Sparring (1)

"Gohan, I never expected that in less than a year, you'd already grow this much."

In midair, Son Goku and Son Gohan faced each other. Seeing his son become a warrior no weaker than himself in just a year, he felt a deep sense of pride.

"For this spar, don't hold anything back. Attack me with everything you've got. I want to know exactly how strong you are now!"

Son Goku said with a very serious expression, "Don't be afraid of getting hurt. One Senzu Bean can fix it, so hurry up and make your move!"

Son Gohan nodded. His aura began to rise step by step, and at the same time, he assumed a fighting stance.

The corner of Son Goku's mouth curved up, and he likewise took a fighting stance. His aura also began to climb little by little.

"This is the perfect chance to see how effective their training has been."

Below, King Kai was also watching the two of them with great interest, wanting to see how far these guys had grown after training with him.

Ha!

Son Goku launched the attack first. His body flashed as he rushed rapidly toward Son Gohan ahead of him.

Son Gohan was not surprised at all by his father's preemptive attack. This was his usual fighting style.

The fighting style of the Dragon Balls world was actually very different from other anime works of the same period. It was pure physical impact and energy blasting against each other.

That was also why many people said that even when they reached middle age, seeing the combat scenes in Dragon Balls could still make their blood boil.

Boom!

His whole body's aura erupted. Every thread of ki gathered throughout his body, making a semi-transparent flame of energy ignite around him.

For the first time, Son Gohan unleashed all of his ki, without hiding even the slightest bit, shocking everyone present.

Son Gohan was only a child of a few years old, yet the ki on him was actually so powerful that it was no weaker than anyone present. In fact, it was even stronger.

Son Goku, who had been charging forward, abruptly stopped. Even with his temperament, he was completely shocked at this moment.

Before, he had guessed that this son of his must have made huge progress in strength after training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and on King Kai's Planet.

But what Son Goku had not expected was that the child who, a year ago, had still been at his side hugging his thigh and babbling, had now grown to this point.

This contrast was truly unbelievable.

"Good. Then I won't hold back!"

Son Goku laughed loudly, and the aura around him likewise surged wildly outward, erupting with an aura completely no weaker than Son Gohan's.

The intense battle desire in his heart that belonged to a Saiyan, along with his passionate pursuit of martial arts, began to shift his mindset completely from the previous spar into the heart of a true battle.

"Now this is interesting!"

Son Gohan likewise cast aside every thought in his mind, pouring his spirit and will completely into this battle.

Both sides had already raised their essence, energy, and spirit to the peak, and they charged toward each other at the same time.

Whoosh. The air currents stirred up by their bodies moving at high speed exploded into a booming roar the moment their fists collided.

How could one punch be enough? Their fists began to blast out in rapid succession at extreme speed, constantly colliding together.

Bang, bang, bang, boom~!

The people below could only hear huge booming sounds of air continuously coming from the sky, followed by the swept-up currents of air surging down against them.

Whoosh~

King Kai, whose appearance had been made somewhat disheveled by the fierce wind, felt a little puzzled. Why did it feel like these two guys' exchange was starting to get out of control?

His heart jolted, and he began to have a very bad premonition.

Bang!

Suddenly, a much louder explosion than before came from the sky. Then a figure fell straight from the sky like a cannonball, smashing hard into the ground.

Boom!

King Kai's Planet seemed to shake all of a sudden. Immediately after, they saw that the original grassland had been smashed by the figure into an inward crater.

When the smoke and dust dispersed, Son Gohan stood up from within the crater. He raised a hand and patted the dust from his body, then turned to look at the sky.

Yes, in the battle just now, Son Gohan had fallen into a disadvantage, but this was also within his expectations.

After all, Son Gohan still had too little battle experience. In front of Son Goku, who could already be said to have been through a hundred battles, he was still too inexperienced, so he would definitely fall into a certain disadvantage.

This did not affect his mindset. The aura around him erupted again, and he charged back into the air once more.

After that, powerful air currents erupted in the sky again. This time, the strength and energy used by both sides were even greater, and the distorted air could already be faintly seen.

Of course, this was not because space itself had been beaten into distortion. The two of them had not reached that level yet. It was only because the force of their fist winds caused the surrounding water vapor to be forced away, making the sunlight distort in that instant.

The two exchanged fists and kicks, countering each other move for move. But from the situation, it was obvious that Son Gohan was being completely suppressed, always dodging by a hair's breadth.

As for Son Gohan's attacks, they were completely within Son Goku's expectations, and he fought with total ease and grace.

However, Son Goku also had to admire that Son Gohan's adaptability and learning ability were truly too strong. In a short span of time, he had already begun analyzing his fighting style.

His originally unfamiliar attack patterns and methods also began to mature rapidly. After all, under Karin the Immortal's guidance, Son Gohan had found the fighting style that belonged to him.

As the battle went on, Son Gohan gradually began to claw the situation back little by little from his disadvantage, and his fighting style also began shifting toward his own style.

Son Goku clearly noticed this. He immediately stopped his purely hand-to-hand attacks, quickly pulled back a certain distance, and stopped.

As the energy inside him surged rapidly, both of Son Goku's hands began to flash with intense light, and then he flung wave after wave of energy blasts at Son Gohan.

The energy waves completely sealed off every possible direction Son Gohan could dodge in. Trying to evade them by moving was basically impossible.

Son Gohan narrowed his eyes, and his entire body suddenly began to relax, trembling ever so slightly.

Then everyone present saw Son Gohan lower his hands. Faced with that dense barrage of energy waves, he chose to close his eyes.

At that moment, Son Gohan had already spread his mental power out around himself, and the dense energy waves had all been locked onto by it.

Relying on the feedback from his mental power, he let his body judge how to dodge on its own, then paired it with the swaying of his body and steps forward and back to evade.

Immediately after, the spectators saw Son Gohan's figure move as if he were dancing, avoiding every single one of those energy waves through a bizarre series of sways, and he even arrived directly in front of Son Goku.

Without the slightest hesitation, Son Goku threw a punch straight at Son Gohan in front of him!