Reborn as a Saiyan

"Ugh... where is this?"

Li Hao's consciousness awakened from the chaos. What appeared in his line of sight was neither his familiar bedroom nor the stark white ceiling of a hospital, but rather a gloomy sky where blue lightning flashed from time to time—a scene straight out of the apocalypse!

"Ah!"

Before Li Hao could think much, the excruciating pain radiating through his entire body forced him to scream. He felt as if there wasn't a single spot on him that didn't hurt, as if he had been crushed back and forth by a millstone!

The intense pain caused Li Hao's consciousness to begin to drift. He had to give up on thinking and force himself to stay alert just to cope with the sudden agony.

Time seemed to stretch on endlessly. His voice grew hoarse from continuous roaring. Finally, after an unknown amount of time, it seemed his body's protective mechanisms kicked in. A sense of numbness replaced the pain, allowing Li Hao's near-shattered consciousness to maintain a final shred of clarity, preventing him from slipping into a coma!

Li Hao never knew his own spirit could be this strong. To remain even slightly conscious amidst such agony—he was actually a bit impressed with himself!

Indeed, if a person doesn't push themselves, they never know just how much potential they truly have!

Li Hao lay on the ground, weakly gazing at the sky above, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth!

Feeling a bit of sensation return, Li Hao rolled his eyes, beginning to observe his surroundings. Collapsed buildings and smoke drifting through the air gave him the illusion of being on a battlefield. In any case, it was definitely not his slightly messy bedroom, and a trace of unease gradually appeared on his face!

Then, Li Hao lifted his head slightly to check his body. The next instant, his pupils constricted, and his eyes locked onto his waist, for he had discovered a feature that did not belong to a normal human.

It was a tail—a dark brown, furry tail—currently wrapped tightly around his waist!

"This is... a Saiyan?"

Li Hao's face was filled with disbelief!

Before he could even react, a wave of unfamiliar memories surged into his mind. The massive torrent of information caused the already weak Li Hao to black out, and he fell straight into a coma!

Waking up once more, Li Hao's expression was complex!

"Turles!"

This was the name he had obtained from the memories, and also the name of the body he now inhabited.

It was a strangely familiar name, a character that once only existed in fantasies, yet now had become reality.

And having spent many years browsing webnovel sites, Li Hao understood his current situation.

Yes, he had transmigrated!

No electric shock, no car accident; he had simply gone to sleep, and upon waking, the world had changed. He didn't know how, but he had suddenly transmigrated into the Dragon Ball world, and into the body of a minor Saiyan character at that.

Turles, a villain who once appeared in a Dragon Ball movie, possessed the same appearance as the protagonist Son Goku, and was likewise a low-class Saiyan warrior, though the two had vastly different upbringings!

Like other exiled Saiyans, Turles did not lose his memory from a head injury like Son Goku. Instead, he received the standard technological indoctrination of Planet Vegeta, just like any other low-level warrior. As he grew up, he began a life of slaughter and planetary conquest. However, by the time Turles reached adulthood, Planet Vegeta had already been destroyed, leaving him no choice but to serve the Emperor of the Universe, Frieza.

But Saiyans are naturally rebellious. By chance, Turles obtained the Spirit Fruit, which was said to be edible only by gods. Relying on this fruit, Turles's strength surged. With such power, he naturally stopped taking orders from Frieza and began wandering the universe, searching for life-bearing planets to plant the Tree of Might in order to further increase his strength!

Later, Turles invaded Earth, intending to plant the Tree of Might there. This directly led to the depletion of Earth's life energy, causing the planet to become a wasteland. The outcome was as expected: he eventually died under Son Goku's Spirit Bomb.

Throughout the story, Turles lived up to his low-level warrior origins; his entire strength was built solely upon the fruits of the Tree of Might. Facing the cheat-code protagonist Son Goku, he was nothing more than a tragedy!

Now that he had transmigrated into such a character, Li Hao truly didn't know whether to laugh or cry!

Ordinarily, having a second chance at life should have made Li Hao happy, but if it were the Dragon Ball world, where powerhouses were everywhere and planets were destroyed at the drop of a hat, Li Hao's mood wasn't exactly bright—especially since his predecessor was just a weakling!

Not to mention anything else, just looking at their appearances, compared to Son Goku, Turles clearly had the face of a villain!

But right now, the most important thing wasn't any of that; it was how to survive the coming crisis.

Li Hao—no, it should be Turles now—was in a very bad situation!

He had already understood the current situation from his memories, and his previous feeling was correct: this planet was indeed on the brink of destruction!

