Above the Kami's Lookout, Son Goku hung high above.
He closed his eyes, quietly feeling the unprecedented power within his body. His short, crimson hair floated slightly in the still air, and his body was ablaze with a gentle yet restrained red aura.
A moment later, he slowly opened his eyes.
In the plaza, Vegeta, Piccolo, and the others simultaneously felt an indescribable, heavy pressure, as if the entire sky had pressed down on them, making even breathing difficult.
Strangely, in their perception, Son Goku's aura seemed to have vanished into thin air; they couldn't sense anything at all.
Son Goku looked down, his fighting spirit rising.
His gaze swept back and forth between Piccolo and Son Gohan, searching for his first opponent to test his skills against.
Piccolo met Son Goku's gaze, said nothing, but turned to look at Son Gohan beside him.
Son Gohan's gaze shifted between his father and Uncle Piccolo. After receiving a steady nod from Piccolo, he clenched his fist and met Son Goku's eyes.
"Come on, Gohan!"
Son Goku's voice came from high above, filled with barely suppressed excitement.
"I'd love to see your power!"
Son Gohan took a deep breath, lightly touched the ground with his toes, and slowly rose into the air.
Under the expectant and astonished gazes of the crowd below, he hovered steadily in front of Son Goku.
"Hmm! Actually... I really want to try fighting with Dad!"
Son Gohan's expression was a mixture of anticipation and emotion.
"If I could, I'd like to try and follow in my dad's footsteps!"
Please don't hold anything back, Dad!
Son Goku smiled and nodded, his crimson eyes full of approval.
"Ah! Of course! Gohan, you've become really strong!"
He readily admitted it.
"If I hadn't gained new power, I probably wouldn't even have had the thought of challenging you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the father and son's eyes turned serious at the same time.
The air currents in the upper atmosphere came to an eerie standoff due to this silent confrontation.
Vegeta and Piccolo below both frowned.
It's understandable that Son Goku's aura cannot be sensed at this moment.
But the person opposite him, Son Gohan, had black hair and black eyes, and his aura was also extremely restrained, just like an ordinary Earthling, showing no intention of transforming into Super Saiyan.
"Aren't you going to transform, Gohan?"
Son Goku looked at his son's normal appearance and asked in confusion.
"Like that transformation you used when you fought that villain?!"
Son Gohan shook his head, his eyes sharp.
"No!"
"This is my strongest form! No need to transform again!"
Before the words were even finished, the two of them moved simultaneously.
Without any fancy probing, the two afterimages closed in mid-air in an instant and collided violently!
Son Goku's right fist, wreathed in crimson divine flames, came straight at Gohan. Gohan neither dodged nor evaded, but instead tilted his head sharply to the right, the force of the punch grazing his cheek.
In that instant, Gohan's left palm precisely struck away from Son Goku's wrist, while his right fist followed in sync, slamming solidly into Son Goku's chest!
Just before being struck in the chest, Son Goku twisted his waist at an extremely strange angle to deflect the force, his left elbow slamming down towards Gohan's shoulder, while his right knee, accompanied by a whooshing sound, slammed into Gohan's abdomen!
Gohan raised his left arm, firmly blocking Son Goku's downward elbow strike, while simultaneously bending his right knee to meet Son Goku's knee strike head-on!
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The muffled thuds of flesh and bone colliding at high frequencies exploded in mid-air, creating a series of dense sonic booms in the vacuum.
Two beams of light, one red and one black, were high in the sky, moving wildly at speeds beyond the limits of what the naked eye could perceive!
Son Goku focused most of his attention on his body, carefully sensing the " God Ki " flowing through his limbs and bones.
It is gentle and reserved, yet it possesses boundless resilience.
He wasn't in a hurry to win. Instead, like a child who had just received a new toy, he gradually became familiar with the wondrous changes brought about by Son Gohan's storm of attacks.
Son Gohan realized this.
The father is using himself as a test subject!
The black-haired boy's fighting spirit not only didn't diminish but actually intensified, and his potential was fully unleashed.
Just as Son Goku's right fist was about to strike his face, Son Gohan's left palm lifted up to deflect his elbow, while his right knee simultaneously thrust towards Son Goku's ribs.
The moment Son Goku was struck, he twisted his body to deflect the force, his left fist slammed into Gohan's shoulder, and his right hand, with its five fingers together, transformed into a hand chop that slashed straight at Gohan's neck.
Their moves clashed, their punches and kicks synchronized, and the two fought fiercely, evenly matched.
Below in the plaza, the three little ones, Retasu, Trunks, and Son Goten, craned their necks, their eyes almost turning into cross-eyed stares, but they still couldn't catch the movement of the two afterimages high in the sky.
All they could hear was a series of dense, almost continuous sonic booms coming from the sky.
Piccolo crossed his arms and stared intently at the battle. He keenly sensed that Son Goku's aura was undergoing some extremely subtle change.
As the intense battle continues, the time limit for the divine ritual within Son Goku is approaching.
The crimson flames burning around him began to flicker noticeably, alternating between light and dark.
Her originally bright red short hair was gradually fading at the ends, and was being dyed back to a striking golden yellow.
In another deafening clash of fists, the crimson divine flames on Son Goku's body completely dissipated.
His hair had completely reverted to the golden color of Super Saiyan, and that vanished aura of rage was once again exposed to everyone's perception.
"Snort!"
Vegeta, watching from below, suddenly narrowed his eyes and let out a disgruntled snort.
With Kakarot having lost his Super Saiyan God form, and facing Son Gohan at his full potential, was the outcome of the battle already decided?
Despite losing the God Ki, Son Goku showed no fear whatsoever; on the contrary, the fighting spirit in his eyes reached its peak.
He no longer focused on comprehending that unfamiliar divine power, but instead completely let go and unleashed his honed martial arts instincts without reservation!
The father and son once again engaged in a fierce and relentless battle in the air.
Every time Son Gohan unleashed a powerful punch, Son Goku deflected the force by the slightest margin and simultaneously countered it from a tricky angle.
Two figures darted through the clouds at high speed, locked in a fierce and evenly matched battle.
This evenly matched battle, which even seemed to get more and more exciting as it progressed, made Vegeta below extremely anxious.
"Enough! Kakarot!"
He stared intently at Son Goku in the sky, gritting his teeth and continuing to roar:
"How long are you going to keep fighting! Next! It's my turn!"
High in the sky, Son Goku and Son Gohan heard Vegeta's roar and simultaneously stopped their fists from colliding.
The two used the air blasts to create distance between them in mid-air. Son Goku dissipated his Super Saiyan aura and returned to his normal state.
The father and son calmed their rapid breathing slightly.
Son Goku wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at his son opposite him, and sincerely praised him.
"Wow, Gohan! If we're just talking about pure strength, you're definitely stronger! But if I train a little more seriously and get used to it, I might just lose!"
Son Goku glanced down at Vegeta, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot and whose body was engulfed in flames, scratched Vegeta head helplessly, and turned to Gohan with a smile:
"But perhaps we can't determine a winner today! Let's settle this when I'm even stronger!"
Son Gohan suppressed his aura and nodded emphatically with a smile.
"I will, Dad!"
The father and son slowly descended back to the plaza of Kami's Lookout, Vegeta immediately rushed to greet them.