area51novel Chapter 5: The Strongest Target
Chapter 5: The Strongest Target
"We've finally arrived!"
In outer space, standing by the porthole, Rhodes gazed at the ever-growing blue planet, unable to contain his excitement.
"Is this the Earth you're talking about?"
Ella, standing beside Rhodes, was also gazing at Earth. She asked a question while nodding slightly, "This planet may not be large, but it's very beautiful!"
"It's not just beautiful; this is the very center of the universe!"
The spaceship entered the atmosphere, its surface rubbing together and producing a red glow. Rhodes spoke with a hint of excitement in his voice.
"The center of the universe? Isn't this planet located on the edge of the northern Milky Way? This location should be quite remote, right?"
Ella only knew the physical location of the Earth, so she naturally couldn't understand the meaning of Rhodes' so-called center of the universe.
"The food on Earth is quite good; I'll take you to try it sometime."
With Earth right before his eyes, and recalling the Saiyans' food, what he had eaten over the past few months, and then thinking about the food on Earth, Rhodes felt a surge of emotion, his eyes welling up with tears.
After leaving Planet Rhodes and changing ships several times on technologically advanced planets to ensure that his trail had completely disappeared from the sight of Frieza's army, Rhodes finally piloted his ship straight to Earth, his destination, following the star map.
Along the way, Rhodes collected a lot of scientific and technological information, and now that he has arrived on Earth, he can finally put it to good use.
During their conversation, the spaceship passed through the atmosphere and landed in a desolate place. Once it came to a stop, the hatch opened, and the two of them stepped out of the spaceship and onto the real earth.
Breathing in Earth's air and experiencing gravity only one-tenth that of Planet Vegeta, Rhodes felt light as a feather.
"Beep beep beep..."
In contrast to Rhodes's reflections, Ella immediately activated the combat capability detector she had retrieved from the midway planet as soon as she stepped out of the spaceship, and began to assess the combat capabilities of all life on the entire planet.
"Combat power level five!"
"Combat Power Level 3!"
"Combat Power Level Two!"
"Combat Power Level One!"
"Combat power level five!"
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"The natives on this planet are so weak!"
As the data continued to accumulate, Ella's expression suddenly turned strange, her face full of doubt: "Rhode, are you sure there's a way on this planet to make us stronger?"
"Don't worry, it can't be wrong!"
Faced with Ella's questioning, Rod nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"Oh?"
Suddenly, Ella's expression showed surprise: "There's a native in the south with a combat strength of over 100!"
"Didi didi"
As the data was compiled, Ella finally discovered the indigenous people with formidable fighting power: "Besides the one in the south with over a hundred fighters, there are a few other indigenous people with over a hundred fighters, but they are still very weak, not even a fraction of our strength!"
"Um?"
Suddenly, Ella looked up at the sky: "There's a native over there with a combat power of 1030, the strongest on this planet!"
"1030 points of combat power?"
Upon hearing Ella's words, Rod knew who she was talking about; it must be Mr. Bobo from the temple.
Unlike Ella, who detected the power through the combat power detector, Rhode immediately opened his senses after stepping out of the spaceship, sensing the powerful aura that now existed on Earth.
He could roughly match the combat power of those over 100 that he sensed.
However, to Rhodes' surprise, yet upon reflection it made perfect sense, he did not sense Kakarot's presence on Earth.
Previously, when Frieza summoned the Saiyans back, based on the distance between the planets where the various teams were on missions and Planet Vegeta, it would take at least half a year from the time the summons was issued until all of them returned. For those from distant planets, it could even take a year or more.
With this in mind, Rhodes could understand why Kakarot hadn't appeared on Earth yet.
It seems it will be some time before Frieza destroys Planet Vegeta!
With that thought in mind, Rhodes returned to the spaceship, retrieved the collected technological products and technologies, and then beckoned Ella to leave. However, what he saw was Ella's very displeased face staring at him.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that Ella was not giving him a friendly look, Rhodes was puzzled.
"Rhodes, you've gotten even stronger!"
After glancing at the combat strength value of five on the detector's display screen, Ella's expression turned extremely unpleasant.
Along the way, she observed Rhodes' strange behavior. His combat power had been decreasing steadily from 300 points on Planet Lenor. She clearly remembered that Rhodes' combat power was 100 points a month ago, but she did not expect it to drop so much after a month.
Over the months, Ella had come to understand that the lower Rhodes's displayed combat power value, the higher the degree of control he had over his own energy, and consequently, the stronger his combat power would be.
Ella also secretly tried to reduce her outward combat power, but she couldn't suppress it as much as Rhode did. Now, Ella's outward combat power is controlled at around 1,500 points.
"There has been an improvement!"
Seeing Ella's displeasure, Rhodes smiled and nodded, not denying her guess.
Indeed, after months of experimentation, a month ago, Rhodes finally managed to figure out a rough method of cultivation, which is why he was able to suppress his combat power to five.
After roughly figuring out the cultivation method, perhaps because it was his first time encountering cultivation, he progressed very quickly. After a month, Rhodes could clearly feel the improvement in his strength.
His combat power was 2,500 points before, and now, if we only consider the numerical value, his combat power should exceed 3,000!
"snort!"
Upon hearing Rhodes's admission, Ella snorted coldly, her eyes gleaming with anticipation: "Shall we go find someone who can make us stronger now?"
"good!"
The reason we came to Earth is to become stronger, isn't it?
In the Dragon Ball world, there are powerful gods from all twelve universes above, and numerous villains of all sizes below, especially a supreme god who can wipe out the universe with a flick of his hand.
Living in this world, Rhodes felt completely insecure. Therefore, he needed to become stronger, very strong, extremely strong, the strongest, so strong that he would be invincible and have no rivals, so that no one could threaten him.
"Come with me."
As he spoke, Rhodes flew into the air, sensed the location where a large number of life forms were gathered, found the right direction, and flew straight towards the Western Capital.
On his way to Earth, he had already planned his next move and made a lot of preparations for it. Therefore, his goal was clear: his first stop was West Capital, to find Dr. Brief.
Both of them had combat power of over 2,500 points, and with full-speed flight, they soon arrived above the Western Capital.
"Rhodes, you've come to the wrong place! Everyone here is a complete weakling!"
Hovering above West Capital, Rhodes scanned the area, searching for the location of the Capsule Corporation. Meanwhile, Ella saw the results of the combat power detector and bluntly expressed her dissatisfaction.
"Stop talking nonsense, just follow me!"
Ella's nagging annoyed Rhodes. Things have to be done step by step, right? How can you expect to achieve everything at once?
Bang!
With a sweeping glance, he spotted the logo of the Capsule Corporation. Rhodes unleashed his aura and descended upon the company. After inquiring about Dr. Brief's address from the company employees, he headed straight for his destination.
Fifteen minutes later, Rhodes appeared before Dr. Brief with Ella and said bluntly, "Dr. Brief, my name is Rhodes, and I would like to make a deal with you."