Chapter 393
Four months later, Elise asked Xiaya to send her back to Planet Hongshan because she was tired of playing on Earth. However, it was unknown if she was really tired of staying on Earth, or if she was missing someone on Planet Hongshan. Xiling was in charge of sending her back.
When XIaya came back to Goku's home in West City, Goku had run off to Mount Paozu to train again, leaving only Bulma in the villa.
Fortunately, Bulma had always been very supportive regarding Goku's training. She—who loved adventuring since her childhood—was also not an idle person; after learning about some of the events that occurred outside Earth from Tights, there had always been a little worry in Bulma's heart. Thus, she was very supportive of her husband's training.
Here, her att.i.tude was exactly the opposite of Chi-Chi's in the main storyline world.
This was probably because Bulma's family was the richest family on Earth; her family's money was practically inexhaustible. Moreover, as childhood sweethearts, Bulma knew Goku's nature very well, so both sides complement each other very well. Also, with Bardock's high standing on Planet Hongshan, Goku's family had no pressure regarding money at all, so there was also an open-minded motivation to become stronger; thus, Goku could commit to his training wholeheartedly.
In Bulma's words, "As long as Goku becomes stronger, our family will be even safer…"
When Xiaya and others came back, Bulma was leaning over in front of a pile of experimental equipment, carefully studying the structure inside. She was wiping off sweat while holding a screwdriver in hand when she discovered Xiaya.
"Oh, why are you here?" With her Light-purple hair sticking to her face, Bulma glowed as she gave a happy smile.
Seeing Bulma's slightly bulging belly, Xiaya couldn't help but inwardly lament, 'Ah! Bulma is already pregnant. Goku is so fast!'
'However, I'm not sure if their child will be named Gohan or not! The name, Gohan, is used to commemorate Goku's grandfather, so it will likely not be changed. However, Bulma's family's genes are really powerful, so this child's hair colour might also be light-purple like Bulma's.'
It was also interesting to note that Dr. Brief and his wife's hair colour was light-purple and golden respectively, and Bulma and Tights' hair colour was also light-purple and golden respectively. Moreover, future Trunks and Bulla's hair was also light-purple.
Their family's genes were really strong, and they also had a young appearance that seems to withstand the pa.s.sage of time, which was not much inferior to Saiyans.
"Goku has gone to train again?"
"Yeah, he called Krillin and others to train together." Bulma made a cup of hot tea and sat down.
Xiling touched Bulma's belly before looking at her flat belly as she mused, 'Myers and I didn't do that thing any less with Xiaya, so why haven't our belly reacted even a little? Could it be because we drank the Fountain of Youth, or because of our training to attain a higher dimension?'
Xiling stopped thinking and said somewhat enviously, "Bulma you are already pregnant, so need someone to take care of you; also, you can put some work aside."
Bulma gently smiled and said with happiness written on her face, "I am only three or four months pregnant. However, my sister, Tights, usually comes over. You see those little robots, some heavy work is done by them." The little robots had a spherical head which was suitable for carrying heavy objects.
"You should be careful," Myers said.
"Umm."
Recently, Bulma had been studying the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p of the Feidaya people. It was exhausting, but as a genius scientist, she was similar to Dr. Brief; thus, she couldn't help but want to study it after seeing the advanced technology.
A few hours later, Goku returned home with damaged clothes.
When he saw Xiaya and his wives, Goku greeted enthusiastically, "Xiaya, I have become much more powerful in this period, so when will you call back Tien s.h.i.+nhan to compete with me?"
Ever since he learnt that Xiaya took Tien s.h.i.+nhan to Planet Metamor for training, Goku had been looking forward to battling him again.
Xiaya smiled and said, "Your current Battle Power is inferior to Tien s.h.i.+nhan's Battle Power, so you still need more training. However, you can see that Bulma is pregnant, but you are still running all over like this; it's not good, right?"
Goku blushed and scratched his head, saying with guilt, "Yeah, you are right. I was only thinking about my matters."
"Don't listen to Xiaya! You can go train if you want so that you can better protect me," Bulma said. She was good at understanding others.
"You two, ah!"
