Traveling the Universe

Boom!

The tiny Wang Shen had actually blocked his full-force punch.

Magetta, who had a terrible temper, flew into a rage!

He opened his mouth again. This time, he wasn't bluffing. A scorching red light flickered deep in his throat.

The next second, a torrent of boiling-hot lava spewed out, rushing straight at Wang Shen.

Wang Shen was startled.

Just as the lava was about to hit him, he darted backward.

Even so, scattered droplets of lava splashed onto him and quickly caught fire.

They burned away most of his black-and-red outfit, exposing a large expanse of well-defined muscle.

Wang Shen simply reached out and tore off the rest, baring his perfectly sculpted upper body.

"A lava attack. I forgot you had that trick too."

Wang Shen charged forward again and swiftly caught Magetta's descending fists.

Then he forced them apart, leaving Magetta's chest completely exposed before him.

Wide open!

"Hi-yah-yah-yah!"

Golden flames enveloped Wang Shen's fists as he rapidly hammered them into Magetta's chest.

Under the relentless, powerful assault, even Magetta began to lose his balance and topple backward uncontrollably.

After landing one last punch, Wang Shen extended his palm and gathered an energy blast, releasing it point-blank at Magetta.

Boom!

The enormous body hit the ground, leaving a man-shaped crater. The impact sent a rumble through the earth, as though the whole planet were trembling.

Wang Shen hovered in midair. The excitement that had just risen in his face quickly faded.

Looking at Magetta's caved-in chest, he shook his head.

Magetta was simply too weak after all.

And this was only Wang Shen at full power.

Magetta was merely a little tougher than Son Goku and Vegeta.

Forget it. He shouldn't lower his standards so carelessly.

Wang Shen was about to leave when he suddenly sensed something strange happening behind him.

He whipped around.

He saw—

A burst of energy erupted from the top of Magetta's head, and a rumble came from within his metal body.

Red flames blazed around him. His sunken chest rapidly swelled back into shape.

The lava in his two reactors began boiling even more fiercely, glowing red-hot and releasing tremendous heat and scorching waves of air!

"He's powered up!"

Wang Shen exclaimed.

Magetta didn't get up. He aimed his mouth at Wang Shen and spewed out a massive torrent of lava.

The fierce, scorching waves battered the white aura surrounding Wang Shen's body, and the air around them was completely consumed by the heat.

Boosted by the Lava Planet, the lava Magetta spewed was hundreds of times more powerful than Magetta's in the original story.

Wang Shen's expression hardened. He brought his hands together and quickly gathered energy.

"Full Power Destruction Beam!"

Boom!

Once again, he clashed with the flames.

But this time, they were only lava, without the enhancement of God Ki.

Having undergone another transformation, Wang Shen easily swallowed up the lava attack.

The Full Power Destruction Beam swallowed Magetta's enormous body and plunged deep underground.

"Stay quiet for a while. Try not to cause so much destruction."

It was only a spar, so Wang Shen hadn't gone for the kill.

After resting for a while, Magetta would soon recover.

Besides, the lava underground should speed up his recovery process.

Wang Shen shot skyward, flying beyond the atmosphere.

He'd better leave this scorching planet, which was full of lava, as soon as possible.

Looking down at the Metalman, Wang Shen sighed helplessly.

"The strong are lonely. It's hard to find a worthy opponent."

Hit must have been just as lonely. Perhaps that was why someone as aloof and cold as him had chosen to become friends with Son Goku in the form of rivals.

Whoosh!

He'd gone there full of hope and returned disappointed.

With profound disappointment, Wang Shen returned to space and sat cross-legged inside the Shuttle Cube, drifting through the cosmos.

Along the way,

Wang Shen encountered many inhabited planets.

But he sensed none of the powerful fighters he was looking for.

After his experience with Magetta, he no longer wanted to lower his standards for finding an opponent.

Otherwise, he'd only be wasting his time.

He could now begin to understand how Beerus felt.

No wonder that when Beerus learned a Super Saiyan God would appear who could defeat him, his first reaction wasn't anger or wariness. Instead, he went out to find him in person.

Even in the midst of his anger, he forced himself to calm down and gave Son Goku the chance to transform into a Super Saiyan God.

Wang Shen also found Universe 6's Namek and Planet Yardrat, where he came across the Galactic Patrol.

He even helped the Galactic Patrol capture and kill some criminals.

It gave him something to do during his dull, aimless travels through space.

"Never thought I'd become a righteous space cop one day."

The patrol officers were astonished by Wang Shen's unfathomable strength and gained a deeper understanding of the Saiyans from Planet Sadala.

It turned out they had a peerless powerhouse like him hidden among them.

Some members of the organization's leadership even tried to recruit Wang Shen.

"Karotis, join us. With your strength, you could command respect across the entire universe. Your position would be higher than ours, and we'd all follow your orders!"

Wang Shen smiled and politely declined.

Then he set off on his journey through the universe once more.

As time passed, Wang Shen's purpose shifted from finding powerful opponents to exploring the cosmos and discovering its mysteries and endless possibilities.

His mind grew increasingly tranquil. Ordinary people could no longer sense even a trace of his aura; he was becoming ever more unassuming.

Until one day.

The arrival of an elegant, refined merchant disrupted Wang Shen's peaceful sightseeing.

"Reporting to Your Majesty: six light-years ahead, we've spotted someone who appears to be a Saiyan. He's piloting a strange transparent cube and approaching us at high speed."

"Oh?"

A blue-skinned alien with two horns and blood-red eyes spoke in surprise.

"A Saiyan?"

"That's right. He has the tail that only Saiyans have, wrapped around his waist, but both his body hair and the hair on his head are golden."

The subordinate bowed and cautiously reported all the information detected by the ship.

He was terrified of saying the wrong thing, angering the demon before him, and losing his life.

Because the man before him was Frost.

A deceitful, arrogant merchant with cruel methods.

"So he is a Saiyan. But I hate Saiyans."

A murderous glint flashed in Frost's eyes.

"Head toward this Saiyan, then invite him aboard. Tell him I want to meet him."

"Be polite. Don't damage that transparent cube. I want to see what it is. It's faster than even my most advanced airship."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The subordinate replied as if this were nothing unusual.

Clearly, Frost planned to kill Wang Shen and take his treasure.

"But what should we tell Planet Sadala?"

"Ha! We'll say he died at the hands of space pirates. I arrived too late and found only his corpse."

Frost laughed without restraint.

In front of his subordinates, he made no effort to hide his deceitful and cruel nature.