Five seconds were enough for masters to decide life or death.
When the light finally began to fade and their vision gradually returned.
Everyone eagerly looked toward where Sun Wuxiu had been.
"Senior Brother Wu Xiu!!"
"Big brother!!"
However.
When they saw the sight before them clearly, everyone froze.
There was nothing there.
Other than some scorched ground and scattered rubble, there was nothing where Sun Wuxiu had originally stood.
No figure, no bloodstains—not even the massive crater had widened much.
And most importantly...
Earth was completely intact.
That Kamehameha, powerful enough to destroy the Solar System, had vanished into thin air as though it had never existed.
"It... it disappeared?!"
Yamcha rubbed his eyes, looking as though he had seen a ghost.
"How is that possible?! Such a huge mass of energy... how did it suddenly disappear?!"
"Where's Wu Xiu?! Where did my husband go?!"
Protected by Android 18, Bulma shouted anxiously and even pulled out binoculars to search everywhere.
"He... he's up there."
Goku, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly raised a trembling finger and pointed toward a spot in the sky.
His mouth hung slightly open, his voice filled with extreme shock and disbelief.
"Big brother's ki... is still there."
"And... it's become... terrifying..."
Hearing this, everyone looked up.
In the sky.
Cell maintained the posture of having fired his Kamehameha, panting heavily.
That attack had nearly drained more than half his energy.
"Ha... ha... did that finish him?"
Cell looked at the empty ground below, a cruel smile curling across his lips.
"Hmph, so it really was just a bluff. Taking that move head-on, he must have been reduced to ashes..."
"Not even leaving a scrap behind—that's the most fitting death for you."
Just as Cell was smugly preparing to declare victory.
"Where are