The battle was fierce.
Tien Shinhan attacked in coordination with Krillin, Yamcha supported them from the side, and Chiaotzu looked for an opening to strike...
Although Mr. Popo was far stronger than them, he could no longer overwhelm them the way he had at the beginning.
Even with their enormous gap in strength, he couldn't actually bring himself to hurt them.
As for Tien Shinhan, Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu—
At first, they couldn't withstand even a few of Mr. Popo's moves. But gradually, their teamwork grew more and more seamless, and the strength they could bring to bear kept increasing.
They made progress and broke through their limits in battle.
They had improved tremendously since they first arrived at Kami's Lookout to train.
Of course, only they knew how much progress they had made, and they were overjoyed by it. At least they were growing stronger all the time.
They didn't know that, compared with everyone else, they were still far behind.
After all, Piccolo and Son Goku had already surpassed a thousand, and even Son Gohan had a Combat Power of 1,395. Yet they were still struggling with Combat Powers in the hundreds.
Elsewhere.
At the edge of the platform at Kami's Lookout.
Kami Piccolo leaned on his distinctive Divine Staff and used the authority of Earth's guardian to observe the world below.
In recent days, aside from guiding the group in their training, he had occasionally checked on what was happening on Earth.
Most important, of course, was checking in on Lin Chuan from time to time.
After all, Lin Chuan was an unpredictable factor. Even if he hadn't caused Earth any harm so far, who knew what might happen in the future?
It was better not to look. Every time he did, he was left shocked