On a small island somewhere on Earth
Vegeta's shattered pride took another devastating blow,,
"Kakarot,," Vegeta began, as if he wanted to question him about something. But when the words reached his lips, he couldn't get them out!
"You're Prince Vegeta, the one Raditz told me about, right? I can tell you with certainty that bloodline doesn't prove anything!" Sun Wukong seemed to understand what he wanted to ask.
Over on Nappa's side!
"Raditz,, tell me how you did it,"
"I already told you!" Raditz said calmly, maintaining his King Kai Fist.
"Impossible. I'll never believe that a mere Low-Class Warrior could train you to this level in just four months!" No matter how Raditz explained it, Nappa refused to believe him.
"That's enough, Raditz. I've given you face. He's the one who doesn't want to live, so don't waste any more time. I'm tired of waiting!" Son Gohan watched their fight as if it were a monkey show!
He felt they were wasting his time!
Piccolo stood silently to the side, though a closer look revealed the corner of his mouth twitching!!
At that very moment, Piccolo felt a powerful surge of Envy!
"Damn it, any Saiyan can catch up to me. Looks like I'll have to put merging with Kami on the agenda!! If I only train my mind through meditation, I have no idea how far they'll leave me behind!!"
After thinking that, Piccolo lost interest in watching. He rose into the air and flew away from the battlefield!!
"Huh? What's wrong with Piccolo?" Krillin asked in confusion.
"Heh, maybe his fragile pride just shattered!!" Son Gohan guessed what Piccolo was thinking!
He didn't stop him from leaving. After all, anyone could handle a minor situation like this!
(Tien Shinhan: I'm not anyone.)
(Krillin: Neither am I.)
(Chiaotzu: ...)
Back to the matter at hand!
"Nappa, I'll give you one last chance. Will you live, or die!!!" Hearing Son Gohan urge him on, Raditz grew anxious too!
After all, on a deeper level, Son Gohan had saved his life, and Raditz had pledged himself to him!
Over these four months, Sun Wukong had beaten him tens of thousands of times, but Raditz had also felt a little warmth!
Sun Wukong and his son, Son Gohan, hadn't treated him like a dog or looked down on him. They'd treated him like family. One called him big brother, and the other called him uncle!
Even though Chi-Chi was an Earthling, she'd still been very welcoming toward him, an unexpected guest!
Every day, he trained, ate, and slept,, with nothing to worry about. It had been a long time since anyone had treated him like a person!
There were countless people in the Frieza Force stronger than him, and just as many who looked down on him!
He cherished his current life and had secretly resolved that if anyone disturbed it, he would personally deal with them!
A trace of killing intent seeped from Raditz!! He fixed a fierce glare on Nappa!
It was as if he'd kill him on the spot if he said another word of nonsense!
"I... I... If Prince Vegeta submits, then I'll submit too!!" Nappa was simple-minded, but he wasn't stupid!
Vegeta was still standing there, after all!!
If he agreed to Raditz now, wouldn't Vegeta settle the score with him after winning?
After all,, Vegeta terrified him far more than Raditz did!
"Hmph. Then sit there and watch. If you make even the slightest move, I'll kill you!" Raditz still didn't attack.
Then he flew over to Gohan!
"Gohan, I'm sorry!!" Raditz admitted his fault!
"It's fine. I heard you. He won't affect the overall situation! Deal with him however you want!" Gohan waved a hand, not blaming him.
Over with Sun Wukong!
"Heh,, hahahaha,,, good,, very good, Kakarot! Very good, Raditz!!" Vegeta suddenly burst into loud laughter.
Sun Wukong furrowed his brow. He was sure Vegeta wasn't stupid and could see the gap between them. Why was he still acting so arrogant?
"Vegeta, leave Earth. You're no match for me!" Sun Wukong urged him kindly.
With his current battle power of 500,000, he couldn't work up the slightest fighting spirit against Vegeta!
You couldn't talk sense into someone intent on dying!!!
Vegeta didn't accept his kindness. Instead, he smirked. "Hehehe. Kakarot, I see your tail is gone... It must have been cut off, right? Do you know the difference between a Low-Class Warrior and a high-class warrior? High-class warriors can control their reason after transforming into Great Apes. Even if your battle power is over 100,000, transforming into a Great Ape will increase it tenfold. I have a full 240,000 battle power. What can you possibly do against me??"
As Vegeta spoke, he raised a hand and gathered energy. By the time he finished, a bright orb of light had appeared in his palm!