Xiaya shook his head. He left a bag of Senzu Beans with them before departing with Xiling and Myers.
On the way back, Xiling said to Xiaya in a soft voice, "Kakarrot and Bulma are quite suitable for each other; their natures complement each other."
"Well, after all, they were childhood sweethearts, and their understanding of each other is quite deep…" As he thought of the world of the main storyline and the Golden Flame World's Bulma and Goku, Xiaya sighed with emotion.
Fortunately, this world's Goku and Bulma finally became husband and wife.
"Yeah!"
"Xiling, Myers, Bulma is already pregnant, so you both have to work hard!"
Xiling's face turned red. However, they had been married for years after all, and not bearing children after so long was a problem. "This is not entirely our fault. Xiaya, you are also not working hard enough."
Xiaya grinned and looked at the two women playfully. "How about we go back and work harder, living an indulgent life."
"Bring it on!" Myers scoffed and fiercely glared. For a girl who dared to climb Xiaya's bed at the age of fourteen, Myers was more daring than Xiling.
While the Xiaya's family was busy with "baby-making"…
North Area, on a wandering planet hidden in the darkness away from the illumination of the stars…
The frozen star was an extremely cold and icy planet. It was considered as a lifeless planet. The cold weather and frozen ground made it unsuitable for living beings to survive on it. The temperature was below two hundred degree Celsius. Here, oxygen was also in a blue liquid form.
"Ho ho ho, this king has finally made a breakthrough after such a long time!" Frieza, whose whole body was emitting a silvery l.u.s.tre, exclaimed as he opened his blood-red eyes. The killing intent coming from purgatory made the whole planet tremble.
Compared to the bright-white colour from three years ago, the current silvery-white colour— which was like a metallic-l.u.s.tre—was even more dazzling.
Frieza had been training on this frozen star for ten years. In these ten years, by relying on his formidable talent and the strong desire for power, his strength advanced by leaps and bounds. Currently, his Battle Power was 18 billion. This was a value which could leave people reeling in despair!
As he felt the formidable power flowing within his body, Frieza smiled with satisfaction, and a desire to control the whole universe arose in his heart.
Frieza narrowed his eyes in intoxication, but when he stopped training, the formidable power in his body began to rush around violently. It was very uncomfortable.
"Hehehe, this king's strength has increased so much, so It's not easy to control. However, it doesn't matter; after all, It's more than enough to deal with that little ancient warrior. It is time to take back the Forces of this king. The entire Galaxy will serve under Frieza's feet!"
Clenching his fists, Frieza fantasized about the thrill of ruling the universe.
Then, his body greatly shrunk, slowly changing from his silvery-white Final Form to the white-coloured sandstone Normal State.
Although Frieza's strength had begun to reduce, his current Battle Power in Normal State was not like the previous 530,000; instead, it was a frightening 80 million. It had increased by a full 150 times.
In the starry sky of North Area, Frieza was advancing rapidly.
After leaving the frozen planet and shrinking his strength to Normal State, Frieza—who felt that unrivalled—was full of ambition as he piloted his s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p to head toward his former Forces. Since he believed himself to be invincible, Frieza had reverted to his elegant and gentlemanly side, aimlessly wandering the universe.
Frieza's third administration planet.
After Dodoria and Balfe got the news that King Frieza was about to return, they all returned from the remote planet. Not far away, the Abo and Kado brothers stood without any expression; they had been waiting there respectfully for a long time. In particular, after Dodoria obtained the news of King Frieza's return, he was in a state of excitement.
He had been waiting for this moment for many years.
"Hehe, after his majesty returns, you are going to be sidelined." Dodoria, who took pride in being under Frieza's command, looked at Abo and Kado brothers with sarcasm in his eyes.
As soon as King Frieza returned, Dodoria would be the second-in-command once again.
Regarding this, Abo and Kado did not express anything, appearing calm and indifferent.
After a long time, a disc-shaped s.p.a.cecraft slowly pierced through the atmosphere and landed at the air traffic control zone. Following a grating gas discharge sound, the cabin door opened and Frieza's white, sandstone-like, figure appeared in everyone's line of sight.
"King Frieza!"
