After watching from a distance for a while, Tarble looked away.
When it came to combat experience, he was already extremely seasoned.
That doubled training effect didn't just apply to increasing his power; it also benefited his skills and combat ability.
It was no exaggeration to say that his combat ability was now no worse than Son Goku's or Vegeta's.
He might even be stronger.
So, at this stage, training in the Gravity Chamber was the most effective way for him to increase his power.
After all, the gains from training through battle were nowhere near what he could achieve by training under high gravity.
Soon,
Tarble's training was back on track.
In the blink of an eye, two full years passed.
Tarble and the others had been training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for two years.
Naturally, their base power had also increased tremendously. The change was nothing short of earth-shattering.
Tarble: 38.4332 trillion
Son Goku: 2.6952 trillion
Vegeta: 991.5 billion
Licks: 667.43 billion
Of course, these were their power levels on day 719 in the Time Chamber.
Tarble's strongest form was still Super Saiyan 4.
Of the other three, only Son Goku and Vegeta had successfully broken through to Super Saiyan 4.
Their transformation experiments had also led them to a conclusion:
Only those with a base power above 800 billion had a chance of transforming into Super Saiyan 4.
Son Goku had successfully broken through to Super Saiyan 4 on day 523 in the Time Chamber.
Vegeta didn't succeed until day 700.
Now it was day 720 in the Time Chamber, the final day of their training.
They hadn't planned to leave so soon.
But after breakfast today, they'd run out of food.
No matter how much they wanted to keep training, they had no choice.
It was nearly noon, almost time for lunch.
Today, Tarble had gained 30.1 billion through training, bringing his base power to 38.4633 trillion.
Licks had gained 840 million through training, bringing his base power to 668.27 billion.
Since Son Goku and Vegeta still hadn't come out of the Gravity Chambers, Tarble had no choice but to send Licks to get them.
"Licks, go call them out. Tell them I said so."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Licks answered, then flew toward the two huge spherical Gravity Chambers in the distance.
They'd agreed that morning to train for only five hours before packing up and leaving. Tarble had stopped training half an hour early and spent a good while packing.
Licks had finished training only ten minutes early. When he saw Tarble packing, he'd volunteered to take care of it.
Before long, Vegeta and Son Goku had packed up their Gravity Chambers.
Tarble immediately used Instant Transmission to get over to them.
Over the past two years, he'd learned all three of Son Goku's trump cards: Instant Transmission, Kaioken, and the Spirit Bomb.
Vegeta didn't want to learn Son Goku's techniques, while Licks had managed to learn Kaioken.
After teleporting to Son Goku and the others, Tarble scolded them, "Didn't we agree to stop after five hours of training?"
"You two get so caught up in training that you're like men possessed."
"If I hadn't sent Licks to get you, were you planning to keep training here forever?"
Vegeta's expression didn't change. Still as cold as ever, he didn't respond.
Son Goku just laughed sheepishly. "We get so caught up in training that we lose track of time."
"We'd better get going. I'm starving."
"Tarble, do you want to open a passage, or should I?"
By "passage," he meant the opening created by breaking through the time barrier of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
The regular entrance to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber had disappeared long ago.
"You go ahead," Tarble said graciously.
If he could avoid doing it himself, he didn't want to.
Meanwhile, he secretly checked their power levels with the Insight Eye.
"Target: Son Goku
Race: Saiyan
Power: 2.7 trillion"
.
"Target: Vegeta
Race: Saiyan
Power: 996.5 billion"
.
Just as he'd expected.
Their training speed was still the same as yesterday.
One had gained 4.8 billion, and the other 5 billion.
Just then, Son Goku replied cheerfully:
"Okay, I'll do it."
He walked forward a couple of steps, then transformed with a roar into the Super Saiyan Full Power Form.
He drew in a deep breath, channeled his ki to amplify his voice, and let out a piercing yell.
"Ahhh—!"
His roar, backed by over 100 trillion in power, formed a terrifying shock wave that surged straight ahead.
In an instant, the space before him was struck by the devastating sound waves and began to crack.
The fractures rapidly spread in every direction. In the blink of an eye, they formed a web more than a meter wide.
The next second—
Boom!
The dimensional barrier shattered, revealing a dimensional passage crackling with electricity.
Son Goku immediately stopped yelling, flashed forward, and shot into the passage, vanishing in an instant.
Tarble and the other two seized the moment and rushed toward the passage one after another.
At that moment,
a hole more than a meter wide suddenly appeared in the sky above Kami's Lookout. Electric arcs crackled around its edges.
The next second, Son Goku shot through the opening.
As soon as Son Goku landed on the tiles of Kami's Lookout, Tarble, Vegeta, and Licks flew out through the opening in quick succession.
Less than two seconds after all four of them were out, the dimensional passage closed.
If they'd dawdled, they would've had to blast open another dimensional passage.
"We're finally... out!" Son Goku remarked out of the blue.
Just then,
Dende and Mr. Popo noticed the commotion and came to check it out.
"Ah!"
"Mr. Tarble, so it was you!"
Once Dende saw that it was Tarble and the others, he visibly relaxed.
He hurried over and asked, "Did your training go well?"
"Yeah, everything went smoothly," Tarble replied with a nod.
"Hey, Dende, Mr. Popo! Long time no see!" Son Goku greeted them like an old friend.
Vegeta and Licks merely nodded in acknowledgment without saying a word.
"Haha, for me, it's only been two days since I last saw you," Dende said with a laugh.
"Haha," Tarble chuckled along, but didn't linger. "Dende, could you check whether the Hyperbolic Time Chamber was damaged? If anything's broken, please fix it."
"We're still hungry, so we won't stay to chat."
Dende tried to keep them there. "Why not stay and have a meal before heading back?"
Tarble shook his head. "Thanks, but we'll eat when we get back."
Before he could finish speaking, Vegeta silently took off first.
Seeing that, Tarble waved to Dende and called, "See you."
Then he sprang into the air and chased after Vegeta.
Licks nodded to Dende and Mr. Popo, then followed close behind.
Son Goku waved goodbye too. "See you, Dende!"
"Yeah, see you," Dende replied with a smile and a nod.
Whoosh!
Son Goku powered up and flew, instantly catching up with Tarble and the others.
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