Dragon Ball: I Became Cell in a Doomed Future

Chapter 313 313: Monaka: This Isn’t Fun. Levos’s Friends Are About to Lose

A jade-green aura erupted from Android 21 like a volcano, completely swallowing her body.

That savage, primal presence, born purely for destruction, was exactly like Broly's as he fought in the other dimension.

"This transformation…" A flicker of surprise flashed through Cooler's eyes, only to be replaced by even greater excitement. "Interesting. Very interesting. The Big Gete Star database shows that you are Dr. Gero's ultimate masterpiece, a fusion of the cells of nearly every top fighter in the universe, including Majin Buu and Cell Max. And now you can actually achieve a transformation like this…"

"Perfect. You are the most perfect lifeform in the entire universe. Big Gete Star is telling me that no matter the cost, obtaining you will be worth it!"

Nearby, the fused warrior formed by Android 18 and Bulma was releasing power that could not be underestimated either.

Her aura was not as wild as 21's or Puar's, but it had still surpassed Piccolo's, making her one of Earth's strongest pillars in this battle.

"Let me think. What should everyone call me?" The fused woman frowned as she thought. "I'm both Bulma and Lazuli. Bulma and Lazuli… how about Bulmazuli? Fine, that settles it."

"Your name doesn't matter." Piccolo's brows were tightly drawn. "Bulmazuli, do you have any confidence you can beat them?"

Even though Beast-form Bulmazuli was much stronger than Beast Gohan, nobody knew how long the Potara fusion would last.

Even if it lasted the full hour, that still was not enough. It probably would not be enough time to fully destroy the enemy.

"Confidence? Of course not. But I'll do everything I can." Bulmazuli's eyes sharpened as she locked on to Cooler and the other seven black-gold mechanical bodies. "Your opponents are me!"

Cooler was not angry. He laughed instead. "Very good. Frieza may not have destroyed Earth, but he certainly left me a wonderfully rich talent pool. The stronger you all are, the better. Once Big Gete Star digests you, my return will only be greater."

Before his last word had even faded, the seven black-gold mechanical bodies moved.

Linked in mind with Cooler, they instantly split into multiple routes.

Each one possessed black-gold-tier combat power equal to Cooler himself, on top of the transformation of his fourth form.

In a one-on-one fight, nobody present could confidently say they would defeat a black-gold Cooler.

Only the upgraded Cell Juniors might be able to contend with them in terms of raw power.

But their combat experience was still far too shallow, and their intelligence lagged even farther behind.

Before the battle had even begun, they had been lured off to who knew what backwater corner by a few Golden Coolers. In the end, they contributed absolutely nothing to this huge war.

Watching the stupid behavior of his pupils, Piccolo suddenly felt a trace of guilt toward Levos.

"That guy may not be a responsible father, but the fact that he entrusted those little brats to me for training still shows how much he trusts me. I've let that trust down."

Cooler and three of the black-gold mechanical bodies converged on 21 from four vicious angles, clearly targeting the most violent aura on the field.

The other four mechanical bodies rushed straight toward Bulmazuli.

21's fighting style was different from Broly's. She did not rely purely on venting force.

Instead, she perfectly utilized every combat technique carved into her genes. The actual combat power she displayed was absolutely no weaker than Puar's.

But after transforming, her personality was neither bloodthirsty like Broly's nor calm and rational like her normal self. Instead, she resembled the crazed form she took while hunting down prey.

"I'll destroy and absorb you. Once I do, I'll definitely break through again. All of you are my prey!"

She flung her arms wide, unleashing countless green energy blasts that blanketed the battlefield.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The four black-gold mechanical bodies moved with frightening speed, weaving through the rain of blasts without taking the slightest damage.

The instant they closed in on 21, energy nets shot out from all four palms at once, trying to capture her alive.

21 threw a punch. The terrifying force of that strike wrinkled space itself, tearing the energy nets apart in an instant.

But in that same fraction of a second, the four mechanical bodies were already in melee range, attacking all of her vital points from every direction.

On the other side of the battlefield, the fight between Puar and Moro had already entered a white-hot stage.

"Your energy… it is unimaginably delicious!"

Moro's eyes glittered with greed. He could sense that the energy inside Puar far surpassed that of any lifeform he had ever devoured, both in quality and quantity.

