Legend Awakens

"Thud—" The two of them hit the ground and couldn't stop, rolling, bouncing, and scraping across the stone slabs carved with ancient symbols like overturned spinning tops.

They carved a long trail of dust behind them, the screech of scraping harsh enough to make one's scalp tingle.

Only after rolling more than a dozen times did they barely come to a stop amid a pile of rubble.

The Sixth Universe tech-forged armor Cabba wore was already covered in spiderweb cracks. Then, with a sharp "crack," it shattered completely, turning into countless blue fragments that flew everywhere.

He tried to push himself up, but the moment he moved, his left shoulder blade erupted with agonizing pain, as if it were being stirred by steel needles—his bone was probably cracked.

He let out a muffled groan, and a trace of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

Caulifla was in even worse condition.

She lay face-down, her body twitching faintly, before suddenly coughing up a huge mouthful of blood that stained the ground crimson.

Her right arm lay limply at her side, her elbow bent at a strange angle. It was likely dislocated, perhaps even fractured.

She tried to brace herself with her left hand, only to collapse again from the pain and lack of strength.

"Cabba... Caulifla..." A trembling voice came from the entrance to the great hall.

Kale stood there with both fists clenched so tightly that her nails had dug crescent-shaped bloody marks into her palms.

She looked at her companions in the distance, their fates unknown; at the blood spreading beneath them; then at Champa's fat back—he still looked relaxed, as though nothing had happened.

Kale's body shook violently, but not from fear. It was rage.

A fury so scorching it nearly burned her to ash exploded from the depths of her heart, swallowing her entire body in an instant! The ancient legendary bloodline within her, which she had deliberately suppressed and sealed away all this time, was like explosives ignited by a spark, completely detonated by extreme rage and grief!

"Boom—!"

She could clearly "hear" her blood roaring through her veins; she could "see" that primal, savage energy filled with the urge to destroy, like an ancient ferocious beast awakening within her, rampaging wildly and battering the mental dam she had built over the years with sheer willpower.

The dam let out a pained wail as cracks rapidly spread across it.

Her eyes changed first.

Deep within her originally black pupils, a point of golden light suddenly lit up, then rapidly consumed the whites of her eyes like a wildfire.

It was not the bright gold of an ordinary Super Saiyan, but a more ancient, deeper, more unstable emerald gold, as though it contained endless raging tides. Its shifting radiance carried a terrifying wildness and brutality.

"Graaahhh—!!!"

She could no longer hold it down—and she no longer wanted to! Kale threw back her head and let out an inhuman roar, filled with pain, rage, and resolve.

The next second, a terrifying visible blast of air mixed with emerald-gold light erupted from her body! Like an invisible bomb detonating, it expanded outward in a frenzied ring.

The heavy stone steps at the entrance beneath her feet were instantly blasted into powder by that force! Pulverized stone and dust were swept in every direction by the shockwave, striking distant pillars with sharp crackling sounds.

Rumble—!!!

An even more majestic golden aura surged from her body and shot into the sky, churning the clouds above the temple into a massive vortex! The aura was wild and untamed, like volcanic lava erupting after being suppressed for millions of years, or a golden giant beast roaring toward the heavens.

At the core of that aura was a deep emerald gold.

Starting from the roots, the black in Kale's hair rapidly faded, replaced by an emerald green full of the contradiction between life and destruction.

Every strand stood on end from the explosive surge of energy, like burning green flames.

Her muscles swelled slightly, their contours becoming clearer and stronger—not exaggerated, but streamlined and concealing explosive power.

Emerald-gold arcs of electricity crackled around her, and the air was thick with a scorched smell.

In less than a heartbeat, her aura surged a hundredfold, a thousandfold! Even the Sixth Universe onlookers in the distance found it hard to breathe, their hearts racing beneath that pressure—Legendary Super Saiyan Kale had arrived!

Champa had been absentminded all along, even a little bored, but surprise finally appeared on his face for the first time.

His teasing expression vanished. His narrow eyes widened slightly as he looked Kale up and down, now utterly changed in bearing, his gaze lingering especially on her emerald-green hair and violent aura.

"Oh?"

Champa's ears twitched lightly as he caught the unique, ancient energy frequency around Kale. "The bloodline of a Legendary Super Saiyan? Something this ancient and troublesome still remains in the Sixth Universe? Tsk, it seems that guy Beerus's universe has one too... Interesting. Very interesting."

Curiosity had already overtaken the surprise in his tone, and there was even the interest of someone who had discovered a new toy.

Kale did not answer.

She did not even glance at Champa.

She merely took a slow, deep breath, the sound clearly audible across the silent plaza, as if she meant to draw every last bit of air and rage into her lungs.

She bent her knees slightly, leaned forward, lowered her center of gravity, and assumed the most basic yet explosive sprinting stance.

Then she kicked off!

Boom—!!!!

The already-cracked ground beneath her finally gave way, exploding into a massive crater over five meters wide! Countless chunks of stone shot outward like anti-aircraft shells with piercing whistles, pocking the distant walls with holes.

And Kale had already vanished from where she stood! All that remained was a dazzling emerald-gold streak trailing a long tail, tearing through the air at a speed beyond the limits of vision. In an instant, it crossed dozens of meters and appeared directly in front of Champa!

No probing, no feints! The instant Kale appeared, her right fist was already wrapped in a boiling aura, like a meteor fired from a cannon, carrying the purest and most violent destructive energy as it smashed viciously toward Champa's unguarded chest!

As her fist passed through the air, it compressed, rubbed, and ionized it to the extreme, forming a distinct milky-white conical shockwave aimed directly at Champa. Behind it, light warped amid the piercing roar of a sonic boom!

Faced with this earth-shattering strike, the interest on Champa's face only grew stronger.

He still did not dodge. He merely raised his plump right hand casually, palm open and facing Kale's incoming fist.

The next instant, fist and palm slammed brutally together!

BOOM—!!!!!!!

A roar more immense, muffled, and earth-shaking than any before erupted! It did not sound like a collision, but like a small asteroid crashing into the center of the earth!

At the point where fist met palm, dazzling emerald-gold and profound violet light intertwined, compressed, and exploded wildly! A visible ring-shaped shockwave of mingled gold and purple swept outward from the two of them like a tsunami!

Where the shockwave passed, the heavy stone slabs of the plaza—hard as steel and carved with divine runes—were lifted in sheets like paper, torn apart, and hurled into the air! A colossal wave of dust and shattered stone rose more than ten meters high, swallowing everything around it.

Rumble—!

The auxiliary buildings surrounding the temple plaza shook violently beneath the destructive shockwave. Every window shattered into powder in an instant, enormous spiderweb cracks spread across the walls, and several insufficiently sturdy decorative towers snapped cleanly in half. Their upper sections crashed down, kicking up even more dust.