Thud, thud!
Thud, thud!
"Ow, that hurt!"
In the pitch-black depths underground, Broly rubbed his head and finally managed to climb to his feet.
It had been so long since his last fight that he had almost forgotten what pain felt like.
Cooler really was powerful. Aside from Linx, he was the strongest opponent Broly had ever faced.
Should I use that power?
Broly hesitated.
His decade and more at the Lookout had not been entirely fruitless.
One day, he had unexpectedly gained the ability to retain the power of a Great Ape in his human form. If he used that power, defeating Cooler would be easy.
But Broly was afraid.
The first time he had practiced using that ability had been in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber at Kami's Lookout.
As Mr. Popo, who had been there at the time, had put it, Broly lacked the mental control to handle that power. If they had not been in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, he could have torn down all of Kami's Lookout.
Yet just as Broly was hesitating over whether to use that power, Mr. Popo's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
"God Broly... please don't hesitate any longer. Mr. Bardock is at death's door."
"Uncle Bardock?"
Broly's gaze sharpened, and he snapped his head up.
At that very moment, he suddenly sensed Bardock's ki rapidly fading!
"Uncle Bardock!"
Broly cried out, green light radiating from his body as he shot out of the hole like an arrow.
When he flew into the air, the sight before him left him stunned.
Bardock was no longer a Super Saiyan. His hair had turned black, and his body hung impaled on the curved, blade-like bone armor on Cooler's right arm.
Bright red blood slowly dripped down the white bone armor.
Thump!
A violent