Two powerful Ki Blasts remained locked in a stalemate high in the sky.
The space around them kept warping, thunderous collisions echoing through it.
Veins bulged on Bojack's forehead, and he clenched his teeth so hard they hurt.
"Aaaah!"
He roared, the muscles in his arms twitching as he increased his energy output.
As he poured in more power, the dark red Energy Sphere pushed down several meters, and a trace of delight appeared on Bojack's savage face.
Crack, crack, crack!
On Kami's Lookout, the tiles beneath Son Gohan's feet cracked, and his feet sank into the floor.
An opening!
Bojack's eyes lit up.
That son of a bitch down there seemed a little weaker than me.
Fuck it, then die!
Wild with delight, Bojack kept pushing the Energy Sphere downward, intending to swallow Son Gohan and all of Kami's Lookout in one stroke.
Son Gohan retreated again and again, and a corner of Kami's Lookout crumbled away.
Bojack grew more and more excited.
Victory was in sight.
Suddenly,
he thought he heard Son Gohan speaking to him from the other side.
He had no idea how Son Gohan had done it, but his voice somehow passed through all that deafening noise and reached his ears with perfect clarity.
Son Gohan said, "Bojack, having fun?"
Three question marks seemed to pop up over Bojack's head.
That bastard actually knew my name?
And what did he mean, asking if I was having fun?
Sure, I was a little happy right now.
After all, I seemed to have overpowered that bastard.
With victory in sight, how could I not be happy?
Son Gohan's voice reached him again. "Heh, you idiot. I was just fooling you."
Bojack looked completely bewildered.
What the hell was that kid doing?
He had Bojack utterly confused.
Suddenly, Son Gohan's body changed.
Every muscle in his body swelled, instantly transforming him into that flawed second form.
The hulking muscleman form.
This form rapidly leaked energy, drastically reduced his speed, and looked incredibly imposing.
But he couldn't land a hit on anyone.
Still, they were in a beam struggle right now.
This was a mutated form whose power boost came infinitely close to Super Saiyan 2.
Its power could reach eighty or even ninety times that of his base form.
It was utterly monstrous.
Boom!!!
Son Gohan's aura surged wildly, becoming even more violent.
As his energy skyrocketed, the power of his Kamehameha naturally rose with it, exploding upward.
Before Bojack could react, his dark red Energy Blast was driven back at him, leaving him utterly unable to resist.
Son Gohan completely overwhelmed him in raw power.
Bojack's composure shattered in an instant.
It came without the slightest warning, without a single care, just like that.
"Aaah!"
Seeing his Energy Sphere about to engulf him instead, Bojack screamed, bit the tip of his tongue, and forced himself to dodge to the side.
Though he moved quickly, the two streams of energy still grazed him, shearing off several chunks of flesh and sending agony straight through him.
Boom!!!
The Kamehameha and the dark red death blast shot into the vast reaches of space, then violently exploded.
The intense light illuminated nearly half the North Galaxy, and countless planets were reduced to ashes in the explosion.
A void formed at the center of the blast.
"Huff, huff, huff..."
Bojack gasped for breath, too shaken to care about the searing pain in his body as he stared at Son Gohan, who looked like a golden god of war.
That kid had been hiding his strength?
How could he be so devious?
"Phew..."
Son Gohan also exhaled, his muscles rapidly shrinking as he returned to his ordinary Super Saiyan form.
Super Saiyan 1, full power form.
"Heh heh." Son Gohan looked at Bojack and grinned. His golden aura erupted again, and he shot upward toward the somewhat battered Bojack.
Son Gohan moved as fast as lightning, reaching Bojack in the blink of an eye. He raised his right fist high and slammed it forward with a shriek of displaced air.
"Hmph!" Though Bojack felt a little unnerved, he threw a punch of his own.
Their fists collided with a thunderous boom.
Energy exploded between their fists, rippling outward in rings and shattering countless clouds overhead.
Bam, bam, bam!
The two fought like madmen, trading punches and kicks as bloody spittle flew and blood rained from the sky.
It was a fierce, exhilarating battle.
They were evenly matched, and for a while, neither could gain the upper hand.
Watching from Kami's Lookout, Dende and Mr. Popo were terrified, their pupils contracting as they sucked in sharp breaths.
