The Sorrow of the Weak

"If you're asking for death, we'll kill you first!"

"Die, you Saiyan monkey!"

"Boom! Boom!" Two enormous energy blasts exploded around Sun Yu. Lana watched as Sun Yu was swallowed by the shock waves and collapsed helplessly to the ground.

"Kael, why did you have to be so stupid..."

Just as the several native dwarves watched the smoke hanging over the scene with smug satisfaction, one of them suddenly looked terrified. He pointed, trembling, behind another dwarf and said, "Watch your back..."

"Crack..."

The dwarf's eyes widened. A moment later, an enormous force struck him in the back, and the sound of his bones shattering rang out.

"When did you get behind me...?"

The dwarf crumpled helplessly to the ground, his eyes filled with resentment and regret. He struggled to get up, but Sun Yu planted a heavy foot on his back.

"Let us go, and I'll spare his life!" Sun Yu swept a cold gaze over the group. When the dwarves met his scarlet Sharingan, they all shuddered.

Lana looked at Sun Yu, her heart filled with complicated emotions. She wanted him to leave this dangerous place at once, but at the same time, she wanted to see him stand on his own two feet.

"Don't make me laugh. You Saiyan monkeys have killed so many of our people. I'd love to tear you limb from limb! You want to leave? No chance!"

"That's right! Even if we die, we'll avenge our fallen kin!"

"Yeah! Kill these hateful Saiyan monkeys!"

Faced with the dwarves' fury, Sun Yu's heart trembled too. He knew these few were the last fighting force on the planet, but what could he change? In his memories, King Bei had collected a huge commission to wipe out this planet. Even if Sun Yu left now, he couldn't change the fact that stronger warriors would invade it.

That was the sorrow of the weak!

"I didn't want to fight you to the death, but you're so eager to die that I have no choice but to oblige!" Sun Yu gritted his teeth. He slowly raised his right hand, and a dazzling sphere of light appeared in his palm.

"Impossible! How can you use our energy blast?"

Sun Yu glanced at the sphere of light in his hand and gave a sinister smile. He had copied the dwarves' technique with his Sharingan. It involved controlling and compressing the "ki" within one's body, then gathering it in the palm. It was much like Master Roshi's Kamehameha, but these dwarves were clearly less skilled at manipulating ki than Master Roshi, so their energy blasts naturally couldn't compare to the Kamehameha.

"Beep, beep, power level... power level..."

Lana stared at the glowing orb in Sun Yu's hand in disbelief. Just moments ago, she had clearly seen the reading on her Scouter shoot upward like a rocket!

"Power level... power level!"

"So Kael was right. Power levels really can change at will!" Lana murmured. Her eyes brimmed with anticipation. She simply stepped aside and quietly watched the boy shining like a newly risen star in the middle of the scene.

Meanwhile, Sun Yu stared impassively at the native dwarves, who were still desperately gathering energy for their blasts. The instant his own energy blast was ready, he hurled it at the dwarf with the strongest ki.

Strike while he's down!

In a flash, Sun Yu's energy blast became a shooting star, streaking toward the poor native dwarf, who was still red-faced as he struggled to form his own energy blast.

"Elder!"

To save their elder, the native dwarves stopped gathering their energy and instead hurled their half-formed energy blasts at Sun Yu's.

"Rumble..." The energy blasts collided in midair, unleashing a terrifying shock wave that strained the nerves of everyone present.

Watching from the side, Lana couldn't help covering her mouth. She had already known from the Scouter that Sun Yu's energy blast was extraordinarily powerful, but seeing the terrifying explosion with her own eyes still astonished her. After all, Sun Yu's original battle power had been only...

"Damn it!" The native dwarves shielded their faces from the swirling sand with their sleeves, furious now. They had already been sure of victory, yet this boy had left them in such a sorry state.

But at that very moment, a voice, cold to the extreme, came from behind the dwarf elder. "I'll ask you one last time. Let us go, and I'll spare your lives! Don't force me to really kill you!"

Sun Yu still couldn't bring himself to kill them, and his feelings were deeply conflicted. His Saiyan blood made him warlike, but because he had only just transmigrated, he still couldn't bring himself to slaughter people without mercy. Besides, the planet's natives were victims too. Sun Yu didn't want to dwell on who was right or wrong. He didn't want to become anyone's lackey; he only wanted to do what he wanted. That was all.

Sensing Sun Yu's fierce killing intent, the dwarves watched him warily, afraid he might lose his temper and crush their Grand Elder's throat.

After a long silence, the dwarf elder finally sighed and said, "You may go."

"Elder, you can't let them go! They'll definitely come back with more people!"

"That's right, Elder! We have to avenge our fallen kin!"

"That's enough!" The dwarf elder cut them off. "Do you want him to finish off these old bones of mine?"

"No, Elder."

The dwarves clenched their fists and lowered their heads. They didn't want to see the invaders escape justice, but they wanted even less to see their beloved elder get hurt.

The dwarf elder looked at Sun Yu calmly. After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "I want to know: will more invaders come to attack our planet?"

At the dwarf elder's words, Sun Yu released his grip on the man's throat. His eyes returned to normal, and he replied calmly, "That's right. Someone paid a huge commission to hire King Vegeta's warriors to wipe out your planet. So instead of fighting here for nothing, you'd better hurry up, gather your things, and run for your lives."

"What...?"

After hearing Sun Yu's words, the dwarves' eyes filled with despair for the future. In these low-level star systems, King Vegeta's name was as terrifying as the Grim Reaper.

"Why are you telling us this?" the dwarf elder asked again.

Sun Yu turned and walked toward Lana. He seemed lost in thought as he said, "Because... we're all weak."

Watching Sun Yu's back, one of the dwarves signaled to the others with his eyes. "Now's the perfect chance to attack."

But the dwarf elder shook his head and sighed. "Forget it. Even if we kill them, nothing will change. Let's go back and gather the rest of our people to discuss what we should do next."

Only after the dwarves had left did Sun Yu finally relax. He let the energy blast in his hand dissipate and walked over to Lana. "Sis Lana, we should get out of here too!"