"This idiot really fought me for so long!" Karnel looked up at Black in the distance, who was still stubbornly outputting energy into his attack, a playful expression crossing his face.
Seeing that the Saiyan seemed to have regained focus, Black spoke with supreme confidence: "Can't hold on any longer? Is your energy almost exhausted? I was wondering how you could possess endless power, turns out you only have slightly more than ordinary beings. Now I am different. As long as I remain in this realm, I have limitless energy!"
"Lowly Saiyan, I will drain your strength bit by bit, then kill you! You dared to treat me in such a manner, unforgivable!" Black suddenly shifted his tone, shouting fiercely with murderous aura radiating from his transformed form.
Karnel's expression remained utterly calm as he gazed with disdain at the demonized Supreme Kai battling him in the distance. To think he'd been infected by demonic energy, truly unworthy of the title Supreme Kai.
"Soon you won't be so arrogant anymore," Karnel said in a low voice.
With a single thought, the power of time flowed through his divine core and instantly materialized in the palm of his hand. Karnel suddenly experienced a profound epiphany, understanding the true nature and application of temporal force.
Since he possessed only a fragment of time's power, its effects could only be applied to individual targets, and its usage was surprisingly simple, much like manipulating the energy within his body.
"The effect is truly incredible! Worthy of being one of the supreme laws..." Karnel whispered to himself in ecstasy.
"Hehe! Let me test the power of time on you first!"
Karnel manipulated the temporal energy in his palm and infused it into his energy wave.
Boom!
The crimson energy wave, now containing the supreme power of time, instantly crushed the black energy dragon and surged forward. The dark energy was beaten back step by step, rapidly retreating toward Black as a red dragon imbued with time's supreme rhythm advanced relentlessly.
"How is this possible... What did you do to me? AHHHHH!"
The scene was devastatingly familiar, Black had no idea how he could suddenly be overpowered so completely. He was swallowed in one gulp, his body once again pummeled and battered by terrifying destructive energy. Black released another horrific scream as the crimson dragon struck and dissipated, but his injuries were far more severe than the first time, and he was also...
"My... my hand! Saiyan, what have you done to me?" Black stammered with trembling lips, staring in disbelief at his withered, aged limb.
Not only his hand, but everywhere the attack had struck showed varying degrees of aging. Black appeared as though he had aged more than ten years in an instant.
Even Karnel was shocked. He had never imagined that a mere fragment of time's power could be so devastating. If he could condense the complete law of time, who could possibly oppose him?
Raising his hand, he felt the temporal power that had been summoned flow through his palm. Karnel gazed with burning intensity at the force of time that had left indelible scars on Black.
"Impossible... I am a Supreme Kai, I possess infinite life! How can aging befall me?" Black stared in bewilderment at his skin, now wrinkled like that of an ancient man across his entire body.
"It's you, lowly Saiyan!" Black gnashed his teeth and glared at Karnel, who had used such despicable means to reduce him to this state.
Karnel, now in control of a fragment of time's power, felt excitement beyond description. Hearing the half-human, half-demon Supreme Kai's outrage, he closed his palm and the temporal force instantly returned to his divine core.
"That's correct, I placed a curse upon you. Your time has been harvested by me," Karnel stated calmly.
Black refused to believe it. What kind of curse could be so powerful as to sever the time of a Supreme Kai and accelerate his aging?
"Impossible! I am the Supreme Kai who rules over an entire universe!"
"Your time has been cut by me, and your remaining lifespan has been accelerated countless times. Do you find this curse terrifying?" Karnel asked contemptuously.
Seeing that Black wanted to respond, Karnel grew impatient. He had just mastered a fragment of time's power and was eager to return and study it thoroughly. How could he waste time boasting to this fool?
"No need for questions, I'll send you to the afterlife where you can become a pyramid scheme ambassador!"
With a dark chuckle, Karnel attached the power of time to his fist and launched forward with a punch glowing with faint silver light.
'Damn... Could it be that I, a Supreme Kai, who exchanged for Son Goku's body and possessed such infinite supreme power, cannot defeat him?'
Black felt profound unwillingness. He had only completed one universe in his grand mission of eradicating all the mortal termites across the twelve universes. How could he fall here like this?
With his fighting spirit crumbling, Black raised his hand and punched forward, but his feet shifted slightly, preparing to use the opponent's attack force to escape in the opposite direction.
Black miscalculated!
The power of time attached to Karnel's fist was overwhelmingly potent. After their fists collided, Black's temporal flow was instantly frozen. His entire being became motionless, like a statue carved from living flesh.
'The power of time is truly amazing...'
Karnel marveled inwardly, though the temporal power he commanded was still too weak, only capable of freezing Black's time for approximately one second.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Seizing that brief moment, Karnel unleashed tens of thousands of punches in an instant, shattering Black's bones to fragments, completely caving in his chest, then kicked him to the ground.
Black lay on the earth like a pile of mangled flesh, his face blank with confusion as he spat out blood and tissue. He had no idea what had transpired, it had been just one punch, yet somehow he'd been beaten to near-death instantaneously. He tried to move his body only to discover that every bone had been pulverized, leaving him completely immobilized.
"Shh, don't speak! Think about it slowly on your journey to the afterlife!" Karnel placed a finger to his lips with a mysterious smile, then raised his other hand to charge a Super Kamehameha Wave aimed at the broken remains on the ground!