"F-Five hundred thousand?!!!"
Krillin let out a squeal like a slaughtered pig.
"Five hundred thousand in your normal state?! Then if you use Kaioken..."
"Hehe, my body's gotten stronger now. I can probably push Kaioken up to tenfold."
Goku said it as casually as if it were nothing.
"Tenfold... then that means... five million?!!"
Yamcha's eyes rolled back, and he nearly fainted.
A month ago, they had still been despairing over Vegeta's mere eighteen thousand.
A month later, Goku's base power level was already enough to crush twenty Vegetas with one hand!
Was he even human?!
"As expected of a Saiyan..." Piccolo took a deep breath. Though unwilling to accept it, he had no choice but to concede.
He had trained desperately over the past month, yet his power level had only risen to around fifty thousand. That was already astonishing, considering Nail was only at forty-two thousand.
But compared to Goku, he was like a firefly beside the moon.
"All right! Prepare to land!"
Planet Namek.
It was a peculiar planet with three suns and no night.
The sky was an eerie green, while the ground was covered in blue grass, giving the world an exotic air.
"Rumble—"
The silver-white spacecraft landed on a plain.
The hatch opened, and everyone filed out.
"So this... is my homeland?"
Piccolo stepped onto the land. As he sensed the familiar elements in the air, something deep within his soul seemed to stir.
"What a strange feeling... The air here feels really comfortable."
Gohan looked around curiously.
"Don't let your guard down!"
Goku's expression suddenly turned serious.
"I can sense... several evil energies! And they're incredibly strong!"
"Especially in that direction..."
Goku pointed into the distance.
"There's an energy there, deep and unfathomable like a bottomless pit! That must be Frieza!"
"This energy...