Seal Collapse, Shadow Dragons Unleashed

The seal could not hold any longer.

Chen Mo stared at the Scouter.

Eighty-five billion.

Ninety billion.

The two Cell Jrs. were no longer pink.

Black-red scales emerged across their skin, and Shadow Dragon bone spines grew from their backs.

Their eyes turned red, their pupils glowing.

"They're evolving," Android 18 said.

"It's fusion," Chen Mo said. "Cell's cells and the Shadow Dragons' Negative Energy are eroding each other."

On the Scouter, the Underworld seal's energy reading dropped to its critical threshold.

In three more minutes, the seal would collapse.

"Vegeta." Chen Mo activated the communicator.

"Speak." Vegeta's voice came through, explosions roaring in the background.

"How much longer can you hold out over there?"

"Are you insulting me?"

"I'm seriously asking."

Vegeta paused.

"...An hour."

"That's enough," Chen Mo said. "Don't die."

"That's not for you to worry about."

The communication cut off.

Chen Mo looked at Android 18.

"I'll handle the two in the Underworld," Chen Mo said. "King Cold's Fortress is yours."

"Alone?" Android 18 turned her head.

"You'll be fighting two alone."

"I'm a perpetual-motion machine," Android 18 said. "You aren't."

"I can absorb energy," Chen Mo said. "Those two are absorbing Negative Energy. If I absorb them, I'll be absorbing Negative Energy too. My power level will rise."

Android 18 looked at Chen Mo.

"Your mental state is unstable," Android 18 said. "If you absorb any more Negative Energy, you'll go insane."

"Then I'll go insane."

"No." Android 18's tone was firm. "You promised me."

Chen Mo did not answer.

On the Scouter, the seal's energy reading dropped again.

"I'm going to the Underworld," Chen Mo said. "You go to the fortress. Come support me once you're done."

"...How long?"

"Ten minutes."

"I'll give you twenty," Android 18 said. "After twenty minutes, I won't care