As the clouds of dust cleared, the once bustling city had been reduced to a wasteland of scorched earth!
Sun Wukong and the others arrived at the scene in less than a minute!
"You're despicable!! You bastards!!" Goku's fury grew, his aura growing more and more savage!
The energy he had once kept firmly in check began to rise beneath his blazing anger!
8,500...10,000, 15,000... Beep beep!! Crackle!!
The Scouters on Vegeta's and Nappa's ears exploded at the same time!
"Impossible... You're the lowest of the Low-Class Warriors. There's no way you could have this much power... Impossible..." Vegeta could hardly believe what he was seeing.
At the instant his Scouter exploded, if he hadn't read it wrong, the number had already reached 25,000!!
Sun Wukong's power level had shattered his proud self-esteem!
Nappa was even worse off. He stumbled backward, afraid Sun Wukong would suddenly attack and kill him!
"You're all going to die!!" Sun Wukong walked toward Nappa one step at a time!
Piccolo, Son Gohan, and the others watched in silence!
Krillin and Tien Shinhan both looked tense!
They could clearly sense that Nappa and Vegeta's power far surpassed theirs! They weren't even in the same league!
Whoosh!!!
Raditz arrived just in time!
"Kakarot... If you can, spare their lives!!" Raditz shouted.
"Raditz... You're alive??" Vegeta's tense expression instantly turned to astonishment.
"Big brother, I'll do you this favor. If they stop doing evil from now on, I can spare them. But they'll have to pay for what they just did!" Though Sun Wukong was furious, he had no intention of killing them!
"Don't get ahead of yourself, Kakarot! You're nothing but a Low-Class Warrior, and you dare challenge me, the prince! Nappa, attack!!" Vegeta roared.
"Prince Vegeta, but..." Nappa hesitated, afraid to step forward!
"You fool! Go kill that traitor Raditz. Anyone who betrays me dies! I'll deal with Kakarot myself!"
In his mind, Kakarot might have been a few thousand points stronger than him, but Vegeta wasn't afraid in the slightest!
If anything, he was excited. The chance to fight a strong opponent had ignited the long-dormant battle lust within him!
"Fine, Vegeta! Leave Raditz to me!" At Vegeta's command, Nappa breathed a sigh of relief and charged toward Raditz at top speed!
"Gohan, what do you think?" Raditz asked nervously, looking toward Son Gohan.
"Go ahead. Just stay back a bit. If your clothes get dirty, you'll have to wash them," Son Gohan said calmly.
"Understood!!!" Raditz sprang into action...
Facing the charging Nappa, he knocked him hundreds of meters away with a single punch!
Then he moved at high speed and appeared beside Nappa!
"Ptooey!! Raditz, you're asking for it! You dare fight back against me! Don't forget, you're a Low-Class Warrior, while I'm an outstanding Mid-Class Warrior!" Nappa spat out the blood in his mouth and glared at Raditz with a savage expression.
"Nappa, these four months may have been short, but they've felt longer than my entire life. Listen to me—surrender! You and Prince Vegeta are no match for Kakarot. Even I could beat both of you with ease now! You know our enemy is Frieza... And you know Frieza personally destroyed Planet Vegeta... Give it up." After four months of systematic training, Raditz's power had undergone a complete transformation!
"Raditz, you're too arrogant! You've only been on Earth for four months, yet you dare show disrespect to King Frieza!" Nappa had a simple mind and a powerful body, and even now, he still felt some loyalty to Frieza!
"Nappa, come at me!!!" Raditz couldn't be bothered to waste more words. He decided to make Nappa lose all hope with a display of strength!
"Die!!" Enraged, Nappa powered up. His muscles swelled, and white energy blazed around his body!
His enormous fist came crashing straight toward Raditz's face!
Clang!
Raditz didn't dodge. He took the punch head-on!!
Yes, head-on—he let Nappa's iron fist hit him right in the face!
"Nappa, don't you get it yet?" Raditz said languidly.
"Impossible, impossible..."
Thud, thud, thud... Nappa attacked Raditz over and over with his hands and feet, aiming at every part of his body!
Sweeping kicks, elbow strikes, spinning hooks, whip kicks, crushing knee strikes...
In just a few seconds, he launched over a hundred attacks. His blows blurred into afterimages, churning up clouds of dust that swallowed their figures!
Thud, boom, clang!!!
The sounds of impacts rang out from within the dust...
"Gohan, do you think he'll be okay?" Krillin asked nervously.
"Are you weak and stupid? Can't you sense that guy's energy hasn't dropped at all?" Before Son Gohan could answer, Piccolo couldn't resist taunting him.
"Uh..." Krillin was left speechless.
Meanwhile, Raditz...
"Haah!! Haah!!" After several backflips, Nappa leaped out of the center of the dust cloud, panting heavily!
His earlier attacks had clearly used up most of his stamina!
"Raditz, die!! Mouth Energy Cannon!" Nappa wasn't ready to give up. He gathered all his energy in his mouth, forming an energy sphere that burst out in a flash!
A thick golden beam shot toward the center of the dust cloud at lightning speed!!
Rumble!!!
The Mouth Energy Cannon kicked up an even more spectacular cloud of dust than before!
"Hah... Raditz, you looked down on me... After taking an attack this powerful, there's no way you're still alive!!" Nappa said viciously.
With no energy left to stir them, the clouds of dust slowly settled!
A figure was faintly visible in the center... As it came into view, Nappa's relief gave way to alarm once more!!
"Impossible!!"
When the dust settled, Raditz stood there completely unharmed!
He hadn't even moved an inch. The only difference was that his left hand was raised, a trace of heat still rising from his palm!
It looked as if he had just blocked Nappa's Mouth Energy Cannon with his bare hand!
"Raditz, what have you been doing these past four months? Did you get this power from the Dragon Balls mentioned in that transmission?" Nappa demanded.
For once, the simple-minded bruiser had actually used his brain!
But his guess was still wrong!
Raditz shook his head. "I didn't use the Dragon Balls. Kakarot just trained me for four months. Give it up, Nappa. I wasn't even using my full power just now!"
"Impossible! I don't believe it!!!" Nappa gritted his teeth.
The Saiyan class system had poisoned his mind too deeply!
He simply couldn't accept that a Mid-Class Warrior like him would have to submit to Low-Class Warriors like Kakarot and Raditz!
"Nappa, since you don't believe me, I'll show you! Hah!!!" Raditz had run out of patience.
He rapidly raised his energy. White flames surrounded him as a whirlwind rose around him!
At full power, Raditz's battle power had reached 100,000. It was a shame their Scouters had exploded; even if they hadn't, they couldn't have measured this terrifying pressure!
But Raditz's energy kept rising... 120,000, 130,000... 150,000... 180,000!!!
"King Kai Fist!!"
Raditz roared. His muscles bulged, and the white aura around him turned a blazing red!
The shockwaves from his immense power forced everyone present to stumble backward!!
Everyone except Son Gohan and Piccolo!!!
Across from them, Vegeta, who had been standing ready, wore an astonished expression once more!!
Sun Wukong, meanwhile, remained completely calm!!