Broly, completely consumed by his fierce battle with Kale, failed to notice Baby's parasitic essence approaching through the chaos of explosive energy. He channeled his immense power into a devastating final assault, shocking Kale with completely overwhelming force that left no possibility of survival.
Kale was engulfed by the massive beam attack and sent flying backward, her life force rapidly fading toward nothing. But her survival held no importance in Baby's calculations—in his worldview, only his own existence mattered. Everyone else was merely a tool or an obstacle.
As Broly's attack exploded in brilliant devastation, Baby infiltrated the energy discharge and slipped directly into Broly's body undetected.
"URRGH... AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Broly suddenly screamed, his voice resonating with the power of tens of thousands of roaring beasts. The very clouds above froze in place, the atmosphere itself seeming to crystallize from the intensity. Everyone present was stunned into motionless shock—even Raditz's divine perception snapped toward the source.
Raditz had successfully imprisoned Renso's body, but Baby himself had escaped, and now this cunning parasite had acquired the most perfect vessel imaginable—the body of a Legendary Super Saiyan.
But the critical question remained: Could Baby actually control it?
"Hmph. It won't be easy for you to master that body," Raditz said, floating upward into the sky until he hovered at eye level with the violently struggling Broly. "The power of a Legendary Super Saiyan isn't something that can be casually controlled, even by a master parasite like yourself."
Broly's burly frame was drenched in sweat—crystalline droplets streaming down his back along rock-hard muscle definition. His hedgehog-like hair flickered between golden and emerald green as his aura expanded and contracted in violent, irregular pulses.
He was growing stronger! Raditz suddenly recognized this terrifying reality—Broly's body was actively increasing in power, not diminishing!
The agonized roaring stopped abruptly. Broly's hand, which had been clutching his head, gradually loosened and fell to his side. He raised his face slowly, and dark tattoo-like markings appeared—lines running from his forehead down to his eyes, and from the corners of his mouth to his chin. Most dramatically, Broly's hair transformed completely, turning pure silver-white.
Baby had succeeded.
Looking down at his newly acquired body, Baby could feel infinite power surging from within—potential beyond anything he'd ever experienced.
"HAHAHAHA! Raditz, I've claimed this vessel!" Baby declared triumphantly through Broly's mouth. "You were correct—it's true that such a body can't be controlled casually. But I've already accumulated the collective energy of an entire planet of possessed Saiyans, and that woman Kale was also a Legendary! Her energy became mine as well!"
If this had been Baby's previous state, successfully possessing Broly would have been utterly impossible. But having conquered and ruled the entire population of Planet Sadala, and having previously controlled Kale to absorb her Legendary essence, Baby's accumulated power could barely—just barely—maintain dominance over Broly's tremendous strength.
After being possessed by Baby, Broly's power unexpectedly ascended yet another level. His aura expanded to dimensions even more massive than before, the pressure alone warping space visibly.
Baby grew arrogant with his newfound might. He spread his arms wide in a gesture of absolute dominance and sneered mockingly. "Raditz, isn't it comfortable being the king of your little Seventh Universe? You should have minded your own business instead of meddling in Tuffle affairs! And you just had to come say goodbye today of all days. Since you're also a Saiyan, I suppose I'll have to kill you too!"
"I acknowledge your strength," Raditz replied calmly, his expression unreadable. "And I even admire your determination for revenge. But I'm simply the type who can't help being 'nosy'—and you've made the mistake of provoking me specifically."
Raditz's eyebrows lifted slightly as his aura suddenly exploded with a sharp WHOOSH sound. Even in his restrained Mystic state, his refined and compressed energy split the spatial fabric like an invisible blade, sending bone-chilling shivers through Baby despite his confidence.
"If you want to kill me, we'll see whether you actually have the capability."
"How interesting." Baby felt both surprise and exhilaration. Having gained such tremendous strength, he naturally craved a worthy opponent to test it against. He had already completed the first step of his grand plan by possessing individual Saiyans. Acquiring Broly's body represented the second step accomplished. The third step would be establishing a universe-spanning Tuffle empire.
And that third step would begin with eliminating Raditz!
Baby roared with explosive force, and a violent whirlwind erupted from his position, sweeping across the entire world. The sky literally split in two. The ground cracked open in massive fissures. Oceans surged upward in defiance of gravity. Everything was overturned by the sheer magnitude of his power.
The Tuffle population concentrated all their accumulated grudges and hatred into Baby, causing his energy to expand exponentially—in terms of raw aura volume, he even far surpassed Raditz's more refined divine ki.
