Faced with Broly's overwhelming strength, Vegeta's arrogance flared up again. He no longer cared why he had never seen either of these two before. Gritting his teeth, he abruptly pulled back his fist.
"Rat-a-tat-tat!"
Vegeta thrust his palm forward again and again, firing a stream of ki blasts like machine-gun rounds straight at Broly's face.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every Ki Blast struck Broly squarely. Dust filled the cavern, blotting out everything, while the shock waves sent chunks of rock tumbling from the ceiling.
Vegeta did not stop there. His ki continued to rise as he charged his strongest attack, ready to unleash it.
"Galick..."
But as Vegeta's ki kept rising, the cavern looked increasingly unable to withstand it. It was on the verge of collapse.
"Prince Vegeta! Stop!"
"This place is collapsing! Everyone, run!"
The Saiyans below cried out in terror at the huge falling rocks and started to scatter.
Just then, Broly emerged from the cloud of dust completely unscathed and drove his fist into Vegeta's stomach while he was still charging his attack.
Vegeta's Galick Gun was cut short. With a retching cry, he vomited stomach acid and plummeted toward the ground.
His expression cold, Broly was about to pursue him when Lin Chen spoke.
"That's enough, Broly. They should be on our side."
With Vegeta's fall, the trembling cavern settled down again.
A group of Saiyan children nervously ran toward Vegeta, who lay sprawled on the ground. One young Saiyan, whose hair reached past his backside, helped the immobilized prince up and asked anxiously, "Prince Vegeta, are you all right?"
"Get... get away, Raditz! I'm Vegeta! I... urgh!"
Unable to hold it in, Vegeta vomited again.
"What's going on with you people? Why are you here?"
Lin Chen floated down to the ground with Broly and questioned the little brats.
Facing Broly, who had defeated Vegeta with a single punch, the children all shrank back in instinctive fear.
Even Raditz's legs were trembling.
As for Vegeta, he still could not move.
"Who are you two? Are you working with Turles?"
Among all the terrified Saiyans, only one female Saiyan finally stepped forward to face Lin Chen and Broly.
Lin Chen raised an eyebrow at the name she mentioned.
Turles?
If I remember right, wasn't he a Saiyan from one of the original movies?
In the original story, this Saiyan had left Planet Vegeta early on and formed his own corps, roaming through space.
Using Tree of Might Seeds they had obtained from some unknown source, they kept searching the universe for suitable planets to plant the tree, harvesting its fruit to increase their strength.
Could the devastation on Planet Vegeta be because of the Tree of Might?
And was that terrifying presence earlier coming from the Tree of Might?
If so, everything made sense.
"Me? My name is Linx!"
"Linx?"
At the name, shock spread across the faces of every Saiyan present.
Linx was a name that had already become a legend on Planet Vegeta!
"Linx? Are you really King Linx?" the female Saiyan asked excitedly. "Haven't... haven't you been missing for five years?"
"I'm back."
Merging with the Legendary Super Saiyan bloodline had changed Lin Chen's appearance slightly.
Anyone who had not known Lin Chen well would indeed have had some difficulty recognizing him now.
When Lin Chen nodded, the female Saiyan's expression shifted. A moment later, she suddenly threw herself into his arms and began sobbing, leaving Lin Chen and Broly exchanging bewildered looks.
"King Linx, you've finally returned! Thank goodness! If you hadn't come back soon, Planet Vegeta would have been doomed!"
Lin Chen froze for a moment, then patted her back and comforted her. "Stop crying. Tell me what happened to Planet Vegeta."
"All... all right..."
The female Saiyan stopped crying and began explaining to Lin Chen what had happened on Planet Vegeta.
As it turned out, just as Lin Chen had suspected, this incident was indeed connected to the wandering Saiyan Turles.
After Shenron moved Planet Vegeta to the edge of the universe, the Saiyans on the planet had begun a new life under King Vegeta's leadership.
Conquering other worlds was no longer their way of life. These days, the Saiyans mainly spent their time training on their planet, awaiting the return of their true king, Linx, after five years.
Five years passed in a flash, and most Saiyans gradually grew accustomed to their days of training.
But unexpectedly, just then, a spaceship shattered the peace on Planet Vegeta.
The ship belonged to Turles, a low-class warrior who had once betrayed the Saiyan race.
In some ways, Turles's past was similar to Lin Chen's.
Also a low-class warrior, he had suddenly killed his teammates during a mission away from the planet, then vanished without a trace.
No one had expected that when he reappeared several years later, he would have become immensely powerful.
Under his command was the Turles Crusher Corps, made up of five alien warriors whose strength was also considerable.
Upon arriving on Planet Vegeta, Turles immediately demonstrated his overwhelming strength, easily defeating King Vegeta. Even Bardock, who had become the strongest fighter on Planet Vegeta, was no match for him.
After effortlessly defeating them, Turles proclaimed himself the new king of the Saiyans and planted a mysterious seed called the Tree of Might in the Royal Capital.
According to Turles, the Tree of Might was a mysterious plant that could absorb a planet's life energy and produce fruit bearing the same name.
This fruit could greatly increase the battle power of anyone who ate it.
After defeating King Vegeta, Turles had used the fruit as bait to win the allegiance of a group of Saiyans.
Those Saiyans were now gathered in the Royal Capital, waiting for the fruit of the Tree of Might to ripen.
"King Linx, King Vegeta and the other Saiyans who haven't betrayed us are gathering around the Royal Capital right now, planning to stop the Tree of Might fruit from ripening. Lord Bardock said that as long as they destroy the Tree of Might before its fruit is harvested, Planet Vegeta can regain its vitality."
"Since we couldn't be of much help, we were ordered to look after these children. King Vegeta said that if they failed, these children would be the last seeds of the Saiyan race."
After hearing the female Saiyan's account, Lin Chen's lips curved slightly. He had never expected that his wish to relocate Planet Vegeta would cause the Turles Crusher Corps to stumble upon it.
He remembered that in the original story, Turles and his group had kept searching remote star systems for planets where they could plant the Tree of Might, all while evading the Frieza Force.
He had never imagined that this time, Turles would find the hidden Planet Vegeta purely by chance.
It really was an unexpected twist of fate.
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