"As an alien, your strength was enough to surprise me. I acknowledge your title as Emperor of the Universe."
While Shin, Saitama, and Orochi were fighting, the battle between the Abandoned Heaven Emperor and Frieza had also reached its fiercest point.
"God's Flame!"
With a turn of his hand, flames surged forth, and boundless divine fire rained down upon the earth. It was divine flame countless times greater than Amaterasu—the true fire of world destruction.
Frieza's figure darted rapidly through the air, yet his gaze never left the Abandoned Heaven Emperor for even an instant.
Just as the Abandoned Heaven Emperor had acknowledged his strength earlier, Frieza had become increasingly wary of this man who called himself the God of Destruction.
No matter how powerful and ferocious Frieza's attacks were, his opponent neither dodged nor evaded, taking them head-on before retaliating with even fiercer attacks.
Hmph, since you refuse to dodge, I'll make you a living target! Frieza snorted inwardly. He unleashed his full power against the divine flames burning toward him, and amid the churning waves of energy, the flames could not approach him.
A dark red glow appeared in his hand, rapidly expanding as it churned without end. Faint black lightning flickered within it—the ultimate manifestation of dark power.
"Die!" Frieza shouted as he hurled the ultimate dark energy in his hand.
In the Namek arc of the Dragon Ball universe, when facing Goku after he had transformed into a Super Saiyan, Frieza had used this move to destroy the entire planet Namek when he was unable to defeat him head-on.
However, at the time, he had feared that the planet's explosion would catch him in the blast as well, so he had held back some of his power. It would not explode until five minutes later... giving