Whis lightly tapped the Angel Staff, projecting Bulma's hologram. "Frieza is completely different from before. He seems to have become far stronger than he used to be. Not only was Gohan easily defeated by him, even Piccolo was killed while protecting Gohan!"
"Even Piccolo..."
"I understand, Bulma. We'll leave with Whis and the others and return to Earth immediately!"
Piccolo had not slacked off in his training over the years. He still possessed power close to Super Saiyan 2—around five billion in battle power. Though he could not catch up to Sun Wukong and Vegeta, he was absolutely not someone the former Frieza could compare to.
If even he had died at the hands of the current Frieza, one could imagine just what kind of crisis Earth was facing.
"Breaking out of the Realm of the Gods of Destruction and entering the Universe, then rushing to Earth at top speed, will take roughly thirty-five minutes." Whis lightly shook his head. Unless he and Beerus tore open a cosmic passage directly connected to Earth, this was already the limit of normal flight speed.
"Thirty-five minutes?" Sun Wukong was practically going mad. Even Piccolo had died on Earth, and Gohan had been defeated. Forget rescue—after thirty-five minutes, Earth itself would probably be gone.
"Forget it. I'll see if I can use Instant Transmission to teleport back directly!" Sun Wukong intended to rely on sensing ki, then use Instant Transmission to cross space and return.
Yet after quite some time, Sun Wukong's face darkened. Earth was too far from the Realm of the Gods of Destruction, with countless dimensional layers between them. In the vast Universe, he was simply incapable of sensing the familiar ki of Earth.
Whoosh!!
Fluorescent light flickered as a noble, sacred divine aura instantly erupted from Sun Wukong's body.