King Kai's Planet floated above a sea of clouds. Green grass covered the ground, and a path wound around the entire planet.
Normally, only King Kai and his two pets lived here. Not a soul had appeared for hundreds of thousands of years, but over the past six months, things had become lively.
"Bam! Bam! Bam!"
Son Goku and Piccolo attacked from either side, their fists and feet raining down like a downpour and leaving countless afterimages as they ganged up on Son Gohan.
The small figure of Son Gohan kept dodging. They didn't even graze the hem of his clothes.
Every so often, he counterattacked, each move landing precisely in an opening and making the other two wince in pain.
"Goku, give it everything you've got!" Piccolo sped up his attacks, his breathing growing ragged.
"I already am." Fine beads of sweat appeared on Son Goku's forehead.
Son Gohan smiled and suddenly spread his arms. His powerful aura erupted, blasting the two attackers away.
"Hahahaha, Gohan, you're really strong!" Son Goku slumped to the ground, genuinely delighted.
"What a monster." Piccolo was panting heavily too.
The three of them had sparred often over the past six months, and the gap between them had only grown. Now, the two of them together could barely hold off Son Gohan.
Still, these high-intensity battles had greatly improved all of their strength.
"All right, that's enough for today."
King Kai held a book in his hands, bursting into laughter every so often.
The book was a collection of comedic routines Son Gohan had written especially for him. It contained hundreds of routines to help improve King Kai's sense of humor.
"King Kai, how much longer until those two Saiyans reach Earth?" Son Gohan asked.
"Two more days." King Kai checked with the antennae on his head.
"Then we should head back to Earth soon. Snake Way will take time to travel."
King Kai had already taught them everything he could about training. From here on, they would have to figure things out for themselves.
That bald bastard Nappa would destroy a city as soon as he landed, so they had to stop him before he could.
"Mm, it's good to head back early." King Kai nodded.
"At their current speed, Goku and Piccolo should take about a day and a half to run the length of Snake Way."
"As for Gohan, three hours should be enough."
Training together had increased their battle power faster than training alone.
After originally training on King Kai's Planet for half a year, Son Goku had reached a battle power of only 8,000. Now, he had broken through 10,000.
Piccolo's battle power had also broken through 7,500, while Son Gohan had surpassed the 100,000 mark.
With the help of Kaio-ken, five-year-old Son Gohan could already fight Frieza in his first form.
"Goodbye, King Kai, Bubbles, Gregory. Thank you all for looking after us!"
Son Gohan, Son Goku, and Piccolo stepped onto Snake Way once more, moving at astonishing speeds.
"Dad, Uncle Piccolo, take your time. I'll go on ahead and wait for you on Earth." Son Gohan sped up again and vanished in the blink of an eye.
Outside Kame House, Krillin and the others had finished training at the Lookout and were still pushing themselves to train as hard as they could.
Suddenly, they all stopped and stared nervously in one direction.
"There's a powerful energy!"
Sweat appeared on Krillin's face. He felt as if his blood had stopped flowing properly.
"Did the Saiyans arrive early? Weren't there supposed to be two of them?" Yamcha asked, his expression grave and confused.
"It's moving so fast!" Chiaotzu turned deathly pale with fright.
"It's coming this way. There are definitely two of them!"
With his three eyes, Tien Shinhan could just make out two blurry figures. He immediately took up a fighting stance.
On the horizon, two dark specks rapidly grew larger. Almost in the next instant, two figures appeared outside Kame House.
"Chi-Chi, G-Gohan!" Krillin exclaimed, stunned that the powerful energy had come from Son Gohan.
A few hours earlier, Son Gohan had left Snake Way and returned to Mount Paozu at once.
He learned that Krillin and the others were training at Kame House, so he carried Chi-Chi there on his back. He didn't want her to worry alone at home.
Everyone immediately relaxed. Krillin introduced the boy to Tien Shinhan and the others as Son Goku's son.
"Goku's son!"
Tien Shinhan and the others had heard Krillin mention him at the Lookout. He'd said they'd defeated that Saiyan thanks to Goku's son, but they hadn't quite believed him.
Now that they were seeing him for themselves, they were stunned. With energy that terrifying, it seemed like they wouldn't need to fight at all with the boy around.
"Hello, everyone." Son Gohan greeted them politely.
"Gohan, are you back from training on King Kai's Planet?" Krillin looked toward the horizon, but he couldn't see anyone else.
"Yes, Uncle Krillin. I came back first. Dad and the others are still on their way."
Krillin and the others were thrilled to hear that. If Son Gohan had gotten this strong, Goku and Piccolo couldn't be far behind.
Earth should be able to survive this time.
Everyone went inside Kame House. Bulma, Master Roshi, Launch, Oolong, and Puar were there, and soon they were all gathered together.
With Bulma keeping her company, Chi-Chi would have someone to talk to while Son Gohan and the others fought Vegeta.
The night passed in high spirits. At dawn the next day, Son Gohan took Krillin and the others to East City, where Vegeta and Nappa would land.
Near noon, Son Goku and Piccolo followed everyone's energy and arrived at the designated location too.
"This is great! It's the first time we've all been together like this since Goku got married." Krillin danced around excitedly.
With Earth in danger, the Z Fighters had assembled once again.
At 11:43 a.m., two single-person space pods fell from the sky like meteors and crashed into the center of East City, shaking the whole city.
Fortunately, Son Gohan and the others had evacuated the people beforehand, so there were no casualties.
The two space pods slowly opened, and Vegeta and Nappa stepped out. Seeing the Z Fighters around them, they looked surprised.
"So you figured out where we'd land." Vegeta sneered, not taking them seriously.
"Every one of them has a battle power over a thousand." Nappa's eyes swept over the group as the numbers on his Scouter jumped around.
Son Gohan, Son Goku, and Piccolo had all naturally concealed their battle power, making it seem as though each of them had only around a thousand.
"Hey, how about we take this somewhere else?" Son Goku called out, not wanting anyone innocent to get hurt in the fight.
"Why bother? I could level this place in an instant!" Nappa laughed cruelly.
He raised two fingers, gathering a tremendous amount of energy as he prepared to destroy East City.
"Bam!"
Before Nappa could move, Son Gohan suddenly appeared in front of him as if he'd teleported. One kick sent Nappa flying into the sky, where he vanished like a shooting star.
"An idiot who knows nothing but destruction."
"Everyone, follow me."
Son Gohan flew toward the wilderness outside East City. He hadn't kicked Nappa to death; he wanted to leave him for the others to practice against.
Son Goku and Piccolo weren't surprised at all and followed without hesitation.
Even though Yamcha and the others had been prepared, they were still utterly shocked. Then they followed too.
Vegeta remained where he was, his expression shifting between dark and pale. He knew how strong Nappa was, so how could he have been defeated so easily?
"I'm the prince of the Saiyans. It's impossible for another Saiyan to be stronger than me!"
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