Chapter 168: Six-Star Dragon Causes Chaos
CRACK!
A crisp sound—Turles's palm-blade landed on Cabba's nape.
Though controlled Cabba had already achieved an alternate Super Saiyan God realm, under Turles's palm-chop, he completely lost resistance ability.
His eyes rolled back. Cabba's aura completely declined before he plummeted toward the ground.
After dealing with Cabba, Turles focused attention on Caulifla, who'd already recovered.
But facing Caulifla, Turles secretly sighed, appearing somewhat disappointed.
Originally, Turles had assumed that no matter what, both had transformed into Super Saiyan God. Their battle power shouldn't be poor. But looking now, the two were merely puppets.
Not only had they failed to display Super Saiyan God battle power—even their own battle experience was missing.
Since that was the case, no need for further testing.
Actually, Turles—who'd kept his eyes closed the entire time—hadn't seen that Caulifla, just struck in the abdomen by his punch, had vacant eyes that seemed to flash with light momentarily.
After deciding, Turles no longer held back. He flashed, reappearing behind Caulifla. Similarly a palm-chop, he struck toward her nape.
Whoosh!
An unexpected scene occurred. What should have been a foolproof strike was narrowly dodged by Caulifla.
"Hm!"
Seeing his attack miss, Turles felt somewhat surprised. But the next second, he sensed fierce wind assaulting his face.
Turles felt a trace of interest. He extended his hand in a block, directly stopping Caulifla's heavy punch.
As if Turles's earlier attack had awakened Caulifla's battle instinct, after one strike failed, Caulifla immediately followed with a knee strike toward Turles's lower body.
"Damn!"
Turles cursed. Reluctantly, he could only release Caulifla's fist, flashing backward to dodge Caulifla's dirty move.
Having dodged the attack, Turles's expression looked somewhat ugly.
He didn't know if that earlier strike had been Six-Star Dragon's control or Caulifla's battle instinct.
But as a man, being targeted there—his mood certainly wouldn't be pleasant.
Regardless of Turles's darkening expression, with him stopping his offensive rhythm, Caulifla instead grew more aggressive, actively initiating attacks against Turles.
For a time, crackling sounds of fist and foot collisions rang through the air again.
"Heh heh, Turles, you just play slowly here!"
Watching the intense overhead battle, Six-Star Dragon's face showed smugness. After chuckling, it turned its gaze toward the several people on the ground.
"Carrit, Yaris, Beris—heh heh heh!"
Carrit's three had also achieved Super Saiyan God transformation. If it could control these three, that meant three more powerful puppets.
As for Hit, Six-Star Dragon squinted in his direction, rarely showing a trace of wariness on its face.
Six-Star Dragon looked toward Carrit's group. Carrit's group naturally also noticed Six-Star Dragon's movements.
"Not good—it wants to control us!"
All were battle-hardened veterans. Just seeing Six-Star Dragon's ill-intentioned expression, they immediately guessed its thoughts.
Moreover, Caulifla and Cabba's example served as recent warning.
"Close your eyes!"
Recalling Turles's earlier command, Carrit barked at Yaris and Beris.
Hearing Carrit's voice, Yaris and Beris didn't dare be negligent. They quickly shut their eyes tight while raising alertness to maximum.
Though the three moved quickly, Six-Star Dragon had planned ahead. How could it let them guard against it so easily?
It chuckled, body rapidly diving downward. In just a blink, it rushed before the three.
Before Carrit could react, Six-Star Dragon's fist struck Carrit's abdomen.
Immediately, intense pain struck. Carrit's body stiffened instantly. His eyes involuntarily opened wide.
"Not good!"
Having just opened his eyes, alarm rose in Carrit's heart. Before he could react, he met Six-Star Dragon's eyes flickering with dim purple light.
Carrit wanted desperately to resist. Unfortunately, his mental power compared to Six-Star Dragon's fell far too short. In just an instant, the light in his eyes completely vanished. His emerald eyes also became vacant.
Obviously, like Caulifla and Cabba, he'd been completely controlled by Six-Star Dragon.
