The Battle Ends, Trunks Arrives

Across the entire scene, aside from Li Lin and the Earth's warriors, only the miscellaneous soldiers brought by Frieza and King Cold remained.

These grunts could never have imagined that the two most formidable overlords in the universe would be reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye.

After obliterating King Cold, Li Lin immediately turned his gaze toward those soldiers.

"Ah, don't kill me! Please, I beg you, don't kill me!"

One soldier, seemingly unable to withstand Li Lin's stare, collapsed to his knees and began to plead for mercy.

Seeing this, the others followed suit, one after another, kneeling and crying out for their lives.

In an instant, the entire mountain range was filled with their voices, interspersed with the sounds of sobbing.

Li Lin couldn't help but frown slightly, then slowly waved his hand.

He was not a man who enjoyed slaughter, and he hadn't taken these grunts to heart at all.

As long as they didn't provoke him, there was no harm in letting them go.

Seeing Li Lin's gesture, the men were overjoyed.

"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"

The soldiers wiped away their tears and snot, thanking him incessantly.

Not daring to delay, the massive crowd scrambled and shoved their way into the spaceship, terrified of being left behind.

"Rumble!"

The spaceship powered up and slowly ascended into the sky.

In no time at all, it vanished from the Earth's atmosphere, disappearing into the depths of space.

The people on Earth watched this scene with their mouths slightly agape.

Their eyes were filled with profound shock.

The crisis on Earth had been resolved by this inexplicable individual.

Moreover, he had done it with such swift, decisive action, without any grand effort.

He had simply fired off three energy blasts, finishing off Frieza and his father.

"Ve-Vegeta, what should we do now?"

Krillin looked at the man beside him, swallowed hard, and spoke slowly.

Vegeta was the strongest among them, so naturally, they looked to him for leadership.

Now that Frieza had been eliminated by this mysterious person, they needed to ask what the next step should be.

Vegeta was so stunned that he didn't know what to say.

The crisis he had assumed was insurmountable had been resolved by this person with a mere wave of his hand.

He had no idea when such a powerful individual had appeared on Earth.

He remembered that when he came to Earth last time, this person had been nowhere to be found!

"I don't know!"

Vegeta thought for a long time before uttering those three words.

At this moment, even he didn't know what to do.

Although the man before them had helped eliminate Frieza and his father, they knew nothing about his background.

Without knowing whether he was a friend or a foe, it was best to wait and see, and not provoke him lightly.

After all, this was a being capable of killing Frieza in a single blow; if they angered him, the consequences would be unimaginable!

The others looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Since even Vegeta said he didn't know, they lacked the courage to step forward and greet him.

After all, they wanted to live a few more years and didn't want to die for no reason.

However, while they didn't want to provoke him, that was merely their own wishful thinking.

"Hello! How are you all doing?"

Li Lin turned around, waving enthusiastically as he greeted them.

He looked exactly like someone meeting old friends, his expression sincere and excited.

After all, these were people he had only ever seen in anime.

Seeing them in the flesh today, it was hard not to feel a trace of excitement.

However, while he recognized everyone present, they did not recognize him.

Seeing him suddenly turn around, everyone jumped, their hair standing on end as they instinctively took two steps back.

"Ha-hello..."

Krillin leaned back slightly, waving his hand stiffly.

If it were before, seeing Li Lin's enthusiastic demeanor, he would have certainly stepped forward to speak.

However, they had been subjected to too many shocks today; ever since learning that Frieza was coming to Earth, they had remained in a state of high tension.

Although Frieza had now been eliminated, the sudden appearance of a stranger still left them feeling somewhat on edge.

Among the crowd, however, there was one exception.

The moment she laid eyes on Li Lin's handsome, dashing face, the fear in her heart vanished instantly.

It was replaced by a lovestruck expression, with heart-shaped symbols seemingly appearing in her eyes.

In her mind, how could someone so handsome possibly be a bad person?

Without hesitation, she gave a friendly wave of her small hand toward Li Lin!

"Sigh!" Seeing the strange expressions on everyone's faces, Li Lin let out a helpless sigh while smiling and nodding back at Bulma!

He could understand their current state of mind; after all, they had just experienced a rollercoaster of extreme highs and lows.

Coupled with the sudden appearance of a powerhouse like himself, their current mood was surely more one of alarm than pleasant surprise!

Just as he was preparing to continue the conversation, a mysterious aircraft suddenly appeared in the sky.

"Oh? Has Trunks arrived?"

Li Lin looked up and muttered to himself.

This aircraft was exactly as he remembered it; if nothing went wrong, it had to be the time machine used by Future Trunks!

The sudden appearance of the mysterious craft drew everyone's attention, and they all looked up toward it.

The aircraft descended slowly and landed steadily, coming to a rest right in front of Li Lin!

"Creak!"

The hatch at the top of the craft slowly opened.

A blue-haired youth jumped out from inside.

The blue-haired youth was dressed in a work uniform and carried a long sword strapped to his back.