"What was that?"
Yu Yuan narrowed his eyes at the deep purple light shooting into the sky.
He lowered his gaze to the Oil Giant.
The Oil Giant happened to lower his head as well, launching attacks against the purple barrier before him.
Ripples from the impacts kept flashing across the barrier.
Yet the purple barrier remained unshaken. Its defensive strength clearly far exceeded the power of the Oil Giant's attacks.
Raditz's men attacked at the same time. Laser beams and shells struck the Giant, only to be refracted and deflected or send ripples across his body.
A moment later, those ripples quickly smoothed out, leaving him fully restored.
But Yu Yuan's brow furrowed even more deeply.
"The Oil Giant is definitely stronger than this."
The way the Oil Giant had looked up at the sky earlier also told Yu Yuan that he was not acting purely on instinct.
He possessed a degree of intelligence.
And then there was...
Yu Yuan looked farther into the distance, toward the direction Raditz's convoy and the Oil Giant had come from.
An even denser mass of black mist was rapidly drifting toward the Oil Giant.
Yu Yuan still did not understand the nature of the black mist, but he knew full well that if the Oil Giant received its support, his strength would rise again.
"This won't be an easy fight!"
Yu Yuan looked up at the sky again. The purple beam had already vanished into the vast starry expanse.
Yet he had a sense that a storm was brewing.
"Perhaps it's time to deploy ahead of schedule..."
"Leader, we have a problem! Another huge mass of black mist is approaching!"
The convoy commander's voice came over the internal communications channel.
A surveillance feed appeared on the screen in front of Raditz.
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