In Dragon Ball: A brutal beating of Frieza at the start

Despite his headache, Xiao Te flipped over and caught his sword steadily. The familiar, ancient coolness of the blade in his hand invigorated him, and the runes on the sword seemed to brighten for a moment upon contact.

Lin Ye and Number 18 each grabbed a samurai sword that they found convenient.

"Enough quantity!" Number Eighteen twirled his knife, his icy gaze locking onto the writhing darkness below and the countless compound eyes that sent chills down his spine. "Enough to slice this monstrosity into pieces!"

"Watch your eyes! And that black blood!" Big Tech warned again, abandoning his malfunctioning energy weapon. Two hidden physical drills, gleaming with the cold light of high-strength alloy, popped out from his mechanical arm. "Attack around the eyes and the hardened spots! Don't get the blood on them!"

"Understood!" "Received!" "Go!"

Goku, Vegeta, Lin Ye, Android 18, Future Trunks, and Little Trunks—six figures, wielding gleaming cold weapons, charged once again towards the terrifying being that devoured stars, like sharks pouncing on a giant whale.

A hunt that abandons energy and returns to the most primal form of combat has officially begun its bloody prelude in the cold cosmic graveyard.

The cold, steel jungle swept past beneath their feet, their small yet resolute figures reflected in the countless compound eyes of the Star Eater. A deadly rain of blades spread behind them, like the curtain rising on this hunt. Life and death, the very survival of the planet, all hinged on these primal slashes and thrusts.

Chapter 246: The Blade of Civilization

In the cold, metallic graveyard, a hunt that returns to its roots is unfolding.

After a torrential downpour of thousands of alloy samurai swords, the battlefield was instantly divided and reassembled. Goku, Vegeta, Lin Ye, Android 18, Future Trunks, Teen Trunks, and later Krillin and Piccolo, like hunters drawn by invisible threads, darted and collided at high speed among the floating satellite debris and the writhing dark bodies of the Planet Eater. The flashing blades were no longer dazzling energy explosions, but the most primal and bloody slashes and thrusts, each attack accompanied by a dull thud, the grating noise of metal scraping, and the sizzling corrosion of viscous black blood.

"Damn it, this thing's getting harder and harder!" Vegeta roared, slashing his alloy sword hard at a thick tentacle, sparks flying, leaving only a shallow mark. Just seconds ago, the same force would have cut much deeper. The struck area seemed to be hardening even faster, and the hardened area was expanding.

"It's adapting!" Lin Ye deflected a small, sneaking tentacle with his sword, keenly sensing the change. "It's learning to defend against our physical attack frequency and intensity!"

"Then don't give it a chance to learn! Concentrate your forces and strike a single point!" Piccolo's deep voice rang out in the communication channel. His green figure appeared like a ghost at the base of a massive tentacle attempting to entangle the space station's main beam. He gripped a longsword tightly with both hands, the tip of which condensed an extremely concentrated energy, shimmering with a dangerous green light—the prototype of the Special Beam Cannon, forcibly compressed onto the physical blade!

"Kling!" Piccolo shouted.

"They're here!" The bald Earth warrior reacted quickly. He had just shredded several small tentacles with two short swords when he heard the sound. He immediately threw a spare long sword in his hand toward Piccolo. "Catch!"

“Ding——!”

The crisp metallic clang couldn't travel in a vacuum, but the precise throw, the hilt striking Piccolo's blade with unwavering accuracy, was a testament to power and perfect coordination. Piccolo didn't even look; his left hand flashed out, catching the incoming hilt with lightning speed. With both swords in hand, his body spun rapidly through the air like a green drill, unleashing the compressed power of a Special Beam Cannon, slamming it into the base of the tentacle—a spot that Lin Ye had just briefly hardened from his attack!

"break!"

Swish——!!

Guided by the tip of a physical blade, the concentrated green light, like a red-hot knife piercing butter, instantly tore through the hardened black keratin layer and penetrated deep into the tentacle! Immediately following was a violent energy burst! Not an outward release, but an internal compression and tearing!

