Escape the Space~

However, the mysterious voice had no intention of letting him go so easily.

Suddenly, countless black beams of light surged through the surrounding space. Like nimble snakes, they swiftly coiled around Goku Black. In the blink of an eye, they had wrapped him in layer upon layer, leaving him unable to move. "Give up. You can't escape."

"Your body will become the vessel for my resurrection," the mysterious voice said coldly. "And your soul will struggle in agony in the darkness forever."

Bound by the black beams, Goku Black struggled with all his might. His eyes were bloodshot, and his face was filled with fury and unwillingness to give in. "I... I will never submit..." His voice had grown so faint it was almost inaudible, but he still refused to give up.

Just as Goku Black was beginning to despair, an image suddenly flashed through his mind: a mural he had once seen in an ancient ruin. The figures depicted seemed to be performing a mysterious ritual, one that appeared to have some subtle connection to the predicament he now faced.

Goku Black's heart stirred. Enduring the searing pain in his head, he gathered the last remnants of his mental strength and tried to recall every detail of the mural.

He realized that when faced with a powerful evil force, the figures in the mural had successfully resisted its invasion through a special breathing technique and focused concentration.

Goku Black decided to give the method a try. He closed his eyes and worked to regulate his breathing. Following the technique shown in the mural, he concentrated his mental energy between his brows. At first, the mysterious force seemed too powerful, and his efforts appeared utterly futile. But he didn't give up. He kept adjusting his breathing and the way he focused his mind.

Gradually, the pain in his head seemed to ease, and the force trying to invade his thoughts met with some resistance.

A glimmer of hope rose in Goku Black's heart. He focused even harder on this mysterious mental practice, trying to find a way to survive in this desperate situation.

Immersed in the mysterious mental practice, Goku Black's thoughts grew clearer as his breathing steadied. The mysterious force that had surged like a tide, trying to consume him, was gradually kept out of his mind by his focused resistance. Sweat covered his forehead, and his teeth were clenched. Every passing second was a desperate struggle against that evil force.

As he concentrated on resisting it, Goku Black found that his perception seemed to be expanding. He could not only sense the path along which the mysterious force was invading more clearly, but also detect faint fluctuations of energy hidden throughout the surrounding space. These fluctuations seemed to mark weak points in the mysterious realm.

"So that's how it is..." Goku Black murmured inwardly. As he continued to resist the mysterious voice's mental assault, he tried to guide the dark energy remaining in his body toward those energy fluctuations.

He carefully controlled the energy, as though feeling his way along an unknown path in the dark.

As the dark energy flowed into them, the faint fluctuations in the space grew stronger, like fuses being lit. The black beams binding him trembled at the disturbance in the energy. The mysterious voice seemed to notice something was wrong and grew furious.

"What are you doing?! Don't bother wasting your strength!" the mysterious voice roared. The black beams suddenly tightened, trying to crush Goku Black's defiant will once more. But Goku Black had found a glimmer of hope. How could he give up now? Gritting his teeth and ignoring the pain as the beams squeezed him, he continued to pour out dark energy.

"Let... go!" Goku Black growled. The dark energy within him surged forth like a bursting dam. It resonated with the energy fluctuations in the space, creating a powerful harmony. In an instant, the surrounding space shuddered violently, as if a massive bomb had gone off.

The black beams snapped and dissipated under the impact of that tremendous force. At last, Goku Black broke free. He staggered forward, one step closer to the exit. But the mysterious voice still wasn't finished. The entire space began to twist violently, and countless sharp black spikes shot toward Goku Black from every direction.

Goku Black darted aside, weaving through the gaps between the spikes and dodging them with the keen instincts years of battle had honed. The spikes tore his clothes and left him covered in new wounds. Blood seeped from them, but his gaze only grew more resolute.

"Just a little longer..." Goku Black encouraged himself. While dodging the attacks, he continued searching for weak points in the space. At last, he found a spot where the energy fluctuations were strongest. It seemed to be the core weakness of the entire realm.

Goku Black took a deep breath and gathered all the energy he could still muster into his right fist. Thick black flames of energy coiled around it, as though embodying all his hope and strength.

"Die!" Goku Black roared, slamming his fist toward the weak point. The blow carried his determination to stake everything on one last attempt and struck with overwhelming force. The wind howled around his fist, and the surrounding space twisted under its power.

"Boom!" A deafening crash rang out as the entire mysterious realm began to collapse beneath that single punch.

Massive cracks spread rapidly like a spiderweb, and black fragments flew in every direction. The mysterious voice let out a piercing shriek, which gradually faded amid the rumble of the collapsing space.

Seizing the chaos of the collapse, Goku Black mustered all his strength and charged toward the exit. Behind him, the entire space continued to cave in and shatter, as though it were about to be swallowed by endless darkness. At last, he leaped through the exit and returned to the familiar universe.

Goku Black crashed onto a barren planet and lay there, exhausted, gasping for breath. Gazing up at the vast starry sky, he was overwhelmed by conflicting emotions. This experience had shown him just how terrifying power could be, and filled him with regret over the greed he had once harbored.

"From now on, I won't let power blind me again..." Goku Black murmured.

After a long while, Goku Black struggled to his feet and took stock of the planet beneath him. All around him was dead silence, with not a trace of life. Only the howling, icy wind raged in his ears like the wails of ghosts. He took a deep breath, trying to steady his ragged breathing, but the power within him was still surging out of control.

"This power..." Goku Black furrowed his brow. He could feel that after the terrifying battle in the mysterious realm, something about his body had changed in ways he couldn't describe. This power was more violent than before—and more dangerous—as though it could burst out of him at any moment and destroy everything.