At night, the deep sky revealed a faint, elusive glow, as calm as a deep sea without the slightest ripple.
Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, it had been over a year since Chaya and Selyne arrived on Planet Selma. Not long ago, even the Cyclops with the highest battle power on Selma had died at the hands of the two of them.
The mission assigned by Planet Vegeta had more or less been completed.
However, Chaya had no intention of returning to Planet Vegeta immediately, because he knew the impact of going back now would be far too great.
Planet Vegeta had never seen a Mid-Class Warrior like Chaya in all these years. To show such brilliance at such a young age would easily draw the attention of King Vegeta and the Frieza Force behind him, something Chaya did not wish to see.
With his current strength, he was still unable to contend with King Vegeta's faction.
The taller the tree, the stronger the wind. To avoid attracting the attention of King Vegeta and Frieza, Chaya needed to keep a low profile for a few more years and leave Planet Vegeta only when it was destroyed in the future.
"Big Brother Chaya, I need to go to the bathroom..."
Selyne mumbled groggily, rubbing her eyes.
Chaya turned over and led her out of the cave. The night was still hazy, and the dense mountain forest echoed with the soft chirping of insects. In the distance, a full moon rose like a bright lamp, hanging high in the sky.
"What a beautiful moon!" Selyne sighed as she gazed at the bright moon on the horizon. The moment she finished speaking, her whole body went stiff.
"Selyne?"
Sensing that something was wrong, Chaya softly called the girl's name. But she did not respond, merely staring blankly into the distance.
What was going on? A flicker of doubt passed through Chaya's mind, yet a sense of foreboding rose within him.
Could it be—
Chaya's heart jolted. He turned around stiffly, only to see a bright full moon hanging in the night sky. Glass-like moonlight filtered between the leaves, mingling with the thin mist that had just risen and making the night seem especially hazy.
"Oh no! Why is there a full moon here?"
Chaya's mouth fell open, and his expression changed drastically.
Planet Selma was located in a binary star system, where nighttime lasted only three short hours. Although it also had a moon, Chaya and Selyne had never seen a full moon during the past year or so.
Tonight was actually a full-moon night!
Chaya grew extremely anxious. He did not know whether he could retain his reason after transforming into a Giant Ape, but judging from the original manga he had read in his previous life, only Elite Warriors and a small number of Mid-Class Warriors could remain rational after becoming Giant Apes.
Thump! Thump!
His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and the blood throughout his body seemed to boil in an instant. Chaya's eyes filled with bloodshot veins, and his body began trembling uncontrollably.
When he turned to look at Selyne, he saw brown fur already growing over her body.
"No, I can't lose my mind at a time like this!"
Chaya gritted his teeth and forcefully suppressed himself, but a Saiyan's primal nature was simply too strong. He could no longer hold it back.
"Hiss!"
At the critical moment, Chaya decisively grabbed the tail behind him. A flash of blue arc light streaked past, and a section of brown tail fell to the ground.
He had chosen to sever his own tail.
"Good thing I acted fast. I nearly lost my mind. A Saiyan's tail really is the greatest uncertainty." He panted heavily. Intense pain shot through his backside, but at least he had not undergone the Great Ape Transformation.
He could not imagine what terrible things would happen if both he and Selyne became Giant Apes without reason at this moment.
A Saiyan's Great Ape Transformation could increase their power by nearly tenfold, but it also carried enormous hidden dangers. Apart from some Mid-Class Warriors and Saiyan Royalty, ordinary Low-Class Warriors and Mid-Class Warriors would lose their reason after transforming into Giant Apes, becoming killing machines that knew only savage destruction.
Their Saiyan madness would be completely unleashed.
"Roar—"
Boom, boom, boom!!
A massive mushroom cloud rose in the distance. The orange cloud warped the light, and the tremendous explosion jolted him back to his senses. A giant ape over twenty meters tall was roaring madly there, clutching a large tree and wildly swinging it in every direction.
It spat out a ball of energy. Boom! Another mushroom cloud slowly rose.
"So she really lost her mind!" Chaya could not help but sigh at the sight before him.
A blaze of light rose on the horizon, like a blazing sun crashing violently into the ground. The earth shook fiercely, and the shockwave from the explosion followed close behind. Trees in the forest were bent over, while rocks shattered into gravel.
For a moment, the horrific scene resembled the end of the world. Through the blurred view, it was impossible to tell sky from earth.
The storm blew straight at him. Chaya raised his hands before his forehead, his black hair whipped wildly in every direction.
Chaya made a rough assessment and discovered that Selyne's battle power had soared by more than ten times in an instant. He then checked with his scouter, and a number that shocked him soon appeared on its lens.
"9370 battle power!" Chaya muttered in horror.
Selyne's battle power was actually this high after transforming into a Giant Ape. It was already beyond what he could resist.
Over the past year, under Chaya's urging and supervision, both their strengths had advanced by leaps and bounds, each breaking past nine hundred. But facing Selyne's 9370 battle power after her Great Ape Transformation, Chaya could only smile bitterly.
A tenfold gap. Against a terrifying monster with battle power close to 10,000, he felt utterly helpless.
"Hm?"
The Giant Ape spotted him and fired an energy beam from her mouth.
"Damn, she has her eyes on me." Chaya's face darkened as he rapidly moved away. The scorching heat seared his face, and he barely avoided the attack by skimming past the edge of the energy beam.
Boom! The energy beam slammed straight into a hill, producing a deafening explosion as a mushroom cloud rose in the distance.
The small valley rumbled as broken stones tumbled everywhere.
Seeing Chaya dodge her attack, the Giant Ape flew into a rage. She jumped in place and waved the tree in her hand before charging toward Chaya again.
"Damn it, Selyne. Big Brother has spoiled you for nothing all this time." Chaya cursed under his breath. He knew how much damage a fight in the valley would cause, and it might damage the spacecraft hidden in the cave. So, while keeping the Giant Ape occupied, he began luring her toward the forest outside.
Boom, boom, boom!!
Massive explosions rang out continuously behind him. Scorching currents baked the air, and the entire forest began blazing fiercely.
Chaya used every trick he had and finally lured the Giant Ape into a vast primeval forest.
Thud!! A flash of anger crossed the Giant Ape's savage eyes. She stomped with all her strength, one foot plunging deep underground. The brutal force shattered the underground rock with a thunderous crash. It was as though the ground had been struck by a several-hundred-ton object falling from ten thousand meters in the air, caving in violently as huge cracks spread through the surrounding earth.
The chaotic pile of rocks exploded with a bang. Smaller stones were blasted directly into dust, leaving behind a huge crater. Chaya was caught off guard and struck in the chest by a flying rock.
"Pfft!"
A mouthful of blood sprayed from his mouth. Burning pain spread across his entire upper body, and even his movements became somewhat sluggish.
Seeing her prey heavily injured, the Giant Ape swung both arms and let out a deafening roar. Howling winds immediately scattered the clouds, forming waves of shockwaves that spread in all directions.
With a crack, the Giant Ape swung her arm. Her brutal claws pounced forward with unstoppable force, reaching Chaya in the blink of an eye and sending him flying with a single blow.
"Cough!" Chaya crashed into an exposed rock, smashing a deep hole into it. Though seriously injured, his gaze remained fixed on the Giant Ape as he considered how to create an opportunity to strike back.
"Haha, it won't be so easy to defeat me."
Chaya laughed wildly, coughing up blood as he spoke. At this point, his only option was to find a way to cut off Selyne's tail, but getting close to her would not be easy.
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