Goku poured out everything he had learned on King Kai's planet, holding nothing back.
Yet, he was still at a disadvantage.
Vegeta's fighting style was pure killing, while Son Goku's was martial arts, and Vegeta's combat power far exceeded Goku's.
The difference in strength was immense.
Bang!
Vegeta landed a precise elbow strike squarely on Goku's chest.
Goku's body flew backward, plowing a deep furrow in the ground.
"Too weak."
Vegeta looked down from above, his eyes full of the playful mockery of a cat toying with a mouse.
"Your attacks are like a child's punches, soft and powerless."
Goku coughed up a mouthful of blood.
He was inferior in both combat experience and basic strength.
"Damn it..."
Seeing Goku completely suppressed, Krillin's heart sank to the bottom.
Could it be that even Goku was no match for him?
On a rock not far away, Luo Feng shifted into a more comfortable position and picked at his ear, which was itching slightly from the sound of the explosions.
"Ugh, that's a terrible fight."
Luo Feng muttered in a low voice, his tone full of disdain.
"It's just the same few moves over and over again, no originality at all, and they've made the ground so pitted and uneven, it's hard to find a flat spot to sunbathe."
Just then.
"Kaio-ken times two!"
A roar, staking everything, echoed from the deep pit.
Boom!
A crimson aura, like a volcanic eruption, surged skyward from within Goku's body.
Goku's muscles visibly expanded, and his veins bulged.
This was a technique Goku had learned from King Kai.
Using Kaio-ken allowed him to temporarily increase his strength, doubling his combat power.
And under Kaio-ken times two...
His combat power instantly doubled!
The mocking smile on Vegeta's face immediately froze.
What's going on?
Why did this low-class warrior's combat power increase so much in an instant?
Before Vegeta could react, Goku had already broken through Vegeta's visual lock, landing a solid punch squarely in his abdomen.
"Ugh!"
Vegeta grunted, his body involuntarily arching like a shrimp, sent flying backward by this sudden surge of immense power.
How could this be!
Vegeta forcefully stabilized himself in mid-air, his face filled with incredulous shock.
How could a low-class warrior unleash such immense power!
Vegeta had never heard of such a technique that instantly increased combat power!
Krillin and Gohan in the distance, seeing this scene, instantly felt hope.
"He did it! Goku did it!"
"Hmm, not bad, now it's getting interesting."
Luo Feng's lazy voice sounded.
"Hey! Prince Vegeta, don't tell me you're going to be defeated by a low-class warrior you look down on!"
Vegeta's gaze passed over the panting Goku and fixed on Luo Feng.
More than being pushed back by Kakarot, Luo Feng's tone, as if he were commenting on a street performance, infuriated and humiliated Vegeta even more.
Combat, the Saiyan's battle for honor, in this man's eyes, was merely "a little interesting" entertainment?
And he, the Prince of Saiyans, was he just an object for his amusement?
"You…"
Vegeta's teeth ground together.
"I will kill you, I will definitely kill you!"
The battle escalated once more.
The enraged Vegeta and Goku, who had activated Kaio-ken times two, engaged in an even more violent exchange of blows.
Fists whistled, and energy blasts flew horizontally.
The entire battlefield was enveloped by two powerful, suffocating auras.
The ground continuously crumbled.
Goku, with the boost from Kaio-ken, momentarily suppressed Vegeta; every punch and every kick made it difficult for Vegeta to parry.
But Vegeta was, after all, an elite warrior with extensive battle experience.
After the initial shock, Vegeta quickly adjusted his tactics.
"It's over, Kakarot!"
Vegeta seized a moment when Goku was catching his breath and abruptly pulled away.
He spread his legs, lowered his body, and slowly raised his hands to his sides, palms facing each other.
A destructive purple energy began to gather frantically in Vegeta's palms.
"Let me show you the power to destroy this planet!"
"Galick Gun!"
Goku's expression instantly became incredibly solemn.