Dodoria, Balfe and others quickly stepped forward and greeted him with respect. Frieza indifferently smiled and alighted from the s.p.a.cecraft like a demon coming from the abyss. His frightening aura made everyone on the scene feel cold.
'As expected, King Frieza has now become even more powerful… Frightening!' Dodoria thought with trepidation.
"Mr. Dodoria, Mr. Balfe, you have worked hard these past few years," Frieza looked calm as he said politely. People who didn't know Frieza would think that he was an excellent aristocrat.
Dodoria and Balfe shuddered and excitedly said, "King Frieza, you are finally back."
"Umm!" Frieza smiled and nodded his head before his demonic blood-red eyes swept towards the Abo and Kado brothers; he said, "You have done a good job in these past few years. Oh, by the way, I heard that your relations.h.i.+p with s.h.i.+sami is very tense; is that so?"
"We don't dare; we don't dare!" Abo
s.h.i.+sami was also a general under Frieza known as "Frieza Corps Strongest Warrior". He was even more powerful than the dead Captain Ginyu.
Frieza nodded with a smile which was also not a smile and looked straight at them. This ambiguous att.i.tude made the Abo and Kado brothers restless. Their backs involuntarily emitted a chill.
After a while, Frieza gently laughed and patted the brothers' shoulders. "Since this king is back, give me a report on the situation of the Corps in these past few years."
The Abo and Kado brothers felt as if they had been relieved from a burden as bean-size beads of sweat oozed from their foreheads.
In front of Frieza, they were no longer the masters of the Frieza Force. Although the taste of being in charge was very good, they didn't dare to feel an attachment to such a power. Since the rightful owner had arrived, they had to immediately give it up.
"King Frieza, in recent times, because of the obstructions from those defecting Corps everywhere, our Forces have not developed very well; furthermore, many jurisdictional planets have fallen into the hands of some barbarians…"
Frieza couldn't listen to the report anymore as an icy smile hung on his face.
Suddenly, Frieza raised his head, his purple lips condensing into a cruel smile. "Those planets are the private property of this king. Since they dare to swallow them, then they have to pay the price. Well, Abo and Kado, you guys should re-establish the Frieza Corps together with s.h.i.+sami and Tagoma. It is time to reorganize the entire Galaxy."
"Umm, let's start with the North Area. I want those traitors to have a taste of living a life worse than death."
Now that there was no Cooler and King Cold holding him back, Frieza's vision was no longer limited to the tiny North Area. In the future, he would attempt to conquer the surrounding galaxies!
"Yes, King Frieza."
"We will complete this mission!"
Abo and Kado responded in a loud voice. If they could, they didn't want to stay by Frieza's side for even a moment because Frieza brought too much pressure on them! Instead, leading an army was the best choice. Thus, together with s.h.i.+sami and Togma, leading the army to annihilate the traitors was much easier.
"Withdraw!" Frieza waved his hand and ordered.
After the two brothers left, Frieza narrowed his eyes and asked Dodoria indifferently, "These few years, were Abo and Kado well-behaved?"
Dodoria chuckled, "Your Majesty is putting pressure on them, so how will dare to not be well-behaved."
Frieza gave a hearty laugh and said, "It's for the best. Let them take the lead. This king wants to pocket the entire Galaxy. Oh, by the way, how is the investigation of the ancient warrior going?"
Frieza suddenly changed the subject and asked about the ancient warrior.
As he thought of the blonde-haired ancient warrior, Frieza hatefully gnashed his teeth. He wished he could tear the ancient warrior into a thousand pieces, but it was also because of the defeat that let Frieza realize his shortcomings and train a powerful body.
So far, Frieza still didn't know that his so-called ancient warrior was actually a Super Saiyan!
Dodoria shook his head regretfully, withdrew a few steps and apologized to Frieza. "Your Majesty, I still have not been able to find the whereabouts of the ancient warrior. After destroying King Cold's territory, the ancient warrior seemed to have evaporated from the universe and never appeared again."
Bang!
