Defeating Turles

"Hmph, so you're the one who took care of my men?"

Turles sneered.

While his army had been fighting everyone, he'd watched all the battles from his spaceship. Aside from Gohan, the person who'd surprised him most was this powerful young man.

At first, he'd been shocked by Li Feng's strength. But after eating the Tree of Might's fruit and greatly increasing his battle power, he no longer considered anyone a threat.

Hadn't Kakarot, who'd once used Kaio-ken to surpass him, ended up lying on the ground too?

"Enough talk. Prepare to die!"

Li Feng was a man of action. He immediately moved at high speed, becoming a white whirlwind as he charged at Turles.

"Bang!"

Turles and Li Feng traded punches. The shock waves from their fists rippled through the air, destroying some of the Tree of Might's thick branches.

"Hmph, is that all?"

Turles scoffed.

"Is it?"

Li Feng sneered too, then powered up. His battle power rose in an instant, and his sudden burst of speed caught Turles off guard.

"Bang!"

Li Feng landed an uppercut on Turles's chin.

"Argh!"

Turles cried out in pain, both shocked and furious.

"Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!"

Li Feng pressed his advantage and unleashed an even more ferocious attack, throwing dozens of punches in a second and leaving Turles seeing stars.

Finally, Li Feng flashed above Turles, clasped his hands together, and slammed him downward with the most iconic two-handed smash in Dragon Ball.

Rumble!

Even the Tree of Might, vast and incredibly tough, was pierced by the terrifying impact!

Like a spearhead, Turles punched through layer after layer of thick tree trunks and crashed into the depths below.

"Boom!"

Turles had smashed through who knew how many trunks before he finally slowed down and powered up to steady himself.

"Damn it!"

Turles gritted his teeth. He couldn't believe there was still someone stronger than him!

"Where's the Tree of Might fruit?"

In a panic, he searched for the fruit, hoping to eat another one and increase his energy.

"System, can this Tree of Might fruit be eaten an unlimited number of times?"

Li Feng saw Turles darting frantically through the dense branches and realized he was trying to evade him while searching for another fruit.

"No. Each person can only eat one. The increase in battle power depends on their natural potential."

"Eating more won't have any effect."

I see.

Li Feng thought.

It seemed that relying on external means to increase one's battle power wasn't a good idea.

He was also curious how much stronger he'd become if he ate the fruit himself.

"Hahaha! Found one!"

While fleeing, Turles spotted another fruit and immediately plucked and ate it.

"Boom!"

Turles's aura returned, and he was even stronger than before.

"Hey? Didn't you say each person could only eat one? Why did he get stronger after eating a second?"

Li Feng asked the system, confused.

"Because he didn't finish the first one."

"..."

"Damn it, what a waste of food!"

Li Feng checked Turles with his Detector. His battle power had risen to 400,000.

"Hahaha! Prepare to die!"

Turles was back to his arrogant self. He charged at Li Feng.

Just as he thought Li Feng would be sent flying and beaten mercilessly, an unfeeling fist shattered his delusion once again.

"Bang!"

Turles had charged at Li Feng at incredible speed. The next moment, he was flying backward at that same speed.

Li Feng immediately moved at high speed too, appearing behind Turles in an instant. He kicked him flying again, sending him hurtling off in a different direction.

Mm, Li Feng had completely mastered the art of fighting in Dragon Ball.

First, charge in and trade punches to test the opponent. If they're strong, send them flying, then close in and pummel them. Finally, clasp your hands together and smash them into the ground to finish the first stage of the fight.

Then, after the two sides trade insults, the battle moves on to the next stage. If you're still stronger than your opponent, beat them like a punching bag or hit them around like a volleyball.

Gotenks nodded in agreement.

Next, the opponent would definitely transform or reveal their true power, overtake you again, and then laugh.

In the end, it usually came down to an energy beam struggle, followed by a plot-driven death.

This should be the stage where he treated his opponent like a punching bag. Unfortunately, that punching bag had no chance of getting stronger again.

Turles: I'm not fighting a cheater.

Li Feng: No, you want to. Every time you act tough, you get beaten to the ground.

Vegeta: Why am I breaking into a cold sweat?

"Argh!"

Turles shouted.

Then he brought his hands together and began gathering a massive purple energy ball.

Rumble!

Turles's aura erupted. The energy and shock waves he released shook the Tree of Might, destroying its branches one after another.

That should be enough. The Tree of Might had absorbed too much energy. If this continued, Earth would wither away.

Li Feng grew serious too, placing his hands at his waist as he began gathering energy.

"Die!"

Turles's purple aura erupted. A terrifying beam of energy burst from his hands and shot straight at Li Feng.

"Kamehameha!"

Li Feng didn't waste time talking. He unleashed his strongest attack, the Kamehameha!

"Boom!"

The purple and blue beams collided, and the resulting energy destroyed all the vines between them.

But the two forces were locked in a stalemate for less than a second before the blue Kamehameha easily drove back the purple beam, crushing it like a battering ram.

"What?!"

Turles had never dreamed his strongest attack wouldn't even hold out for a second. It was being pushed right back at him.

"No!"

Turles cried out in despair, but the Kamehameha swallowed him without mercy and reduced him to ashes.

"Ding! Quest complete: Defeat Turles."

"Quest reward: Tree of Might fruit cultivation method."

"Claim reward?"

The system's pleasant voice rang out.

"Yes."

Li Feng didn't hesitate.

"Ding!"

Li Feng felt a sharp pain in his head as a mass of knowledge about the Tree of Might flooded his mind.

"So that's how it works. The reason the Tree of Might devours huge amounts of energy and destroys planets is that it's a divine tree and can't be planted in soil without divine energy. Otherwise, it absorbs energy in vast quantities."

"As long as it's grown in soil with divine energy, the Tree of Might will grow normally and won't drain all the energy from the planet."

"If you want to stop the Tree of Might from growing, all you need to do is take its core energy."

Li Feng finally understood. No wonder Goku had destroyed the Tree of Might in the original story by borrowing its energy for the Spirit Bomb. He'd stumbled into the right method by accident.

Now that he knew the details, he needed to do what they had in the original story: call Goku over and forcibly take the Tree of Might's energy, returning to Earth the energy it had absorbed.