Vegeta had absolutely no concept of mercy. As if to vent the endless fury in his heart, he killed without restraint, releasing energy waves without any specific target. Large swathes of houses and buildings within a hundred-mile radius collapsed; countless men and women fell in pools of blood, and even more ordinary people were buried beneath the rubble.
The prosperous city was instantly turned into a sea of fire.
"Tri-Beam!"
Tien Shinhan concealed his aura and suddenly flew above Vegeta's head. Pressing his thumbs and index fingers together, he unleashed his signature move.
The triangular energy blast transformed into a straight pillar of light, piercing through heaven and earth before striking Vegeta. The energy was extremely condensed, forcefully smashing the completely unprepared Saiyan Prince into the ground.
Tien Shinhan knew he was no match for Vegeta. He needed to buy time now, so disregarding his own safety, he used the Tri-Beam continuously.
Even though Vegeta's strength was more than ten times his own, faced with the Crane School's signature technique, he was momentarily submerged by the tidal wave of energy. Whenever he struggled to create some space to move, a new Tri-Beam would smash him down again.
Tien Shinhan continued to use the Tri-Beam incessantly; his muscles trembled all over, and veins bulged on his forehead. His originally rosy face became incomparably pale after using the Tri-Beam six times.
His junior brother, Chiaotzu, was full of worry. Just as Tien Shinhan revealed a smile to show he was fine, Vegeta charged out from the deep pit. He kicked Tien Shinhan right in the heart. The Crane School martial artist felt his vision go black as the strength within his body rapidly drained away. He knew his breastbone had punctured his heart under the immense force; he was beyond saving.
"Chiaotzu! Run!"
He shouted one last sentence, bringing his hands together again, preparing to use what little life force he had left to fire a Tri-Beam and cover Chiaotzu's retreat. Vegeta sneered; one hand grabbed his wrist while the other pinned his shoulder. Like tearing paper, he forcibly ripped off Tien's left arm.
"Only one hand left? You pitiful worm. I'd like to see what other methods you have to amuse this Prince."
Before his voice had even faded, Tien Shinhan, bleeding from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, fired a magnificent Tri-Beam using only his right hand. The distance between them was extremely close, and this move struck Vegeta squarely in the face, blasting him over a hundred meters away.
The Saiyan Prince's lungs were about to explode with rage. He felt he was being toyed with by a few insignificant small fry. He had just controlled his energy to fly into mid-air when he felt an unidentified object appear on his back.
He turned his head to look.
Chiaotzu, looking like a small child, had a face full of tears: "Brother Tien! I'm coming to accompany you!"
He held nothing back, detonating all the ki within his body. When Vegeta had threatened Ino with self-destruction that day, it was half-true and half-false. But now, Chiaotzu's self-destruction was solid and real. Tien Shinhan was dead; he had no desire to live on.
With a "Boom," an earth-shattering explosion rang out!
All the survivors looked toward the sky. When the smoke and dust cleared, Vegeta flew out from within, unharmed.
"Hmph, an unremarkable little lackey. That really gave me a scare."
Chiaotzu's self-destruction had absolutely no effect; the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great.
The continuous sacrifices of the Z Fighters slightly hindered Vegeta's steps, and Son Goku, who had been a bit far away, finally rushed to the scene.
Senzu Beans could only heal injuries; they could not save the dead.
Looking at Tien Shinhan and Yamcha, who had lost all life force, and looking at the fragments of clothing Chiaotzu left on the battlefield, an emotion called anger appeared in Son Goku's eyes—a rarity for him. In just these two minutes, so many people had died. The cruelty of the Saiyans was truly heinous.
Vegeta floated in mid-air, looking down at Son Goku from above: "You must be Kakarot, right? Seeing this Prince, why don't you kneel? You don't understand hierarchy at all... truly unexpected. A low-class warrior like you can actually have a battle power of 5,000. Huh? It seems it's more than 5,000."
As he continuously gathered his ki, Son Goku's battle power climbed to the height of 8,000 before Vegeta's eyes.
Vegeta's expression became slightly more serious.
These fellows on Earth could all change their battle power at will. The numerical values calculated by the battle power detector were often inaccurate. This point was simply too annoying!
Just as he wanted to say something, he saw the green-skinned Piccolo, wearing a white turban and white cape, fly over from the other side.
Raditz had been captured alive by Ino immediately upon landing, so the current Piccolo hadn't formed any bonds with Son Gohan, nor did he have any friendship to speak of with Son Goku's group. The two sides weren't friends; on the contrary, they were enemies.
For this past year, the Z Fighters had trained like madmen. He had thought this bunch was planning to deal with him, so under the immense pressure, Piccolo had also undergone arduous training.
Piccolo had always looked down on the Crane School's Sky Dancing Technique and the Turtle School's Kamehameha. Whether he truly looked down on them or just pretended to? Who knows. Regardless, the Demon Clan had its own training methods.
In Vegeta's battle power detector, that person with a base battle power of 3,500 was him.
Piccolo had prepared himself to face the Z Fighters in a battle of attrition, but as a result... he found things weren't quite as he anticipated. When Vegeta was wreaking havoc, he also stepped forward.
Earth was his territory; he couldn't let Vegeta ruin it blindly.
Just like dealing with Raditz in the original timeline, the two reached a temporary cooperation agreement to join hands and deal with Vegeta!
North Kai's Planet.
North Kai cared very much about Son Goku, and consequently paid a bit more attention to Earth.
Seeing the Z Fighters fall one after another and watching Vegeta's arrogance, he could still remain calm. But seeing the scene occurring in cosmic space, he panicked a little.
After repeated deliberation, he decided to contact Ino.
He began searching the entire universe for her.
The Blue Planet? Not there.
Earth? Even more impossible.
North Galaxy? No.
South Galaxy? Seemed to be a no as well.
Where did this person run off to?
Finally, he managed to find Ino on the Grand Kai's Planet.
The moment their senses connected, he heard a suona solo. It sounded just like someone had died in the family.
North Kai understood someone's characteristics very well. This solo was full of the flavor of a party coming to an end. Music is the voice of the heart; no need to say it, this suona was definitely being played by Ino.
North Kai followed the flow and "looked" over.
The melodious and undulating suona ended. The Grand Kai, wearing sunglasses and dressed in a punk style, spoke up with a somewhat shrill voice: "Big Brother, you play rock and roll, what's the use of playing that!"
Subsequently, Killer B played the drums with seven drumsticks in the back, while the relatively famous Hero of the South Galaxy, Tapion, with a halo above his head, played the transverse flute. The Grand Kai strummed an electric guitar and began to sing.
Was Earth's safety more important, or was the Grand Kai's music more important?... Obviously the latter!
North Kai dared not interrupt and could only listen through Ino's perception.
This song... judging by North Kai's musical habits, he couldn't quite appreciate it. He liked cheerful things, and the song before him was too crazy...
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