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"Glug... Glug..."
Cell's half-body emerged from the black hole. His once ashen skin was now covered by a translucent crystal carapace, beneath which countless energy veins pulsated, as if the light of the seven Dragon Balls had been stuffed into his flesh. He opened his mouth, and a strange laugh, like gears grinding, escaped his throat. His voice was a mixture of Frieza's chilling coldness, Buu's madness, and a new kind of arrogance belonging to a "perfect being."
"The Dragon Balls from Universe 7 taste really good... much sweeter than I remember."
It slowly straightened its body, and its crystal shell suddenly burst forth with a blinding light! The entire universe seemed to be rewound—shattered meteorites flew backward and pieced back together, exploding stardust shrank back into the nebula, and even the strands of hair that Weiss was blowing in the distance were turned upside down!
“See that?” Cell raised his crystal arm, his fingertips tracing the void. “This is what it feels like to control time. I can reset any failure if I want. Just like… that punch you just threw that shattered my heart.”
Its crystalline shell suddenly cracked open, revealing an intact core beneath, before slowly healing itself. Vegeta's fist clenched tightly, his knuckles turning white—had that powerful punch that pierced his chest really been erased?
"Impossible!" Krillin hovered in the distance, gripping the Spirit Slash in his hand. "How could time be manipulated like this?"
“Nothing is impossible.” Cell tilted his head, his crystal pupils reflecting a reversed galaxy. “Your Zeno can wipe out the universe, so why can’t I turn back time? In the end, we’re all just toys of rules—the difference is that I can wind myself up now.”
As soon as the words were spoken, the reversed scene suddenly focused! The battlefield of Namek appeared in everyone's field of vision: young Lin Ye was kneeling on the ground covered in blood, Frieza's tail was wrapped around his neck, and the golden energy ball in his palm was getting bigger and bigger.
"Kid, a Saiyan-Earthling hybrid? What a laughable breed." Frieza's sneer was clearly audible. "Today I'll show you that trash is always trash."
The light from the energy ball illuminated Lin Ye's despairing face. In reality, Vegeta's pupils contracted sharply, and a beast-like growl escaped his throat—it was an image he could never let go of, the first time he had truly felt the pain of "powerlessness."
"stop!"
A roar suddenly tore through space and time! The reversed scene trembled violently, and a deep blue figure broke through the light membrane with a deafening explosion that ripped through the air, his fist striking Frieza squarely in the side of his face!
"Crack!"
Frieza's face caved in instantly, and the golden energy ball exploded out of control into space. The figure tumbled halfway through the air and landed steadily in front of the young Lin Ye, revealing the arrogant profile of the young Vegeta—black spiky hair, a tattered battle suit, but eyes brighter than stars.
"Trash?" Young Vegeta cracked his knuckles as he cracked his knuckles. "You're the trash who's arrogant because of your racial talent!"
"Vegeta?" Frieza covered his distorted face, his eyes filled with astonishment. "How could you... No! Your ki... is so much stronger than I remember!"
"Memory?" Young Vegeta scoffed, a deep blue aura erupting from his body. "That's because trash like you isn't worthy of remembering the true power of a Saiyan!"
He charged forward, his fists raining down on Frieza. In reality, Vegeta simultaneously threw a punch, but blood trickled from the corner of his mouth—the energy backlash from the time travel was tearing his meridians apart.
"puff--"
Vegeta knelt on the ground, clutching his chest and breathing heavily. Cell's laughter exploded in his ears: "How touching... to save that brat, you even disregarded the time backlash? What a pity, no matter how exciting the past scenes were, they can't change the current ending."
The crystal arm suddenly turned into a blur, piercing towards Vegeta's chest with a sharp whistling sound that tore through the vacuum!
"Watch out!" Krillin's Destructo Disc arrived just in time, but Cell casually shattered it.
"Too slow!" Cell's fingertips already touched Vegeta's skin, his crystal nails gleaming coldly. "Saiyan prince? Today I'll turn you into cosmic dust—"
"Om-"
A silvery-white light suddenly struck from the side! Cell's attack was forcefully deflected, and a thin crack appeared on his crystal arm. Lin Ye hovered in front of Vegeta, his silvery-white aura fluctuating violently. His face was even paler than Vegeta's, and bloodstains also clung to the corner of his mouth.
"Your opponent is me." Lin Ye's voice trembled slightly, but it was unusually firm. "Don't even think about hitting him."