At the same time, he did not forget to steal the life force of everyone else on the battlefield whenever he could.

The weaker Earth fighters were collapsing one by one as their energy was drained away.

Chiaotzu. Yajirobe. Videl. Yamcha…

"Damn it!" The failed fusion of Goku and Bardock watched in fury from the rear. "We should have sent everyone back to Earth first…"

His failed fusion state left him bitter, helpless, and furious.

"You're not allowed to hurt everyone!" Puar lashed out with a sweeping kick, breaking Moro's spellcasting.

Moro swayed aside to avoid it.

The shockwave from that kick alone punched straight through the planet.

Magma burst into outer space in burning streams, and Merged Zamasu nearly lost his mind.

"Damn it. Could it be that immortality is my greatest punishment…"

"Hahaha, it's useless! No matter how powerful your attacks are, they mean nothing if they can't hit me!" Moro dodged while searching for a chance to counterattack. "I already studied your fighting style from the tournament footage."

Puar's attacks were monstrously powerful, but they were too broad and forceful, leaving flaw after flaw. To put it bluntly, she had almost no actual combat technique.

Moro had prepared thoroughly before this fight.

"That was then. This is now!" Puar's attack pattern suddenly changed.

She stopped chasing overwhelming finishing blows and instead became a bolt of green lightning, launching a storm of relentless continuous attacks around Moro.

Fists, feet, elbows, knees. Every part of her body became a deadly weapon.

For a moment, Moro was forced back by that sudden barrage and could only rely on magic barriers to defend himself in a rather undignified manner.

"Damn it. How can this brat's adaptability and combat talent be this ridiculous too?" Moro cursed inwardly.

Inside Puar, Kefla-Broly's combat instinct was no joke.

And unlike during the tournament, her potential ceiling had now also been enhanced by Shenron Aodebiao's wish.

With so many factors layered together, her growth in battle became terrifyingly fast.

On the other side, Bulmazuli's battle was even more perilous.

Facing four black-gold mechanical bodies at once was no easy thing.

"Data analysis complete." A cold smile curved one black-gold Cooler's lips. "Your combat skills are passable, but before the Big Gete Star central processor, they are meaningless."

The Big Gete Star mainframe could calculate every one of Bulmazuli's attack trajectories in an instant.

The black-gold Coolers stopped holding back and pressed forward violently.

Szzzt!

A single Death Beam from one of the black-gold mechanical bodies pierced Bulmazuli's shoulder blade, leaving a bloody hole there.

The black-gold bodies did not stop. One ray after another fired with surgical precision, targeting the critical joints of Bulmazuli's body.

Bulmazuli's face changed.

Cooler's goal was clear. He wanted to cripple her mobility and capture her alive.

"Buu!"

Healing magic descended at once, instantly restoring all of Bulmazuli's injuries.

Buu stepped forward too, his face full of righteous anger. "Not allowed to bully Levos's friend!"

He was so furious his face had started to change.

Supreme Kai Shin, who had already fallen into despair, stared in confusion when he saw Buu's face shifting.

"Gr… Grand Supreme Kai?"

A mohawk suddenly appeared on Buu's head as he turned and glanced over. "Shin."

Supreme Kai Shin shuddered violently.

"Grand Supreme Kai! It really is you! Wonderful! Ten million years ago you sealed Moro's magic. This time you can definitely do it again!"

If the Grand Supreme Kai had not spent a huge amount of divine power sealing Moro's magic back then, he never would have later been absorbed by Majin Buu.

And now, the dormant Grand Supreme Kai personality hidden inside Buu had suddenly awakened.

For Earth's side, this was enormous good news.

Boom!

Buu's punch collided with Cooler's and the shockwave shattered the ground that had only just begun to regenerate.

That black-gold Cooler mechanical body was actually forced several steps backward, and his eyes when he looked at Buu were filled with confusion.

"In the tournament video, your power level was nowhere near this high. Who exactly are you?"

Buu ignored him and instead casually fired an energy blast at Moro from afar, interrupting the latter's attempt to steal more of the Earth fighters' life force.

Moro's gaze landed on Buu. "So it really is you. The grudge from ten million years ago should end today."

