Caulifla had always known Levos was strong, but the power he displayed now had gone far beyond anything she had imagined.
Renso was speechless as well.
No wonder his little sister, who used to find fault with everyone, had come back like a different person. So there really was someone in the universe this overwhelmingly powerful.
"As fellow tournament fighters, I never imagined the gap between us would be this vast," Hit murmured. "Looks like... I need to start special training too."
Out in outer space, Levos hovered there in silence.
Salza and the other two hurried over and greeted him with their battle poses.
Frieza flew up as well.
"You've stayed on Earth this long and still haven't learned how to sense ki? That thing was obviously still alive."
The three of them froze mid-pose.
Frieza turned to Levos and explained the enemy's situation.
"That thing calls itself Ultimate Baby. After parasitizing Bio-Broly, it fused them all into one..."
So it was Baby...
Levos' heart tightened.
In the original story, that creature had parasitized Vegeta, and perhaps because both possessed royal bloodlines, its strength had skyrocketed and given birth to the Super Baby form.
But he had not expected that after merging with hundreds of Bio-Brolys, it would become this terrifying, white-haired giant with waist-length hair.
In the distance, the remaining flesh fragments of Ultimate Baby writhed and gathered rapidly toward a single point.
A few seconds later, they reformed into a humanoid figure once more.
"Good! Those injuries made me even stronger!"
Ultimate Baby threw back his head and roared with laughter, his ki surging yet again.
"Mr. Levos, be careful. That's its special trait. Its regeneration is terrifying, and no matter how badly it is injured, once it heals it becomes even stronger than before!"
"Unless you erase every last cell in a single blow, any attack will only become nourishment for my growth."
Ultimate Baby looked unbearably smug.
"Oh, and thanks for that attack just now. That one strike increased my power more than tenfold!"
"The me of this moment has already far surpassed my previous limit!"
Its monstrous aura swept across the entire planet.
Around Ultimate Baby, space itself began to split into fine cracks.
Levos observed him with a slight frown.
It was true. Ultimate Baby's aura was much stronger than before.
A trait that let it grow stronger whenever it was injured really was a headache to deal with.
"But that's all."
Levos slowly raised his right hand.
Silver-white ki began to gather, gradually forming into a gigantic sphere of energy.
The surface of the sphere flickered with destructive light. The pressure leaking from it alone was enough to throw the planet's gravitational field into disorder.
"This power..."
Hit's expression changed drastically.
He could tell that the energy within that sphere was enough to vaporize an entire star system in an instant.
"You think you can finish me in one blow? Dream on!"
Ultimate Baby thrust both hands forward, unleashing a thick green beam.
This was the ultimate attack formed from the sum of all its power.
Where the beam passed, space ripped apart, revealing a black, empty void beneath.
Levos flicked his hand lightly.
The silver-white sphere flew forward to meet the green beam head-on.
The moment the two powers collided, time itself seemed to freeze.
The next second...
Boom boom boom boom boom!
A world-shaking explosion bloomed in outer space.
The dazzling light forced the green beam backward, then swallowed Ultimate Baby whole.
Planet Sadala's atmosphere was stripped away in an instant.
If Levos had not wrapped the planet in ki in time, it would have already crumbled into cosmic dust.
When the light finally faded, Ultimate Baby was gone without a trace.
Not even a scrap remained.
"It's over..."
Cabba collapsed to the ground, flooded with the joy of surviving disaster.
Caulifla's eyes turned wet with emotion.
She knew she would never forget the power of that attack.
That was the goal she wanted to chase.
Kale also stared blankly at the figure in the sky.
Frieza's face broke into a delighted smile, the smile of someone finally avenged.
"Oh ho ho ho. Thanks to this king's timely warning, Mr. Levos dealt with that thing with ease after all."
But in his heart, he made a vicious oath. From now on, he would seize every second to train with everything he had. He would never again suffer such humiliation.
He was the mighty Emperor of the Universe. How could he allow himself to be bullied by some random cat or dog that crawled out of nowhere?
And yet...
Just when everyone thought it was over, another change erupted.
A writhing severed arm suddenly pushed up from the surface of Planet Sadala.
The arm expanded and squirmed rapidly.
In only a few seconds, Ultimate Baby's figure had appeared again.
And its aura was even more terrifying than before.
"Hahahahaha! I admit it, that attack just now really let me experience the feeling of death!"
"But now..." Ultimate Baby roared with laughter. "That experience has pushed my power to evolve yet again!"
"The me of this moment now stands at the summit of all universes!"
A suffocating pressure swept over the battlefield.
On Beerus' world, Champa felt that aura and shuddered violently, so startled he did not even notice the icy soda spilling from his cup.
"No way! Has that war really escalated to this level?"
At that moment, Supreme Kai Fuwa teleported to Champa's side.
He was drenched in sweat, panicking like an ant on a hot pan.
"This is bad, Lord Champa! A terrifying monster is rampaging across Planet Sadala. Please hurry and stop it..."
"Huh? Me?" Champa's eyes bulged. "Forget me. Even Beerus probably couldn't handle something like that!"
"Then what do we do?"
Champa had no idea. All he felt was despair.
At that level of power, destroying all of Universe 6 would be as easy as breathing.
"Damn it! There's still so much food on Earth I haven't gotten to enjoy yet!"
"Wait. Earth..." Suddenly inspiration struck him. "Fuwa, go to Earth in Universe 7 and ask Levos to come over!"
Supreme Kai Fuwa let out a sigh and took out a crystal ball.
"Mr. Levos is already there. But... it doesn't look like even he has a solution."
Champa hurried over to stare into the crystal ball, watching the situation with extreme tension.
At the center of the battlefield, even Levos frowned.
Ultimate Baby's aura had risen dozens of times over what it had been before.
And more importantly...
No one knew what method it had used, but it seemed to have developed a certain resistance to Destruction energy.
Combined with the fact that if even a single cell survived in battle, it could revive endlessly and continue growing stronger, the thing was truly troublesome.
"Looks like I can only seal it... unless..." Levos let out a sigh.
Inside him, the instincts of Cell Max began to stir.
When dealing with an opponent like this, the simplest answer was naturally...
Absorption.
Completely devour it and make sure it could never revive again.
But...
Levos thought of the energy already overflowing inside his body, and cold sweat began to form on his forehead.
If he absorbed an enemy at Ultimate Baby's level right now, then he really would burst from being overstuffed.
And if he wanted to seal it instead, Chronoa and Aeos were not here.
Forget it. No more hesitation.
Absorb it first. Figure out the rest later.
The moment he made up his mind, he stopped hesitating and instantly transformed into Dark Gold Cell Max.
A terrifying aura flashed into existence and vanished just as quickly. Under the influence of Time power, Ultimate Baby's movements froze for a single instant.
And within that tiny instant, Levos' body completed its expansion.
The tip of his massive tail swelled and spread, completely engulfing Ultimate Baby.
Absorption, activated.
Buzz.
The very moment the absorption began, Levos nearly lost control of the energy inside him that was on the verge of going berserk.
Ripples spread. Entire star systems trembled.
Not only did Levos himself begin to destabilize, even several nearby star regions showed signs of collapse.
This was what it looked like when someone was about to explode from excessive energy.
The danger came too suddenly, far more severe than all the previous times combined.
Levos knew the reason was that the energy in his body was already overfilled to begin with, but he had never expected it would become this terrifying.
"If only Chronoa and the others were here..." the thought flashed through his mind.
Then he immediately crushed that thought.
No. Absolutely not.
Even if he exploded from excess energy, he would not do it.
Levos roared inwardly.
"Cell Juniors? Not even dogs would make them!"
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