On the cliff.
Talot lowered his head and gazed at the legendary Z Sword. On the surface, it just looked like a giant sword stuck in a rock, nothing particularly special.
To put it simply, it had no flashy decorations, no intricate engravings, just plain beyond plain.
But the moment Talot's hand gripped the hilt, a unique power instantly passed through the palm and entered his body.
Unlike the power he currently possessed, this was an incredibly strange kind of power, something he had never sensed before.
After carefully feeling it out for a moment, Talot immediately understood what this power was.
[If I'm not mistaken, this power… should be God Ki…] Talot murmured to himself.
God Ki!
That's right—the power that, according to legend, only high-level gods could master.
Once a mortal grasps God Ki, their life level transcends, undergoing a metamorphosis and leaping to the level of a divine being.
In the original work, the Super Saiyan God was a state reached after obtaining God Ki.
Feeling God Ki for the first time left a deep impression on Talot.
He recalled that back on Namek, he had wished to Porunga to gain the method of training God Ki. But because Porunga's power was insufficient, he only granted Talot a more refined and powerful ki training method instead.
Now, having truly sensed God Ki, it seemed that this God Ki had established a mysterious connection with Talot.
Faintly, Talot could hear an old man whispering near his ear, but the voice was too unclear for him to identify immediately.
[Could it be… the voice of the Old Supreme Kai?] After listening closely for a while, Talot determined that it was indeed the Old Supreme Kai attempting to establish communication with him.
Although he didn't know exactly what the old man was trying to say, one thing was certain: the old man had seen a glimmer of hope for escape and wanted Talot to help release him.
Talot had that same intention.
In the original work, it was Gohan in his Super Saiyan 2 form who pulled out the Z Sword.
Now, even though his base form wasn't as strong as Gohan's during the Majin Buu saga, he was currently a Super Saiyan 4! Pulling out this sword would be a piece of cake!
"Let me see just how much weight this legendary Z Sword really has." Talot tightened his grip on the hilt and suddenly exerted force.
There was no dramatic stalemate of it being difficult to pull out.
Instead, it came out effortlessly, like pulling a kitchen knife from a block of tofu.
BOOM~~!!!
However, as the Z Sword was pulled out, the cliff beneath Talot's feet collapsed with a thunderous crash.
Seeing Talot so casually draw the Z Sword with their own eyes, East Supreme Kai and Kibito were both dumbfounded, finding it hard to believe.
"He pulled it out!! He actually did it?!!" East Supreme Kai snapped out of his daze, excitement exploding in his heart.
He had only casually suggested Talot give it a try. His hopes at best were fifty-fifty.
Never in his wildest dreams did he expect him to actually succeed.
This Saiyan had done something that none of the previous generation Supreme Kais had been able to achieve.
"This… how is this possible?! Something even the Supreme Kais of past generations couldn't do was just accomplished by a Saiyan?! Doesn't that mean… he now possesses the greatest strength in the universe?!" Cold sweat broke out on Kibito's forehead, his jaw dropped wide open. His deeply rooted assumptions about mortals were completely shattered in that moment.
Recalling how he had just questioned Talot earlier, Kibito couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. He had basically been courting death.
Fortunately, Talot hadn't even bothered to take offense.
Otherwise, even ten lives wouldn't be enough for him.
"Now you understand there's always someone stronger, Kibito?" East Supreme Kai could only assert his presence through Kibito.
"Yes, Lord Supreme Kai." Kibito was drenched in sweat, doing his best to calm himself.
…..
At that moment, on Talot's side.
Hovering in midair, Talot held the Z Sword, which was radiating a wild yet divine aura, like a god descending to the mortal world, exuding overwhelming pressure.
He descended from the sky and landed before East Supreme Kai and Kibito. The way he held the Z Sword left the two of them even more stunned.
After quite a while, they finally came back to their senses.
"How do you feel now? Do you feel incredibly powerful? Like you've obtained the greatest power in the universe?!" East Supreme Kai asked impatiently.
"Nothing at all. Looks like the legends passed down in the Sacred World of the Kai are fake. And it seems the past Supreme Kais weren't all that impressive either. This sword, aside from being a bit heavy, is completely useless." Talot gave the Z Sword a few symbolic swings, as effortlessly as if he were waving a tree branch.
That statement left East Supreme Kai and Kibito completely dumbfounded.
No feeling? No power-up?
The legend is fake??!!
"That's impossible!! How could the legendary Z Sword be just 'a bit heavy'?!" Kibito couldn't accept it; after all, this legend had been passed down for countless years.
He firmly believed something must have gone wrong.
Or perhaps, it was because the wielder wasn't a god!
"You don't believe me? Then try it yourself." Talot casually tossed the Z Sword toward Kibito, a mocking glint in his eyes.
On reflex, Kibito opened his arms to catch the Z Sword.
But the moment the hilt landed in his hands, an unimaginable weight slammed down on him, instantly flattening him to the ground, pinning him so hard he couldn't move.
"So… so heavy! I can't… breathe!" Kibito was drenched in cold sweat, struggling with all his might, but he couldn't budge the Z Sword pressing down on him.
With the blood rushing to his head, his face turned even redder.
"The legend… is a lie…" East Supreme Kai, deeply shaken, didn't move to save Kibito. Instead, he fell into silent despair.
He had been too naïve. How could something exist in this world that could instantly make someone the strongest warrior in the universe?
Legends were, in the end, just legends. Completely fake.
What East Supreme Kai didn't know was that there actually were dragon balls in the universe capable of granting such wishes.
In the post-Super era, Granolah used the two-star dragon ball to wish to become the universe's strongest being, and others had also made similar wishes afterward.
"You know, one thing was kind of strange. When I was pulling the sword out earlier, I seemed to hear a strange voice. The source of that voice… seemed to be inside this Z Sword." Talot glanced at the flushed and breathless Kibito, then casually spoke while bending down and grabbing the Z Sword's hilt, lifting it effortlessly with one hand.
Kibito, crushed to the brink of despair by the Z Sword, was finally freed.
"I…I'm saved… Th-thank you…"
Talot didn't pay his thanks any mind.
"A voice inside the Z Sword?" East Supreme Kai perked up, both interested and confused.
Suddenly, a thought occurred to him.
Could it be that the legend isn't false, just that it needs to be unlocked differently?
"That's right. It seems this Z Sword contains some incredible secret. Maybe if we open it, we can find out the truth." As Talot spoke, golden energy flared from his left hand, and he pinched the tip of the Z Sword between two fingers.
When East Supreme Kai and Kibito heard Talot say he was going to "open" the Z Sword, their minds instantly froze.
"You're not thinking of—??"
They instinctively tried to stop him, but it was already too late.
Super Saiyan 4's overbearing power erupted. With strength coursing through both fingers, Talot pushed the Z Sword to its absolute limit…
Crack… CRACK… BOOM!!!
The Z Sword shattered on the spot.
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