Chapter 92: Golden Legend
"Ha!"
Turles shouted, his aura surging once more as he charged toward Towa's puppet.
Just moments ago, through coordinated teamwork with Broly, Turles had launched a surprise assault on Towa's four puppets.
Since all four registered over one hundred million battle power in his perception, Turles didn't dare hold back—attacking with full force from the start.
But the instant he engaged the first puppet, Turles discovered its true strength fell far short of its displayed battle power.
The puppet wasn't just weaker than advertised—its movements were stiff and mechanical.
Thinking of Towa being occupied by Broly, Turles immediately understood the reason.
Seizing this rare opportunity, Turles unleashed his full power, relentlessly hammering one puppet after another.
By the time Towa broke free from Broly's harassment, Turles had already eliminated three puppets.
Watching her meticulously trained genetic warriors destroyed so easily, Towa exploded with rage.
"You! Will! Die!"
Towa glared at Turles as he moved to finish the last puppet. Her voice sounded like it was being squeezed from her throat.
With that, Towa waved her staff. A beam of black light shot from it, streaking toward the final puppet.
Seeing this sudden black light, Turles's heart jumped. He immediately tried intercepting it, firing an energy blast.
But the black light remained completely unaffected. The instant the two made contact, the black light phased through like it was intangible, entering the puppet's body.
This black light seemed to flip some kind of switch. The moment it entered, the puppet's previously lifeless eyes flooded with black liquid, quickly filling the entire eye sockets.
With Towa's control established, the puppet apparently regained consciousness. Its black-filled eyes locked directly onto Turles. Slowly, its mouth corners began rising in a smile.
Seeing this eerie scene, Turles immediately retreated, maintaining distance from the puppet while warily watching its transformation.
Just then, Broly—having escaped Towa's magic chains—flew to Turles's side.
"How'd it go?" Without taking his eyes off the puppet and Towa, Turles asked the seemingly random question.
"Confirmed. No hidden battle power. But her magic is troublesome."
Broly apparently already knew what Turles was asking, immediately providing results.
"Mm."
Turles nodded, saying nothing more.
Actually, moments ago Turles had already communicated his plan to Broly via mental connection—he'd handle the puppets while Broly tested Towa's true strength.
Now that Turles could confirm Towa wasn't hiding battle power, he relaxed somewhat.
As for Towa's magic, Turles wasn't particularly concerned.
The Dragon Ball world did contain sorcerers—supernatural beings whose magic possessed various miraculous abilities. Majin Buu himself was created through magic by Babidi's father, the wizard Bibidi.
Even Old Kai gained magical abilities through accidental fusion with a witch—capable of developing people's potential through ritual.
But most magic was support-based. Nothing like the fireball or lightning spells from his previous life's fantasies. So these sorcerers' combat strength was generally mediocre. No "mages counter warriors" nonsense here.
After recent events, Turles knew his current mental strength made him immune to Towa's control—meaning most of her methods no longer worked on him.
However, Turles wouldn't completely relax. Judging by the puppet Towa was now controlling, their crisis remained far from over.
"Saiyan, you dare destroy my carefully trained warriors? I'll capture you both, make you my experimental subjects!"
At this moment, Towa had completely finished transforming her puppet. She glared at them, eyes full of fury and murderous intent toward Turles.
Current Towa bore no resemblance to her earlier sexy appearance. Her originally blue skin was now covered in demon markings. Her eyes had turned blood red.
The puppet under her control had undergone massive changes too. What had been somewhat humanoid was now a complete killing machine—body wrapped in black tissue covered in spikes.
Its entire form had swelled enormously. Now on all fours, it resembled a demonic beast ready to tear enemies apart at any moment.
Turles and Broly exchanged glances. Their grave expressions showed this puppet demon wouldn't be easy to handle.
But both quickly assumed combat stances!
Because Saiyans never retreat!
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"Hohoho! Running into Towa? Looks like Turles is in trouble!"
While Turles and Broly plunged into fierce combat, far away in the God of Destruction Realm, Whis was using his staff to livestream their battle.
"Whis, is this the Saiyan you mentioned? Doesn't look particularly special."
A fishbowl floated over. The Oracle Fish peered at Turles in the projection, speaking somewhat dismissively.
Whis glanced at Oracle Fish, just shaking his head patiently. "Oracle Fish, not every powerful being is born strong. This world never lacks those who climb from dust to the peak. Lord Beerus himself, for instance!"
"Lord Beerus? You're saying this kid might become another Lord Beerus?" Oracle Fish sounded skeptical.
Who was Beerus? A God of Destruction who ranked among the top of all twelve universes. Though always sleeping, no one could question his strength.
True, Beerus and Champa had both grown from ordinary races to become Gods of Destruction. But that was countless ages ago.
Whis said nothing more, just continued watching the struggling Turles with interest.
Seeing Whis wouldn't talk, Oracle Fish sighed helplessly, watching the livestream alongside him.
After watching a while, Oracle Fish couldn't resist curiosity. "Speaking of which, if you think so highly of him, why just watch? That Towa woman isn't simple—careful she doesn't finish him off!"
Whis briefly glanced at Oracle Fish, speaking meaningfully. "Sometimes necessary trials produce even more outstanding life."
"???" Oracle Fish looked completely confused, staring at Whis bewildered.
Whis smiled, continuing to watch with relish.
Naturally, Turles had no idea Whis was currently observing his battle. Right now, he felt something wrong with his body.
Since fusing with Broly last time, this was Turles's first use of humanoid Great Ape transformation. It hadn't been obvious before, but now fighting this beast alongside Broly, Turles immediately noticed strange changes in his body.
