Chapter 19 – A Super Saiyan Who Shatters Heaven and Earth
As the sun slowly dipped beneath the horizon, the long day—lasting more than twenty hours on Planet Gurin—finally reached its end. Darkness crept across the sky, swallowing the light.
It was almost as if the heavens themselves were mirroring the heart of the Demon Star—hope fading away, and darkness once again embracing the world…
The battle between Tachibana Kyūjō and the Demon Star had reached its final stage.
Right now, Demon Star could only stare in despair as Kyūjō pulled another small bean from the pouch tied around his back, popped it into his mouth, chewed twice, and rose to his feet fully restored—this time radiating an aura even more terrifying than before.
Just how many times had this already happened?
Did he even need to count anymore? They had been fighting for more than ten hours!
How many beans had Kyūjō eaten? Five? Six?
The Demon Star had considered snatching that tiny pouch full of mysterious beans…
But in reality, he couldn't even get close enough to try.
For Kyūjō, attacking someone from behind was the greatest shame for a swordsman—a principle etched deep into his soul, even if he no longer carried a blade.
And such a principle… could never be broken by a creature like the Demon Star, whose Power Level was only five million to begin with.
What terrified him even more was the fact that his opponent continued to grow stronger as the fight dragged on.
Kyūjō's Ki had been rising noticeably—so much that even the Demon Star's cold blood felt as if it were turning to ice.
In the beginning, Kyūjō could be beaten in less than half an hour, forced to rely on a bean.
But gradually, that duration increased—one hour, one and a half hours, two hours…
And during the latest round, they had fought for more than three full hours before Kyūjō needed another bean.
The Demon Star now understood with absolute clarity: if the battle continued, the one who would fall was him.
Who knew how many more beans Kyūjō still had in that pouch?
Out of desperation, the Demon Star finally used his ultimate technique—a power he had never revealed before. It was the "Dark Kill Death Ray," a unique innate ability accessible only to members of the Primordial Demon Race upon reaching maturity. A devastating force that devoured its user's energy at an alarming rate.
Unfortunately for him…
After Kyūjō swallowed a Senzu Bean, not only did he recover completely, but his aura even surpassed the Demon Star's!
The Dark Kill Death Ray was supposed to overwhelm and annihilate Kyūjō in a single strike. But…
With his "Infinity Perception System," there was almost no possibility of catching Kyūjō off guard.
The moment the Demon Star's ram-like horns began gathering energy, Kyūjō didn't give him even the slightest opening.
For the first time in this battle, Kyūjō took the initiative—rushing in for a close-range assault to disrupt the Demon Star's concentration.
Forced to split his focus—some to charge his horns, some to defend against Kyūjō's increasingly fierce strikes—the Demon Star quickly found himself overwhelmed.
In the end, he was forced to fire the Dark Kill Death Ray prematurely, at point-blank range, directly into Kyūjō's face.
But shockingly, Kyūjō showed no sign of panic.
While calculating the angle of the attack in his mind, he gathered all his Ki into his palms and lifted both hands to block the strike head-on.
And as the wave of energy slammed into him—
Kyūjō was launched at unimaginable speed!
The unstable, incomplete Dark Kill Death Ray hurled Kyūjō nearly one hundred thousand kilometers, blasting him across the entire surface of Planet Gurin—he even circled the planet once before the attack finally dissipated.
Although the main blast avoided the ground, the shockwaves alone were enough to split the planet's continental plates apart—carving a colossal canyon thousands of meters deep that wrapped around the entire world.
The ocean churned violently, generating titanic tsunamis that consumed everything in their path.
And that was only the aftershock. If the attack had landed directly…
Planet Gurin would have been obliterated.
Fortunately, all the living beings on the planet had been drained and exterminated by the Demon Star on the second day of his arrival.
In a twisted way, they had been spared from this catastrophe.
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Tachibana Kyūjō, who took the attack head-on, certainly suffered catastrophic damage—bones cracked and shattered all throughout his body.
But he did not die.
In fact, during the struggle against that torrent of energy, the fighting blood of a Saiyan surged once more, refusing to surrender.
His S-Cells exploded in rapid growth!
After consuming a Senzu Bean and returning to full condition, Kyūjō's Power Level skyrocketed—from 2.8 million to 6.8 million!
But an even greater surprise awaited him.
He could feel it—the density of his S-Cells had reached a new critical threshold!
From within those cells, a powerful, surging energy fought desperately to break free…
And Kyūjō understood it perfectly.
With a calm and steady heart, he could guide that wild energy outward and transform into a Super Saiyan.
But not just a simple first-stage Super Saiyan… he felt he could go beyond that!
A transformation that multiplied power by 100—the power of Super Saiyan 2!!
Which meant…
From his current base power of 6.8 million, he could leap straight to 680 million Power Level!
But then… to defeat an opponent with only five million Power Level like the Demon Star, did he really need such a transformation?
Seeing his trembling, terrified opponent, Kyūjō simply rolled his eyes.
But…
"Whether it's necessary or not doesn't matter. What matters is… it looks cool."
If he could transform, why shouldn't he?
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An overwhelming aura erupted from Kyūjō's body.
The sky above and the earth below trembled in unison, as if the entirety of Universe 7 resonated with his presence.
Then—in a single burst—
Kyūjō's hair turned from black to radiant gold, rising sharply toward the heavens with dazzling brilliance.
A single lock fell across his forehead, giving his expression a unique sharpness.
Golden sparks and waves of energy cloaked his entire figure.
From a distance, the Demon Star caught a glimpse… and immediately, his eyes rolled back as his entire body collapsed to the ground, limp and powerless.
"What… what is this…?"
"To defeat someone like me… did he really need a spectacle this overwhelming…?"
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