"Janemba..."
On the barren ground, Janemba glared at Raditz with ferocious eyes, his power continuing to surge as his expression underwent a dramatic transformation. An icy aura spread in all directions, freezing space momentarily as the earth suddenly cracked open. Lightning-like fissures snaked downward, carving into Hell's deepest abyssal depths.
Janemba's bloated figure contracted and elongated, becoming tall and lean. His skin turned crimson while lavender carapace covered his chest, shoulders, and legs. The horns atop his head grew long and sharp like twin spears.
The second stage transformation—Janemba's ultimate form! After entering this phase, his strength far exceeded ordinary Super Saiyan 3 levels, requiring the fusion of Goku and Vegeta into Gogeta to defeat him.
Raditz didn't know how his current Mystic state or Super Saiyan 3 form compared to Gogeta, but he was certainly far stronger than standard Super Saiyan 3.
Facing Janemba's evolution, Raditz concentrated his energy. The surface of his black hair seemed dyed with a luminous halo as his entire being sublimated into explosive white aura. He exerted maximum power, assuming an unparalleled offensive stance. His eyes blazed like brilliant swords piercing straight toward his opponent.
Two tremendous auras collided in the underworld, shaking the Yellow Springs as everything returned to death and desolation.
"Incredibly strong!" Raditz acknowledged genuinely.
This creature's strength and presence were completely different from before. His eyes had transformed from vacant black voids to razor-sharp focus. His lizard-like tail slapped the ground, producing sounds similar to Frieza's movements.
On the Grand Kai's planet, all the Realm Kings watched the battle while trembling. The early-stage Janemba had already been terrifying enough—the existence of a second transformation was unbelievable!
"That monster... it's horrific..." The West Kai's lips trembled, his face turning purple with fear.
"He can transform just like Raditz, but the change is too dramatic!" King Kai couldn't help shouting, studying Janemba with grave concern as worry for Raditz began mounting.
Though Raditz's strength was obvious to all, the unknown remained frightening. If this monster exceeded Raditz's power, who could save the underworld? The Realm Kings had no idea what to do.
The Grand Kai peered intently at Raditz through his sunglasses. "All we can do now is trust in him."
After speaking, he sighed heavily, filled with helplessness and melancholy.
As deities, they felt profound powerlessness... unaware that the Supreme Kai, who ranked even higher, were already intimately familiar with such feelings...
In the underworld, fierce battle raged on.
Janemba approached in a bizarre manner—dismantling himself into cubes before instantly moving to Raditz's position and reassembling. While reorganizing, he delivered whipping kicks at incredible speed.
Tremendous killing intent emanated from his dark, bead-like pupils. As the creature swept toward him, Raditz retreated repeatedly.
The kick missed, but its terrifying momentum collapsed the ground anyway, whirlwinds whistling in all directions. Janemba didn't cease his assault—instead he pressed closer, continuing to target Raditz with relentless attacks.
Heavy punches, reverse elbows, whipping tail strikes, mouth-fired ki blasts! A seamless series of attacks with no pause for thought. As a being of pure evil, his offense and defense operated entirely on instinct!
BANG!
The ki wave exploded in spray-like fashion. Under the smoke screen and energy aftermath, Raditz scraped across the ground for a considerable distance. Layers of Yellow Springs soil piled behind his feet, leaving a scorched and superheated trench in his wake.
Behind the smoke, Raditz crossed his arms defensively, legs slightly bent but still managing to withstand the barrage.
"What tremendous force!" Raditz marveled internally. Even with his Mystic strength, he felt genuine pressure. Janemba was indeed an opponent requiring Gogeta-level power to defeat.
After a brief pause, Janemba rushed forward again, roaring softly as turbulent energy burst forth, his punches streaking like meteors. Raditz swallowed hard, his eyes focusing as psychic power spread instantly, intending to trap his opponent.
But suddenly, Janemba smiled wickedly and vanished!
Dimensional decomposition! Janemba's body fragmented and disappeared, using spatial manipulation to materialize behind Raditz. He thrust one hand forward, unleashing a blazing crimson energy wave.
Raditz's expression shifted dramatically upon losing sight of his opponent, but even as he sensed the approaching attack, the energy blast had already launched. His psychic power trembled under extreme strain, suppressing the energy wave's velocity by precious fractions. Taking advantage of this moment, Raditz activated instant transmission!
Whoosh!
Raditz reappeared behind Janemba, swinging a horizontal punch.
Janemba showed a slight smile, ducking to avoid the sweeping strike while flicking his tail in retaliation. At that moment, Raditz's own tail unwound from his waist, sweeping to meet the attack. The two long appendages collided like whips. Janemba clearly hadn't expected Raditz to possess a tail, showing mild surprise.
Moments later, both fighters rushed forward with iron fists extended!
BOOM! BOOM!
Their punches connected simultaneously, deflecting each other's faces as surrounding space continued exploding. Energy residuals spread in continuous waves, rippling outward layer by layer.
"I have a tail too, bastard!" Raditz grabbed Janemba's fist to straighten his head, screaming furiously as he activated the Spirit Control technique.
Immediately, his form became intangible, passing through Janemba's body to emerge on the opposite side.
"Nova Radiance!"
The brilliant ki wave blasted forward at tremendous speed, aimed at Janemba's head like a white waterfall—majestic and overwhelming. Radiant light danced before his opponent as terrifying energy nearly distorted space itself, everything trembling constantly in its wake.
But Raditz wasn't optimistic—his expression changed abruptly. Janemba stood in place, enduring the energy impact without any sign of damage.
"Not good." He suddenly remembered one of Janemba's particularly bizarre abilities, cold sweat breaking out across his forehead.
The Shining Shockwave was indeed fast and powerful, but a disc-shaped wormhole had formed before Janemba, completely transferring the attack's energy to another dimension. The terrifying aspect was that Janemba could redirect this energy back!
Sure enough, space beside Raditz tore open as his own blazing shockwave emerged.
In an instant, the beam streaked past as Raditz dodged desperately, narrowly avoiding his own reflected attack.
"Spatial abilities are truly troublesome, and my strength holds no advantage over him. It seems I'll need to use Super Saiyan 3..."
"Hmph!" Janemba gave him no opportunity to power up, charging forward with aura terrifying enough to shake the underworld.
Against the gloomy backdrop, Raditz and Janemba battled back and forth, shattering blood clouds, overturning pools of crimson, and piercing Hell's very foundations.
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