Buu spoke calmly. "This time, I'll seal you again."

Moro burst into laughter, as if he had just heard the funniest joke in the universe. "Now that I've regained my youth and returned to my peak, and possess endless magic on top of that, what exactly do you think you can use to seal me?"

"Ten million years ago, you exhausted nearly all your divine power just to barely manage it. But the me of today is no longer the me of back then."

"The power in this body is also much greater than it was then. Moro, your sins end here."

Buu's expression became solemn and majestic. A mysterious aura spread from within him as he began chanting an ancient incantation.

"Kai Kai…"

"Mafuba!"

Strands of golden divine chains manifested from nothingness. They were forged from pure sealing laws and radiated a presence that all magical power instinctively recoiled from.

The chains instantly locked down the entire hundred-meter space around Moro.

"That technique again!" Moro's face changed slightly. He could feel the magic within his body being forcibly suppressed and peeled away by the power of those laws.

He tried to break free, but no matter how he pushed his magic, he could not shake them.

"It's useless. This is a divine art made specifically to deal with you. Your magic will be stripped away and sealed completely!"

The golden chains began tightening, already on the verge of wrapping around Moro's body.

The Earth fighters watching this scene all showed hope on their faces.

"As expected of the Grand Supreme Kai. He'll definitely do it!"

But just when Shin thought victory was assured, the panic on Moro's face vanished. In its place came a strange, mocking smile.

"A divine art? Yes, it is indeed a marvelous one."

"Unfortunately, the power I can wield now is no longer limited to magic alone."

Buzz.

A power wholly different from divine power, purer and more sacred, suddenly erupted from Moro's body.

It was calm as still water, yet unfathomably deep.

Silver-white light flared around him.

"What?!" The Grand Supreme Kai's pupils contracted sharply.

Moro's body gave only the slightest sway, and he instantly slipped free from the locked zone of the golden chains.

Those chains, made from pure law, lost their target and dissolved into golden motes of light.

"Th-this is…" Buu's face filled with disbelief. "Angel power? How is this possible?!"

Even Bados's expression shifted at that.

"That is… Merus's power? So he really did devour Merus…"

She understood immediately.

Moro had not only absorbed Merus. Through some bizarre copying power, he had also stolen the power belonging to an angel apprentice.

Angel power stood above both Destruction Power and the power of creation. Even an apprentice angel was still an angel.

The Grand Supreme Kai's divine technique was powerful, but it still belonged to the domain of gods. How could it possibly bind someone who wielded angel power?

"Do you understand now, the gap between us?"

Moro appeared in front of the Grand Supreme Kai like a ghost and gently placed one hand against his chest.

Puchi.

The Grand Supreme Kai's chest was pierced through with ease.

Buu's body stiffened, and the sacred light in his eyes dimmed rapidly, replaced once more by the innocent confusion of his usual self.

He fell from the sky and was caught by Piccolo, who arrived just in time.

The battle had reversed in an instant.

Despair washed over everyone once more like a tide.

"It's over. Even the Grand Supreme Kai…" Shin's face went utterly pale as he trembled.

"Damn it. How did it come to this?!" The failed Goku-Bardock fusion was overcome with frustration and helplessness.

With the Grand Supreme Kai no longer tying him down, the battlefield immediately became one-sided.

Moro unleashed his life-draining magic once more.

This time, aside from Puar, nobody could stop him.

But even Puar had already lost a noticeable amount of power to Moro over the course of this battle.

As one side weakened and the other strengthened, Puar was gradually beginning to falter.

Over on Cooler's side, the Earth fighters were also in terrible shape.

Cooler, together with the black-gold mechanical bodies, was gang-attacking Bulmazuli and 21.

Bulmazuli and 21 were both individually powerful, but against several black-gold machines who coordinated flawlessly and could instantly analyze every move they made, defeat was only a matter of time.

"Damn it!" Bejitena could no longer maintain Super Saiyan 3. She bit down so hard her fingers dug into her own palms as she stared at the battlefield.

She hated her own weakness.

She hated this helpless feeling of being forced to watch everything unfold while being unable to change a single thing.

At that moment, "Monaka" puffed out his cheeks with an unhappy expression.

"This isn't fun. Not fun at all. Levos's friends are about to lose!"

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