The Fruit Ripens, The Sinner Who Plunders Time and Space!

The energy blast detonated directly inside Turles's mouth, causing the Great Ape to let out a pained, guttural roar!

As the white smoke cleared, blood was already streaming from the Great Ape's maw, and most of his teeth had been blown out by his own attack. He knelt on the ground, clutching his massive jaw with both hands.

"Tsk! Looks like that really hurts." Karochi couldn't help but recall his own experiences with toothaches in his past life; as the saying went, a toothache wasn't a disease, but it could sure make life feel like hell. He instinctively touched his own cheek, feeling grateful that this body of his was in tip-top shape, allowing him to eat whatever he wanted without ever worrying about such trivial pains.

"Alright, I'll be kind and send you on your way!" Karochi condensed a blue energy sphere in his left hand. It wasn't large—about the size of a tennis ball—but it was packed with immense power.

Without hesitation, Karochi hurled the energy sphere. Given the sheer size of Turles's Great Ape form, he couldn't possibly miss!

BOOM!

The energy sphere slammed into Turles, triggering a massive explosion that covered dozens of meters in a wave of light. The shockwave was so intense that it knocked Tights, who was watching from a distance, flat onto her backside.

Every explosion kicks up dust, and when it finally settled, the Great Ape that Turles had become was covered in wounds. A charred scent wafted from his entire body; he was at least medium-rare.

Karochi could no longer sense Turles's energy at all as he stared down at the figure slumped in the deep crater.

Inside the crater, several roots of the Tree of Might, severed by Karochi's blast, lay exposed—they were incredibly thick!

These roots seemed to possess a mind of their own; they sprouted new shoots that tightly bound Turles, even burrowing into his flesh, a sight that made Karochi's scalp tingle.

In just a few moments, the massive body of the Great Ape was drained so thoroughly that not even bones remained. Karochi wiped the cold sweat from his face; this felt a bit like the horror movies he used to watch in his past life.

"Hey! Little Chi, how is it going?" Seeing that Karochi hadn't come down from the air, Tights shouted out. This bratty younger brother didn't even bother to look out for her, triggering such a powerful explosion at such close range—her backside still hurt from the fall.

How was it going? Well, it was great; he'd turned into fertilizer, not a drop wasted. This Tree of Might was truly eerie! Karochi slowly descended.

"Don't worry, Sister Tights, it's all taken care of!" There was no need for Tights to see that scene. Although the physical body was gone, the roots had formed into the shape of a Great Ape, replacing Turles as they lay there—it was truly gruesome.

"Oh! Well, that's fine then. I never expected to see you Saiyans transform in person; this is great, I can add some new settings to my work." Tights was delighted, a glimmer of excitement in her eyes as she picked up her notebook to scribble away.

Karochi couldn't help but offer a wry smile. He feared the Saiyan race was about to become common knowledge on Earth!

Just then, the flower bud at the top of the Tree of Might seemed to have reached its limit; it was nearly bursting open. Karochi had been observing this ever since he encountered Turles and heard what he had to say.

"Sister Tights, wait here for a moment!" With that, Karochi utilized [Space Shift] and appeared at the top of the tree in the next second.

[Space Shift] was not [Instant Transmission], but a skill evolved from the [Space Secret Art], making it extremely useful for short-range jumps.

The flower bud at the peak was a strange, purplish-red color, and it looked ready to bloom at any moment!

"The life force of an entire planet..." A complex look flashed in Karochi's eyes. Although he hadn't planted this thing, he was the one intercepting the harvest.

In a way, he was also responsible for the death of Planet Taluo, since this thing had been nourished by the entire world! Even though Karochi had spoken righteously about destroying it, for a fleeting moment, he had felt the urge to claim it for himself.

He had felt the same temptation back on the spaceship; after all, everyone looks out for their own interests. He had even tried to justify it by telling himself he was "just keeping it safe," but his mind cleared almost immediately after.

His path was not one built on such evil arts; power gained that way was meaningless.

At that moment, the bud could no longer contain itself and burst open. Pink pollen instantly exploded into the air, leaving behind a single seed the size of a pea in the center.

Karochi frowned at the cloud of pollen, waved his right arm to gather it all into one spot, and obliterated it with a single energy blast.

Although in the original story Turles had indeed used the seed left in the flower to grow the Tree of Might, Karochi didn't want to leave even the slightest possibility of that happening again.

After all, there were plenty of plants that propagated via pollen. Karochi plucked the seed and gripped it in his hand.

"I never imagined that such a tiny seed could cause an entire life-bearing planet to perish!" Karochi felt a wave of emotion regarding this peculiar plant.

Without hesitation, he crushed it and followed up with another energy blast, turning it into nothing but dust!

