c105: Towa and Mira
"Do you really think I can't kill you?" Li Xu said with a faint smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth.
Hearing those words, Android 21 felt a chill creep into her heart. She tried to brush it off surely, he was bluffing. After all, she believed herself truly immortal.
"Don't bluff. My body is immortal. I can't be killed!" she snapped, her voice echoing with forced confidence.
"There's no such thing as true immortality," Li Xu replied with disdain.
Android 21 possessed advanced cellular regeneration, similar to Majin Buu and Perfect Cell, but that wasn't the same as being indestructible. Beyond even that was soul-based regeneration, like that of beings in the Demon Realm but even that had limits. In Dragon Ball cosmology, even divine immortality could be undone under the right circumstances.
Even the System-granted immortal physique had constraints it only remained valid as long as the Dragon Ball Multiverse stayed intact. If the multiverse was erased, even "immortal" beings could perish.
"To deal with your regeneration, I've developed a specific technique just for you," Li Xu said with calm confidence. "You'll see it now."
"Annihilation!"
With a low grunt, Li Xu formed a silver sphere of energy a fusion of Time Energy and Space Energy and hurled it toward Android 21.
She instantly sensed danger. Her instincts screamed at her to dodge. But when she tried to move, she couldn't locked in place, frozen by the time-space distortion.
"No…!" she screamed, panic in her voice for the first time. But the attack didn't stop.
The silver sphere struck her directly, and her body crumbled like ancient stone, disintegrating layer by layer. Within seconds, nothing remained not even cellular residue.
Ding-dong! Task complete. Congratulations to the host for acquiring the 'Cell Regeneration Physique,' the mechanical voice of the System rang in Li Xu's mind.
Hearing this, Li Xu couldn't help but feel a rush of excitement. This regeneration ability rivaled even Buu's, and unless restrained by techniques like Hakai, it made its user nearly unkillable. Having it himself now was a massive leap in power.
"The power of time and space isn't bad," Li Xu murmured. This technique, "Annihilation," was something he developed after mastering both time and spatial energies. Its destructive force rivaled that of a God of Destruction's Hakai, capable of erasing matter and energy across dimensions.
"He won!" Bulma cheered, filled with emotion.
"Dad is amazing!" Bra jumped up and down, overjoyed as if she had landed the final blow herself.
"What a man…" No. 18 murmured, a rare blush on her usually stoic face.
"Sis, if you're falling for him, you better act fast, or you'll regret it!" No. 17 teased with a smirk.
"Say that again and I'll break your jaw," No. 18 shot back, cheeks flushed even redder.
Though Li Xu had defeated Android 21, his expression remained tense. He looked sharply into a seemingly empty part of the battlefield something was off.
"Come out, rats hiding in the shadows!" he barked, voice sharp.
Everyone, including Goku and Vegeta, looked confused at first but followed his gaze.
Suddenly, space rippled like water, and two figures materialized a man and a woman.
The woman was dressed in dark red robes, with flowing white hair and glowing red eyes. She held a crimson scepter crackling with dark magic.
Beside her stood a tall, muscular man with blue skin, long white hair, and pointed ears—his aura cold and overpowering.
"So, you noticed us," the woman said with a serene smile, unfazed by Li Xu's killing intent.
"You're from the Dark Demon Realm, aren't you?" Li Xu said. It sounded like a question, but his voice left no room for doubt.
After defeating Android 21, he had sensed the tainted energy that powered her was suddenly extracted as if something had reclaimed it. That's when he realized someone else had been watching... controlling.
"Correct. You'd make a fine Time Patrol agent," the woman said with a chuckle, revealing that they knew exactly who Li Xu was.
She was Towa, a powerful sorceress from the Demon Realm. The man beside her was Mira, her genetically engineered warrior a fusion of Saiyan and Demon genes, created to gather and weaponize dark energy.
"Cell and Android 21... They were your creations too?" Li Xu asked coldly.
