It took only an instant.
Goku's black hair turned gold, and his emerald-green eyes locked coldly onto Vegeta.
His figure vanished into thin air.
The next moment.
He appeared beneath the energy blast and waved one hand.
"Smack!"
The energy blast, powerful enough to destroy a city, was slapped straight into outer space.
Immediately after.
Goku turned around. Without any unnecessary movement, he simply...
Appeared before Vegeta.
Their faces were less than ten centimeters apart.
Vegeta froze.
As he stared at the warrior before him, wreathed in golden flames and bearing the cold gaze of a god, his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
It was suppression from a higher level of life itself.
"You wanted to see a Super Saiyan... didn't you?"
Goku's voice became low and imposing, utterly devoid of his usual playful cheer.
"This is a Super Saiyan."
"Vegeta."
Goku slowly raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist.
"Feel it... this power."
Boom!!!
The fist shot out.
Its trajectory could not even be seen.
Vegeta only felt an indescribable agony explode through his abdomen, as if his internal organs had been shredded in an instant.
"Urgh--!!!"
Vegeta's eyes bulged as he spewed up bitter fluid mixed with stomach acid.
His body bent into an exaggerated arc like a cooked shrimp.
The massive force tore through his body, creating rings of white sonic clouds in the air behind him.
Thud.
Vegeta fell from the sky and dropped to his knees.
He clutched his stomach with both hands, his forehead pressed to the ground. His entire body convulsed violently; he could not even scream, only let out ragged, wheezing breaths.
One punch.
Just one punch.
Goku had not even used his full strength. He had even held back.
Yet that punch utterly shattered all of Vegeta's pride