"Great Elder, I have one more request." Krillin rubbed his hands together as he made his request to the Great Elder, awkward yet polite.
"Child, speak. Though I have little strength left, the people of Namek will help you." The Great Elder smiled.
"I hope to borrow your Dragon Balls. I want to ask Shenron for help. Earth's Shenron has limited power, so I would like to ask Namek's Shenron instead," Krillin explained slowly.
"Oh? As far as I know, Kadatz was an exceptionally outstanding member of the dragon clan. As Kadatz's child, Kami should also be an outstanding dragon clan warrior. The Dragon Balls' power should be enough, shouldn't it?" the Great Elder asked in confusion.
Kami gave a bitter smile. "Three hundred years ago, in order to become a qualified god, I expelled the evil thoughts within me from my body. My power was split in two as well..."
"Foolish! How can a person's heart ever be completely pure? A person without selfish desires cannot be called human. For an outstanding member of the dragon clan to divide his own power in two—that is even more foolish!" The Great Elder suddenly became vigorous and loudly lectured Kami.
Kami lowered his head tightly, his face flushing with embarrassment. He scratched his head and smiled.
"No problem. Leave the Dragon Balls to Nail. Nail will help you gather the Dragon Balls from every village." As if scolding Kami had exhausted all his strength, the Great Elder lay weakly back in his chair again.
"Yes, Great Elder," Nail said respectfully.
Although Nail wanted to fight Krillin, protecting the Great Elder was his most important duty. He hesitated, but ultimately said nothing.
"Go, Nail. As a combat-type Namekian, the battlefield is where you belong." An aged voice rang out as the Great Elder smiled at Nail.
As a combat-type Namekian, Nail longed for battle deep in his heart, but he would never forget his primary duty.
"No, Great Elder." Nail shook his head firmly.
"Go, child, go, child!" the Great Elder said with a smile. "Namek is safe now. There is no need to worry about me."
The Great Elder raised a hand and waved.
Nail revealed his fighting intent toward Krillin.
Krillin smiled faintly at the sight. "Come on, Nail."
Nail nodded slightly.
The two flared their Ki and flew into the distance, passing over countless rivers and isolated hills. They stopped atop a stone pillar shaped like an abalone.
Krillin looked at Nail from afar, inhaled the oxygen in the air, and rolled his neck. His joints cracked as fighting intent burst from his body. However, Krillin suppressed his Ki to around forty thousand. His fight with Nail was meant more to hone his combat skills and experience.
System, check Nail's attributes.
Ding... Time: Era 756 Name: Nail Age: Young adult Race: Namekian Battle Power: 40,000 Potential: Several hundred million more than yours, anyway Training Speed: High speed
Seeing that Nail's potential exceeded his by several hundred million, Krillin cried out inwardly, Earthlings, what kind of sin did we commit?!
Nail took off the Namekian battle clothes unique to his people and rolled his neck.
Suddenly, both of them flared their Ki and charged forward. A cold gleam flashed in Nail's eyes as he brought an elbow down in a slashing strike at Krillin. In Krillin's eyes, Nail's movements naturally seemed insufficient. Krillin darted backward and threw a straight punch at Nail, but because he had suppressed his Ki, the attack did not deal any effective damage.
"Boom, boom, boom..." A deep green aura condensed around Nail again, forming powerful energy around his body. Nail's Ki had now risen to its peak as he moved at high speed toward Krillin.
Krillin did not hesitate. He released his own Ki and charged straight at Nail. Boom, boom, boom! Their figures flickered incessantly as they exchanged several hundred moves.
Their figures formed two different trails—green and golden yellow—like two sharp arrows intertwining as they flashed repeatedly across the islands.
As a Namekian, Nail possessed special combat techniques. While they were fighting, his arm suddenly stretched dozens of meters and grabbed at Krillin from below. Krillin smiled faintly. Just as expected, he was like Piccolo. Using the momentum, Krillin leaped upward and quietly evaded Nail's attack.
Nail was startled by Krillin's reaction. "You already knew I would launch a surprise attack like that?"
Krillin laughed heartily. "Piccolo on Earth is also a combat-type Namekian."
"Piccolo?" Nail murmured.
Nail quickly refocused his fighting spirit and launched a powerful attack at Krillin. Krillin increased his speed and moved nimbly around Nail. Nail truly lived up to being a combat-type Namekian, quickly finding a flaw in Krillin's movements. He slammed out a heavy punch. Not good, Krillin cried inwardly, immediately taking a defensive stance. But Nail had prepared that punch long ago, and its force was tremendous. With a thunderous crash, Krillin was sent flying over a hundred meters.
