"Hahaha…"
"Lord Mai, are these two your former companions?"
Completely dismissing Shu and Pilaf, a girl draped in red silk teased.
"I have nothing to do with them anymore."
With a cold snort, Mai's face was filled with indifference.
"Mai… what's wrong with you?"
"Hey, Mai, are you planning to betray me?!"
Finally noticing something strange about Mai, Shu and Pilaf looked in disbelief.
"Betrayal?"
"Lord Pilaf, Shu, weren't you the ones who abandoned me in the first place?"
As if hearing a joke, Mai sneered sarcastically.
"Mai, no, we… we…"
Waving his hands frantically, Shu tried to explain, but Mai was done with any further nonsense, cutting him off directly.
"Enough. Whatever happened in the past doesn't matter; I don't want to bring it up anymore."
"Shu, Lord Pilaf, hand over that electric pot sealing Demon King Piccolo. It's not something you should be messing with."
With a chilling expression, Mai released a trace of her power.
"Ah…"
"Lord Pilaf, Mai has become terrifying!"
Feeling a wave of oppressive power bearing down on them, Shu instinctively hid behind Pilaf, his whole body trembling.
"You fool! Like I need you to tell me that!"
Pilaf, too, sensed the terrifying coldness in Mai, feeling like she was no longer the Mai he once knew.
But the electric pot sealing Demon King Piccolo was something Pilaf had acquired through much difficulty, symbolizing his ambition to conquer the world. There was no way he would just hand it over.
"This electric pot is ours; it's our property, and I won't hand it over to anyone!"
"No way! Not a chance!"
Clutching the pot tightly, Pilaf looked as though he would rather die than yield.
"Demon King Piccolo is an essential piece in our master's plan."
"Lord Mai, if they won't cooperate, should we just kill them?"
One of the red-clad girls beside Mai, forming a ki blast in her hand, licked her lips.
"Ah…"
Cold sweat broke out as Pilaf and Shu clung tightly to each other, terrified. This girl was so cute yet so ruthless!
Mai's face showed a slight hesitation.
Though she had severed all ties with Pilaf and Shu, a trace of her old sentiment made it hard for her to consider killing them.
"Though they're childish, they do have some talents."
"Killing them would be a waste. Let's take them back to work for the master."
After a moment's thought, Mai spoke.
"If that's Lord Mai's decision, so be it…"
Shrugging indifferently, the two girls in red dissipated their ki blasts and approached Pilaf and Shu.
"Run!"
Realizing they were in trouble, Pilaf shouted, grabbing Shu to make a run for it.
But with the two red-clad girls already watching them closely, how could they escape?
In a flash, the two girls appeared in front of Pilaf and Shu, swiftly knocking them unconscious with a single hand strike. Pilaf's electric pot fell to the ground.
"Take them away. The master's plan must not fail."
"Yes!"
At Mai's command, the two red-clad girls, faces now serious, lifted Pilaf and Shu, igniting their energy and flying off.
Condensing ki in her fingertip, Mai blasted open the electric pot on the ground. Instantly, a terrifyingly evil aura began to emanate, as if a dreadful demon king were about to awaken.
"So this is the legendary Demon King? He's barely worth a glance."
Though the aura was indeed malevolent and terrifying, it wasn't nearly enough to faze Mai now.
Her brows furrowed in doubt.
Demon King Piccolo had been sealed for centuries, and his power seemed to have weakened considerably. Whether he could fulfill the role her master had assigned him was questionable.
"Tch, I'll have to waste a precious Esenji."
Having decided, Mai took out a hell peach, tossed it to the ground, and then, releasing her energy, flew skyward.
Not long after Mai's departure, a figure gradually took shape in the ruins of the castle.
Old and malevolent—Demon King Piccolo!
"Ah, air… fresh air, the taste of freedom…"
Slowly opening his eyes, Demon King Piccolo looked intoxicated.
But in the next moment, his face twisted with rage:
"Mutaito, you spent your life sealing me away, but I bet you never thought I'd see the day I would be free again!"
After centuries of being sealed, having transformed from youthful vigor to his current decrepit state, Demon King Piccolo's hatred for Mutaito was beyond measure, towering to the heavens, deeper than the sea!
Not just for Mutaito, but for all humans, for the entire world!!!
The endless fury burned fiercely for a while before gradually subsiding, and then Demon King Piccolo began surveying his surroundings.
It was a castle that seemed to have recently been attacked, but he saw no other person around.
None of that mattered to him. Demon King Piccolo didn't even care who had released him; he just wanted to go out and wreak havoc, to unleash his wrath of centuries!
"Hmm?"
Noticing a peach on the ground, he extended his hand and drew it towards him.
Having been sealed for centuries, he was somewhat hungry.
Munching on it, he remarked, "Not bad at all."
But the next moment, Demon King Piccolo's eyes widened—
"Th-this is?!"
Power! He felt an overwhelming surge of power coursing through him!
Though he had no idea what was happening, the endless strength welling up in his body left him in ecstatic delight!
"Hahaha!!!"
"Prepare yourselves, foolish humans, foolish world—Demon King Piccolo is back, and you'll all soon be under my heel! Crushed beneath my feet!"
"Hahahahaha!!!"
To be continued…
Vegeta transforms into a giant ape!
Intense fighting in the cosmos continues
Frieza toys with everyone and kills Chi-Chi?!
Enraged, Goku and Yuujin launch themselves blindly on Frieza!
What happens next? Find out in the advanced chapters!
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