Chapter 161: The Final Evil Dragon
In a room within Supreme Kai Realm.
Turles gently placed the newly purified Two-Star Dragon Ball onto the tray.
Looking at the six Dragon Balls flickering with orange light before him, Turles's eyes held a smile.
"Turles, that's six now!"
At this moment, Supreme Kai Fuwa also walked forward with a smile, standing shoulder to shoulder with Turles.
"Indeed!"
Withdrawing his gaze from the Dragon Balls, Turles turned to face Fuwa. "Now only One-Star Dragon remains. Once we eliminate it, this crisis will be completely resolved."
As he spoke, Turles felt somewhat emotional.
After eliminating Six-Star Dragon, Caulifla's group had acted as if stimulated. Without even resting for a few days, they'd eagerly urged Turles to tackle the remaining Evil Dragons.
Turles hadn't been in a hurry originally. He'd wanted to let everyone rest. But one statement from Caulifla made him abandon that idea.
"Boss, Kale contributed the most to defeating Six-Star Dragon. We just watched from the sidelines and don't need rest at all. Let's hurry and eliminate the remaining Evil Dragons!"
Caulifla's words had shocked Turles quite a bit at the time.
Not because Turles held any prejudice against Caulifla, but rather her urgent expression had made him suspicious.
However, when Caulifla followed up with "I can't wait to fight the other Evil Dragons," Turles finally understood.
During the battle against Six-Star Dragon, only Kale had fought. Even Turles had at least fired one energy blast, but the five of them had spectated the entire time. So their hands were itching for action.
Since everyone seemed so eager, Turles had ultimately agreed.
Though the remaining Evil Dragons possessed special abilities—lightning, flames, acid, and so on—under the group's combined efforts, they'd eliminated four more Evil Dragons in just one month's time.
After eliminating those four Evil Dragons, the four purified Dragon Balls had been placed here just like before.
Moreover—
"Moreover, Caulifla's group has improved their battle power considerably over this past month!"
Speaking of this, Fuwa couldn't help feeling amazed.
Saiyans truly lived up to their reputation as a warrior race. Their battle power increased frighteningly fast through combat.
Now not only had Carrit, Beris, Yaris, and Cabba all broken through to Super Saiyan 2 like Caulifla—their base battle power had also increased substantially.
As for Turles...
Looking at Turles, whose only visible change was his red eyes while everything else appeared identical to his base state, Fuwa didn't know to what extent Turles had advanced.
After all, Fuwa had long since been unable to sense any of Turles's aura—including his divine ki.
Hearing Fuwa mention Caulifla's group, Turles's lips curved upward, his heart full of accomplishment.
Though part of this stemmed from Caulifla's group possessing considerable natural talent, Turles had played no small role. At minimum, over this past month Turles had provided them with substantial guidance.
"Haha! You must be thrilled. No matter what, Caulifla's group are Universe 6 people. Their strength increasing only benefits Universe 6!"
As he spoke, Turles raised his eyebrows at Fuwa.
Hearing Turles say this, Fuwa first froze. Then seeing Turles's playful expression, he shook his head and smiled.
Yes, Turles was right. No matter what, Caulifla's group were Universe 6 warriors—and righteous warriors at that. Their strength increasing did benefit him as Supreme Kai.
However, Fuwa also knew that as Universe 7's apprentice Supreme Kai and the Saiyan leader there, Turles would certainly raise Universe 7's average human level.
After all, Fuwa had witnessed Saiyan potential firsthand. Otherwise he wouldn't be considering creating a new life race modeled after Saiyans.
Moreover, he hadn't forgotten that Turles was implementing a five-year development plan in Universe 7. The timeline should be roughly halfway through by now.
If Turles's five-year plan proceeded smoothly, then at the next Supreme Kai gathering, Universe 7's ranking would certainly rise considerably—might even surpass their universe.
After all, Universe 7 wasn't truly inferior. It had simply done less work due to Destroyer Beerus's slumber. Long ago, Universe 7's ranking had been at the forefront.
Thinking these thoughts, Fuwa chatted with Turles while walking outside together.
After the two departed, they didn't notice that among the six Dragon Balls—already purified and restored to normal—one Dragon Ball's internal red star suddenly dimmed considerably before returning to normal the next second.
The moment Turles pushed open the door, before he could speak, Caulifla's figure flashed before him, appearing right in front of his face.
"Boss, are we going to find One-Star Dragon?"
Watching Caulifla blink her large eyes while staring at him intensely, Turles felt somewhat helpless.
No wonder her strength improved fastest among the group. With such a combat-loving personality, she was exactly like Goku.
"Don't you need to rest? You battled Two-Star Dragon for quite a while this time!"
Turles wasn't wrong. During the battle against Two-Star Dragon, at Caulifla's request, Carrit's group hadn't intervened. So even though Caulifla had transformed into Super Saiyan God again, she'd still fought quite hard.
No matter what, Caulifla's age was what it was. Even with her high talent, without time accumulation, her base battle power had only just reached thirty million.
However, this wasn't without benefits. Originally, after transforming into Super Saiyan God and receiving Turles's guidance, Caulifla's battle power had already increased considerably. If she could consolidate her gains now, she'd surely improve once more.
That's why Turles wanted her to rest a while. After all, only One-Star Dragon remained among the Evil Dragons.
"Boss, I don't need rest! I can still fight. I feel like I'm about to master Super Saiyan God transformation!"
Caulifla ignored Turles's thoughts. Instead, she stared at him with even more fervent eyes, making Turles frown involuntarily.
Turles knew that for Caulifla, Goku, and even most Saiyans, the fastest method of power increase was battle. But Turles still felt Caulifla's current urgency about fighting Evil Dragons was excessive.
