Five seconds earlier, Lucas had already stopped suppressing the ki that constantly tried to surge within his body.
Instead, he allowed it to flow naturally and rise on its own.
BOOM!
A thunderous explosion erupted.
The golden aura around Lucas suddenly surged upward, and the energy within his body skyrocketed in an instant.
As the aura flared violently, crackling arcs of lightning began to appear along its outer edge.
A strand of golden hair fell across his forehead.
Lucas raised his head.
His emerald-green eyes looked forward calmly.
Super Saiyan 2.
In truth, Lucas had already been capable of stepping into this state ever since awakening from the dream.
In that dream, he had easily broken through to Super Saiyan 2, which proved that his foundation had long been sufficient.
However, he had deliberately chosen not to break through immediately.
There had been no enemies requiring such power.
Instead, he had continued refining his mind and training until his control became stronger.
After all, the power of Super Saiyan 2 was twice that of Super Saiyan.
Lucas didn't want to risk gaining strength he couldn't fully control.
If he couldn't control it perfectly, it would be better not to break through at all.
And the result of that decision was clear now:
The moment Lucas stepped into Super Saiyan 2, he took control of the violently surging ki within his body in just one second.
Another second later—
He had already achieved perfect mastery, entering the full-power Super Saiyan 2 state.
Upon reaching this level, Lucas's control over energy improved dramatically.
The furious energy generated by the Blood Butcher's possession and the power supplied by the Space Stone were both quickly stabilized and integrated.
With his body, energy, and spirit perfectly unified, Lucas suddenly felt a subtle transformation in his power.
If he had to describe it—
It was like someone who had previously wielded an ordinary sword suddenly holding a Jedi lightsaber instead.
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Kly'bn clearly sensed the strange transformation occurring within Lucas.
But he still believed Lucas could not possibly withstand his attack.
That confidence shattered the moment Lucas threw his punch.
Once Lucas fully controlled his energy, he calmly raised his right hand and gently pushed it forward.
The motion looked light.
But it was as if the entire space and surrounding energy were pushed along with his palm, surging forward with unstoppable momentum.
The massive black vortex that had filled the sky suddenly stopped spinning.
Then—
Without a sound—
It collapsed and disintegrated.
The surrounding ocean-like darkness vanished instantly, like night dissolving at the moment of dawn.
"Impossible!"
Kly'bn's expression finally changed.
He had fought across the universe for thousands of years.
Among non-divine beings, only a handful had ever managed to break free from his attacks.
And those rare individuals were among the Kree Empire's strongest warriors.
Even then, escaping was usually the best they could do.
They never had the power to counterattack.
But Lucas had not only shattered his attack—
He was fighting back.
Lucas's palm strike completely erased Kly'bn's earlier attack and continued pressing forward toward him.
Yet gods were not so easily defeated.
Light suddenly flashed across Kly'bn's body.
Behind him, a massive phantom figure began to appear.
The figure towered over twenty meters tall.
Within seconds, the projection solidified until it looked like a living being made of flesh and blood.
Gigantic weapons formed in its many hands.
The sight resembled a deity from ancient mythology—a god with multiple arms wielding divine weapons.
As Kly'bn launched his attack, the divine projection mirrored his movements.
Lucas's advancing strike was split apart by the massive weapons wielded by the divine avatar.
After all—
Kly'bn had lived nearly ten thousand years.
Defeating him would never be easy.
This time, Kly'bn abandoned his earlier spiritual attacks.
He already knew those techniques were useless against Lucas.
When two opponents were roughly equal on the mental level, such psychic attacks lost their effectiveness.
So the battle returned to its most primitive form:
Close combat.
Kly'bn rushed toward Lucas, throwing punches at incredible speed.
Behind him, the massive divine projection attacked simultaneously.
From Lucas's perspective, the incoming attacks looked like a blur of overlapping strikes.
Yet Lucas only smiled confidently.
Now that he had reached Super Saiyan 2, many techniques he previously couldn't use were now easily accessible.
To him, Kly'bn's lightning-fast strikes looked almost childish.
He instantly spotted the openings.
The next moment—
Lucas threw a punch filled with overwhelming power.
All his unified energy condensed into his fist.
The air itself was forced aside by the sheer pressure of the attack.
Even the atmosphere didn't have time to tear apart.
BOOM!
When their enormous energies collided, the shockwave spread outward instantly.
Around them, a semi-transparent spherical barrier nearly fifty meters wide formed.
Everything—air, dust, debris—was violently pushed away by the blast.
Inside the sphere where they fought, a perfect vacuum had formed.
All of it was created purely by the terrifying power of their bodies.
At this moment, Lucas's physical strength had far surpassed anything from before.
After the previous great battle, his continuous training had not only strengthened his mind—
It had tempered his body as well.
For Saiyans, early-stage strength largely depended on S-cells, which grew fastest when the warrior maintained a calm and balanced state of mind.
During his earlier battle, Lucas's body, spirit, and energy had nearly been exhausted.
Yet his S-cells remained intact.
In Saiyan physiology, severe injuries often triggered massive growth in potential.
That was why, despite Saiyans recovering quickly from most injuries, Lucas had spent three full months recovering.
During that time, he drew out every ounce of hidden potential.
He also brought his mind and body into perfect harmony.
In modern terms, it was like achieving the state of mind and body becoming one.
At full-power Super Saiyan, Lucas had already achieved perfect control over energy and body.
Now, at full-power Super Saiyan 2, his body, mind, and energy had completely aligned.
Every ounce of energy within him was tightly controlled.
When Lucas attacked, nearly none of his power was wasted.
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