Aila: I Can One-Shot King Vegeta!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One Dragon Ball after another struck the ground. Having lost their power, they had all turned into grayish-white stones. At a glance, the Dragon Balls looked almost identical, making them difficult to tell apart.

However, this was no challenge for Rhode. He had marked each Dragon Ball when intercepting them, so even though they now looked no different, he could still distinguish them.

The Dragon Balls Rhode had intercepted were Master Roshi's Three-Star Ball, the Two-Star Ball obtained from Dr. Brief, the Four-Star Ball borrowed from Grandpa Gohan, and the Seven-Star Ball taken from the Ox-King.

These four Dragon Balls had originally belonged to others, so Rhode still had to return them after using them. As for where the other three Dragon Balls had flown, he did not care.

"Rhode, did your wish come true?"

Standing some distance away, Dr. Brief's family had watched the entire wish-making process. Seeing Shenron disappear and the Dragon Balls turn to stone as everything settled down, they walked over and looked at him curiously.

Faced with Dr. Brief's question, Rhode carefully sensed his physical condition. Since he did not feel any different, he answered somewhat uncertainly, "It should have come true, right?"

Aila, who likewise felt no change, could not help complaining to Rhode. "I thought you were going to make some grand wish. Turns out it was just a useless ability like surviving in outer space!"

"This isn't some useless ability. It removes a flaw of us Saiyans."

A little displeased by Aila belittling his idea, Rhode said, "We Saiyans can't survive in outer space. As long as our Spaceship or planet is destroyed, it's a guaranteed death sentence.

"Now that we've gotten rid of this flaw, even if the Spaceship we're riding gets destroyed in an attack, we'll still have the strength to fight back. And if we're on a planet, we won't have to fear going down with the enemy and flipping the table!"

Aila was not stupid, but she was straightforward. Her mind was filled with Increase Power and fighting. If no one pointed it out to her, she probably would never have considered such things.

"Oh? That does seem right!"

Hearing Rhode's analysis, Aila's eyes lit up. Thinking of the boundless expanse of outer space, she imagined that fighting in such an environment would let her fully enjoy the thrill of battle.

Seeing Aila's expression and understanding what she was thinking, Rhode shook his head helplessly.

Ignoring her, he picked up the Dragon Balls from the ground and handed the Two-Star Ball to Dr. Brief. "The Dragon Balls should return to normal in about a year."

While explaining it to Dr. Brief, Rhode had already flown into the air. He explained as he departed, "The remaining Dragon Balls were borrowed from other people. I need to return them to their owners!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure vanished from everyone's sight.

Kame House, Mount Paozu, Flame Mountain—Rhode went to all three places in succession and returned the Dragon Balls to their owners. Afterward, he returned alone to West City and entered the Gravity Chamber to train hard alongside Aila.

Next, they needed to cultivate diligently and work hard to Increase Power. Once their strength had reached a certain level, they could take a Spaceship to Planet Namek to Gather Dragon Balls and make more wishes, then travel deeper into the planets of the universe to learn other skills.

Now that he possessed the ability to survive in outer space, Rhode could finally travel by Spaceship without worry. After all, this was a real world, and there were plenty of vicious scoundrels in the universe.

If he encountered those people without the ability to survive in outer space, then once his Spaceship was destroyed and he was exposed to the vacuum of space, no matter how high his Power Level was, he would still meet a bitter end.

Still, although one hidden danger had been resolved, his current Power Level of around ten thousand was not quite enough if he wanted to go to Planet Namek.

He had no malicious intentions, nor would he use the Dragon Balls to make any evil wishes. The Namekians were also a peace-loving race that had always treated others kindly. But what if something unexpected happened?

Therefore, he had to raise his strength to the point where he could keep even a minor unforeseen event under control!

With that thought in mind, Rhode and Aila began a new round of cultivation in the Gravity Chamber.

During the day, they stayed in the Gravity Chamber, training their bodies, sparring with each other, and cultivating under steadily increasing gravity. At night, they each had their own arrangements.

Rhode went alone to uninhabited places to cultivate, continuing to strengthen his control over his ki while studying Great Ape Power and exploring a simpler, more efficient transformation method.

As for Aila, she continued her nightly extra training as before. But compared to before, after finishing that training, she also went to the Lookout and added another task: learning ki control from Popo.

After all, Kami had agreed to it, so she made full use of the opportunity.

The two cultivated in an orderly manner, while time passed bit by bit.

Perhaps because the initial period of rapidly increasing strength after first learning cultivation methods had passed, and because Rhode and Aila were still young and in their Youth, their strength continued to rise steadily but not nearly as dramatically as it had during the previous half month.

Rhode was not anxious about this. He continued cultivating calmly and unhurriedly, since there was no major crisis at present.

As for Planet Vegeta being destroyed before long?

He could only say that there was nothing he could do. Not to mention that God of Destruction Beerus had sanctioned it, even Frieza alone was someone he could not handle. What could he possibly use to save them?

Besides, there was basically no affection between pure-blooded Saiyans. Moreover, both Rhode's parents after his reincarnation and Aila's parents had long since died.

Thus, Rhode's attitude toward Planet Vegeta's impending fate was mostly one of indifference. At most, if his abilities allowed it, he might save a few people.

Several months passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the Gravity Chamber set to Fifty Times gravity, Rhode and Aila wore little protection as they attacked each other without mercy. In only a short while, both had been wounded all over.

"Again!"

They were merely lightly injured, not enough to warrant wasting a Senzu Bean. Rhode roared at Aila, and the two fired energy blasts at each other once more.

Da da da da!

Blast after blast flew out. At that moment, the two were like mortal enemies, unwilling to stop until they had beaten each other to death.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Bang! Bang!

Explosions rang out one after another. In the end, the two figures could no longer hold on. Seriously injured, they collapsed to the ground and fell into a Near-death state.

Crunch! Crunch crunch crunch!

The next moment, the sound of Senzu Beans being chewed came from the Gravity Chamber. Immediately afterward, Rhode and Aila stood up, glowing with vitality and full of energy.

"So strong!"

After the accumulation of the previous half month and these past several months, Aila felt her current strength after recovering from Near-death. Her face was full of excitement.

"Now, even King Vegeta—I can one-shot him!"

Thinking of King Vegeta, the strongest of the Saiyans, whose Power Level had exceeded ten thousand, Aila no longer showed him the slightest respect.

Though Saiyan warrior ranks were determined at birth, reverence for the strong was still the most basic principle of their daily lives.

Bardock was an example. Although he was a low-class warrior, he was still respected by many because he was strong enough.

King Vegeta had become king not because of his bloodline, but because he was the strongest among the Saiyans, though who knew how much darkness was hidden behind that so-called strongest title.

However, while Aila was excited, Rhode beside her remained calm. His gaze swept over her as he looked down at her. "You think you're very strong now?"