Planet Slug
"So this is the Planet Slug you were talking about?" Piccolo frowned.
He didn't sense much in the way of living beings here. The whole planet felt thin and lifeless.
"Planet Slug is like this now. The ones still alive basically surrendered to Slug. Anyone who didn't has already been wiped out." Gohan said calmly.
"As expected of a Namekian born with an evil heart. I can already feel it. That aura." Piccolo narrowed his eyes.
It was familiar because it was Namekian.
It was unfamiliar because it was rotten, twisted, thoroughly evil.
"Whether you can fuse with him will depend on you." Gohan folded his arms, let his figure fade, and hid himself.
"Heh. I, Piccolo the Second, am not that easy to bully. Slug. Evil heart? Then fight me."
Piccolo erupted.
A violent wave of ki, like a mountain range crashing forward, swept across the entire planet. Planet Slug trembled on its axis.
"Oh? A familiar yet unfamiliar aura."
Slug was already old, but he could still sense it.
Swoosh.
He flew toward Piccolo of his own accord. He could vaguely tell this was a chance for him too.
If he handled this well, he might be able to break through the limit of his lifespan and return to his peak.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Battle spirit he hadn't felt in ages, bloodlust, and that terrifying evil ki shot through the entire planet.
"It's Slug. Slug hasn't died. He's back."
"Evil. Damn it. Evil always returns. Slug."
The surviving people of Planet Slug hated him to the bone.
They wanted to tear him apart.
"He's coming." Piccolo also sensed a not-so-weak battle power flying toward him.
"Heh. Slug. Come."
Even if he had somehow become the weakest of Earth's high level fighters, he still had 2.5 billion in battle power. That wasn't something a decrepit Slug could match.
"You're a Namekian. You finally came for me. Too late. Far too late." When Slug saw Piccolo, memories buried for centuries surged through his mind.
He shouted that it was too late, far too late. The sins he'd committed couldn't be written down even if you filled a whole forest with bamboo slips. Even if he reincarnated ten thousand times, he couldn't wash away that karma.
"No. I'm like you. A Namekian who was exiled before the Great Namekian Cataclysm." Piccolo said coolly.
"So what? I, Slug, am a Super Namekian. They were the ones who abandoned me. I was not the one who abandoned Namek." Slug was like an angry child, venting all his resentment on his own race.
"Slug. Fuse with me. Let's become the strongest Namekian." Piccolo opened his arms and sincerely invited him to fuse.
"Hahaha. I don't mind fusing. But we'll see who leads. This shell of mine is old, but the older I get the clearer my memories of Namek become. I remember well that Namek had Dragon Balls that could grant any wish. I sent people to search for Namek's location, but they never found it. Your arrival makes me very happy. Come. Beat me. Beat me and the fusion will take you as the main body. Lose, and I will be the main body." Slug's voice was hoarse but arrogant.
Even in old age, his aura was still thick and heavy.
Piccolo could smell decay in it.
"Slug. The glory of the Super Namekians will continue with me. Fight." Piccolo's young, vigorous ki flared to the limit.
They clashed in an instant.
Their fists met again and again, every impact like a mountain caving in. Shockwaves rippled out in circles, crushing everything around them.
The spot where they fought sank into a huge round crater.
Bang. Bang. Bang.
They fought without dodging, without retreating. Countless fist shadows filled the air. With every punch the crater got bigger and bigger.
"Slug. You're old." Piccolo's fists were like iron, his power full.
Slug's arms were already shaking. The decay in his aura was getting stronger.
Piccolo had deliberately suppressed his power to Slug's level to show respect. But a body that was rotting with age simply couldn't stay in a prolonged slugfest.
"Strong. Very strong. If only… if only I had one more chance. Yaaaah!" Slug roared unwillingly.
He stopped holding back the last of his life force. His ki rose sharply.
His battle power climbed another tier. Even if he was going to die, he wanted to die with dignity.
He was extremely evil.
But he also had the heart of a true warrior.
Those two things didn't contradict each other.
Since he had no more chances, he would go all out.
Piccolo was also infected by that fighting spirit. His own battle intent boiled over.
In the sky, on the ground, left, right, up, down.
Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom.
The entire world rang with their battle.
Swoosh. Boom.
Slug was finally knocked away. Piccolo smashed him straight into a mountain. The mountain exploded.
Slug's ki dropped a lot.
"I can't keep this up. Cough." Slug spat blood.
His body, buried in rubble, suddenly swelled. In an instant he burst through the rocks. He became as tall as a ten story building.
Unlike Piccolo's Giant Form, Slug's giant form multiplied his power tenfold.
Piccolo's Giant Form only made his body bigger. It didn't multiply his power.
"Slug. So this power boosting giant form is where the 'Super Namekian' title came from?" Piccolo looked at Slug with burning eyes.
"That's right. This is my innate ability. Ten times battle power. And this is also my final move. Come. Oh, right, I still don't know your name." Slug had been fighting for a while and only just realized he didn't know who the other guy was.
"Piccolo. A Namekian exiled to Earth."
"Good. Piccolo. Then let's settle this in one strike." Slug suddenly raised his head and began gathering energy in his mouth.
In his old body, Slug still had around 200 million in battle power. With a tenfold boost, he was now at 2 billion.
Piccolo's battle power was 2.5 billion. A 500 million gap was more than enough to crush Slug.
But for some reason, this time Piccolo didn't choose to crush him. He acted like Goku. He chose to fight Slug at the same level.
He also went giant, and he released almost exactly 2 billion in fighting power.
"I can tell. Your giant form doesn't increase your battle power. Your real strength is already that high, right?" Slug stopped gathering energy and stared in shock at the Piccolo who was now the same size as him.
"That's right. If you fuse with me, I should be able to master your power boosting giant form. And I feel like my battle power will jump a lot." Piccolo's eyes were full of excitement.
"Haha. Maybe you are the one who's actually the true Super Namekian." Even though Slug could smell death, his heart felt strangely light.
He suddenly realized he wasn't afraid of dying at all.
"I think so too." Piccolo pressed two fingers to his forehead.
Special Beam Cannon began to gather.
Slug closed his mouth and started charging his own Super Energy Wave.
Both auras climbed higher and higher.
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