The moment he landed.
The air around Turles suddenly grew heavy.
A fierce pressure surged outward with him at its center.
Pebbles and dust on the ground were forced aside, whipping up a brief storm atop the cliff.
With a single thought, he had crossed countless light-years and arrived directly at his destination.
What a wondrous experience!
Porunga really was reliable!
Tights drew a deep breath.
Her eyes lit up at once.
"Earth!"
"It really is Earth!"
She jumped up, waving her arms excitedly.
"I'm back! Earth!"
Tights ran to the edge of the cliff and shouted at the valley below.
She turned around, rushed over to Turles, and began chattering again.
"I'm telling you, Earth's food is absolutely some of the best in the universe!"
"I'll take you all out for a feast later! My treat!"
At the distant Kame House.
The two men abruptly stopped fighting over it.
The sunglasses on Master Roshi's head slipped down.
"Krillin, you felt it too, didn't you..."
Krillin's hand jerked.
The remote control fell straight to the floor.
Beads of sweat the size of soybeans visibly formed on his bald head.
"Master Roshi, what a... what a terrifying ki..."
In the wilderness.
Piccolo's body suddenly sank.
The uncontrolled air currents around him roared and tore at him.
Was this some kind of joke?!
"When did a monster like this even appear?!"
Beside a waterfall deep in the mountains.
Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu were just as stunned.
"Tien..."
Tien Shinhan stared fixedly in a certain direction.
What on earth happened?!
And of course, there was Son Goku on Mount Paozu.
He sprang to his feet.
The air across the entire Earth grew heavy because of the two ki that had appeared so suddenly.
How could there be someone this strong?!
Chi-Chi poked her head out of the kitchen, carrying a large bowl.
"Goku, why haven't you taken Gohan..."
Chi-Chi saw her husband, Son Goku, looking deadly serious, as if facing a formidable enemy.
She fell silent.
A hint of worry appeared on her face.
"Goku? What's wrong?"
"Chi-Chi, take Gohan inside!"
"Call Grandpa Roshi, Krillin, and the others..."
Son Goku turned and scooped Gohan out of the stroller.
He put him in Chi-Chi's arms.
Chi-Chi held Gohan tightly, growing nervous as well.
"What happened? Where are you going?"
"I don't know either, but it looks like someone really powerful has appeared."
Son Goku's face was grave.
He kicked off hard with both feet.
High in the air, he landed steadily on a golden cloud.
He became a streak of light, shooting straight into the sky.
At Korin Tower, beneath Kami's Lookout.
Master Korin's whiskers were trembling.
Even Yajirobe, who had been fast asleep, woke with a start.
Looking up to Kami's Lookout, Kami was leaning on his staff, his forehead already covered in beads of sweat.
Mr. Popo, standing beside him, was also filled with unease.
"Kami, are you all right?"
Kami's voice trembled uncontrollably. "Mr. Popo, is Earth about to..."
By now, Turles, somewhere in the west, had used his scouter to roughly determine the locations of Earth's warriors.
Another ki was approaching them.
It was the strongest power level on the planet.
"That should be Son Goku... Kakarot..."
The corners of Turles's mouth curled up slightly. He took off the scouter and handed it to Cacao.
"Cacao, record this for me."
"Be careful not to burn out the scouter. Wait until the end to turn it on."
Cacao nodded, took the scouter, and put it on.
Turles loosened up his muscles a little.
He was preparing to give Earth a more serious greeting.
Then Turles switched off his Battle Suit's weight-increasing function.
He immediately felt lighter.
The next second, his expression turned serious.
He lowered himself slightly into a horse stance.
He drew both fists to his waist.
"Haaaah-!"
Boom-!
An indescribably terrifying blast of ki swept wildly in every direction, with Turles at its center!
The air seemed to turn into a viscous solid, compressed and forced aside by the power, groaning under the strain.
The rock atop the cliff cracked inch by inch. Countless stones were crushed to powder by the invisible pressure, then blown high into the sky.
"Ah!"
The storm sent Tights flying backward. If Cacao's steel-like arm had not caught her in time, she would likely have fallen into the valley like a kite with its string cut.
She huddled behind Cacao, staring dumbfounded at the figure floating in midair.
Turles was enveloped in a purple aura, and the entire Earth felt the suffocating pressure.
At Kame House.
Krillin and Master Roshi slumped on the floor.
"H-how could this be... he's gotten even stronger..."
"W-who on earth is it..." At the Lookout, the staff fell from Kami's hand and clattered to the ground. His face was filled with despair.
Just as everyone was falling into despair, a golden light tore across the sky and came to an abrupt halt at the other end of the cliff, carrying an unstoppable resolve.
Son Goku was at a loss too.
Should I keep going?
This was the first time!
Facing a powerful force, he could not even feel the excitement of wanting to fight.
Instead, he felt an unprecedented powerlessness!