On the battlefield.
King Cold, now showing his true power, slowly stood up, effortlessly holding off Begone's advance without any pressure.
A sinister and wicked smile spread across his face, making him look eerie and terrifying.
"Heh heh heh heh... So this is all the power a Super Saiyan has? I overestimated you." King Cold sneered coldly, his eyes flashing with a bloodthirsty gleam.
In the past, he had been shrouded in the fear of his ancestor, making him wary of the Super Saiyan's existence.
But now that he was strong enough, Super Saiyans no longer seemed so frightening in his eyes.
Around his body, an icy blue aura blazed like the flames of hell.
King Cold's powerful aura soared, easily surpassing Raditz's aura.
Floating mid-air, veins bulged on Raditz's forehead as he continuously increased his energy output.
He refused to believe that this guy could really neutralize his ultimate technique.
"Playtime is over, Super Saiyan!" As he spoke, King Cold suddenly unleashed power from both hands, firing a purple Destruction Beam brimming with devastating power, completely overwhelming Raditz's Begone.
"What?!" Raditz exclaimed in disbelief, his pupils contracting sharply. He had no time to think, he immediately stopped his energy output and rapidly retreated.
Fortunately, he narrowly dodged King Cold's deadly purple Destruction Beam without harm.
"Your countdown has begun. Now, it's time for my attack." King Cold said cruelly as he gathered strength in his legs and suddenly exploded into motion.
His massive frame shot through the air like a cannonball, appearing in front of Raditz in the blink of an eye.
"Such a huge body, yet his movements are unbelievably smooth…!!" Raditz's expression turned grim. Faced with King Cold's charge, he chose to confront him head-on.
There was no point in hiding and dodging. Real battles only had meaning when fought like this.
King Cold raised his hand and launched a Death Beam, which Raditz swiftly dodged before spinning and aiming a full-power roundhouse kick at King Cold's neck.
Smack!! King Cold's massive hand easily caught Raditz's ankle, his strength surging to lock Raditz in place.
With one leg restrained, Raditz immediately took to the air and launched a kick with his other leg toward King Cold.
But such an attack was nothing to King Cold.
As expected, both of Raditz's legs were soon restrained, but he hadn't lost his fighting ability. He began gathering energy in his hands for a close-range blast.
King Cold wasn't a fool. He saw through the tactic instantly and took immediate action.
With a powerful motion, he hurled Raditz's body toward the ground, causing him to lose control.
"I don't know how Cooler lost to you before, but today, I'll avenge my eldest son and settle scores with you monkeys!" King Cold chuckled mockingly, his aura growing even more terrifying.
As he raised his hand, a terrifying amount of energy rapidly gathered and then transformed into countless energy blasts that rained down like a storm.
Raditz, flung through the air, spun dozens of times before finally regaining control just as he hit the ground.
But the moment Raditz landed, dozens…no, hundreds of Death Balls descended like a meteor shower right on top of him.
Faced with this carpet bombardment, Raditz had no choice but to deploy an energy shield.
BOOM BOOM BOOM~~!!!
Explosions roared without end, raising an immense cloud of smoke and causing the entire planet to tremble violently.
The cataclysmic shockwaves spread in all directions, threatening to destroy the world itself, and also rushed toward Talot and Salari.
Talot waved his hand and dispersed the incoming shockwaves.
He seemed to manage just fine, but Salari's face was filled with astonishment. Feeling the force of the explosion, she couldn't help but gasp sharply.
Had it been her instead, without instantly transforming into Super Saiyan 1 Grade 3 to defend, she would've suffered serious injuries.
Raditz is still only at Super Saiyan 1 Grade 1.
Can he really withstand it?
Salari didn't know Raditz's condition, which is why she was worried.
"Don't worry, Raditz won't go down that easily. If I'm not mistaken, he's already grasped a higher level transformation of Super Saiyan. He's just been following my advice to refine Grade 1 until he reaches Full Power. So now, it's all about how well he unleashes a higher power level," Talot explained.
"Reaching Full Power directly? Is that method really viable?" Salari asked in doubt.
It hadn't been that long. If Raditz had really achieved Full Power, then she was already being left behind.
…
Time ticked by, second after second.
King Cold hovered in the sky, overlooking the center of the explosion like a victor, the smile on his face growing increasingly arrogant.
With that kind of carpet bombing, even if Raditz didn't die, he should be barely alive.
"So this is all there is to you, Super Saiyan. Compared to you, that other Super Saiyan must be stronger. Otherwise, how could someone with just this level of power possibly have killed my eldest son, Cooler?" King Cold shifted his gaze to Talot and Salari outside the battlefield.
That female Saiyan monkey could be ignored. Even if she could transform into a Super Saiyan, her strength was likely nothing to worry about.
The one he needed to pay attention to was the Saiyan monkey who had killed Cooler. That was the true threat.
Just as King Cold was thinking of how to deal with Talot, a powerful aura storm suddenly erupted from the center of the explosion.
The thick smoke of the blast was swept away, debris flying in all directions, and the land for dozens of kilometers around shook violently from the sudden outburst of power.
"What? This tremor... Could that monkey still be hiding even greater strength?!" King Cold snapped back to attention, staring in shock at the center of the aura eruption.
Raditz's body had become even more muscular, with faint golden lightning flickering around him. His long golden hair showed signs of standing upright, though not fully spiked, but his entire temperament had undergone a marked change.
This form was none other than Super Saiyan 1 Grade 2!
Over the past two months, although Raditz hadn't deliberately pushed for a breakthrough, he had indeed become capable of higher-grade transformations, allowing him to greatly boost his power for a short time.
During the recent explosion, it was by transforming into this form in time that he managed to neutralize most of the impact.
Of course, even so, he still suffered some injuries.
But for a Saiyan, this level of damage was nothing.
"Hmph! Showing off!!!" King Cold frowned slightly. From Raditz, he could faintly sense a dangerous aura.
Though he spoke tough, King Cold knew that this Super Saiyan monkey was no longer the same as before.
King Cold gazed seriously down at Raditz below.
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