The Other Shore Flower Blooms

Noticing Karnier gradually moving away, Kashius did not hesitate. He stirred up a raging torrent of aura and charged madly toward Demigra, his body transforming into a dazzling white sun, incomparably radiant.

The sea shimmered with silver light, exuding a sacred aura.

"An Ancient Super Saiyan God? So this is where your confidence comes from?!" Demigra saw through Kashius's transformation at a glance. Crimson radiance scattered from around him, spreading across the sea like drifting red spider lilies.

"Pshh!" Son Goku threw a fierce punch. The instant it struck the red spider lilies, his fist felt as though it had been scalded by intense heat and pricked by needles. A burnt stench rose as droplets of crimson crystal sprayed out.

"This stuff is strange!" Son Goku shuddered and instantly retreated, quickly widening the distance between himself and Demigra. This thing was poisonous—touching it meant getting hurt.

Kashius's body abruptly stiffened. His golden eyes stared at the red spider lilies drifting in the wind before him, and a bone-chilling sensation rose within him. Since becoming the White God, this was the first time he had felt such naked, unmistakable terror.

"Ah!" Son Goku cried out as a red spider lily struck his back. Scorching heat burned through his charred skin, and crimson fluid seeped out once more.

"Goku, put up a barrier! Don't run around!" Kashius urgently shouted. Those things were packed densely enough to dye the sky above that stretch of sea red. With Son Goku's size, there was no way he could dodge them all perfectly.

"It doesn't work, Kashius! The barrier's useless—they pass right through it!" Yet the moment Son Goku followed Kashius's instructions, he was immediately attacked.

His back, abdomen, and face were all burned and pierced by the red spider lilies that had seeped through his