The Mortal Passage Opens

"Vegeta, let's attack the barrier first," Son Goku said, condensing an energy sphere in his hand and hurling it past Janemba toward the barrier.

"Don't tell me what to do, you brat," Vegeta roared, likewise unleashing several energy spheres that slammed into it.

But they were soon dumbfounded.

Upon striking the barrier, their energy spheres were absorbed instead, failing to inflict even the slightest bit of damage.

Not only that, but their energy spheres actually made the barrier's defenses even stronger.

Refusing to believe it, Son Goku and Vegeta frantically unleashed a barrage of energy spheres.

Yet without exception, the energy spheres were like clay oxen entering the sea, all absorbed by that transparent barrier.

"How, how is this possible?" Both of them were stunned.

It was at this moment that Janemba, who had been left aside, grew angry.

Did you not see such a big, cute baby right here?

Janemba's massive fist appeared out of thin air beside Vegeta and Son Goku.

With a single punch, he sent them both flying.

Yes, that's right—it appeared out of thin air.

Janemba seemed to tear open a spatial channel; he could stand still and throw a punch, and the fist would manifest right next to Son Goku.

Suddenly struck by the heavy blow, Son Goku and Vegeta were sent flying dozens of meters, crashing into the ground and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The two rolled on the ground and leaped into the air.

But at that moment, the colorful stones on the ground suddenly erupted, hurtling toward them.

"Ah!"

"Wah!"

Son Goku hurriedly grabbed Vegeta and utilized Instant Transmission, flashing behind Janemba in an instant to dodge the attack from the colorful stones.

After putting distance between them and Janemba once more, Son Goku said in a deep voice, "Vegeta, the task of breaking the barrier is up to you; I'll go hold him off."

As he spoke, Son Goku let out a long roar of "Ahhh," golden ki erupting as his powerful aura surged toward the heavens. Surrounded by crackling lightning, he transformed into a Super Saiyan 2.

"What... what kind of transformation is this?" Watching Son Goku's transformation, Vegeta's eyes widened in shock.

The image of Son Goku at the moment of his transformation was deeply etched into his mind.

But Son Goku had already charged toward Janemba and would no longer answer his questions.

Vegeta's knuckles turned white as he clenched his fists, grinding his teeth. With a look of unwilling resignation and helplessness, he glanced at Son Goku charging toward Janemba, then turned his head to strike the barrier punch after punch.

At this moment, Vegeta felt depressed, stifled, and even incredibly furious.

For all these years, because he lacked a physical body and was left only as a soul, he had been unable to train or grow stronger.

He possessed the same strength he had when he died, even after regaining his physical form.

Although he had just received a sudden boost from the evil energy, it was clear that his current combat power was still a vast distance away from Son Goku's.

The proud Prince of all Saiyans could not accept that his former rival had surpassed him by such a wide margin.

Damn it!!!

Vegeta turned his anger into strength, striking the barrier with all his might.

After transforming into a Super Saiyan 2, Son Goku used Instant Transmission to appear beside Janemba and delivered a horizontal kick.

A "chi-chi" sound rang out—the sound of the kick breaking the air.

But a strange thing happened.

He had clearly struck Janemba, yet his leg passed right through the entity's body. There was no sense of impact, as if he had kicked into thin air.

Greatly shocked, Son Goku quickly put distance between himself and Janemba again.

"Kamehameha..."

"Haaa!"

A powerful Kamehameha was unleashed, aimed straight at Janemba.

This blue light, which seemed to pierce through heaven and earth, arrived before Janemba in an instant, appearing as if it were about to blast him apart.

Yet, a bizarre scene unfolded once more.

A pitch-black rift suddenly appeared in front of Janemba, swallowing Son Goku's Kamehameha whole.

The Kamehameha simply vanished into thin air.

It was heaven-defying and completely unheard of.

"What... what kind of technique is this?" Son Goku was horrified, his face filled with disbelief.

After several exchanges, he could not understand the opponent's style at all, and he hadn't managed to inflict a single bit of damage.

Even after landing hits on Janemba, the power was reflected back, leaving the opponent completely unscathed.

A flurry of attacks resulted in zero damage, and he was even injured by his own power.

How was he supposed to fight this?

Son Goku soared into the air, hovering as he shouted toward the Yemma Palace, "Lord Yemma, what kind of monster is this guy?"

