All three warriors attacked Dystopicles as one, coming at the devil king with fists and steel.
Dystopicles managed to sidestep Trunks' sword, and block both Goku and Vegeta's punches.
"You will have to do better than that fools." Dystopicles said moments before Vegeta yelled "Big Crunch Attack!", which encased Dystopicles inside a sphere of destructive blue energy.
With a yell Dystopicles broke free of Vegeta's attack, causing the energy from the attack to rikochet in eight different directions, causing huge city-sized explosions in the process.
"Supreme Kamehameha!" Goku yelled, firing a golden beam of incredible power at Dystopicles, who was struck in the chest by the blast.
Trunks wasted no time, bringing his sword overhead then down directly at Dystopicles, following up on Goku's attack.
Dystopicles body was smoking, a nasty gash marred his side. Despite his wounds the devil king did not slow. He counterattacked by firing two beams of dark black energy from both his palms, both of which slammed into Vegeta and Goku, sending the two Super Saiyan Sixes far into the distance.
Dystopicles then flew over a sword slice from Trunks, then fired another beam of darkness from his right palm, an act which sent Trunks about a thousand feet downwards in the resulting impact crater.
"You come to save this world? How can you do that when you can't even save yourself?" Dystopicles asked before laughing manically.
Goku and Vegeta landed next to Trunks, both helping the young swordsman off the ground.
"I am perpetual, I am near infinity, defeating me is an exercise in futility." Dystopicles said as he slowly walked towards his enemies, laughing to himself as he did so.
"If we fail here...this is it. There will be nobody left to protect anything. That can't happen, I will not allow it to happen." Goku thought as he rushed towards Dystopicles, the force of his flight creating a shockwave as he approached his opponent.
Goku sent millions of punches, all sent at speeds far faster than a second, at the devil king. After a moment of dodging most of Goku's attacks, Dystopicles yelled, forcing Goku away from him.
"I already lost one home..I am not going to lose this one." Vegeta thought as he flew at Dystopicles.
Firing millions of small energy blasts at Dystopicles, for a moment the battle seemed to have turned in the saiyan's favor, but when the smoke cleared to reveal a mostly unharmed Dystopicles, that hope was crushed.
"I was trained and equipped to destroy you monster. Have at thee!" Time Guardian Trunks yelled as he charged the devil king, who easily avoided Trunks' sword by ducking under the slash. Trunks however, brought his sword around, slashing Dystopicles in the back. After this he pointed his right palm at Dystopicles and yelled "Burning Attack!" before sending a powerful blast of orange energy point-blank into Dystopicles back.
Dystopicles looked to be in pain for a moment, then stood as though nothing happened. He then looked at each of his opponents starting with Goku.
"Goku..you always strive to fight stronger opponents, join me, and your hunger for battle will be fed beyond your wildest dreams!" Dystopicles said.
"No thankyou. The universe you want to create is not any kind of place I'd want to live in." Goku said with conviction in his voice as he stood tall, fists at his side in a combat stance.
Dystopicles turned towards Vegeta.
"Vegeta, Prince of all Saiyans. You once desired to purge yourself of your weakness, your love, in exchange for power. I can grant you this power." Dystopicles said with a hypnotic tone in his voice.
Vegeta crossed his arms over his blue metallic chest.
"Your right..I did think love was a weakness. But I was a fool then. Whatever offer your making Dystopicles...you can forget it." Vegeta said with his trademark smirk and arms crossed.
"Same goes for me, don't bother making me any offers either." Trunks said, pointing his sword at the Devil-king.
Dystopicles smiled briefly. It was the kind of smile that suggested wicked intentions, the look of a serial killer towards a potential victim. With eyes hiding unbelievable sadism, Dystopicles looked at his opponents.
"You would rather serve in heaven than rule in hell by my side? So be it. I will enjoy tearing you apart. You will beg for my mercy before I am done..and I will refuse to grant you any. You will all wish you took my offer." Dystopicles said, then rushed forward.
