No matter what, Sun Yu couldn't bring himself to send a girl to her death while he escaped alone. He wasn't trying to be anyone's savior, but he had his own principles. There were some things he would do, and some he wouldn't. Abandoning his friends and family was one of them.
Besides, their situation might not be hopeless yet!
"Lana, I'm not leaving. I actually think these people aren't our match at all!" Sun Yu moved to Lana's side and looked coldly at the six people surrounding them. "The natives of this planet are small and not suited to combat. They're better at controlling 'ki' than fighting at close range. That's why they hid their power at first, pretending to be weak, then suddenly unleashed it when you let your guard down. They're afraid of our strength."
"You damned, cunning Saiyan monkey!" The dwarf leader seemed to have been hit where it hurt and cursed viciously.
After hearing Sun Yu's words, Lana quickly understood. Her composure returned, and she said, "You mean, as long as we avoid clashing with them in terms of energy and attack at close range instead, we still have a chance of winning! Haha, I didn't know our little Kael could be so mature and levelheaded."
"Tch, not everyone thinks with their fists like you do, you know!" Sun Yu protested. What he didn't say was that even if they fought at close range, they still didn't have much chance of winning. For one thing, the enemy outnumbered them. For another, he and his cousin Lana had both been badly injured earlier, and their fighting strength had taken a serious hit.
But so what? Saiyans were the kind of race that could unleash unprecedented potential in the most desperate circumstances. Every time they came close to death, they could break through their former limits and grow stronger.
"Enough talk! Let's attack together and blast these Saiyan monkeys to pieces!" the dwarf shouted, gathering a shining energy ball in his hand. The other five dwarves behind him also took up their positions and closed in on Sun Yu and Lana.
"Beep, beep. Battle power detected: 820, **3..."
At that moment, all six opponents unleashed their full battle power. Lana intended to charge straight at the dwarf with the highest battle power and fight him to the death. But Sun Yu suddenly grabbed her and said, "Lana, leave the two strongest to me for now. Take out the weakest ones first, then come help me!"
Sun Yu remembered that his own battle power was only... Without a doubt, he was the weakest here. If Lana got tied down by the strongest dwarf, then once she and Sun Yu ran out of strength, they would be doomed. But if Lana took out the weakest ones first, then with his help, they might have a chance against the two strongest dwarves. Sun Yu had come up with the plan based on the story of Tian Ji's horse race from Earth.
"But..."
Lana still didn't trust Sun Yu to take on the two strongest dwarves, but he didn't give her a chance to argue. He sprang forward and shouted, "No buts! Do what I said!"
Sun Yu's words still echoed in Lana's ears, but he was already flying far away. She stared blankly in his direction, suddenly feeling that the timid little Kael she remembered had grown up. Now he even dared to give his older cousin orders. But somehow, this version of Kael seemed more manly!
Before Lana could think any further, several energy balls from the dwarf natives hurtled toward her. Her gaze turned cold as she quickly dodged and charged at the group in the middle of the battlefield.
Before crossing over, Sun Yu had been a shut-in with not a hint of athletic ability. But now that he had become a Saiyan, the fighting spirit branded deep in his genes had been kindled. His body leaped nimbly as he charged toward the two powerful dwarves at breakneck speed, his small fists carrying terrifying force as they smashed toward his enemies.
Seeing Sun Yu charge at them so fiercely, the two dwarves immediately leaped apart, dodging his attack. Sun Yu's strike missed, but he didn't pause for a moment. He immediately changed direction and charged at one of them.
"Maniac! Saiyan monkeys are all maniacs!"
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
Sun Yu immediately clashed with the two dwarves. His broken ribs throbbed with sharp pain from time to time, and the attacks of the two powerful dwarves only made it worse. The pain drove Sun Yu into an even more bloodthirsty and ** state. The more severely injured a Saiyan was, the stronger his battle power became!
But this strength was extremely dangerous, especially against two opponents far stronger than himself. So after Sun Yu's brief offensive, the two dwarves quickly regained control of the fight. They began working together, keeping their distance from him while hitting him with even more energy blasts.
"Ugh!" After taking a hit from an energy blast, Sun Yu spat out a large mouthful of blood. His vision was beginning to blur, and his legs felt as heavy as lead.
"Kael, I'm coming to help..."
Lana truly was a genius among intermediate warriors. In such a short time, she had already taken out two of the weaker dwarves. But her condition was just as bad. When she saw Sun Yu covered in blood, she darted in front of him.
"Kael, I'm sorry I didn't take them down in time. Leave the rest to me. You go first."
She was still trying to get him to run? Sun Yu gave a bitter laugh. He could only blame his own weakness. A Saiyan body wasn't invincible, after all.
"Enough! Let's kill the woman first, then we'll finish off the man."
"Kill!" "Get them!"
The remaining four charged at Lana all at once. She might have been a genius intermediate warrior, but she was still young. There was only so much she could do against four opponents, and she struggled to hold them off under their fierce assault, buying time by trading wounds for wounds.
"Lana..." Watching her injuries grow worse, Sun Yu felt as if his heart were bleeding.
"Go! Get out of here!"
If I leave, what will happen to you...? Sun Yu roared inwardly. He hated his own powerlessness, and he hated this cruel world where the strong preyed on the weak. He had no grudge against the people of this planet, so earlier he had repeatedly failed to seize the chance to finish them off. Now his foolish mercy was about to get his cousin killed, and he hated himself all the more.
As he watched a beam pierce Lana's left shoulder, Sun Yu finally erupted.
"You beasts! I'll fight you to the death!"
Sun Yu slammed the ground and sprang into the air with the force of the rebound. His hair was disheveled, and his eyes were bloodshot. He looked as though he had gone mad.
"Kael..." Seeing Sun Yu like that, Lana felt her heart ache, too.
"Ding..." A crisp sound rang out in Sun Yu's mind, and the whole world lost its color.
The next second, everyone's movements slowed. He could even clearly see the energy flowing through the bodies of the people in front of him. He felt as if he could see through all things in heaven and earth, as if the entire world were under his control.
Could this be the Sharingan? It doesn't have a 360-degree field of vision, so it can't be the Byakugan!
Sun Yu's mood immediately turned from grief to joy. He didn't have time to wonder why awakening the eye should require inheriting the Uchiha Clan's Kekkei Genkai. He had even managed to cross over into another world, so questions about awakening the Sharingan seemed trivial by comparison!
Though Sun Yu felt that his "Single Tomoe Sharingan" wasn't quite like the one he had seen in the Naruto anime, it seemed to have the Byakugan's ability to see through things, too. Its field of vision just wasn't 360 degrees.
This overpowered eye technique had given Sun Yu, who was on the brink of death, a glimmer of hope for survival. For one thing, the dwarves seemed to be moving in slow motion in his eyes. Sun Yu could see through all their attacks and the flow of their energy. That alone was enough to put him in an unbeatable position in this fight.
"Lana, hold on! I'm coming to save you!"
...(PS: I've seen a lot of comments asking how the protagonist can see what's in his own eyes, so let me explain. He's deducing it from what he sees through his eyes; he isn't seeing the tomoe in his Sharingan. So, everyone who likes to nitpick details, please read carefully!)
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