Harvest...

"You had your fun hitting me earlier, didn't you? Now it's my turn... you bastard!"

Betkas stared coldly at the Blue-Haired Man. His tone was indifferent, but his eyes were filled with an unmistakable, razor-sharp killing intent. That sheer murderous aura instantly made the Blue-Haired Man feel as if he had plunged into an icy abyss—like the temperature had dropped sharply.

"There's no way this guy could still be hiding his strength, right?! Otherwise, we wouldn't have been unable to detect it."

The Blue-Haired Man's face turned pale as he thought to himself in confusion. He had already sensed the astonishing burst of energy radiating from Betkas. That overwhelming pressure far surpassed his own. There was no way he could still be a match now—and that baffled him. How had Betkas suddenly become so powerful?

"Bam!"

The next second, the Blue-Haired Man suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. By the time he reacted, Betkas was already in front of him, fist buried in his gut. The intense pain and sheer force sent some hot liquid surging up his throat. With a "gwah," he spat it out as he was sent flying backward.

"Bam!"

Just as the Blue-Haired Man was hurtling backward, Betkas appeared behind him again. He bent his knee into a near ninety-degree angle and slammed it into the man's back.

"Crack!"

"Ah!"

The Blue-Haired Man let out a miserable scream, followed by the sound of bones breaking. He was then launched forward and upward, limbs splayed out as if he had lost all strength to resist.

"Bam!!"

The next moment, as the Blue-Haired Man was still flying forward, Betkas shot past him, blocking his path. Before the man could react, Betkas clasped his hands together, raised them high, and smashed them down hard onto the Blue-Haired Man's abdomen.

"Ptoo!"

"Boom!"

Struck by that heavy blow, the Blue-Haired Man's body bent into an arch. Another gush of blood sprayed from his mouth as he plummeted toward the ground, landing with a thunderous crash.

On the earth, a spiderweb-like crater appeared instantly. The Blue-Haired Man lay there like a flickering candle in the wind, gasping for breath.

"As much as I'd like to finish you in five seconds... I still want to play around a bit."

Betkas looked down from above at the Blue-Haired Man in the crater, his tone menacing.

"Oh, wait... crap. I'm falling into that Saiyan 'arrogance' again. Yeah... when you're this strong, the 'playfulness' in battle gets heavier."

Betkas paused, then shook his head. He realized he had unconsciously slipped into that mistake again. Saiyans all seemed to have that kind of personality—even Son Goku and the others in the original story sometimes got too caught up in playing around when they were stronger, which often led to tragedy. Cell was one such tragedy. No need to explain that.

Betkas struggled to control his mindset and will, trying not to be influenced by this overwhelming power. After all, he only had ten minutes. So he needed to finish things quickly, not slowly. He didn't want a tragedy on his hands.

"For the sake of the world—no, for the peace of the universe—rest in peace. Don't worry, I'll send everyone on this planet to the afterlife. Mm... just wait a few minutes."

Betkas suddenly raised a single finger, pointing it coldly at the Blue-Haired Man, who was still unable to move in the human-shaped crater. Then he fired a golden beam straight down.

"Boom!!"

Unlike the earlier piercing shots, this one was a real explosion. A towering mushroom cloud slowly rose into the sky, signaling another life departing from this world.

"Next... there's that dying woman nearby. Heh heh... her location seems to be... that place. I can sense a faint ki. Sorry about this. Blame it on your weakness—weakness is a sin!"

Betkas carefully sensed his surroundings, showing a slightly thoughtful expression, then spoke slowly. At the same time, he extended his palm toward a certain direction and fired a golden energy blast.

"Boom!"

"Hahaha!!! This trip has been quite eventful!"

Betkas watched the explosion ahead and suddenly burst into laughter. Because he could now sense ki—and even control it. That meant he had the capital to hide his power from Frieza and the others, no longer needing to worry. He had the cyan-haired man from before, before the fusion, to thank for suddenly raising his ki, which allowed Betkas to occasionally catch the trick.

Just that alone had taught him how to use ki. That was why he could now sense its presence.

"For me, the scouter is now just decoration. But that's not the biggest gain here, heh heh..."

Betkas was in a great mood. Learning to control ki was a huge surprise. But an even bigger surprise made him even happier—and that was...

Fusion and the "Ultra Fusion" that came after.

He had witnessed both with his own eyes.

Betkas's heart was racing—no, he was thrilled. Because he had already grasped the essence of both. With a bit of recollection and a few practice sessions, he could learn high-level techniques like Fusion and Ultra Fusion immediately.

This was actually his "talent." No matter what ultimate move it was, as long as Betkas saw it once, he could instantly grasp its essence—just like Majin Buu, who could use the Kamehameha after seeing Son Goku use it once. Betkas, on the other hand, could completely recreate the memory of that technique after seeing it once and learn it within a certain time frame.

So this time, his gains were indeed huge. Although Fusion might become a bit of a crutch later on, Betkas believed that Ultra Fusion was the ace up his sleeve—the trump card!

After all, a guy with a battle power of just over ten thousand, after fusing and then using Ultra Fusion, could reach a power level of a million. That was a hundredfold increase between the two. Just thinking about it made Betkas eager to try. He wanted to see just how powerful a Super Saiyan would become after Ultra Fusion.