He could feel the destructive power contained within that energy, enough to utterly obliterate him.
Goku had no retreat at this moment.
He could only go all out, clashing with Vegeta's wave with a Kamehameha.
"Kaio-ken...times three!"
Goku let out a painful roar, and his crimson aura surged dramatically.
"Ka...me...ha...me...ha!"
Blue light, interwoven with crimson aura, converged between Goku's palms into an unprecedentedly powerful shockwave.
"Die!"
"Haa--!"
A thick, massive purple energy beam and a red-and-blue interwoven light wave simultaneously erupted from their hands.
Boom—!!!
Two extreme energies violently collided in mid-air.
The entire Earth seemed to tremble violently under the impact of this energy clash.
Krillin and Gohan were blown away by the powerful energy wave, able to barely avoid being swept away only by clinging desperately to the ground.
"Ahhhhhh--!"
Goku and Vegeta simultaneously let out hoarse roars, pouring all their strength into their energy waves.
The purple Galick Gun and the red-and-blue interwoven Kamehameha formed a terrifying stalemate in the air.
However, everyone could see that the scales of victory were slowly, gradually tipping towards Vegeta's side.
Vegeta's 18,000 combat power was, after all, solid.
The purple light began to slowly, little by little, swallow the blue light.
"It's over, Kakarot!"
Vegeta sneered, as if he had already seen Kakarot being consumed by his energy and turning into cosmic dust.
Luo Feng, in the distance, remained steadily seated on that rock.
He merely raised a hand, somewhat impatiently, to shield his eyes from the rather dazzling light.
There was no worry on Luo Feng's face, not even a trace of tension.
"Seriously, why do they have to clash with the Son family..."
Luo Feng shook his head, his expression as if watching a fool who insisted on running his head into a wall.
"Now Vegeta is probably going to become Trageda."
Sure enough.
Goku roared, squeezing out the last bit of potential from his body.
The crimson aura and blue light wave completely fused, forming a surge that transcended all limits.
The Kamehameha suddenly swelled, overwhelming the purple Galick Gun with an unstoppable force.
The light consumed everything.
Vegeta didn't even have time to let out a gasp before he was directly struck by the energy torrent from himself and his opponent.
The aftermath of the energy clash completely leveled the remaining mountains in the vicinity.
The massive shockwave spread out, and even cities hundreds of kilometers away felt the violent tremor.
Had the battle ended?
Goku trembled all over, the crimson aura faded, and every cell in his body cried out in pain.
The side effects of Kaio-ken surged like a tide.
Goku gasped for air, and even standing became incredibly difficult.
Vegeta's figure crashed heavily onto the ground not far away, kicking up a cloud of dust.
His battle suit was tattered, his body covered in burn marks, and blood stained the corner of his mouth.
But Vegeta was still alive.
Moreover, the fury in Vegeta's eyes burned brighter than ever before.
"Kakarot..."
"You low-class warrior...how dare you...how dare you make me so pathetic!"
Vegeta still had one last trump card.
"Let me show you the true terror of a Saiyan!"
Vegeta slowly raised one hand, palm facing upwards, and a dazzling orb of light began to rapidly condense and compress.
"Come forth! Artificial Moon!"
The orb of light left his hand, flying into the dim sky, instantly expanding and emitting a blue glow.
Luo Feng looked at the artificial moon, his recently relaxed expression immediately crumpling, and he let out a long sigh.
"Still transforming?"
"Will this ever end...?"
Luo Feng still had his tail, and to avoid turning into an ugly Great Ape himself, he could only close his eyes and wait for Vegeta's transformation to finish.
Ding! High-concentration Blutz Waves detected. To prevent the host from turning into a Great Ape, the system has specially granted the host a new ability.
Congratulations, Host, you have gained the passive ability: Blutz Wave Immunity.
You have gained the active skill: Autonomous Great Ape Transformation. You can freely choose whether or not to transform into a Great Ape under Blutz Waves.