After blocking his opponent's attack, Son Gohan let a mocking smile tug at the corner of his mouth. "What, is that really the best you've got?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised a fist and counterattacked Abocado.
Bang!
Abocado felt an irresistible force slam into his arm. The next second, he went flying backward, flat on his back.
As he flew through the air, only one thought filled his mind—
How is this possible?!
This guy's battle power was clearly only around ten million!
Why couldn't I stop him?
But—
Before Abocado could figure out why, Son Gohan suddenly appeared in his field of vision, watching him with a mocking look.
In an instant, a nameless fury surged through him. He let out an angry roar:
"Don't get too full of yourself!"
"I'm a super warrior even stronger than Frieza!"
"Die!"
With a furious shout, Abocado unleashed his full power. A vast white aura surged around him in an instant.
The explosive force of his energy sent Son Gohan, who was using only part of his strength, skidding back a short distance.
Watching Abocado charge at him, Son Gohan's lips curled slightly.
The next second, Abocado reached him and threw a heavy punch.
Son Gohan had expected it. He tilted his head just enough to dodge Abocado's attack.
His first strike missed, but Abocado didn't give it much thought. As he pulled back his fist, he swung with the other, aiming straight for Son Gohan's face.
But Son Gohan easily dodged that one too.
After missing twice, Abocado still didn't lose heart. He quickly changed tactics, attacking with both fists and feet in a lightning-fast flurry.
But to his disbelief, no matter how he attacked, he couldn't land a single hit on Son Gohan.
Furious, he roared, "What's the point of dodging around like that?"
"If you've got the guts, fight me head-on!"
"Gahhh!"
Boom!
After roaring, he released an even more powerful surge of energy.
With the force of a thunderbolt, he attacked Son Gohan again.
This time, Son Gohan didn't dodge. He chose to meet Abocado head-on!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang...
A thunderous series of impacts rang out across the battlefield!
Each collision sent tremors through the earth and sky.
If Son Gohan hadn't been deliberately using the fight to regain his feel for combat, Abocado wouldn't have stood a chance against even one of his moves.
Outside the battlefield, Tarble couldn't see the fighters' movements at all. Like Licks, he could only look around, trying to follow the sounds.
Unfortunately, his naked eye couldn't catch even the slightest trace of them.
Vegeta and the other Z Fighters all saw the two of them turning around in confusion, trying to find the fighters.
"Tarble, if you want to see Gohan and the others, you can't rely on your eyes alone. Clear your mind and use their energy to track their movements," Vegeta instructed.
After a brief pause, he added, "Of course, with your current strength, you probably still wouldn't be able to keep up with their attack speed."
As he spoke, he glanced at Krillin and the others and continued, "They're good at sensing energy too, but even they can't see how fast Gohan and the others are moving."
It was true, but hearing Vegeta put it that way made awkward expressions appear on Krillin and the others' previously calm faces.
When Tarble looked at them, Krillin laughed to cover his embarrassment.
"Uh, hahaha. We can't help it. We Earthlings don't have the same training talent as you Saiyans."
"The difference in strength is just too great. Of course we can't see them."
As soon as Krillin finished speaking, Yamcha gave a carefree laugh and said, "Krillin's right."
"We can't help it. The gap in strength is right there. Even if we wanted to see clearly, we couldn't."
"I see," Tarble said with a slow nod.
That made more sense. Otherwise, someone with a battle power of only a hundred thousand or so being able to follow the movements of fighters with battle powers over a hundred million would be completely absurd.
Just then, he used his Insight Eye again to check Piccolo and the others' battle powers.
"Target: Piccolo Race: Namekian Battle Power: 18 billion"
Whoa!
Piccolo's base battle power was almost as high as Nobi Gohan's!
After a couple of thoughts to himself, he looked at the next person.
Standing beside Piccolo was Tien Shinhan.
"Target: Tien Shinhan Race: Mutant Earthling Battle Power: 1.2 million"
When he saw the words "Mutant Earthling," Tarble paused in surprise.
Mutant Earthling?
Not a Three-Eyed Alien?
Those were the two thoughts that came to mind.
But then he thought it over. In Dragon Ball's world, there were animal-like humans and monster-like humans.
So someone with three eyes—or three heads and six arms—wasn't all that strange.
A Mutant Earthling!
No wonder Tien trained much faster than Krillin and Yamcha.
He remembered that during Vegeta's invasion of Earth, they'd all trained for the same amount of time, but Tien's battle power had far surpassed Krillin's and Yamcha's.
Clearly, Tien had much greater natural talent for training than Yamcha and Krillin.
Then his gaze moved on.
Standing beside Tien was the rather comical Chiaotzu.
"Target: Chiaotzu Race: Mutant Earthling Battle Power: 80,000"
He remembered that Chiaotzu wasn't very good at training, but now he had a battle power of 80,000.
That meant he'd been working hard at training all these years.
Tarble nodded to himself, then looked at the next person.
The person beside Chiaotzu was Krillin.
"Target: Krillin Race: Mutant Earthling Battle Power: 300,000"
Huh?
His battle power was only 300,000?
And he was a Mutant Earthling too?
After a brief moment of surprise, Tarble remembered that Krillin had no nose.
That did count as a mutation. He could only breathe through his mouth.
But from what he could see, the title of strongest Earthling belonged to Tien.
Women really did slow a man's progress!
Tarble couldn't help shaking his head to himself.
On Namek, the Grand Elder had unlocked Krillin's potential, and his strength had once far surpassed Tien's and Yamcha's.
Yet now Tien had caught up and overtaken him.
Just as he thought!
Women only slowed a man's sword arm!
There was no doubt about it. Krillin had spent all these years lost in the bliss of Android 18's tender embrace.
Otherwise, even if his talent had been slightly inferior to Tien's, their strength wouldn't be so far apart.
What a shame.
With a quiet sigh, he shifted his gaze to the side. Yamcha's basic information appeared before his eyes.
"Target: Yamcha Race: Earthling Battle Power: 130,000"
At that point, Tarble couldn't even be bothered to comment. He silently deactivated his Insight Eye.
Just then, an information window suddenly appeared before his eyes.
[Two nearby warriors with Saiyan blood have been detected. Would the host like to bind them now?] [Currently bound: 1 person. Available binding slots: 3.] [Bind] or [Do not bind]
Bind!
Bind!
Of course I'm binding them!
The corners of Tarble's mouth curled up. He shouted the words three times in his mind, then immediately tapped the [Bind] button with a thought.
[Beginning target binding: Vegeta. Binding... Binding complete!] [Beginning target binding: Son Gohan. Binding... Binding complete!] [Congratulations! You have successfully bound two warriors with Saiyan blood. Currently bound: 3 people. Available binding slots: 1.] [Congratulations! Your training results have doubled. Current multiplier: 4x.]
Three or four messages flashed past his eyes, and Tarble was overjoyed.
Before he had any bound targets, his initial training multiplier had been only 1x. The system had given him one binding slot for free.
The way to gain more binding slots was simple: every time his strength broke through a dimension, he gained one new slot.
Battle power from 1 to 10: first dimension of strength;
Battle power from 11 to 10,000: second dimension of strength;
Battle power above 10,000 and below 100 million: third dimension of strength;
Battle power above 100 million and below 1 trillion: fourth dimension of strength;
Battle power above 1 trillion and below 1 quadrillion: fifth dimension of strength;
If you're interested in each Saiyan's training speed,
you can skip ahead to Chapter 56.
There are some personal settings there.
Before you continue