Saiyan stowaways on the Ark

"You have no intention of becoming stronger. You just want to gain power easily. When you pin your hopes on these fruits to give you power, you have already accepted in your heart that you are not a useless person who can become stronger through strength."

"You half-baked opportunist, how dare you call yourself powerful?"

"Now I'll show you that with this thing, all you can get is—the inability to die."

Even after his body returned to normal, Darles was still dizzy from thinking that Tomat had held back with his uppercut. When he heard Tomat say those words, Tomat punched Darles directly in the abdomen, giving him no chance to continue fighting or escape.

It was a very "steady" punch, powerful yet very stable. Although it shattered the surrounding earth the moment it made contact, allowing Darles to maintain an astonishing speed, leaning forward and flying backward close to the ground, it did not unleash too much force to punch through Darles.

This punch simply continued to exert an irresistible force on Darles, propelling him on a "journey around Terra".

The massive rocks near the ground were shattered by Darles' impact.

The bedrock of the mountains—leaving behind straight passages that run through the entire mountain range.

In the vast forest, towering trees fell like straws, and on the expansive snowfield, uncontrolled bodies pierced through the raging wind and snow.

"Ughhhhhh!!!!"

Whether he tried to tense his entire body to resist or to use flight to deflect the trajectory of his being knocked away, Darles was helpless. He could only let out painful screams as his body crashed into whatever it touched.

He skimmed across the turbulent sea and traversed the vast desert, not knowing how long he had been thrown into the air.

Huge and powerful beasts or demons, broken yet immortal ruins of our ancestors—anything that tries to block their path or stand in their way will only be smashed to pieces.

Darles seemed determined to fly on forever.

But in the end, he stopped, stopping in Tomat's hand.

And here was the very spot where he had been blasted away. After circling the planet, Darles was once again stopped flying by Thomas grabbing his head.

If the force is too great, it will kill him on the spot or send him flying out of Terra.

Insufficient force will cause Darles to fall to the ground halfway through.

At the same time, he also had to prevent Darles from breaking free and inflict enough pain—Tomat demonstrated a level of strength and technique that surpassed Darles'.

But Tomat had no intention of impressing him, nor was he deliberately putting on a show for him. If anything, he was simply trying to torment this arrogant fellow clansman.

While Darles traveled the world, Tomat's anger subsided somewhat.

Back on the spaceship, Gohan had gone to check the situation and confirm whether Turles' remnants were alive, while Bardock had also arrived at Tomat's side.

Just minutes earlier, Tomat had deliberately acted mysterious, saying, "I'll give you a surprise in a few minutes." Judging from Badak's expression now, the surprise has indeed arrived as expected.

"This kid is... Darles?"

Although at first glance he might mistake him for another of his sons, Bardock immediately recognized the boy's true identity by noticing that his skin was dark from all the impacts.

"Yes, he's the one who prevented us from competing."

Tomat grabbed Darles' tattered armor and threw him directly into Bardock's hands.

"However, out of respect for you, I spared his life."

"Alright, now I need to go check on Yelena and the others. Whether you kill or release this kid who's picked up bad habits is up to you."

Having not heard much explanation, Bardock naturally couldn't grasp the cause and effect for a moment. However, after watching Tomat's departing figure, Bardock frowned and looked at the delirious Darles, whom he was holding in his arms, and said with a touch of emotion:

"Although I don't know exactly what happened, Tomat has started calling that woman by her real name instead of 'Frostnova'... You've really messed with him."

Sorry, my cat went missing these past few days because she was in heat. I've been looking for her, but haven't been able to find her yet. Even though I know other cats come back after being missing for two weeks, I'm still worried. I've searched everywhere but haven't found her.

[Main Text] Terra Battle for Supremacy: Chapter 46 The Spirit Tree

The spaceship was handed over to Gohan, while Turles was handed over to Bardock, and Tomat himself was temporarily freed from this conflict that could hardly be called a battle.

However, his thoughts were still lingering in confusion. Tomat still had some understanding and control over Bardock and Gohan's situation based on his memories.

But the appearance of Darles was beyond his expectations no matter how you looked at it. After all, what came here was not the adult Darles who had been shattered to pieces by the Spirit Bomb, but the boy Darles who should theoretically still be wandering around in the universe.

Time, age, identity—all the information about Darles overturned Tomat's understanding of the world he was in—and the "conditions" for coming to Terra.

It seems that "what will appear in Terra" is no longer something he can predict.

Today it's a young Darles, but tomorrow it might be a grown-up Broly.

Therefore, it's no longer acceptable to be complacent with the statement "I have enough strength." Who knows what other monsters and demons might appear here in the future?

Even if Tomat did not rest on his laurels during this period, but continued to grow stronger and even successfully transformed into a Super Saiyan, the situation he now understands is by no means optimistic. This only makes him realize that "his current level" is far from enough.

If a mere teenager like Darles can pose such a threat, and anticipating even greater risks in this world with its unknown rules of time travel, the only thing Tomath can do is continue to grow stronger.

—And Tomat himself didn’t realize that he had unknowingly shifted from “just wanting to see what they could become” to “being willing to actively protect them”.

He then first calmed his aura and returned to normal, then went to his ship to check on Rhodes Island's situation, and the actual situation there relieved him.

Despite being a replica, the Rhodes Island ship, whose skeleton was almost entirely modified with combat suit materials, had a sufficiently strong impact resistance. At least when faced with energy impacts that were not intended for attack, the people inside only felt a certain amount of shaking, and the vast majority of the impact was absorbed by the ship's materials.

The same was true for the branch in Block Zero. Fortunately, the platform was built by Rhodes Island itself, so the operators and infected inside were not harmed.

Many people came to the deck with caution, but what they saw before them forced them to fall silent.

