Son Goku stood there, completely dumbfounded. "So... the reason Chi-Chi never wanted Gohan to train was because of that?"
Vegeta shot Goku a look of pure disdain. "Hmph. Kakarot, you'd better start searching the ocean floor for treasure yourself. Look at this Gohan, then look at yours. The gap is pathetic."
Goku, whose personality had shifted back to its more serious Cell Saga-era roots, nodded solemnly. "I understand now. Chi-Chi really has suffered these past few years..."
Goku watched the battle in the sky, where the two fighters moved like flickering phantoms, and sighed. "Those two are just too strong. I can barely track a single afterimage. I can't keep up with their rhythm at all."
Up above, Hearts' senses sharpened. He felt a sudden ripple in space behind him. "Right there!"
He swung a massive, crushing blow at the coordinate. "What?!"
Hearts' pupils contracted. His fist passed right through the air—it was an afterimage!
"Oh no!"
Bang!
In the next instant, Vegito (Turles) buried a fist deep into Hearts' face. Hearts' expression instantly twisted into a grimace of pain.
The impact sent him hurtling through the air.
"Hmph. Afterimage Technique. Falling for the basics, Hearts?"
Vegito seized the opening. As Hearts tumbled, he unleashed a barrage of strikes like a violent storm. The sheer force left Hearts reeling, unable to find his bearings.
"Gah! AHHHH!——"
Vegito clasped his hands together and delivered a thunderous meteor smash. Hearts was hammered straight into the earth.
BOOM-RUMBLE!——
Hearts struck the ground like a falling missile, creating a massive humanoid crater.
"Curse you! What—?!"
As Hearts struggled to crawl out of the rubble, he realized Vegito (Turles) was already standing over him. Vegito grabbed Hearts by the skull and slammed his head into the dirt once more.
Then, with a cold efficiency, Vegito provided Hearts some "personal facial care." He dragged Hearts along the ground while sprinting, plowing a deep trench through the landscape with the Tuffle-warrior's face. Finally, he hurled Hearts into the sky and followed up with a ki blast that sent him spiraling further away.
"Cough... Hack!!"
Hearts stood up shakily, his eyes locked onto Vegito, who stood with his arms crossed, smirking.
"Curse you... I am the strongest! I will overthrow Grand Zeno! I will liberate all of humanity! I cannot fall here!"
The sight of his own battered body drove Hearts into a frenzied rage. Even though the Universe Seed was constantly repairing his physical form, the psychological damage could not be erased.
"HAAAA!! I AM THE STRONGEST!!"
Boom!!
Hearts powered up again, his aura so violent it shattered the surrounding space. Dimensional rifts flickered everywhere as he reached his limit. "I'll destroy you all!!"
Whirrr!
The Universe Seed in Hearts' chest began to pulse with a blinding light. All the energy it had collected from multiple universes began to erupt at once.
Whir! Whir! Whir!
A colossal, dark red energy sphere manifested above Hearts' head. It expanded at an impossible rate, blanketing the entire sky until it looked like a small planet hanging over the Earth. Hearts' figure looked minuscule beneath the shadow of the orb.
"Dammit!! We can't do anything!!" Vegeta slammed his fist into a nearby wall, hating his own weakness. The wall crumbled instantly under his touch.
Goku's brow was furrowed tight. Even if he could force his way into Ultra Instinct, there was no way he could stop an attack of this magnitude. The energy density was simply too high.
"Can Mr. Turles really handle this??" Trunks asked, his voice trembling.
"We have no choice but to believe in him, right?" Xeno Gohan replied, though he was mentally sweating. Is he really about to let this blow up?
Vegito (Turles) took a deep breath, his expression finally turning serious. The energy accumulated from multiple universes was indeed nothing to scoff at. He dropped into a wide stance, and a ball of brilliant blue energy began to swirl in his palms.
"100x... Final... Kamehameha..."
He unleashed an unparalleled surge of Godly Ki. His red aura was instantly overtaken by the deep pink of Super Saiyan Rosé. Combining Mastered Ultra Instinct with the power of Rosé, Vegito (Turles) began to prepare his ultimate strike.
"If I can't use you, then you're better off dead!" Hearts screamed.
"HAAAA!!"
Both fighters unleashed their final moves simultaneously. The dark red energy sphere and the azure energy wave collided in the blink of an eye.
BOOM!!
The resulting shockwave caused reality itself to buckle.
"Why?! Why won't you join me?!" Hearts roared manically at Vegito. "If we worked together, we would be invincible!!"
Hearts screamed in frustration. He truly couldn't understand why someone as powerful as Vegito (Turles) would willingly live under the rule of the gods.
Vegito (Turles) remained silent for a moment. While Hearts' ideology was noble in its own twisted way, he was ultimately a victim of his own ignorance. Hearts was naive. To think this level of strength was enough to challenge the "Zeno-egg"? It was suicide. Unless one had a 98% certainty of success, it was just a death wish.
Besides, Turles was part of the Time Realm now. The "Zeno-egg" had no jurisdiction over him. And as for being a "King Realm" entity, who was afraid of whom? At worst, he'd just hop to another world to train. It wasn't like Zeno could evolve faster than he could.
Once he reached the Sixth Tier of the Myriad Worlds, he could probably just pack up the entire Dragon Ball Universe and take it with him. Then it would truly be his world.
Thinking of this, Turles' eyes lit up. Heh heh heh... Exactly. Why bother nurturing a world when I can just seize it? And besides, it's not like I was ever a 'good guy' to begin with.
"Hearts, you're just too weak. You were too impatient, and you understand absolutely nothing!!"
"Hahaha! Then there's nothing left to say! Our paths are different! In that case, just die!"
"10x... Kaioken!! HAH!"
Vegito (Turles) suddenly spiked his power, catching Hearts completely off guard. He hadn't expected the man's combat power to have another level.
The massive azure energy wave pierced through Hearts' Supernova and slammed directly into him.
The terrifying force shattered the Universe Seed embedded in Hearts' chest like glass. As the Seed disintegrated, Hearts' body was instantly swallowed by the blast.
In his final moment, Hearts suddenly smiled. He looked at Vegito (Turles) and whispered, "I can feel it... You are just like me. Then... continue on your own path..."
BOOM!!
Hearts was completely vaporized by the energy wave, vanishing from existence before Vegito's eyes.