The laboratory's heavy metal dome had vanished completely.
Above it stretched the perpetually crimson sky of the First Demon Realm, where murky clouds churned violently under the agitation of Demonic Energy.
Collapsed alloy supports, shattered glass, and purple nutrient fluid reeking of acid had mixed together, forming streams of smoking liquid across the floor.
Amid the ruins, two freshly awakened monsters stood within the wreckage of the incubation chamber bases.
Cool-Oh appeared to stand over two meters tall.
Viscous fluid clung to the surface of the deep green skin covering his lean, elongated body.
With every breath he took, the dark red demonic patterns beneath his skin expanded and contracted.
He split his sausage-thick lips into a grin, revealing a row of uneven, sharp fangs with a yellowish gleam.
On the other side, Du-Oh was the complete opposite.
He was short and fat, less than one and a half meters tall, with a round belly jutting far forward and stretching his rough purple-black and dark yellow hide until it shone.
His skin was covered in bumps of all sizes, which scraped against each other with every movement, producing a teeth-grating rustling sound.
The gold chain around his neck, as thick as a baby's arm, clanked dully whenever he twisted his neck.
Two savage auras erupted from the monsters, instantly surging to an utterly terrifying level.
Two transparent columns of energy, visible to the naked eye, shot straight into the sky.
"They seem pretty strong..."
Goku stood in the safe zone dozens of meters away, his right hand stroking his chin as the figures of the two monsters reflected in his golden eyes.
He sensed them carefully, surprise coloring his voice.
"They're about as strong as that smaller Buu from before. This sense of pressure is already close to the limit