Chapter 172: Piccolo loses his ability to fight, No. 16 comes on stage

"Damn, something's not right... Cell's [Ki] hasn't decreased too much, he's still alive!" Piccolo said cautiously as he looked at the water where Cell was falling.

"He's fine." No. 16 also said slowly.

Just as No. 16 and Piccolo said, Cell slowly floated up from the sea.

However, Piccolo's [Magic Light Cannon] attack was still effective, and now there was a big bloody hole in Cell's abdomen.

But something happened that surprised everyone. The wound on Cell's abdomen grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hahaha, I didn't know I had this ability before. It's all thanks to you, Piccolo. It's you who made me understand how powerful the recovery ability of Namekian cells is." Cell laughed and walked out of the water.

"This guy...actually used my cells..." Piccolo was so angry at Cell that his teeth were itching.

"Impossible! After enduring the joint attack of so many of us, he actually..." Yamcha said to Cell in disbelief.

"How could this be... The actual difference is so huge that there's nothing I can do!" Tien Shinhan was also shocked by Cell's strength.

"No! We can't go on like this. Even if we can't defeat Cell, we have to find a way to delay time and try to let Goku and the others get here." Krillin frowned, thinking about the next strategy.

"What? Are you scared already?" Cell said very proudly, and gradually floated towards Piccolo as he spoke.

"Run! No. 17, No. 18, you must run away now!" Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Piccolo immediately shouted loudly in the direction of No. 17 and No. 18.

Then, Piccolo was knocked to the ground by Cell's punch, and then Cell bent down, grabbed Piccolo's collar, and lifted him up.

"Oh no! His neck is broken." Looking at Piccolo's current condition, Tien Shinhan said pessimistically.

"Krillin, we have to go save Piccolo." Yamcha said to Krillin beside him.

"Wait, I'm sorry to say this... but we really don't have the ability to do this right now." Krillin said with a gloomy face. He also wanted to help Piccolo, but the difference in strength was too great. If he went over, it would only increase casualties.

"Ha... I seem to be too strong. I accidentally used too much strength just now. The number of people I killed far exceeds the amount of life energy I actually needed. All of their life energy was absorbed by me." Cell said to the unconscious Piccolo, as if to stimulate him.

"Your death has come!" After saying this, Cell immediately placed his palm (or was it a claw? ) in front of Piccolo, and a qigong wave pierced through Piccolo's body.

"He...he's dead..." No. 17 said to Cell and Piccolo with an incredulous look on his face.

However, Cell did not look at the shocked eyes of the audience and simply threw Piccolo's "corpse" to the ground.

At this moment in the temple, although Son Gohan and Son Goku, father and son, could not observe the things on Earth like gods, they could still feel the [Aura] of other warriors. Now they also felt that Piccolo's [Aura] was almost disappeared.

"Damn it... It's Uncle Piccolo, it must have been Cell who did it!" Son Gohan said angrily, but even so, he did not act rashly, because he knew clearly that with his current strength, if he used to do that, it would be like an egg hitting a rock and would not have any effect at all.

"Why haven't Vegeta and the others come out yet?" Feeling Piccolo's current state, Sun Wukong became even more anxious at this time, and couldn't help but urge Vegeta and the others to come.

At this time, Cell completely fooled the three strongest people on Earth, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha and Krillin, and looked directly at No. 17 and No. 18, and even glanced at No. 16.

"It seems that we really can't beat him. It's time to consider escaping." No. 18 said. There was nothing else he could do. He would definitely not be able to defeat him in a head-on fight. What's more, Cell was equipped with an emergency brake device.

“17号你也跟着18号一起逃跑吧。”16号对着17号和18号那边的方向两人说道。

"Well, what are you going to do?" No. 18 turned around and looked at No. 16 in confusion.

"I want to defeat Cell!" No. 16 simply replied.

"What?" No. 17 was also very surprised when he heard this, and couldn't understand why No. 16 would say such a thing.

"It's time to fight, before we meet Sun Wukong..." No. 16's facial expression was no longer as gentle and casual as before, but became serious.

As he spoke, No. 16 met Cell's gaze head-on, and did not walk over there.

"No. 16, what are you doing? Come back quickly, you will die like this." Seeing this, No. 18 hurriedly persuaded No. 16. After spending a few days together, No. 18 and No. 17 still agreed with No. 16. After all, they were both artificial humans and belonged to the same kind of people.

"Oh? It's this unfamiliar guy. There is no news about him in my file. What is he doing here?" At this moment, Cell also stopped and waited for No. 16 to approach, thinking about No. 16 in his heart.

There is definitely no information about No. 16 in Cell's database. As the most special of all the androids created by Dr. Gero, Dr. Gero does not want others to know any information about No. 16, even if it is his own creation.

Dr. Gallo is very caring towards the android No. 16 and has never even thought of sending No. 16 to the battlefield. However, in terms of combat effectiveness, Dr. Gallo has put in a lot of effort to protect the safety of No. 16 himself. Even the two powerful androids No. 17 and No. 18 are no match for him.

After hearing what No. 16 said, No. 18 turned around and smiled faintly at No. 17 and No. 18.

"You are all good people. You don't hurt humans and various small animals at will. I am very happy to travel with you." No. 16 said to No. 17 and No. 18 as if he was explaining his last wishes.

Because even No. 16 himself is not sure who will win in the end if he and Cell really fight. But in order to protect the safety of No. 17 and No. 18, or to prevent Cell from becoming a perfect form, No. 16 must stand up and do this now.