"Nani!"
Axis's tone made a certain proud prince exceedingly displeased. Is he joking? This guy has some nerve!
At this moment, only the angel, Whis, stood to the side with a faint smile. By his estimation, even if Vegeta and Goku attacked together, they likely would not be able to force out the true power of this Saiyan named Axis.
Perhaps if Lord Beerus were to step in, it might be possible.
"I don't like teaming up with people either. If it's just a spar, I usually prefer one-on-one," Son Goku said, standing before Axis.
Even when facing difficult opponents like Frieza, Cell, or Majin Buu, unless he was completely outmatched, he would absolutely not team up. Even Fusion was a method reserved only for when he was backed into a desperate corner.
"Heh! I don't mean to discourage you two, but if you insist on asking why, it is because I am the Legendary Super Saiyan," Axis declared.
The Broly of this universe was different from him. The old version of Broly was indeed the Legendary Super Saiyan, but the Broly of this world merely utilized the power of the Great Ape in human form.
"The Legendary Super Saiyan? Then I shall be the one to defeat this so-called legend," Vegeta stated, stepping forward. "Kakarot, you just fought a battle with Frieza and likely haven't recovered yet. Leave this to me!"
Watching the fight between Goku and Frieza earlier had made his own hands itch for combat.
"How can you be like that, Vegeta? You're cheating; I called it first," Goku muttered, puffing out his cheeks in dissatisfaction.
"Tch! Your current condition isn't good. Rest well and recover," Vegeta snorted coldly and stepped in front of Axis first.
"Actually, I still suggest you two attack together. This young man named Axis is incredibly strong; he is far beyond what you two can handle individually," Whis spoke up to warn them.
"Hmph!" Vegeta snorted, his body launching forward violently. He swung his fist directly at Axis.
Axis stood his ground, showing absolutely no intention of dodging. He allowed Vegeta's fist to smash into his face, his body not moving an inch.
"Use some force, Prince Vegeta. Did you not eat dinner?" The corner of Axis's mouth raised into a wicked smile.
"Damn it! Take this!" Vegeta pulled back, and his body erupted with powerful ki once more. After a flash of golden light, he transformed into the Super Saiyan mode.
Instantly appearing behind Axis, Vegeta aimed a high kick at Axis's head. However, Axis blocked it effortlessly by simply raising his arm. The counter-shock force numbed the Prince's leg.
Unreconciled, Vegeta distanced himself, took to the sky, and gathered massive amounts of ki in his hands.
Ha! Da! Da! Da! Da!
Terrifying energy blasts assaulted Axis, causing massive explosions where he stood.
Standing to the side, Kratos watched with some confusion. This fellow clansman of Father seems weak. His physical constitution is completely inferior to Father's. Furthermore, this fighting style felt inexplicably familiar to him.
His Father enjoyed using this move when clearing out chaff and trash mobs, but he never used it against truly powerful foes.
Father had said this move was generally used to clean up weaklings, but against true powerhouses, it followed the law of "where there is smoke, there is no damage."
True to Axis's words, as the thick smoke cleared, Axis stood with his arms crossed, looking arrogantly at Vegeta.
"Please! Don't bring out such cheap tricks to embarrass yourself," Axis remarked.
"Damn you! Looking down on me... on the Prince of all Saiyans!"
Golden light shot into the sky from Vegeta's body, turning into a jet-like stream. His hair stood up even straighter, and lightning began to crackle around his body. He had entered Super Saiyan 2.
"You could actually go directly to that Super Blue mode. In this state, I don't even have the interest to move," Axis said.
Why do they all have the same bad habit as Goku? Testing the waters with the lowest transformations.
"Tch! What right do you have to lecture me? You haven't transformed either! Don't tell me you can't. You just claimed to be the Legendary Super Saiyan, so transform and show me," Vegeta retorted.
"Do you want me to become the Legendary Super Saiyan? I'm afraid I might scare you." Axis's lips curled into a playful grin.
In the Dragon Ball Super timeline, Vegeta had never met the original Z-era Broly, so the famous scene where he was paralyzed by sheer terror had never occurred. Axis decided he would supply that missing masterpiece of a scene: to make the proud Prince Vegeta frightened into paralysis once again, collapsing to the ground in despair.
Although the current Vegeta could transform into Super Saiyan Blue, Axis knew he was far more terrifying than the Broly from the movies.
"Don't get too cocky, bastard!" Vegeta roared, accelerating toward Axis.
Vegeta's roar exploded in the air.
