No wonder Fu and his group, who had mastered methods of traveling through time and space, had never chased after the Super Dragon Balls like Zamasu.
Instead, they had poured all their efforts into the Universe Seed.
If Hearts could erase Fused Zamasu, that meant the power of the Universe Seed had likely surpassed the wish-granting rules of Super Shenron itself.
Inside the arena, the Crown Prince's expression turned extremely ugly.
The trump card he had been so proud of seemed like a joke in front of his opponent.
"Stop bluffing!"
The Crown Prince roared and drove all his power once more.
His aura surged again.
He could not accept losing in such a humiliating way.
"It seems you still don't understand."
The elegant smile on Hearts's face vanished, replaced by indifference.
He raised his hand.
There were no extra movements.
No earth-shaking momentum.
Buzz.
The crystal cube that had trapped the Crown Prince earlier appeared again out of thin air and enveloped him.
This time, the crystal was even thicker. Visible gray patterns flowed across its surface, giving off a deathly stillness that seemed to end all things.
"What? You…"
The Crown Prince was just about to exert force when he felt all the strength in his body vanish in an instant. He completely lost the ability to resist.
The power that had just surged within him became meaningless before those crystals once again.
His Beast form rapidly receded, and he returned to his normal state.
His entire body was sealed inside the crystal cube, unable to move.
"Game over."
Hearts looked down at the Crown Prince.
"Admit defeat."
"I refuse!"
The Crown Prince's eyes were bloodshot as he roared in unwillingness.
"If you weren't using this despicable power…"
"Despicable?"
Hearts interrupted him.
"Actually, you should be thanking me."
Looking at the Crown Prince trapped inside the crystal prison, his voice gained a hint of mockery.
"If I hadn't played with you for so long, how could your strength have broken through so many times in such a short period?"
"I refreshed your near-death passive several times for free."
"Otherwise, how could your strength have improved so much so quickly?"
That was right.
From beginning to end, his opponent had only been toying with him.
His so-called growth through battle had only happened because the other side had allowed it.
Before a true powerhouse, he was nothing more than a toy used for amusement.
That humiliation hurt far more than being killed outright.
"You…"
At this moment, the Crown Prince did not know what to say.
"Do you want to keep getting stronger?"
The corner of Hearts's mouth lifted.
"If you cooperate with me, I can make you a hundred times, a thousand times stronger than you are now."
"When that time comes, we can overthrow Zeno's rule and create a truly free era without restrictions."
The Crown Prince fell silent.
This was not something he could decide.
Emperor Vegeta's expression had darkened to the extreme.
The Crown Prince's defeat had come from being overwhelmed and sealed on a higher dimension of power.
In this time-space, the era of ruling through brute strength alone seemed to have changed.
The perfect combination of wishes he had pursued had now been broken again and again.
"The Universe Seed…"
"That thing must be mine!"
Once he made up his mind, Emperor Vegeta spoke in a low voice.
"Cooperation is possible."
"Exchange it for a mature Universe Tree."
"A mature Universe Tree?"
Hearts gave a disdainful laugh.
"You have no idea what that means."
"Besides… do you think a Universe Tree is something that can be cultivated so easily?"
His smile faded, and he said coldly, "Forget me. Even Fu, after exhausting all his effort and draining the energy of an entire time-space, still has a Universe Tree that is far from maturity."
"The new world it created is nothing more than an empty shell without life."
"To create a perfect universe with complete laws, one capable of giving birth to life, there is still a very, very long road ahead. The energy required just for it to grow is beyond calculation!"
The viewing platform erupted.
"Draining an entire time-space?!"
Chronoa gritted her teeth.
She had not expected the other party to announce something like that so arrogantly.
She silently resolved that she absolutely could not allow them to continue like this.
The other Gods of Destruction were furious as well.
But more than that, they felt lingering fear.
The full energy of an entire time-space still was not enough?
Then just how powerful was someone who controlled such a tool?
"Bastard, how dare he be so arrogant?"
"At least it wasn't our time-space that was drained…"
"At this point, even if we join forces, we may not be able to stop him."
As the gods spoke, their gazes quietly drifted toward Mr. Monaka's reaction.
Zeno remained expressionless. Even when Hearts spoke of overthrowing Zeno's rule, he showed no reaction at all.
The Earth group listened in stunned disbelief.
Fu and Hearts's ambitions were terrifyingly vast.
Especially after they revealed the power of the Universe Seed and the Universe Tree, everyone finally understood just how wide the gap between them truly was.
They had only wanted to train themselves.
Yet somehow, they had been swept into an incident that involved the fate of all time-spaces.
Levos listened silently.
Cultivating a Universe Tree seemed far more difficult than he had imagined.
Emperor Vegeta's eyes flickered. Clearly, he too had been shocked by this information.
"However…" Hearts looked toward Emperor Vegeta again. "I can tell you the conditions for birthing a Universe Seed as a gesture of sincerity for cooperation between us."
Emperor Vegeta sneered.
"No need."
"Rather than starting from scratch, I prefer taking things directly from you."
"Your Universe Seed and Fu's Universe Tree. I want them both."
With those words, the meaning was already clear.
The negotiations between the two great villain factions had collapsed.
Hearts's eyes turned completely cold.
"Foolish Saiyan."
"Since you chose the hardest path, then savor despair properly."
"No one has ever dared speak to me like that."
Emperor Vegeta slowly rose from his throne, and an intense killing intent instantly enveloped the entire planet.
Some weaker contestants trembled under that aura.
Even the Gods of Destruction had no choice but to raise their own energy to resist the pressure.
The atmosphere grew tense to the extreme.
Snap.
A snap of the fingers dispersed the killing intent covering everyone.
Full-Metal Cell Max stepped forward.
"Any dispute unrelated to the matches may only be settled after the game ends."
Seeing that move, Emperor Vegeta snorted coldly and sat back on his throne.
Hearts also stopped paying attention to Emperor Vegeta and looked down at the restrained Crown Prince.
"It seems your father has already made the choice for you."
The Crown Prince's face turned pale. There was no longer any meaning in continuing this battle.
"…I admit defeat."
As soon as he said those words, Full-Metal Cell Max removed the arena barrier and teleported him back to the Saiyan ship.
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