Chapter 38

"Do you know who I am? I'm Lord Frieza's most trusted right-hand man!"

"Back in the day, I followed Lord Frieza with two watermelon knives in hand, hacking my way from the west side of the galaxy all the way to the east!"

"I went back and forth for three days and three nights. Blood filled the sky, and rivers ran red."

"But me? I just kept swinging and chopping, swinging and chopping, swinging and chopping—never even blinked once."

Dodoria roared angrily.

He wanted to use it to intimidate Vegeta and make him retreat in the face of difficulty.

Vegeta fell silent for a moment, then asked, "Don't your eyes get dry?"

"?"

Dodoria's eyes bulged. "I'm saying I kill people without blinking, and you're asking if my damn eyes get dry!?"

"What else am I supposed to ask?"

Vegeta smiled faintly, crouched down, grabbed Dodoria by the head, and smashed him into the ground again and again!

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

Dodoria was already at the center of a deep pit, and now the earth beneath him was smashed open with cracks like a spiderweb.

"Frieza's right-hand man?"

Boom!

"Three days and three nights?"

Boom!

"Swinging and chopping?"

Boom!

Every time Vegeta said a line, he smashed Dodoria's head down.

Dodoria finally could not hold out anymore and begged for mercy. "I was wrong, spare me..."

Boom!

Seeing that Vegeta was not buying it, the fear of death surged into Dodoria's heart.

Just then, he remembered something, as if he had grabbed hold of a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said, "I... I know how Planet Vegeta was destroyed back then."

Vegeta's hand paused, and he said mockingly, "Planet Vegeta was destroyed by a meteor impact. I know that too."

"No, no." Dodoria hurriedly said, "I know the truth. If I tell you, you have to let me go."

"Oh?"

Vegeta stopped moving, his gaze flickering.

"Fine. Talk."

Hearing this, Dodoria let out a breath of relief.

"Planet Vegeta was personally destroyed by Lord Frieza back then. I heard him mention it once, something about the legendary Super Saiyan always being a potential threat..."

"That's all. You promised—you have to let me go..."

After Vegeta heard him out, an almost imperceptible emotion flashed through his eyes.

He nodded.

Then he grabbed Dodoria and threw him into the sky.

Clasping his hands together, he condensed an energy blast filled with violent energy fluctuations.

Galick Gun!

Vegeta thrust it toward the sky.

The Galick Gun shot out with ferocious force and struck Dodoria head-on in midair, where he was powerless to dodge.

Boom—

A single explosive blast rang out.

Dodoria was blown into chunks of pink flesh, which dropped into the lake below to feed the fish.

Everything happened in an instant. Dodoria did not even manage to leave behind a single last word.

"Hmph. Believing in empty promises—you didn't die unjustly."

Vegeta folded his arms across his chest, his expression indifferent.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Inside the spaceship where Jiang Ling and Bulma were staying.

A large television mounted on the wall was playing a romantic soap opera.

Soft, soothing music drifted from the speakers.

Bulma, who had just been through several rounds of storm and rain, had a flushed pretty face as she leaned in Jiang Ling's arms, drawing little circles on his chest.

"Baby, you're amazing."

"Do you even need to say that?"

The corners of Jiang Ling's mouth curled up smugly. He reached out and gave her another feel, making the beauty pout and scold him coquettishly.

After they snuggled for a while.

Bulma licked her lips, smiling sweetly. "Oh my, my mouth feels a little dry..."

Jiang Ling glanced at her and said, "If your mouth's dry, drink some water..."

"But... I'm so tired. I don't want to get up... and I don't want water..."

Hearing that, Jiang Ling scratched his head, not quite understanding what she meant. "Then what do you want?"

Bulma rolled her eyes. "I said my mouth is dry. You don't know what that means?"

"Oh~"

Jiang Ling suddenly understood.

Then.

"Heh—ptooey~"

"Holy shit!"

Bulma hurriedly dodged aside, nearly getting hit by that attack.

She sat duck-legged on the bed, hands on her hips, fuming.

"Is that what I freaking meant?!"

"What else?"

"I'll beat you to death!"

Bulma swung her little fists and pounced on him.

Jiang Ling laughed, and the two started fooling around.

But just then.

Jiang Ling's expression shifted, and he put away his earlier improper manner. "Stay here. Don't go out."

"Did you discover something?" Bulma asked.

