"You've done enough…" Kibito spoke weakly. "Next… will be my last ti using Instant Transmission…"
Levos gave a slight nod, his expression unusually calm.
Still not enough.
His chanical evolution hadn't yet reached the ideal state.
Part of the issue stemd from expelling the two Gamma Androids earlier, but more crucially there simply wasn't enough energy.
To fully complete any evolutionary path, he needed to absorb targets at or near his own power level.
Swallowing cha Cooler had caused a massive leap in his chanical progression, far beyond what the Gamma Androids had accomplished.
Almost there…
Just one more. One more cha Cooler clone, and he'd fully master the chanical transformation.
Levos was looking forward to it.
The first ti he transford, he clearly sensed the evolution was incomplete. His chanical form only gave him a hundredfold power boost in base state.
But now his instincts told him that if he absorbed just one more cha Cooler replica, a qualitative transformation would follow.
He was well aware that if he didn't seize this rare opportunity now, it would be much harder next ti to find another isolated Cooler clone.
In fact, the others might already be en route to retrieve this one.
"Kibito, if you want to return to the Lookout for healing "
"Don't talk nonsense," Kibito interrupted firmly. "Every opportunity is precious right now. Once we deal with this one, we can fly back!"
Hearing this, Levos took a deep breath, his eyes gradually steeling with resolve.
In the next mont, he lightly placed his hand on Kibito's shoulder.
Shwoop
Just as the scenery began to shift around them through Instant Transmission, a sharp sonic boom rang out behind him!
Levos whirled around
A beam of dark purple energy pierced through Kibito's back and burst out from his abdon.
"So, you're relying on this guy for that ghost-like teleportation ability, huh?" cha Cooler smirked coldly, lips curled into a sinister arc.
Levos gently caught Kibito's falling body with one hand.
His silver-white eyes glead, as if hiding sothing ancient and profound.
Cooler's pupils contracted.
The next thing he saw the entire world spun around.
He saw his shattered body, fragnts tumbling through the air…
He saw reinforcents more cha Cooler clones rushing toward him from afar…
Only then did he realize his head had been severed from his body.
And yet…
He hadn't even seen the attack that destroyed him.
A shadow lood overhead.
His shining tallic remains were swallowed by a growing darkness…
"Complete."
Levos stared at his silver-glowing hand and muttered softly, though no joy appeared on his face.
He quickly inspected his new body from head to toe.
Silver-white skin. The wings on his back had completely disappeared. His tail now resembled the typical structure of a Frieza Clan mber.
No ti for further inspection he flicked a finger, forming a protective energy shield around Kibito.
"Well then… let's see what this form can really do."
With that, he launched himself forward straight at the wave of incoming cha Coolers.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Fists howled. Air exploded.
Deafening blasts echoed through the sky!
Amid the stunned expressions of the cha Coolers, Levos weaved through them like a silver fish in water agile, untraceable, unstoppable.
"This form increases my power roughly two hundred tis…"
"My tail's absorption ability seems to have returned. So that's one of the perks of perfected evolution?"
As he fought, Levos continued calibrating to the new chanics of his body.
"As expected… I still can't use the Kaio-Ken."
The Kaio-Ken could fine-tune muscle tension, joint flexibility, and skeletal alignnt optimizing the user's body for maximum output.
But that didn't apply to a chanical body.
Still, his sensory awareness had improved.
His body seed capable of acting on its own, without waiting for his brain to issue commands. His offense, defense, and evasion had all undergone a qualitative leap.
His control over power had grown more precise, more fluid.
"I wonder… has that weak spot on my head finally disappeared?"
It was a serious issue.
But Levos had no intention of testing it out just yet.
Within re seconds, hundreds of thoughts raced through his mind.
He noticed sothing else.
His ntal state was incredibly calm even amidst this life-or-death battle, he had ti to think, to analyze.
Even stranger, his emotions were completely stable. No anger. No panic. No fear.
Even under the combined assault of the cha Coolers, he remained cool, composed, calculating.
Could it be… that through chanical evolution alone, he had tapped into the realm of Ultra Instinct?
"No. It only looks similar. I haven't trained nearly enough."
That realm was far beyond his current self.
This transformation was closer to Super Saiyan 2 just with a suite of bonus combat features.
And… no energy drain whatsoever.
"These Coolers don't stand a chance against ."
Levos felt absolutely confident in his assessnt.
As the battle dragged on, the cha Coolers' faces grew colder, their strikes more ferocious.
But Levos danced through their attacks effortlessly dismantling their onslaughts as if this were rely training.
He was treating them like practice dummies.
"Levos! I'm growing more and more interested in your body!" one of the cha Coolers suddenly shouted.
"If I could take it for myself… the entire universe would soon grovel at my feet!"
Another clone hurled a punch at Levos as he spoke.
Levos sidestepped easily, casting a glance at him.
"I'm interested in your body too," he replied lightly.
Then
He swept his leg sideways, kicking another clone hard in the ribs.
In the sa motion, he spun and delivered a sharp elbow to a second one.
His tail flicked out like a whip, curling around a third attacker mid-charge, then tightened.
Snap!
The cha Cooler was instantly crushed into three parts by the tail's constriction!
Next mont Levos vanished.
Then reappeared beside the falling body, his fist casually piercing its chest in one smooth motion.
Slice!
His silver tail split open down the center scooping up that Cooler's corpse along with the three parts of another clone in a single gulp.
The remaining cha Coolers froze.
Their expressions twisted with fear.
"You know, I was actually looking forward to watching you evolve after absorbing him…"
A cold voice rang out from afar.
Levos's eyes narrowed.
The speaker had soone in his grasp tight fingers clamped around the neck of a teenage boy.
That boy…
It was Android 17!
His arms dislocated. His body covered in wounds. Barely conscious on the verge of death.
Held tightly in the enemy's grip, his life now hung by a thread.
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