Ino really wanted to act like Future Trunks: chop King Cold into seventeen or eighteen pieces, and finally use an energy wave to annihilate the severed limbs and broken arms. If there were a bit more time, scattering his ashes wouldn't be out of the question either.
Unfortunately, the energy within the Hero's Sword was a one-time deal. The Grand Minister had left it casually back then, and Whis's method of unsealing it was also very simple—just a momentary thing. After striking out with that one sword slash, the energy was already exhausted. Her second strike against King Cold's headless corpse failed to even break his defense; the blade only managed to cut a notch in the opponent's protective suit before being blocked by skin and muscle.
Holy crap! If your body is this hard, why are you even wearing a protective suit?!
Ino delayed no longer. A gleam flashed in her eyes as Shinra Tensei activated. She grabbed King Cold's high-flying head with one hand, then used Body Flicker to appear beside the West Supreme Kai, taking this female Supreme Kai along as she teleported away from the spaceship.
She had previously used Kaio-ken x10, so her whole body was aching. She had also taken two hits from King Cold—whether feigned or real—and finally used her biggest trump card. Her strength had slid severely. It was not suitable to stay long. Run!
"...?"
The sudden changes occurring in the blink of an eye left Nappa dumbfounded. He really had developed psychological shadows from being pitted by "Vegeta." When the carry was on the scene, he could unleash 120% of his strength. But now that the carry was gone? Heh heh...
Relying on a battle power exceeding 30,000, abusing an old rival like the three-headed wolf was easy and pleasant. He had just ripped the wolf's head off, and when he turned back, he saw two rapidly disappearing figures.
Both heavy hitters had run away; what should he do?
Saiyans had always been arrogant and conceited, their blood vessels filled with violent factors, advocating combat and destruction above all else.
Nappa's experiences this day could be described as a roller coaster of ups and downs. His state of mind had reached the brink of collapse several times. At this moment, anger rose from his heart and evil grew from his guts. Without even thinking, he forcefully stuffed the wolf head he had just ripped off onto King Cold's headless corpse. Then, with a face full of delight, he roared and charged toward the escape pods.
"Everyone get out of the way! You dare block your Grandpa Nappa?! Do you not want to live?!"
On the other side, Ino took the West Supreme Kai to a desolate planet.
She was going to perform the final harvest.
The West Supreme Kai was completely in a heavily injured body. In particular, King Cold's final "Death Beam" had not only pierced through the West Supreme Kai's head but also acted like maggots attached to bone. Even with physical repair abilities, this dark red energy still entrenched itself near the wound—repairing once, destroying once, repairing again, destroying again.
No matter how stunning a beauty was, having a bloody hole in the center of her head wouldn't look very good.
"Earlier, were you plotting against me by the World Tree? You made me lose the optimal timing to escape, right?" the West Supreme Kai asked weakly.
Ino sneered. "You say it so prettily. We agreed to act together, but what did you do? You pretended you couldn't break free from the World Tree's restraints, letting me attack to attract Cold's attention and be the scapegoat so you could escape? I'm not wrong, am I?"
The West Supreme Kai spoke again, "You pretended to be heavily injured twice, just so Cold would focus his attention on me."
"Because you truly are strong. Have you heard the saying? With great power comes great responsibility, right? Besides, haven't you always said Supreme Kais are the guardians of order and blah, blah, blah? Facing Cold, shouldn't you go and sacrifice yourself a little?"
The West Supreme Kai ground her molars, her eyes full of hatred as she looked at Ino. "You clearly had a killer move, but you insisted on waiting until I was heavily injured by Cold before using it. You just wanted to pick up a bargain at the final moment. You are so insidious."
"Do you think your bewitchment skills are high-end? Inciting me to self-destruct against Cold? How noble can a bitchy Supreme Kai like you be?!"
Both sides knew they were not friends. The West Supreme Kai wanted Ino to go to her death, and Ino was calculating against her with just as much malice.
Everyone had agreed on "three, two, one" to attack together, but in the end, the only one who attacked was Nappa... This was awkward.
Having just emerged from teleportation, the West Supreme Kai's palm went vertical, silently stabbing toward Ino's heart. This was a feint; she changed the move midway, attempting to repeat her old trick and use her petrification ability to finish Ino off.
The energy within the Hero's Sword was exhausted, but the sharpness of this sword was still second to none in the universe. Ino reversed the blade to chop at her wrist.
"This broken sword again! Do you have any other skills?" Although the West Supreme Kai called it a broken sword, she was actually extremely apprehensive of it. King Cold couldn't discern the source of the energy Ino had erupted with at the end, but she recognized it. She couldn't figure out the relationship between Ino and the Grand Minister.
With her wisdom and vision, she could have clarified the relationship if she were calm, but right now there was really no time to think in detail.
Her first reaction was to get this sword away from herself.
Risking a cut on her shoulder, she launched a kick at Ino's wrist. The Hero's Sword traced an arc as it flew high into the sky.
"Die! Mortal!"
The covered-in-wounds West Supreme Kai gathered the energy of her entire body. Looking like Kid Buu, she single-handedly raised a large mass of light bullets even more massive than her body. With a roar, she fired the final strike in Ino's direction.
"Shattering Destruction Ball!"
Her judgment was very accurate.
No matter the calculations, no matter the setup, the gap in hard power could not be bridged. The gap between Ino and her was large.
Everyone was in a heavily injured state. Now Ino didn't have much physical strength or energy left. The West Supreme Kai believed that after this strike, the winner would definitely be her.
Wandering the universe like a lonely ghost for these years, she had realized one thing: power is the foundation.
At this moment, she was also prepared to use power to end everything.
Ino indeed had no physical strength; her chakra and whatnot had fallen into a valley. The Kaio-ken x10 made her whole body ache tremendously, and the trump cards she had originally prepared were all exhausted.
She pulled a new trump card from behind her: King Cold's head!
"Great King, your fiancée's final strike is coming. My body is frail and can't block it, so I can only use you to block it for a bit."
King Cold was furious, spewing profanities. He had been clamoring to kill Ino all along, but unfortunately, he had no body, just a remaining head.
Ino grabbed his two horns, using King Cold as a shield to make him face the West Supreme Kai's Shattering Destruction Ball directly.
Just asking if you're going to block it or not?
King Cold's eyes once again burst forth with two beams of scorching red lasers. The lasers resisted the Shattering Destruction Ball in mid-air.
If he possessed a body, he naturally wouldn't fear the West Supreme Kai who had only a sliver of health left. But the problem was that he was currently even more miserable than the West Supreme Kai. It wasn't a matter of low health; he was so crippled he was left with only a head.
Energy used was energy lost. The temperature of the lasers emitted from his eyes was extremely high, and the impact force was incomparably tough. However, facing the Shattering Destruction Ball that was over three meters in diameter and crashing down like Mount Tai, his laser beams were still slightly insufficient.
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