Having just crawled back to his feet, Cooler let out a cold snort. "Hmph, another monster." However, his body acted more honestly than his words as he flew to a much safer distance to watch the battle.
"Ha!"
Vegito unleashed a relentless assault on Cumber. Mindful of the precedent where Goku had been corrupted by Cumber's aura, Vegito had taken the precaution of coating his body in a thin energy shield, specifically designed to filter out the Evil Saiyan's malicious Ki.
But Cumber was no pushover. With a primal roar, he instantly transformed into a Super Saiyan, his black-and-red aura surging to even more violent heights.
"HAAAAA!!—"
Cumber's berserk Ki erupted into a localized storm, launching countless energy spheres that rained down toward Vegito.
True to his reputation as the "King of Style," Vegito navigated the barrage with effortless grace. In a blur of speed, he appeared directly in front of Cumber and buried a fist deep into the giant's solar plexus.
BOOM!!
The sheer force of the blow sent Cumber hurtling backward, but the Evil Saiyan stabilized almost instantly and charged back at Vegito.
BAM!
Vegito blocked a punch the size of a wrecking ball. The weight of the impact made even Vegito grit his teeth. "What incredible strength!"
"Kaioken times ten!!"
A crimson flame suddenly flared over Vegito's blue aura, and his power skyrocketed.
This sudden burst of speed caught Cumber completely off guard. Following a lightning-fast combination of strikes, Vegito hammered Cumber toward the ground.
Cumber crashed like a meteor, shattering several mountain peaks before becoming cratered deep into the earth.
As the dust settled, a battered Cumber stood back up. He looked up at Vegito with a fanatical, battle-hungry grin. "Hahaha! Yes... just like that! Let's keep going!!"
As he spoke, he began condensing a sphere of light that made Vegito's skin crawl—a Power Ball!
"Oh no!"
Vegito lunged forward to stop him, but it was too late. In the next heartbeat, Cumber transformed into a Great Ape. He swung a massive palm toward Vegito with the weight of a falling mountain.
WHACK!
Vegito was swatted out of the air, his feet plowing deep trenches into the ground as he skidded for hundreds of meters.
"Hmph! Kaioken x10!!"
Vegito reignited his crimson aura and charged at the Great Ape. Cumber opened his maw, condensing a massive energy cannon and firing it straight at him. Just as Vegito prepared to dodge—he suddenly defused.
A flash of light flickered in mid-air, and Vegito vanished, replaced by the separate forms of Goku and Vegeta.
"What?!"
The two of them stared in shock. They hadn't expected the fusion to burn out so quickly.
Cumber was equally surprised to see the powerful warrior split in two, but he didn't hesitate. He swung his gargantuan hand toward the vulnerable Goku and Vegeta in a lethal blur.
Just as the blow was about to connect, Cumber's massive body suddenly shrank, forcefully exiting the Great Ape state.
Goku and Vegeta were stunned by the sudden turn of events. Then, they saw a man who left them completely speechless.
He wore a black martial arts Gi adorned with the insignia of the Time Patrol. Potara earrings hung from his ears, and an invincible, reassuring smile played on his lips.
He was holding a severed tail in his hand. It was clear that Cumber's reversion was his doing.
This man was Vegito—or rather, the clone controlled by Turles.
"Vegito??"
Goku and Vegeta stared at the newcomer in disbelief.
Cumber was equally bewildered. Wait... didn't you just split into those two guys? How is there another one of you?
Vegito (Turles) tossed the tail aside and beckoned Cumber with a finger. "Come on, Cumber. Let me see what you've really got."
"Hey, Kakarot, Vegeta—get back. I won't be able to look out for you once things get serious."
Goku and Vegeta instinctively backed away. Regardless of where this Vegito came from, the level of the upcoming battle was clearly beyond their current capacity to intervene.
"I don't know how you've reappeared," Cumber growled, his voice dropping to a low rumble, "but since you're here, give me a real fight!"
"HAAAA!!—"
Cumber's Ki exploded once more. Shrouded in black-and-red flames, he looked like a prehistoric beast from the dawn of time. His murderous fighting spirit locked onto Vegito (Turles).
Feeling the staggering weight of Cumber's power, Vegito (Turles) turned serious. This guy was significantly stronger than Jiren—he was nearly on par with the fused Jippo. No wonder the local Goku and Vegeta had been so helpless against him.
"You really are something else..."
"HA!!"
A brilliant Rosé aura erupted instantly. Vegito (Turles) transformed into a Super Saiyan Rosé.
His power immediately eclipsed the previous fusion of Goku and Vegeta. After all, the CC Vegito couldn't truly unleash his full power without risking a defusion—but Turles had no such limitation.
Because CC Vegito could defuse, but he could not.
In the distance, Trunks' pupils shrank at the sight of the familiar transformation. "Is that... Za... Zamasu?! No, the Ki is completely different. And Mr. Turles already erased Zamasu... so why does he have the Rosé form? Just which timeline's Vegito is he?!"
Goku and Vegeta were also startled. Why was his transformation that color? For this version of them, who hadn't experienced the Zamasu incident, this was their first time seeing the Rosé form.
As the auras of Vegito (Turles) and Cumber reached their peak, both vanished from sight.
Zip!
Zip!
In the next microsecond, their fists collided in the center of the arena.
BOOM!
The collision generated a shockwave of such magnitude that the entire Prison Planet began to groan. Earth and rock were pulverized, flying into the air as the chains suspended in the sky began to crack under the pressure.
Crrrk... Snap!—
"Ha! Da! Da! Da! Da! Da!—"
BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!—
Vegito (Turles) paid no mind to the breaking chains. He was locked in a passionate, high-speed brawl with Cumber.
In the control room, Fu's brow furrowed deeply. "I can't let them keep this up. If they keep going, my hard-earned Prison Planet is going to be destroyed!"
He turned to leave the control room to intervene. Shortly after Fu left, a shadow slipped into the lab. A series of violent explosions followed as the shadow systematically demolished the equipment and monitors. Before long, the facility was nothing but a pile of scrap.
Meanwhile, thanks to the combined efforts of Vegito (Turles) and Cumber, the chains anchoring the sky finally snapped completely.
Fu, who had just arrived but hadn't revealed himself yet, came to a halt. "Tch. Am I too late? Forget it. I suppose I'll have to abandon the Prison Planet. Those Time Patrol dogs have a nose for this sort of thing... they'll be swarming the place soon."
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