After blocking the other man's attack, Son Gohan curled his lips in a mocking smile. "What, is that really the best you've got?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his fist and struck back at Aka.
Thud!
Aka felt an irresistible force slam into his arm. The next moment, he was sent flying backward, landing flat on his back.
As he flew through the air, only one thought filled his mind—
How is this possible?!
This guy's battle power was clearly only 50,000!
Why couldn't I block his attack?
However,
before Aka could figure out why, Son Gohan suddenly appeared in his field of vision, looking down at him with a mocking expression.
In an instant, an inexplicable rage surged through him. He roared:
"Don't get too full of yourself!"
"I'm a Super Warrior even stronger than Frieza!"
"Die!"
With a furious shout, Aka unleashed his full power. A massive white aura erupted around him.
The sudden burst of energy sent Son Gohan, who was only using part of his strength, skidding back a short distance.
Watching Aka charge toward him, Son Gohan's lips curved slightly.
The next moment, Aka was right in front of him, throwing a heavy punch.
Son Gohan had seen it coming. He tilted his head slightly and narrowly dodged Aka's attack.
His first strike missed, but Aka didn't dwell on it. As he pulled back his fist, he swung with his other hand, aiming straight for Son Gohan's face.
But Son Gohan dodged that one just as easily.
After his second strike missed, Aka still refused to give up. He quickly changed tactics, attacking with both fists and feet, his assault as fast as lightning.
But to his shock, no matter how he attacked, he couldn't land a single hit on Son Gohan.
Furious, he roared, "What kind of skill is it to keep dodging?"
"If you've got the guts, fight me head-on!"
"Raaaaah!"
Boom!
After roaring, he unleashed an even more powerful aura.
With the force of a thunderbolt, he attacked Son Gohan again.
This time, Son Gohan didn't dodge. Instead, he chose to meet Aka head-on!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang...
Thunderous impacts rang out across the battlefield!
Every clash shook the earth and sky.
If Son Gohan hadn't deliberately used the fight to get back into the feel of combat, Aka wouldn't have stood a chance against even one of his moves.
Outside the battlefield, Tarble couldn't see the fighters' movements at all. Just like Rix, he could only turn this way and that, trying to locate them by sound.
Unfortunately, watching with the naked eye gave him no clue where they were.
Vegeta and the other Z Fighters saw the two of them looking around in a daze.
"Tarble, if you want to see Gohan and the others, you can't rely on your eyes alone. Clear your mind and use their ki to track their movements," Vegeta instructed.
After a brief pause, he added, "Of course, with your current strength, you probably still wouldn't be able to keep up with the speed of their attacks."
As he spoke, he glanced at Krillin and the others and continued, "They're skilled at sensing ki too, but even they can't see how fast Gohan and the others are moving."
It was true, but hearing Vegeta put it that way brought an awkward look to the otherwise calm faces of Krillin and the others.
When Tarble looked their way, Krillin laughed, using it to cover his embarrassment.
"Uh, hahaha. We can't help it. Earthlings don't have the same talent for training as you Saiyans."
"The gap in strength is just too big. Of course we can't see what's happening."
As soon as Krillin finished speaking, Yamcha laughed easily and said, "Krillin's right."
"There's nothing we can do about the gap in strength. Even if we wanted to see clearly, we couldn't."
Tarble nodded slowly. "I see."
That made more sense. Otherwise, it would be utterly ridiculous for someone with a battle power of only a hundred thousand or a few hundred thousand to follow the movements of fighters with battle powers exceeding a hundred million.
Just then, he used his Insight Eye again to check Piccolo and the others' battle powers.
Target: Piccolo Race: Namekian Battle Power: 18 billion
Whoa!
Piccolo's base battle power was almost as high as Nobi Gohan's!
After a couple of thoughts to himself, he looked at the next person.
Standing beside Piccolo was Tien Shinhan.
Target: Tien Shinhan Race: Mutated Earthling Battle Power: 1.2 million
When he saw the words "Mutated Earthling," Tarble paused.
Mutated Earthling?
So he wasn't a Three-Eyed Alien?
Those were the two thoughts that crossed his mind.
But then he remembered that the Dragon Ball world had Earthlings who were animal-like and others who were monster-like.
So it made sense that someone could have three eyes or three heads and six arms.
A Mutated Earthling!
No wonder Tien Shinhan had trained much faster than Krillin and Yamcha.
Back when Vegeta invaded Earth, they'd all trained for the same amount of time, yet Tien Shinhan's battle power had far surpassed Krillin's and Yamcha's.
Clearly, Tien Shinhan was much more talented at training than Yamcha and Krillin.
His gaze moved on.
Standing beside Tien Shinhan was the rather comical Chiaotzu.
Target: Chiaotzu Race: Mutated Earthling Battle Power: 80,000
He remembered Chiaotzu wasn't good at training, yet he had a battle power of 80,000 now.
That meant he'd still worked hard at training over the years.
Tarble nodded to himself and looked at the next person.
The person beside Chiaotzu was Krillin.
Target: Krillin Race: Mutated Earthling Battle Power: 300,000
Huh?
His battle power was only 300,000?
And he was a Mutated Earthling too?
After a moment of surprise, Tarble remembered that Krillin had no nose.
That certainly qualified him as a Mutated Earthling. He could only breathe through his mouth.
But from the looks of things, the title of strongest Earthling belonged to Tien Shinhan.
In the end, women really did slow a man down when it came to getting ahead!
Tarble couldn't help shaking his head to himself.
Krillin had clearly had his potential unlocked by the Grand Elder on Planet Namek, and his strength had once far surpassed Tien Shinhan's and Yamcha's.
Yet now Tien Shinhan had overtaken him.
Just as he thought!
Women only slowed a man down when it came to drawing his sword!
There was no need to think about it. Krillin had surely spent all these years basking in Android 18's affection and couldn't tear himself away.
Otherwise, even if his talent was a little inferior to Tien Shinhan's, their strength couldn't be this far apart.
What a shame.
After a quiet sigh, he shifted his gaze to the side, and Yamcha's basic information immediately appeared before him.
Target: Yamcha Race: Earthling Battle Power: 130,000
At that point, Tarble didn't even bother commenting. He silently closed his Insight Eye.
Right then, an information box suddenly appeared before his eyes.
[Two warriors with Saiyan blood have been detected nearby. Would the host like to bind them now?] [Currently bound: 1; available slots: 3.] [Bind] or [Do not bind]
Bind!
Bind!
Of course he'd bind them!
Tarble's lips curled slightly. After shouting three times in his mind, he immediately selected the [Bind] button with a thought.
[Beginning to bind target: Vegeta. Binding... Binding complete!] [Beginning to bind target: Son Gohan. Binding... Binding complete!] [Congratulations! You have successfully bound two warriors with Saiyan blood. Currently bound: 3; available slots: 1.] [Congratulations! Your training effect has increased by two times. Current multiplier: 4x.]
Three or four notifications flashed rapidly before his eyes, and Tarble was overjoyed.
Before he bound any targets, his initial training effect had been 1x, and the system had given him one binding slot.
The method for gaining more slots was simple: every time his strength broke through into a new dimension, he'd gain another binding slot.
A battle power of 1 to 10 was the First Dimension of strength;
a battle power of 11 to 10,000 was the Second Dimension of strength;
a battle power above 10,000 and below 100 million was the Third Dimension of strength;
a battle power above 100 million and below 1 trillion was the Fourth Dimension of strength;
a battle power above 1 trillion and below 1 quadrillion was the Fifth Dimension of strength;
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