Darkness, boundless darkness.
With his five senses sealed, Beckett's consciousness was completely plunged into a world of silent darkness.
He had no idea what was happening outside, nor any way to find out. He didn't even know how to break free from the shackles binding him, his power utterly insufficient to even shake the dark cage that imprisoned him.
He could only sit alone in his limited space, savoring his solitude.
"Hmm? What's that?"
After sitting for a long time, Beckett saw light.
Not far from the dark cage imprisoning Beckett, a dazzling light suddenly appeared, and Astra's voice immediately echoed in Beckett's ears.
"Hey! Beckett! The power emanating from that guy is what I was talking about – the Great Cosmic Power!"
Beckett?
Great Cosmic Power?
Beckett squinted, contemplating, listening to the sounds reverberating above the cage. He then decisively reached out, grasping for the light that was drawing nearer.
The moment his fingers touched the ball of light, Beckett felt a lightness envelop him. The shackles binding him snapped, and then, along with the pitch-black cage, they vanished without a trace under the scorching, brilliant light.
"This power… is what Father wanted?"
Freed from his restraints, Beckett's consciousness examined the small ball of light before him, falling into deep thought.
He had never understood why his adoptive father, Thanos, would make such a fuss over someone called Astra, even going so far as to wage inter-galactic war. But now, he seemed to grasp a little.
He could clearly feel how terrifying the energy contained within the ball of light in his hand was, and this, according to Astra, was only a small portion of what that mysterious power had granted him.
If just a small portion of the power was this formidable, what about the complete version?
"Wake up, damn it!"
Lost in thought, Astra's roar sounded again. As if driven by some command, the ball of light that had been resting in Beckett's palm instantly surged into Beckett's chest!
Scenes from the past replayed endlessly before Beckett's eyes, finally settling on the image of a young Beckett, his face serious as he declared his aspirations.
I will become the strongest warrior in the universe!
The vow he had made as a child, spoken with unwavering conviction in front of his adoptive father, Thanos, echoed repeatedly in Beckett's heart. The ball of light, having understood the true thoughts deep within Beckett's heart, forcibly activated a portion of the long-dormant power within him.
In the real world.
Beckett's body gradually floated upwards. The golden light that had once left a deep impression on Ebony Maw in the training grounds of the Dark Order base reappeared on Beckett's body…
Regarding the so-called hundredfold power amplification, it was initially just a lie that Astra had repeatedly told others.
However, with the more he repeated the lie, the more Astra himself began to believe it. He had even forged a weapon with a hundredfold power amplification to convince himself and others.
It perfectly illustrated the saying, "The bigger the dream, the more shocking the reality."
If Shafrin's path, after combining his inner thoughts, was one of mental illusions and manipulation, then Astra's path was one of illusory power amplification.
This portion of the Mind Stone's power within Astra, under his near-obsessive fixation, seemed to have veered off course, independently giving birth to a new power attribute.
And this new power attribute was something the Mind Stone energy within Shafrin did not possess.
"What… did you do?"
Shafrin, who never imagined his foolish younger brother would cause him to falter, looked up at the figure gradually ascending into the sky. The expression beneath his black and white striped mask was exceptionally grave.
He felt pressure, pressure unlike anything he had ever experienced. This was a feeling that the previous Beckett had never given him.
Rumble!!!
The dim sky gradually began to flash with lightning and thunder. Azure light illuminated Beckett's floating figure.
"Rustle…"
A gust of wind, stirred from who knows when, whipped up a sky full of dust, blinding Astra's eyes. An overwhelmingly powerful aura pressed down on everyone's hearts.
Fear, shock… various emotions surged uncontrollably in Astra's heart. The residual energy waves instantly shattered the mental illusions that had enveloped The Other's body.
"Is that… His Highness Beckett?!"
The Other, his vision restored, looked in the direction of the global pressure. Amidst the flashing lightning and thunder, Beckett's figure was exceptionally conspicuous.
However, this time, Beckett's appearance was somewhat different from usual.
Crimson-gold light continuously flickered on Beckett's body. His jet-black hair stood on end in the surging energy currents, gradually turning golden from the roots!
As his hair completely transformed into gold, Beckett, standing in the void, opened his eyes.
Boom!!!
As if celebrating Beckett's awakening, the thunderclap that suddenly roared from the sky, accompanied by a fierce wind, instantly swept across the entire U40 Planet!
The earth trembled, the sky wailed. The energy emanating from Beckett had altered the tectonic landscape of the entire U40 Planet!
"This is impossible!!!"
Shafrin found it unacceptable.
He had never heard of the Mind Stone's power being transferable!
Furthermore, even if it could be transferred, Beckett's power amplification far exceeded Shafrin's imagination.
What a joke! This power, capable of affecting an entire planet, doesn't look like anything the Mind Stone could achieve!
Awakened, Beckett looked down at the figure beneath his feet, then shifted his gaze to his own hands.
"This power..."
Golden energy waves surged around Beckett's body. As his consciousness returned to his physical form, he felt the surging, immense energy within him, his expression as calm as a still pond.
There were no emotional changes, nor did he feel any constraints. The sudden hundredfold increase in power made Beckett himself feel as if he were in a dream.
He felt he could obliterate the planet beneath his feet with one hand.
And he felt this was likely not an illusion.
He pointed his right hand into the void, and an energy shockwave instantly tore through the dim dome. Amidst flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, mountains collapsed and the earth cracked...
The main urban area of U40 Planet was instantly reduced to ruins by Beckett's gesture, burying all the corpses killed by Shafrin's control.
"The power... of a Saiyan."
"Rejoice! A new warrior!"
The Other, with fanatical eyes, rushed below Beckett's figure in the air, holding his scepter aloft and kneeling piously on one knee.
Fierce winds howled around him, and azure lightning roared behind him!
"Great Son of Titan, His Highness Beckett, at this very moment, his power has surpassed his past self, and before him lies only a dazzling, unrivaled future!"
"No enemy will be His Highness Beckett's match; all enemies will submit at His Highness Beckett's feet!"
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