The two sides once again entered a standoff.
Their gazes collided, and Bardock struck first. Evil light surged around his body, transforming into sharp slashing waves that tore through space and rushed straight toward Talot.
Facing the dense barrage of evil energy slashes, Talot leapt into the air. Like a ghost, he deftly avoided Bardock's evil energy slashes.
'Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~!!' The unstoppable evil energy slashes carved several long fissures into the arena floor.
When the attack missed, Bardock did not give up. With a lift of his hand, he condensed energy and locked onto Talot once more.
Bardock knew well how powerful Talot was, and he was eager to prove himself, so he launched such a fierce offensive.
The evil energy sphere compressed to the extreme was carrying world-destroying might as it tore through space and hurtled toward Talot.
Seeing this, Talot gathered energy in his right hand, forming it into an unstoppable energy blade, and brought it down in a fierce slash.
With a single stroke, Talot effortlessly split the evil energy sphere completely in two, sending the halves falling to his left and right.
'Boom~!! Boom~!!' The energy sphere exploded on either side of Talot.
The thick smoke from the explosions enveloped Talot's body.
Bardock sensed an opportunity and instantly surged forward, his powerful body wrapped in evil aura slicing through the smoke.
His ferocious assault swept over Talot like a violent storm.
Facing Bardock's renewed onslaught, Talot remained calm and handled it with ease. Whenever Bardock's punches and kicks were about to hit him, Talot would evade them perfectly with an extremely strange posture.
[Just a little short, every time it's just a little bit off. Has this kid completely seen through my attack patterns? No, it's more than that. It must be because of that formless layer of God Ki surrounding his body.] As a seasoned veteran of countless battles, Bardock's keen combat instincts detected that something was off.
The Talot before him seemed to have entered some kind of special state, though he couldn't quite describe it.
Bardock's guess was correct. Talot was indeed no longer in an ordinary combat state; he appeared to have formed the embryonic outline of Ultra Instinct.
'Bang!! Boom!!!' Talot thrust both hands forward and tightly grabbed Bardock's hands. At that moment, the two began a pure contest of strength.
In terms of power, they were evenly matched. Neither could overwhelm the other.
"Good kid, you're far stronger than I imagined. The current me is probably not even one percent of you anymore!!" Bardock exclaimed, and at the same time, a yearning for greater power welled up within his heart.
He was genuinely happy about Talot's strength, yet unwilling to accept his own weakness.
After all, he was an elder. To be surpassed by Talot like this inevitably stirred considerable waves in his heart.
"Not at all, Uncle Bardock. Don't underestimate yourself. The gap isn't nearly that big," Talot said modestly.
"Hmph~~!! You brat, still the same as ever. In that case, let's decide this with one move!" Bardock snorted coldly, swiftly erupting with evil aura to create distance from Talot.
He had already realized the gap in strength between himself and Talot. Continuing the fight would be meaningless.
"Since Uncle Bardock intends to end this battle, I have no objections!" After speaking, Talot immediately activated the God Ki within his body, preparing to release a finishing move to settle it in one strike with Bardock.
"Let me see how you handle this move, kid." Bardock turned his right hand into a palm, exerted force through his five fingers, and gripped his right wrist with his left hand, continuously gathering power into the center of his right palm.
Talot likewise raised his right hand, condensing God Ki, intending to end the battle with a super finishing move.
The energy on both sides continued to gather, growing increasingly intense and blazing.
"Take this!! Super Destruction Beam!" Bardock thrust his right hand forward, and a dark energy beam roaring like a black demonic dragon burst from his palm, blasting straight toward Talot.
"Annihilation Ball!" Talot swung his arm, and the God Ki energy sphere condensed in his right hand shot through the air, carrying unparalleled destructive power.
'Boom~~!!!' The two finishing moves collided.
In an instant.
The entire arena, including the world outside, was greatly affected.
The invisible power of space-time surrounding the arena operated at high speed, absorbing the vast energy released by their finishing moves and, at the fastest rate possible, greatly minimizing the powerful destructive shockwaves generated by the collision.
Aftershocks surged, space trembled, and the destructive force of Talot and Bardock's finishing moves continued to intensify.
At this moment, Bardock had already pushed his strength to its absolute limit, even beyond the limit itself.
In contrast, Talot had not even begun to reveal his true strength.
"Tch~! In the end, the gap is still too great, this kid…!!" Bardock knew that his defeat was inevitable, so he simply accepted the outcome.
To be able to fight Talot and truly feel the immense power Talot now possessed. He was already satisfied.
As Bardock's fighting spirit dissipated, his Super Destruction Beam weakened accordingly.
After sensing the reduction in pressure, Talot also stopped pushing the Annihilation Ball forward.
'Weng~!!!'
As both sides simultaneously withdrew their power, the energy of their finishing moves was dissolved by the surrounding invisible power of space-time, transforming into countless particles of light that dispersed into space.
"Hah~! That was refreshing. I haven't felt like that in a long time." Bardock let out a long breath and immediately released his transformation.
"Well then, the timing is about right. We'll return to our original timeline shortly, Uncle Bardock," Talot said.
Bardock nodded in response.
They had already decided on the time of departure; it was only because he wanted to test the extent of his current strength that he sparred with Talot before leaving.
Although it consumed some energy, such an amount would recover quickly.
Thus, the battle between the two came to an end, and they also settled their next course of action.
Travel through time, and return to their original world!
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