Chapter 78: Guidance and Arriving at West Galaxy
Red Stone Planet itself was at the boundary between Galaxy Center and West Galaxy. So shortly after Turles's group departed, they entered West Galaxy's range.
Currently, the group was briefly resting on a planet. Taking this opportunity, Bela and the Cury brothers requested instruction from Turles.
On Red Stone Planet, Turles had always been a special existence. Though Paragus constantly tried reducing Turles's influence on Saiyans, the effect wasn't obvious.
Saiyans respected strength. Learning from Nappa and Raditz that Turles now had 1 million battle power normally and could reach over 10 million transformed, they naturally inclined more toward Turles.
Plus they knew gravity training was Turles's idea, and even the humanoid Great Ape transformation method wasn't hidden from them. So Bela and the others always treated Turles as Red Stone Planet's uncrowned king.
Unfortunately, humanoid Great Ape transformation's conditions were truly harsh. Until now, aside from Turles, no one had succeeded.
Now finally having the opportunity to follow Turles out, they naturally wouldn't waste it.
"Bela, you still can't control your ki well. Remember, you sense opponents from their ki, and opponents can sense you from yours. So you must learn to control your ki, keeping it calm. Only when about to strike your enemy should you explode suddenly, giving opponents no reaction time. Like this!"
Speaking, Turles personally demonstrated for Bela.
Turles's fist swung out seemingly slow but actually fast. Though it looked light and powerless, when Turles's arm straightened and his fist reached its peak, the air suddenly exploded. Space rippled. A visible void appeared before everyone.
Bela and the others were stunned by Turles's strike. Judging by power, Bela might not handle this strike even if she went up.
After hearing Turles's guidance, Bela looked somewhat thoughtful before slowly attempting to replicate Turles's earlier attack.
Seeing this, Turles couldn't help nodding.
Bela truly had the best talent among these Saiyans. Though she'd also been rated as lower-class warrior potential, Bela's comprehension was excellent. Plus her training was sufficiently hard. Turles was very optimistic about her future.
However, thinking such an excellent prospect was being eyed by the unambitious Raditz made Turles want to immediately drag Raditz over for a beating.
After instructing Bela, Turles looked at the Cury brothers and Nappa.
These three brothers' talent wasn't as outstanding as Bela's. But at least they worked hard. Now they had around 5,000 battle power.
As for Nappa, though his talent was decent—after all, he'd belonged to elite warriors, a prestigious Saiyan family—his age was already somewhat advanced. He'd passed the golden period for battle power improvement, giving a sense of running out of steam.
"Nappa, your biggest problem now is your battle thinking hasn't changed. Saiyans' wide-open combat style is outdated. You need to learn to control ki now."
"Just training in the gravity room won't work. If it doesn't work, go find Raditz to battle. Even Raditz has mastered it. With your talent, as long as you have sufficient battles, I believe you can learn it too."
After speaking, Turles looked at the Cury brothers, saying, "You three too."
"Yes, Boss!" After hearing Turles's guidance, the four immediately straightened their bodies and replied loudly.
"Good. Now I'll suppress my battle power. You all attack me together. Don't hold back!"
After speaking, Turles assumed a stance, preparing to receive the five's attack.
The five exchanged glances, then simultaneously began attacking Turles.
Nappa's strength was greatest, speed fastest. He first rushed before Turles, his ki emanating freely.
Turles didn't move. Only when Nappa's fist approached did he calmly raise his hand, precisely blocking Nappa's attack.
Watching Nappa's somewhat stunned expression, Turles smiled. He grabbed Nappa's arm and directly swung him backward.
Bela had just rushed to Turles when she didn't react in time. She saw a black shadow smashing toward her. Only after seeing the shadow clearly had she already been knocked flying.
The Cury brothers following behind saw this vicious scene and hurriedly braked, looking at Turles with terrified expressions.
Turles grinned and hooked his finger at the three, indicating they should continue.
The three looked at each other, steeling themselves to charge again.
Ten minutes later, the five exhausted people were all lying on the ground.
Turles looked at his handiwork with satisfaction, dusted off his hands, and walked refreshed toward Merus and Jaco watching from the side.
"Turles, didn't know you had teaching talent?"
Seeing Turles approach, Jaco immediately teased.
Turles rolled his eyes at Jaco and spoke, "How is it? Finished resupplying? Jaco, not to criticize you, but you're a veteran. How could you make such a basic mistake—not even preparing supplies fully? No wonder the Galaxy King wants to fire you!"
Hearing this, Jaco laughed awkwardly.