At the same time, the tens of thousands of originally greenish-purple fruits on the Tree of Might turned a deep, crimson red, covered in strange, uncomfortable-looking bumps.

Karochi used [Space Shift] once more to return to Tights's side.

His sudden appearance still startled Tights slightly; after all, anyone would be frightened by a grown man appearing out of thin air right next to them.

Tights said, feeling a bit speechless, "Next time, don't act like a ghost! It's really scary when you pop up like that, you know!"

Huh? Was it? Wasn't it cool? In the anime he watched in his past life, space-jumping skills were always flashy. Even the legendary monster Hyper Zetton had that stylish, effect-laden teleportation that was cool as hell.

"Alright, alright! Sister Tights, I've completely destroyed the seeds of the Tree of Might." Karochi said with a sheepish grin.

Tights looked at the massive tree, feeling troubled. It was so huge—how long would it take for her and Karochi to harvest it? "How are we supposed to collect these fruits? There are so many; if we pick them one by one, it'll take half a year!" Tights sighed.

"Ah! You don't need to worry about that, Sister Tights. Just watch." Karochi smiled confidently and snapped his fingers with his right hand.

Snap!

A crisp sound echoed, and to Tights's bewilderment, purple vortices appeared beside every single fruit, instantly sucking all tens of thousands of them inside.

"Wow! You brat, you've got some tricks up your sleeve." Tights was surprised; Karochi really played with this space ability like a master.

Karochi felt this was a pretty good way to show off. He had to admit, this space ability was a fantastic tool for looking cool! It was great and practical. He extended his right hand, opened a purple vortex, and one fruit dropped out.

"Eww! It's so ugly. Can this thing really help with beauty and skincare?" Tights looked at the fruit with disgust. To be fair, it really didn't look very appetizing.

Especially those bumps—they were quite unsettling!

Karochi couldn't help but smile bitterly. Why was she only focused on beauty? In The Tree of Might, when Turles first arrived on Earth, his combat power was only around 20,000, while Goku's was about 30,000!

But after Turles ate just one of these fruits, his power soared to a level that even Goku's 10x Kaioken couldn't handle. One had to remember that after using the 10x Kaioken, Goku's power was already over 300,000. It was incredible that Turles could achieve such an overwhelming advantage with just one small fruit.

Even if Tights wasn't interested in increasing her strength, she should at least consider the fruit's ability to extend one's lifespan! Why was she so fixated on beauty? She wasn't even sixteen yet; she was still growing, so why care about that?

Karochi couldn't understand Tights's train of thought. She was actually complaining that the fruit was ugly! This was a fruit that only gods could consume; it didn't mind that she was a mortal, yet she was judging its appearance. Karochi felt like crying for the fruit.

"Huh? Isn't that the Tree of Might? How did it appear here!?" At this moment, the Supreme Kai of Time had also arrived on Planet Taluo, staring at the massive tree in shock.

This is a unique plant that can only be grown on a God Star; planting it on a mortal planet leads to unpredictable side effects! One look at this "dead" planet is enough to see exactly what those side effects are.

Chronoa looked toward Karochi and his companion, simultaneously noticing the Fruit of the Tree of Might in Karochi's hand!

Chronoa couldn't help but frown; this Saiyan felt somewhat familiar! Besides, did they plant this Tree of Might? That didn't seem likely; these two should be residents of Universe 7, as mentioned by Whis.

"Huh! This Saiyan has actually cultivated a unique realm secret technique that can completely conceal his aura." Chronoa was a bit surprised; after all, Saiyans were a savage race! Much like the honey badger on Earth, they only knew how to fight.

She hadn't expected such an exception to exist.

But immediately after, it dawned on Chronoa why she felt a sense of familiarity with this Saiyan: "Ah! It's because of this brat that the space-time split occurred!!!"

Chronoa felt terrible, her small frame trembling with rage! This was the Saiyan who shouldn't have survived, yet miraculously did, leading to the creation of one timeline where he didn't exist and another where he did.

He was the culprit behind why she, the boss of the Time Nest, had to work 996 hours, and yet this guy was still standing there leisurely flirting with a girl. Chronoa was furious.

Chronoa wanted to rush over and plant her size-38 foot right on his face. Smiling! You, the culprit who wreaked havoc on space-time, actually have the nerve to smile.

But as the Supreme Kai of Time, she couldn't do that. Space-time inherently possessed contingency and uncertainty! She could not vent her anger on a child who simply wanted to survive.

"Hm? There's an evil aura!" Chronoa noticed an evil presence heading this way; the aura was decaying yet quite powerful.

Of course, compared to her, the Supreme Kai of Time, it was absolutely nothing!

"Hmph! This is the perfect chance to teach you a lesson." Chronoa said resentfully before vanishing into the void. She intended to let this "great sinner" who disrupted space-time suffer a little, if only to vent some of her own frustration.