Vegeta was no fool. There was no way he would let Cell buy time to recover, so he charged straight at Cell without hesitation.
This time, he did not use any energy attacks, because that would waste too much of the little energy he had left.
So Vegeta chose to gather all his energy into his fists and attack Cell amid flashing light.
Cell could only dodge as much as possible, buying time to recover, while Vegeta had to seize this window to kill Cell completely.
Both sides were racing against time. One had barely any energy left, while the other's damaged body had slowed to its lowest point.
Vegeta had devoted all his attention to this battle. Every punch carried his full strength, without the slightest restraint.
The spectators could not help but feel admiration for the two opponents. Both had perfectly embodied the meaning of the word warrior.
After several dozen seconds, Vegeta's face was covered in sweat, while Cell's once-damaged body had mostly recovered. Anyone watching could see that the scales of victory had begun to tip.
Sure enough, after another ten-odd seconds, Cell had recovered more than eighty percent of his body, and his energy had become even stronger than before.
This was the effect of Piccolo's cells and Saiyan cells—a bug that was neither too major nor too minor.
As Son Gohan watched the battle, he sighed inwardly over how close Vegeta had come to winning, while also beginning to think.
Automatic regeneration combined with the Saiyan passive meant that as long as you could not kill Cell completely in one go, he would continue growing stronger.
Those traits worked remarkably well together. Evolved further, they would become something like future Zamasu's immortality combined with Son Goku's Saiyan body.
But Son Gohan knew that while