On the barren Gobi, fierce winds whipped up sand and gravel, howling mournfully as though playing the final notes for this earth-shattering battle.
The once-towering mountain range had been flattened, replaced by a massive crater that smoked with a bluish haze.
At the center of that crater, the once-unrivaled Saiyan prince—Vegeta—now lay sprawled amid the rubble like a heap of mud.
The battle suit he had once been so proud of had been utterly destroyed. He was covered in blood, and only the faint rise and fall of his chest proved that he was still alive.
"Whew..."
Sun Wuxiu slowly descended from the sky.
The aura around him had already faded.
Aside from a little dust on his clothes, he looked as relaxed as though he had just returned from a stroll through the park.
"Is everyone still alive?"
Sun Wuxiu turned and looked at his companions in the distance, some lying down and others kneeling on one knee.
"B-Brother..."
Goku struggled to raise a hand. His face was covered in blood, yet he still forced out a weak smile.
"That punch of yours... was incredible... cough, cough..."
It was not just Goku. Krillin, Gohan, Tien Shinhan, and the others had survived, but they were all injured so badly that even moving a finger was difficult.
"Stop talking. Save your strength."
Sun Wuxiu walked over to Goku and crouched down.
"Bear with it."
He reached out and pressed a hand against Goku's chest.
[Horse Talisman · Restoration] activated.
A gentle white glow lit up, and that warm, life-filled power instantly spread throughout Goku's body.
His broken bones reconnected, his torn muscles healed, and his depleted sea of ki filled again.
Only a few seconds passed.
"Whoa! I'm alive again!!"
Goku sprang to his feet and energetically swung his fists.
"That's