This brutal hand-to-hand battle continued for more than another half minute.
As Cell’s counterattack began, the tide of battle reversed, and the scales of victory started tilting toward Cell.
“What’s wrong? Is this all the strength you’ve got? Seems my expectations for you were far too high, Vegeta.” Cell’s counteroffensive was incomparably fierce. Every attack was incredibly tricky, aimed specifically at Vegeta’s weak points.
How could the always-prideful Vegeta endure such humiliation? He immediately changed his fighting style, choosing to trade injuries with Cell and fight life for life.
But at the very instant Vegeta prepared to attack again, Cell vanished from the spot like a phantom.
“What?!” His attack missing, Vegeta’s heart trembled violently. Before he could expand his Ki Sense to lock onto Cell’s location, a chill swept over him from behind.
‘BANG~~!!!’
Without holding back in the slightest, Cell’s kick struck Vegeta squarely in the back.
An irresistible force surged through Vegeta’s entire body. In just an instant, his body was blasted thousands of meters into the sky like a cannonball.
“D… damn it!!” The tearing pain erupting from his back twisted Vegeta’s features in agony, leaving him baring his teeth from the unbearable pain.
Fortunately, Vegeta had spent years subjecting his body to high-intensity training, and after recovering from severe injuries this time, his strength had greatly increased. Otherwise, Cell’s strike would have been enough to cripple half his body.
Enduring the intense pain in his back, Vegeta’s aura exploded and he forcibly regained control of his body. His sharp eyes swept across the surroundings, searching for Cell’s whereabouts.
However, Cell had already silently appeared behind him.
“Where are you looking, idiot?” Cell’s cold mocking voice rang out from behind Vegeta.
【Not good!!!】An overwhelming sense of danger engulfed his entire body. Vegeta’s expression changed drastically as he instinctively turned his head to look.
What greeted him, however, was Cell’s fist.
‘BAM!!!’
A terrifying muffled impact echoed out.
This unstoppable strike landed squarely on the back of Vegeta’s neck.
Having suffered another devastating blow, Vegeta crashed toward the ground like a meteor.
In an instant, dust billowed everywhere as countless rocks scattered through the air.
The point where Vegeta struck had already formed a massive crater.
Seriously injured, Vegeta was now on the verge of death, exhaling far more than he inhaled.
He could no longer even maintain his Super Saiyan 1 transformation.
“GYAHAHAHA~~!! Your energy!! Belongs to me now!! Vegeta!!” Amid manic laughter, Cell rapidly dived down from the sky toward Vegeta’s location.
Seeing this, everyone immediately realized things had gone terribly wrong. At this distance, with their speed, there was simply no time to make it!
Vegeta… was finished!
“Dad!!” Future Trunks was desperate to save his father. At this moment, he no longer hesitated, instantly transforming into Super Saiyan 1 and bursting forward at full speed toward Cell.
But with his speed, there was no way he could stop Cell in time.
At this moment, Cell was less than a meter away from Vegeta. The tail behind him was like a poisonous stinger, thrusting straight toward Vegeta’s heart.
At the critical moment when disaster was about to strike, Talot moved.
He merely took a single step forward, and invisible spatial power teleported him directly beside Vegeta. With one hand, he grabbed Cell’s tail that was used for absorbing energy.
“What?!” Talot’s sudden appearance completely caught Cell off guard.
Before he could even react, Talot yanked him over and slammed him heavily into the ground.
“Y-you… you!!” Lying on the ground, Cell stared at Talot with a face full of terror.
There was absolutely no information about this person in his records, but the abilities Talot had just displayed, along with that overwhelmingly tyrannical power, had completely shattered his understanding of reality.
Left with no choice, Cell prepared to flee, but how could Talot allow him to get his way?
Talot directly stepped on Cell’s tail with one foot, looking down upon him from above.
“Fight all you want, but if you plan on absorbing Vegeta, then I can’t just sit back and do nothing,” Talot said calmly.
The next second, he raised his right hand and aimed it at the struggling Cell beneath his feet.
Invisible Power of Destruction gathered within his palm. At this moment, Cell’s insect-like instincts sensed fatal danger, causing him to wriggle violently like a madman.
“No!! Spare me! P-please spare me!!” The sense of impending death was so overwhelming that Cell completely abandoned all dignity and began begging Talot for mercy.
However, Talot ignored his pleas entirely. The Power of Destruction gathered in his palm also fully took shape at this moment.
“Hakai.”
With a single word spoken, the invisible Power of Destruction began acting upon Cell’s body.
“Ugh… AAAAHHHHH~~~!!!” Cell’s agonized screams echoed across the sky.
His body became enveloped in purple light, and his entire form rapidly disintegrated at a visible rate, turning into countless particles of purple light that scattered into space.
Under the power of destruction, not even a single cell of Cell remained.
And precisely because of this guy’s special nature, Talot had used Hakai to completely erase any possibility of Cell surviving.
Future Trunks and the others arrived a moment too late. After witnessing Talot kill Cell so effortlessly with their own eyes, they all felt chills run down their spines.
This was far too powerful.
Especially that move just now, what exactly was it?
Even a terrifying existence like Cell had been dealt with in a single strike!
At this moment, the Vegeta lying half-dead inside the crater was the one most deeply shaken.
Although he had been beaten into a crippled state, his consciousness still remained, and through his senses he could perceive the surrounding battle situation. He could also sense Cell’s aura disappearing.
That b*stard who had tainted Saiyan bloodline had not been executed by him, the Saiyan Prince, but instead by Talot, a Saiyan from another timeline.
As the Saiyan Prince, he felt his pride completely shattered.
After killing Cell, Talot shifted his gaze toward Vegeta, who was struggling to rise from within the crater.
With his eyesight, he could naturally tell what emotional turmoil Vegeta was experiencing.
Did Vegeta hate him?
No!
There was jealousy hidden within his eyes as well.
“What a pathetic sight. If it were the you from my world, a single finger would be enough to poke Cell to death. And you… have only just reached Super Saiyan 1 Grade 1.” Talot’s casual words pierced directly into this world’s Vegeta’s heart.
However, Vegeta and Future Trunks both caught an extremely important piece of information.
Super Saiyan 1 Grade 1?!
Could it be that above Super Saiyan, there were even more powerful transformations?
……
Talot said nothing further and merely raised his head to glance at the sky.
From the direction of the Lookout, spirit energy used for observation had continuously been transmitting over.
Of course, he paid it no attention.
Because Vegeta had suffered serious injuries, Talot did not take out a Senzu Bean this time. Instead, Krillin handed the Senzu Bean he carried to Vegeta.
As the Senzu Bean entered his stomach, Vegeta suddenly opened his eyes.
And once again, he returned to full health!
The Saiyan trait erupted once more. Although the increase was not large, his strength still rose somewhat. At the very least, Vegeta’s base form’s power level had now reached 12 million.
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