The battlefield trembled with a deadly silence. Ginyu panted heavily, his pride shattered after failing to control Rudra's body. Recoome stood tall beside him, fists clenched. Jeice and Burter hovered in the air, waiting for orders. Frieza's soldiers had formed a massive circle around the fight, their scouters recording every flicker of energy.
Rudra straightened his back, his expression hard. Enough toying around—this was the moment he would unleash something new.
He raised his hands above his head. A faint hum filled the air, growing louder with each second. Ki swirled around his palms, first like smoke, then condensing into a dense, blinding sphere. The air vibrated violently.
"This…" Jeice whispered, eyes wide. "This ain't normal ki. It's concentrated. Bloody hell, it's like a star in his hands."
Recoome grinned defiantly and raised his own hands. "If he thinks he can scare us, he's dead wrong!" He roared, summoning a massive glowing sphere of his own. The ground cracked beneath his boots as his energy spiked.
Ginyu followed suit, summoning his full power at last. His aura exploded outward, violet sparks tearing through the battlefield. He funneled every ounce of strength into his palms, molding a beam that screamed with raw destruction.
The planet itself groaned under the pressure.
Rudra's voice cut through the chaos, calm and cold:
"Let's see if you can withstand this."
He thrust his arms forward.
A colossal beam of concentrated ki erupted from his palms, tearing across the battlefield like a dragon made of light. The sheer force shook the entire planet. Buildings collapsed, the ground split open, and Frieza's orbiting ships shuddered violently.
Recoome roared back, launching his own beam. Ginyu joined, the two attacks merging into a colossal counterblast that slammed against Rudra's.
The clash lit the sky brighter than a sun.
The beams collided midair, a war of energy shaking space itself. The soldiers screamed, covering their faces as the shockwaves ripped through them.
Recoome gritted his teeth. "Captain! He's pushing us back!"
Ginyu snarled, sweat dripping down his brow. "Impossible… this is only his five percent! How—how can he be matching my full strength?!"
Rudra's eyes narrowed. He could feel their combined force pressing against him. Slowly, his feet slid back, the ground beneath him disintegrating.
So, this is their limit… but I'll show them the difference between power… and control.
His voice boomed across the battlefield.
"Chakra Kavach! .....(Chara Shield)"
In an instant, Rudra's aura shimmered. His attack absorbed the force of their beams like a sponge soaking up water. The light around him bent inward, swallowing both Ginyu's and Recoome's blasts whole.
Then—silence.
The beam struggle vanished into nothingness, as if erased from existence. The battlefield went still, only the sound of the soldiers' confused murmurs filling the void.
"What—what happened?" Burter stammered.
Jeice's eyes darted wildly. "The blasts… they're gone? Vanished?!"
Even Ginyu froze, disbelief plastered across his face.
Recoome, frustrated, charged forward. "I'll smash him with my bare hands!"
He lunged, fist raised like a falling mountain.
Rudra didn't move. Instead, he released all the absorbed energy in a single counterburst.
Recoome's eyes widened. "Wha—?"
The explosion swallowed him before he could even react. The force was ten times stronger than his own punch, vaporizing him in an instant. His scream was cut short as his massive frame disintegrated into ashes, scattering into the storm.
Silence fell.
The Ginyu Force stared in horror. Their strongest brute, erased in seconds.
"Recoome… he's… gone," Jeice whispered, trembling.
Burter's fists shook. "No… no, that can't be…!"
Ginyu let out a guttural scream. "You bastard!" His rage was primal, but even he knew grief had no place here. Rudra's power was still rising, and now his attack threatened not just them, but the entire planet.
Rudra laughed, the sound echoing like thunder. "Yes! That's what happens when you underestimate someone!"
His hands glowed again, forming a second energy sphere—larger, denser, more destructive than before. This one pulsed with so much power that the ground beneath him evaporated.
The Ginyu Force panicked. "Everyone together!" Ginyu shouted.
They all unleashed their energy, launching beams and blasts into Rudra's growing attack. The soldiers of Frieza's army, desperate to survive, joined in, hundreds of ki blasts striking the massive orb of energy.
The skies lit with endless explosions. The planet shook violently, oceans boiling from the heat. But it wasn't enough.
The sphere grew heavier, brighter, unstoppable.
"No! Push harder!" Ginyu roared.
But Rudra only smirked. With a flick of his wrist, he released the sphere.
The massive ball of energy surged downward, swallowing every beam in its path. It tore through their resistance as if it didn't exist, devouring Ginyu, Burter, Jeice, and the entire army in a storm of white fire.
The last thing they saw was Rudra's silhouette, laughing amidst the light.
The explosion consumed the entire base.
The planet cried out as its crust cracked open, magma erupting skyward. Within seconds, the world shattered, exploding into dust and rubble.
From the nearest moon, Rudra appeared in a shimmer of light, using his instantaneous technique. He stood on the barren rock, arms crossed, watching calmly as Frieza's stronghold was obliterated in a dazzling fireball.
The explosion lit space like a newborn sun. Debris scattered into orbit. Thousands of soldiers, the Ginyu Force, everything—gone.
Rudra tilted his head, watching as the planet shrank into a dying ember. A chuckle escaped his lips. "That should send Frieza a message."
He pulled a scouter from his pocket—taken earlier from one of the soldiers. He placed it over his eye, watching the numbers drop rapidly as power signatures blinked out one by one. 10,000… 1,000… 10… and finally, zero.
A satisfied smile spread across his face.
"Well, that's one problem solved."
With a final glance at the destruction, Rudra pressed two fingers to his forehead. His ki flared, locking onto Earth's signature.
And in the blink of an eye, he was gone—vanishing from the moon, leaving only silence in the void where a world once stood.
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To be continued…
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