"Yes. Just stay here and wait for me to come back."

"Okay. Be careful," Bulma said worriedly.

Jiang Ling snorted. "Don't underestimate your man's abilities."

As he spoke, he vanished from the spaceship with a whoosh, reappearing outside.

Bulma stared blankly, murmuring to herself, "So fast..."

If he had been that fast earlier...

Oh my, she didn't even dare imagine it.

Jiang Ling naturally had no idea what was going on in Bulma's little head.

By now, he had already flown far away from the spaceship.

He hovered in midair.

Standing with his hands behind his back, he looked at the five-man group in front of him with a relaxed expression.

The Ginyu Force!

Every one of them possessed strange abilities.

If Krillin, Gohan, and the others faced them, there would be absolutely no way out.

But Jiang Ling's expression remained relaxed.

Before unlocking his potential, his combat power alone had already been enough to take on the Ginyu Force by himself, let alone now that his potential had been fully developed.

"You're the Ginyu Force, right?"

Jiang Ling smiled.

He had not expected the Ginyu Force to appear now.

Compared to the original story, they had arrived many days early.

"Yo, got any Dragon Balls? If not, then get lost. Don't block my path."

Ginyu smiled wickedly.

The other members laughed too.

In their eyes, the man in front of them was simply overestimating himself.

"Sure, but can you get them?"

Jiang Ling curled his finger at them.

The members of the Ginyu Force looked at one another, then burst out laughing again.

"Same old rules? Rock-paper-scissors decides who goes."

Then they gathered around and started playing rock-paper-scissors.

Jiang Ling just quietly watched their performance without saying a word.

In the end, the burly Recoome won the chance to step out.

Jiang Ling knew him. His specialties were defense and dancing.

"Then let yours truly have some fun with you," Recoome said.

Jiang Ling wasted no words on him. His figure moved, leaving a blur of an afterimage where he had stood.

He moved swiftly right in front of Recoome.

A punch slammed into his stomach, then followed the momentum upward, an uppercut smashing into his chin.

All of it happened in an instant.

No one had time to react.

The next moment.

Recoome's body first curled like a bow, then he spat clear saliva into the sky along with several slightly yellowed teeth.

While everyone was still stunned, Jiang Ling had already moved swiftly behind Recoome, bringing an elbow strike down hard on his back.

Bang!

Recoome's entire body was knocked flat by that overwhelming force, sprawled face-down with all five points to the ground.

A deep crater even appeared with him at its center.

The members of the Ginyu Force stared at the field in disbelief.

"What happened? Recoome was down in an instant!"

"I didn't see it clearly."

"I didn't see it either. My vision just blurred..."

"Too fast..."

"A man even faster than me, the fastest in the universe... How... how..."

Burter was a member of the Ginyu Force, with blue skin, and he styled himself as having "the fastest speed in the universe."

He had never imagined someone could actually be faster than him!

It made his worldview collapse in an instant.

On the field.

Jiang Ling stood at the edge of the crater, arms folded across his chest, coldly watching Recoome lying in the pit.

"Damn it... This is the first time anyone's hurt me this badly..." Recoome's body trembled as he stood up from the ground.

He panted a few times.

His face twisted.

"I'm going to kill you! Watch my ultimate move, Eraser Gun!"

The moment he finished speaking, Recoome opened his mouth wide, and a violent light gathered inside.

Seeing this, Jiang Ling nodded. He had used around one hundred thousand in power just now and still had not killed him. As expected of Recoome, the Ginyu Force member known for his defense.

Just as Recoome's "Eraser Gun" was about to fire, Jiang Ling's figure moved, once again shifting swiftly right in front of him.

He reached out.

And slapped him across the face.

Smack!

The sound of the slap rang out, echoing through the place, refusing to fade for a long while.

Gulp~

After taking that slap, Recoome swallowed the "Eraser Gun" that was about to fire.

His eyes grew wider and wider...

Jiang Ling moved his feet and retreated hundreds of meters in an instant, then turned to look back.

He saw Recoome's stomach being forcibly burst open in an instant by the "Eraser Gun" he had just swallowed, exploding apart.

Rumble—

A small mushroom cloud erupted.

Dust and smoke sprayed into the sky.

Recoome had been blasted so thoroughly that not even ash remained.

"As expected of a finishing move. Not bad."

Jiang Ling couldn't help nodding in satisfaction.