The Ki Blast exploded right in Turles's mouth, and the Great Ape let out a pained roar!
As the white smoke cleared, blood trickled from the Great Ape's mouth, and most of his teeth had been blasted away by his own Ki Blast. He covered his gaping mouth with both hands and knelt on the ground.
"Tsk! That looks like it hurts." Karochi couldn't help remembering his toothache in his previous life. As the saying went, a toothache might not be an illness, but when it hit, it could feel like the end of the world! He rubbed his cheek. Thank goodness his current body was in tip-top shape, so he didn't have to worry about toothaches at all.
"Enough. I'll kindly send you on your way!" Karochi gathered a blue Ki Blast in his left hand. It wasn't very big—about the size of a tennis ball—but it contained tremendous energy.
Without hesitation, Karochi tossed it. Turles was transformed into a Great Ape and was so huge that he couldn't miss even if he threw it carelessly!
Boom!
The Ki Blast struck Turles and triggered a massive explosion. Its flash covered dozens of meters! The shockwave even knocked Tights onto her butt in the distance.
Explosions always kicked up dust. When it finally settled, the Great Ape that had been Turles was covered in wounds! His entire body reeked of char, and he was at least medium well.
Karochi could no longer sense Turles's energy. He looked at him sprawled in the crater!
Several thick roots from the Spirit Fruit Tree lay in the crater, snapped by Karochi's Ki Blast.
They seemed to have minds of their own. New shoots sprouted from them and bound Turles tightly! They even burrowed into his flesh, making Karochi's scalp prickle.
In just a moment, the Great Ape's massive body had been drained until not even a bone remained. Karochi wiped the cold sweat from his face. This was a little too much like the horror movies he'd watched in his previous life.
"Hey! Little Chi, how's it going?" Tights saw that Karochi still hadn't come down, so she shouted up at him! Her bratty little brother hadn't even bothered to look after her. He'd set off such a powerful explosion at close range, and now her butt still hurt from the fall.
How's it going? Well, great! He'd turned into fertilizer, without a bit going to waste. This Spirit Fruit Tree really was bizarre! Karochi slowly descended.
"Don't worry, Tights. It's taken care of!" There was no need to let Tights see that scene. Turles's body was gone, but the roots had taken the shape of a Great Ape in his place, lying there! It was genuinely creepy.
"Mm, all right. I can't believe I got to see you Saiyans transform this time. That's wonderful—I can add more details to my story." Tights was delighted. Excitement flashed in her eyes as she took out her notebook and started scribbling.
Karochi could only smile wryly. At this rate, the Saiyan race was going to become famous on Earth!
Just then, the bud at the top of the Spirit Fruit Tree looked as if it could barely contain itself! It seemed ready to burst, and Karochi had been watching it closely ever since he'd met Turles and heard what he said.
"Tights, wait here a moment!" With that, Karochi used [Space Shift] and appeared at the top of the tree the next second.
[Space Shift] wasn't [Instant Transmission]. It was a skill derived from the [Space Secret Art], and was extremely useful for short-distance [Space Jump]s.
The bud atop the tree was a strange purplish red, and looked ready to bloom!
"The life force of an entire planet..." A complicated look flashed through Karochi's eyes. He hadn't planted this thing, but in the end, he'd still taken it for himself!
He was practically responsible for killing Planet Taluo, since this thing had been nourished by the entire planet! Although Karochi had boldly declared that he would destroy it, for one brief moment he had wanted to keep it for himself.
He'd had the same thought aboard the spaceship. After all, people had to look out for themselves, right? He'd even made the excuse that he was only "keeping an eye on it," but soon his mind had cleared.
His path was never going to rely on this kind of evil method. Power gained that way was meaningless!
At that moment, the bud could no longer hold out and burst open. Pink pollen scattered into the air! A seed, no bigger than a pea, remained in the middle.
Karochi frowned at the pollen filling the sky. He swept his right arm, gathering it all together, then destroyed it with a single Ki Blast!
In the story, Turles had indeed used the seed left inside the flower bud to grow the Spirit Fruit Tree. But Karochi didn't want to leave even the slightest chance of that happening.
After all, plenty of plants reproduced through pollen. Karochi plucked the seed and held it in his hand!
"I never thought a tiny seed could completely kill a living planet!" Karochi marveled at this extraordinary plant.
Without hesitation, he crushed it and followed up with another Ki Blast, reducing it to ash!
At the same time, tens of thousands of fruits on the Spirit Fruit Tree, which had originally been greenish purple, turned scarlet, and strange bumps covered their surfaces! They were deeply unpleasant to look at.
Karochi used [Space Shift] again and returned to Tights.
