Earth, deep in the desolate western desert.
Looking at the tall man following Babidi as he walked out of the spaceship entrance, Shin's expression became extremely grave. "I didn't expect Babidi to have recruited Dabura!"
On the way there, he had already informed everyone of his identity.
Seeing even this Supreme Kai being so solemn, Krillin asked in a low voice, "Is he very strong?"
Shin nodded. "He is the King of the Demon Realm. His strength is unfathomable, and he also masters various evil magics!"
Krillin asked, "The Demon Realm?"
Shin said in a deep voice, "It's the other side of this world!"
As the group conversed, they saw Babidi walk into the spaceship himself, while Dabura remained outside.
Shin was overjoyed. "We must join forces immediately! Before Babidi uses any other methods, focus all our strength to kill Dabura as quickly as possible! This is our only chance!"
However, when he turned his head, he saw Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta forming a small circle, playing... rock-paper-scissors?
"Rock – Paper – Scissors!"
"Haha, I won!" Gohan looked at his own 'paper', an excited smile on his face, clearly having recovered from the earlier 'needle prick'.
Goku sighed with some frustration. "Ah, I lost."
Vegeta clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction, and crossed his arms, but he still accepted the result.
Supreme Kai: "???"
Shin looked bewildered, even suspecting that he was hallucinating due to excessive nervousness.
"What are you doing? Now is not the time for games! The enemy is right in front of us!"
Gohan turned his head and said matter-of-factly, "We're competing in a manly way to decide who will fight."
Shin's eyes widened. "That guy is Dabura, the King of the Demon Realm! Even if you transform into a Super Saiyan, you absolutely cannot be his match!"
"Is that so?" Gohan nodded thoughtfully. "Then if I transform into Super Saiyan 2, I should be fine, right?"
Shin asked blankly, "Does Super Saiyan... have a second stage?"
"Yeah." Gohan nodded affirmatively, loosening his wrist.
"Although those two strange men drained some of my energy just now, once I transform into Super Saiyan 2, that little bit of energy loss doesn't matter at all. It will recover quickly."
With that, he said no more and stepped forward.
"Raaah!"
Golden aura again rose around Gohan, with dense lightning sparks jumping in the light.
Kibito's pupils contracted sharply. The momentum of Gohan now was worlds apart from his transformation in the ring earlier.
Gohan ignored their shock. He lightly pushed off the ground, his form instantly transforming into a golden lightning bolt, charging straight at Dabura in mid-air.
"So there are little insects!" Dabura had obviously also long sensed someone hiding in the shadows, and he swung his fist to meet the attack.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Golden and dark red light and shadow collided violently in the air.
Deafening roars echoed across the desert. Shockwaves, like tangible rings, continuously spread, kicking up clouds of yellow sand.
The two fought from the ground to the air, and from the air to the tops of sand dunes. Their speed was too fast for the eye to track, only visible as clusters of dazzling light spheres exploding from their energy clashes.
"I didn't expect Gohan to truly be evenly matched with Dabura!" Shin's expression was complex as he sighed.
"I had previously heard from the Grand Kai that there was a very powerful warrior on Earth named 'Chiaki Setsuna'. I didn't expect Gohan to be the strongest warrior on your Earth."
Hearing the name 'Chiaki Setsuna', Vegeta had no reaction. But hearing Shin praise Gohan as the 'strongest', he snorted coldly with extreme displeasure.
"That brat Gohan? The strongest? What nonsense! He's spent these last few years focusing on studying and school, neglecting his training! If it weren't for his good foundation, he would have fallen behind long ago!"
"What?" Shin and Kibito were shocked again, their gazes snapping to Vegeta.
Shin couldn't help but ask, "Can you also transform into that Super Saiyan 2?"
Vegeta sneered, "Of course! You didn't think our years of hard training were for nothing, did you?"
"Hiss!!"
Shin and Kibito indeed took a sharp breath this time. A tiny planet like Earth actually had three powerful warriors whose strength matched the King of the Demon Realm?
Snapping out of his shock, Shin immediately realized this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
He urged excitedly, "Since you all have such power, attack together! Defeat Dabura, then stop Babidi, to prevent any accidents."
However, Goku shook his head. "No, this is Gohan's fight."
Vegeta nodded in agreement. "Kakarot is right. Interfering in his fight would be an insult to a warrior!"
With that, he glanced at Shin with a hint of disdain. "Are you really the 'Supreme Kai'? You're afraid of this and afraid of that. You have no boldness of a strong warrior at all!"
"Vegeta! Do not be rude to the Supreme Kai!" Piccolo quickly shouted sternly.
Shin waved his hand. "It's fine. I'm just worried, can Gohan really win? Dabura is, after all, the King of the Demon Realm. Besides his own strength, he also masters various sinister and powerful dark magics."
Piccolo smiled. "Supreme Kai, don't worry. In terms of absolute power and experience, Gohan may not have the advantage."
"But his strongest trait is growing in battle. If Dabura cannot keep up, this fight is his loss!"
As if confirming Piccolo's words, the situation in the air began to change.
Initially, Gohan and Dabura were indeed locked in a close fight, with golden Ki Blasts and dark magic spheres constantly colliding and annihilating.
But soon, Gohan fully adapted to Dabura's fighting style, which mixed physical attacks with magical curses.
His movements grew more fluid, his dodges more precise, his counterattacks more ferocious.
The rampant golden aura gradually began to suppress the surging dark red demonic energy around Dabura.
'Damn it, how is this possible! A brat from a lower-class planet...' The more Dabura fought, the more alarmed he became. Was the mortal world really that much stronger than the Demon Realm?
Meanwhile, deep underground in the spaceship's main control room.
Watching the battle outside via a magical projection, Babidi's eyes were now full of panic.
"N-no way! Dabura is going to lose? How can this be! How can that brat from Earth be this strong?"
He shrieked, frantically operating a crystal ball covered in runes before him.
Inside the crystal ball, the energy bar representing the progress of Majin Buu's seal release, although it had grown a bit from absorbing battle energy, was still a considerable distance from completely full.
"The energy isn't enough! Far from enough to awaken Buu!" Babidi was frantic.
Just then, he suddenly looked up at the sky, his body trembling with excitement. "Who is it? What is this evil aura? Such powerful evil power, it's even stronger than Buu!"