Dystopicles aimed a right fist at Goku, but Vegeta suddenly appeared in front of the other Super Saiyan Six and parried Dystopicles attack with his own right arm.
Sharp pain shot threw Vegeta's arm, but the veteran warrior ignored it, swiftly bringing his lift fist upwards into Dystopicles chin with a fierce uppercut.
Dystopicles staggered backwards for a moment, then rushed forward again, this time Trunks appeared in front of him, slashing the devil king across the chest with his sword, causing the king of evil to scream out in pain and anger briefly before turning his gaze on the young swordsman.
"You will pay one thousand fold for harming me boy." Dystopicles said, then quickly in one swift motion grabbed Trunks by his free hand.
Before the evil one could harm Trunks however, Vegeta intercepted Dystopicles attack, yelling "Ozaru Fist!" as he slammed his right fist, which was engulfed in a ghostly image of a silver great ape, into Dystopicles chest.
Already wounded in that area, the devil king staggered backwards once again, giving Goku the opening he needed.
Raising his arms to the sky, a spirit bomb took shape in seconds. Using his raw Super Saiyan Six energy to power the attack, the bomb took shape far quicker than a normal spirit bomb.
With an orange appearance and yellow lightning dancing across its form, this spirit bomb looked much different than the shining blue Goku was accustomed to.
"Ascendant Spirit Bomb!" Goku yelled as the attack slammed into Dystopicles.
"Impossible! You can't form a spirit bomb so quickly!" Dystopicles yelled as the attack slammed into him, causing a large fiery explosion to engulf the area.
Goku, Vegeta and Trunks quickly flew away, landing on a nearby grassy hill.
"Is he gone?" Goku asked.
Vegeta narrowed his eyes. He had this feeling before. Twice to be exact. The first was when the (then) Azrael tricked him into killing him, which unleashed his new identity and power, the second was when Dystopicles original armor had been destroyed, allowing Dystopicles to use more of his power against them.
"I'm afraid this battle isn't over yet." Vegeta said as the smoke cleared to reveal a wounded, but still very much alive, Dystopicles.
"You fools actually think I would die to something that weak? I think it is time to show you the full extent of my power. You will experience the horror first hand..then you will suffer..and finally you will die knowing you were unable to save your precious planet Earth!" Dystopicles said as he clutched his hands into fists tightly, striking a pose that suggested the devil king was about to power up.
"Brace yourselves..I think the final battle is about to officially begin." Vegeta said.
Dystopicles slowly floated up into the sky. Then all at once from every direction misty, spirit-like objects began to bombard him.
"Yes..yes..YES. The evil of all that lives...come to me!" Dystopicles said with glee as the orange glow surrounding him grew so bright that everyone else present had to shield their eyes.
"To think it has come to this." A familiar voice said.
"Kohryu?" Trunks said, recognizing the voice immediately.
"Yes. The forces of heaven are here to aid you in this battle." Kohryu said.
Goku could sense the Seraphim from before as well as Porunga, Shenron and others.
As Dystopicles yelled as his power began to climb Goku asked aloud his thoughts.
"Why are the eternal dragons here?" Goku asked.
"WE SAFEGUARD THE PHYSICAL LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE. THE VERY PRESSENCE OF DYSTOPICLES IS AN AFFRONT TO THOSE LAWS." Shenron said with his normal, booming voice.
"Perhaps it is time I told you mortals everything. You will need to know your enemy if you hope to defeat him." Kohryu said, his arms crossed over his blue Kai robe.
"Long ago..Azrael was a pure and holy angel. He was a dark, but not an evil being, for his job was to hunt demons and other horrors and destroy them. His deeds earned him the nickname "the angel of death"." Kohryu said.
"What happened to him?" Trunks asked.
"I think he will explain, have patience my son." Vegeta said.
