Leaving

"Little Yue'er, I am leaving. Please relay this to Uncle War Emperor for me." Wang Yang swept his gaze across the grass and trees around him, taking a deep breath. His eyes held a hint of nostalgia, but it was quickly replaced by determination.

With his current battle power of several million, there were only a handful of people in the universe who could defeat him. Having laid low for so long, he could no longer bring himself to hide; it was time to let the people of the universe know his name.

He was well aware of Little Yue'er's secret feelings. It wasn't that he was indifferent to women, but Little Yue'er was only twelve or thirteen, still possessing a childlike innocence. With his mature soul, he simply couldn't harbor any improper thoughts.

"Leaving? Where are you going?" A bad premonition stirred in Little Yue'er's heart.

"I am going to seek the path to become stronger." Wang Yang smiled slightly, pointing his finger toward the sky.

"I knew this day would come. Take me with you, please?" Little Yue'er pleaded, stepping forward to grab Wang Yang's hand.

"Little Yue'er, you are truly too young. In my eyes, you are still just a child." Wang Yang patted her small head.

"Other girls my age are already married and have children!" Little Yue'er pouted, clearly dissatisfied that he always used her age as an excuse to reject her.

Wang Yang's god-like strength, his strikingly handsome features, and his mature, steady personality deeply attracted many of the opposite sex on this planet, Little Yue'er included.

Wang Yang smiled at her, waved his hand, and spun slightly as he flew into the sky.

Wrapped in an aura of energy, he shot toward the atmosphere with a long trail of light, accompanied by a sharp whoosh.

"Wait!" Little Yue'er cried out in panic, immediately gathering her energy to give chase. If they parted now, she didn't know when they would ever meet again.

Unfortunately, the gap in their strength was too vast, and the distance between them widened rapidly.

"Goodbye!"

As soon as Wang Yang finished speaking, he vanished from Little Yue'er's sight.

Sob! Sob! Sob!

"You big meanie, how could you really just leave?" Little Yue'er kept her eyes fixed on the direction where Wang Yang had disappeared, silently wiping away tears in the air.

"When I grow up, come back and take me with you, okay?" she shouted into the sky, though she didn't know if Wang Yang could hear her.

Looking down at the planet where he had lived for over a decade—his second home—Wang Yang felt a flicker of attachment.

Shaking his head, he set his gaze firmly ahead. His figure moved as fast as a meteor, like a white dragon, piercing through the atmosphere without a moment's hesitation.

With a thought, Wang Yang activated the Protective Barrier he had learned from Broly. A blue energy shield enveloped his body as he flew at high speed into the dark reaches of space.

In Wang Yang's perception, the energy signatures in the universe were vast, like a boundless sea. He chose to fly toward the area where the energy was most concentrated.

Where there was more energy, there was bound to be a prosperous region in the universe.

Once Wang Yang accelerated to his limit, he retracted his active energy and relied on the momentum, the energy shield continuing to envelop him as he traveled through the vacuum of space.

Wang Yang looked around with curiosity. All he saw was a deathly silence, with only the distant stars twinkling in the void.

Flying through the dark universe without another living soul in sight, he felt an indescribable sense of loneliness wash over him.

Just moments ago, when Wang Yang had released his full energy, a spaceship in the distance suddenly began to blare with alarm sirens.

The readings on a massive detector were jumping rapidly, and in a short span of time, the number 1,000,000 appeared on the screen.

"What is going on?" A duck-billed alien on the ship was suddenly taken aback.

"Sir, the ship's detector has picked up a battle power reading of one million," a staff member replied respectfully.

"What? It's that high?" the duck-billed alien exclaimed in shock, his throat feeling parched.

One million battle power—it was the highest he had ever seen.

Even his own Great King only had a battle power of a little over five hundred thousand.

"Report this to the Great King immediately," the duck-billed alien said, his voice trembling.

The staff member hesitated, a look of wanting to say something but holding back appearing on his face.

"If you have something to say, say it! Why are you stammering?" The duck-billed alien was furious. These staff members were not only weak but also timid and indecisive; it was truly irritating.

If it weren't for the fact that they were needed to maintain the ship, he would have destroyed these weaklings long ago.

"The limit of our spaceship's detector is one million. That means the energy we just detected was at least one million," the white-robed staff member wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered.

The duck-billed alien's pupils constricted, and he instinctively swallowed hard.

"Could the detector be malfunctioning?" the duck-billed alien asked hesitantly. He found it hard to imagine that such terrifying power could exist.

"That shouldn't be possible. This giant detector is the latest model, a star product. It's widely purchased, and I've never heard of any malfunctions. It definitely shouldn't have any..." The white-robed man instinctively glanced at the giant detector, and his voice suddenly cut off, as if someone had grabbed him by the throat.

"It's gone?"

The white-robed man stared at the screen where the one-million reading had vanished, his eyes nearly popping out of his head.

"Where is that energy now? You said the detector wouldn't have issues, so find it for me!"

The duck-billed alien was enraged. There was no more to be said; the detector must have malfunctioned. It was fortunate he hadn't reported it to the Great King yet. If the Great King found out about this blunder, he would certainly be in for a world of trouble.

"That's impossible. This is the latest detector; it shouldn't be malfunctioning," the white-robed staff member said, looking around the device, inspecting it from every angle.

"Head to Trade Planet immediately! I'm going to settle the score with them. How dare they talk up their fake, inferior products like this? They clearly have no respect for Lord Frieza!" the duck-billed alien roared, his voice booming.

It wasn't just the duck-billed alien's ship that had detected the energy; others had as well. For a time, the phones at a company on Trade Planet were ringing off the hook, with callers hurling insults and abuse.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! Our products are definitely not faulty," a balding humanoid kept apologizing into the phone.

"Bastards, if you have no problems, then the problem is mine? Is it Lord Frieza's problem, is that it?"

"No, no, no! That is not what I meant."

"You must give me an explanation for this matter. The planet you are currently living on was sold to you by us; if this matter isn't handled well, we will consider finding a new owner for this planet."

"Yes! Yes! Yes! We will definitely resolve this matter properly. How about this: we will replace your scanners with brand-new ones for free, and to show our apologies, our company will gift you an additional spaceship."

"That will do, but the spaceship you are gifting must be registered under my name."

"Understood! Understood!"