Raditz walked slowly toward Super Android 13, a bright silver light in his hand making the android's optical sensors strain: "It's time to end this."
"No, it won't end like this!" Super Android 13, having been beaten down repeatedly, was already at his absolute limit, but he couldn't accept the reality of his impending destruction. He was still making his final struggle.
He launched himself skyward, trying to escape Raditz's sight.
"What a waste of time." Raditz's eyes tracked the movement, and his body accelerated at high speed, pursuing Super Android 13. At this moment, it had reached a fight to the death, and Super Android 13 attacked frantically, bursting out with every ounce of energy.
The reactor core in his body exceeded 100% capacity, and under the android's own stimulation, it released an overload of energy! This was the ability granted by the superposition of three energy packs and computer chips—Super Android 13's desperate gambit for survival.
The two combatants flew through the sky, countless afterimages flashing across the empty heavens, and the rumbling sounds thundered in everyone's ears. Every collision caused layer upon layer of energy fluctuations, the earth bulged and sank, and the entire wilderness was destroyed beyond recognition—there was no safe place left to stand!
"It's terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!" Tumat flapped his wings frantically, circling around Zangya.
"Don't worry, Raditz is much stronger than the android," Zangya reassured him. Although she couldn't perceive Super Android 13's Ki, her eyes could keep up with both fighters' movements, and she witnessed the thunderous "BANG BANG BANG" of their continuous collisions.
Dark clouds converged from all directions, and real thunder crashed down brazenly with a deafening "CRACK," shaking everyone's bodies.
The weather changes caused by such powerful energy seemed like harbingers of destruction, even on Namek—it was deeply disturbing. However, Raditz's golden flame was like a sword, piercing the gloomy sky in an instant. The thunder and his roar merged together as he shouted loudly:
"HAH!"
With his thunderous cry, Super Android 13's arm was severed, and Raditz grabbed the android's ugly face, driving him straight down.
The two of them sparked like falling meteors, the air around them burning continuously at their extreme speed!
With a tremendous crash, the earth sank as if a hole had been torn in the planet itself. The abyss, glowing with friction-heated sparks, led to depths invisible to the naked eye. The shockwave swept for dozens of miles, and the immense pressure spread so far that people's hair fluttered in the distant winds, their breathing momentarily stopped.
"So powerful!" Trunks was stunned. If this energy were unleashed in his world, neither Android 17 nor Android 18 could withstand a single blow! He had felt the cold air of Raditz's power passing by his side just moments ago, and suddenly felt his body go numb, his fingers trembling unconsciously.
At that moment, Raditz emerged from the crater with the battered Super Android 13, pressing him against the shattered ground.
"This should be over now."
Super Android 13's eyes were lifeless, and fluid that was either saliva or oil leaked from the corner of his mouth. He was pinned down so completely he couldn't move. He couldn't use one arm at all, and his entire head was gripped by Raditz's massive hand, nearly splitting apart.
Finally, he realized that Raditz's strength was unmatched.
Whoosh—
The already limp body was hurled into the air by Raditz, the bulky form becoming the most obvious target. Raditz's body blazed with golden light, his power concentrated in his palm, his surging aura climbing even higher.
A blue-white Ki wave shot from his palm, rushing toward Super Android 13 like a brilliant sword piercing the heavens, carrying infinite power. The surrounding wind and waves continued their rampage, and the rumble of thunder in the space spread across the entire battlefield.
BOOM—
The Ki wave engulfed Super Android 13 and carried him toward space, gradually becoming a silvery dot in the sky.
The color of the sky switched between light and dark, the flowing clouds still swirled in chaotic patterns, and the energy that had enveloped heaven and earth was finally beginning to dissipate.
"Finally defeated the android!" Krillin wiped sweat from his forehead, unable to help but smile when he saw that not even dust remained of Super Android 13.
Yamcha nodded in agreement: "Yeah, haha."
Trunks watched from a distance. Although he was also happy that the androids were eliminated, these androids were different from what he had imagined.
Well, perhaps this world was different. Raditz's overwhelming power gave him hope. As long as he trained hard, he would be able to defeat the androids of his time when he returned to the future!
Full of confidence, Trunks flew toward Raditz when suddenly, his entire body tensed up. Having survived doomsday-like crises for so long, his nerves were extremely sharp, and he suddenly sensed approaching danger.
In the sky! Trunks looked up sharply.
Grotesque metal mechanical creatures were flying in all directions across the heavens. They were covered in ice blue plating, with propulsion flames shooting from their tails, and they moved at extreme speeds. They shuttled between land and ocean, seemingly heading to all parts of the world.
Two of them seemed to have noticed the existence of Raditz and the others, descending from the sky—it was this movement that Trunks detected.
"Be careful!" Raditz shouted, simultaneously extending his hand to launch a Ki wave, striking the falling metal creature. The high-energy bombardment caused the metal creature to explode immediately, rumbling into fragments.
On the other side, Vegeta rushed forward and punched another metal creature. The tremendous force sent it flying backward, crashing to the ground with its entire body deformed.
"Bastard!" Vegeta grabbed the metal creature that was crippled by his punch. "What's going on? Is this also an android?"
No, not an android. Raditz saw through the mystery—these metal creatures should be the culprits behind the planet destruction that Jeice had mentioned.
The invasion of these beings showed that Big Gete Star had not been completely eliminated and still possessed the ability to reproduce! It was coming toward Earth!
"Do you remember the alien civilization I mentioned that's been invading the universe? It's called Big Gete Star—an autonomous consciousness that evolved from high-tech chips and became even more ferocious after merging with Cooler. It may be coming for revenge."
"Cooler..." Everyone was shocked.
"Didn't he die on Earth?" Goku recalled the battle at that time, very puzzled.
Raditz rubbed his head. "I don't know, but that's the reality. I wiped out the main star, but they can still appear, which means it has other split bodies. Regardless, we can't let it continue to exist!" At this point, his eyes suddenly became razor-sharp.
"Get rid of these metal creatures first!" Raditz looked at Tumat. "Can you track these things?"
Tumat's eyeballs rolled as he flapped his wings: "No problem!"
"Using the scouter communication, Tumat will send the coordinates to everyone's scouters, and we'll all keep in contact!"
"Right!"
Just as Raditz and the others went back to retrieve their scouters and transmitted Tumat's positioning data, metal mechanical creatures were already wreaking havoc all over the world. It would take some time for the people who got the scouters to find the metal creatures scattered everywhere. After all, these beings had no detectable energy and had to be located and destroyed manually.
Along the way, Raditz told the newcomer Trunks stories about this world, including Nappa, other Saiyans, Frieza and Broly, and much more.
Trunks was shocked again and again—many things were completely unheard of for him. However, his ability to adapt was strong enough, and he quickly absorbed this information. After all, although the timeline was different, people were still the same people.
He followed Raditz, flying toward the coordinates of the metal creatures. He wanted to save the world!