The battle continued to rage across the arena, but as the minutes passed, more and more Gods of Destruction were knocked out of bounds by Broly. Beerus and Quitela were the only ones still holding the front line, while Belmod, Rumsshi, Heles, and Liquiir remained in the fight by supporting them from a distance.
Smoke and dust rolled across the arena as Beerus and Quitela kept Broly occupied up close, giving the other four enough room to attack from outside his immediate reach.
"Take this!"
Belmod crossed his arms, and eight glowing energy cards appeared between his fingers. He hurled all eight at Broly at once, but Broly calmly raised a barrier and stopped them before they could reach him.
Liquiir joined the barrage, his single tail suddenly splitting into nine. Each tail began firing rapid bursts of glowing energy like a machine gun, forcing Broly to keep the barrier raised while Rumsshi drew in a breath and unleashed a deafening roar. The invisible shockwave slammed into the barrier from another direction, and Heles immediately followed by drawing her bow and firing an arrow straight at Broly.
Cracks spread across the surface of Broly's barrier under the combined assault. Heles's arrow even pierced partway through before finally losing its momentum, stopping just short of reaching him.
Beerus seized the opening and rushed in, driving a heavy punch into Broly's face. Broly answered almost immediately with a palm strike to Beerus's chest, sending him stumbling backward until Quitela darted in and caught him.
All six Gods of Destruction were already breathing hard from the effort, but Broly gave them no chance to recover. He surged forward, grabbed Beerus by the head, and slammed him face-first into the arena before dragging his face across the floor.
Beerus screamed in pain while the other five rushed Broly at once, forcing him to release his grip and deal with the renewed assault.
Watching from above, Ken glanced toward the Grand Priest. "Do you think these Gods of Destruction have any way to push themselves further?"
"There is one option." The Grand Priest raised a hand, and a pair of golden earrings appeared in his palm.
Ken immediately recognized their shape. "Potara?"
"These are Super Potara Earrings," the Grand Priest explained. "Ordinary Potara cannot withstand the amount of energy carried by Gods of Destruction, so under normal circumstances they cannot use them to fuse. These, however, were made to handle that level of power."
"Then give them to Beerus and Quitela," Ken suggested. "Let those two fuse."
The Grand Priest smiled slightly. "Are you certain? A fusion between Beerus and Quitela should reach at least level 60. Broly could end up taking quite a beating."
"That's exactly what he needs if he's going to improve."
"In that case, very well."
The Grand Priest tossed the earrings toward the arena, and the two Super Potara Earrings stopped in midair directly in front of Beerus and Quitela. Both Gods of Destruction stared at them in surprise, while Broly paused long enough to glance toward Ken.
Ken gave him a small nod.
Broly immediately understood what was being arranged, and his expression became much more serious.
"Beerus, Quitela," the Grand Priest called down. "Those are Potara Earrings. Put them on and fuse."
The two Gods of Destruction exchanged reluctant looks before taking the earrings. They had disliked each other for a very long time, and under ordinary circumstances neither would have willingly considered fusing with the other. They had only agreed to fight side by side in the first place because Ken had ordered all of them to challenge Broly together.
"Grand Priest..." Quitela looked up cautiously. "There is a time limit on this fusion, correct?"
Beerus immediately turned toward the Grand Priest as well. Neither of them liked the possibility of being permanently stuck together, especially when Beerus had absolutely no intention of spending the rest of his existence fused with a mouse.
"The fusion will last thirty minutes," the Grand Priest answered calmly.
Both Beerus and Quitela visibly relaxed. Thirty minutes was tolerable; as long as they would eventually separate again, neither had any reason to refuse.
They placed the earrings on opposite ears, and the instant the Super Potara activated, an irresistible force dragged their bodies toward each other. Their forms collided in a burst of blinding light as a massive wave of destruction energy erupted from the point of fusion, whipping the air around the arena into violent currents.
Broly clenched his fists and watched carefully as the light gradually faded.
Standing where Beerus and Quitela had been was a strange figure whose appearance carried traits of both a cat and a mouse.
"A fusion of Beerus and Quitela..." The new God of Destruction grinned at Broly. "Then I suppose you can call me Beetela."
"You've got to be kidding!" Heles stared at him in shock. "Beerus and Quitela actually fused?"
"Those seem to be Super Potara Earrings," Rumsshi explained. "The Grand Priest gave them the pair."
Belmod studied the fusion carefully. "With this, maybe we finally have enough power to defeat the Great God of Destruction."
"Maybe," Liquiir replied, clearly less convinced.
Beetela ignored their speculation and swept his gaze across the four remaining Gods of Destruction hovering nearby. The contempt in his eyes was obvious enough that Rumsshi and the others immediately bristled.
Before any of them could demand an explanation, Beetela vanished.
He reappeared in the middle of the four almost instantly, moving so quickly that even Broly's expression tightened as he followed him with his eyes.
"You four aren't needed anymore."
Beetela swept one hand outward, releasing a powerful burst of energy that struck Belmod, Rumsshi, Heles, and Liquiir at the same time. The four Gods of Destruction were blasted across the arena before any of them could properly defend themselves, and within seconds all four crossed the boundary and crashed outside the ring.
Just like that, every one of them had been eliminated.
Rumsshi pushed himself up from the ground with a furious grimace, his trunk curling tightly as he glared back toward the arena.
"That bastard!"
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