Vegeta's Rage, Eat My Rock-Shattering Attack!

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Bulma had been watching the live broadcast on television.

But when Piccolo and Vegeta's battle reached its peak, all the footage became unstable before the signal abruptly cut out.

Now, none of them knew what had happened.

Other stations were reporting that people in that city were frantically gathering toward the surrounding areas, while tremors occasionally reached their side.

All this news left Bulma feeling deeply uneasy.

She then remembered the scouter from before. It might not show what was happening, but at least it could detect power levels and let her roughly guess the situation over there.

But she had only just put on the scouter when her phone vibrated. She saw that there was a new post on Spirit Message Moments.

The profile picture belonged to Son Gohan.

She quickly opened Moments, wanting to see what had happened over there.

Then she saw that Son Gohan had posted a photo of a short man.

The man wore a blue bodysuit and armor similar to Raditz's, while his flame-shaped hairstyle was especially eye-catching.

He floated in midair, his eyes seemingly blazing with rage.

There was also a caption beneath the image.

First battle against the Saiyan Prince. I must defeat him even if I have to give it everything I've got. Taking a picture to commemorate the occasion.

Seeing that Son Gohan was still in the mood to post on Moments, Bulma muttered, "This is clearly a battle that will decide Earth's survival, yet little Gohan still doesn't know how to take it seriously..."

That was what she said.

But seeing that Son Gohan still had time to post on Moments also made her feel somewhat relieved.

Because at least it meant they had not been completely pushed into a disadvantage.

After thinking for a moment, she silently gave Son Gohan's post a like. It was also the first like on the post.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Just as she was about to leave a comment, the scouter suddenly sounded an alarm.

Clearly, an extremely high power level had appeared.

Bulma immediately ignored everything else and quickly operated the scouter. She saw an extremely high power level at a tremendous distance away.

And that power level swiftly rose above 18,000!

Seeing that rather familiar number, Bulma had already guessed that it was the Prince Raditz had mentioned, and likely the enemy Son Gohan was currently fighting.

"That guy isn't very tall, but his power level is ridiculously high!"

Bulma grumbled a few words, then operated the scouter again to scan the power levels nearby.

This was also a new function she had discovered after studying the scouter.

The nearest power level was 3,000!

But roughly ten kilometers away from that location, there was another rather high power level—15,600!

There were also 5,700 and several power levels below 2,000, all gathered around the one at 15,600.

"What's going on? Aren't they fighting together?"

The distribution of those power levels was so strange that even Bulma became confused.

She did not understand.

Why were they not fighting together? Why had they instead let the one with a power level of 3,000 face the strongest Saiyan alone?

Were they planning to deal with the weaker ones first, then join forces against the strongest?

All kinds of doubts arose in her heart, and she even wanted to go to the front lines to see what they were doing.

But considering that it would not be safe to go over there now, she ultimately picked up her phone, preparing to ask Yamcha what had happened.

Amid the barren mountains.

Vegeta's muscles tensed all over, his power erupting without end.

Clearly, Son Gohan casually knocking him all the way here had made his already overflowing fury burn even more fiercely.

Because he had been forced to serve in Frieza's army, what he hated most was having his actions casually dictated by others.

And in his mind, being blasted here by Son Gohan's energy wave meant that the other party was casually ordering around him, the proud Saiyan Prince.

Such a person was absolutely unforgivable!

Powerful currents of air tore through everything around them like blades. The mountains and forests were rapidly pulverized, and the entire woodland seemed to have been utterly transformed.

Yet amid all this, Son Gohan alone remained completely unmoved.

A layer of airflow formed around his body, enough to block all attacks from the surroundings.

Who knew how much time passed.

By the time the forest had been reduced to a plain, Vegeta's outburst finally ended, and he immediately launched an attack at Son Gohan without hesitation.

Son Gohan had long been on guard. He had always known Vegeta was a genius, so even though his battle power far surpassed his opponent's, he did not dare relax in the slightest.

Because Vegeta was not yet as proud as he would become in the future.

He truly would resort to all kinds of despicable tactics.

Boom!

Their auras collided fiercely, and the entire forest shook in an instant, as though it were about to be uprooted.

As their terrifying auras intertwined, their fists and kicks clashed at extreme speed.

Every collision between them triggered explosions across a vast area.

Thus, only a few breaths into the battle, the flattened forest had become riddled with craters, transforming in an unimaginable direction.

Yet even though Vegeta went all out, even surpassing himself due to rage, he still could not break through Son Gohan's defense.

And during this brief battle, Son Gohan was also absorbing Vegeta's combat techniques.

Unlike the martial arts Piccolo had taught him, Vegeta fought like a pure warrior, and his techniques had been honed through life-and-death battles.

So this was also greatly beneficial to his training.

However, the more composed Son Gohan appeared, the angrier Vegeta became. He had never imagined that a Saiyan could fight him to this extent, and his immense pride could not tolerate it at all.

After all, even if there were Saiyans like this, he believed only he should be able to reach such a level.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"

Vegeta's repeated attacks were calmly blocked. Realizing that his opponent had not even used his full strength, his fury reached its absolute peak.

He rapidly retreated backward, firing Ki blasts from both hands to halt Son Gohan's pursuit.

Once the distance between them had widened somewhat.

Vegeta swiftly brought his hands together, gathering his aura throughout his body. An even denser barrage of Ki blasts erupted at once.

Golden points of light converged on Son Gohan like raindrops.

Son Gohan could not help but smile at the sight of this move. It really was Vegeta's signature technique.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Countless Ki blasts converged on one point, followed by violent explosions as blazing flames continuously spread through the air.

"Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!"

Vegeta on the other side continued firing Ki blasts without end.

It was as though he intended to destroy everything.

Only when he himself was beginning to pant did his attacks slow slightly. He then leaped backward again, gathered an even more powerful energy blast in his hand, and hurled it directly into the distant explosion.

"Haha! You little brat, you had it coming! That's what you get for looking down on me, the mighty Prince of Saiyans!"

Seeing no movement within the flames, Vegeta laughed loudly between breaths, as though victory had already been decided.

Whoosh!

Just as he laughed wildly, the scene before his eyes suddenly blurred.

Then a figure dressed in a purple gi appeared before him.

It was Son Gohan, who should have been hit. Yet he did not look hurt in the slightest; even his clothes remained as clean and neat as they had been at the start of the fight.

"What?"

Vegeta's eyes widened at once, filled with disbelief.

He had not even noticed how his opponent had moved here.

He quickly tried to attack, but Son Gohan was even faster. Leaping into the air, he drove a fierce punch into Vegeta's face.

The immense force sent Vegeta's body spinning downward, straight toward the crater-ridden ground.

"Damn it!"

Even Vegeta could not dispel that force immediately.

It was not until he was about to crash into the ground that Vegeta neutralized the force. He forcibly stopped himself in midair, then searched for Son Gohan's position.

The next moment.

He saw Son Gohan charging in from the distance.

"Uoooh—"

The other party was simply too fast. He only had time to cry out before another punch slammed into his chest.

His body was sent uncontrollably flying backward.

Boom!

His body crashed directly into a massive boulder behind him. The force transferred through his body, causing the rock to cave in, layer upon layer of force spreading rapidly until the boulder itself formed a bizarre sight...