Though the description was long, actual time was short. Whether Six-Star Dragon attacking Carrit or mentally controlling him—all completed in the blink of an eye.
By the time Yaris and Beris sensed Six-Star Dragon's aura, Carrit had already been completely controlled.
"Carrit!" (x2)
Yaris and Beris sensed Carrit's aura declining. Shocked and enraged, they released great shouts while immediately attacking toward Six-Star Dragon's aura position.
SMACK!
SMACK!
Unfortunately, Six-Star Dragon's figure had already vanished. Blocking both their attacks was their former companion—Carrit.
This made both even more furious!
Speaking of which, among the five Sadala Saiyans, those with best talent were naturally the two youngsters Caulifla and Cabba. Their battle power had also surpassed Carrit's three from behind, completely exceeding them.
Apart from Caulifla and Cabba, the strongest was naturally Carrit—the former captain.
So though alone, Carrit easily blocked both Yaris and Beris's attacks.
Though Yaris and Beris had eyes tightly shut, their ki sensing wasn't weak. They naturally also noticed Carrit had blocked their attacks.
They found it somewhat unbelievable—even became momentarily distracted.
But Six-Star Dragon wouldn't care about their feelings. An invisible mental wave dispersed from its body, landing directly on Carrit.
Receiving the mental wave's command, purple light flashed through Carrit's vacant eyes. He forced back the distracted two, then immediately launched fierce attacks against them.
Fortunately, Yaris and Beris had also received Turles's special training multiple times. Instinctively, they blocked Carrit's attacks.
Just like that, Carrit began battling Yaris and Beris.
"Interesting—truly interesting!"
"This is what I wanted!"
Currently, Six-Star Dragon leisurely hid to one side, lying on a lounge chair with a straw in its mouth. It took a deep sip from the drink in its hand. Watching the two overhead battles, it clicked its tongue in admiration.
As an Evil Dragon controlling mental abilities, fighting and killing wasn't its style. Only like now—controlling puppets, hiding behind the scenes—this was its class.
TAP, TAP, TAP!
Just as Six-Star Dragon felt satisfied with its masterpiece, rhythmic footsteps suddenly rang behind it.
"Who?"
Six-Star Dragon whipped around. The aura on its body pressed unreservedly toward the newcomer.
But unexpectedly, under Six-Star Dragon's powerful aura pressure, the newcomer only paused briefly before continuing to walk toward it unhurriedly.
"You?"
Watching Hit—eyes tightly closed, hands in pockets—elegantly approaching, Six-Star Dragon's internal vigilance reached maximum.
This was an fighter no weaker than Turles!
This was Six-Star Dragon's sole thought currently.
From Hit, it sensed intense crisis. Moreover, different from the oppressive feeling Turles gave it, Hit's threat felt even more intense.
Not because Hit was stronger than Turles, but because that aura accumulated from Hit's assassin career was purer killing intent—making it even more uneasy!
Hit's steps stopped at three meters distance. He maintained that expressionless face—as if nothing in the world could make him fluctuate.
Six-Star Dragon stared at Hit's face, eyes pausing briefly on his closed eyelids. Hit maintained his consistent style. Both confronted each other. Neither spoke.
"You are the Dragon Balls?"
Suddenly, Hit spoke. His voice was quite flat—even when questioning, completely undisturbed.
Hearing Hit's words, annoyance flashed through Six-Star Dragon's eyes.
As life born from Dragon Balls, what it hated most was being treated as the original orbs.
Dragon Balls were merely dead objects. But it was now a complete, whole lifeform—moreover, a powerful lifeform.
Hit's earlier words, falling on its ears, negated its existence. How could this not anger it?
However, Six-Star Dragon was still Six-Star Dragon after all. Powerful mental power not only granted it unparalleled control over mental force—it also made its personality more rational.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have initially only wanted to hide until Turles found it, only then moving its thoughts.
"What wish do you want to fulfill? Why not speak it—perhaps I can help you, Hit!"
