The air crackled with malice as Frieza hovered high above the battlefield, one claw raised.
A massive, dark violet sphere of concentrated Ki swirled in his palm, growing larger with each passing second until its shadow covered the mountains below.
"Let's see you survive this, insect!" Frieza sneered, and with a flick of his wrist, the colossal energy ball came screaming down toward Rudra.
The Saiyans froze in horror. Even Goku clenched his fists.
"Not even I could stop something that big…" he muttered.
But Rudra… simply raised both hands forward, his palms glowing with an ancient light.
"Chakra Kavach ,( Chakra Shield 🛡️)," he whispered.
A shimmering barrier of chakra expanded, crimson and translucent. The moment Frieza's sphere crashed into it, instead of exploding, the ball dissolved into streams of raw energy. The chakra shield drank in the attack like a sponge until the entire sphere vanished without leaving so much as a scorch mark.
Frieza's grin froze. His tail lashed in disbelief.
"What…? You absorbed it?!"
Before the Emperor could react, Rudra's aura pulsed. His palms glowed brighter as the absorbed energy coalesced.
"Here, Grab Your Balls," Rudra said calmly.
A blazing orb erupted from his hands—Frieza's own attack, magnified tenfold. The beam of destruction screamed upward, forcing Frieza back. He snarled, muscles straining, until finally he redirected the overwhelming force skyward. The blast tore into space and exploded, a cosmic detonation so vast its shockwave rattled the Earth itself.
The ground quaked. Mountains crumbled. The Saiyans clung to balance as the skies bled with unnatural light.
Frieza floated back down, beads of sweat on his brow. His smile had returned, but it carried an edge of forced calm.
"I see now… you're not just some lucky fool. To withstand that attack… impressive. But let's see how you handle this."
His claws rose again, this time crafting another massive energy ball. But unlike before, the sphere pulsed and compressed, shrinking smaller and smaller until it condensed into a dense orb radiating lethal force.
The pressure alone made even Vegeta stagger.
"T-that's… not the same attack as before…" he stammered.
Frieza's grin sharpened. "Exactly. Stronger, denser, far beyond what your little shield can swallow." With a flick, he hurled it at Rudra.
The human warrior's eyes narrowed. His senses screamed: this one was different. If he tried to absorb it the same way, his body would be torn apart.
So he closed his eyes and whispered,
"Root Chakra—Open."
At once, Rudra's entire body glowed crimson. His black hair elongated, flowing wildly as his form shifted. His skin shimmered with a radiant red aura, pulsing with primal energy.
The Saiyans gasped. Even Vegeta's eyes widened in recognition.
"That form… I saw it, once. He used it against me for only a few seconds…!"
He turned to the others, voice grave.
"In that state, he can endure attacks far beyond his normal limit… and absorb what no one else could."
Rudra's voice rumbled deeper now, carrying a resonance that shook the ground.
"Muladhara… State."
The condensed ball struck him. His crimson aura surged outward like a living tide, swallowing the deadly sphere into his being. The land shook, the sky split—then silence. The attack was gone.
Frieza's jaw clenched. For a moment, he looked genuinely unnerved. Then, he laughed—a cold, sharp laugh.
"Marvelous! Truly marvelous! But you can't keep this up. That form of yours has limits. And I'll break it!"
Before Rudra could respond, Frieza's hands blurred. One, two, ten, then hundreds of compressed spheres formed around him like a deadly constellation. Each pulsed with the same destructive density.
"Let's see you absorb all of these," Frieza sneered. "Come now, little monk—show me your trick one last time!"
The sky darkened as every sphere hurtled down at once, converging on Rudra from every direction.
Rudra's expression hardened. He clasped his hands together.
"Chakra Varman!" — ( Chakra Armour ).
At his command, chakra surged outward and crystallized, forming a full-body armor of shimmering natural energy. The barrier was not just a shield—it was alive, breathing, pulsing with the rhythm of the Earth itself.
The first orb struck, dissolving instantly into the armor. Then another. Then another. One after another, the destructive bombs vanished against the barrier as though they were raindrops striking the ocean.
The battlefield lit like a storm. When the smoke cleared, Rudra still stood, crimson armor gleaming, unscathed.
The silence that followed was absolute. Even the Saiyans could only gape.
Frieza's grin faltered for the briefest moment. His tail twitched, eyes narrowing as he whispered, "Impossible…"
Rudra lifted his gaze skyward, calm as ever. "If destruction rains from every direction, then the only choice is to embrace it all. That is the nature of chakra—it adapts, transforms."
Frieza's shock twisted into fury. He shot into the sky, gathering all his malice into one final beam. The heavens themselves seemed to tremble as he unleashed a colossal torrent of energy straight downward.
But Rudra was ready. He spread his stance, pulling every ounce of absorbed power into his palms. He lowered them into the stance of a warrior from another universe, a stance Goku recognized instantly.
"Kame…" Rudra's voice echoed.
"Hame…" Energy gathered into a blinding sphere in his hands.
"Ha…" The Earth trembled.
"HAAAAAA!"
The wave erupted, colossal and radiant. But unlike Goku's, this attack carried not just his own energy—it was everything Frieza had hurled at him, multiplied a hundredfold.
The two beams collided. The sky screamed. Shockwaves ripped across the planet. Oceans roared, mountains shattered. The very fabric of the battlefield threatened to unravel under the clash.
Frieza roared, pouring everything into his beam. But Rudra's wave pushed forward, stronger, heavier, infused with spirit as well as power.
"No…! Impossible! I am the Emperor of the Universe—!"
His scream was cut off as Rudra's Kamehameha swallowed Frieza whole, blasting him off the planet. The tyrant's body vanished into the void of space, hurled away by the overwhelming force.
Silence. Only the sound of crackling energy fading remained.
The Saiyans slowly rose to their feet. Nappa's jaw hung slack. Raditz trembled. Even Vegeta found no words.
Goku broke into a wide smile, eyes shining.
"He did it… Rudra actually beat him!"
The battlefield, once drenched in despair, now echoed with relief. For the first time, they dared to believe the nightmare might truly be over.