The golden aura wrapped in the lightning of Super Saiyan 2 surged violently. He vanished from his spot, his speed pushed to the limit, nearly tearing through space as he drove a fist laden with destructive energy toward Axis's defenseless abdomen.
"Take this! You arrogant fool!"
The fist connected solidly.
However—
Bang!
A dull, heavy sound echoed, like a giant hammer striking refined steel.
Axis remained standing with his arms crossed, not even blinking. Vegeta's fist, capable of shaking mountains and shattering planets, could not harm Axis's body in the slightest.
A force of recoil shot up Vegeta's arm. His bones screamed in agony, and his entire arm went instantly numb.
"Ugh!" Vegeta grunted, a look of incredulous shock flashing through his eyes for the first time. A full-power strike in Super Saiyan 2, yet the opponent didn't even take a defensive stance? How is this possible?
"OOH!!! That guy is so amazing!" Goku exclaimed from the side, his face full of excitement. He desperately wanted to go up and trade blows with this man.
"I've already given you a three-move handicap. Now, it is my turn to attack."
Vegeta instinctively tried to retreat, but Axis's speed transcended thought. A large hand, moving with a deceptively slow grace that was actually unavoidable, gently rested upon the arm Vegeta had used to punch.
Five fingers closed like iron pincers.
"Argh—!" Vegeta cried out in pain, feeling as if his arm bones were being crushed. What terrified him more was that his speed, his pride as a Super Saiyan, was like child's play before this man.
The wicked smile on Axis's face widened. "Prince of Saiyans? Is this the extent of your power? truly... disappointing."
Axis swung his arm casually. The motion was light, yet it contained a terrifying, irresistible force.
Vegeta felt like a pebble tossed by a giant. Unable to offer any resistance, his body turned into a golden streak of light, flying backward at alarming speed and crashing viciously into a massive rocky mountain in the distance.
BOOM!!!
Amidst a deafening roar, the entire mountain collapsed and shattered the moment Vegeta impacted it. Dust mixed with crushed rock shot into the sky.
"Vegeta!" Son Goku cried out, his face filled with shock.
He knew the power of Super Saiyan 2 Vegeta well. Even at his own peak, Goku could never have knocked him away so effortlessly. This Saiyan named Axis... his strength was unfathomable. Even more shocking was that the opponent hadn't even transformed; he had fought in his base form.
Kratos frowned slightly, looking at the massive column of rising dust, then at his father, who hadn't moved an inch. A look of realization crossed his eyes.
Sure enough, Father isn't taking this seriously at all. This fighting style is like teasing a child; it doesn't even match the intensity of our sparring sessions.
Before the dust could settle, an even more blazing, violent aura erupted from the center of the ruins, instantly blowing away the cloud of debris!
Vegeta's figure floated in mid-air. His hair had turned blue, his eyebrows a cyan hue, and his body radiated blue Spirit Particles.
Super Saiyan Blue! Vegeta had finally brought out his strongest current form.
His eyes burned with ultimate rage and humiliation. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, but it was overshadowed by a frantic fighting spirit.
To be humiliated like this... his pride as the Prince of Saiyans had been thoroughly ignited, transforming into a desperate desire for destruction.
"You bastard!!! I will make you pay for your arrogance! Feel the wrath of the Saiyan Prince!!!"
After transforming into Super Saiyan Blue, his power was incomparable to before. At this moment, Vegeta finally aroused a hint of interest in Axis.
"You wanted to see the Legendary Super Saiyan? I'll show you."
"Hmph! Haa! RAAAAHHH!" Axis let out a roar.
Buzz——!!!!
A terrifying golden-green aura erupted from Axis. His height, originally over two meters, suddenly swelled, shooting up to around 3.5 meters, desplayinga all the stature of a Primarch.
His muscles bulged violently, his hair turned into a wild, golden-green mane, and his pupils disappeared, leaving his eyes pure white. He released an indescribable, frantic, absolute ki.
The Legendary Super Saiyan!
Vegeta's pupils dilated to their limit. He stared at Axis in utter disbelief. The sheer horror of the pressure instantly forced him out of Super Saiyan Blue mode, and he collapsed to his knees.
He felt only one thing... a fear that stemmed from the deepest parts of his bloodline, primal and pure. The ancient memories dormant within his genetic code suddenly awakened.
The purer the Saiyan blood, the more acutely they could sense just how evil and terrifying the aura Axis emitted was.
"We're going to be killed... we will all be killed," Vegeta stammered, his will shattered. "He... he really is the Legendary Super Saiyan! We cannot win."
At this moment, in the bottom of Vegeta's heart, there remained only terror.
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