The final two words, Six-Star Dragon spoke especially heavily.
Hit maintained that expressionless appearance, as if completely indifferent to Six-Star Dragon's words.
However, his hands in his pockets involuntarily clenched into fists. Veins bulged on his hands.
No one knew that as someone who'd lived a thousand years, Hit's heart had always held an unknown obsession.
That was finding a cure for the Konats Virus. His reason for being an assassin was to obtain sufficient compensation.
Konats Virus—a peculiar epidemic virus in Universe 6. This virus had existed for several hundred years. Hit's race had been completely exterminated under this virus, leaving only him alone.
So hearing Six-Star Dragon say it could grant his wish, if not for these thousand years of experience, he'd nearly lost composure.
However, recalling Turles's earlier words, Hit suppressed his inner agitation, speaking in a low voice: "Eliminate you!"
Hit's words remained economical as always. Moreover, he was someone decisive and direct, wasting no words. Having spoken, his form left afterimages at his original position while he'd already rushed before Six-Star Dragon.
Moreover, at some unknown point, his hands had left his pockets. Both fists clenched, attacking toward Six-Star Dragon's face.
Six-Star Dragon watched Hit already so close. Its pupils instantly contracted. No time to think of anything else—it hastily raised both arms, barely blocking Hit's punch.
SMACK!
Six-Star Dragon's body was directly blasted backward by Hit's punch. The nearby lounge chair and other items were completely annihilated under their offensive and defensive exchange.
SCREECH!
Six-Star Dragon's feet left two deep furrows in the ground before finally stopping.
"You! Seek! Death!"
Sensing the numbness in its arms, Six-Star Dragon's expression darkened. Purple light blazed intensely in its eyes. An invisible wave rushed toward Hit.
Mental Shock!
After gathering the seven Dragon Balls' power, Six-Star Dragon not only greatly increased battle power—already roughly matching Turles's SSJ4 form—its mental power had also substantially increased.
It could even be said its mental power's enhancement was greatest.
Mental Shock was precisely an ability it had mastered again after mental power increased.
Originally, Six-Star Dragon's mental power hadn't been weak—already capable of simple mental externalization. After enhancement, using Mental Shock to attack enemies wasn't strange.
Unfortunately, it had encountered Hit.
Though Hit's exterior appeared quite young, who could imagine he'd lived over a thousand years?
A thousand years of experience, plus the tenacious will forged through his assassin career—facing Six-Star Dragon's Mental Shock, it only made him pause briefly.
"How is this possible?"
Seeing its attack prove ineffective, Six-Star Dragon was greatly shocked.
It found this hard to believe. This move that could make even Turles suffer a setback actually had no effect on Hit.
But Six-Star Dragon being shocked, Hit wouldn't be shocked. Over these thousand years, he'd witnessed far too many strange techniques. Though Six-Star Dragon's Mental Shock somewhat affected him, that was merely a slight effect.
Instead, the opening Six-Star Dragon exposed from shock moved Hit's heart.
'Time-Skip!'
Hit called out internally. His form completely vanished from Six-Star Dragon's vision.
Not merely physical disappearance—even mentally, Hit's existence became completely undetectable.
Just as Six-Star Dragon wanted to search for Hit's figure, suddenly alarm bells rang loudly in its heart.
BANG!
"PUGH!"
The moment alarm rose in its heart, Six-Star Dragon's back received heavy impact. Then a large mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from its mouth. Its entire body, like a broken rag doll, was blasted away!
In midair, though Turles was dealing with Caulifla's attacks, he'd also watched Six-Star Dragon's series of actions.
Though somewhat regretful Carrit had been so easily controlled, seeing Six-Star Dragon actually face Hit and even get struck until coughing blood by Hit's Time-Skip, he couldn't help smiling.
This was why Turles had invited Hit.
Six-Star Dragon's appearance had somewhat surprised Turles. But actually, with One-Star Dragon's warning, Turles's heart had been prepared. Hit was the backup he'd prepared for Six-Star Dragon.
From current appearances, his preparation hadn't been wasted!
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