Vegeta's Retreat

"I don't know about the others, but Pan definitely can. Still, I think you should stop watching and take care of these two old men first."

Lei Chen said calmly.

"What?"

Dr. Myuu and Dr. Gero's expressions changed. They hadn't expected Lei Chen to tell Son Gohan and the others to deal with them first.

Whatever Dr. Myuu and Dr. Gero were thinking, Lei Chen continued, "These two old geezers aren't very strong, but as long as they're alive, they can still create some terrifying things."

Son Gohan, Trunks, Uub, and the others nodded, their eyes fixed on Dr. Myuu and Dr. Gero.

Dr. Myuu and Dr. Gero's faces changed dramatically.

Before Son Gohan and the others could make a move, Dr. Myuu began shouting.

"Super 17, forget about Vegeta! Hurry up and kill these people first!"

But Super 17 had no intention of caring whether the two of them lived or died. In the original story, Dr. Myuu and Dr. Gero were killed by Super 17.

Super 17 was already growing irritated from being held back by Vegeta. Although Vegeta couldn't hurt him for now, that didn't mean Super 17 liked fighting this way.

Just as Dr. Myuu shouted again,

Vegeta suddenly punched Super 17 in the abdomen. Super 17 endured the pain and kicked Vegeta back.

"How annoying."

Super 17 gathered a black, lightning-wreathed energy ball in one hand and casually tossed it at Dr. Myuu and Dr. Gero.

"What?!"

"Super 17, you—"

Before Dr. Myuu and Dr. Gero could react, the black energy blast swallowed them whole.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The ground erupted, sending sand and rocks flying. A bottomless pit appeared at once as the wind howled and the heavens and earth changed color.

When the smoke cleared, only two charred remains were left on the ground, still smoking. They had been blown apart into heaps of spare parts, well and truly dead. Their souls had vanished completely from the universe.

"What? He even killed his own allies!"

Trunks, Son Goten, and Uub exclaimed in shock.

Son Gohan's expression barely changed. He had seen Android 17 kill Dr. Gero with his own hands before, so he wasn't all that surprised to see it happen again.

As for Vegeta, he had even less reason to be surprised. In the past, he himself had killed his own subordinates more than once.

"Robots are robots. Even if they look human, they're still machines. You killed the one who created you—the closest thing you had to a father. I suppose that won't affect you now, will it?"

Vegeta said mockingly.

"Heh."

Super 17 ran a hand through his hair and looked at Vegeta with a wicked grin. He didn't seem angry at all.

"Well, the warm-up is over. From here on, I won't hold back."

"Gamma Burst Flash!"

With that, Vegeta shouted and spread his arms wide before slowly bringing them in front of his chest. Golden light radiated from his hands.

"Boom!"

Vegeta's Gamma Burst Flash roared toward Super 17. Super 17 reached out with his right hand.

"What? Has this guy gone crazy? He's actually trying to take my Gamma Burst Flash head-on!"

Vegeta looked startled, but a moment later, he changed his mind. As soon as his Gamma Burst Flash struck Super 17, it was absorbed.

"Hahaha! Vegeta, thanks for the energy!"

"Damn it! How did he absorb it?"

Vegeta stopped in midair, his expression darkening. He could feel Super 17's power climbing to 230 trillion after absorbing his Gamma Burst Flash, bringing him very close to Vegeta's level. With Super 17's infinite energy—and with Vegeta unable to use energy attacks against him—Vegeta had no way to deal with him. If the fight dragged on, Vegeta would lose.

"Damn it!"

Vegeta's expression was grim.

"But now it's my turn, Vegeta."

"Take this! Electro Hell Sphere!"

Super 17 shouted and gathered a black, lightning-wreathed energy ball between his hands. Countless black beams shot from his palms.

"What?!"

Vegeta's expression changed. He crossed his arms in front of himself as a golden energy barrier surrounded him.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The ground erupted, sending sand and rocks flying. The countless energy blasts struck the earth, instantly creating a sea of bottomless pits as the wind howled and the heavens and earth changed color.

Forced to defend himself against Super 17's energy blasts, Vegeta flew into a rage.

At the same time, his aura began to surge wildly.

"Rumble!"

The ground beneath his feet kept caving in, and several huge fissures stretched into the distance.

"Unforgivable!"

Vegeta raised his aura to its absolute limit.

With the overwhelming force of his own aura, Vegeta drove away the energy blasts flying toward him.

Vegeta charged straight at Super 17.

"Bang!"

He swung a fist straight at Super 17, who didn't dodge and instead met it with his own fist.

"Bang!"

For a moment, the deafening sound of their collision rang across the sky.

"Whoosh!"

A powerful gust of wind swept outward from the two of them.

Son Gohan and the others struggled to hold their ground. The shock wave nearly blew all four of them away.

Vegeta, now fighting at full power, threw another punch, his fist glowing gold.

"Boom!"

Super 17 crossed his arms in front of himself to block, but the blow sent him flying!

"Androids aren't all that impressive after all!"

Looking at Super 17, who had been knocked back over a thousand meters, Vegeta sneered. But his breathing was ragged, showing that he wasn't as relaxed as he appeared.

"Oh, is that so?"

Though Vegeta had forced him back, Super 17 wasn't angry at all. He could feel that Vegeta's energy had dropped to about the same level as his own.

"Whoosh!"

In the next instant, Super 17 flew toward Vegeta and threw a punch.

"Bang!"

Vegeta blocked the first punch.

"Bang!"

He blocked the second as well.

"Thud, thud, thud!"

After more than a hundred punches, Super 17's relentless assault finally landed a hit. Vegeta's body bent into a bow.

With a straight punch, a side swing, and a roundhouse kick, Super 17 unleashed a combination that left Vegeta completely unable to fight back.

"Whoosh!"

Vegeta's body plummeted toward the ground.

Just as he was about to hit it, a dazzling golden light burst from his body.

"Da-da-da!"

Energy blasts gathered in Vegeta's palms, and he hurled them at Super 17 one after another.

In an instant, Vegeta had thrown over a hundred ki blasts.

Driven to desperation, Vegeta had resorted to Prince Tactics!