Heading to Yardrat!

A few days later, the spaceship finally arrived at Giant Forest Planet. Li Ming had Babas deliver the mission items, and they also received the remainder of the payment from the contact.

Giant Forest Planet's combat power and technological level were both quite high, so they were exceedingly wealthy. Not only did they provide a spaceship, they even paid an additional ten billion. Of course, this was universal currency used throughout the universe. Although it could not hold its value and its purchasing power was far inferior to actual supplies, it was still no small sum.

"Boss, where are we going next?" Babas asked Li Ming. With this mission completed, even that money alone would be enough for them to live extravagantly for a long time.

But now they were Li Ming's subordinates, and Babas had a very clear understanding of his position. Though he was still nominally the captain, everyone knew that Li Ming was the true core of the group.

Li Ming frowned slightly. When he had arrived on this planet, he had tried to sense the nearest inhabited planet, but he had found nothing at all. That was not good news.

After hesitating for a moment, he swept his gaze over the group and said, "I'm planning to go to Yardrat. I heard that the Yardratians possess many miraculous secret arts, so I want to take a look."

"Indeed, there are many rumors about the Yardratians. Their specialty is mastery of all kinds of miraculous abilities, and Yardrat isn't far from here." Kainsen held a highly technological-looking device in his hand, apparently determining Yardrat's location.

"Is that so..." Babas first glanced at his younger brother. The two nodded, followed by Kulunxi and Aor, the sisters. Then he looked at Li Ming and said, "Boss, we'll go with you."

"Hmm?"

Li Ming frowned. His plan had been to go with Kainsen alone. As long as he quickly resolved the issue with his transformation, Frieza would no longer be a problem, and the Kefida Civilization could be rescued smoothly as well.

But since Babas had put it that way, Li Ming did not know how to refuse. Along the way, Babas and the others had left him with a fairly good impression and had shown no suspicious behavior.

After thinking it over for a while, Li Ming finally said, "Fine, then let's go take a look together."

Kulunxi had an outgoing personality and immediately cheered, "Yay!"

And so, the group continued toward Yardrat. With Kainsen around, Li Ming was spared the trouble of locating it himself. After all, he did not really understand this sort of technology.

Bang!

"Pfft!" Inside the spaceship, Kulunxi was sparring with Babas. Babas should originally have been much stronger than Kulunxi.

With a combat power of 6,500, he could be considered a mid-level warrior even among Saiyans.

But to everyone's utter shock, Kulunxi sent Babas flying with a single punch. His entire body crashed into the spaceship wall, making the whole vessel tremble slightly!

"W-What happened? Captain, are you okay?"

"Big brother!" Aor stared at her sister in astonishment, while Pierre completely panicked and hurried over to check on Babas.

As for the culprit behind it all, Kulunxi stared blankly at her fist and muttered to herself, "So it was real. It wasn't an illusion after all!"

"What happened?" Li Ming and Kainsen came over. The former emanated a terrifying aura, clearly having been training just moments ago.

The spaceship's sudden shaking was no small matter. Usually, that meant it had encountered a meteor or been struck by a cosmic storm, but such problems were nothing in front of Kainsen and could be avoided in advance with technology.

But if something went wrong inside the spaceship, that would be truly troublesome. Even with Instant Transmission, Li Ming could only return to Giant Forest Planet now.

"Boss!"

Kulunxi suddenly cried out. She lunged forward, wrapped her arms around Li Ming's neck, and clung to him. Li Ming's entire body stiffened as he stood there, somewhat at a loss.

Li Ming was 1.8 meters tall, while Kulunxi was a full head shorter than him. She was practically hanging from him now, and since Li Ming had just finished training and was not wearing any clothes, they could even feel each other's body temperature.

In the end, Kulunxi only let go after remembering Babas's injuries. She looked awkwardly at the pale-faced Babas. That punch of hers had nearly sent him straight to his grave.

"Sir, Babas needs treatment in the medical chamber. Otherwise, it may take some time for him to recover naturally."