"Oh? White God form?" Cell sized him up, greed flashing in his crystal eyes. "When I was absorbing the Dragon Balls earlier, I sensed that your energy was very special... Now it seems that it's even more suitable as nourishment for me than the Dragon Balls."
It suddenly vanished from its spot! Lin Ye's pupils contracted sharply. He dodged the oncoming elbow strike by turning to the side and threw a punch at Cell's cheek with his backhand—but Cell easily blocked it with his arm.
"clang!"
The moment their fists collided, Lin Ye felt as if he had struck a neutron star; his entire arm went numb. Cell grinned maliciously as he exerted force, the energy veins on his crystal arm lighting up: "Give up! Your White God power is utterly insignificant before the rules of time!"
The immense force forced Lin Ye to retreat continuously, his silvery-white aura growing dimmer and dimmer, and spiderweb-like bloodstains began to appear on his skin.
"Lin Ye!" Vegeta struggled to stand up, but was held firmly in place by the backlash of time and space, and could only watch helplessly as Lin Ye was suppressed. "Bastard! Let him go!"
"Let him go?" Cell laughed even more wildly. "Sure—if you're willing to kneel down and beg me."
Lin Ye suddenly looked up, a resolute glint in his eyes. He looked at Cell's crystal face so close to his own, then glanced at Vegeta struggling behind him, and suddenly whispered, "Vegeta, do you remember the first time we fought side by side?"
Vegeta was taken aback: "What did you say?"
"Back on the space station, you said... the glory of the Saiyans is to never lose to anyone." Lin Ye's voice grew softer, but his silvery-white aura began to become unstable. "Now it seems, neither of us has lost."
"What are you doing?!" Sharu suddenly sensed something was wrong. The energy within Lin Ye's body was surging in a strange way, the silvery-white light growing brighter and brighter, even beginning to penetrate his crystal defense. "Your energy is... disintegrating?!"
"This is not disintegration." Lin Ye's body began to become transparent, and silvery-white light spots peeled off his body, flying towards Vegeta like fireflies. "This is... the trust between Saiyans."
"Lin Ye! Stop!" Vegeta finally realized what he was about to do, his eyes reddening for the first time. "Are you crazy? The White God form is disintegrating, your body will—"
"Shut up, you arrogant prince." Lin Ye's voice carried a hint of amusement as the last silvery-white light merged into Vegeta's body. "Do you still remember how to use the Garick Cannon?"
Vegeta's body suddenly trembled violently! A silvery-white aura erupted from his body, intertwining with his original golden aura to create a dazzling two-tone flame! The wound on his chest healed rapidly under the nourishment of the two energies, and the Saiyan totem on his back emitted an unprecedented glow, with dark golden patterns spreading along his spine to his limbs!
“This power…is…” Vegeta felt the surging energy within him, both familiar and strange—it was Lin Ye’s White God power, yet it carried his own Saiyan wildness.
"Our power... has become one." Lin Ye's voice echoed in his mind, tinged with weakness. "Now... let this guy see what a real Saiyan is like."
Vegeta suddenly looked up, his eyes burning with intense fighting spirit. He cracked his knuckles, and two-colored flames tore through the vacuum, unleashing a roar like a dragon's cry.
"Cell!" Vegeta's voice was a mixture of Lin Ye's composure and his own arrogance. "You just said... you wanted to turn me into cosmic dust?"
Cell's expression finally changed. He could sense that the energy within Vegeta was surging exponentially, two completely different powers perfectly merging to form a terrifying aura that made even his soul tremble.
"Impossible... How could two primal powers possibly merge?!" Cell instinctively stepped back, fear appearing in his crystal pupils for the first time. "This violates the rules of the universe!"
"Rules?" Vegeta sneered, crossing his arms in front of him. Two-colored energies began to converge, forming a constantly rotating energy sphere. "Today I'll show you that Saiyans don't believe in rules!"
"Lin Ye, are you ready?"
"Anytime," came the voice in my mind.
Vegeta thrust his crossed arms forward! The two-colored energy ball instantly transformed into a beam of light that pierced through the universe, shooting towards Cell with a deafening roar that tore through space and time!
"This is... our last Galik Cannon!"
The two voices overlapped and resounded throughout the entire star field!
"Do not--!!!"
Cell frantically unleashed its crystal energy to resist, only to be instantly engulfed by the pillar of light. Its crystal shell shattered inch by inch, and its energy channels burst into flames one by one. It could feel its body disintegrating, and even its proud rules of time were collapsing.
"Why... I could reset time..." Cell's screams faded within the pillar of light. "Why... can't I win..."
