Not to mention Son Goku, who had already headed toward Vegeta—Eliza had begun walking toward Cell.
As Eliza stepped forward, streams of fiery energy began to spill from her body, circling around her like self-aware flame sprites.
Son Gohan had actually considered where everyone's ki came from.
Going by the understanding from before Z, ki was life energy produced by the human body each day. But after Z, that explanation no longer held up.
After all, energy had to come from somewhere. The human body could not produce such enormous amounts of energy out of thin air. For people like Master Roshi and the others, it could still be explained through eating.
But what about Namekians and Saiyans? An ordinary person's food intake simply could not explain the source of a Saiyan's energy, let alone Namekians, who did not eat.
Thus, the conclusion was that a Saiyan's immense energy came from the outside world, with the S-Cells in their bodies serving as the transfer station.
"Oh? You're fighting me first?"
Cell looked at Eliza as she approached. Memories of their previous battle resurfaced, and he knew that this opponent would not be easy to deal with.
The scattered flames began to draw back, covering Eliza's body and forming a long robe of fire.
Unlike before, when flames merely seemed to burn across its surface, this flaming robe had now become solid, almost tangible. Strange patterns even ran across it.
Ki no weaker than Cell's, equally surging and boundless, flowed from Eliza's body and formed a stalemate against his.
Cell had not expected that Eliza had achieved a breakthrough in such a short time, raising her strength to this level. No wonder she dared to come forward alone and fight him.
In that case, let's fight!
Cell was extremely confident in