Familiarizing Himself with His Body

"Damn it, that was humiliating." Raditz looked embarrassed as he finally stopped after getting far away from Vegeta and Nappa.

He still had not fully mastered this body. He could not even use something as simple as flight with ease. Over the next few days, using his injuries as an excuse, he planned to familiarize himself with every aspect of his body first.

First was the level of his strength.

Raditz picked up a stone and gave it a light squeeze. With a crack, the stone shattered.

Using the same strength he normally used to hold a cup, he could effortlessly crush a stone, which greatly surprised Raditz. But this was precisely what he needed to control. As his strength changed, only by precisely controlling how much he used could he truly master this body.

"If I remember correctly, my current Battle Power is about the same as a Saibaman's in terms of strength alone. Twelve hundred is pure strength, and with other factors added in, it should be around fifteen hundred. Let's see how strong my attacks are now."

Raditz tried to sense the energy within his body and gather it in his palm. Miraculously, blue energy collected along the edge of his palm, gradually forming a sphere of light. An energy blast! Raditz was delighted.

This was the most basic move. Anyone who could not use an energy blast would be too embarrassed to call himself a warrior.

"Ha!"

With a shout, the energy sphere flew straight toward a barren mountain.

Light burst forth! A deafening boom rang out—BOOM! Smoke from the explosion rose into the air, blue-gray dust spread in every direction, and countless rocks came tumbling down. Of the massive barren mountain, only a small portion at its base remained.

A single small energy sphere had such power. It seemed that a Battle Power of fifteen hundred was not low at all!

Then again, even Master Roshi could blast the moon away, so it was not strange for him to possess such strength. Besides, he still could not properly control the direction of the energy sphere he had just fired. He could only launch it straight ahead, and he was still far from mastery.

"Let's find someone to practice on." Raditz suddenly thought of it.

After all, fumbling around alone was not as effective as improving through battle. He had already roughly familiarized himself with the movements of his limbs and learned how to mobilize energy. If he could go through a few real battles, he would surely gain a great deal.

With that thought, Raditz activated his Scouter.

"Beep beep beep!"

"Beep beep beep!"

"Beep beep beep!"

More than a dozen signals immediately appeared. Warning sounds rang continuously in his ears as the numbers kept shifting.

250, 582, 322, 455, 890, 1421... The highest was actually over 2300!

He had thought that Nappa's "not very high Battle Power" meant no more than a thousand at most. Now it seemed this planet was fully comparable to a mid-level planet.

Raditz did not dare let his guard down. He decided to start with the weak ones and headed toward a target with a Battle Power of 250.

Before long, following the Scouter's directions, he found his target.

It was an alien with a frog-like head. Its entire body was dark green and powerfully built. A row of round white hemispheres lined its chest, and it had four arms, each gripping a weapon.

When he saw Raditz, he instinctively backed away.

"A Saiyan!" he cried as he raised his Laser Gun.

Raditz could tell that the people of this planet had already become fearful of Saiyans. Even the frog-headed alien's hand holding the gun was trembling. The Scouter automatically focused on him, and his readings rose by a few points.

"Sure enough, Battle Power changes when emotions change," Raditz murmured.

At that moment, the Frogman fired.

The beam was thin and sharp, packed with powerful energy as it shot straight at Raditz's chest.

"Come on!" Raditz neither dodged nor retreated. He condensed an energy sphere in his hand and threw it forward.

The two energies collided, instantly erupting in fierce friction. Sparks scattered through the air, and shockwaves spread outward. Then Raditz's energy sphere overwhelmed the continuous beam and blasted toward the Frogman, tearing up the earth and snapping trees along the way as the air boomed.

BOOM!

The massive explosion echoed in his ears. A huge crater had appeared in the ground, and the surrounding area was scorched black. The Frogman had already been reduced to dust in the blast, leaving not even a fragment behind.

The gap in Battle Power was far too obvious. Using an energy blast to attack had taken no effort at all.

As he reveled in the joy of his first victory, the Scouter suddenly issued a warning. Many energy sources with Battle Power around 300 had appeared nearby, all heading toward him.

"Perfect timing." Saiyan blood flowed through Raditz's veins, and he could not help clenching his fists in excitement.

He charged out on his own initiative, passed through the cover of several patches of forest, and discovered where the energy was gathering. There were seven Frogmen in all, all looking roughly alike, distinguished only by their size. They were rushing toward their dead companion when they ran straight into Raditz.

"A Saiyan! It's a Saiyan!" someone cried out.

Then everyone started shouting, their faces showing both ferocity and fear. They stared fixedly at Raditz in agitation, weapons raised in their arms, yet none of them dared step forward.

If you won't come at me, then I'll come at you! Raditz did not hesitate. He rushed toward them, and even he was astonished by the speed of his sprint.

He did not use energy spheres again. Instead, he engaged them in close combat—elbow strikes, sidekicks, flurries of punches, knee strikes, back throws, headbutts... He used every move he could. Though he had no chain of continuous techniques, the overwhelming difference in Battle Power alone was enough to defeat several Frogmen.

Very quickly, only two Frogmen remained alive. Facing Raditz, they were filled with boundless terror.

They glanced at each other, made up their minds, and attacked Raditz together!

Two fists could not beat four hands, much less eight! Though their Battle Power was lower, their attacks were not slow, making them no small challenge for Raditz.

"Come on!" Raditz shouted, throwing several punches in quick succession.

Fighting one against two, Raditz continued to hold the upper hand. A single punch from him could break an opponent's arm clean in two, and the rapid attacks from eight arms were entirely within his ability to block! At first, he felt that his eyes could barely keep up, but the longer the fight went on, the slower his opponents seemed.

After several exchanges, all of the Frogmen's arms had been broken. Bones pierced through their skin, and purple blood poured endlessly from their wounds.

They shrieked as the white hemispheres on their chests suddenly burst open. The sacs of flesh inside unleashed an energy shockwave, catching Raditz off guard.

BAM!

The enormous impact actually blasted Raditz dozens of feet away.

"Damn it! I let my guard down!" Rubbing his neck, Raditz pushed himself up from the ground and saw that the Frogmen before him had already collapsed, completely dead.

He looked over his own body again. Other than his Battle Suit being slightly dirty, he did not have a single wound.

"Looks like even their desperate final attack couldn't pierce my Battle Suit. Its defense is really strong. My body isn't bad either. After taking that hit, I don't feel even the slightest soreness..." Raditz muttered to himself, but then the smile on his lips froze. "Oh no, I was supposed to look for food!"

Meanwhile, Vegeta stood with his arms folded, impatiently tapping his fingers against his upper arm as he looked in the direction Raditz had gone. "That brat is taking forever. I really want to kill him..."