"Then send him to the medical chamber." Li Ming waved a hand, telling Pierre to take Babas for treatment.

At the same time, he looked at Kulunxi and said, "Explain. What exactly happened?"

"Boss, my combat power has reached thirty thousand!"

"Hmm? Ah." Li Ming was initially confused, but quickly realized what she meant and nodded.

Aor, standing nearby, could not understand their exchange at all. She had much the same reaction as Li Ming, first freezing in confusion. But she understood what her sister had said, and her expression immediately turned astonished.

"Big sis, how did your combat power increase so much?"

"Hehe, I don't know either. But it seems to be related to the fruit Boss gave me before. I felt like something had changed at the time, but I didn't think much of it. Today, I suddenly discovered it when I used the scouter. At first, I also suspected it was an illusion, so I tested it on Captain Babas, and then..." She grew embarrassed again at the end, her carefree expression becoming somewhat sheepish.

Babas: "..."

The cause of this whole incident was that Fruit of the Tree of Might. At the time, Li Ming had instinctively wanted to eat a Fruit of the Tree of Might, so he casually took one.

But then he remembered that eating it would only give him even more energy. The energy in his body was already too abundant, which prevented him from becoming a Super Saiyan.

So he casually handed it to Kulunxi, but overlooked the Fruit of the Tree of Might's effect. This thing could directly increase combat power!

Kulunxi's original combat power of five thousand had risen directly to thirty thousand—a full sixfold increase!

No wonder she had doubted it and even used Babas to test it. Only she could come up with something like that. She had held back, too; otherwise, with the power of thirty thousand combat power behind that punch, damage to the entire spaceship would have been the least of their problems.

Li Ming sighed helplessly and said, "All right. If there's nothing else, go help inspect the spaceship."

"Yes!"

Knowing she had caused trouble, Kulunxi put away her expression and answered seriously. Although she knew her increased combat power was real, she still found Li Ming terrifying.

When she recalled how she had taken the initiative to hug Li Ming just now, she even felt a little scared afterward. Realizing it belatedly, her face flushed slightly as well.

"Big sis, are you really all right?"

Once Li Ming had left, Kulunxi immediately returned to her carefree expression and comforted her, "Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine."

Aor was not good with words. Though she was full of questions, she would only discuss them privately with Kulunxi.

Over the next few days, Babas quickly recovered, and Kulunxi also took the initiative to apologize. The matter was considered settled. After all, no major problem had occurred, and there was no point in dwelling on it.

"Big Brother, Kulunxi said the fruit was given to her by the boss. What kind of thing could raise someone's strength so drastically? Aren't you curious?" The spaceship was not small, but since they were brothers, Babas and Pierre shared the same large cabin.

Thinking of how Kulunxi's strength had suddenly skyrocketed, Pierre, the younger brother known for his rationality, could not hold back any longer and asked.

"...Sigh."

Babas fell silent for a moment, then looked into his younger brother's eyes, only to find them filled with restless agitation. After a soft sigh, he said, "Don't overthink it. I can tell the boss isn't someone who would favor anyone. Being able to follow a powerhouse like him is our good fortune too."

"I understand, Big Brother."

Pierre had been smarter and more thoughtful than Babas since childhood, but he relied heavily on his older brother. No matter what it was, as long as Babas spoke, he would rarely object.

The next day, Li Ming followed his usual routine: training, eating, then training some more. He wanted to exhaust the vital energy within his body as soon as possible, then attempt to break through to Super Saiyan.

Otherwise, who knew what other unforeseen changes might arise if this continued? This spaceship was relatively safe for the time being, but he had no idea when the Galactic Patrol's reconnaissance robots might set their sights on him.

It was a hidden danger that could neither be predicted nor avoided, and one of the reasons forcing him to improve his strength as quickly as possible.

If it were only Frieza, Li Ming would not have been too worried. After all, aside from the planets under his control, Frieza could not spread his influence across the entire universe. There were places where even he could not reach.