Inside the manor, everything was a dim, sickly crimson.
The corridors were wide, winding, and endless. Each step felt like treading on soft flesh, as if the floor itself were alive.
"My clones were forcibly separated. Aeos is gone too. And space is sealed I can't use Instant Transmission."
Levos scanned his surroundings, carefully studying this grotesque environment.
The walls were covered in pulsating, vein-like tissue. Every few paces, a fleshy tumor bulged up from the ground. The floor rose and fell with his footsteps like a breathing creature.
Levos tested it, blasting one of the tumors apart. Other than a gush of pus, there was nothing inside.
"So this entire manor really is part of Ozotto's body?"
He released a thin thread of energy. The wall immediately wriggled and swallowed it.
"You guessed right, prey." Ozotto's voice echoed through the corridor. "Where you're standing… is my stomach."
The moment those words landed, countless Ozotto avatars surged out from both sides of the hallway.
Beerus to Merus. Moro to Cell. All kinds of powerhouses each wearing Ozotto's signature vicious grin.
"No matter how many you send, it won't change a thing!"
Levos snorted. The clock halo behind him flared, and a Time Power–enhanced Kamehameha swept forward.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
When the light faded, everything in his path had been erased.
Yet the Ozotto avatars were like undead. Their shredded bodies reassembled in seconds and their numbers only grew.
"This villain is disgusting."
Levos's temples throbbed. He flicked his tail, wrapped up dozens of avatars, and absorbed them in one pull. But the moment he finished, his brows knitted.
"Almost zero energy gained?"
"Inside my body, I have absolute control." Ozotto sounded smug. "Every trace of energy is mine to command. Your absorption ability is meaningless here!"
Levos didn't react. He only analyzed.
If these avatars gave him nothing, then breaking into Black-Gold was a dead dream in here.
But his priority was still the same: find Chronoa's true body as fast as possible and then locate the Grand Priest and Zeno.
"Kamehameha !"
Light surged between his palms again, shredding another swath of avatars.
In the next instant, his body appeared dozens of meters away.
Kamehameha paired with Hit's Time-Skip let Levos carve through this seemingly boundless manor at high speed.
But no matter where he went, an endless tide of Ozotto avatars erupted to block him.
Worse, even if none of them could match him individually, there were simply too many.
"This isn't going to work," Levos thought while fighting. "I need to find his real core."
Just then, a faint information ripple brushed his senses.
"Mr. Levos! Zeno-sama and I… we were not absorbed by Ozotto."
"The Grand Priest?"
It was an angelic energy signature so unique that only one being could possess it. Levos identified the sender instantly and ruled out any chance of Ozotto faking it.
"Where are you?"
"I'll guide you…"
Following the Grand Priest's guidance, Levos shot forward at maximum speed.
A moment later, he entered a vast open space.
And there ahead of him stood a figure radiating suffocating pressure.
"So you found this place already? Then come trade hands with me!"
This Ozotto avatar was clearly different.
Blue-white light wrapped his body. An angel's staff rested in his hand.
"An avatar wearing the Grand Priest's form?" Levos lunged without hesitation. "Just a shell!"
They clashed instantly.
This avatar was far stronger than the earlier ones. It held a portion of the Grand Priest's abilities especially terrifying combat technique, reading Levos's movement almost before he made it.
"So you really did absorb a bit of the Grand Priest's energy." Levos drove a punch in only for the avatar to slip aside with perfect timing.
"Keh-heh-heh… don't rush." Ozotto's avatar grinned, lifting the staff as it blazed. "Taste despair!"
A blinding radiance erupted. The entire space seemed to freeze.
Levos discovered he couldn't move. Even his Time Power was being suppressed.
"This is… Time Imprisonment?"
His heart tightened. It resembled the time-binding technique he'd learned through Chronoa but this version was magnitudes stronger.
"That's right. I've fully mastered the Supreme Kai of Time's abilities and improved them." The avatar strolled closer, smug. "No matter how strong your absorption is, you'll still end up on my plate."
Just as the avatar raised his hand for the killing blow, Levos suddenly smiled.
"Are you sure?"
"What?"
The avatar's eyes widened.
A red aura flared around Levos his power surging explosively, multiplying in an instant!
"Don't forget I still have a technique that stacks combat power!"
"Kaio-ken !"
"Tenfold!"
Dark-Gold Cell Max ignited Kaio-ken x10!
A violent shockwave burst outward, shattering the time-binding field completely.
Levos had intended to spike it to x100 in one go but the moment he hit x10, he realized he could barely control the massive power.
Not because his body couldn't endure it.
Because he couldn't control it with precision.
Pushing higher would be pointless unless he had time to train and adapt.
Levos pressed in, his fist wrapped in crimson flame and smashed it into the avatar's face.
BANG!
Ozotto's avatar exploded into a mist of blood, and Cell Max absorbed every last trace.
"Damn it!" Ozotto roared. "I finally condensed that avatar and it didn't even get time to get used to the power!"
A swarm of furious avatars charged in basically rushing forward to die.
Moments later, the black mass was wiped clean, and Levos rocketed upward.
After crossing an absurd distance, he finally saw something familiar hovering in midair.
A palace.
Zeno's Palace was here.
But the once-glorious structure was now wrapped in a bizarre pink substance, leaving only a small blue barrier stubbornly holding the line.
The area was littered with signs of catastrophic battle space shattered, time twisted, as if world-ending clashes had happened here again and again.
"A fight of this level… happened inside Ozotto's body?"
A flicker of shock and heaviness crossed Levos's eyes.
"So Ozotto and the Grand Priest have been locked in combat for a long time…"
He approached carefully.
At that moment, a clear voice rang out from within the barrier.
"Mr. Levos… you finally came."
The Grand Priest.
The blue barrier flared, pushing the pink flesh back a full ring.
"How bad is it?" Levos seized the opening and flew into the palace.
"Very bad." The Grand Priest sounded exhausted. "Ozotto used a wish from the Super Dragon Balls to obtain an immortal body. He even added a condition that neutralizes Zeno-sama's erasure."
"Each time he's erased, he can rapidly re-form…"
"A Super Dragon Balls wish?!" Levos's brows tightened. "Who is this thing, really, to prepare this far ahead?"
"His true origin is unknown, but he knew of Zeno-sama's existence long ago so he gathered the Super Dragon Balls in advance." The Grand Priest continued, "And after absorbing Moro, he gained infinite energy. He can keep draining the barrier without end."
"Zeno-sama has already stopped attempting erasure. And I… may not be able to hold much longer."
Zeno pouted, his little face scrunched. "It's troublesome… I can't erase him…"
Levos stared at the thin blue barrier, thinking hard.
The situation was deeply grim.
This bastard really knew how to "play" the Super Dragon Balls.
"So there's no way to deal with Ozotto?"
The Grand Priest fell silent for a moment, then offered a possibility.
"Perhaps your absorption ability is the key. If you can absorb Ozotto's true body seal him completely within you then perhaps his threat can be eliminated for good…"
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