The air itself trembled.
Razor's golden aura roared like an untamed storm, swirling around his body with the intensity of a living sun. Lightning carved across the sky, splitting clouds miles above as the wasteland cracked open beneath his feet. His long, spiked golden hair flowed behind him, reaching down his waist, glowing like molten metal. His brow ridges had become pronounced, eyes sharper, wilder — his expression a mix of fury and focus.
Super Saiyan 3.
For a moment, everything was still — the planet itself seemed to hold its breath. Then Razor vanished in a golden flash, the air shattering with a thunderclap. When he reappeared, he was in front of Android 18. The look on her face was unreadable — awe, disbelief, maybe even concern — as the wind from his aura whipped around her like a gale.
Without a word, Razor held out a single senzu bean, the last one. "Eat it," he said flatly, his tone low but commanding.
18 blinked, momentarily caught off guard. "You—"
Before she could finish, Razor turned his head slightly, his voice colder this time. "You'll only slow me down if you stay hurt."
The words weren't kind, but there was something buried under them — a flicker of protectiveness he couldn't quite suppress. She took the bean silently, her pride burning, but she obeyed, swallowing it. The pain in her body vanished instantly, wounds sealing, fatigue evaporating.
Before she could even thank or retort, Razor disappeared.
A split second later, the ground erupted in the distance as his foot slammed into the monster's chest, launching it through a mountain ridge like a bullet through paper. The sky itself split open with the force.
The monster roared in agony, tumbling through the air before crashing miles away in a burst of rubble and dust.
Razor floated high above, scanning his hands, feeling the electricity that crackled between his fingers. His aura was immense, far beyond anything he'd ever experienced. "Incredible…" he muttered. "This power… it's on a completely different level."
His mind ran quick calculations, comparing it to his previous forms. Super Saiyan 2 had been around a hundred times his base — but this… this was easily four hundred times stronger, maybe even more. The energy pulsing through his veins was godlike, but the strain — it was massive. His body could barely contain it. He could already feel his stamina burning away like fuel in a dying star.
He clenched his fists tighter. "This form won't last long… but long enough to finish this."
Down below, 18 landed on a cliff, her eyes locked on Razor. His transformation was beyond anything she'd seen — his long hair whipped wildly in the wind, the raw pressure of his power distorting the air. Even the tail behind him shimmered gold, moving with restless energy.
"Damn show-off…" she muttered under her breath, though a small smirk tugged at her lips.
Razor glanced over his shoulder at her. "Leave," he said, voice steady but firm. "This battlefield will turn chaotic. Stay, and you'll die."
18's eyes narrowed. "You think I need—"
One sharp glare from him — cold, fierce, unyielding. The kind that left no room for argument. She clicked her tongue, crossing her arms. "…Fine. Don't get yourself killed, idiot."
Without another word, she shot off toward the ship, leaving a trail of blue light behind her.
Razor turned back toward the crater where the monster had fallen. His expression hardened. "Time to end this."
He disappeared in a blink.
The next instant, he appeared in front of the recovering beast. The creature was still regenerating, its grotesque body trying to rebuild after the last assault, but before it could fully rise — Razor's fist crashed into its face. The impact sent a ripple through the ground that flattened everything in a mile radius.
Razor didn't stop there. He followed up with a barrage — punches, kicks, elbows, and knees moving at light speed. The monster's massive frame crumpled under the relentless assault, its hide and flesh bursting apart as it roared helplessly. Every strike shook the earth, lighting the horizon with golden flashes.
"Too slow!" Razor snarled, ducking under a wild swipe and driving an uppercut that sent the beast skyward. He appeared above it instantly, slamming both hands together and hammering it back to the ground. The impact created another crater, massive and smoking.
The monster's screams echoed through the valley, but even as it writhed, its body began to pulse — adapting, healing, again.
Razor hovered above it, panting slightly. His golden aura flickered. "Damn thing just won't die…"
He narrowed his eyes, making a decision. "Then I'll use that."
He extended his right arm to the sky, palm open. The air darkened, trembling as the surrounding began dark. A deep crimson sphere began to form above his hand, swirling with streaks of black lightning. The energy wasn't chaotic this time — it was focused, perfectly under his control. Mountains began to crumble in the distance under the pure destructive force of the sphere.
The ground disintegrated beneath him. The very atmosphere screamed as Razor's aura fused with the destructive energy.
This was the same technique that had almost killed him before — but now, with Super Saiyan 3's power coursing through his veins, it felt stable… for now.
The monster, sensing danger, bellowed in terror, staggering to its feet. Its instincts screamed that if it didn't stop this, it would die. It began to charge forward — but Razor's voice cut through the roar, low and calm.
"Too late."
He raised his other hand. The colossal sphere began to shrink rapidly — from the size of a mountain, then to a fortress, then to a car, and finally to a size of marble. The sphere condensed further and further, energy folding into itself until it became a dense orb of pure annihilation.
The beast froze mid-charge, trembling as the air around it twisted under invisible gravity.
Razor's eyes glowed with cold fury as he whispered: "Collapsing Star."
He released the sphere.
It drifted slowly at first, eerily calm, until — fwoom! — it blurred forward, reaching the monster instantly. The orb didn't explode. It simply… folded inward, vanishing on contact. For a heartbeat, there was nothing.
Then the world screamed.
The air bent. The light vanished. A miniature black hole boosted by Razor's ki bloomed where the sphere had disappeared.
Its gravitational pull was immediate, absolute. The beast let out a roar of agony as its body was dragged forward, piece by piece. Flesh tore, bone shattered, and within an instant its entire form was ripped apart — not even a drop of blood escaped the pull. Everything — dust, rock, and even light — was consumed.
The surrounding landscape warped, bending toward the swirling void. The sky darkened, stars disappearing from view as reality itself strained.
All this happened in a fraction of a second, even before one could blink the black hole appeared and vanished as if it was never there.
Silence fell.
Razor hovered in midair, panting, sweat running down his temple. Below him stretched a crater the size of a continent, a hollow scar across the planet where once mountains and valleys stood. Nothing remained.
Razor looked down at his trembling hands. "Heh…" he exhaled shakily. "Guess… that worked."
His golden aura began to fade, his long hair swaying as the transformation's strain started catching up. "That attack… it's not something I can use lightly," he muttered, almost to himself. "One mistake and it could wipe out a planet by accident even if I don't intend to. Good thing I wasn't able to use it previously otherwise it would be an out-of-control black hole."
From afar, 18 floated back toward him, eyes wide with shock. The energy residue alone was enough to make her skin prickle. "You're insane…" she said quietly, more awe than anger in her tone.
Razor turned toward her, his expression calm, unreadable. "Maybe," he said simply.
Then his aura flickered again, rising in a brief, golden blaze. The sky cracked with thunder as his energy spiked once more, shaking the very air.
His fury — and victory — still burned hot inside him.
The planet trembled anew, and for a moment, it seemed like the planets themselves bowed under the return of Razor, the Super Saiyan 3.