After the Dragon God disappeared, the dark clouds also dissipated, and Bulma and Oolong quickly joined them.
Bulma, who would have flirted with John if he had looked like this before, was now only concerned about him.
"Congratulations, John," Bulma said, "You've finally taken the first step towards becoming the world's greatest martial artist by fulfilling your wish."
John seriously replied, "Thank you, Bulma. I couldn't have fulfilled my wish without your help. From now on, no matter where I am, I'll come back to help you if you're in trouble."
Bulma smiled and said, "You said it yourself. If I'm in danger, I'll definitely look for you. Don't refuse me then."
After Bulma and John finished talking, the others also came over and congratulated John on fulfilling his wish.
John said to them, "Thank you for your company these past few days. The Dragon Balls will turn into stones for a year. After a year, they'll transform back, and we can help you fulfill your wishes again."
However, the group was no longer as eager to use the Dragon Balls to fulfill their wishes. Bulma, the heiress to the Capsule Corporation, had wished to find a handsome prince, but now her heart was slowly leaning towards Yamcha, so she no longer needed the Dragon Balls.
As for Yamcha's wish, John had already explained that it was a personality issue, and the Dragon God couldn't change it.
Goku, being innocent and carefree, had no particular wish to fulfill.
As for Pu'er and Oolong, well, one just needed to follow Yamcha, and the other just wanted pretty girls' underwear, so they didn't need the Dragon God's help.
At this moment, Pilaf and his subordinates, Mai and Shu, had recovered from their daze and realized that John and his group had taken their wish from the Dragon God. They were furious.
However, knowing they were no match for John and his group, they retreated to their castle, boarded their robot, and charged towards them.
John and his group, who had been enjoying their wish fulfillment, suddenly noticed Pilaf's robot rushing towards them.
"Pew pew pew!" The robot fired missiles at them.
Yamcha hugged Bulma and quickly dodged, while Oolong and Pu'er ran away. John and Goku, however, charged towards the missiles.
The two of them kicked two of the missiles away, but the last missile was caught by John, who then spun around and threw it back at Pilaf's group.
Seeing the missile coming back at them, Pilaf and his group were terrified. They tried to escape, but it was too late. The missile exploded beneath their robot, sending them flying and shattering the robot in mid-air.
At that moment, a full moon rose in the sky, bathing the area in its clear and serene light.
John realized the danger and shouted, "Goku, don't look at the full moon!"
But as soon as he said this, John felt something was wrong. He shouldn't have shouted like that.
Indeed, as soon as John finished speaking, Goku instinctively looked up at the full moon. His eyes turned red, his teeth and gums protruded, and his body began to grow, slowly transforming into a giant ape.
Everyone was startled by Goku's rapid transformation. John shouted, "Get away from him! Yamcha, help me subdue him. His weakness is his tail!"
The giant ape noticed John and charged towards him.
The ape swung its huge arms at John, who jumped onto the ape's arm and ran up towards its shoulder.
Meanwhile, Yamcha took advantage of the ape's attention on John and rushed towards its back, intending to cut off its tail.
The ape, feeling John on its arm, roared and swung its other arm towards John.
Although the ape had become powerful, its large size made it less agile. John avoided its attacks, drawing its attention away from Yamcha.
Yamcha finally reached the ape's massive tail and used his Wolf Fang Fist to create a stone sword, intending to cut off the tail.
However, when the stone sword struck the tail, it shattered without cutting it off.
The sensation from its tail startled the ape, and it turned its attention away from John to focus on Yamcha.
Facing the ape's red eyes, Yamcha was terrified and almost ran away. But remembering that the tail was Goku's weakness, he forced himself to grab the ape's tail.
The ape slowly calmed down.
John jumped off the ape's shoulder, raised his hand, and gathered energy into a sword. He aimed at the base of the ape's tail and slashed it off.
With a loud thud, the tail fell to the ground, kicking up dust. The ape slowly shrank back into Goku's form.
Seeing Goku return to normal, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
By this time, the ape's destruction had severely damaged Pilaf's luxurious castle, which had been built over generations with the wealth of the Pilaf family.
Pilaf, watching from a distance, was heartbroken and teary-eyed. He bit his clothes to hold back his sorrow.
Mai and Shu could only quietly comfort their leader, saying, "Revenge is a dish best served cold, King Pilaf. We still have a chance. We can collect the Dragon Balls again next year and make our wish. These losses are nothing."
John said, "This is the enemy's territory, and we don't know if there are any dangers. Let's leave here by plane."
After saying this, John picked up Goku, and they all boarded the transformed plane and left Pilaf's castle.