Especially when they closed distance to attack together—a mysterious impulse would surge from deep within Turles's body. His blood would boil.
But when they separated, this impulse would vanish. His boiling blood would gradually calm.
Turles didn't know where this change originated. But he needed to figure out the cause now. Otherwise, during the coming battle, unpredictable complications might arise.
They closed distance again, jointly launching a ki blast that knocked back the charging beast.
"Broly, something's wrong with my body. Can you hold it off for a few minutes?"
Taking advantage of this gap, Turles quickly explained his problem.
Broly glanced at Turles, then at the distant beast rising again and Towa constantly controlling it. He nodded.
Turles just patted Broly's shoulder. Then he activated Instant Transmission, vanishing completely.
Seeing Turles suddenly disappear, Towa immediately startled. She hadn't expected Turles possessed spatial abilities. Fortunately, she controlled spacetime manipulation—she wasn't afraid of Turles's sneak attacks.
Towa immediately waved her staff, beginning to seal surrounding spatial nodes to guard against Turles.
Unfortunately, Towa's precautions were wasted. She waited forever, even summoning her puppet beast to her side, but Turles's ambush never came.
Seeing this, Broly played along with Towa's assumptions, continuously drawing her attention—creating the illusion of buying Turles time.
Thus their battle began growing more subdued.
Meanwhile, Turles's figure appeared before Bulma.
Seeing Turles appear, Bulma immediately rushed over concerned. "Turles, what's wrong? Where's Broly?"
"Nothing major. Just something wrong with my body. I had Broly stall." Turles reassured Bulma briefly, then immediately seized the time. He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began examining his body internally.
Seeing this, Bulma could only remain silent, watching Turles worriedly.
Currently, Turles had already separated from Broly. So the internal impulse calmed again. His boiling blood began settling.
Turles didn't dare delay. His mental power immediately followed this impulse's retreating direction, carefully scanning.
Soon Turles discovered the impulse's source. Contrary to his expectations, it wasn't his tail—but his back. More precisely, his spine.
As someone who'd explored Super Saiyan 4-style transformation before even achieving Super Saiyan, Turles was extremely familiar with the spine.
According to Turles's theory, Saiyan transformation mainly involved two parts—the tail and the body's spine. The tail, when stimulated, released Great Ape power. The spine, when stimulated, produced cellular mutation that spread throughout the body. Both working together transformed Saiyans into Great Apes.
Turles's humanoid Great Ape transformation lacked spinal involvement. Each transformation, he sealed Great Ape power's effect on his spine. That's why he only maintained a 10x power boost without becoming a giant ape.
But now Turles discovered that without tail-based Great Ape power stimulation, his spine's cells were still becoming active. This didn't resemble mutation—more like...
'Optimization! That's right—it's optimization!'
Turles gave this sensation that definition in his mind.
Then Turles thought of Super Saiyan transformation conditions: increased S-Cells in the body, normal-state battle power reaching a certain level, plus extreme emotional stimulation.
Thinking this, heat flashed through Turles's heart.
He'd apparently met Super Saiyan transformation conditions. Previously failing to transform, Turles had always assumed it was because his emotions were too stable—unable to produce extreme emotional stimulation. But now it seemed his body's S-Cells hadn't increased enough to support transformation.
Now, somehow due to fusing with Broly—the Legendary Super Saiyan—Turles's S-Cells had dramatically increased, directly reaching levels supporting transformation.
The blood-boiling sensation earlier—if Turles wasn't mistaken—should be transformation's precursor. Because at that moment, Turles's single-minded combat focus also counted as a form of extreme emotion.
''So if I just exit humanoid Great Ape form, I can attempt Super Saiyan transformation?"
After understanding the key point, Turles suddenly stood up, loudly stating his deduction.
"What Super Saiyan? Turles, is your body okay?"
Seeing Turles awaken, Bulma immediately rushed before him, face full of concern.
"Hahaha! I'm fine! On the contrary—I feel better than ever! Hahaha!"
Turles was simply too excited. He pulled Bulma into his arms, kissed her fiercely, then spun around holding her.
"Turles, put me down! I'm dizzy!"
Caught off-guard by Turles's embrace, Bulma was first startled. But hearing his explanation, she felt happy for him. However, Turles seemed overly excited—spinning with Bulma continuously without stopping. Soon Bulma felt dizzy, hurriedly interrupting Turles.
"Sorry, sorry Bulma! Are you okay?"
Hearing Bulma's words, Turles finally recovered from excitement. He quickly set Bulma down, continuously apologizing.
After Bulma steadied herself, she couldn't help rolling her eyes at Turles, asking irritably, "What are you so excited about? And what's this Super Saiyan?"
Speaking here, Turles couldn't help laughing again. Seeing Bulma glaring, he finally suppressed his smile and explained. "Super Saiyan is a Saiyan transformation—50 times normal state power boost. Meaning I'll have one hundred fifty million battle power."
"But isn't that what you can reach with Kaio-ken?" Hearing this, Bulma felt somewhat puzzled, not understanding the difference.
"No, it's different. Under Kaio-ken boost, though I can reach one hundred fifty million, I can't sustain it long. But once I transform into Super Saiyan, I can maintain one hundred fifty million battle power for extended periods—until my stamina runs out!"
Seeing Bulma still didn't quite understand, Turles wanted to let her witness what a true Super Saiyan looked like.
But just as Turles exited humanoid Great Ape form, his expression suddenly changed. He cried out, "Not good! Broly's in danger!"
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