Gou Kong had just tried to pull back the fist Turles was gripping so tightly it hurt when a piercing pain suddenly shot through his abdomen.
This petite girl had actually taken advantage of his momentary daze to slam a heavy punch straight into his stomach!
"Cough—!"
Gou Kong instantly doubled over like a shrimp. Sour gastric fluid rushed into his throat, and he staggered before crashing to the ground. Jagged stones dug painfully into his back as he clutched his stomach, unable to catch his breath for a long while.
Turles stood before him, a cold smile curling her lips as she leisurely dusted off her hands.
Gou Kong cursed inwardly. So Turles hadn't shrunk—it was just that this girl was so fast she'd made me hallucinate!
In that brief instant, this woman had somehow completed the entire sequence of charging up, throwing a punch, and landing it. He had not even had time to react!
The force behind that punch was downright absurd!
He had been far too careless before, always thinking that she looked like a delicate little girl. How capable could she possibly be?
Only now did he realize just how ridiculously wrong he had been.
Not only was his opponent's power level terrifyingly high, her combat experience was also incredibly seasoned.
No wonder Saiyans were called the "warrior race." They had not earned that title for nothing.
Still, the gap between them being this enormous had taken him by surprise.
Since that was the case, holding anything back would just be courting death.
Gou Kong gritted his teeth and decided to stop conserving energy altogether. From the very start, he would activate the Energy Body-Forging Technique and go all out.
Having made up his mind, he took a deep breath, and the dormant energy within