Elsewhere, Trunks had caught up with Zangya and Gokua, and the three of them were also locked in a fierce battle.
But Zangya and Gokua were already badly wounded, and after just a few exchanges, Trunks had them struggling to breathe.
Their injuries grew worse and worse, blood pouring from their wounds, until Trunks finally killed them without mercy.
Of the five galactic thugs, only Bojack remained, a commander with no one left to command.
Meanwhile,
Bojack and Son Gohan's battle continued.
The longer Son Gohan fought, the more excited and frenzied he became.
Bojack, on the other hand, grew increasingly shocked.
He realized there was something strange about Son Gohan's body.
For some reason, although Son Gohan hadn't returned to that hulking muscleman form, his strength kept increasing.
And that bastard could heal himself, too.
Every exchange clearly injured them both.
Every blow hurt the enemy at a heavy cost to himself.
Yet before long, Son Gohan would recover completely. It was downright absurd.
Bojack remembered biting off one of Son Gohan's fingers at one point.
But he soon noticed that the bastard's finger had grown back in just a few breaths.
Absurd!
Absolutely absurd!
How was I supposed to fight this?
Bojack was already on the verge of a breakdown.
He knew perfectly well.
If this battle of attrition continued, he would only grow weaker while his opponent grew stronger.
With one weakening and the other strengthening, the outcome was obvious. He would die on Earth today.
But Bojack truly couldn't accept it.
He really didn't want to die yet.
He had survived a thousand years of imprisonment.
Damn it!
Trunks returned to his base form and hovered high in the sky, watching the fight.
He had thought he was going to see an exciting battle.
Instead, he found it was a completely one-sided beating.
Poor Bojack scurried away with his head covered, wounds covering his body, without a trace of the bearing of a mighty conqueror.
At that moment, he was as cowardly as a whipped dog.
He had completely lost his will to fight.
Son Gohan, by contrast, grew fiercer with every exchange.
He kept roaring inwardly.
Almost. I'm almost there!
Give me a little more time. Damn it, just a little more time.
I'm about to break through. I'm about to seize that chance!
My foundation is solid now. I have everything I need to break through.
I'm going to break through!!!
"Aaaaah!"
Son Gohan unleashed punches like a madman, his eyes as cold as two blades of ice.
Suddenly,
Rumble!
Crackle, crackle!
Thunder rumbled across the heavens, and serpents of electricity danced wildly among the clouds.
Bolts of lightning struck down one after another.
Son Gohan sent Bojack flying with a punch.
Immediately afterward, a thick bolt of blue lightning struck him.
Battle. Fierce battle.
"Raaah!"
Son Gohan let out a long roar.
He felt a shackle inside his body break apart.
At the same time, a flash of lightning streaked through his mind.
Then veins bulged on Son Gohan's forehead, his muscles grew firmer, and every strand of his golden hair stood straight up, with a slender lock hanging over his forehead.
His emerald eyes grew even colder.
Rumble.
Crackle, crackle...
The golden aura surrounding his body grew even stronger. Sparks of electricity kept dancing around him, giving off soft crackling sounds.
A black great ape appeared reflected in Son Gohan's pupils, and then an incomparably powerful aura erupted from his body.
Golden hair, emerald eyes, a golden aura wrapped around him, and flickering arcs of electricity.
His terrifying presence swept across the sky, blowing away every dark cloud overhead.
Behold, Super Saiyan 2!!!
Son Gohan shot Bojack a glare, nearly scaring him out of his wits.
"Y-you... who the hell are you?" Bojack asked in utter terror.
He admitted that he had never seen anyone as terrifying as Son Gohan.
With an aura like that, a single glance was enough to chill him to the bone.
"The man who's going to kill you," Son Gohan said coldly. His figure flickered, and he vanished instantly.
"No, don't!!!" Bojack turned and fled.
No, I can't die here. I don't want to die here. I have to escape. I have to get out of here. I have to leave this terrifying place.
Now, Bojack had only one thought left: escape.
But Son Gohan suddenly reappeared right in front of him.
And threw a punch straight at him.
"No!" Bojack screamed. With nowhere to dodge, he took Son Gohan's fist head-on.
In the next instant, a brilliant light erupted.
Bojack's body disintegrated piece by piece, finally vanishing into the air.
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