His sudden appearance gave Tights a little start. Anyone would be startled if a grown man suddenly appeared beside them.
Tights said helplessly, "Next time, don't show up like a ghost. You're going to scare me half to death if you suddenly appear like that!"
Huh? Was it that scary? Wasn't it cool? In his previous life, all the space-jumping skills in anime had looked awesome. The legendary monster Hyper Zetton's teleportation, complete with special effects, was especially spectacular.
"Sure, sure! Tights, I've completely destroyed the Spirit Fruit Tree's seeds." Karochi gave an awkward smile.
Tights looked at the enormous tree, troubled. "How are we supposed to collect these Spirit Fruits? There are so many of them. At this rate, it'll take us half a year to pick them all!" She sounded dispirited.
"Ah! You don't have to worry about that, Tights. Just watch what I can do." Karochi smiled confidently and snapped his fingers with his right hand.
Snap!
A crisp sound rang out. As Tights watched in confusion, a purple vortex appeared beside each Spirit Fruit, sucking up all tens of thousands of them.
"Wow! You've got another trick up your sleeve, little brother." Tights was amazed. Karochi had truly mastered the use of space powers.
Karochi thought he'd pulled off that display quite nicely. Space powers really were perfect for showing off! They were both impressive and useful. He extended his right hand again, and a purple vortex opened. A Spirit Fruit dropped out.
"Eww! It's so ugly. Can this thing really make your skin look younger?" Tights stared at the Spirit Fruit with distaste. Honestly, it didn't look appealing at all.
Those bumps in particular made her uncomfortable!
Karochi could only smile wryly. Why was she only interested in whether it could make her look younger? In The Tree of Might, when Turles first arrived on Earth, his battle power had been just over 20,000, while Goku's had been around 30,000!
But after eating just one Spirit Fruit, Turles's battle power soared so high that Goku couldn't beat him even with a tenfold Kaio-ken. Goku's battle power had already exceeded 300,000 with the tenfold Kaio-ken, yet Turles had surpassed him and crushed him with a single little fruit. It was unbelievable.
Even if Tights wasn't interested in getting stronger, shouldn't she at least think about the Spirit Fruit's ability to prolong life? Why was she so fixated on looking younger? She wasn't even sixteen yet. She was still growing—why was she so concerned about this?
Karochi couldn't understand Tights's thought process. She even thought the Spirit Fruit looked ugly! This was a fruit that only gods could eat, and the fruit didn't even mind that she was a mortal—yet she was criticizing its appearance. Karochi could weep for the Spirit Fruit.
"Huh? Isn't that the Spirit Fruit Tree? What's it doing here?" The Supreme Kai of Time had arrived on Planet Taluo as well, and she stared in shock at the enormous Spirit Fruit Tree.
It was a unique plant that could only be grown on a divine planet. If planted on a mortal planet, it caused unpredictable side effects! The "dead" planet before her was proof enough of what those side effects were.
Chronoa looked at Karochi and Tights, and also noticed the Spirit Fruit in Karochi's hand!
Chronoa frowned. This Saiyan seemed familiar! And had they planted the Spirit Fruit Tree? It didn't seem likely. These two should be residents of Universe 7, as Lord Whis had said.
"Huh! This Saiyan has cultivated a unique state-secret technique that lets him completely conceal his energy." Chronoa was surprised. Saiyans were a barbaric race! Just like the honey badgers on Earth, all they knew was how to fight.
She hadn't expected such an unusual exception.
But then Chronoa understood why the Saiyan seemed familiar to her. "Ah! This little brat is the reason time and space split apart!!!"
Chronoa was furious. Her tiny body trembled with anger! This was the Saiyan who shouldn't have survived, but somehow had. That had led to two timelines: one where he had never existed, and one where he did.
He was also the culprit responsible for making even the boss of the Time Nest work a nine-to-nine shift. And now this guy was casually flirting with a girl! Chronoa was absolutely livid.
Chronoa wanted to march over and plant her size-38 shoe right in his face. Smile, will you? You're the criminal mastermind who threw time and space into chaos, and you still have the nerve to smile!
But as a Supreme Kai, she couldn't do that. Time and space were inherently subject to chance and uncertainty! She couldn't take her anger out on a child who was only trying to live.
"Hm? There's an evil energy approaching!" Chronoa sensed a corrupted yet powerful presence heading their way.
Of course, compared to her, the Supreme Kai of Time, it was nothing!
"Hmph! This'll teach you a lesson." Chronoa muttered bitterly, then vanished into the void. She planned to let this "great sinner" who had thrown time and space into chaos get a little comeuppance—and let off some steam herself.
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