Chapter Thirty-Six: Reasons

Ahead, Laila did not deny Kast's words; the truth was exactly as he had stated.

As early as a year ago, Kast's strength had already begun to faintly rival her own.

Now, it was just as Kast had said: if she continued to stand in his way, he would strike without mercy.

To say it and mean it—this was a fact Laila had confirmed over the long time she had spent with Kast these past few years.

However, Laila could not let Kast leave now, not just because of their agreement, but for other reasons as well.

After these years together, Laila had originally intended to use Kast's blood and genes as a blueprint to fuse with her own, creating the ultimate warrior to fulfill her goals.

But as time passed, Laila gradually changed her mind. The first reason was Kast's potential; ever since Last and Laila arrived on this planet, Kast's constant training and cultivation caused the power within his young body to climb incessantly, expanding as if it were endless.

Watching Kast possess such potential, Laila's original plan began to fade. After all, she already had a warrior with infinite potential right in front of her; there was no need to look elsewhere to create life from blood and genes when she could simply ask Kast for help.

The second reason was Kast's charm. Yes, after years of living together, Kast's persistence, willpower, and other character traits had attracted her. Coupled with the fact that Kast was not bad-looking, Laila couldn't help but develop a fondness for him over time.

Because of this, Laila gradually abandoned her previous thoughts. With Kast always by her side, her once-empty emotions had slowly become fulfilled through his companionship.

Therefore, Laila, who had assumed Kast would stay here forever, found herself unable to accept it when she suddenly heard him say he was leaving.

So, even though Laila was no match for Kast now, she did not want to let him go.

Prepared to be defeated, Laila said firmly, "No, no matter what you say, I won't let you leave."

Beside her, Kast watched Laila's determined expression and couldn't help but feel a sense of helplessness.

In truth, Kast did not want to hurt Laila. Although she had brought him to this planet without his consent, she had never made excessive demands of him during their years together, and she even provided high-quality food from time to time, including the Fruit of the Tree of Might.

It was thanks to Laila's help that Kast had been able to grow continuously in such a short time.

Now, Kast felt he had reached his next bottleneck, and he knew exactly what it was!

It was the bottleneck before reaching the next stage of a Super Saiyan!

That was the Super Saiyan 2.

However, without long periods of sparring and training, breaking through this limit would likely be impossible in the short term.

One must remember that in the original story, Vegeta spent at least seven years to break through from Super Saiyan to Super Saiyan 2. Before that, he had trained in the Room of Spirit and Time for two years and endured multiple life-and-death battles to reach the peak of the first stage.

Even after transforming into a Super Saiyan 2, it was only under Babidi's control that he was able to draw out his potential and reach the peak of that stage.

Although Kast had reached the peak of the first stage, he could not break through to the second stage in such a short time.

To be honest, it had taken Kast eight years to reach the peak of Super Saiyan 1, which was a long time. After all, Son Goku and Vegeta had only taken about three years to reach that peak after their initial transformation.

Compared to their timeline, his had been quite long.

But there was a reason for this. Eight years ago, Kast was only about eight years old. While he was in a period of rapid growth, he was constrained by his physical limitations and had not reached the bottleneck for a breakthrough. With the Fruit of the Tree of Might and other supplements Laila provided, his body's growth ceiling had risen higher and higher.

Thus, due to various factors, he had only recently reached his current limit.

In fact, Kast was very grateful to Laila; it was because of her help that he possessed strength even greater than the peak of a Super Saiyan 1 from the original story.

With his current power, Kast felt that even if Cell were to appear, his perfect form would likely be no match for him.

Kast even felt that if Broly were to arrive, he wouldn't be able to defeat him now either.

Of course, Planet Vegeta had already been destroyed, and Kast was unsure if Broly had been born or if he had survived. But since Son Goku was still alive, the possibility of Broly's survival was very high.