The aftermath of his power-up shook the battlefield. Nearly everyone was affected, falling to the ground or staggering desperately to maintain balance. Zangya and Android 18 barely managed to stabilize themselves, but even their footsteps retreated involuntarily under the majestic momentum, their expressions shifting dramatically with concern.
"UNCLE BROLY!" Rukon yelled desperately, but his voice couldn't penetrate through to Broly's buried consciousness.
Zangya grabbed him firmly, preventing him from rushing into the catastrophic battle. "Rukon, don't worry. Your father will resolve this."
"He won't... he won't kill Uncle Broly, will he?" Rukon asked, his voice small and frightened.
"No," Android 18 answered, though her tone carried uncertainty. "Though which one wins isn't guaranteed either."
Rukon trembled suddenly, as if standing in the heart of a glacier.
WHOOSH!
Following the explosive energy release, both Raditz and Baby vanished completely from everyone's perception—even Zangya with her advanced senses couldn't track them, as though they'd been erased from existence entirely.
BOOM! CRACK! CRASH!
People could only hear fierce impacts echoing through the void, sounds without visible source. Accompanying each tremendous noise, Planet Sadala continued collapsing—the world rapidly approaching total disintegration, about to shatter into cosmic fragments.
Amidst the deafening cacophony, brilliant light flickered across the sky, and several energy blasts struck the ground like divine lightning bolts.
Raditz was sent flying backward, coughing up a mouthful of blood. He shouted urgently even as he recovered: "ZANGYA! Use Instant Transmission immediately—get everyone away from here! Find an inhabited planet and hide there!"
"What about you?!" Zangya called back desperately.
"DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME!" Raditz roared. He teleported directly behind Baby's back, wrapped both arms around the possessed Broly in an iron grip, and began crushing with all his divine strength—attempting to force the parasite out through sheer pressure.
The two warriors continued releasing catastrophic energy into the sky. Each exchange accelerated the planet's destruction—ground magma erupted violently, the stellar core could no longer maintain cohesion of the fragmenting landmasses, and gravitational integrity would collapse completely within minutes.
Zangya gritted her teeth and immediately followed Raditz's instructions. Otherwise, wouldn't all their previous efforts be completely wasted?
At that precise moment, Raditz activated Instant Transmission, dragging Baby with him across half the universe in a single jump, materializing in an uninhabited galaxy system.
Still locked together, the two warriors slammed into a planet's surface with devastating force. Their no-longer-restrained power burst forth completely, instantly obliterating the entire world. Bathed in the ultra-high temperatures of the exposed stellar core, both combatants seemed to be taking a molten shower—the flames evaporating and dissolving all foreign matter, leaving only pure energy.
Raditz teleported continuously in rapid succession, crashing through several planets consecutively. Finally, they crashed into another world—this time only destroying half the planet's mass rather than piercing completely through.
A violent explosion erupted on impact. The ground trembled violently, still struggling to contain the released energy from both warriors.
"HAHAHAHA! Raditz, do you really think you can defeat me this way? Pathetic delusion! I have achieved perfection!" Baby broke free from Raditz's grapple, his massively powerful body standing upright like a small mountain of pure muscle.
Raditz created distance between them, wiping blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand. Despite the injury, he smiled. "Yeah, I'll admit I didn't expect you combined with Broly's body to be quite this powerful. My Mystic state is demonstrably stronger than the average Super Saiyan 3 transformation. Your current strength exceeds even that benchmark!"
Baby's power had risen dramatically through his systematic possessions, reaching an initial peak after acquiring Broly's body. But following that, he'd absorbed the concentrated grudges and hatred of the entirely Tuffleized Saiyan population. Baby, having combined so many different power sources and energy types, had finally achieved perfection as an individual entity.
Honestly, this version was even stronger than the Baby who had possessed Vegeta in the original timeline.
"Since you've effectively surrendered and acknowledged my superiority, you should accept your death gracefully!" Baby declared arrogantly, his voice echoing across the devastated landscape.
"Don't get ahead of yourself," Raditz replied with a dangerous smile. "I still have a stronger transformation available."
Raditz activated his deeper reserves. His hair suddenly flashed brilliant gold and grew noticeably longer, crackling with power. Silver lightning danced across his form, creating subtle but audible crackling sounds in the void itself as space warped around him.
The dazzling radiance nearly blinded Baby's enhanced vision.
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