Chapter 165: Fight! Super Saiyan 4
A new round of confrontation began after Turles's words fell.
However, this time, the moment the two faced off, Turles made an unexpected move.
"What's the meaning of this?"
Watching Turles exit Super Saiyan God transformation and return to base state, One-Star Dragon frowned, somewhat confused.
It believed that in the earlier battle, even if Turles hadn't displayed full strength, he certainly couldn't have held much back. Now exiting Super Saiyan God transformation, One-Star Dragon felt confident Turles absolutely wasn't its match.
One-Star Dragon believed Turles understood this point as well.
However, since Turles still made such a move, One-Star Dragon guessed he must have some purpose. So it simply watched quietly.
The next scene indeed confirmed its guess.
"Speaking of which, One-Star Dragon!"
"I must thank you. Without you, even if I could eventually complete this transformation, it wouldn't have happened this quickly!"
As the words fell, Turles ignored One-Star Dragon's confusion. He clasped his hands at his waist and released a tremendous roar.
"AHHH! AHHH! AHHH!"
With the roar, Turles's body involuntarily arched backward. The veins on his body bulged like coiled dragons.
Most critically, at some unknown point, Turles's tail was no longer wrapped around his waist. As if stimulated by something, its brown fur stood on end. Like a tentacle, it continuously writhed.
Simultaneously, violent changes occurred within Turles's body.
Turles continuously used mental power to stimulate the connection between his tail and spine at a specific frequency.
If One-Star Dragon could examine Turles's interior now, it would discover with shock that this frequency was precisely the rebound force frequency from its physique during their battle—yet now Turles had completely replicated it using mental power.
However, for Turles, this was child's play.
Originally, Turles possessed unparalleled talent for replicating others' techniques. Just like when he'd witnessed Destroyer Rum's destruction energy before and replicated it through his own talent.
Moreover, One-Star Dragon's rebound force had acted directly within his body. This made things even simpler for Turles.
However, precisely because of this, Turles discovered One-Star Dragon's rebound force wasn't actually simple.
Because beyond that specific Thornmail damage against enemies, One-Star Dragon's rebound force contained an even more peculiar power that acted on Turles.
Precisely this strange power had reacted wonderfully with the Saiyan power within Turles, generating a golden substance that slowly saturated his entire skeleton.
Turles didn't know the essence of this power—perhaps unique dragon power belonging to Evil Dragons, or possibly strange power unique to One-Star Dragon's special physique.
In any case, for Turles, this was tremendously beneficial.
Because Turles had seen within this power the opportunity to break through to Super Saiyan 4.
Yes, Super Saiyan 4.
Actually, after being able to transform into Super Saiyan God, Turles's pursuit of the SSJ4 form had decreased substantially.
Because though SSJ4 certainly looked extremely cool and counted as a leap in Saiyan life level, in Turles's view, its enhancement of life itself didn't necessarily compare to Super Saiyan God realm.
So previously, Turles had held a dispensable attitude toward SSJ4 transformation.
But One-Star Dragon's appearance let Turles see hope.
From the moment that power acted on the connection between his tail and spine, Turles knew—the SSJ4 opportunity had arrived.
Originally, Turles had been highly sensitive to his tail and spine due to researching the Saiyan Human-Form Great Ape state. So when this power's effect first appeared, Turles thinking of SSJ4 wasn't surprising.
Indeed, after Turles completely replicated that frequency, drum-like sounds began emanating from within his body.
THUMP!
THUMP!
THUMP!
"This is—?"
"Impossible!"
Hearing these sounds, One-Star Dragon's eyes widened sharply. Its gaze toward Turles held disbelief.
As the only one among seven Evil Dragons with powerful physique as its ability, it understood all too well what this meant.
This clearly meant the body had begun metamorphosis. The heart—the body's power source—had been tremendously strengthened, which was why heartbeats could transmit so far.
"But how is this possible?"
Precisely because of this, One-Star Dragon couldn't comprehend it.
While One-Star Dragon still marveled at Turles's changes, Turles underwent new transformations.
"AHHHH!"
Suddenly, a fierce cry erupted from Turles's mouth, as if experiencing unimaginable agony.
Immediately after, fine brown fur began appearing across Turles's body. His hair also began growing wildly. Even more horrifying, continuous cracking sounds emerged from within his body—his height was shooting upward.
Turles's abnormality wasn't only seen by One-Star Dragon. Carrit's group had somehow approached closely and now stared tightly at Turles, faces full of worry.
"What's happening? Why did this suddenly occur? Could it be One-Star Dragon?"
After watching for a while, Carrit saw no answers. After warily glancing at One-Star Dragon, he quietly asked the group.
Actually, Carrit didn't expect answers from them. Only seeing Turles in such pain for the first time made him deeply uneasy.
But unexpectedly, Caulifla suddenly spoke: "This might be Boss's new transformation!"
With these words, not only Carrit's group but also One-Star Dragon in the distance and Hit, who'd somehow also approached—everyone's attention focused entirely on Caulifla.
As if not expecting her words to attract everyone's attention, Caulifla was startled and immediately fell silent.
However, hearing Caulifla's words, Carrit's group relaxed considerably.
But after calming down, curiosity arose.
They naturally knew about Turles's transformation abilities—whether Super Saiyan or Super Saiyan God, these transformations had only become known to them through Turles's appearance.
Yet now Turles was displaying a new transformation again. This couldn't help making them curious.
"What could it be?"
Carrit stared at the still-screaming Turles, murmuring quietly.