"Because you don't understand." Vegeta's voice came through the beam of light, carrying a hint of relief. "Power is not for resetting the past... it's for protecting the present."
The pillar of light finally dissipated, leaving only emptiness in its place. Cell had vanished completely, leaving not even a trace of energy behind.
The phenomenon of time reversal stopped. Meteorites no longer flew backward, stardust no longer flowed back, and the universe returned to calm.
“It’s over…” Klin slumped to the ground, panting heavily.
Vegeta's two-colored aura slowly dissipated, and he staggered as the Saiyan totem on his back rapidly dimmed. He suddenly looked up at the sky—Lin Ye's body was becoming transparent, and silvery-white light spots were constantly peeling off from him, as if he had never existed.
"Lin Ye!" Vegeta rushed over, but only managed to grab air.
Lin Ye's figure grew fainter and fainter. He looked at Vegeta and gave a weak smile: "Take care of... everyone."
The last bit of silvery-white light dissipated into the void.
Vegeta froze, his outstretched hand hanging in mid-air. He looked down at his palm, where the warmth of Lin Ye still lingered. The totem on his back completely faded, leaving only a faint scar.
"Damn it..." Vegeta's voice was a little hoarse, but his eyes were still red. "Who asked you to meddle in my business..."
Whis, in the distance, sheathed his staff, a complex emotion flashing in his blue eyes. He looked in the direction Lin Ye had disappeared, then glanced at Vegeta's retreating figure, and murmured, "Power beyond the White God... is it manifested in this way...?"
He suddenly looked up into the depths of space, his brow furrowing slightly: "No... Cell may have disappeared, but the time disorder he caused... seems to have triggered something."
As soon as he finished speaking, a crack suddenly appeared in the void beneath Vegeta's feet! Dark purple energy overflowed from the crack, carrying an aura even more bizarre and ancient than Cell's.
"What is this?" Vegeta retreated warily, his internal energy instantly surging to its peak.
A hand covered in black scales slowly emerged from the crevice, its five fingers curved, its nails gleaming with a cold, dark gold light. Immediately afterward, a figure clad in black armor stepped out of the crevice, wearing a mask that covered half of their face, revealing only a pair of eyes burning with dark red flames.
"Finally... I've found you."
An unfamiliar voice rang out, carrying the weight of countless ages. The person's gaze swept over Vegeta, finally settling on the direction where Lin Ye had disappeared, a strange smile curving at the corner of their mouth beneath the mask.
“The successor of the White God…and the prince of the Saiyans…” He flexed his fingers, and black flames began to gather around him. “This game has only just begun.”
Vegeta clenched his fist, and his dual-colored aura erupted once more—this time, there was no trace of confusion in his eyes, only a burning fighting spirit.
Chapter 267: The Final Battle
The ruins of the Omni-King's Palace trembled continuously amidst the energy shockwaves. The purplish-black spacetime rifts, like the throat of a colossal beast, constantly spewed out chaotic energy powerful enough to tear dimensions apart. Lin Ye hovered three meters above the ground, his silver-white hair standing on end in the turbulent currents. The golden aura surrounding him had evolved into an almost transparent pure white—a "final form" surpassing even the White God. Each breath he took caused ripples to spread through the surrounding space.
"Still struggling?" Omega's figure fully emerged from the rift, his body, composed of data streams, now covered in dark gold armor, the diamond-shaped core on his chest pulsating with the same light as the Super Dragon Balls. "Your system was taken over by me three minutes ago. Now you are no different from an ordinary Saiyan."
Lin Ye didn't reply, but slowly raised his right hand. Within the white energy sphere that condensed in his palm, the birth and death of countless miniature star systems could be vaguely seen—this was his new technique, "All Things Return to One," which he had created by fusing pure Saiyan bloodline with the life energy of the entire universe after stripping away the system. Suddenly, six pairs of wings of light unfolded behind him, each feather flowing with ancient Saiyan totems, the marks left by Yamoshi's remnant soul during resonance.
"Abnormal host vital signs detected." The long-absent system notification suddenly sounded, but it was accompanied by obvious electronic noise. "Warning! Omega is analyzing the genetic sequence of the End Form—"
"Shut up!" Lin Ye clenched his fist tightly, and the energy ball instantly compressed to the size of a marble. "From now on, you are just an ordinary combat support program."
Omega let out a piercing laugh, and hundreds of energy cannons suddenly sprang from the surface of his armor: "Self-deception! Look at your friends!"
