Cell's Ace Opening

"Which timeline is this?"

Vegeta arrived and stood in place. He sensed an energy that was very weak to him now, yet extremely familiar. But he could not use Instant Transmission, so it looked like he would have to rely on the Time Ring again.

"Take me to find Dr. Gero in this timeline!"

Vegeta raised his hand. The energy Vegeta had sensed was actually all the Z Fighters, who were gathering their strength to search for Android 17 and Android 18.

And at that moment, Vegeta's appearance made cold sweat break out on all of them, because this energy was simply boundlessly powerful to them, far beyond anything they could handle together right now.

"Did you all feel that? This energy is way too strong!"

Piccolo was the first to speak. All the Z Fighters nodded, having sensed that energy.

"But this energy feels familiar. It's very much like Vegeta's. But how could Vegeta have raised his power to this level in such a short time?"

Sun Wukong was puzzled. For now, they could only pray that this newcomer was not here to help the androids.

Very soon, Vegeta arrived outside Dr. Gero's laboratory. Dr. Gero immediately sensed that energy and came out with Android 20.

When Android 20, standing beside Dr. Gero, saw Vegeta, he clenched his fist and gave an evil grin, then charged at Vegeta. In Android 20's mind, the current Vegeta still could not transform into a Super Saiyan, and Android 20 also had no ability to sense other people's energy.

The Vegeta of now was no longer anything like he had been before. He also stretched out his fist, and the instant Android 20 threw his punch, Vegeta's fist locked tightly against Android 20's. Before Android 20 even felt anything, his body began to shatter, and in the end, he turned into a pile of fragments.

Cold sweat poured from Dr. Gero, but he also seemed to notice that the Vegeta before him was different from the Vegeta he knew.

"Vegeta, are you here to...?"

Vegeta copied the evil grin Android 20 had made earlier. Then he instantly flashed in front of Dr. Gero, his hands clamping tightly around the doctor's neck, and lifted him up.

"Old bastard, I'm here to ask you for help. If you refuse, I'll strangle you to death right now."

Dr. Gero was frightened by his attitude. Was this the attitude of someone asking for help?

With the little strength he had, Dr. Gero pressed his hands against Vegeta's shoulders, signaling that he agreed to help with whatever Vegeta wanted.

Only then did Vegeta put him down. After Dr. Gero landed, he immediately dropped to his knees and gasped heavily, as if Vegeta really could have strangled him to death if he had held on a little longer.

"What... what do you need my help with?"

Dr. Gero knelt on the ground and asked in a low voice, while Vegeta added, "I need you to make the strongest mechanical arm possible, but it has to match Sun Wukong's arm one-to-one. I know you have Sun Wukong's experimental data. If it's not the same, I'll come back for you."

"O-okay. I'll make it right now."

Dr. Gero recovered a little strength and was able to stand. After he got up, he hurriedly rushed back into his laboratory to develop this strongest arm.

Vegeta watched from the side. Though he could not understand what any of the laboratory's controls and devices were, he could only watch for a while, then wander around for a while.

Dr. Gero worked back and forth on the task Vegeta had assigned for four or five hours. Finally, the mechanical arm was completed. He placed it in a container and handed it to Vegeta.

Vegeta looked at the arm before him and smiled in satisfaction. He also kept his promise and did not kill Dr. Gero. He merely flew to a more distant place and used the Time Ring to return to his own space-time.

At that moment, Dr. Gero gave a sinister smile, because when he had patted Vegeta's shoulder, he had already absorbed a faint bit of Vegeta's energy. Although it was weak, it was more than enough to deal with the current group of Z Fighters. He was going to transfer this energy into the still-incomplete Cell.

Very soon, Dr. Gero transferred that energy into Cell. After Cell received it, he transformed directly from his initial larval state into his complete form, and his strength even surpassed the Cell of the proper timeline by an unknown amount.

