Sparring (2)

Bang!

With only enough time to cross his arms in front of him, Son Goku was blasted backward by Son Gohan's punch, gliding more than ten meters before he barely managed to steady himself.

The tremendous force carried in that fist still made Son Goku's hands tremble even now.

But the moment he lowered his arms, Son Gohan's sharp-eyed face suddenly appeared before him, and another punch came smashing toward him.

Son Goku's expression changed. He raised his arm and jammed it straight against the joint of Son Gohan's attacking arm, trying to use it to deflect the direction of his strike.

But the aura around Son Gohan suddenly changed, and the fist he had thrown abruptly flared with fierce red flames.

At that instant, Son Gohan suddenly activated double Kaioken. The sudden surge in speed left Son Goku unable to react for a moment.

Bang!

Son Gohan's punch landed solidly on Son Goku's undefended right cheek, sending him flying once again.

Just then, crimson flames also rose around Son Goku. He had clearly activated double Kaioken as well, but in contrast, the red flames around Son Gohan vanished as he directly shut Kaioken off.

After steadying himself, Son Goku gave a low shout and charged back at Son Gohan, who did not dodge and rushed forward as well.

When the two sides entered close combat again, Son Goku launched a swift, ferocious barrage, and Son Gohan likewise attacked fiercely without giving an inch.

Their battle erupted once more, fists and feet flying back and forth with terrifying bursts of air.

Everyone present could tell that in terms of combat experience, Son Goku was clearly suppressing him completely, but Son Gohan was relying on activating Kaioken at critical moments to fight.

Although this still left him in a suppressed state, it allowed him to hold the situation together, and from time to time, he could even counterattack.

Most importantly, when it came to stamina consumption, Son Gohan held the advantage.

Son Goku immediately seized on one mistake from Son Gohan and threw a punch at him when he had no way to avoid it.

The moment this punch was thrown, it stirred up visible currents of air, showing just how much power Son Goku had poured into it. Yet in contrast, there was not the slightest trace of fear on Son Gohan's face.

Just as the fist was about to hit Son Gohan, red flames belonging to Kaioken erupted from his body once again, and in a single instant, he activated it to triple!

Relying on the hard boost of tripling all his physical attributes, Son Gohan forcibly shifted his body sideways, and at the same time, he threw his counterpunch.

Bang!

Son Gohan's punch landed squarely in Son Goku's abdomen, sending him flying once more.

This time, Son Gohan's figure moved, and with the sharply increased speed under triple Kaioken, he appeared directly behind the flying Son Goku and kicked him hard again.

Boom!

Son Gohan's ultra-high-speed movement directly detonated a sonic boom. After catching up to Son Goku once more, he launched a dazzling pursuit against him.

"To think he can use Kaioken like this. This combat talent is truly terrifying."

King Kai cried out in astonishment. Even he, the one who had developed Kaioken, could not help but exclaim in amazement when he saw how Son Gohan was applying it.

Raditz, who was watching from the side, was filled with admiration, and Piccolo was also somewhat surprised that Son Gohan's combat skills could be so unexpected.

But right now, they had no way of learning from this method of using Kaioken, because just now, Son Gohan had very clearly triggered Kaioken only when he needed it, and directly released it when he did not.

This method of activation required extremely powerful mental control, and one also had to master it skillfully. Otherwise, it would be very easy for the body to collapse under this method.

Seeing how smoothly Son Gohan operated it, it was obvious he had trained this fighting style many times.

Indeed, from the very beginning after learning Kaioken, Son Gohan had been training himself to adapt to this fighting method, and the originator of this style was Vegeta.

Strictly speaking, it was actually the switching between the transformations of Super God and Super Blue that had given Son Gohan his battle inspiration.

Since transformation states could be switched, then naturally, Kaioken could also be activated when needed and directly shut off when not.

In that case, the amount of time Kaioken burdened the body would decrease, effectively extending the duration it could be used. Of course, the conditions required were also extremely harsh.

But those conditions were not much of a problem for Son Gohan, so now he had already begun to gain the upper hand and was beating Son Goku down.

Hah!

After seizing an opportunity, Son Goku immediately flashed out of the combat range, and with a low roar, he decisively activated triple Kaioken.

He naturally knew Son Gohan's fighting method as well, but like everyone else, Son Goku had no way to use that technique in a short period of time, so he could only forcibly raise himself to triple Kaioken to deal with the current battle.

As a result, the situation of the fight immediately shifted again. Son Goku once more caught up to Son Gohan and began suppressing him.

And this time, Son Goku's offense was fiercer than before, because he knew that if he did not deal with Son Gohan as soon as possible, then in terms of stamina, he, who had triple Kaioken active the whole time, would definitely be at a disadvantage.

Moreover, Son Gohan now seemed to have made up his mind that as long as it was a punch he could withstand, he would even rather take it with his body to drag out Son Goku's stamina consumption.

Everyone present, including Son Goku himself, did not think there was anything wrong with Son Gohan's fighting style. If it could win, then there was no problem!

Only at critical moments would Son Gohan activate triple Kaioken to dodge or counterattack.

For a time, the battle between the two fell into a stalemate, but for Son Gohan, this stalemate gradually tilted the situation in his favor.

The more Son Goku fought, the more his brows furrowed. If they continued fighting like this, then he would definitely be defeated because his stamina would no longer be enough to support triple Kaioken.

Thinking of this, Son Goku gritted his teeth. He quickly retreated toward the rear, and Son Gohan did not pursue.

"I really didn't expect your mastery of Kaioken to have improved to this level."

Son Goku spoke in an astonished tone. If not for today's sparring match, he truly would not have been able to tell that his son's battle talent was even higher than he had imagined!

"However, if you want to defeat me, that really won't happen today."

Hearing those words, Son Gohan immediately felt that something was off. The next instant, realization struck him, and red flames erupted around him as he charged toward Son Goku.

Sure enough, in the next moment, an even stronger crimson aura than before burst violently from Son Goku. The energy exploding from his body swept across the entire arena.

Kaioken—four times!

Son Goku's muscles swelled all over, making his frame grow a full size larger.

Halfway through his charge, Son Gohan knew his instincts had been right. In truth, he had guessed from the start that Son Goku had basically developed the four-times Kaioken.

After all, unlike in the original, he had entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to train, and his strength was greater than it had been at this same point in the original.

But even if it was the four-times Kaioken, Son Gohan still had to grit his teeth, rush in, and fight!