Lin Ye's eyes swept across the battlefield, and his heart clenched instantly—Vegeta's deep blue form was disintegrating, golden blood dripping from his severed left arm; Android 18 was bound to a stone pillar by dark purple energy chains, his mechanical joints hissing and emitting white smoke; Trunks' Time Blade had shattered into three pieces, the boy shielding the unconscious Bra with his body. Most chillingly, Goku, the warrior who had saved the universe countless times, was now kneeling on one knee, his iconic Saiyan blond hair now gray.
"Kakarot!" Lin Ye roared, unleashing three white light blades that precisely severed the chains binding Android 18. In the instant his light wings flapped, he appeared beside Goku, placing his palm on Goku's back to channel energy. "You're going to be the strongest man in the universe, and you've already fallen at this level?"
Goku coughed up a mouthful of blood, his unfocused pupils gradually focusing: "That guy's attack can directly dismantle the composition of ki... just like Majin Buu back then, but a hundred times stronger." He suddenly grabbed Lin Ye's wrist, his knuckles turning white from the force, "Never mind us, go destroy that core! Bulma said that the consciousness of all the devoured system hosts is sealed inside!"
Omega's energy cannon had solidified, its dark purple beam darting forward like a venomous snake. Lin Ye turned and stood in front of Wukong, his pure white aura suddenly expanding, forcefully holding the beam in mid-air: "System notification: 17893 consciousness entities detected within the core, including host number 001—"
"Shut up!" Omega's armor suddenly cracked open, revealing a black liquid flowing inside. "That traitor's consciousness should have been erased long ago!"
This detail caused Lin Ye's pupils to shrink sharply. He recalled the fragments of memory he had seen in the Realm of Time—the first system host had sealed his sister's consciousness within the core before his death. "You're not afraid of me, you're afraid of her." Lin Ye suddenly laughed, countless human face outlines emerging from the white flames, "These consciousnesses that you used as nourishment are now my power!"
The final form's wings of light suddenly unfolded fully, enveloping the entire battlefield in holy white light. The phantoms of the fallen warriors emerged from the light: Trunks wielding the Time Sword, Goku striking a Kamehameha pose, and even Yamoshi, whom they had never seen before, wearing ancient Saiyan armor.
“This is impossible…” Omega’s core began to flicker violently. “How can you manipulate consciousness energy?”
“Because I’m different from you.” Lin Ye’s figure suddenly disappeared, and the next second he appeared behind Omega, his elbow whistling as it struck the other’s back. “I never treat my companions as tools.”
The violent collision rippled through the spacetime rift. Omega staggered around, the shoulder armor of his dark gold battle armor shattered into fragments: "Enraging me won't do you any good." He raised his hand and pressed it into the void, and the ruins of the Omni-King's palace suddenly floated up, reforming into a colossal mechanical giant. "Taste this—the 'Weapon of the End,' forged from the remains of the Omni-King!"
The mechanical giant's fist slammed down with a suction force like a black hole. Lin Ye neither dodged nor evaded, but instead formed a complex hand seal in front of his chest: "All things—to perish!"
The pure white energy sphere instantly expanded to a kilometer in diameter, colliding head-on with the mechanical giant's fist. A shocking scene unfolded—the ruins that made up the giant began to disintegrate, transforming into light particles and merging into the energy sphere. The Omega's core emitted a piercing alarm: "Error! Matter conversion efficiency 100%! This violates the law of conservation of energy!"
"There are no laws before the Saiyans." Lin Ye's voice came through the torrent of energy, and the totems on his wings suddenly lit up. "Vegeta, do you remember the combination technique we developed?"
Vegeta understood his gaze. Despite his immobile left arm, he used his remaining right hand to gather deep blue energy: "Hmph, only now do you remember this prince?" His body suddenly erupted with unprecedented light, and pure white patterns identical to Lin Ye's appeared within the deep blue aura. "Watch closely! This is the true power of the Saiyan prince!"
Two torrents of energy converged in mid-air, forming a spiraling pillar of light that shot straight into the sky. The mechanical giant crumbled inch by inch in the light, Omega's armor completely shattering, revealing his true form composed of code: "You think you can win like this? How naive!" His body suddenly split into countless black tentacles, surging across the battlefield like a tidal wave. "I have already implanted my consciousness into the genes of all system hosts. As long as you live, I will never disappear!"
Just as the tentacles were about to wrap around Android 18, a green beam of light precisely severed them—Piccolo burst out of the dimensional rift, followed by Dende holding a Senzu Bean: "Sorry we're late, Earth's defense system was almost overwhelmed by these things."