Frieza's tail struck the reinforced floor, causing it to crack. Frieza coldly snorted and his voice became indifferent and full of killing intent. "Continue to look for him. Even if you have to turn the entire Galaxy upside down, you must find him," Frieza icily commanded. The ancient warrior was like a sharp thorn in his heart, so if he doesn't destroy him, Frieza would feel as if a fishbone was stuck in his throat.
Although he didn't attach importance to the ancient warrior anymore due to the great improvement of his strength, Frieza would not allow any possibility of a mishap occurring because the ancient warrior will also likely become stronger.
"Yes!" Dodoria's expression abruptly turned stern, his pink skin trembling.
Somewhere else on an unknown planet.
"Hey!"
"Haha!"
A few energy waves rapidly shot out, converging together to form a blue l.u.s.tre in the s.p.a.cious sky. After firing the energy wave, Vegeta stomped the earth with great strength, causing a large hole to split open on. Meanwhile, Vegeta quickly appeared in front of the energy wave and put up a defensive posture.
Boom!
The energy wave struck his body and produced an enormous explosion. After some time, the dense black smoke dispersed, and Vegeta appeared without any damage. The Battle Armor on his body had been charred black, and it was cracked in some places.
Vegeta stared at the protruding hill a hundred meters away.
Vegeta's eyes flashed with a bright light, and suddenly, powerful energy erupted from his body, creating debris from the explosion.
Kacha!
Wave-like undulations suddenly appeared on the solid ground, and at the instant when the imposing aura was erupting, dark ravines suddenly split open the ground.
Rumble!
The earth sank, revealing a shattered region 100 meters in diameter.
At the same time, Vegeta raised his hands over his head and gave a loud cry towards the sky, "Ah!!" As he screamed, energy burst out from his body and formed a huge energy ball; the energy ball glowed brilliantly. At this moment, Vegeta seemed to have turned into a dazzling new star. The debris on the ground slowly broke free from gravity and floated around Vegeta.
"Final Flas.h.!.+"
With hands wide open, vigorous energy shot all around with Vegeta as the centre. A large airflow condensed together to form a circular vacuum field.
Huge energy b.a.l.l.s were rapidly tossed out like a roaring dragon, mercilessly swallowing everything around it. The high-purity energy produced an extremely high temperature, immediately melting the lumps of iron on the surface. The powerful shockwaves swept across the rugged ground, causing grating noises due to friction.
Boom!
A frightening mushroom cloud rose, and as if stars had exploded, the sun lost its splendour.
After a long time, the tyrannical energy gradually subsided.
Thousands of meters away from Vegeta, a giant ring-shaped crater with an unknown depth and a diameter of 1km had appeared. Inside the crater, molten lava was flowing, and wisps of black smoke were floating above it. In the surroundings of the crater, a devastated zone—stretching for several kilometres—appeared.
Looking at the land destroyed by his Ki, Vegeta laughed wildly.
Then, Vegeta calmed down and mused, 'This is only one-tenth of my strength. It has no doubt improved a lot, but it is still far from enough when compared with Frieza. I'll rest for a while then continue to train!'
Compared to Frieza's Battle Power of 530,000, Vegeta was still far away, but even if he couldn't compare with Super Saiyan at present, he is at least a step closer.
Thinking of this, Vegeta's mouth curled into a smile. Then, he lay on the vast land and faced the sky.
In the distance, it wasn't until the berserk energy in the surroundings gradually subsided that Nappa and Raditz breathed sighs of relief. Energy waves erupted from Vegeta in an unbridled manner. As 'delicate and weak people,' they were worried that they would be accidentally sent flying.
"Wow, Vegeta is really powerful. But, he is still not satisfied, even though his Battle Power has reached 26,000 already; if it was me, I would already be laughing up my sleeve." Nappa felt amazed as he stroked his bald head.
Raditz clasped his palms together and whispered, "Vegeta has always wanted to surpa.s.s Frieza. He wouldn't be satisfied with such a small Battle Power."
"Ohh, Frieza!"
When Nappa heard the name "Frieza", he could not help but shudder. At the thought of such an enemy behind the Saiyans, his countenance turned ugly.
"I only have 7000 Battle Power, and I don't dare fight Frieza."
