"Hehehe, are you angry? Do you feel hatred?" The merged Moro let out a piercing, strange laugh.
"Then come and hit me! Turn all the power in your heart into strength and pour it onto me. But let me kindly remind you."
"As long as you touch my body, whether it's your fists, your feet, or your Ki Blasts, they will all become part of my energy..."
Bang!
Space caved in. Setsuna teleported in front of Moro and punched him in the face.
Moro felt an incomprehensible force pierce through his body. His form, fused from two demons, instantly flew backward, crashing heavily into a massive sandstone mountain in the distance.
The entire mountain shook violently, collapsing by more than half.
Dust and smoke shot skyward, forming a mushroom cloud.
"You all heard him, right? He told me to hit him." Setsuna shrugged. "This is the first time I've heard such a request."
From the dust and smoke, the merged Moro staggered out.
Dark purple, filthy blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. He was clearly injured, but the expression on his face was instead quite pleased.
"Heh, hahaha." Moro laughed loudly. "So impatient to send me energy? Then, I'll gladly accept this generous gift... Hmm?"
His ecstatic expression froze on his face.
Like a musician playing a rousing symphony suddenly having his neck squeezed.
He touched his face. The pain was still there.
Based on his estimate, the energy from that punch should have allowed him to recover quickly.
But why had he not absorbed any energy?
Moro abruptly raised his head, his eyes full of disbelief. "What did you do? Why didn't I absorb your energy?"
Setsuna said calmly with a smile, "Your body's reaction speed is too slow. I had already finished my punch and withdrawn it before your sluggish absorption instinct even started. Of course, you couldn't absorb anything."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Moro shrieked hysterically. "My absorption is instinctive, instantaneous. How could it be slow?"
Setsuna said calmly, "You are, after all, just a demon, not a warrior. It's normal that you cannot understand combat instinct."
"I don't believe you!" Moro roared and launched an attack on Setsuna.
Terrifying dark purple energy surged wildly from his body, transforming into countless giant magical tentacles, corrosive rays, and devouring black holes, pressing down on Setsuna like a tsunami.
Not only that, his figure also transformed into a blurry, eerie streak of light, circling Setsuna and attacking wildly at speeds beyond the limit of the naked eye.
Setsuna casually blocked, strolling as if in a park, causing all of Moro's attacks to land on empty air.
What frightened Moro even more was that he truly could not absorb any energy from Setsuna.
The people below fell silent. Clearly, they could already see the gap between Moro and Setsuna. It was completely like a child being toyed with.
The gap was too large, simply in different dimensions.
"No, this shouldn't be. I am Moro, the Star-Eater!" Looking at Setsuna's indifferent eyes, the merged Moro finally felt fear.
An extreme idea took root in his despair.
"Haha!" The merged Moro suddenly let out a burst of hysterical laughter. "Chiaki Setsuna, you are very powerful, stronger than I could have imagined. But..."
He suddenly spread his arms, merging his own magical power with the earth beneath him.
"You were ultimately born from this planet. You have attachments to this place. That is your greatest weakness!"
"Fusion! Assimilation! Geomantic Return!"
His magical power permeated the desert, merged into the rock layers, connected to the ley lines, and assimilated the entire planet's energy field.
Moro's face appeared on the earth, his voice becoming grand and distorted. "Now, I have completely merged with your hometown… this planet called Earth!"
"From now on, only I can attack you. You cannot hit me. Unless you want to destroy your own hometown with your own hands, and all the life on it! Hahahaha!!"
"Despicable!" Krillin trembled with rage, roaring out.
"Shameless bastard, using such a tactic!" Gohan also clenched his fists, his eyes full of anger.
Meanwhile, in the cold vacuum of space.
Three figures had quietly floated there at some point, calmly watching the battle on the planet below.
Merus quickly pleaded with Beerus, "Beerus-sama, the situation is critical. Moro is merging with Earth!"
"Once he succeeds, not only will Earth become his nourishment, but his power will also skyrocket. He must be stopped before the merger is complete! Please..."
"Shut up, Merus." Beerus uncharacteristically interrupted Merus in a serious tone.
He looked intently at the figure below, his usual lazy expression gone.
"Whis, did you see that? That guy's movements just now, could they be..."
Whis elegantly nodded. "Beerus-sama, your eyes do not deceive you. That is indeed Ultra Instinct, and... it is Ultra Instinct perfected to the ultimate level!"
"Ultra Instinct in the perfect level?" Merus exclaimed in shock, his eyes full of disbelief.
As a trainee Angel, he knew too well what [Ultra Instinct] represented.
That was the true technique of the gods. Even many Gods of Destruction might not be able to master it.
"A human, able to master the divine technique to such a perfect state..." Beerus muttered to himself, then a thought flashed through his mind. 'Universe 6 certainly doesn't have a warrior stronger than him. Maybe I can use this to trick that fool Champa.'
"He has already grown to this level?" Merus still found it somewhat hard to accept.
Seven years ago, Setsuna had only been able to defeat a weakened Moro through cunning trick.
Now, in just seven short years, he had grown to the point of casually suppressing Moro.
"There's no need for me to act." Beerus said calmly. "Before the Perfect Ultra Instinct, the so-called merging with a planet is nothing but a crude, laughable joke."
On the ground, on the desert.
Facing Moro's frantic ranting, Setsuna did not flinch in the slightest.
"Have you had enough fun?" Setsuna appeared before the giant face Moro had transformed into on the ground and threw a punch.
Moro was horrified to discover that his perfect merger with the planet suddenly became discordant. He was forcibly squeezed out by the planet.
"Impossible!" Moro felt fear once more. His merger could be broken like this?
But this was only the beginning.
Setsuna threw another punch. This time, a cloud of pink mist was knocked out.
Having lost Buu's body, the weakness of old age hit him again.
But Moro had no time to feel fear. A fist kept growing larger in his field of vision.
With a muffled sound, Moro's entire body exploded, scattering into pieces.