Cell immediately emerged from the experimental equipment. He lowered his head, clenched his fists, and looked over his own body, revealing the smile of a powerful being. At that moment, Dr. Gero also came to Cell's side.

"Cell..."

Before Dr. Gero could finish speaking, Cell raised a finger and fired a beam. Dr. Gero's head was instantly blown apart by the Cell before him. He collapsed directly in front of Cell, while Cell looked coldly at the corpse before him and immediately fired a Kamehameha, destroying the doctor's body.

This energy was so powerful that even nature itself was affected. Volcanoes erupted at once, and the sea quickly became raging and turbulent. The entire human world seemed like hell.

Cell did not care. He merely placed his fingers against his forehead and searched one by one for the energy of the Z Fighters, as well as Android 17 and Android 18.

"Found them."

Cell instantly flashed to the place where the Z Fighters had gathered. When the Z Fighters before him saw the greenish man in front of them, they paid him no mind. Only Trunks was so frightened that his eyes went white, his whole body frozen in place.

"Hello, Trunks."

After saying that, Cell punched straight through Trunks. None of the Z Fighters had time to react before Trunks died right in front of them.

"Trunks!"

The Vegeta of this timeline raged helplessly. At that moment, Vegeta's black hair instantly turned yellow. In a way, he had fulfilled his wish to become a Super Saiyan before his death.

After transforming into a Super Saiyan, he flew toward Cell at high speed and struck Cell with all the strength he had. But Cell at this moment was like he had an unbreakable body, letting Vegeta hit him however he wanted without budging in the slightest.

The Z Fighters did not stay idle either. They went up to help pummel Cell. Cell closed his eyes, as if enjoying a massage from them. In the end, he suddenly opened both eyes, instantly flashed onto a mountain peak, casually bent his legs, and planted himself firmly into the mountain. His hands began to gather power, and he shouted loudly, "Ka! Me! Ha! Me! Ha!"

This beam rushed in at the speed of sound, and its range was especially wide. The Z Fighters did not even have time to assume a beam-clash stance before they were slaughtered by the Cell before them, with not even ash remaining.

At that moment, Cell realized Sun Wukong had not been in the group just now. In his heart, he said to himself, "Sun Wukong, since you like playing hide-and-seek, I'll play with you slowly. Once I kill Android 17 and Android 18 first, I'll take my time finding you."

After that, Cell placed his fingers against his forehead and found the android siblings. They were rather shocked by Cell's appearance before them, because in their impression, Cell was only in his larval form right now. How could he have suddenly become complete, and possess such powerful energy on top of that?

"You..."

Android 17 looked at Cell before him with eyes full of shock. At that moment, Cell slowly spoke.

"Don't worry. I'll make sure you die horribly."

Cell mocked the android siblings before him, and the two of them quickly charged in and attacked. The android siblings swung their fists at him nonstop, but no matter how they struck, they simply could not hit Cell in front of them. After nearly three or four minutes of fighting, Cell grew tired of dodging. His hands instantly formed a straight-punch stance, and he slammed them hard into the android siblings' abdomens.

His left hand struck Android 17, unleashing his maximum energy. With that single punch, Android 17 was blown apart on the spot, while the blow from his right fist against Android 18 was relatively much lighter.

But Android 18 was hardly any better off after taking that punch. Clutching her stomach, she dropped heavily to her knees. Cell looked down at Android 18 kneeling on the ground, raised his foot, and stomped on her head, grinding it viciously into the ground.

Android 18 tried to lift her head, but she found that no matter how hard she strained, she could not break free from Cell. In the end, she had no strength left to resist. Cell bent down and spread the wings on his back. A tail emerged from his back, slowly expanding.

"Android 17 was smashed by me just now, so now I can only absorb you alone to increase my power."

Then Cell swiftly drove his tail into Android 18's head. Android 18 used the last of her strength to resist, but it was no use at all. Just like that, Android 18 was absorbed by Cell.

"Now it's your turn, Sun Wukong."