"Goku, watch out."
Master Roshi voiced his concern from the side. This was already the third time Son Goku had put himself in such extreme danger. The ones fighting them now were King Piccolo's carefully cultivated minions.
Master Roshi had fought these monsters before, but he had never once gained the upper hand. Seeing them again now, he felt almost as if he were trapped in an endless panic.
He had fought many enemies like these. The demons were extremely troublesome, with all kinds of strange abilities, and their attacks were terrifying.
It was said that anyone they killed would become a wandering ghost, doomed to roam the mortal world forever—unless the demons themselves were killed.
At the center of all the demons, a man sat high upon a throne. He was King Piccolo, a being of extraordinary power. After being resurrected, he had not only regained his youth, but grown even stronger.
"You people who stand in my way will all die at my hands. You're not even qualified to challenge me. How ridiculous."
At this point, Sun Wukong hadn't drunk the Ultra Divine Water that unlocked his potential, as he had in the Original Story.
He was still fighting with his own strength, and that was a perfectly good path too. Saiyans already had a cheat code: when pushed to the brink of death, they could break through their predicament and immediately rise to a new level of Combat Power.
Sun Wukong hadn't taken that path, but he had still made gains and progress of his own.
For instance, his ability to use and control energy was much stronger now, and he had also learned many powerful techniques. His Combat Power had only reached an unspecified level, but it was still a substantial improvement. After all, reaching around