There was at least a thousand square kilometers of flat land, which was the original location of the four cities of the Great Knight Territory. Now it has become a deep pit with a huge rift running through the middle. Only operators with excellent eyesight can see in the distance that there are three other moving cities on the edge of the pit, after the smoke has cleared.

The mobile city was blown up?

However, this power prevented them from attributing the cause to any known weapon.

In the eyes of the public, only Thomas and his group could probably do something like that.

"Fortunately, everyone was either on the main ship or at the branch office watching your match with Bardock... no one was wandering around in other areas—so, what exactly happened? Although this isn't the entire territory of Kazimierz, as one of the Great Knight territories, being destroyed instantly is no small matter."

Although many people were watching Tomat, who had also appeared on the deck, no one except Frostnova dared to ask him anything.

After all, the man who covered almost the entire land with an astonishing aura during the previous live-streamed battle and fiercely fought with Bardock might be the culprit behind all of this.

They even wanted to know the specific reason—that they hadn't controlled their strength.

And such a result is by no means an exaggeration.

"I was the one who tore this place apart and pushed it open."

When Frostnova asked him a question, Tomat did not lower his voice and told the truth in front of everyone.

Many operators, even those who were quite familiar with Tomat, were shocked and even recalled the conversation between the Doctor and Kal'tsit in Siesta: "Tomat will not become a sinner of Terra, because no one has the ability to judge or punish him. Given his size, he will only become an enemy of Terra, an invincible enemy."

All people can hope for is that "it was really just a slip-up by either Tomat or Badak," rather than that something truly hostile is about to happen.

"why?"

Amidst skeptical and fearful gazes, Frostnova hesitated only for a moment after Tomat's answer before pressing for more information.

"Because if we don't do this, you'll probably all die."

As he spoke, the ground began to tremble, and a huge shadow, accompanied by countless coiled dragons tearing the earth apart, poured out from the cracks in the pit.

The crack widened further, and boulders comparable to small mountains fell continuously into the abyss from the rock wall. Only the thick branches that bloomed with an ominous green color presented a size that seemed to defy the laws of biology, and climbed straight into the sky at a speed that disregarded the constraints of gravity.

The jet-black crystals were brought out from deeper underground, and under the influence of roots that resembled giant dragons, they shone with a crimson light on the surface—they were extremely large-scale Originium crystals, and were about to explode under the impact of the roots tearing the earth apart.

However, after emitting a bright light, the Originium crystal dimmed instantly and then turned into colorless powder, which fell from the roots and was blown away by the storm caused by the super-fast growth of the branches.

And it continues to climb upwards.

It went beyond the clouds.

It is higher than any mountain peak on Terra.

The tree canopy grows so thick it blocks out the sky, with every branch growing at supersonic speeds, creating a canopy that seems to cover the entire earth in near-Earth space.

The spiritual tree has taken shape.

Although it continues to grow, it appears to be smaller in scale than Tomat knew.

"This ominous life force...is the earth...dying?"

As a special Sarkaz species, coupled with the ancient Originium Arts she uses, the operator Mudrock felt a strange sense of sadness and fear when she witnessed this magnificent behemoth rising from the ground, and the source of this emotion was the land beneath her feet.

The earth's vitality is being frantically drained, and this place will be transformed into a barren wasteland, devoid of both vegetation and water.

"Stop...stop it!!!"

No one could understand the emotions Mudrock was displaying, but people still stepped forward to stop her as she seemed about to jump off the deck and rush straight towards the giant tree that seemed so close yet was actually incredibly far away.

"Ugh..."

On the other side, Touch, an elite operator from the medical department, suddenly knelt down with a sob and murmured to the elite operators around him.

"No...no, I can't connect with it. This creation of nature is refusing to communicate with me...no...no, it's completely ignoring me. Let alone controlling it...this plant...it doesn't even take me seriously. Is this really a plant?"

The oppressive feeling brought by the unknown giant tree was no less than the impact of the battle between Tomat and the others. They quickly shifted their focus from questioning Tomat about the cause and effect to the spiritual tree in front of them.

Judging by the speed at which its root system expands, that thing will soon cover the entire land area spanning thousands of kilometers. They also believe that this plant will not stop there; if left unchecked, it may only be a matter of time before it devours the entire land.

However, as they approached the end of the Tomat walkway deck, facing the still-growing Spirit Tree, the sense of crisis in everyone's hearts suddenly subsided.

This is an incredible transformation.

Just seconds ago, many people were looking at Tomat with fear and confusion, but now, everyone felt a sense of relief.

It is worthy of our expectations, worthy of our trust, and worthy of our confidence.

If previous doubts were only natural, then this sense of relief had no particular reason. Everyone suddenly realized that even though Tomat possessed power that surpassed natural disasters and superseded human intelligence, he had never had a single thought of harming them. This was not the disdain and arrogance of a powerful being who was high above and considered himself a god, but rather the character of a living, breathing human being.

"It's complicated to explain."

Thomas scratched his head, and in the next instant, his entire body was once again covered in golden flames.

Although there was no real need for him to transform, Tomat's personal desire was to show them his growth.

The ruthless yet arrogant Spirit Tree greedily plundered the life force of the earth while extending its roots towards the ship at a speed faster than a knight's javelin. The rocks spewing from the shattered earth were individually larger than the entire Rhodes Island ship, and these rocks were now raining down like drops of water.

Tomat clenched his fist, extended two fingers, and then infused his breath into the earth.

——Tick up.

"Anyway, I'll blow it up first."

It's been over ten days, and it looks like we won't be able to find it for now.

Image: "Tree of Spirit", Location: "Images/1645488742-100197741-108398591.jpg"

[Main Text] Terra Conquest: Chapter 47 The Worst Day in Kazimir