"It was around the time when I fought Tlama. My power alone was not enough to defeat it, so Azrael came to my aid. The battle was long and difficult, and in the end I lost my physical body when Tlama absorbed it hoping to gain enough power to defeat Azrael. Instead it weakened him, and Azrael sealed him away in a prison. Tlama did eventually escape, but was delt with once again. Around this time Azrael began to act strangely." Kohyru said, pausing before Armael, one of the three Seraphs took over in continuing.
"He talked about the futility of protecting mortals, saying that death will claim them all, so perhaps time would better spent finding a way to protect mortals from death itself. Everyone told him that there was a very good reason that death was a facet of mortal existence, but he refused to accept that, his desire to destroy evil was now aimed at death itself." Armael said.
"How ironic.." Vegeta said.
"So Azrael took a small group of celestial warriors with him to Demon World. We fought our way to the deepest level of demon world, where we first encountered the blood of evil. That was when we heard the age-old prophecy for the first time. In order for true evil to rise...death, yes death itself must die. Azrael became convinced that he could destroy all evil, We fought a manufestation of the true evil, but it was all a ruse as when Azrael's guard was down, the blood of evil absorbed him. When Azrael rose again from the ooze, he was no longer our old friend and ally, but something dark, evil and sinister. We fled demon world immediately after that, which was soon after sealed." Armael said.
"So without Azrael, this evil, or Dystopicles cannot manufest in physical form?" Vegeta asked.
"That is the theory, even now, the old Azrael may be trapped inside him, removing him would remove Dystopicles ability to exist in this diamension." Kohryu said.
"Then now is our chance..while he gathers his strength!" Vegeta said as the sun dipped alittle bit more over the horizon.
Goku and Trunks nodded, and then as one the three Saiyans flew at Dystopicles. Perhaps it was a combination of the level of power two Super Saiyan Sixes generated with the instant transmission, or something else, but right when they entered the orange aura of Dystopicles a vortex of darkness appeared.
Suddenly they found themselves in a realm of shadow. In the center of the diamension was a figure in black rags, he looked old as well as seemed to be in a great deal of pain. Chains made of shadow kept him hung in the air.
"That must be Azrael...if we can free him, this should be all over." Trunks suggested.
Azrael looked at them suddenly.
"You fools must leave here now...forget about me."
"Without you Dystopicles cannot exist." Goku said.
"No you fools! YOU MUST LEAVE HERE NOW! You have no idea the true nature of the enemy you face!" Azrael said.
"No..no..this is all wrong, just like the last two times we were tricked by Dystopicles. Azrael is right..we need to leave him be." Vegeta said
"Maybe so..but I cannot leave an innocent to suffer." Goku said as he broke one of the chains.
"No you fool! I must continue to suffer..if life is to have a future" Azrael said, but was ignored by Goku as Goku broke another chain.
"Perhaps I am a fool...but I am also a Saiyan. Maybe Dystopicles wants us to free you, maybe that is the only way for him to reach his true power...but that is exactly the way I want it. Moreover..if we just left you here..I would never forgive myself." Goku said as he broke the last two chains.
"Fool..." Azrael said as Trunks grabbed him.
The three then exited the shadowy diamension, returning to the physical world.
Trunks carried Azrael as the three Saiyans landed on the ground, Dystopicles' form glowing like an orange star behind them.
"Azrael..could it be after all these years you still live?" Armael said as he approached.
"I live..but that will not be the case soon. By freeing me...you have doomed everything." Azrael said with a voice strained with years of pain and torture.
"That isn't going to happen." Goku said, all turning towards him.
"Have you all forgotten? Darkness is not mightier than light. Dystopicles may represent the darkest shadow, but a shadow is nothing without light to cast it. He may fly higher than almost anyone...but his very nature will bring him low." Goku said.
"Kakorot..if I didn't know you as well as I did..I'd think your crazy..heck..It wasn't that long ago when I did. This is going to be it though...our last stand..or finest hour. Every battle we have ever fought, every moment of training, it was all for this." Vegeta said, pausing a moment.
