Paragus had lost his Scouter and never learned to sense ki, so he had little idea how strong Broly really was.
But Broly had easily defeated Wang Yang, whose power level was 15,000. Paragus figured Broly's was at least 20,000.
The strongest fighter aboard the spaceship, Linge, was dead. Paragus woke everyone up and ordered them out.
When the crew saw their leader had been killed, they immediately laid down their weapons and swore allegiance to Paragus.
Having grown used to the law of the jungle in the universe, they had no qualms about switching sides.
There was no loyalty in the universe!
"Enough talk. Start the ship at once. We need to get out of here!" Paragus ordered urgently.
"But Brother Wang Yang hasn't come yet. Weren't we supposed to leave together?" Broly said.
"I asked Wang Yang. He said he really likes this planet and doesn't want to leave." Paragus lied through his teeth.
"Really?" Broly looked at Paragus innocently. He was only two or three years old; how could he know how wicked people could be?
"Yes." Paragus signaled to the crew member beside him, his eyes full of menace.
These people had spent their lives navigating the universe and were no fools, so they immediately started the ship.
Broly looked conflicted, reluctant to leave Wang Yang behind.
"We're not leaving forever. Once we get tired of being out there, we'll come back and play with him," Paragus coaxed, picking Broly up.
As long as he took Broly away, the boy would soon be distracted by the wider universe and naturally forget about Wang Yang.
"All right!" Hearing that he could still see Wang Yang again, Broly immediately cheered up.
Just then, the spaceship trembled slightly. A blinding, scorching light burst from its underside, and the force of the blast propelled it rapidly into the sky.
After listening to Wang Yang tell her a little story, Little Yue'er could no longer keep her eyes open and fell asleep.
"Uncle War Emperor, Little Yue'er fell asleep, so I brought her back." Holding her, Wang Yang landed in the palace and knocked on the door of the War Emperor's bedchamber.
Clattering sounds came from inside, as if something had fallen to the floor. Before long, the War Emperor opened the door, his clothes disheveled and his face flushed.
"You could've just taken her to her room. Why bring her to me?" the War Emperor grumbled, though he still reached out to take her.
"Uncle War Emperor? You..." Wang Yang suddenly noticed distinct red marks on the War Emperor's face. He looked him up and down, then wore a knowing expression.
He chuckled and waggled his eyebrows at the War Emperor with his babyish face, looking rather comical.
"You little rascal. You're the only brat who'd bother me in the middle of the night." The War Emperor shot Wang Yang an exasperated look. His good mood had been ruined, and if he could, he would have given the boy a sound beating.
"All right, all right. I'm leaving tomorrow. Who knows how long it'll be before I get another chance to annoy you?" Wang Yang said with a wave and a grin.
"Hm?"
"What's that? It's so bright!"
The War Emperor let out a surprised murmur and pointed at a beam of light descending straight from the sky.
Wang Yang instinctively turned to look. He froze for a moment, then his expression changed drastically. His aura erupted, and a tremendous current of energy swirled around him. He shot upward at incredible speed, like a sword soaring into the heavens.
The current of energy blew the War Emperor backward, taking the door of his bedchamber with it. Behind a yellow curtain inside, a few snow-white arms could just barely be seen.
"Paragus, you son of a bitch!" Flying through the sky, Wang Yang glared through clenched teeth at the spaceship climbing ever higher.
Now he finally understood that Paragus had played him for a fool.
Paragus stood aboard the spaceship with a glass of red wine in hand, looking down through the window at the planet growing smaller beneath him.
"At last, I, Paragus, have escaped this godforsaken place. My era is about to begin."
"My lord, the Scouter has detected a powerful energy. It's at 10,239 and still rising—11,588... 14,828... 16,023..." Just then, a subordinate's Scouter began beeping, and he reported the readings to Paragus.
"Pay it no mind." Paragus knew perfectly well whose energy it was. He sneered and waved a hand.
"Dad, I can sense Brother Wang Yang's ki." Broly came over to Paragus.
"Your Brother Wang Yang knows we're leaving, so he came to see us off," Paragus said calmly, gazing through the window at the distant figure wreathed in a white aura.
"Damn it!" Wang Yang pushed his speed to the limit, but the spaceship seemed to be getting farther and farther away.
The spaceship continued to accelerate, quickly passing through the atmosphere and heading into the vastness of space.
Wang Yang chased after it and broke through the atmosphere, his body now enclosed in a blue energy field. Under intense pressure and urgency, he had finally managed to use the immature energy field successfully.
Watching from afar as the spaceship became a black speck, almost too small to see with the naked eye, Wang Yang gradually stopped and hovered in the air, staring ahead in frustration.
"Paragus, you're something else. Really something else." Wang Yang stared at the departing ship, his hands clenched into fists, his expression cold and his eyes glinting with icy light.
Having been caught off guard and fooled by Paragus, Wang Yang was consumed by fury. He wanted nothing more than to tear him to pieces.
Coming back to himself, Wang Yang looked at the energy field around him, and at last his anger began to fade.
"I can't believe I learned Broly's signature technique in a moment of desperation," Wang Yang murmured.
This energy field was nothing like an ordinary one. It offered incredible defense and let him fly freely through space without worrying about oxygen, cosmic rays, or other hazards.
He had already grasped the basics of this move during his last fight with Broly. He had thought it would take another month to master it completely.
"So what if I don't have a spaceship? I can still leave. I'll let you enjoy yourself for now. Just hope I never run into you again." Wang Yang sneered and slowly descended toward the blue-green planet below.
What was done was done; complaining wouldn't help.
Now that he could survive in space, he wasn't in such a hurry to leave after all.
As long as he was strong enough and fast enough, there was nowhere in the universe he couldn't go.
He remembered that in the Super Space-Time, Jiren of Universe 11 could move faster than light. He never used a spaceship when traveling, relying on flight instead.
He could return from the depths of space in no time at all.
The next day, the War King found Wang Yang sitting down right on time for a meal. He said nothing. If Wang Yang was here, that meant he hadn't made it onto the spaceship last night.
It's just as well he didn't leave.
Little Yue'er and the others were overjoyed to see Wang Yang.
"Brother Yang, did you stay because you couldn't bear to leave me?" Little Yue'er circled Wang Yang, her skirt fluttering. She looked like an adorable little fairy.
"Yes, yes, yes! I couldn't bear to leave my sweet Little Yue'er." Wang Yang pinched her chubby cheeks and chuckled. No matter how furious he was, he never took his anger out on anyone but the person responsible.
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