Ten Minutes?!

"Boom!"

The moment the fusion duo seemed to merge again... when that light burst forth, the Light Gold-Haired Woman could no longer hold on. Having already expended immense power from her earlier combined attack with the other two, she never expected Betkas to detonate it midway, rendering their efforts futile and even catching her in the blast's edge.

So now, as she tried to resist, her strength fell short of her will. And Betkas, a guy who had already broken through to a higher level, had barely used a tenth of his power from that earlier exertion. That's why he could handle this group of fused fighters, who currently "surpassed" his strength, with such ease.

An ordinary person would have long since collapsed to the ground...

At this moment, due to the Light Gold-Haired Woman's failure, Betkas's fired Ki Blast exploded nearby, unleashing a rumbling blast. Thick smoke and dust billowed up as gravel flew and clattered all around... a faint cold breeze drifted past.

A small crater formed at the explosion site. But hovering in the air above that spot was a man with Pure Cyan hair, clad in a black vest and black trousers, his sharp eyes fixed on Betkas in his Great Ape Transformation. In his arms, he held the Light Gold-Haired Woman, who was now barely breathing, as if she could die at any moment.

"You've really opened my eyes... I never thought you could fuse again after already fusing?!"

Though Betkas remained in his Great Ape form, his blood-red eyes locked onto the Pure Cyan-Haired Man as he muttered to himself. For him, this was indeed a surprise. In the original story, he only remembered fusion as a powerful technique that merged two people of similar size and strength into one, but he never imagined they could fuse again afterward.

And it seemed that Pure Cyan-Haired Man's power had grown even stronger. Though Betkas couldn't gauge the exact level, he could feel a long-lost, oppressive tremor.

"You will pay for this, Saiyan! I'll make you understand the fury of us Metamorans!"

The Pure Cyan-Haired Man gently placed the nearly dying Light Gold-Haired Woman on a flat spot in a distant mountain range, then instantly returned before Betkas, speaking with a blank expression.

"Hey, hey, hey... there are plenty of big talkers in this universe. You've got to prove it with action!"

Betkas curled his lip in disdain as he replied, his massive body shaking in response.

"Bam!"

"So fast!"

The next second, the Pure Cyan-Haired Man vanished from Betkas's sight. Betkas reacted instantly, catching a glimpse of the cyan-haired man appearing before his abdomen, and raised his giant fist to strike.

But the cyan-haired man moved first. With a sharp shout, his left fist, carrying boundless force, drove into Betkas's abdomen. The speed was so blinding that Betkas could only watch, unable to act.

A punch landed with a heavy thud. Betkas immediately felt a surging wave in his gut, a hot rush rising unbidden to his throat. His enormous body was blasted back dozens of meters before he could stop.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!"

Before Betkas could react again, the cyan-haired man flickered through several instant movements, appearing right before Betkas's face. He swung a kick from below, snapping Betkas's massive chin upward and forcing him to swallow the hot rush back down.

"Damn you..."

Betkas was furious—truly furious. To be beaten so helplessly by this guy? His rage boiled over. No longer caring about the threat of another Ki Blast, he swung his massive right fist with all his might at the cyan-haired man.

The cyan-haired man seemed slightly surprised by Betkas's move but didn't panic. He simply extended his right hand forward, instantly firing a cyan Ki Blast that slammed into Betkas's chest. At the same time, Betkas's fist struck his small frame, the incredible force sending the cyan-haired man flying hundreds of meters until he crashed into a mountain and stopped.

"Boom!"

As for Betkas himself, the cyan-haired man's Ki Blast hit him square on, triggering a thunderous explosion. A massive mushroom cloud rose from the spot.

Ignoring the injury from the punch, the cyan-haired man flickered and teleported back to Betkas's location, staring intently at the thick smoke with a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

"He should be dead by now!"

"Who says I'm dead?"

Just as the cyan-haired man spoke, a human voice shot back in challenge, startling him. He looked down at the crater below and suddenly spotted a man with torn clothes standing there, looking up at him with arrogance and contempt.

"I don't know how you reverted from your Great Ape form, but you're no match for me now, Saiyan! For my two fallen comrades, I'll kill you with my own hands today!"

The cyan-haired man showed a flicker of surprise, then spoke with a tinge of sorrow.

"Heh heh heh... Kill me? With your paltry battle power of barely over a million?"

Betkas suddenly burst into a strange, wild laugh. Then his expression shifted, and a fierce aura erupted instantly.

This surge of immense ki shook the entire planet with its tremors. The overwhelming power pressed down on the cyan-haired man, making him feel suffocated. His pupils trembled uncontrollably.

The cyan-haired man's face changed drastically. Staring at Betkas in terror, he stammered:

"Impossible!! Such a powerful ki..."

"Not finishing me off earlier was your final mistake."

Betkas sneered at the cyan-haired man with disdain. Then, Bardock's words echoed in his mind...

"Just this once... only ten minutes!"

"To deal with scum like you... five seconds is enough! To destroy every living thing on this planet, five minutes will do. You should feel honored to die by my hands. Hmph!!!"

Betkas raised five fingers, sneering coldly at the cyan-haired man.