This was also what Nappa admired about Vegeta. He knew that he could not fight him, but he still wanted to do it; this took a lot of courage. At Vegeta's strong request, they had been training on this unknown planet for three years. Vegeta's Battle Power rose gradually, but Nappa and Raditz seemed to encounter a bottleneck. Their Battle Powers stopped at 7000 and 2500 respectively.
I have to say that this kind of pressure is a very good catalyst for Saiyans. Although Vegeta and the others never slacked in their training, the results they had gained in the past three years of training surpa.s.sed what they had gained ten years before that!
In the past three years, whether it was Vegeta, Nappa, or Raditz, they were worried about the influence of Frieza, even when they slept at night. One could very well imagine how uncomfortable this simple life was. Even Nappa felt that he would soon go crazy. But, for some reason, their strengths had doubled!
Listening to Nappa's laments, Raditz is also very uneasy. "Yeah, if it was known by Frieza, we will become miserable."
Nappa didn't reprimand Raditz this time; instead, he nodded, deeply convinced that they didn't have the courage to rebel against Frieza as Vegeta did.
A few days later.
Vegeta was training, as usual, when a silvery-gray s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p suddenly pa.s.sed through the atmosphere and landed.
A black shadow was cast down. It moved on the desolate land before stopping finally above a dried-up riverbed. When Vegeta and the other discovered the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p, their countenances changed.
Why did this s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p land here?
Could Frieza have realized that they didn't go back and sent someone to look for them?
Vegeta's facial expression was gloomy, and as an icy, murderous glint flashed in his eyes. He soared into the sky and flew towards the area that the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p landed. A long time ago, Vegeta almost destroyed this unknown planet, so the places he flew past were desolate deserts.
"Turn on the detector, and look at the energies in the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p," Vegeta coldly commanded.
Nappa nodded and pressed a b.u.t.ton on the single-lens energy detector next to his ear. He only heard 'beep beep beep' as lines of data flashed before his eyes, and with a loud bang, the energy detector burned down.
When Vegeta and the others saw the detector burn down, their complexions changed immediately. Although their energy detectors were outdated, it was important to note that the energy detectors' range was beyond 10,000.
For the energy detector to burn down so quickly, the energy of the other party was, at the very least, 15,000.
"Vegeta, what should we do?" Nappa turned to Vegeta with a nervous expression.
Clenching his teeth, Vegeta indifferently said, "Let's go. Go up and take a look. I hope that the situation is not too big." With that, Vegeta—taking the lead—flew over.
After exchanging glances, Nappa and Raditz could only try their best to keep up; if they ventured too far from Vegeta, they would be unable to guarantee their own safety.
At the landing site, the cabin door of the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p finally opened, and nine figures came out of it: five men and four women, two of whom were slightly older, middle-aged people.
"Uncle Muying, do you think they're on this planet?" A beautiful girl with a ponytail asked.
The man named Muying laughed and said, "Miss Elise, it has all been predicted by your father, Sir Bardock. Your brother is definitely here."
Elise nodded and said to the boy beside Muying, "Laret, in a while, let's test their strength."
The boy named Laret grinned, but he did not agree. "You can go if you want; I am not interested."
"What!" Elise eyes slanted widened, and an expression of displeasure appeared on her jade-like fac. "Laret, you know that I am the captain; you have to listen to me."
"If you were not a girl, I would have defeated you long ago," Laret whispered in a low voice.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing." Laret quickly shook his head. Although he is one year younger than Elise, he often allowed Elise to gain some small advantage.
Surprisingly, the nine people that had alighted the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p were Elise Squad, which was formed by Elise.
The two middle-aged people with them had entered the North Area, this time, specifically to protect their Guardian Corps members—Muying and Sadie, who were both powerful fighters, with their Battle Powers reaching 120,000.
Muying and Sadie were the first batch of Saiyans that had moved to Planet Hongshan. Originally, as Low-level Warrior, after training hard for all these years and taking the Tree of Might's fruit, they had become Super Warriors on Planet Hongshan. Now, as core members of the Guardian Corps, they were sent by Bardock to protect Elise and others.
They all had on dark-red colored Battle Armors with black borders, which looked solemn and oppressive.