This time really was his mistake. Shortly after their ship entered West Galaxy, they encountered a food crisis. If not for a life-bearing planet happening to be nearby, they'd probably have had to abandon the ship and rely on Turles's Instant Transmission to survive.
After complaining about Jaco, the two chatted while waiting for Nappa's group to recover.
After the five recovered, the group boarded the ship and continued.
Several days later, Turles's group arrived at a planet under Slug's forces.
Obviously, because life entered countdown, Slug's control over his forces had greatly weakened.
Because shortly after arriving on this planet, Turles's group had already encountered several instances of fighting. If not for sensing Nappa's 30,000 battle power, they probably couldn't have avoided trouble either.
Speaking of which, it was quite ironic. Universe overlords like Frieza and Slug committed countless evil deeds across the universe—destroying planets without hesitation. But sometimes such people were indispensable, because only with these people's existence would planets under them have less turmoil.
Without these people's suppression, probably more planets would disappear.
However, Turles understood the root cause was Universe Seven's two unreliable gods.
Current Supreme Kai Shin was hastily pushed into the Supreme Kai position before completing full Supreme Kai training. He didn't know to jointly manage the universe with his four subordinate Kais and Grand Kai. Instead, he fixated on Majin Buu, completely forgetting his Supreme Kai duties.
God of Destruction Beerus just knew how to sleep all day, not caring about his tasks at all. He even delegated planet destruction tasks to Frieza. No wonder problems arose.
Only Whis was reliable, constantly monitoring Universe Seven's movements for Beerus. Otherwise, Beerus would face consequences from the Grand Priest.
Of course, these matters were still distant from Turles. Even though Whis now regarded him as a God of Destruction candidate for training, before his strength reached a certain level, these concerns weren't his to worry about.
Turles led Nappa and the others wandering this planet while Merus followed Jaco to gather Slug intelligence.
"Boss, after you eliminate Slug, how about we Saiyans manage West Galaxy?"
The group stood on high ground watching two factions battle in the distance. Suddenly Nappa spoke up.
"Hm? What do you mean?" Turles was somewhat distracted. Hearing Nappa's words, he turned to look at him.
Bela and the others seemed quite interested too, staring intently at Nappa.
"Boss, look—now the Galaxy Patrol is weakening due to many leaving, so they definitely lack energy and strength to manage West Galaxy."
"The Universe Mercenary Alliance's base mainly concentrates at Galaxy Center. The Universe Business Union primarily engages in commercial activities, with little interest in managing territory."
"And now, once West Galaxy overlord Slug is defeated by you, West Galaxy will definitely fall into chaos."
"So if we take over West Galaxy at this time, we can not only quell chaos in the shortest time, but the other three forces will likely accept this too."
"Of course, most critically—Boss, you have this strength now!"
Nappa started somewhat tentatively testing Turles's thoughts. But speaking, even he felt his plan was very feasible. After finishing, he looked at Turles excitedly.
Turles looked at Nappa with surprise. He hadn't expected the rough-looking Nappa to have such cunning. But after thinking, Turles still shook his head under their expectant gazes.
Seeing Turles refuse, Nappa immediately grew anxious. Just about to speak, Turles interrupted:
"Don't rush. I'm not denying your idea. Rather, conditions aren't ripe now."
"First, our current strength isn't sufficient to suppress all West Galaxy forces."
Hearing this, Nappa immediately felt unconvinced and retorted, "Boss, you have over 10 million battle power now. Such strength—probably few in the entire universe, right?"
Regarding Turles's strength, Nappa was extremely convinced. In his impression, Turles was the strongest Saiyan existence to date. Even the legendary Super Saiyan was probably only this level.
Though Turles told him Frieza's true battle power exceeded 100 million, he'd never personally seen it. But he'd witnessed Turles's true battle power.
Now Turles told him that even with his battle power, he still couldn't suppress all West Galaxy forces. Nappa naturally didn't believe it.
Watching Nappa's expression, then Bela and the others, Turles felt somewhat helpless.
This was the consequence of lacking foundation. After Planet Salada's internal strife, Saiyans had declined. After Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta, they completely lost everything.
If not for later Goku and Vegeta's appearance, the Saiyan bloodline would completely vanish in time's river.
Though the final result was similar—because after Goku and Vegeta's generation, there wasn't a single pure-blooded Saiyan left.
However, Turles knew this universe wasn't simple. Setting aside the powerful ki he sensed when performing Instant Transmission—including several with battle power exceeding 100 million—
Even those weak ki signatures, Turles didn't dare underestimate. Who knew if they were like him and Earthlings, able to control their ki?
Moreover, methods to completely hide ki weren't nonexistent. Like now, he had no way to sense any ki from Whis, Beerus, or Merus.