As a combat-type Namekian, Nail had exceptional fighting talent. He did not let this opportunity slip away, firing a charged energy blast at Krillin. It looked remarkably like Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon. Although Krillin's Battle Power far surpassed Nail's, he still felt threatened by the blast. Halfway through being sent flying, Krillin could only bring his hands together to shield his body.
"Boom, boom, boom!" Krillin was blasted far away, crashing through dozens of islands in succession. A massive arc formed across the lake's surface and remained for a long time. It had been created when the high-energy blast evaporated the water as it passed over the lake.
"Huff, huff, huff!" Nail panted heavily, an unconscious smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. It seemed he had won this battle.
"Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey! I got a mouthful of dirt." Krillin slowly walked out of the smoke and wiped his mouth. The upper half of his clothes had been destroyed again. There were a few wounds on his muscular upper body, but Krillin had not actually suffered any substantial damage.
Nail's mouth fell open in disbelief. He knew very clearly how powerful that attack had been. It would have been more than enough to destroy Namek, so Krillin should have been unable to keep fighting.
"That attack really was incredibly powerful. At the same Battle Power, no one should be able to block it. But unfortunately, you ran into me. Hahaha." Krillin boasted again.
"Now it's my turn to attack." With that, Krillin flashed behind Nail and chopped directly at him.
Nail immediately became like a kite with a broken string, plummeting straight toward the ground. With a loud crash, he punched through a small island, sending sprays of water dozens of meters high as he fell fiercely toward the bottom of the lake. The water's cushioning force reduced the impact somewhat.
Water surged dozens of meters into the air, and a light rain began to fall. Krillin did not pursue. He sensed Nail's Ki from the sky and knew that Nail was taking the opportunity to recover his strength.
About five minutes later, Nail slowly rose from the water's surface, drenched from head to toe. Veins bulged across his body as green liquid dripped into the water below. He panted heavily.
"Your strength has exceeded my imagination. You truly are powerful. At first, when the Great Elder said you could save Namek, I was somewhat disdainful. But now I have changed my mind. You do have the ability to save Namek. But I do not admit defeat," Nail said calmly to Krillin.
"Take this, Krillin! This is my strongest technique!" Nail shouted at Krillin.
Krillin truly admired Nail's powerful fighting spirit. At this point in the battle, Nail was entirely relying on his formidable willpower to keep going.
After saying that, Nail's body changed slightly, seeming to grow larger. Could this be a Namekian's Giantification? But it doesn't look like it. I've seen Piccolo use it before—his body became far larger, and his movements slowed down. Nail can't be that foolish, Krillin thought as he watched Nail transform.
Immediately afterward, Nail's Ki underwent a terrifying change. One hundred thousand... two hundred thousand... four hundred thousand. It reached its limit.
Krillin could not help shouting, "His Battle Power actually increased tenfold." The air within hundreds of miles around them trembled continuously, and even massive boulders shook.
Krillin did not dare underestimate him. He hurriedly unleashed all his Ki, but he was still seventy thousand Battle Power below Nail. A figure flashed behind Krillin. "So fast!" Before Krillin could even see Nail clearly, he was sent flying backward. Nail's attacks rained down on him like a storm.
Krillin had already suffered considerable injuries. He flared his Ki and suddenly exerted force, fleeing backward. Nail's arms suddenly stretched out, pinning Krillin in place from ten meters away. A sizzling sound came from Nail's antennae as energy gathered there. Krillin could feel the power contained within it. If it hit him, he would either die or be severely injured.
With all his strength, Krillin managed to break free by a tiny margin. He slightly raised one hand and let out a low shout. "Destructo Disc!" Krillin condensed a Destructo Disc and slashed it at Nail's arms.
In an instant, both of Nail's arms were severed. Krillin took the chance to break free from Nail's arms and fly upward. Nail smiled faintly as the energy from the two antennae atop his head flew toward Krillin.
"Boom!" Krillin was hit head-on and fell directly to the ground. Though he was not sent flying, those two blasts were no weaker than the earlier attack—perhaps they had also reached four hundred thousand.
Seeing Krillin get hit, Nail smiled faintly, then closed his eyes and crashed fiercely into the rocks behind him. He lay on the ground as though he had lost all signs of life.
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