"Agh—!" The Star Eater seemed to feel "intense pain" for the first time. Its huge tentacle convulsed and thrashed wildly, and dark green, foul-smelling liquid gushed out from the wound like a high-pressure water gun! Piccolo had already retreated and dodged the spray.

"Well done, Piccolo!" Goku shouted excitedly from a short distance away. He was using one knife to wed the suction cup of another tentacle while frantically slashing at the connection point with the other knife.

"Hmph, not bad teamwork." Vegeta was still sarcastic, but his actions subconsciously began to look for an opportunity created by his teammates. He spotted a compound eye area that Future Trunks had briefly suppressed with his drill-like mechanical arm, and immediately transformed into a purple streak of light as he rushed over, his twin swords slashing down with a piercing shriek that tore through space!

In the ground command center, on the monitoring screen in front of Bulma, the curves representing the Star Eater's energy absorption efficiency and defensive strength were fluctuating and rising strangely.

"It's learning! It's not just in defensive mode!" Bulma exclaimed, her voice trembling with disbelief. She pointed to a magnified image of several areas on the Planet Eater's body on the screen. "Look! It's mimicking! The areas that are frequently hit by physical attacks are changing their skin structure, showing... a metallic sheen! It's incorporating the absorbed metallic satellite debris into its own defense!"

In space, Lin Ye was struggling to plunge a knife into the edge of a newly opened compound eye. The moment the blade pierced through, it felt like he had struck a high-strength alloy plate! A screeching sound rang out, sparks flew, and the blade was firmly stuck after only a small section had penetrated! The wrinkled skin around the compound eye gleamed with a cold metallic luster!

"Damn it!" Lin Ye tried to draw his sword, but found that the blade was firmly gripped by writhing, metallic tissue. Several tiny tentacles with metallic barbs immediately shot out from nearby, coiling towards his arm like venomous snakes!

"Lin Ye! Get out of the way!" Future Trunks's roar rang out. A silver streak of light pierced the darkness, flying precisely towards Lin Ye. Lin Ye reacted instantly, abandoning his stuck alloy sword, leaning back to narrowly avoid the tentacles' entanglement, and simultaneously reaching out to catch them—

It felt cold and heavy to the touch, with a strange texture that seemed to allow one to feel the passage of time. It was the sword of the future, stained with the black blood of the Star Eater, engraved with ancient runes, and which had briefly suppressed the Compound Eye—the Sword of Time!

"Use this!" Big Tech shouted urgently while using the mechanical arm drill to fend off the attacking tentacles. "It can hurt it! I feel... I feel the power of this sword is related to our will! The stronger the belief, the sharper it becomes! The more it can restrain the monster's essence!"

belief?

The word struck Lin Ye's mind like a bolt of lightning. He looked down at the Time Sword in his hand. The ancient runes on the sword seemed to sense his touch, and began to emit an extremely faint yet exceptionally firm soft light. That light dispelled the filthy black blood remaining on the blade, making the runes appear even clearer and more sacred.

Belief... what belief?

His mother's pale yet gentle smiling face, visible before his sickbed, appeared before him without warning. "Xiao Ye...be brave..." That faint voice seemed to pierce through time and space, echoing in his ears. Then came Goku's roar, Vegeta's howl, Android 18's cool command, Piccolo's silent outburst, Krillin's shout as he threw his sword, the figures of Future Trunks and his brother side-by-side, Bulma's anxious commands on the ground... All the sounds, all the will to fight for survival, for protection, surged like a tidal wave, instantly overwhelming Lin Ye!

An indescribable surge of heat erupted from his heart, instantly flowing through his limbs and bones, and finally pouring into his hands that were tightly gripping the sword hilt, surging towards the ancient sword blade!

Om-!

