Saiyan, Betkas had no doubt he would be crushed and unable to move. There would be no situation where a firm will and a burst of power could let him resist...

Just standing upright was already beyond his limits...

"Ha!!! Ah!!!"

Broly continued to unleash his power, heedless of everything around him. The surrounding landscape had become an "apocalypse." His outburst sent gales sweeping across the planet, while thick clouds and lightning filled the sky... It was just like... the end of the world...

It seemed that in the next moment... the planet would be destroyed...

Thinking about what lay ahead, Betkas truly didn't want to sit there and wait for death. He hadn't lived long enough yet. In his previous life, the world had been dull because of the way he saw it... But this world was different. Since coming here, there were so many things Betkas wanted to do...

For example... fight Son Goku, the man who had become a legend... That was part of the Saiyan instinct in his body. Otherwise, the old him wouldn't have felt this way.

And he wanted to take on all sorts of bosses, too... Frieza, Cell, Majin Buu, or even the God of Destruction who could easily send Super Saiyan 3 Son Goku flying...

He wanted to fight them all at least once... That was why he couldn't accept this... He especially couldn't accept dying at the hands of Broly in his False Super Saiyan state.

After all... Vegeta didn't know about the Dragon Balls yet, and even if he did, he might not bring Betkas back to life... So Betkas couldn't accept it. He didn't want to die, because that meant he might never get the chance to be revived.

King Yemma might really be someone you didn't want to mess with... Think about it: after the Saiyans in the original story died out, where had they gone? Hell? Then why hadn't anyone seen a single one of them? That meant... they had all been reincarnated!!

The thought of King Yemma forcing him to reincarnate filled Betkas with fear. His hard-won advantages from crossing worlds... and his Saiyan talents... would all disappear! Even Majin Buu couldn't escape the cycle of rebirth!

So, no matter what, he had to get away...

Broly's power stopped surging. His body had grown considerably larger as his strength increased. His once relatively short frame now stood about 1.9 meters tall. His imposing build made both Betkas and Paragus look up at him...

A cruel smile spread across Broly's face as he laughed maniacally. He seemed to be celebrating his escape from that hateful "Control Device." At the same time, he aimed one hand in each direction, forming two green blasts of energy filled with the aura of destruction. At the sight, Betkas and Paragus's pupils shook violently...

Because... Broly was aiming at the two of them!!

This time... Betkas and Paragus realized just how close death was. That immense power held them down so completely that they couldn't fight back... They could only watch Broly's movements helplessly...

"It's over!!!!"