This was supposed to be a simple planet-invasion mission for Turles. At the start, it had gone exactly as expected; the highest combat power on the entire planet was less than 1,000, while Turles, as the leader of the invasion squad, had a combat power of 1,200. Combined with the Saiyan ability to transform into a Great Ape, it should have been more than enough to handle the natives.

But what no one expected was that the natives of this planet had long passed down a legend of a mysterious seed. In this final moment of crisis, the natives planted that seed.

The seed quickly took root and sprouted, followed by blooming and fruiting. As the fruit ripened, the strongest native warrior ate it directly, and then the nightmare began!

After eating the fruit, that native's combat power broke through 5,000. Turles's squad suffered a devastating blow, and all the squad members died one after another. If Turles hadn't fled at the last moment, he would have met the same fate. Even so, he was struck by an energy blast from the native and was left severely wounded!

In the end, using his last bit of strength, Turles created an artificial moon and relied on the Great Ape transformation to eliminate the native. But he couldn't hold on himself; after reverting from the Great Ape form, his injuries flared up, and he died on the spot. That was how Li Hao ended up picking up the pieces.

Turles didn't know how he had escaped the crisis in the original story, but he had to start saving himself now, because he recognized that fruit—it was the very cheat item from the original story: the Spirit Fruit!

The Spirit Fruit grew by absorbing the life energy of a planet. At this moment, the planet had already had all its energy drained and would soon collapse. If he didn't escape the planet quickly, he would face the planet's explosion. The current Turles couldn't withstand the power of a planetary explosion, and even if he survived it, Saiyans had no ability to survive in the vacuum of space; he would die regardless!

Here, one had to admit that the Saiyans were indeed a combat race famous throughout the universe. Even though Turles was only a low-level warrior with low combat power, he still possessed vitality far exceeding that of an Earthling. Despite such heavy injuries, he was still hanging on by a thread, and in a short time, Turles felt his body beginning to recover slightly.

Squeezing out the strength he had barely regained, Turles pulled the remote control for his spaceship from his battle armor and pressed the button to summon it!

In less than ten minutes, a white, spherical, single-person spaceship slowly descended. It appeared undamaged. Turles didn't know why the native hadn't destroyed his ship, but he couldn't worry about that now. Turles struggled to move his body, and with great effort, finally crawled into the ship.

The hatch slowly closed. Through the glass, Turles could see the planet about to be destroyed. Massive amounts of dust were kicked up, the entire sky turned dark and gloomy, white lightning struck the ground to form huge craters, the sea began to surge inland, the continental shelves began to sink, and giant fissures appeared on the earth like hideous scars. From time to time, magma from deep underground erupted!

Although Turles had seen scenes of planetary destruction countless times in his memories, this sight brought him a massive shock. He knew that if he didn't possess powerful strength, his fate in this dangerous Dragon Ball world might not be any better than the fate of this planet!

Therefore, in this dangerous world, only power was absolute!

Turles also confirmed the current timeline from his memories. According to the lore, his age should be the same as Kakarot's. He was 18 this year, which meant Kakarot was also 18, still training under the Guardian of Earth. He wouldn't appear until next year's World Martial Arts Tournament, where he would also marry Chi-Chi. This meant there were exactly six years left until Raditz invaded Earth.

There wasn't much time left. Once Raditz began the invasion of Earth and the curtain of the plot was raised, Kakarot's strength would see an explosive growth—a rate of growth that once made Dragon Ball fans call it unreasonable. But now that it was Turles's turn to face it, he felt nothing but a sense of urgency.

At this moment, having already flown into the air, Turles suddenly noticed something. The corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily, and his mood instantly became excited.

That is... the seed of the Tree of Might! Turles shouted in his heart!

Maneuvering his spaceship, Turles arrived in front of the only life form on this planet.

It was a towering giant tree. The lush branches and leaves from his memories had already withered, and only a single green seed remained hanging at the top of the main trunk. Turles reached out his right hand and plucked this extraordinary seed.

Inside the sealed spaceship, Turles gripped the seed tightly in his hand. He had not expected that after all the twists and turns, the seed of the Tree of Might would still end up in his hands. Looking at the seed, Turles began to feel anticipation for his future!

The spaceship began to accelerate, slowly breaking through the planet's atmosphere, and finally completely escaped the planet's gravity. Turles could no longer hold on; he slowly closed his eyes and fell into a deep slumber!

"Son Goku! Vegeta! Dragon Balls! Here I come!"