Ten Minutes?!

"Boom!"

The moment the fused duo seemed to fuse once more and light burst forth, the Light Gold-Haired Woman could no longer hold on. She had already expended a tremendous amount of strength when she joined forces with the other two earlier. Who could have known Betkas would trigger the Detonation midway through, rendering all their efforts useless—and even causing her to take some of the blast?

So now, she was struggling to defend herself, with little strength left to spare. Betkas, on the other hand, had already broken through to a higher level. The little bit of energy he had spent just now wasn't even a tenth of his total. That was why he could handle these fused warriors, whose strength currently "surpassed" his own, with such ease.

An ordinary person would have collapsed to the ground by now...

At that moment, because the Light Gold-Haired Woman had failed, the Ki Blast Betkas had fired exploded right nearby. A loud boom rang out as thick clouds of dust billowed up, and stone fragments scattered and struck the surrounding area... A light, chilly breeze slowly swept past...

A small crater appeared where the blast had gone off. But a Blue-Haired Man was still hovering in the air above it, wearing a black vest and black trousers. His sharp gaze was fixed on Betkas, who was in his Great Ape Transformation, and he held the Light Gold-Haired Woman in his arms. She looked to be on the verge of death, as if she could die at any moment...

"You've really opened my eyes... I never imagined that after fusing, you could fuse again!"

Though Betkas was in his Great Ape Transformation, his blood-red eyes watched the Blue-Haired Man intently as he murmured. It really was astonishing to him. In the original story, he only remembered fusion as a powerful technique that combined two people of similar strength and size into one. He had never imagined that they could fuse again after that...

And it seemed the Blue-Haired Man was even stronger now... Betkas couldn't tell exactly how strong he was, but he could sense a long-familiar, oppressive tremor...

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

The Pure Cyan-Haired Man gently laid the nearly dying Light Gold-Haired Woman on a flat spot in a distant mountain range. Then, in an instant, he returned to stand before Betkas and spoke without expression.

"Hey, hey, hey... There are plenty of people in this universe who talk big. You have to prove it with your actions!"

Betkas curled his lip in disdain as he replied, his enormous body trembling.

"Thump!"

"Too fast!"

The next second, the Pure Cyan-Haired Man suddenly vanished from Betkas's sight. Betkas reacted instantly, spotting him appear right in front of his abdomen. He was about to raise his giant fist and strike—

But the Blue-Haired Man moved first. He let out a shout, then drove his left fist, carrying immense force, toward Betkas's abdomen. He moved so fast that Betkas could only watch helplessly, unable to act...

A heavy punch landed. Betkas immediately felt a violent surge in his abdomen, and a hot rush rose involuntarily to his throat. His enormous body was sent flying dozens of meters before he finally came to a stop...

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!"

But before Betkas could react again, the Blue-Haired Man flashed forward several times in succession, suddenly appearing before Betkas's head. He sprang up and kicked from below, striking Betkas's massive chin and knocking it sharply upward. The blow also forced the hot rush in Betkas's throat back down.

"Damn you..."

Betkas was furious. Truly furious. He was being beaten by this guy without even getting the chance to fight back? He was so enraged that he stopped worrying about the threat of a Ki Blast coming next and raised his enormous right fist, striking at the Blue-Haired Man with all his strength...

The Blue-Haired Man seemed a little surprised by Betkas's move, but he didn't panic. He simply opened his right hand and instantly fired a Blue Ki Blast toward Betkas's chest. Betkas's punch landed at the same time, striking the Blue-Haired Man's tiny body. The astonishing force sent him flying hundreds of meters until he crashed into a mountain and finally stopped...

"Boom!"

Betkas, meanwhile, was struck by the Blue-Haired Man's Ki Blast, which set off a tremendous explosion. A gigantic mushroom cloud billowed up where he stood...

The Blue-Haired Man paid no attention to the wounds from the punch he had just taken. With a few quick flashes, he returned to where Betkas had been. He stared into the vast cloud of smoke before him, his eyes carrying a hint of anxiety...

"He should be dead now!"

"Who did you say was dead?"

Just as the Blue-Haired Man was speaking, a human voice challenged him with a question. The Blue-Haired Man jolted in surprise and immediately looked down into the crater left by the explosion. There, he spotted a man in tattered clothes, staring up at him arrogantly and disdainfully...

"Though I don't know how you changed back from your Great Ape form, you're no match for me anymore, Saiyan! For my two fallen companions, I'll kill you with my own hands today!"

The Blue-Haired Man was only slightly taken aback. Then he spoke with a hint of sorrow in his voice...

"Heh heh heh... Kill me? With your strength of barely over one million?"

Betkas suddenly let out a strange, wild laugh. Then his expression changed, and an intense aura burst out at once...

This powerful ki erupted in an instant, shaking the entire planet several times... The overwhelming force made the Blue-Haired Man suddenly feel oppressed. His pupils trembled violently despite himself...

The Blue-Haired Man's face changed dramatically. Staring at Betkas in terror, he stammered incoherently:

"Impossible! How can your ki be this powerful..."

"It was your last mistake not killing me just now..."

Betkas sneered at the Blue-Haired Man disdainfully... Then a few words from Bardock suddenly came to mind...

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

"Five seconds is more than enough to deal with trash like you! Five minutes will be plenty to destroy every living thing on this planet. You should feel honored... to die by my hand. Heh heh!!!"

Betkas suddenly held up five fingers and gave the Blue-Haired Man a cold, mocking smile...