DC New Krypton.

Chapter 2162 Piccolo's Death
The explosion of Yamcha tore through the dark universe with light, and a huge, terrifying shockwave kept crashing towards everyone, as if it would tear apart every pore of their bodies.

"Yamcha!!!" Goku's expression was filled with unbearable grief.

Yamcha was the first companion he met besides Hale and Bulma. They went through the journey of searching for the Dragon Balls together, and Yamcha almost lost his life during their first search for the Dragon Balls. Yamcha died once but was resurrected by the Dragon Ball Shenron.

Seeing Yamcha die again so bravely, Goku was deeply saddened.

The Earth Dragon cannot resurrect someone who dies a second time.

In other words, Yamcha is truly dead and cannot be resurrected.

"Yamcha..." Seeing Yamcha use his God of Ki Mode to hug Cell and self-destruct, Vegeta, Piccolo, Chiaotzu, and Trunks could not hide their grief.

“Uncle Yamcha.” Trunks, in particular, couldn’t help but tear up as he witnessed everyone’s sacrifices in the fight against evil once again and recalled the past.

In his universe, Yamcha also perished alongside his enemies on his journey to fight evil.

Nothing has changed yet, which makes Trunks very upset.

Android 17 Lapis and Android 18 Lazuli stood silently with solemn expressions, their eyes filled with respect.

The fearless attitude of Wukong and his group in fighting evil inspired their deepest respect.

The self-destruction, a blast of Yamcha's God Mode energy, caused everyone to be grieved, their figures being pushed back by the shockwave.

After a while, the impact of Yamcha's self-destruction in his Spirit God Mode slowly subsided.

This part of the sky was unusually 'clean' and dark.

"That guy... is he dead...?" Vegeta's expression was somewhat unwilling, unwilling for the death of his comrade. When he was training, he often sparred with Krillin, Poole, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha and others. Although his tone was not very nice, Krillin, Poole, Tien Shinhan and Yamcha knew his personality and were very tolerant of him. Vegeta also regarded them as true comrades.

At this moment, Vegeta deeply felt that his power was not enough. He was unwilling to accept that Krillin, Poole, Tien Shinhan, and Yamcha had died in front of him, nor was he willing to accept that his power was too weak to kill Cell directly, and that Yamcha had to die in order to defeat Cell.

It's all because I'm too weak.

Vegeta vowed to become stronger, stronger than anyone else, and he would not allow these guys to be killed by enemies in front of him.

Only I can defeat this group of fellow trainees!

"It seems... he's dead." Piccolo frowned, a slight unease creeping into his heart.

Originating from his deeply cultivated Namekian physique, which grants him an almost limitless method of restoring stamina, Yamcha's God of Ki self-destruction mode, with its instantaneous burst of power, would undoubtedly surpass Cell's stamina recovery. It was entirely possible for him to kill Cell in that instant.

But Bick had a vague sense of unease, though he didn't know why.

"He pulverized flesh and blood at the molecular level, every cell was blown apart, scattered across this starry sky." Android 18, Lazuli, blinked. The artificial intelligence implanted within her body, modified by Dr. Gero, scanned the starry sky and still detected Cell's reaction. Every cell of Cell seemed to have been blown apart, scattered across the entire starry sky.

"The cells are still alive!" Android 17 exclaimed. The artificial intelligence installed in his body, which had also been modified by Dr. Gero, scanned the starry sky through its eyes and found that the cells were densely packed like particles and still had a slight activity.

"What! Cell is still alive?" Trunks' expression changed.

"Even Yamcha's powerful explosion couldn't kill him?" Goku's face was grim. He looked around but couldn't find any trace of him. Then he closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and used his strongest senses to perceive Cell's faint aura everywhere in the starry sky. A chill ran through him.

"He hasn't been completely destroyed!" Wukong opened his eyes and said coldly.

"Where is he?!" Vegeta, lacking Goku's superior sensory abilities, asked with a grim expression.

"Surrounded by stars, why couldn't Yamcha's powerful explosion destroy him?" Piccolo finally understood why he was uneasy: Cell still had remnants.

Suddenly, Piccolo's expression changed drastically, and he roared, "Erase all his cells!"

Everyone realized what was happening, but by then it was too late.

It was as if a hurricane had swept across the starry sky. All the Cell cells began to frantically and rapidly gather around Piccolo. In just an instant, the cells condensed into a small Cell, and the spikes on its tail pierced Piccolo's heart from behind.

"Ah!!!" Piccolo's face contorted in pain, his pupils dilated violently, as he felt a toxin numbing his body through his pierced heart, sending a violent electric shock through his nerves, causing him excruciating pain.

Piccolo turned his head with difficulty to look at Cell Jr., who was frantically gathering his cells and beginning to grow.

“Here, only you can see my use of Namekian immortality techniques. This might cause me trouble and prevent you from learning in time,” Cell grinned mockingly, releasing a toxin from the spikes of his tail that was specifically designed to counter Namekians, turning Piccolo’s skin purple.

"You...you've reached this level!!!" Piccolo's body stiffened, turning purple as his cells dissolved. His pupils widened in horror as he glared at Cell with gritted teeth. However, he was under attack from Cell's toxin specifically designed to target him, leaving him with no way to retaliate. He couldn't even self-destruct.

Cell knew more about Namekians than he did, and even more about the abilities of the Namekian body that Hale had taught him to develop, including the ultimate form that could be revived even after being blown into cells by Yamcha. This horrified Piccolo.

This ultimate form was just Piccolo's last guess; he never expected Cell to use it directly.

Cell is too strong.

"Piccolo!" Goku was horrified to see Cell behind Piccolo, piercing Piccolo's heart.

Seeing Piccolo's body turn purple, Goku sensed something was wrong and immediately unleashed a powerful burst of energy, instantly using the Kamehameha. The intense Kamehameha directly struck Cell's tail, knocking Cell back as he was gathering his cells.

"Piccolo!" Goku rushed forward and caught Piccolo, who had fallen from Cell's tail.

Piccolo was completely purple, his eyes as black as ink, gripping Goku tightly. His lips trembled as he gave a final, trembling warning: "His ki is evil... Use... Use... Use righteous ki..."

Bick gave a couple of warnings, then his head lolled to the side and he died.