The Sword of Time emitted an unprecedentedly clear and melodious hum! The runes on the sword were like ignited stars, bursting forth with a dazzling yet not blinding transparent flame! That flame was not a physical fire, but a condensation of pure will, a materialization of countless indomitable beliefs!

"Ah—!!" Lin Ye's eyes turned bloodshot as he let out a shout from the depths of his soul. He no longer dodged, no longer hesitated, gripping the Time Sword burning with transparent flames of faith in both hands. Like an arrow released from a bow, with unwavering determination, he charged fiercely towards the core area guarded by the Star Eater's thousands of compound eyes—the location that was mimicking metallization and radiating the strongest energy fluctuations!

Fueled by his unwavering belief, his speed reached its limit, leaving a trail of burning, transparent flames in the vacuum!

The Star Eater seemed to sense an unprecedented, deadly threat! The thousands upon thousands of compound eyes in the core area instantly changed from a cold, chaotic dark red to a terrified, deathly white! All the compound eyes, regardless of which direction they were facing, focused intently on Lin Ye charging forward and the burning sword in his hand!

"Hiss—Gah—!!!"

A piercing scream, beyond the realm of hearing, assaulted everyone's souls! It was pure terror! For the first time, the Star Eater's massive body convulsed violently and uncontrollably! Countless tentacles frantically retracted, attempting to block Lin Ye, but before the burning, transparent flames, both the iron-hard tentacles and the corrosive black blood melted and dispersed like ice and snow under the blazing sun!

puff!puff!puff!

Lin Ye's sword pierced through layer after layer of hastily formed metallic protective layer without any resistance! When the tip of the sword touched the deepest, most vulnerable layer—the one folded with nerve endings—

boom! ! !

It wasn't a physical explosion, but a violent shock on a mental level! The core area that was stabbed collapsed and burst inward like a punctured abscess! Thick, almost tangible, jet-black blood, mixed with fragments of shattered eyeball tissue and shimmering fragments of nerve bundles, gushed out like a volcanic eruption!

However, right in the center of this filthy fountain of flesh, deep within the core torn apart by the Sword of Time, a horrifying sight was revealed!

It is neither an organ nor an energy source.

That was a... wormhole!

A spinning wormhole, several meters in diameter, radiating chaotic spacetime fluctuations! The filthy black blood of the Star Eaters flowed along the edge of the wormhole, but the scene revealed inside made the blood of everyone who saw it freeze instantly!

The other end of a wormhole is not some dark corner of the universe.

It was a vast, ancient, and dilapidated palace ruin. Broken, massive stone pillars lay fallen, stone slabs engraved with mysterious patterns were cracked, and the dome was shattered, revealing the distorted starry sky outside. An aura of sacredness yet deathly stillness permeated the air.

"The Temple of Time...?" Future Trunks cried out in shock, his mechanical eyes flashing wildly with disbelief and horror. That was the ruin he had once set foot in, the remnant representing the highest realm of the laws of time!

An even more shocking sight appeared at the center of the wormhole's field of vision:

On the broken altar in the center of the temple ruins, a figure was silently floating.

That was a...baby!

A naked infant, seemingly only a few months old! Its skin was almost translucent, its tiny body curled up. Countless fine, hair-like, translucent energy conduits extended from the cracks in the altar and the surrounding void, densely adhering to the infant's back, limbs, and even the top of its head!

The baby's eyes were closed, and its little mouth moved slightly, as if it were sucking on something in its sleep. As it sucked, visible streams of light, containing immense and ancient energy, were being forcibly drawn from the bricks and stones of the altar, from the broken stone pillars, and from every corner of the ruins of the Temple of Time, flowing into the baby's small body through the energy conduits!

The baby's face was eerily still, yet it sent a chill down the spines of Lin Ye, Dai Te, and even Bulma, who was far away on the ground—it was the very thing they had been searching for, the source of all the disasters, Omega!

