"Strange guy. Vegeta, did you see how he disappeared?" Nappa asked.
"I didn't see it at all. Forget him for now. Let's deal with these little underlings first, Nappa. There should be six Saibamen left, right? There are exactly six of them, so let's see what they can do."
Indeed, there were exactly six of them: Sun Wukong, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Chiaotzu, and Piccolo.
"Ugh, what disgusting things." Watching the monsters crawl out of the ground, Krillin spat.
"How about this? You can take turns fighting our Saibamen. It's a fun little game, isn't it?" Vegeta folded his arms and smiled.
"A game? How boring. I'll take all of you out at once." Piccolo had reached his limit.
Earlier, Piccolo had been forced to turn to his enemy for help just to survive and keep his strength from falling behind everyone else. He'd been holding back his anger for a long time, and now it burst out.
Piccolo fired eight energy blasts in quick succession, aiming at the six Saibamen, Vegeta, and Nappa.
Boom... A series of explosions.
Earthlings weren't the only ones born with a cheat. Saiyans had one, and Namekians did too. After just three months of gravity training, Piccolo's battle power had already reached 2,000.
He wiped out the six Saibamen in an instant, but Vegeta and Nappa were completely unharmed.
"Warm-up's over. Now the real show begins." Vegeta brushed the dust off himself.
"Vegeta, let me handle this. I can take all six of them out in an instant." Nappa clenched his fists, having forgotten that his fingers were broken, and volunteered eagerly.
"Suit yourself."
"Fine. I'll take him on." On the other side, Yamcha stepped forward.
After that, Yamcha, Krillin, and the others took turns fighting Nappa, but they were all quickly defeated.
"Wait. All of you, stand back. You can't handle him. I'll take him on alone." At last, Sun Wukong spoke up.
"You alone? No matter how strong you are, that won't be enough. I thought I'd gotten a lot stronger, but I still wasn't even close to being his match." Krillin said worriedly.
"It'll be fine. Piccolo, you should step back too. You can't die, or we won't be able to use the Dragon Balls."
"Dragon Balls? I feel like I've heard of those somewhere." Goku's casual remark caught Vegeta's attention. "That's right. There's a Namekian over there, so does that mean Earth has wish-granting Dragon Balls too?"
"Kakarot, you're finally joining the fight? I thought you were too scared to fight." Having defeated several of them in a row, Nappa had grown arrogant.
"Nappa, be careful. His battle power is around 5,000," Vegeta warned.
"5...5,000?" Nappa broke out in a cold sweat. "Impossible. There must be a mistake."
Vegeta said nothing more, thinking, Kakarot from before certainly couldn't have reached that level. But these guys' battle readings can change, which means 5,000 is his minimum.
"Let's begin. Fighting you is just a warm-up for me." Sun Wukong got straight to the point.
"Raaaaah!" As Goku powered up, a mass of rocks lifted into the air.
"Battle power 9,000? Unbelievable!"
Crack! Vegeta crushed his Scouter in his hand.
"What? 9,000? This... This Scouter must be broken. There's no way that brat could be a match for me, Nappa."
But Nappa had miscalculated. Goku quickly knocked him to the ground, leaving him unable to move.
"Vegeta, he can't fight anymore. You should treat him right away."
"Hmph! A Saiyan who can't move is useless." Vegeta threw Nappa into the air, then unleashed a powerful burst of energy and killed him.
How interesting. When Vegeta got ruthless, he didn't even spare his own side.
"What a cruel guy. He even killed his own companion..." At the same time, Goku had seen Vegeta's strength. He really was powerful.
"Ha ha! Kakarot, what happened to that confidence you had just now? You should be happy. A Low-Class Warrior like you gets to play with a genius Saiyan like me..."
"When a Saiyan is born, his potential as a warrior is tested. The idiots with low battle power are sent to planets without any strong opponents, just like you. So you're one of those idiots," Vegeta continued.
"Is that so? From what I can tell, we're about evenly matched."
"Hey! What a joke. A Low-Class Warrior could never measure up to a super-genius like me." Vegeta smiled confidently.
"Ha! Da! Da! Da! Da!..."
The two fought from one enormous boulder to another, then took their battle into the air. Eventually, Goku was kicked back down by his opponent.
"What's wrong, Kakarot? Didn't you say we were evenly matched? Is that all you've got?"
"All right. I'll show you."
"Kaioken!" After testing the waters enough, Goku finally used it.
From then on, they really were evenly matched. One punched, the other kicked back, and even their energy blasts were equal.
Sun Wukong and Vegeta both had a battle power of 18,000. Now this was a real fight. They battled from day into night, and by now they were both panting heavily.
In fact, Goku and Vegeta didn't really have any grudge against each other. Vegeta simply couldn't believe that a Low-Class Warrior could reach his level, while Goku was getting more and more excited as he faced an evenly matched opponent.
So there was no need for them to resort to desperate measures like Kaio-ken x3 or the Artificial Moon.
"Are you two hungry? Why don't you eat your fill before you keep fighting?" Sun Wumian suddenly appeared between Vegeta and Goku, speaking as he ate a chicken drumstick.
Grrr...
"Phew... Let's eat. We can fight again another time, okay, Vegeta?" Goku was already drooling.
"Phew... Hmph! Fine, we'll call a temporary truce. But I won't eat your food." Vegeta caught his breath and spoke.
"By the way, Vegeta, do you know who destroyed Planet Vegeta?" Sun Wumian asked, pointing at Vegeta with the half-eaten chicken drumstick in his hand.
"Who destroyed it? Wasn't it destroyed by a meteor?"
"No. The truth is, Frieza destroyed it with his own hands. He was afraid of the Legendary Super Saiyan," Sun Wumian said calmly.
"Hmph. I'd suspected for a long time that the story about Planet Vegeta being destroyed by a meteor was a lie. Frieza... One day, I'll defeat him. Not for revenge, but because my pride as the Saiyan Prince won't let me serve him." Vegeta clenched his fists.
"Is that so? So that's what you think. Then let me show you something interesting."
As Sun Wumian spoke, he began powering up. He planned to let Vegeta witness the Legendary Super Saiyan.
Before you continue