"Aha!"
Vegeta shouted again, the rich dark purple flames engulfing him, and the air around him burned.
Vegeta opened his hands.
His face looked crazed.
At the same time, the raging flames spread toward Gas.
Feeling the pressure from Vegeta, Gas gritted his teeth.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Pieces of gravel flew into the air.
Surrounding Gas, the sky exploded once more.
"Well, you rat is a little annoying." During the explosion, Gas crossed his arms in front of his forehead and said coldly.
Suddenly,
Vegeta's figure broke through the flames of the explosion and appeared right in front of Gas.
The energy blast, filled with Destroyer Ki, in Vegeta's hand pressed toward Gas.
With such a close distance and such speed, it wouldn't be easy for Gas to avoid it.
But in fact, Gas had no intention of evading at all.
The right hand guarding his forehead suddenly pulled back, and then he grabbed Vegeta's Ki Blast.
His right hand plunged directly into the energy blast.
Suddenly, the Ki Blast burst out with an even more dazzling light, engulfed in flames, and then exploded.
In the bright flash, Gas was knocked back a few steps, while Vegeta was blown away.
The light shone intensely!
Everyone watching the battle shielded their eyes from the blinding brightness.
The torn Ki suppression calmed down as it reached Whis, unable to move forward.
"Accept your defeat." Gas sneered and rushed toward Vegeta without hesitation.
Vegeta, still dazed by the bright flash, felt Gas's fist slam into his chest.
Crack! Several of his sternum bones snapped.
Vegeta's chest caved in, forming a fist-shaped dent.
A corner of his lung ruptured.
Vegeta lowered his head, his whole body trembling, his face twisted in pain, but this time he wasn't knocked away.
"Huh?" Gas raised an eyebrow, confused by Vegeta's resilience.
"Hehe, hahaha!"
Vegeta laughed, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
"What are you laughing at? Are you insane?" Gas looked irritated.
Vegeta wiped the blood from his mouth, his voice filled with excitement:
"Hahaha, the stronger my fighting spirit, the stronger I become. Every hit you land on me only makes me more powerful!"
Gas looked at Vegeta like he was a fool.
Suddenly, Vegeta raised his hands and delivered a double-handed strike aimed at Gas's head.
Gas quickly withdrew his fist and leaned back, dodging the attack.
But Vegeta stuck to him like a mad dog, unleashing a flurry of punches and kicks at Gas.
Fists and feet rained down like a violent storm, filling the air with roaring sounds.
Gas raised his arms to block, feeling Vegeta's power growing stronger with each hit.
"This guy wasn't bluffing—he really is getting stronger," Gas thought to himself.
However, Vegeta overlooked one critical detail...
His injuries were also worsening.
"Hehe..."
Gas chuckled.
"Why are you laughing?" Vegeta, furious, attacked with even more force.
"Hahaha, you are indeed getting stronger, but it's still not enough."
"You're showing off, but you can barely fight back, and you're still talking nonsense."
"You think so?" Gas said with a wicked grin. He suddenly exploded with energy, turning defense into offense, and landed a punch directly on Vegeta's forehead.
Boom!
Vegeta was sent flying.
His body hurtled like a kite with its string cut, crashing through a mountain range with a deafening roar as smoke and debris filled the sky.
Gas followed closely.
A sudden kick struck Vegeta's body.
Vegeta spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with internal organs, his vision growing hazy.
A weakening sensation spread throughout his body, making it hard for him to focus.
"Damn it, my injuries are getting worse. The damage I'm taking isn't proportional to the strength I'm gaining." Vegeta groaned inwardly.
Moreover, once such thoughts entered his mind, they clashed with his concept of self-perfection.
Vegeta grew even weaker.
"Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo~"
His physical strength was nearly depleted, and his fighting spirit had dropped sharply. The injuries he had ignored before were now causing him unbearable pain.
His broken sternum and ruptured lung made it difficult to breathe.
"Damn it, I need a Senzu bean." His eyelids grew heavier and heavier.
Vegeta knew he needed the Senzu bean, but he didn't have any on him.
The Senzu beans were with that damn Kakarot.
"Damn it."
Whoosh!
Gas raised his hand and pointed at Vegeta, firing multiple energy blasts.
Balls of Ki exploded on Vegeta's body, worsening his condition.
"Ahhhhh..."
Vegeta screamed in agony.
Gas hooked his hand.
A massive stone slab covered with steel spikes fell from the sky, descending upon Vegeta.
If that stone slab crushed him, Vegeta would be turned into a pin cushion.
At the last moment,
Goku appeared, teleporting Vegeta out of harm's way.
The stone slab hit the ground with a tremendous crash, splitting the earth.
"Oh~ It's that guy named Goku..." Gas looked at Goku and Vegeta, who had reappeared not far away, with mild surprise.
Goku supported the barely-conscious Vegeta and said, "Vegeta, it's my turn now."
"Here." Goku pulled a cloth bag from his waist, took out a Senzu bean, and handed it to Vegeta.
Vegeta didn't hesitate. With trembling hands, he took the Senzu bean, raised his head, and swallowed it.
In an instant, he was revitalized.
"Oh? It's that magical bean again." Gas narrowed his eyes.
He had seen it used before by Trunks and Piccolo and wanted to find out its source.
A beam of light shot from the sky.
Gas raised his hand, firing Ki at the small bag in Goku's hand.
But how could Goku let him succeed?
Goku's body moved instinctively, avoiding Gas's energy beams.
In the blink of an eye, Goku was engulfed in silver-white Ki. His black hair turned silver-white, and his pupils gleamed as if liquid mercury flowed through them.
Just like that, Goku entered the ethereal state—Ultra Instinct.
This was the angelic ability of self-movement: the ultimate Ultra Instinct.
Gas murmured, "What kind of weird transformation is this? Saiyans have so many tricks..."
He had seen the blond Super Saiyans of the young Saiyans, Trunks' Super Saiyan Four, Goku's Super Saiyan Blue, Vegeta's Ultra Ego, and now Goku had transformed again into this silver-haired form.
"Hmph, fancy, meaningless transformations." Gas snorted, then raised his palm.
With his movement, massive trees were uprooted and their trunks sharpened into blades. Boulders flew into the air, also transforming into sharp projectiles aimed at Goku and Vegeta.
Goku moved as if he were gliding on water, elegantly dodging and weaving through the rain of rocks and sharp tree trunks.
In contrast, Vegeta handled things violently.
He smashed rocks with his fists and knocked trees down with kicks.
He smashed through everything flying at him.
"Okay, Goku and Vegeta are finally teaming up. Now they have a greater chance of winning..."
Before Krillin could finish, he saw Vegeta grab the bag of Senzu beans and leave the battlefield, flying toward them and leaving Goku to fight alone.
"..."
"Uh... I really don't understand Saiyans," Krillin muttered, speechless.
Beerus spat but understood this was likely part of the Saiyans' pride.