Moro's eyes flashed with cunning.
While maintaining his drain on the Earth fighters' energy, he fled at top speed.
Given the current situation, there was no longer any chance of letting Cell Max and Cooler wound each other badly enough to create an opening. The only thing he could do now was snatch as many benefits as possible while their attention was elsewhere.
That way, when he finally used his ultimate move, his odds of victory would be much higher.
To him, that was the most perfect plan available.
Cooler instantly understood what Moro was trying to do, and he was so furious he nearly coughed up blood.
"You bastard!"
But he had no time to curse.
Because Cell Max's gaze had already locked onto him.
"Your turn."
Cooler's scalp went numb. A fear rising from the deepest part of his soul shot straight up his spine.
Without the slightest hesitation, he turned and poured every ounce of power he had into escape, becoming a streak of light fleeing toward the horizon.
"As long as I can escape the range of this spatial lockdown and return to Big Gete Star, I'll have a chance to rise again!"
However—
The golden figure appeared in front of him in an instant, cutting off his path.
"Wait! Mr. Levos—"
Cooler had barely begun to speak when an enormous fist rapidly filled his vision.
Boom!!!
Cooler's whole body was blasted away like a cannon shell, smashing straight through the planet's core and bursting out from the other side.
Cell Max pursued him like a shadow and pinned him down with a brutal storm of fists and kicks.
At the center of the shattered black-gold mechanical bodies, Levos's main body slowly withdrew his fist and shifted his gaze toward Moro.
The power of his Super Saiyan 4 Beast form surged to its absolute limit.
The aura surrounding him began to compress... and condense...
Until every last trace of it was drawn back into his body.
"Super Saiyan 4 is absolutely not the end of the Super Saiyan path!"
The fusion of Beast and Super Saiyan 4 was Levos's first true exploration of the Saiyan road of evolution.
Before this, no one had ever achieved such a transformation.
But now, after his savage battle with Broly, that form had been refined to its absolute peak and pushed close to perfection.
And at this very moment, Levos took a step beyond all who came before him, a step that sought to let a mortal body stand alongside the divine.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Heaven and earth lost their color. Thunder roared and lightning split the sky.
A pressure beyond description erupted from inside Levos like a geyser, carrying savagery in its purest form.
Space crackled with electricity. His silver mane, already wild as a lion's, lengthened rapidly until it fell past his knees.
The crimson eyes inherited from Beast became deeper still, as if they could see through all things in existence.
At that instant, the entire Supreme Kai Planet let out a cry of agony. Cracks spread across its surface at once, unable to bear the force that had suddenly burst forth.
"This is..." Vados's usual composed smile vanished. Her beautiful eyes trembled.
"With a mortal body alone, he's pushed his power beyond a God of Destruction... and is even beginning to brush against the realm of angels..."
Even Zeno widened his eyes. After a long moment, he started clapping excitedly.
"So cool! So cool!"
Broly, sensing that aura, looked up in shock.
"Could he be... the Saiyan from the prophecy...?"
In the depths of his distant memories, the enemy who had nearly destroyed him had once been searching for someone from some prophecy.
And now, Broly could feel it clearly. This fellow Saiyan before him was even stronger than that old nemesis...
Moro, still fleeing, was horrified.
Levos had already been terrifying enough before, and now he had transformed into this monstrous form on top of it!
Run. Run as far as possible.
That was the only thought in Moro's mind.
On the far side of the planet, Cooler received the data transmitted from his black-gold mechanical bodies and panicked as well.
"I surrender! I surrender!"
He gave in without hesitation, his voice sharp and decisive.
"Mr. Levos, I'm willing to form a permanent alliance with Earth and work together against the evil forces of the universe!"
At that moment, he suddenly thought of his idiot younger brother.
Frieza had definitely been hiding something from him.
Otherwise, how could he explain the fact that Frieza had repeatedly saved Earth and even teamed up with Earthlings in the Full View Tournament?
Damn it. That fool had clearly defected to Earth long ago.
Cooler felt he had solved the mystery, and in doing so, found himself a perfectly acceptable excuse to surrender.
If Frieza could do it, then as his older brother, so could he.
Levos ignored everyone.
He simply stood there, quietly feeling the power flowing through him.
Beast and Super Saiyan 4, two completely different evolutionary routes, had perfectly fused and sublimated within him, finally allowing him to step into an entirely new realm.
All power withdrew inward. His violent aura no longer leaked outward. In only a moment, Levos brought the entire state under control.
Piccolo hesitated. "Levos... what exactly is this transformation?"
"This is a brand-new form that surpasses Beast and stands above Super Saiyan 4. As far as I know, no one before me has ever reached this level. For now, it's one of a kind..."
No predecessors, and one of a kind.
Which meant Levos had the right to name it.
"Let's call it Super Saiyan 5 for now."
Levos slowly raised his head, his calm gaze falling on the fleeing Moro.
"Moro, weren't you planning to absorb me and the life energy of my friends from Earth?"
Moro's body trembled.
Levos's figure appeared in front of him without a sound.
In the next instant, one large hand clamped down on the crystal embedded in Moro's forehead and seized his head.
"I want you to understand something. There are some people you simply cannot absorb."
The moment the words fell, Levos grabbed Moro by the head and slammed him down into the planet.
Boom!
The planet shuddered.
Moro struggled desperately, but he could not break free from that iron grip.
He tried energy absorption. He tried angelic power. He tried everything.
None of it worked.
His heart filled with terror. Even with the power of a trainee angel, his opponent simply did not care in the slightest.
Levos dragged Moro with him, crashing through the earth, the rock strata, the planet's core, then bursting out from the other side.
Then he did it again.
And again.
And again.
He crossed back and forth through the planet, leaving behind hole after hole across its body.
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