"The main body... the main body is there!" Vegeta cleaved through several tentacles that were trying to close up again and block the wormhole's view with a single slash, pointing at the eerie infant image in the wormhole. His voice was hoarse with extreme rage and shock, "That damned brat! He's absorbing the temple's power!"

"Wait! Vegeta! Look behind the wormhole! Outside the temple!" Goku's voice carried an unprecedented solemnity and a hint of... bewilderment. His gaze wasn't fixed on baby Omega, but rather on the enormous crack in the dome of the Temple of Time.

Chapter 247: Battle of the Time Palace

"Bulma—!!!"

Vegeta's roar, carrying a despair and rage powerful enough to tear stars apart, pierced the temple's roar like a lone, widowed wolf. The shattering quality in his voice caused the hearts of Goku, Lin Ye, and the others, who were resisting the sonic shockwave, to stop abruptly.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

All eyes were fixed on the hellish scene revealed after the stone pillar collapsed. Bulma was bound and suspended by the umbilical cord of evil, her life hanging by a thread, her wisdom being greedily drained away. The black tube around her neck, with each pulsation of its eerie purple light, seemed to be strangling Vegeta's last shred of sanity.

Then, that silvery-white light, like the first ray of light at the beginning of the universe, completely engulfed Vegeta's figure.

"Roar! Ro ...

It was no longer a battle cry, but a roar of pure destructive will! The silvery-white flames were no longer burning, but like the uncontrolled core of a star, violently erupting, compressing, and erupting again! It instantly expanded into a terrifying sphere of light tens of meters in diameter, its dazzling silver light ruthlessly dispelling all the darkness, purple light, and smoke within the temple, illuminating the entire space as if it were exposed to the core of a supernova!

Rumble——! ! !

The materialized shockwave, like billions of rampaging ancient beasts, swept outwards from Vegeta's center, utterly devastating! The temple's solid stone floor was torn apart, shattered, and reduced to dust like fragile biscuits! Large boulders nearby, whether collapsed pillars or fragments of the dome, instantly vaporized and vanished before this sheer pressure, like ice thrown into a furnace! The mirror-image monsters that had just reformed and roared forward didn't even have time to utter a cry before being brutally flattened, torn apart, and blown away by this unimaginable force, crashing like trash onto the twisted, undulating walls, leaving behind cratered holes and spiderweb-like cracks!

Within the silvery-white core, Vegeta's form reappeared. He hovered in mid-air, his upright silver hair dancing wildly like icy flames, his crimson eyes burning not with anger, but with a pure, chilling killing intent! This killing intent, like absolute zero in the abyss of the universe, instantly froze the air within the temple, even time seemed to slow down! His gaze pierced through the chaotic energy storm, fixed on the writhing mass of flesh in the center of the altar, and the black umbilical cord wrapped around Bulma's neck, deadly like a venomous snake. His teeth clenched so tightly that it made one's teeth ache, each word like a death proclamation squeezed from the cracks between ancient ice and boiling magma:

"You...you...are...looking for...death!!!"

The entire Temple of Time, before this force capable of shaking the very foundations of spacetime, let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain! The spatial structure twisted and rippled violently, the mirror-like areas on the walls flickered wildly, and cracks spread like wildfire! Those mirror images that had been blasted back and had not yet completely dissipated, regardless of distance, all stopped moving in unison. Their empty eye sockets "stared" at the center of the silvery-white storm, and for the first time, a primal emotion called "fear" clearly appeared on their ashen faces, their bodies trembling uncontrollably!

At the center of the altar, the Star-Eater infant, which had just been wailing in devastation, abruptly fell silent. The abyss-like rift slowly closed, and for the first time, its purple vortex eyes, previously filled only with a desire to devour, locked firmly onto the destructive silver-white light with unprecedented solemnity and an indescribable... "fear."

Dead silence! A silence a thousand times heavier than any previous clamor, like an invisible weight of lead, pressing down on everyone, making it hard to breathe. But beneath this dead silence lay a volcano about to erupt, ready to destroy the world!