However, Turles's current condition seemed quite poor. His body had already grown a full section taller. His entire upper body no longer resembled its original appearance—covered densely with fur. Atop this fur, black blood continuously flowed from his body, forming a thick layer of scabs. A rich bloody stench permeated the surroundings.
At some point, Turles's screams began weakening until disappearing. He curled up like an infant, eyes tightly closed. Red eye shadow slowly appeared on his eyelids.
The blood scabs on his body also began slowly falling away, revealing the brilliant blood-red color beneath.
"This—!"
The several people watching Turles's transformation all fell speechless, though their eyes revealed different emotions.
One-Star Dragon naturally showed fervor. Sensing Turles's blood energy rising like smoke and pillars, its mouth slowly curved upward.
"Tsk tsk tsk, now that's more like it!"
One-Star Dragon licked its lips, as if seeing prey. Excitement showed clearly on its face.
Carrit, Beris, and Yaris—seeing Turles's condition improve—showed eyes full of joy.
As for Caulifla and Cabba, both looked at Turles, then at One-Star Dragon nearby. A dim light flashed through their eyes.
Finally, Hit—at some point, Hit's expression had grown abnormally grave. His brow furrowed tightly as he stared at the seemingly sleeping Turles. Rarely, a hint of battle intent appeared in his eyes.
Currently, Turles was fully immersed in his body's internal changes.
At this moment, Turles's entire skeleton had completely transformed to golden. His heart beat powerfully, driving blood throughout his body like a great river surging. Turles even felt he could hear rushing sounds.
Currently, from head to toe, he felt a lightness—as if breaking free from some restraint.
Most importantly, Turles had just obtained incredible information from his bloodline.
'Ancient Saiyans?'
This final thought flashed through Turles's mind before he withdrew from his body.
In the outside world, Turles's red eyelids trembled slightly, then slowly opened. A pair of golden eyes appeared. Then his body gradually stretched, his now considerably taller frame fully appearing before everyone.
Black hair stood up like flames. Compared to before, it seemed somewhat softened, continuously swaying in the breeze. Beneath the hair strands, as eyes opened and closed, red eye shadow and golden eyes alternated, making Turles appear considerably more dignified.
His upper body's scars had long vanished. Replacing them was blood-red fur covering his body, revealing firm muscle definition and adding a touch of wild charm to Turles.
The previously dark brown tail had also been replaced by red. However, Turles currently didn't wrap his tail around his waist as usual. Instead, it freely whipped the surrounding air. The continuous sounds of breaking wind made clear—this was no decoration.
"So handsome!"
Suddenly, Caulifla's voice broke the silence. Her eyes bloomed with hearts as she stared fixedly at Turles, drool seeming to flow from her mouth corner.
Seeing Caulifla's performance, Cabba beside her couldn't help frowning. Then he unobtrusively stepped forward one pace, blocking precisely between Turles and Caulifla.
Turles, who'd been about to strike a pose, heard Caulifla's voice. His mouth corner twitched imperceptibly.
Ignoring this suddenly infatuated tomboy, Turles's gaze swept across Carrit's group, paused briefly on Hit's figure, then finally settled on One-Star Dragon.
Meeting One-Star Dragon's eager eyes, Turles's mouth curved slightly upward. He softly invited: "One-Star Dragon, let's continue!"
With that, Turles's body began rising at extreme speed.
One-Star Dragon had long grown impatient. Hearing Turles's challenge, its eyes brightened. It immediately followed Turles's figure toward the sky.
Both moved quickly. In less than seconds, they'd completely escaped Battle Star's gravity, appearing in outer space.
Beneath their feet, Battle Star rotated slowly. Above their heads, the vast universe stretched endlessly. The two had obviously placed their battlefield in this boundless cosmos—meaning the coming battle would employ even greater power.
Space couldn't transmit sound, yet One-Star Dragon's voice still rang in Turles's ears: "Turles, can you tell me what form you're in now?"
Hearing One-Star Dragon's question, Turles first froze, then smiled. He hadn't expected One-Star Dragon would care about this. He'd thought One-Star Dragon only focused on battle.
However, seeing One-Star Dragon's serious expression, Turles knew he'd misunderstood. He removed the smile from his face and spoke solemnly to One-Star Dragon: "Super Saiyan 4!"
Through special methods, Turles sent his voice to One-Star Dragon's ears.
"Super Saiyan 4?"
One-Star Dragon repeated Turles's words, seemingly thinking of something.
But none of this mattered anymore. Now the most important thing was properly fighting Turles.
Without any preamble, both tacitly began raising their auras.
Purple flame aura spread around One-Star Dragon. Red flame aura spread around Turles. Then they slowly expanded their ranges.
Soon, both auras collided.
No sound rang out, but surrounding space suddenly trembled violently. Even Battle Star beneath their feet was affected—the entire planet's rotation experienced momentary stagnation.
After the aura collision, both tacitly charged simultaneously toward each other, leaving only flame trails behind.
On Battle Star, the planet's tremor made most lifeforms shudder. Even those various race experts who'd previously fled the arena but hadn't left Battle Star now felt somewhat fearful.
"Who exactly is this? How can they be this powerful?" A lizard-headed alien stared at the two continuously colliding light spheres in the sky, screaming shrilly.
"Impossible—this is impossible!" Another alien in gorgeous attire with a golden crown stared incredulously at numbers displayed on his device.
Even more people looked up at the sky, muttering as if praying for something.
"I must become like Boss!"
Currently, Caulifla's eyes shone brightly. She stared fixedly at the overhead battle, afraid of missing anything, continuously muttering.
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