NOVEL NEXT Chapter 30: Saiyan
Shen only takes his oldest three disciples and Tao Pai Pai with him to the location where the evil Ki is radiating from, while the others are told to remain at the hideout.
Along the way, his three disciples discuss amongst themselves regarding the evil Ki. Tao Pai Pai remains silent throughout.
When they reach their destination, Shen interrupts the conversation. "Quiet with the chit-chat. We have a crisis at hand. The four of us will first probe the situation. Don't try to provoke conflict. We will fight only if necessary."
"Yes, sir!"
As they stealthily approach the exact location, hiding their ki, they witness a massive spaceship landing on the rocky plains.
They immediately hide behind a nearby rock, slightly peeking their heads to see.
After a while, some uncanny individuals begin exiting the ship. The first one is a red-skinned alien.
"Without a doubt, these are aliens," Giran whispers. Everyone else nods.
Following the alien, three others with features similar to humans also emerge.
"Maybe I was wrong," Bora says, and Namu again nods. Shen, however, is shocked—speechless even. "How?"
"What happened, Master?" his disciples worriedly ask.
Shen doesn't reply. 'That face... isn't that Son Goku? But that's impossible. How can Goku be here, as an adult no less...? Maybe that's his father... No! If I look more closely, he has a different face and skin tone. Then who the hell is this?'
His disciples grow more anxious seeing their teacher's worried expression. Noticing this, Shen speaks. "Don't worry. Let's observe them some more."
"Boss Turles, this planet looks good... It has good nutrients and a lively environment. If we plant the tree here, the fruit harvest is bound to be ten times better than usual." The one speaking is the shortest among the invaders—a human-like alien with the face of a petty thief, named Daiz.
His boss, a man who resembles Son Goku, agrees with his henchman. "Hmm... planets like this are extremely rare. Most of the planets with life are like my home planet—barren, desolate, with very few resources."
Appearance-wise, the leader of this group is similar to a human with a tail, indicating only one thing... A Saiyan.
"But the beauty of this planet itself isn't the most important thing, is it, boss?" Daiz curiously states.
However, instead of Turles answering, another henchman joins the conversation.
"Why state the obvious and bore Sir Turles? Although the fruits from the Shinseiju (Tree of Might) have the ability to increase it's consumer's power, unfortunately, with the incomplete seed we have, the tree will bear extremely low-quality fruits. Our seed must first absorb the rich life force of many healthy planets before it can evolve into a full-fledged seed."
This is Amon, the other human-looking alien. A big man with a ponytail and a wide muscular build, he further adds, "So of course, the best thing is that we are one step closer to our goals with such a rich planet... The boss would also agree."
"Indeed, I agree. It was a good decision to raid that planet earlier than we had planned. If we were only a year late, the seed to the Tree of Might would have already been sold, and we would've had a harder time obtaining it."
"Exactly, boss! Thanks to your quick thinking, we were able to intervene in time," Daiz praises his boss, never missing the chance. "Now, if we find more planets like this and evolve the semi-Shinseiju seed into a true Shinseiju seed, you'll even be able to match that bastard Frieza in power..."
Turles doesn't respond. He just keeps staring at the soil beneath him, his ambitious lust for power hidden from no one.
Shen and his group; having heard the entire conversation, are shocked to say the least. Unable to stay quiet any longer, Giran inquires, "They're talking about something called the Tree of Might... Master, did you know about it?"
"Tch! Yes, I do... This tree will suck all the life force from a planet. If it's planted on Earth, we're doomed."
"Then we can't let them have their way!" after saying so; Bora resolutely, reveals himself from behind the rock.
Almost instantly, he's spotted by the alien invaders, more specifically by the only truly alien-looking member of the group. "It seems an ant has been observing us."
He bring the other space pirates' attention to Bora.
"Ohh! What do you suppose he wants?" Daiz amusingly ponders.
"Cacao, check his power level," Turles orders the red-skinned alien.
"Understood." The red-skinned alien, with visible cybernetic enhancements on his body, observes his target for a while and replies, "His power level is just 200! As expected of a filthy planet."
Annoyed by the enemies' uncaringness of his presence, "Get off Earth! Leave, whoever you may be!" Bora howls at the uninvited visitors. Giran also shows himself, firmly asserting his fellow disciple's words. "Yeah, we don't want you here!"
The enemies' attention is fully focused on Bora and Giran. Shen, however, doesn't yet reveal himself. He even stops Tao from moving forward, telling him to observe and wait for the right moment to strike.
Turles is unimpressed by the Earthlings showing up one after another. "Is this one's power level also the same?" An affirmative reply comes from Cacao.
The Saiyan pirate sends one of his henchmen, Daiz, to "clean up" the two before him. He's a little intrigued by how these two managed to hide so close, evading even the scouter, but attributes it to device malfunctioning.
"It's a bad day for the two of you." Daiz confidently walks up to his targets, believing dealing with them will be child's play.
"Heh! Take this!" He charges at the two, disregarding any kind of defense. This decision doesn't turn out well, as Bora and Giran, instead of defending themselves, charge head-on toward their common enemy. Bora creates a sword out of ki and slashes, while Giran takes to the sky and launches an extremely hot white firestorm from his mouth.
"Aaaaahhhh!" Daiz is severely injured, burned, and cut deeply across his chest. Scream Daiz may, but the fact remains: his battle power has nearly halved.
"Didn't you say their power level is only 200?" Turles questions the cyborg, Cacao.
"I don't know how, but their power level jumped to 1,500 in a split second."
Realizing the complexity of the situation, Turles sends Amond to help.
Similar to the sleazy guy from before, the big guy nonchalantly enters the fray, cracking his knuckles and all.
He wouldn't have guessed that he too is in for an unexpected shock. The man's arrogance quickly fizzles out as he, a supposed predator, is unable to handle the two puny prey alone.
Even with Daiz joining him, the two space pirates still struggle to fully suppress their foes. The situation could've been completely different if Daiz hadn't been so overconfident earlier and hadn't neglected his own defense. Doing so he would have avoiding, suffering such a massive setback.
Once again, Turles turns to the cyborg.
"Astonishingly, their power level has increased again to around 2000."
"What? How is that possible...?" Turles' eyes narrow. "So they have the ability to hide their power level!"
Right then, as all the enemies are distracted, Shen and Tao launch their surprise attack, catching their foes off guard. Shen goes in for the alien cyborg while Tao goes in for the two henchman. understanding what's going on, Bora and Giran also join. Together almost instantly, the three crane school members launch the assault.
Facing such a might; Amon and Daiz stood no chance. Daiz dies with a ghastly slice from down his chest by Bora's Ki-sword, While Amon dies with a Dodon ray through his heart, his soul reaper is of-course Tao... albeit with the support of Giran.