Vegeta cautiously approached them. When both sides met, he got a clear look at the beautiful Battle Armor these people wore and the brown tails swaying behind them, Vegeta's expression changed.
"Ahh! They are all Saiyans. Wasn't it said that every Saiyan had been killed by Frieza?" Nappa shouted frantically.
"Shut up!" Vegeta angrily scolded as he eyed the Saiyans in front of him. Suddenly, he remembered what Xiaya had told him and asked, "Are you all Xiaya's people?"
"Yes, we are the members of Sir Xiaya's Guardian Corps," Muying answered, neither haughtily nor humbly.
During the time of Plant Vegeta, Vegeta had been a high and mighty prince; but now, it was the era of Planet Hongshan. Prince Vegeta's status doesn't scare Muying at all; furthermore, his 120,000 Battle Power was far more than Vegeta's. In Muying's heart, Sir Xiaya was the one and only mighty Saiyan leader.
"Guardian Corps?" Vegeta muttered to himself.
It was obvious that it was the name of an organization.
When Muying noticed Vegeta's expression of confusion, he said, "Guardian Corps is a troop formed by Sir Xiaya to protect Saiyan's planet. It has 1,000 members."
Vegeta nodded. A similar organization existed during the time of Planet Vegeta's times. It was cla.s.sified as a first-cla.s.s armed force, but it was not the core strength of Planet Vegeta.
"Why have you come this time? I already said that I will not join Xiaya's Force." Vegeta was a proud individual. Even now that he had lost his position, he had no intention of being a subordinate of others. He would rather conceal himself and take revenge against Frieza.
Suddenly, Sadie laughed out loud and stepped forward. "This time, we are not here for you, but for him!" He pointed his finger at Raditz, who was standing at the back.
"Me?" Raditz said in disbelief.
I am just an insignificant Low-level Warrior. How am I worth them personally coming here for me?
"That's right; we are here for you," Elise said as she jumped out and began to walk circles Raditz, shaking her head in disappointment. "There is nothing remarkable; you are so weak."
If Goku has the halo of future Super Saiyan, which made Elise regard him highly, then Raditz only has one famous saying left behind: "Your Battle Power is a mere 5, ah!"
In the future that Bardock saw, Raditz's achievements were limited, and he even had a conflict with Goku. However, as his father, how could Bardock sit back and watch indifferently? Hence, after getting acquainted with Goku, he decided to have Elise bring him back.
Over the years, Bardock also hoped that the future he saw was inaccurate. If Goku had the potential to become Super Saiyan, then why would Raditz, who had a latent talent much higher than him, be extremely mediocre in the end?
Bardock did not believe it, so he hoped that Raditz could break his "prophecy."
However, although Raditz and Goku's rate of growth deviated from the "prophecy," Bardock could still see the differences from them. Goku gradually pursued his own martial arts with the heart of a powerful expert, which made Bardock look at him in a different light. However, Raditz… although his Battle Power was far above Goku's, he had no pa.s.sion to become powerful.
At most, he trained just because of pressure from Vegeta, and also because only by training could he better protect himself.
This made Bardock very disappointed. At the same time, he also realized that his eldest son may not be able to break the "prophecy". Rather than him continue living aimlessly outside, and carelessly throw away his life—after which he may even fight with his younger son—it was better to bring him back to Planet Hongshan.
Although this may make Raditz remain mediocre, it, at least, gave him another path that was different from that of the "prophecy," which was the framework for the prophecy to suddenly appear.
In fact, right before Bardock decided to bring Raditz back home, he had given up on his expectations towards Raditz.
"Grr!" Raditz was so ashamed of Elise's words that his complexion alternated between red and white, and he couldn't help but lower his head, depressed.
Vegeta frowned and asked, "Why are you looking for Raditz?"
Had Raditz accidentally offended them? No; it couldn't be. With their strength, Raditz was not qualified to meet to them, let alone offend them, and this wasn't Vegeta looking down on Raditz. Furthermore, Raditz has always been with him in the last few years, so how could he have the opportunity to meet these people.
"We want to take him away." Elise raised her head, her bright eyes s.h.i.+ning like stars, and beautiful black hair fluttering in the wind.