Broly slowly stood up, grabbed Cooler's right hand with his left, and lifted him straight off the ground.
"Let go!"
Cooler threw another punch, but Broly caught his other hand too. Then he drove a knee into Cooler's stomach with a heavy blow.
Cooler seemed to hear his own ribs crack. He let out a scream, his body folding like a shrimp in agony.
Broly released both of Cooler's hands, then slammed an elbow into the back of his neck. Cooler crashed through the meteorite beneath him and flew into the distance.
"Hahaha! That felt great!"
Broly crossed his arms over his chest, then suddenly powered up. His energy surged once again, lightning crackling around him as his hair stood even more upright.
Super Saiyan 2, green edition.
Only now did Cooler finally realize the gap between them. His opponent was simply far too strong.
But how could Cooler, with a life as tenacious as a cockroach's, possibly give up?
With no other choice, Cooler finally used his ultimate move. He held up two fingers, and a massive, fiery red energy sphere appeared.
Another planet-destroying technique: Supernova.
"Die!"
Cooler roared furiously and hurled the enormous fireball, intending to destroy his opponent just as he would a planet.
On the other side, the berserk Broly charged straight at it, a green force field enveloping his body. He plunged right into the fireball.
"What?"
Before Cooler could react, Broly had already burst out the other side. A green energy sphere formed in his hand, and as he reached Cooler, he drove it straight into his chest.
The blow carried tremendous force, sending Cooler flying. The energy sphere pressed against his chest as it carried him far away, then exploded.
With a thunderous boom, Cooler's energy vanished.
Having dealt with his opponent, Broly was about to leave and seek out another foe—or another planet to destroy.
Just as he was about to go, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
Broly was startled. The person who had appeared before him in an instant was none other than Cooler, whom he had just killed.
But unlike before, Cooler was now wearing a little vest, and his energy was much stronger.
"How are you still alive?"
Cooler didn't answer. He simply landed a solid punch in Broly's stomach. The heavy blow made Broly cough up blood and sent him flying again.
"Damn Saiyan monkey. We should never have spared your kind. I never imagined one of you could become this powerful."
Cooler's voice sounded doubled, as if two people were speaking at once.
That was right: the Cooler who had appeared here was a warrior formed by fusion, created when two Metamorans used the Fusion Dance.
The moment the first Cooler was killed, the other two had already begun fusing in secret.
"Now you've seen my power. You're going to die today."
Cooler charged again and smashed a fist into Broly's face. Broly reeled from the pain, spun a full 360 degrees, and crashed hard into a distant meteorite.
Cooler rolled his wrist, producing a satisfying crack.
Seeing Broly badly injured, Cooler decided to end the fight. He held out both hands toward him, gathered a red energy wave, and shouted. A red beam erupted from his palms.
Sensing the deadly threat, Broly didn't panic. Instead, he drew on his power once more. When his life was in danger, that was often when his potential was pushed to its limits.
Broly held out both hands, trying to block the attack, but the force of Cooler's blast sent him flying.
"AAAAAH!"
With a mighty roar, Broly's muscles swelled again, and the green light around him blazed brighter.
After an explosion, Broly reappeared. Seeing that he hadn't been reduced to dust by his beam, Cooler frowned.
"You're still alive?"
As the smoke cleared, a three-meter-tall, muscular man with long green hair appeared.
Broly's eyebrows had vanished, his face had grown even more savage, and his energy had become more terrifying than ever.
Super Saiyan Third Grade!
Feeling the surging power inside him, Broly grinned savagely. At the brink of death, he had finally broken through.
To celebrate his breakthrough—and to thank his opponent for helping him achieve it—Broly decided to offer him up as a sacrifice to the heavens!
Feeling the pressure his opponent gave off, Gogeta involuntarily took a step back.
But in the next instant, Broly appeared right in front of him. A fist as big as a sandbag slammed into his face, and before Cooler could even scream, he was sent flying.
Broly charged after him, grabbed his tail, and formed a green energy blast in his right hand before firing it straight at him.
With a thunderous rumble, Cooler was casually tossed away by Broly. Half his body was gone, his energy was dangerously unstable, and he looked like he was about to die.
"Damn Saiyan!"
Cooler let out an enraged roar. Golden threads appeared across his body, then began to weave together, quickly repairing him.
"Oh? You can regenerate too?"
Broly decided to tear him apart and see if he could still regenerate afterward.
As if sensing the danger, Cooler used Instant Transmission to appear behind his opponent. He gathered energy in his hand, shaping it into an Eight-Point Light Wheel, then brought it down hard.
A signature move of A's: Light Saw Man. Take this!
The red disc slashed down toward Broly, but the moment it touched him, it shattered into specks of light.
Cooler's eyes widened. At last, he felt fear. He tried to use Instant Transmission to escape, but it was too late.
Broly's tail seemed to have eyes of its own. It instantly wrapped around Cooler's foot, and Broly followed with an elbow strike.
"AAAAH!"
As Cooler screamed, Broly turned around, opened his mouth wide, and unleashed a mouth blast. The beam surged to the edge of his vision, and Cooler's upper body disappeared.
Broly kicked the lower half of his body aside and watched as it squirmed, then began regenerating.
First came countless golden threads, then they intertwined, and finally his body was restored.
By the time Cooler had fully regenerated, he was completely exhausted.
Broly's attack had just cost him half his life, and repairing his body had consumed a tremendous amount of energy.
The golden light faded, and his golden skin returned to normal, leaving him in his original white form.
A flash of light passed, and Cooler split in two, becoming two Coolers. They looked at each other and thought in unison, We're done for.