A gigantic mushroom cloud surged into the sky, and a vast quantity of smoke and dust filled the entire area!
Taluya Planet could no longer hold together. The entire planet began to break apart, splitting into several pieces as its atmosphere dispersed completely.
Karochi even felt himself suffocating. He was just about to use the Vacuum Technique when he realized he could breathe again.
Supreme Kai of Time Chronoa must have stepped in! Come to think of it, even though he'd defeated Slug, there was still the Supreme Kai of Time to deal with. What a headache.
Thick black smoke darkened the sky. The shattered land, however, remained tenuously connected by the roots of the Spirit Fruit Tree, which had not completely broken apart.
"Tsk! So it really is a case of succeeding because of the same thing that caused the trouble." Karochi didn't know what to make of the sight before him.
The Spirit Fruit Tree had drained Taluya Planet of its life energy. Then it had sparked a conflict that might leave the planet without even an intact corpse. Now, though, the tree was holding it together so it wouldn't be torn completely apart.
What a wonder! Still, it wasn't fair to say the Spirit Fruit Tree was all that evil. That was simply how it grew: it needed a tremendous amount of energy, and it wasn't a plant meant to be cultivated in the lower realm.
It was just that human desire was like a boulder rolling into an abyss; no one knew how deep it went.
"Huh!?" Karochi was still marveling at the devastation when he suddenly sensed Slug's faint presence. He was stunned. "Holy crap! You're tougher than a cockroach! Even a dung beetle would call you boss!"
How had this guy survived? His energy