"And I could not ask to fight beside any a more honorable and skilled group of warriors." Vegeta said.
"It is a shame we are the last able to fight." Trunks said.
"Who ever said you were the last?" A deep yet familiar voice said.
Piccolo, powered up to his Super Namek 2 state with his crimson and gold robes, landed alongside the three Saiyans.
"Did you think we would let you fight this battle alone father?" Goten said as he and Gohan, who was wearing an orange gai similar to the one his father once wore, landed alongside Piccolo.
Majuub landed beside Gohan.
"A wish from Porunga returned Gohan and Uub to life." Piccolo said, his smile hinting that this was his doing.
Ultimo Shenron flew down and landed behind the other assembled Z-fighters, as did Pikon.
"We are all in this together." Ultimo said with a smile.
"HOW TOUCHING..." A horrible voice that sounded like malevolence itself said.
Everyone looked into the sky to see orange wisps continuing to pour into the sphere of orange that was Dystopicles.
All across the universe, on every world with intelligent beings, all dark desires and deeds were taken from everyone, all flying across the cosmos towards one seemingly normal blue world.
"YOU CANNOT KILL ME. FOR I DO NOT ABIDE BY THE RULES THAT GOVERN LIFE AND DEATH. I DO NOT TRULY LIVE OR DIE..THOSE CONCEPTS HAVE NO MEANING FOR ONE SUCH AS I." The voice said again as the sphere of orange began to change in shape.
First golden shining angelic wings were revealed, then a humanoid figure glad entirely in orange armor. Looking closely enough, Vegeta realized the armor was actually the being's skin. The figure had seven red eyes on its head, all of which looked at his adversaries with amusement. The creature's head had no face to speak of other than its eyes.
The figure had a golden sword with every word for evil in the universe written on its long blade. Held tightly, it was obvious to all that the weapon had the power to easily cut a planet in half if its wielder so wished.
"Still think you can win? Than come at me...GOKU!" Dystopicles final form yelled with a voice oozing with malice.
"Your all fools.." Azrael said weakly as he sat at a nearby cliff side.
"How is it he still exists physically?" Trunks asked as he readied his own sword for battle.
"My only guess is that while he needed a physical being at one time to manifest...he has grown past that limitation now." Kohryu said.
"Which begs the question as to the true nature and identity of what we are facing. He claims to be evil itself..and has until recently been hiding behind the identity of Azrael..but something tells me there is a great secret to this Dystopicles..one which will defeat him if we discover it." Vegeta said.
"Apparently Goku isn't patient enough for that." Ultimo said, pointing.
Sure enough Goku flew towards Dystopicles, his own red aura blazing as he approached the master of evil.
As Goku collided with Dystopicles' aura he began to yell as he fought to get close enough to strike his enemy.
"You are amusing." Dystopicles said as he raised his sword.
Goku barely had enough time to dodge as the devil-king's wicked blade slashed down, slicing the Earth clean in two.
The sky, the ground and everything in the blade's path were sliced in half.
"Before creation..I was. To me, you are all but insects. The destruction I bring is ultimate. Witness creation's end." Dystopicles said as his sword began to glow.
"You won't win..we won't let you." Goku said with conviction.
"Soon a glorious new reality will be born out of this universe's destruction. Love, Caring, Compassion, these useless and dangerious concepts will be wiped from existence as existence enters true perfection." Dystopicles said.
"Oh no you don't!" Vegeta yelled, firing his Ultimate Galick Gun attack at the devil-king.
"Your efforts are laughable. Now begone!" Dystopicles final form said.
Suddenly the Earth was caught in a sudden explosion. The explosion grew to consume the solar system, then the galaxy.
"To try and defeat me is an exercise in futility." Dystopicles said, a vast orange nebula that had once been the galaxy surrounding him as his golden wings shined in the darkness of space.