Seeing Turles frown, Cabba approached at this moment. He first tugged at Caulifla, then tried persuading Turles:
"Turles-san, Caulifla just wants to quickly resolve the Evil Dragons. Besides, didn't she say she's about to master Super Saiyan God transformation? Why not agree?"
Hearing this, Turles's frown deepened. He couldn't help scrutinizing the two of them.
'What's really going on?'
'Why does this feel so wrong?'
The more he observed, the more doubts accumulated in Turles's mind.
He didn't know why, but ever since eliminating Six-Star Dragon, Turles kept feeling something was off—yet couldn't identify what exactly.
Now with Caulifla and Cabba acting this way, Turles once again sensed wrongness.
But since Cabba had already spoken, and Carrit's group was also staring at him—their eyes' meaning obvious—Turles couldn't really refuse.
After thinking it over, Turles spoke: "Alright then. We depart tomorrow and completely eliminate One-Star Dragon."
Actually, Turles had already gathered sufficient information about One-Star Dragon. Since that was the case, might as well resolve it sooner.
Seeing Turles agree, Caulifla cheered. She grabbed Turles's arm and kissed his cheek before turning to leave.
Caulifla's sudden attack left everyone present dumbstruck—especially Cabba, whose gaze toward Turles made him feel guilty.
"Cabba..."
After a long moment, Turles recovered. Seeing Cabba's hurt expression, he started to explain. But Cabba gave him no chance. After glaring fiercely at Turles, he flew away directly.
Watching Cabba's retreating back, Turles felt somewhat speechless.
"Turles, you..."
Carrit looked at Turles with hesitation, wanting to say something but not knowing where to begin.
They'd all witnessed Cabba's feelings for Caulifla. They were happy to encourage this childhood friend pairing.
But if the competition was Turles, Cabba's advantages vanished completely. In every aspect, Turles overwhelmingly surpassed Cabba.
"Carrit, you've misunderstood. I only see Caulifla as a little sister. Besides, I already have a wife—didn't you meet her?"
Turles shook his head, directly stating his position to Carrit.
Moreover, Turles felt Cabba and Carrit were probably overthinking. Based on his understanding of Caulifla, she'd simply been too excited just now.
While Turles was still explaining, in Caulifla's room, she currently wore a completely expressionless face. Her eyes were vacant, showing none of her earlier excitement.
If Turles could see Caulifla now, he'd definitely notice her current appearance was identical to that panda-person server he'd seen under Six-Star Dragon's mental control.
Time flew. Soon the next day arrived.
Turles and Caulifla's group assembled once more in the temple plaza.
Everyone wore fresh battle armor, their expressions serious.
Turles didn't waste words. He directly led the five using Instant Transmission, vanishing from their position.
Battle Star—an extremely special planet in Universe 6.
Its uniqueness stemmed from gravity far exceeding normal planets. It had reached fifty times universal standard gravity—one hundred times Earth's gravity.
Logically, such high-gravity planets rarely birthed life forms in any universe. Battle Star was no exception.
However, due to its high gravity, Battle Star's planetary mass far exceeded other planets. At some point, Battle Star had attracted attention from various universe experts, making it a popular combat venue.
Later, universe merchants built numerous arenas on Battle Star specifically to attract these experts for battle.
Currently, Turles's group stood in this planet's largest arena.
"HYAH!"
"Yeah! Just like that!"
"Hit him, hit him! Fight back! Damn!"
In the stands, audience cheers continuously rang out as they encouraged their favored fighters.
"Turles-san, is One-Star Dragon really on Battle Star?"
At this moment, Cabba leaned close to Turles's ear and shouted. He seemed to have already forgotten yesterday's incident.
No wonder Cabba asked this. Because among the six Evil Dragons they'd previously encountered, all had slaughtered lifeforms on their planets completely. Even Six-Star Dragon had used mental control to manipulate the planet's natives.
Unlike current Battle Star, which showed no traces of Evil Dragon presence whatsoever.
Actually, when Turles first learned One-Star Dragon was on Battle Star, he'd also found it strange. But after checking several times, it became unremarkable.
Because unlike the other Evil Dragons, One-Star Dragon could be considered the most unique existence among the seven.
The other Evil Dragons had used their abilities to transform their planets to suit those abilities.
For instance, Three-Star Dragon had plunged an entire planet into darkness, while Five-Star Dragon had transformed an entire planet into a lightning prison.
But One-Star Dragon's ability differed from the other Evil Dragons. Its ability was battle itself.
That's right. After several observations, Turles had learned One-Star Dragon's ability was battle—not only enjoying watching others fight, but also fighting personally.
Battle Star perfectly suited One-Star Dragon's needs. Because on this planet, battle never ceased—high-quality battles at that.
Look—the two currently fighting in the arena possessed quite impressive battle power. Turles's gaze had already settled on a particular spot in the stands.
"This is One-Star Dragon?"
Cabba's group followed Turles's line of sight. One-Star Dragon's figure appeared in their vision.
Watching what seemed like an ordinary universe race constantly waving its arms toward the arena, Cabba could hardly believe it.
The figure in their vision had blue-black skin, a pair of horns on its head, and bat wings on its back. If not for Evil Dragons' generally similar appearances, they'd find it hard to believe this was One-Star Dragon.
However, since Turles had confirmed it, no matter how unbelievable, they knew this was their target.
"Turles, what do we do next?"
Looking at the arena's heated atmosphere, Caulifla seemed troubled.
If they fought One-Star Dragon, the commotion would certainly be enormous. Though the various races currently in the arena were quite strong, they still weren't enough.
Turles showed no response to Carrit's words. Instead, he looked with interest toward a position behind One-Star Dragon, as if discovering something entertaining. His lips slowly curved upward!
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