Boom! Boom! Boom!!
Nappa was blasted away by a single punch, plowing through who-knew-how-many obstacles, only stopping after flying several hundred meters.
A figure landed in front of Gohan.
"D-Dad…"
"G… Goku…" Off in the distance, Krillin and Yamcha—unable to move, their eyes swollen to the size of eggs—struggled to open their eyes. When they saw who it was, they finally let out a breath of relief… and passed out.
Seeing the horrific battlefield—
The heavily injured Krillin and Yamcha…
And…
Piccolo, Chaoz, and Tien—whose auras could no longer be sensed at all…
Goku's gaze instantly turned icy as he stared at Nappa, who had been sent flying into the distance.
Even with his temperament, killing intent surged within him at that moment.
"You're dead!!"
Nappa burst through the rubble pinning him down, kicked off the ground, and charged at Goku.
Goku flared his ki, a blazing white aura erupting around him as he surged forward to meet him.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Their bodies flickered in and out of view in midair.
They were moving so fast the naked eye couldn't track them.
Under their clash, countless mountain peaks were shattered.
Violent explosions boomed again and again, making everyone's ears ring.
One crater after another opened in the ground—fierce beyond belief.
"Kaio-ken!"
Boom!!
Goku's aura instantly turned crimson, his entire body dyed red.
The balance broke in an instant.
Nappa, who had been evenly matched just a moment ago, was immediately treated like a punching bag—flung all over the sky without even getting the chance to touch the ground.
In the end, Goku kicked him down from the sky, slamming him deep into the earth.
"ROAR!!"
A beastly roar came from underground.
"Brat! I'm going to erase you and this whole area!"
Nappa burst out of the ground, covered in wounds, transforming into a giant ape. Energy overflowed from his body in dazzling torrents.
A massive energy sphere condensed in his hand, and he hurled it down at Goku.
"Five-times Kaio-ken (King Kai Fist)!!"
Goku's presence surged again.
Facing the energy beam that speared down like a heavenly pillar, he planted his feet—one forward, one back—knees slightly bent, energy roaring around him.
"Kame—hame—ha!!"
A beam of energy erupted from his hands.
One above, one below.
The two beams collided in midair.
Rumble!!!
The world turned into blinding white light—terrifying beyond words.
Creed watched and smiled.
Clashing beams with a Son-family member… and doing it from the sky?
That was just asking to die.
Three great laws of beam clashes:
Never clash beams with the Son family!
If you clash beams while you're in the air, you'll definitely lose!
If you clash beams from the right side, you'll definitely lose too!
Screee!!
Nappa's beam was pushed back step by step by Goku's, forced to retreat.
"No… impossible! How can a low-class warrior defeat an elite warrior?!!" he roared in futile rage.
In the end, Kamehameha forced his own beam back into him, swallowing his entire body.
The beam shot into the sky and vanished.
After a long while, Nappa's body fell from the air—already devoid of any aura.
And right at that moment…
Whoosh!
A spherical object shot up from the ground, turning into a meteor and disappearing into the heavens, darting off into the vast cosmos.
"Oh?" Creed looked up.
Vegeta actually ran.
…
The battle ended.
"Thank you."
Goku flew over and spoke to Creed.
On the way back, he'd heard from King Kai that a mysterious powerhouse had appeared, changing the entire battle—stalling the strongest Saiyan.
"No problem. Just a small favor," Creed replied.
Szzzt…!
A disturbance came from the sky.
A spacecraft descended.
"Goku, are you alright?"
An old man with a turtle shell on his back, a beautiful girl, and a cat hopped down.
After that, they moved the wounded onto the ship.
They also placed the others' bodies into capsules.
On the ship, the atmosphere was heavy.
After a long time, Korin let out a sigh.
"They're all heroes… heroes who protected Earth. But… Piccolo is dead. He and Kami are one—so Kami died too. Earth's Dragon Balls have turned to stone… otherwise, we could revive them."
Everyone fell silent.
…
"No. They can still be revived."
At that moment, an ill-timed voice rang out.
Everyone looked over—it was that mysterious powerhouse, Creed.
He had been invited onto the ship as well.
"Creed, can you explain?" Goku's face lit with hope.
Creed spoke calmly.
"Piccolo is a Namekian. Namekians can create Dragon Balls. As long as we go to Piccolo's homeworld, we can bring them back."
"That's right!!" Krillin suddenly shouted, face full of excitement. "When those two Saiyans saw Piccolo, they even said, 'Namekian?' They came to Earth for the Dragon Balls, but later they changed their minds—thinking it didn't matter if they killed Piccolo, because they had other ways to get even stronger Dragon Balls!"
"Then… they must be heading to Namek," Goku said.
"King Kai-sama, can you find Namek?" he asked King Kai for help.
Soon, they got precise coordinates.
"But without a spaceship, how do we get there?" Bulma said. "With our tech level, flying to Namek would take thousands of years."
"I remember Nappa had a space pod," Creed said.
"My brother's space pod is still on Earth too. And… maybe the ship I came to Earth in as a kid is still around!" Goku said.
"Right—Kami came to Earth by ship too. His ship must still be on Earth," Korin added.
Everyone was overjoyed.
The spaceship problem was solved—just send the pods to Bulma's house for research.
Soon, the injured were delivered to Bulma's home and placed into healing pods.
Goku and Master Roshi went out to find the ships.
As for Creed, he was assigned to a guest room.
After washing up, he sat on the bed.
Creed hadn't expected that he'd actually come to the Dragon Ball world.
The cultivation system here was different from the pirates' world.
This world cultivated "ki."
Demigod…
His strength was at the demigod level. Logically speaking, a demigod should be able to shatter stars.
But he hadn't been able to destroy a planet.
Different systems.
Ki…
He could clearly feel a unique energy filling the air around him.
This was ki.
And right then—
"Ding-dong. System upgrade complete."
In an instant, Creed's body underwent a massive change.
The drifting ki poured into him. At that moment, the ki of the entire Earth seemed to drop by more than half.
Above his room, a gigantic vortex formed entirely out of ki—terrifying beyond imagination.
Korin's cat eyes widened.
T-This… what the hell?
Why was Creed so terrifying? What level of existence was he!?
Far away in the mountains, searching for ships, Goku also turned to look in Creed's direction.
"This is Creed's ki… so powerful. I really want to find time to spar with him."
On King Kai's planet, King Kai's antennae trembled nonstop.
"Just who is this Creed…? Luckily, I don't sense any malice."
…
After a long while.
Creed opened his eyes—his gaze shining with sharp brilliance.
The corners of his mouth lifted into a smile.
He was now a true "demigod."
The kind that could shatter stars.
"Next… it's time to condense my abilities."
He took out the Ability Condensation Card the system had created.
"System, use the Ability Condensation Card."
…
(End of Chapter)
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