So Turles dared not relax at all.
Thinking this, Turles explained to them, "Setting aside Frieza, let's talk about Frieza's father King Cold. Nappa should have seen him, right?"
Seeing Bela and the others look at him, Nappa nodded. Indeed, before Planet Vegeta's destruction, he'd seen King Cold. Though he'd only just reached adulthood then.
"Frieza's father, King Cold, was North Galaxy's overlord before Frieza. His own battle power only slightly weaker than Frieza's—at least 100 million battle power."
"Yet after Frieza, have you ever heard King Cold's name?"
"Also our current target Slug—he's a Namekian. You basically understand Namekian strength. Yet only Slug's battle power reached 50 million because he's an extremely rare Namekian mutation—a Super Namekian!"
"Tell me, can you guarantee universe races won't produce mutants like Slug?"
Nappa and the others obviously heard for the first time that Slug was a Super Namekian. This indeed exceeded their expectations.
But they also understood Turles's meaning. The defiance on their faces subsided.
Seeing them absorb his words, Turles nodded and continued, "Of course, I said conditions aren't ripe now. Once conditions mature, West Galaxy will naturally be in our grasp. But this requires finding more clansmen."
"I currently have a plan. Once we have sufficient clansmen, the Saiyan rise will be unstoppable. So right now, your priority isn't thinking about ruling planets or whatever. Rather, quickly improving your own strength. Otherwise, if you hold everyone back later, don't blame me!"
Turles finally revealed a bit of his plan to Nappa and the others. This immediately excited them, wishing they could return to the gravity room right now for another harsh training session.
At this moment, Jaco and Merus, who'd finished intelligence gathering, walked over. Seeing Nappa and the others' excited state, they felt somewhat puzzled. "Turles, what's with Nappa and them? They look like they've been stimulated?"
"Oh, nothing. They've just been away from home too long. Their bodies are itching—they want to train in the gravity room."
Seeing Jaco and Merus look at them, Nappa and the others nodded repeatedly, indicating Turles was right. They indeed wanted to exercise.
Jaco still felt somewhat confused, muttering, "Really? They don't look like it to me. They look like they want to hit someone!"
"Alright, you were gone so long. Any gains?" Seeing Jaco still wanted to ask, Turles immediately changed the subject.
Mentioning this, Jaco immediately became energized. He said somewhat excitedly, "Indeed, many people are saying Slug doesn't have long to live. But according to my analysis, this is very likely just a smokescreen Slug released!"
"Smokescreen? Meaning Slug's battle power hasn't weakened due to lifespan reasons?"
Hearing this, Turles's expression immediately grew serious. The reason he'd agreed to come challenge Slug was because Slug's age was already advanced—unable to fully display his 50 million battle power.
"No, quite the opposite. Slug's lifespan has definitely reached its end. Only this way can we explain why news of his weakened strength spread so quickly."
Seeing Turles seemed to have cold feet, Merus felt somewhat helpless. He immediately stated his thoughts.
"Fishing?" Turles murmured.
"Fishing?" Merus felt somewhat puzzled. He hadn't heard this term.
Seeing Merus didn't know, Jaco immediately raised his hand excitedly and explained:
"I know, I know! Fishing is a leisure activity on Earth. You tie bait to a hook. Fish in the water smell the bait and bite toward it, but also bite the hook on the bait. This way they get caught."
After hearing Jaco's explanation, Merus said thoughtfully, "This metaphor is quite apt. Looking at it this way, Slug is indeed fishing."
"Just don't know how much strength Slug can still display now?"
Turles nodded, saying, "That's exactly what I'm wondering. If he's just fishing, his strength probably hasn't been affected much. Otherwise, it wouldn't be him fishing—the fish would eat him instead."
At this point, Merus had no way to persuade Turles. After all, even transforming into humanoid Great Ape, Turles only had 20 million battle power. Slug had 50 million.
Merus didn't persuade Turles to continue challenging Slug. But Turles felt somewhat tempted instead.
Not that Turles suddenly became reckless. Rather, he suddenly remembered a Namekian weakness.
Due to bodily structure, their entire race had very keen senses. Not only excellent vision, but their ears' special structure allowed hearing many sounds normal people couldn't.
In the original story, Piccolo told Gohan this weakness and tore off his own ears, letting Gohan emit whistle sounds to interfere with Slug. Only then did they finally defeat Slug. He could also exploit this point.
Just as Turles thought about this, he suddenly looked up at the sky. Merus and Bela did the same, looking skyward.
Just as Jaco and the others felt puzzled, Turles said gravely, "He's here!"
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