"Just small gifts, really. Pretty effective, weren't they?" Towa said with a sly smile. Then she added, "Well, we've achieved our objective.it's time we left."
Their goal had been to gather negative energy generated by high-level battles between righteous warriors. By unleashing enhanced versions of Cell and Android 21 into the timeline and fueling their growth with demonic energy, Towa and Mira had succeeded in harvesting chaos and fear.
And now, having drawn what they came for, they were preparing to retreat with their next move already in mind.
"Since you're here, leaving won't be that simple." Li Xu narrowed his eyes, forming a dense silver-blue energy sphere in his palm. With a thrust, he hurled it toward the mysterious pair.
The woman's expression remained calm. With a graceful sweep of her dark crystalline scepter, the very fabric of space split open. The energy attack vanished into the rift without disturbing her. The male warrior clearly engineered for combat—stepped in front and struck Li Xu's energy ball with a ki-infused palm, redirecting it harmlessly into the sky.
"We'll meet again," the woman said with a soft, knowing smile.
As the two entered the portal, the rift in space instantly sealed behind them. The sky returned to normal, as though they had never appeared.
"They're stronger than I expected," Li Xu muttered, a rare note of tension in his voice. He hadn't gone all out he just wanted to gauge their power but even that was casually handled.
"Li Xu, who were those two?" Son Goku arrived swiftly, curiosity burning in his eyes.
"I'm not sure of their exact identities, but they're from the Dark Demon Realm. With your current power, it's better you don't know too much," Li Xu replied grimly.
"Then I'll train harder," Goku said seriously, sensing the enormous gap. His recent Ultra Instinct progress still didn't feel enough.
"No matter who they are, next time, I'll crush them!" Vegeta growled, clenching his fists. His pride couldn't accept being left behind again.
"The Earth's in ruins… We'll need the Dragon Balls to fix this," Piccolo noted, looking over the shattered landscape. But since he had merged with Kami, the Earth's Dragon Balls no longer existed.
"I'll head to New Namek. Maybe they can send someone to serve as Earth's new guardian," Goku said after thinking for a moment.
"You guys handle that. I'm heading home first," Li Xu said. There was nothing here requiring his continued presence.
"Li Xu, wait!" Android 18 called out.
"What is it?" he turned back.
"Android 16 is heavily damaged. Senzu Beans don't work on him. Can you help repair him?" she asked, her tone softer than usual, clearly feeling responsible.
"Bulma, is that possible?" Li Xu asked, deferring the technical matter.
"It'll take a while, but I can fix him. I still have the blueprints Dr. Gero left behind," Bulma replied with confidence.
"Alright. Then send him over," Li Xu nodded.
He then used Instant Transmission to teleport away with Bulma, Bra, and Bulla.
"Tch… That guy doesn't know how to appreciate women at all!" Android 18 huffed as Li Xu vanished.
"Sis, looks like you've got your work cut out for you if you want him as a brother-in-law," Android 17 teased, smirking.
"Keep it up and I'll smash your teeth in. Just carry Android 16 already!" she snapped, blushing.
"Alright, alright!" 17 said, chuckling as he hoisted 16 and flew off toward Capsule Corp.
Back at his home, Li Xu contacted Kane, the Time Patrol overseer, and relayed everything about the strange man and woman.
"From your description, those two are likely Towa and Mira. They're dangerous not just in strength, but because they manipulate time energy," Kane said, clearly concerned. "They're not gods, but they're cunning."
"Towa… and Mira…" Li Xu murmured, recalling what he knew. Mira was Towa's artificial creation, fused from Saiyan DNA and enhanced with dark magic. His power could grow rapidly through battle.
"Their real goal is harvesting dark energy. As long as conflicts fueled by righteous emotion occur, they'll show up," Li Xu surmised.
"Exactly. But they don't dare act too directly. The multiversal laws enforced by the Time Patrol and the Gods of Destruction still hold. If they don't retreat in time, they'd be erased instantly," Kane explained.
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