Fatherly Love, Filial Piety, Seen Again

Vegeta cursed under his breath, "Useless trash."

He hadn't noticed anything unusual about Cell's behavior.

Trunks kept his gaze fixed on Vegeta, as if checking to see if he would interfere.

Just then, Cell acted as if he had gone mad; he spun around and flew backward at full speed.

Seeing this, Trunks assumed he was trying to escape and had no intention of letting him have his way.

He accelerated, intercepting Cell and blocking his path.

"Don't get in my way, get lost!" Cell roared impatiently.

Trunks ignored him and unleashed a flurry of punches.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Cell was instantly pummeled, and several new wounds appeared on his body.

Trunks didn't want to let him go; a glimmer of light appeared in his hand, intending to finish Cell off right then and there.

Seeing this, Cell was frantic. His Perfect Form was within reach; he couldn't die here.

He shouted anxiously toward the ground, "Vegeta, are you just going to stand there? I'm about to be beaten to death!"

"Tch!" Vegeta felt nothing but contempt for Cell, thinking that a creature like this wouldn't amount to much even if he did reach his Perfect Form.

However, since he had decided to fight the Perfect Form, he naturally wouldn't let him die just yet.

Just as the Ki Blast in Trunks's hand was about to be fired, Vegeta suddenly appeared before him and kicked him away.

The Ki Blast shot harmlessly into the sky.

"Perfect!" Seeing that Trunks had been stopped, Cell was overjoyed.

He then channeled all his speed and flew toward Android 18.

Watching Cell head their way, Android 18 grew uneasy and grabbed the corner of Li Lin's shirt. "What should we do? It looks like Cell is coming for us!"

Li Lin patted the back of her hand and said with a faint smile, "It's fine, leave it to me."

A moment later, Cell arrived in front of Android 18 with a cold, sinister grin on his face.

The scene before him seemed to transform into a vision of him ruling the entire universe.

"My dear 18, I've finally found you!" Cell laughed so hard his mouth could barely close, spreading his arms wide. "Come, let us complete the final fusion and conquer the world together!"

Seeing Cell's evil appearance, Android 18 instinctively backed away, hiding behind Li Lin.

"Oh?" Cell looked at Li Lin, whom he had never seen before, and felt quite strange. He said dismissively, "Who are you? Just an ordinary human?"

Because Li Lin had no detectable Ki, Cell naturally assumed he was a commoner.

What puzzled him, however, was why Android 18 would hide behind an ordinary human.

Moreover, even though Android 18 looked terrified upon seeing him, she showed no signs of wanting to flee.

But this wasn't the time to dwell on such things; as long as he could complete the fusion, he didn't care about these inconsistencies!

Just as he was pondering, Li Lin interrupted his thoughts. "Who I am is none of your concern. You only need to know that you are already a dead man—that is enough!"

"Oh?" Cell raised an eyebrow at these words.

He hadn't expected this ordinary human to speak so arrogantly to him!

"Then let me deal with you first!" Cell smiled cruelly, his tail rising high before lashing out toward Li Lin!

Elsewhere.

The air was filled with the thunderous sounds of colliding fists.

Seeing Vegeta act this way, Trunks felt immense anger. His punches grew heavier with every swing as he shouted, "Why? Why are you stopping me?"

Vegeta parried Trunks's attacks and said calmly, "Why? Don't you want to see just how powerful the Perfect Cell really is?"

The two of them were not on the same wavelength.

Trunks wanted to eliminate the crisis on Earth as quickly as possible to protect the lives of its people.

He found it baffling that Vegeta would be the type of person to leave the planet in jeopardy rather than resolve the threat.

Vegeta was equally perplexed; logically, Trunks was a Saiyan.

Why was his personality so timid and cautious, lacking any ambition?

He even began to wonder if this guy was really his son, as he hadn't inherited a single shred of his own personality.

"I don't want to see it! I don't want to see it at all! If you really intend to stop me, then I'll have to take you down first!" Trunks roared.

He had suffered enough in the future; now, he would rely on his own strength to eradicate every enemy.

Hearing that Trunks intended to take him down, Vegeta's blood pressure spiked, and the veins on his forehead bulged. "You brat, then come and try it!"

"Bang! Boom! Thud!"

The two went from close-quarters combat to trading Ki Blasts, colliding again and again.

However, just as the two of them were engaged in a display of fatherly affection and filial piety.

"Bang!" A sudden, thunderous sound of physical impact erupted.

A green object, trailing sonic booms, came flying toward the pair.

Both of them noticed it simultaneously and hurriedly sprang apart, letting the green object streak right between them!

The intense air current blew their hair back!

"Ah!!!" This green mass was none other than Cell, who let out a miserable shriek as he slammed into a distant mountain.

"Rumble!" The mountain collapsed with a roar.

After shattering the mountain, his face scraped against the ground, sliding for a full hundred meters and carving a deep trench into the earth before finally coming to a slow halt!

His appearance was utterly wretched, with a small portion of his body completely gone.

His face was twisted and distorted, and a massive amount of purple blood seeped out from beneath him.

"It's Cell." Trunks finally reacted, and upon seeing Cell in such a state, his expression turned joyful.

However, Vegeta's expression darkened, and he roared toward the direction from which the object had flown, "Who is it? Get out here!"

Cell was his target; the only reason he hadn't killed him yet was his desire to face him at his strongest.

But it seemed there was another expert hiding on this island, one who had actually beaten Cell into such a state.

He wasn't angry for Cell's sake; he was angry because someone had ruined his fun.

Li Lin heard Vegeta's voice, frowned slightly, and took 18's hand, slowly flying up into the sky.

At this moment, 18 was stunned, her rosy lips slightly parted, unable to say a word as she let Li Lin lead her by the hand.

Because the scene that had just unfolded was completely beyond her comprehension.

A Cell so powerful had been sent flying with a single, casual punch from him.

As she looked at Li Lin, a hint of admiration appeared in her eyes, along with an inexplicable sense of pride.

"It's been a few days, and you're still as annoying as ever!" Li Lin appeared slowly, looking at Vegeta and saying indifferently.

When Vegeta saw Li Lin appear before him, his pupils constricted violently, and the rage in his heart instantly subsided by more than half.