()(The normal form. For some reason, you can't tell. Tragic... Yeah. Speaking of tragedy, today's been a disaster too. I'd finally updated for half a day and was just about to finish when I accidentally clicked on the chat window and hit backspace. It all vanished... Damn it! That really put me in a bad mood... Huh? What was I going to write in the earlier announcement? Oh... The truth about Broly killing Betkas back then. I'll reveal it here. The fight's a little short, but I'm out of time. Yeah, I'll make them longer in the future.)
Betkas simply clenched his fists in midair, standing straight as he quietly felt the abundant power within him—and the strange wisp of energy that wasn't his, still drifting leisurely inside him. For a long while, he said nothing.
At that moment, Betkas, perhaps lost in the sensation, still hadn't noticed what was happening. Tarble, however, was watching Betkas's appearance change with his own eyes. Golden energy gradually radiated from his body, while his pale-gold pupils slowly turned emerald green. Veins bulged across his clenched fists, and an immense pressure swept through the area.
The clear sky had bizarrely turned dark, blanketed by black clouds. Lightning occasionally struck the ground. The sight deeply rattled Tarble.
"What in the world is happening?!"
Tarble swallowed hard, staring at the scene in a daze as cold sweat ran down his face. His fists were clenched. He could feel the immense pressure emanating from Betkas—a shadow of invincibility that only someone facing an overwhelming gap in strength could understand.
"Ha!!!"
Betkas himself was carefully sensing the energy coursing through him, studying it. But the next moment, with no time to think, he simply felt the power within him swelling endlessly and let out a loud shout!
Dozens of bolts of lightning crashed down around him with deafening rumbles. At the same time, Betkas suddenly unleashed an astonishing force. A tornado swept outward from him, and Tarble was immediately blown far away. All he could do was brace himself with both hands and keep his eyes fixed on Betkas.
Betkas was now wrapped from head to toe in golden energy that resembled flames, his golden hair whipping in the gale. His expression had turned even more imposing, making the atmosphere feel oppressive.
"So this is a Super Saiyan! Heh heh... This feeling is incredible! Compared to before, I was so weak. But that was exactly why I'd been prevented from transforming."
Betkas stared blankly at his current state, unconsciously breaking into a nostalgic smile. Then he carefully recalled what had happened back then...
[Flashback]
More than ten years ago... Just before Pseudo Super Saiyan Broly killed Betkas...
"Damn it!! If only I could transform into a Super Saiyan!! If I could become a Super Saiyan... someone like him...!!"
Betkas stared at the Ki Blast Broly had fired, his face filled with frustration. His body was still being suppressed by the overwhelming gap in strength. He couldn't even move in time.
"Boom!!!"
"Hahahaha!!!"
Broly continued laughing maniacally, not caring in the slightest about what he'd just done. He laughed as though celebrating, while his swelling body radiated an ever more powerful aura that made the onlookers shudder.
"Hmm?!"
Suddenly, Broly stopped laughing. Without changing his expression, he stared at the cloud of smoke where Betkas had been standing.
The smoke gradually cleared. What appeared before Broly's eyes was Betkas, wrapped in golden energy that resembled flames. His golden hair, emerald-green eyes, stern expression, and even greater power unmistakably showed that Betkas had transformed into a Super Saiyan. Unlike other Super Saiyans, however, his hair didn't stand on end. It kept its original shape; only its color had changed. His small frame had also grown considerably larger.
Broly merely sneered. The next instant, his aura suddenly surged. His hair turned emerald green, his pupils vanished, and his body grew even more muscular. This showed that Broly had truly transformed into a Legendary Super Saiyan, rather than a False Super Saiyan created through Pseudo transformation.
He immediately charged at Betkas. Betkas clenched his fists without a word, fixing his emerald-green eyes on the oncoming Broly before charging at him as well. In the blink of an eye, they were right in front of each other.
Broly raised his powerful right fist and swung it swiftly at Betkas's face. Betkas watched the incoming fist and immediately ducked, letting it pass over his head. In the next instant, he clenched his right fist and struck Broly in the chest with all his might.
"Thud!"
"Ugh!"
A heavy impact rang out. Broly made only the faintest sound, then looked at Betkas's much smaller frame and bent his right knee, striking at him. Betkas quickly flipped backward to evade the attack, then fired a golden Ki Blast from his left hand at Broly. Without hesitation, Broly fired a small green energy sphere at Betkas with his right hand.
"Screee!"
The Ki Blast and energy sphere raced toward each other, separated by only a tiny distance. Neither could evade the other's attack, and both were hit. An immensely destructive force erupted at once.
"Rumble!!"
"Rumble!!"
Two explosions rang out. Two mushroom clouds, each a different color, rose into the sky as smoke billowed and the wind howled.
A while later, the two figures appeared in each other's sight, each in a different position.
Blood trickled from a wound on Broly's head. He laughed maniacally, repeating Betkas's name over and over. "Hahahaha!!! Betkas!! Betkas!!"
Betkas wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stared calmly at Broly, who was still laughing wildly. He was covered in wounds.
"One last move... I'll stake everything on it!"
Betkas fixed Broly with a sharp gaze, then silently thought to himself. He didn't dare keep fighting Broly, who would grow stronger without limit. Even now, he couldn't seriously hurt him. Hand-to-hand combat couldn't damage Broly, so his only option was to rely on a full-power Ki Blast.
"Ka... me... ha... me... ha!!!"
Thinking of Dragon Ball's signature attacks, Betkas suddenly recalled a common but practical technique. He immediately held his hands out opposite each other beside his right hip and slowly began to call it out. To everyone's astonishment, the beginnings of a blue Ki Blast gradually formed in his hands, continuing to grow.
"Hmm... Hahahaha!!!! Disappear!"
Though Broly was insane, he could still see what Betkas was planning. He immediately raised both hands and gathered an enormous green energy sphere, even larger than the Spirit Bomb Son Goku had made earlier.
Both of them stared fixedly at each other. The next moment, they fired at the same time.
The energy sphere and the blue Ki Blast collided...
A blinding light gradually obscured both their visions. At the same time, Betkas suddenly vanished from the spot, while Broly continued laughing maniacally. A green force field had appeared around his body.
A few seconds later...
"Boom!!"
The planet turned to cosmic dust!!
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