The voice of King Yemma rang out.

"Goku, his name is Janemba. Over the years, the Other World has accumulated a great deal of evil energy that hasn't been purified yet."

"Today, an accident occurred while a Little Red Oni was working. He accidentally broke a jar containing evil energy, and then many other jars storing the evil energy exploded in a chain reaction."

"These evil energies took the Little Red Oni as a host, attaching themselves to him, and then he transformed into the giant Janemba you see before you."

"In other words, Janemba is the embodiment of all the evil energy that has built up in the Other World over these years."

"I see. Does he have any weaknesses?" Son Goku pressed.

King Yemma replied, "I don't know. This is the first time such a thing has happened in the Underworld."

Son Goku was speechless...

Although he still had ultimate techniques, he couldn't figure out the patterns of the guy in front of him, making it very difficult to fight.

Vegeta was still pounding away at the transparent barrier, but it was completely useless.

The resilience of this barrier had reached a terrifying level; it seemed impossible to destroy.

But the seemingly dim-witted Janemba didn't give Son Goku any more time to think; he blew colorful bubbles and charged toward Son Goku.

Son Goku intended to lure Janemba away to give Vegeta more time to break the barrier, so he made a face at the charging Janemba, sticking out his tongue, "Blehh~"

Seeing Son Goku make such a strange gesture, Janemba actually stopped his attack, a simple smile appearing on his face as he shouted, "Janemba, Janemba~"

He looked just like a giant child.

Still a child at heart.

It actually worked?

Son Goku was stunned for a moment, then turned around, stuck his butt out, and slapped it repeatedly.

"Come and catch me, you idiot, blehh~"

"Janemba, Janemba, wah~ Janemba~"

Vegeta was completely dumbfounded.

"Idiot, come and catch me." Son Goku suddenly yelled, then exploded with energy and zipped away.

Janemba paused for a second, then shouted "Janemba, Janemba" and chased after him frantically.

Vegeta: !!!

Shocked for ten thousand years!

What kind of fighting style is this?

Kakarot, that moron.

And that stupid-looking Janemba is a moron too.

However, considering that Son Goku was currently risking his life to stall Janemba, Vegeta quickly snapped back to reality and continued attacking the transparent barrier.

At the same time.

Some resurrected spirits discovered that the passage from the Other World to the human realm had actually been opened.

Countless spirits who had regained their freedom crowded into the passage, wanting to return to the human world.

In just a moment, the passage was completely jammed with spirits, a vast, swarming mass.

"Oh no, Vegeta, hurry up!" King Yemma urged.

"Shut your mouth," Vegeta roared in anger.

Bastard, you threw me into hell, and now you dare to urge me to do things?

He simply stopped pounding and came to a halt.

"Wh-what's wrong? Why did you stop?" King Yemma's anxious voice rang out again.

"Don't talk nonsense, I can't break it," Vegeta snapped, flying around the barrier and finding no way through.

"This..." King Yemma was nearly going insane.

After working overtime for so many years, he had failed to protect this Other World after all.

Now that the Yemma Palace was sealed by the barrier, he had lost control over the Other World.

With the dead now resurrected and the passage to the human realm wide open, countless spirits who should have been dead were returning to the human world; wouldn't that make him deeply sinful?

All his years of hard work had gone down the drain.

King Yemma was now like an ant on a hot pan, pacing back and forth inside the Yemma Palace.

Countless resurrected beings passed through the channel and successfully returned to the human world.

Frieza and King Cold, having observed for a while, charged out.

However, the passage was already completely blocked, and they could not get through at all.

"You ants, do not block this King's path." With that, he hurled an energy blast.

BOOM! The explosion killed countless resurrected souls.

Who would have guessed that 17 and 18 were actually mixed in among the crowd?

And so, they inexplicably took a full barrage of attacks from the Great King.

"Damn it, are you two lizards tired of living?"

The two Androids were no pushovers either, and they furiously began to fight against Frieza and King Cold.

After their rebirth, the power of Frieza and King Cold had received a significant boost.

In a 1v1 scenario, they were actually locked in an intense stalemate with the two Androids.

18 was riding on King Cold's shoulders, yanking at the horns on his head.

17 landed a punch that knocked Frieza's head askew.

Meanwhile, Bojack and his four subordinates had already snuck through the passage.