At this moment, Talot used Instant Transmission to appear behind Cooler.
Just as he was about to attack, Cooler detected him in advance, raised his hand, and landed a direct hit on Talot's face, sending him flying.
"I've grown tired of this kind of attack! Don't you have any new techniques? Even if your momentary burst of speed can help you cross space, I can still sense it!" Cooler's taunt was sharp and direct.
That punch caused Talot's consciousness to blur for a brief moment. By the time he regained his senses, he had already been sent flying hundreds of meters away.
"It's over." The ruthless Cooler had no intention of playing around any longer.
He was going to kill Talot.
Whoosh~~!!
With a mere lift of his hand, Cooler fired a concentrated Death Beam, shooting straight toward Talot with lethal intent.
This time, Talot had no way to dodge—he could only take it head-on.
BOOM!!!!
With a thunderous explosion, the Death Beam relentlessly pushed Talot backward. Even with the power of the Great Ape and 20x Kaio-ken boost, temporarily raising his power level to 240 million, he was still unable to stop the energy's advance.
From a distance, Cooler watched the scene with amusement.
Arms crossed, he was convinced that Talot was doomed.
However, things often don't go as one wishes.
Events did not unfold the way Cooler expected.
Although his Death Beam was terrifying, it failed to completely defeat Talot—in fact, it had the opposite effect!
Instead, Talot used the pressure from the Death Beam to push himself beyond his limits, breaking through the shell of his potential.
After years of accumulation, Talot had never undergone Unlock Potential. But now, under this extreme stimulus, not only was his potential unleashed, but the power of the Great Ape was also further stimulated.
The blood-red aura of Kaio-ken vanished, replaced by waves of golden aura surging from Talot's body.
In that instant, it was as if Talot had awakened a dormant power within him. This newfound strength, combined with the Great Ape's power, instantly gave him the ability to resist the Death Beam.
"HAHHHHH!!!!" Seizing the moment, Talot poured all his strength and forcefully deflected the Death Beam back.
The rebounded Death Beam now shot toward Cooler instead.
"What?! How is this possible?!!" Seeing his attack sent back at him, Cooler's eyes widened in shock.
What was happening?
That damn monkey should have been completely exhausted!
Even if he had some power hidden, he should have collapsed from exhaustion.
How could he still have enough energy to deflect the Death Beam?
Could this wild monkey really be a monster?!
After a brief moment of shock, Cooler quickly regained his composure. With the Death Beam hurtling toward him, he had no choice but to cross his arms in defense and take his own energy attack head-on.
BOOM~~~!!!!!!!!!!
A deafening explosion erupted, with scorching flames shooting straight into the sky.
The ground within a radius of several miles trembled violently at that moment.
Talot, who had successfully deflected the Death Beam back at Cooler, was now completely exhausted. His arms hung limply at his sides, the power of the Great Ape dissipated, and his body returned to its normal state.
His aura was now less than a tenth of its peak.
His body, covered in wounds, had been pushed to its absolute limit.
Although he was battered and exhausted, Talot felt an overwhelming excitement.
"That special feeling just now... There's no mistake—it was the power of Super Saiyan!" Talot was ecstatic.
For that brief instant, the power that surged from deep within his body perfectly fused with the power of Great Ape, allowing him to momentarily unleash a power far beyond his limits, which enabled him to reflect the Death Beam. His biggest goal in intercepting Cooler was to attempt to break the barrier between himself and the Super Saiyan transformation.
And the results proved that he had succeeded.
Teetering on the edge of life and death, he had grown from battle—he had finally unlocked the first shackle of the Super Saiyan.
Now that his objective was achieved, even though he hadn't fully transformed, he had reached his goal. Talot decided it was time to retreat.
If he kept fighting Cooler, he might actually end up dying here.
More importantly, he had no energy reserves left.
He could use a Senzu Bean to restore his strength and injuries to continue the fight, but Talot had no intention of doing so.
…
At this moment, Cooler had finally neutralized the lingering force of the Death Beam.
The very technique he had unleashed had nearly overwhelmed even himself.
Luckily, his body was strong enough—otherwise, he would have suffered serious injuries.
[That damn monkey… What was that power just now? Wait… could it be?!!!)
[Super Saiyan?! No! Impossible! That's nothing more than a ridiculous legend!]
[That's it! I just got too nervous and let myself be surprised by him. Next, I'll finish him off.]
Emerging from the smoke, Cooler's bloodthirsty eyes briefly flickered with deep apprehension.
He didn't know what kind of method Talot had just used, but his instincts warned him—if he didn't eliminate this wild monkey quickly, he would have major trouble in the future.
Talot was too much of a threat.
From the very beginning, he shouldn't have played around—he should have swiftly and ruthlessly killed him instead.
"Wild monkey, I have to admit, your strength has truly made me see you in a new light. But this game of hunter and prey ends now. You and this planet will vanish together, turning into nothing more than dust in the universe!!" As Cooler's words fell, he leaped high into the sky, soaring thousands of meters into the air.
Raising one hand, a massive surge of energy gathered in his palm, expanding at an astonishing rate.
In just a few seconds, a gigantic energy sphere, spanning over a thousand meters in diameter, was lifted high above Cooler's head.
This technique was Cooler's ultimate technique—an upgraded version of the Death Ball, with even greater destructive power—Supernova!
To ensure that nothing survived, he had to be absolutely thorough.
One could say he shared the same overconfidence as Frieza.
He was convinced that with this attack, Talot had no chance of survival.
Little did he know, this very act provided Talot with an opportunity to escape—one that could even conceal his escape.
Back then, Frieza was so confident in sending the message precisely because he could no longer sense their auras.
Now, Cooler was about to make the exact same mistake.
"In the end, you two really are the same. Both you and your brother have the same arrogant flaw—believing that as long as the planet explodes, beings like us, even if we somehow survive, would be incapable of surviving in space." Talot gave his final judgment on Cooler.
However, this time, things would not play out like before. He was actually quite interested in seeing just how powerful Cooler's Supernova truly was.
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