"Artificial Moon, appear!!" Vegeta hurled the orb in his hand high into the sky!
The orb exploded in midair, transforming into a bright, full moon!
Nappa lowered his head too, with no intention of transforming!
Gohan watched calmly without looking up or lowering his head!
Vegeta gazed at the sky, bathed in Burz Light!
His face twisted into a grimace as his body grew, and black fur covered him from head to toe!
His battle armor was highly elastic, so it didn't burst!
Five meters, ten meters,, fifteen meters,,
A few minutes later, Vegeta stood on Earth like a giant beast!
"Hahaha, Kakarot,, do you feel the power of this prince??" Vegeta roared with laughter.
"Heh, powerful? Not really!" At last, a spark of fighting spirit stirred within Sun Wukong.
He deliberately suppressed his ki, keeping it roughly on par with Vegeta's!
Then he slowly rose into the air and faced the Great Ape!
"Arrogant!!" Vegeta raised his huge hands and clapped them together around Sun Wukong!
Smack!!
"I'll crush you! Huh??!" Vegeta opened his hands in confusion, but Sun Wukong was nowhere to be seen!
"Crush me?? With what?"
Sun Wukong had moved at high speed to dodge the attack, then reappeared in an instant!
Now he stood on Vegeta's nose. As he spoke, he raised a fist and slammed it down!!
Bam!!
"Ow!! You bastard!!"
The nose was an unavoidable weak point for any humanoid creature. Sun Wukong's heavy punch made Vegeta's eyes stream with tears as blood gushed from his nose!
"Whoa, that's a lot of blood,." Sun Wukong flashed from side to side, dodging the blood spraying from Vegeta's nose!
"Damn you!!"
Sun Wukong's taunts made Vegeta lose all reason!
He—no, he was a beast now—attacked Sun Wukong with all his might!
But not one of his attacks landed!
His body grew larger and his battle power increased, but his speed also dropped because of his bulky frame!
Of course, that was all relative. If Sun Wukong had only around 100,000 battle power, Vegeta would still have been very fast to him!
But unfortunately for Vegeta, Sun Wukong was still holding back some of his power!
"Kakarot,, can you do anything besides dodge?" The helpless Vegeta could only rage and try to provoke him!
"Fine, I'll stop dodging!" Sun Wukong's rapidly moving figure came to a sudden halt, and he faced Vegeta.
"Hmph. If you've got the guts, take one of my punches!" Vegeta swung his enormous fist straight at Sun Wukong!
"Then I'll hit you too!!"
Sun Wukong neither dodged nor defended. Instead, he raised his fist and struck the colossal fist blotting out the sky!
Rumble!!!
The instant their fists collided,, waves of shock swept outward!!
Even the dust within their aura was cleared away!
Vegeta staggered back three steps, while Sun Wukong stood proudly in the air without retreating an inch!
"Impossible,, I have a full 220,000 battle power right now. How could you, with only a little over 100,000, withstand my blow?!"
"Who told you that was my full power? The energy that leaked out when I got angry just now was probably only a little over half my full strength!!" Sun Wukong was straightforward and revealed his true power.
"You're bluffing. I don't believe you,, if you have the guts, take my final attack. If you dodge, Earth will explode too!"
As he spoke, Vegeta rose into the sky!!
At the same time, the backs of his fur-covered hands turned inward, and terrifying, violent purple energy gathered at their centers!!
His body was enveloped in a terrifying mass of purple energy!
"Galick Gun,,."
A ten-meter-thick beam of energy shot down from the sky!!
The overwhelming pressure of its energy made the Earth tremble!!
"The iconic moment is here!!" Son Gohan watched with interest, recalling the scene from his past-life memories when Sun Wukong and Vegeta had first clashed with their energy attacks!
Though some things were different!
What happened, however, was beyond his expectations!
Sun Wukong spread his arms and bent his knees slightly in midair,
"Come on!!" Sun Wukong raised his ki a little further!
He chose to take the attack head-on with his body!!
This only provoked Vegeta further,, and the energy he poured into the attack increased once more!!
Boom!!
"H-he stopped it? Impossible!!" Nappa was stunned, unable to believe his eyes.
Vegeta couldn't believe it either!!
"Hot, hot!!! Get out of here!!"
The scorching Galick Gun seared Sun Wukong's palms, filling the air with the faint smell of roasting flesh. He quickly thrust up a knee, kicking the Galick Gun off course,, the Galick Gun veered away at a 45-degree angle,, and shot into the sky, vanishing into the depths of space...