"If you can buy me enough time to finish the sealing talisman, even if it costs me my life, I'll give it everything I've got!" Piccolo's brow furrowed in determination.

Levos nodded firmly. "I'll hold them off as best I can during the fight. Let's begin before they make any sudden moves."

Piccolo immediately conjured paper, ink, and containers with his magic.

Seeing this mystical display, Levos's eyes lit up. "Right… Piccolo, have you ever heard of something called a 'matryoshka doll'?"

"Huh?" Piccolo looked momentarily confused.

Levos quickly explained the concept of a matryoshka nested dolls that fit one inside another in progressively larger sizes.

"You mean… a smaller container fits into a larger one, layer by layer?" Piccolo's pupils shrank in realization. He was clearly stunned.

"Exactly."

Inspired, Piccolo used his magic to craft a full set of containers identical in appearance but vastly different in size.

Then he got down on the ground and began drawing the sealing talisman.

"Sss~ Mr. Levos, this idea is devious… and I love it," Frieza wheezed, forcing a grin despite his condition. "Your cunning continues to impress me."

The emperor of evil was in rough shape his right eye swollen shut, his jaw askew, his left arm limp at his side, and even his tail severed at the base. It looked like he'd taken quite a beating from Dark Broly…

"Frieza, you're in bad shape. Let me heal you," Tranku offered, having already tended to everyone else's injuries.

"Hmph." Frieza squinted and turned his head away, but didn't resist. "Fine!"

Now was not the time for pride. Tranku said nothing about Frieza's attitude and simply placed his hand on him.

Within moments, Frieza's wounds mended. Even his severed tail regenerated.

As soon as he was fully healed, Frieza slapped Tranku's hand away without a word.

Levos couldn't help but chuckle to himself. Then he focused again on Piccolo's progress.

In just a short time, Piccolo had completed half of the sealing talisman.

"Tranku, keep a close eye on Piccolo," Levos reminded him. "If he runs out of stamina mid-spell, the Evil Containment Wave could be interrupted."

But just then.

From high above, Rosé Gogeta's voice echoed down.

"My power now likely surpasses even a God of Destruction. That being the case… let's start by taking control of this timeline."

His voice was calm, confident, and filled with a crushing sense of dominance.

Then.

His words abruptly stopped as a thunderous rumble shook the sky. A swirling vortex of clouds rapidly formed overhead.

The whirlpool spun faster and faster, darkening into an abyssal black, radiating an ominous aura of pure destruction.

The surrounding clouds trembled violently, and the very fabric of space seemed to warp.

Then.

A blinding, jet-black light erupted from the center of the vortex.

An enormous, dark-purple plasma sphere came crashing down from the heavens!

Everyone looked up, brows furrowed in dread.

They could feel the sheer destructive power packed inside it. This wasn't just an Earth-busting move it might obliterate the entire solar system!

Levos immediately summoned a massive barrier, shielding the group behind him.

He stepped forward, bracing himself, and shouted with fury.

"Ultimate Kamehameha!!"

A spiraling wave of brilliant blue light shot upward, clashing head-on with the dark plasma orb!

Even before they touched, the surrounding space erupted in blinding flashes of light.

The moment they collided, a shockwave of unimaginable force blasted out in every direction.

The ground cracked and splintered, rock and soil tearing apart. Deep fissures spiderwebbed across the earth.

The surface of the barrier rippled violently, forming spiderweb-like cracks.

Everyone's expression shifted.

That was just the aftershock… and the shield was already close to breaking.

Thankfully, Levos had plenty of energy and quickly repaired the damage.

Even so, the two Gamma Androids inside the barrier had already passed out cold.

They weren't true living beings, and Tranku couldn't heal them. Now, their internal energy reserves were fully depleted.

Everyone else was struggling too.

Especially Piccolo his right hand, holding the brush, was trembling uncontrollably. He couldn't finish the final stroke of the talisman.

The barrier was being pushed deeper into the earth under the relentless pressure.

Levos was being crushed by the sheer might of Rosé Gogeta's plasma sphere. Maybe that boast about surpassing the Gods wasn't a bluff.

He could feel the planet itself trembling. If he failed to deflect this blast or if it detonated deep within the Earth then the entire world would be reduced to dust.

His eyes narrowed.

He had no choice. To match this, he'd have to burn his body to the limit.

"Kaio-ken… 200x!!"

Crack! Crack!

Web-like fissures instantly spread across his carapace. The Kaio-ken was taking a brutal toll.

Even so, Levos unleashed his full energy.

The Ultimate Kamehameha swelled in size and intensity, forcing the plasma orb upward!

"No way?!" he heard Rosé Gogeta cry out in disbelief.

Fueled by adrenaline, Levos pushed further.

"250x!!"

His armored skin exploded in layers. His chest ached. Blood surged into his throat, but he forced it back down.

Scarlet flames of energy exploded from his body, piercing the heavens.

At that moment, Gohanks, Frieza and his father, and Bulma all fired energy blasts of their own, merging with Levos's beam.

Tranku, meanwhile, kept his hand on Levos, steadily healing him.

BOOOOM!!!

Rosé Gogeta's pupils shrank. He threw his hands forward, trying to hold back his own plasma sphere as it was hurled back at him.

The sky twisted. The wind howled.

The clash point fractured space itself, which shattered, rebuilt, collapsed, and reformed in a chaotic cycle.

Everything caught in the blast was vaporized.

Everyone shielded their eyes instinctively.

"Impossible!!" Rosé Gogeta screamed in rage and disbelief.

The overwhelming force finally hurled him into the rift in space!

After the explosion faded, a bottomless crater remained where he'd once stood. Even the rift itself trembled from the blast.

Before the shockwaves could dissipate, Levos and the others soared into the sky.

Levos blasted aside Dark Broly's interference with a surprise energy bomb, kicking up a cloud of smoke.

He flew straight toward Dark Monaka intent on eliminating the one linchpin holding the enemy together.

At the same time, a green flash of light flared on the ground below.

"Evil Containment Wave!!"

A spiral beam of green energy twisted through the air, warping space as it struck Rosé Vegito!

"D-Damn it! What kind of technique is this?!"

Caught off guard, the dust cloud blinding him, Rosé Vegito couldn't react in time. The spiraling light gripped his body and began to violently twist and distort him.

He fought to break free, but his entire body was being dragged away, distorted by the pull!

Piccolo's brow tightened, his face drenched in sweat as he held on with all his might.

Then Tranku's hand touched Piccolo's shoulder, feeding him fresh energy just in time.

With renewed focus, Piccolo poured everything he had into guiding the Evil Containment Wave.

At his feet, the nested containers were arranged perfectly, along with the completed sealing talisman.

Moments later, the spiral beam suddenly dove downward dragging Rosé Vegito straight toward the waiting container…

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