“Vegeta…” Future Trunks (Future Trunks) knelt on one knee. The excruciating pain almost made him faint, but he forced himself to lift his head and look at his father’s silver-white form, which he had never seen before and which was full of destructive power. His eyes were filled with shock and boundless fear—he was afraid that his father’s reckless attack would directly affect his bound mother!

“Dad…Dad!” Little Te was also stunned, and the Time Sword in his hand seemed to become incredibly heavy. He had never felt his father’s pure, all-destroying will.

Lin Ye endured the searing pain in his soul, as if his soul were being burned by the silvery-white flames, his pupils flashing with golden light. He keenly noticed that the almost transparent light barrier at the core of the altar, under the terrifying energy impact of Vegeta's outburst, showed extremely subtle ripples for the first time, like water ripples being thrown onto a boulder! Although it instantly returned to stability, this proved that this force field distorting the rules was not absolute! It had a limit to its tolerance!

"Vegeta! That light barrier!" Lin Ye roared with all his might, trying to convey the message to the Saiyan prince at the center of the storm, "Its rules of distortion have limits! Your power... can shake it! But Bulma is inside! Control the direction of the power!"

However, at this moment, Vegeta's eyes were filled only with destruction! His reason had been completely burned away by Bulma's near-death experience! Forget about the distortion of rules! Forget about the limits of power! He only knew that he had to completely erase this thing that dared to harm his wife from this universe! Not even a speck of dust would remain!

"die--!!!"

Vegeta moved! Without charging up or testing the waters, his suspended figure vanished abruptly, leaving behind only a ring of distorted air currents caused by the high-speed movement!

The next moment!

boom--! ! !

His silver-white figure, like a comet tearing through the cosmic barrier, carrying the will to incinerate everything, crashed violently into the eerie light shield that shrouded the altar! The point of impact was precisely where Lin Ye had observed the ripples earlier!

This time, it was no longer the mournful cry of a rusted longsword!

The deafening explosion sounded like two planets colliding head-on! The blinding silver light clashed violently with the pale energy erupting from the light shield, annihilating each other! The scene around the point of impact instantly became chaotic! Space was like a shattered mirror, displaying countless fine, twisted cracks! The sense of time was completely disrupted, as if countless moments were overlapping, stretching, and shattering!

"Click...click..."

A chilling cracking sound reached everyone's ears clearly! For the first time, visible cracks, spreading like a spiderweb, appeared on the surface of that seemingly indestructible, twisted light shield, centered on Vegeta's point of impact! Chaotic energy currents flowed through the cracks, emitting a crackling sound of electricity!

"It works!" Goku's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he instantly understood Lin Ye's intention! Vegeta's power, which had surpassed its limits, was forcibly breaking through the critical point of the rules' distortion!

However, the price was terrifying!

"Pfft!" Vegeta spat out a mouthful of blood! Before the blood even touched the light shield, it was instantly broken down into its most primordial particles by the chaotic energy field! His silver-white aura flickered violently, its light distorting and trembling! Although the light shield's distorted force field was shaken, the backlash was equally astonishing! Vegeta felt every cell in his body groaning in pain, as if he were being simultaneously cut by billions of invisible blades of time, and repeatedly ravaged by countless chaotic physical laws! His proud body, capable of withstanding the explosion of a planet, was now enduring unimaginable pressure to disintegrate!

But he didn't care! His crimson eyes were fixed on the inside of the light shield, on the black tube around Bulma's neck! He was going to tear this thing apart! He was going to sever that damned umbilical cord!

"Aaaaaah—!!!" Vegeta roared like a beast, burning his life essence recklessly. The silvery-white light surged again, trying to widen the crack!

at this time!

In the center of the altar, the Star Eater infant seemed to be thoroughly enraged by Vegeta's powerful attack and also sensed the crisis of the light barrier being shaken! Its abyssal maw, which had just closed, suddenly opened again, but this time, it did not cry out!