Dark Broly's eyes widened at the sudden turn of events before him. With a furious roar, he lunged straight at Piccolo.

Whoosh!

In an instant, King Cold and his son Frieza appeared in his path, blocking his advance.

Broly's eyes glinted with savage light. His body swelled again, muscles bulging like boulders. Moving with lightning speed, he thrust out both hands and clamped them around their heads.

"Out of my way!"

Boom!

A deafening crash rang out as the skulls of Frieza and King Cold slammed together, the resulting shockwave tearing at the air around them.

Meanwhile, the green energy wave wrapped around Rose Vegito's body was stretched into a thin beam, being pulled inexorably toward the container.

"Unforgivable!" Broly growled through clenched teeth, forcing his power even higher.

His aura surged violently, shredding the upper half of his clothing. Muscles tore through the fabric, scattering the remains into fluttering ribbons. Most terrifying of all his hair had taken on a brilliant emerald hue.

It was the Legendary Super Saiyan's berserk form layered atop the colossal power of the Great Ape in humanoid shape.

But at this moment, no one aside from Frieza and King Cold was paying attention to Broly's transformation. All eyes were fixed on the green light Piccolo was guiding.

The glow, carrying the last hope of everyone present, shone with dazzling brilliance.

In the next second, it was injected precisely into the smallest of the egg-shaped containers.

Rumble!

The green light poured in endlessly, making the container tremble violently.

Trankon rushed forward, pressing both hands against the quivering shell to steady it.

Piccolo's mind was stretched to the breaking point, veins bulging on his forehead as he poured every ounce of focus into the Evil Containment Wave.

Finally, the last trace of green light vanished inside.

Without waiting for Piccolo's signal, Trankon slammed the lid shut and slapped a sealing talisman over it.

Snap!

The charm adhered to the surface, and the egg-shaped container fell silent.

"We did it…" Piccolo's lips trembled.

Trankon wiped sweat from his brow, relief flashing across his face.

But in the very next moment, a faint vibration came from the container on the ground.

Piccolo and Trankon's expressions darkened.

Even sealed inside, Rose Vegito was still struggling.

Piccolo dropped to the ground again, frantically drawing another talisman.

"Give me thirty more seconds!"

Bulma immediately shielded the container, while Gohanks moved to guard Piccolo.

Taking a deep breath, Trankon turned to face the berserk Broly charging toward them after knocking away Frieza and King Cold. His eyes burned with fighting spirit.

"Haaaah!"

With a roar, he transformed into Super Saiyan 3 and charged head-on.

Elsewhere, Dark Monaka was being ruthlessly hunted down by Levos.

Wounds covered Monaka's body, blood pouring freely. No matter how desperately he dodged or used spatial vortexes to flee, he couldn't shake his pursuer.

That relentless intent to kill chilled him to the core.

This guy… really was trying to end him at all costs!

Had his identity as the link between all the timelines' Zamasus been exposed?!

Yet he had no information on this man named Levos. All he knew was that a chain of accidents had led to them swapping bodies.

The only prior encounter between them had ended with Levos barging in and ruining his plan to gather Earth's Dragon Balls.

And now, Levos seemed to be the greatest obstacle to his control over this timeline.

Not only had Fusion Zamasu been trapped within Levos, but even Rose Vegito had been sealed by his group's bizarre techniques.

Who was this guy, really?

If he could choose again.

A black mace swept toward him, filling his pupils in an instant.

Boom!

The impact nearly flattened Monaka's body, breaking more bones than he could count.

Agonizing pain wracked him as he was sent flying.

Whoosh

Levos closed in again, a massive fist wreathed in blinding crimson energy smashing toward him.

Sensing certain death, Monaka hurriedly tossed a prepared Senzu Bean into his mouth.

Crunch! Crunch!

A surge of healing energy enveloped him, mending every wound instantly and restoring his mobility.

A spatial vortex flared to life, and in the nick of time, Monaka avoided the fatal punch.

Even so, the sheer force of the blow shredded half his body.

At least he'd survived.

He let out a shaky sigh. "Hah… thank goodness for Senzu Beans!"

He'd lost track of how many times they had saved him from certain death.

Grabbing another handful of green beans, he swallowed them down, returning to peak condition in an instant.

Casting a frustrated glance toward Broly, who was locked in battle with Frieza, King Cold, and Trankon, Monaka had no choice but to keep running.

"Monaka! Die!"

The furious roar came from the towering beast closing in behind him.

Countless dark purple beams erupted from the spots along Levos's monstrous body, cutting off every escape route.

Panicking, Monaka reached into his pouch for more Senzu Beans.

His hand came up empty. At some point, he had eaten them all.

Terror filled him.

Zzzzt!

Purple beams sliced through his body like a hot knife through butter.

Bang!

A follow-up punch crushed him entirely, blood spraying from his mouth.

His vision went black, and his consciousness faded.

Why…

Why had he ever gone after those two guarded by an Angel?

Gogeta and Broly's overwhelming power had drawn suspicion from the divine overseer. Those rule-makers must have broken their so-called neutrality and intervened personally!

Otherwise, nothing could have ruined his plan to gather countless Zamasus into this timeline.

He regretted it. He resented it.

But it was too late. His ambitions ended in eternal darkness.

Dark Monaka was no more.

Levos seized the shattered remains of Monaka's body, retrieving two green Potara earrings and a silver ring.

The Senzu Beans were gone, which was a minor disappointment.

A burst of plasma energy in his palm reduced the corpse to ashes.

"Raaahhh!"

At that moment, a roar split the air.

Berserk Broly, witnessing his comrade's death, let a streak of green flash through his gray eyes.

With a deafening bellow, his power skyrocketed. Muscles bulged to monstrous proportions, and the divine energy within him erupted into blinding rose-colored flames.

This was the transformation of a god layered atop Broly's own berserker state.

A massive sphere of energy swirled around him, obliterating everything within hundreds of meters.

Under its gravitational pull, Broly became like a black hole, devouring everything around him and reducing it to dust.

Rumble!

Gravity reversed, storms raged, and waves of destructive force rolled outward.

The ground shattered like glass, splitting open to reveal deep fissures glowing with rivers of molten lava.

Earth had entered its true apocalypse.

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