Gohan and the other two were in even worse shape. They had never been as strong as Vegeta, who had trained continuously. They had neglected their training and rarely fought; recently, they had only fought a few times because Earth had been invaded. Their bodies' reactions and combat instincts had yet to fully recover, and they had been caught completely off guard. Every one of them was already injured.
Vegeta flew out of the rubble, glanced around, and snorted coldly. "Is the gap really this large? You were injured before the fight even began."
Once he truly thought about it, Vegeta felt somewhat crushed as well. He could only transform into Super Saiyan 2 now, while Sun Wukong could already transform into Super Saiyan 4. The gap was simply far too great.
Yet he did not know why. He simply could not find the feeling needed to transform into Super Saiyan 3. Clearly, he was already stronger than Sun Wukong had been when he first transformed into Super Saiyan 3, but he still could not grasp that feeling.
After thinking it over and over, Vegeta could only attribute it to having experienced too few battles. Although he had fought countless battles while conquering the universe in the past, unlike Sun Wukong, who always encountered enemies that forced him into bitter struggles, the opponents Vegeta had faced back then had simply been too weak. Often, even Nappa, one of his subordinates, could handle them.
Ever since settling down and starting a family on Earth, Vegeta had formed attachments. He trained even more diligently, but he had remained on Earth all along. Unlike Sun Wukong, who traveled through the universe and gained all kinds of experience through battle, Vegeta could only rely on solitary training. The Saiyan instinct to grow stronger through