"Surrender?"
Frieza slowly lifted his lowered head.
Those crimson eyes cut straight through the swirling nebulae ahead, locking onto the endless void beyond.
The corner of his mouth didn't twist into the despair the cosmic entities expected.
Instead, it curled into a deeply unsettling, deeply greedy grin.
"Oh ho ho ho…"
"Did you all misunderstand something?"
He raised one finger and lightly tapped the empty space in front of him.
"I didn't stop earlier because I was tired."
"It's because…"
"I heard the beautiful sound of coins dropping into my pocket."
Just moments ago, when his fist had smashed through the cluster of stars that made up Eternity's chest, the Fear counter on his system panel—which had been stuck for a while—suddenly went berserk.
[Ding! Host has destroyed the core of the Andromeda Galaxy! Trillions of lives extinguished instantly!]
[Fear +50 trillion!]
[Ding! Shockwave has shattered the Magellanic Stream! Galaxy-wide panic detected!]
[Fear +80 trillion!]
…
So that's how it works.
Frieza stared at the colossal giant before him, and his gaze completely changed.
This wasn't some cosmic deity.
This was a massive, mobile, overflowing-with-civilizations super-sized loot box!
Every chunk he tore off its "skin" meant wiping out hundreds or thousands of galaxies!
The harvesting efficiency was ten thousand times faster than hopping from planet to planet handing out flyers himself.
"How thoughtful of you, Chairman Eternity."
Frieza licked his lips, the red glow in his eyes flaring brighter.
"Since you've gift-wrapped all these assets and delivered them right to my doorstep…"
"It'd be downright rude if this king didn't accept every last one."
BOOM!!!
Golden flames erupted once more!
Frieza didn't hesitate. He spun into a golden drill and rocketed straight at Eternity again.
"Stubborn fool."
Eternity's voice remained cold, as if watching a fly repeatedly smash into glass.
"Rules—reshape."
Bzzz—!
The surrounding space instantly turned thick and syrupy.
The concept of time was stripped away; distance stretched infinitely.
Frieza felt himself charging at speeds countless times beyond light.
But to outside observers, he was crawling like a snail.
Then Eternity's massive hand—formed from billions of stars—slowly descended.
It looked slow.
But it was unavoidable.
Because it carried the full weight of the universe.
BANG——————!!!
A soul-shattering impact.
Frieza's golden body was swatted away like a bug!
He crashed through several dimensional barriers in a row before slamming hard into a patch of primordial chaos nebula.
"Cough… cough…"
Frieza dragged himself out of the cloud.
For once, he looked a little roughed up.
Cracks spiderwebbed across the golden skin he'd been so proud of—like fine porcelain struck by a sledgehammer.
Even his purple tail hung at an unnatural angle.
Pain.
Real, sharp pain he hadn't felt in ages.
"So this is the power of a conceptual entity?"
Frieza wiped the purple blood from his mouth, his expression darkening.
"Pure physical force really does come up short against raw rules."
He had battle power in the 100 quintillion range—enough to obliterate the physical universe.
But against Eternity's "I am the universe" cheat code, his punches felt like hitting air, while their counterattacks were solid, rule-enforced beatdowns.
"Mortal."
Infinity's golden figure appeared beside Eternity, a hint of mockery in its voice.
"Your struggle is meaningless."
"In this realm, we are omniscient and omnipotent."
"That golden shell you rely on is as fragile as paper before our laws."
The Goddess of Death extended a skeletal finger.
"Wither."
Hiss—!
A gray, decaying aura wrapped around Frieza.
His radiant golden skin began to oxidize, losing its shine.
Even the energy inside him started draining fast.
"Tch…"
Frieza dropped to one knee in the void, breathing hard.
"This is… actually a little tricky."
He glanced at his palm.
The power of all six Infinity Stones flowed inside him.
With a single thought, he could rewrite reality, tear open dimensions, shatter concepts with raw power.
But…
"No way."
Frieza gritted his teeth, stubborn fire flashing in his eyes.
"If I used those stones, wouldn't that be admitting this king's own strength isn't enough against you old fossils?"
"If word got out, where would the Emperor of the Universe put his face?"
As an extreme perfectionist and raging narcissist, he refused to let any victory carry even a hint of cheating.
Not until he was truly defeated.
"Still…"
He flicked his eyes to the system panel.
That last beating hurt, but it bought him precious time.
And enough Fear.
[Current accumulated Fear: 99.9 trillion / 100 trillion.]
Just a tiny bit more!
"Looks like we need to turn up the heat."
Frieza took a deep breath, forcing down his injuries.
He slowly stood, straightening his spine.
Even surrounded by four cosmic gods, that infuriatingly elegant smile stayed on his face.
"Well, well, esteemed board members."
He brushed the dust off himself.
"Is that really all you've got?"
"If so, this king's filing a complaint about your service quality."
"That level of massage isn't even enough to loosen my joints!"
"Arrogant!"
Oblivion's empty voice carried a trace of anger.
"Since you want a more thorough death…"
"We'll oblige!"
BOOM!!!
All four struck at once!
Eternity's torrent of time, Infinity's spatial blades, Death's life-drain, Oblivion's void swallow!
Four universe-restarting laws merged into a single beam of annihilation and slammed into Frieza!
"GRAAAGHHH!!!"
Frieza roared in agony.
His golden body began to crack and melt under the onslaught.
Purple blood sprayed like rain.
His aura plummeted.
It looked like he'd vanish completely in the next second.
"It's over."
Eternity watched the struggling figure coldly.
"This is the fate of those who defy the rules."
But.
Just when the entities thought victory was certain, the figure nearly erased inside the beam of destruction…
Suddenly…
He laughed.
"Heh… heh heh…"
Weak, but dripping with triumphant glee.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host! Accumulated Fear has exceeded 100 trillion!]
[Achievement unlocked: Nightmare of the Multiverse!]
[Conditions met! Frieza Emperor Template (Black Gold Form) — UNLOCKED!!!]
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ—!!!
The chaotic battlefield fell deathly silent.
The four-colored rule beam that had been obliterating Frieza…
Froze without warning.
Then.
An ink-black aura—deeper than Oblivion, colder than Death—slowly leaked from his broken body.
This wasn't light.
This was darkness that devoured all light.
"Since gold wasn't tough enough…"
Frieza's voice changed—lower, richer, carrying absolute supremacy.
Crack!
The beam trapping him spiderwebbed with fractures like fragile glass.
"Let's switch to a different color."
BOOOOOOM!!!!!!
Black flames exploded skyward, swallowing the four-colored beam whole!
From the endless darkness, a new figure stepped forward.
Same size.
But now, except for the small purple patches on his chest and face, his entire body was pitch black.
Deep, sleek, metallic black gold!
Black Gold Frieza!
The final form from Dragon Ball that one-shotted Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego—now unleashed in Marvel!
"Whew…"
Black Gold Frieza casually flicked the black liquid off his hand (solidified rule energy).
He raised his head, crimson eyes fixed on the four utterly stunned cosmic entities.
A dangerously sharp smile spread across his face.
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
"Now—round two begins."