He vanished.
One moment he was standing ten feet away. The next, he was directly in front of Satou, a blade of pure shadow materializing in his hand.
The dark weapon slashed toward Satou's throat with lethal precision.
Satou's enhanced senses screamed warnings. He twisted his body, the shadow blade missing his neck by millimeters. He could feel the cold radiating from the weapon as it passed, smell the wrongness of it.
His counterattack was immediate. Stone Spit activated, three shards shooting from his mouth at point-blank range, aimed at Vegeta's eyes and throat.
Shadows wrapped around Vegeta's head like a helmet, the stone shards bouncing off harmlessly.
But they'd served their purpose. The momentary distraction gave Satou enough time to activate Earth Manipulation.
The ground beneath Vegeta's feet turned to quicksand. The hero sank ankle-deep before shadows erupted from his body, solidifying into a platform that lifted him back up.
