Caulifla prided herself on her incredible speed, covering thousands of miles in the blink of an eye. She glanced back over her shoulder, but saw no sign of Raditz pursuing her. A smug smile tugged at the corner of her mouth.
That's it? she thought with disdain.
Below stretched an open wasteland, and Caulifla plummeted straight down, landing steadily on the barren ground. "Hmph, I wonder how long I'll have to wait for him."
"No need to wait at all."
Raditz's voice echoed behind Caulifla, making her jump. She spun around hastily to find him standing there, the wind stirring up sand and dust that danced around his long hair like silk ribbons, his powerful form already planted firmly on the ground.
"You... when did you—?" Caulifla's jaw dropped. She clearly hadn't seen Raditz anywhere, yet here he was, arriving almost the instant she'd landed—otherwise there'd be no way he could have heard her words.
How did he do that?
This speed was impossible, right? Caulifla stared at Raditz in disbelief, nearly biting her own tongue. What the hell!
In the distance, Raditz's sudden disappearance had shocked Cabba and Renso, their expressions mirroring Caulifla's bewilderment.
After a moment, Renso leaped up, his face flushed with excitement. "Cabba, let's go watch together!"
"But... your feet..."
"It's fine, I don't need to land. Hurry up! Don't let us miss this." Renso urged him to stand, then flew out the door first. After staying silent for so long, Renso felt truly alive again, his nerves tingling and blood boiling with anticipation.
Cabba hurriedly followed, staying close behind Renso as they rushed to catch up with Raditz.
The wasteland stretched endlessly around them. Raditz stood with his arms crossed while Caulifla launched a fierce assault—her attacks menacing and powerful, yet she couldn't land a single blow on him.
Raditz smiled lightly, his feet shifting left and right, his head swaying to dodge as he effortlessly avoided thousands of phantom-like strikes. No matter how domineering Caulifla's boxing technique was, if it didn't connect, it meant nothing.
Energy wasted, countless moves failed, and Caulifla's complexion grew worse by the second.
"Why! Why can't I hit you!"
"When you fight, you can't always rely on your eyes alone. You need to feel the enemy's changing and shifting aura. I can read your attack patterns and the flow of your energy. I can even predict your moves. Naturally, you can't touch me." Raditz moved with fluid grace, adding, "Besides, your speed isn't fast enough. If it were truly fast enough, I wouldn't have time to react even if I could sense your aura."
Not fast enough? What a joke!
Caulifla retreated in frustration, gathering energy in her palms before firing a net of ki blasts that crashed down like a devastating rainstorm.
"How about that?"
"I can hit them now, but what's the point?" Raditz didn't budge, casually waving his hands to deflect the incoming ki blasts like swatting away raindrops. The ground continued to shake and rumble with explosive bangs.
Both fighters were giving their all, but Raditz clearly held the upper hand.
Raditz's years of training hadn't been wasted. On one hand, he had the experience of his predecessors and the gravity chamber; on the other, he'd received advice and guidance from Earth's martial artists. Compared to Caulifla's self-taught street fighting, he was naturally far superior.
Their fighting methods differed drastically. Caulifla blindly displayed her raw strength without understanding the effectiveness of precise, instant bursts, resulting in massive waste of stamina. Raditz's battles, meanwhile, had always focused on rational use of physical strength, never doing anything unnecessary.
The boastful Caulifla gritted her teeth, her hedgehog-like hair fluttering slightly as she stopped her bombardment. She was out of breath, her chest heaving from the continuous drain of energy.
In contrast, Raditz remained eerily calm, as if he hadn't exerted any real effort at all.
Renso and Cabba, who had just arrived on the scene, witnessed the temporary ceasefire. Scanning the scorched earth around them, they could tell a major battle had already taken place.
"The smell of smoke is heavy in the air. Caulifla was on the offensive?"
"She's not doing well—looks exhausted, while Mr. Raditz seems completely relaxed."
"This is a perfect opportunity to teach her a lesson. She's usually overconfident, which makes her too impulsive."
"Here she comes! She's attacking again..."
Cabba exclaimed as he watched Caulifla charge forward once more, rushing straight at Raditz. Her ki flared again, erupting from the anger burning in her heart, her fighting spirit truly astonishing.
As she charged forward, the ground beneath her feet collapsed, forming a deep trench in her wake.
Raditz's eyes sharpened, his body suddenly glowing with red light. He clenched his fists and blasted forward with explosive force. BOOM! A thunderous noise that shook the entire battlefield split the air, sending visible shock ripples spreading far into the distance. More than ten meters away, Caulifla was stopped dead in her tracks by the sheer force of his ki!
With one punch, Caulifla's attack was completely blocked, and her accumulated aura instantly collapsed.
"Red... red light!" Renso was horrified by Raditz's transformation.
"That's not a Super Saiyan—I remember Super Saiyans having golden light."
"Golden?" Renso wiped sweat from his forehead. "Just how much power has he not shown us? From the looks of it, there's no need to even use Super Saiyan—Caulifla's already completely outmatched."
Cabba didn't answer, but he thought exactly the same thing. Caulifla was indeed powerful, but she was leagues behind Mr. Raditz.
"What technique was that? Just now, that force... was that a Super Saiyan?" Caulifla was shocked and furious. She, who had always considered herself strong, was being beaten helplessly. How could she possibly stay calm?
"No, Super Saiyan is much stronger than Kaio-ken. It seems there's no need to use Super Saiyan to deal with you."
"What did you say!" Caulifla's eyes suddenly blazed with fury. Someone with such high self-esteem couldn't stand being mocked like this. Her anger climbed even higher, and her fighting power improved once again!
Sure enough, Caulifla's talent was extremely high—her combat effectiveness increased dramatically when her emotions ran hot.
However, such short-term emotional changes could only boost combat effectiveness to a limited extent. Both Raditz and Kakarot had successfully transformed only after extreme emotional changes triggered a massive increase in their "S-cells." Although the Saiyans of the sixth universe possessed many S-cells naturally, they couldn't meet the transformation requirements without proper stimulation.
The living environment of the sixth universe Saiyans was more suitable for evolution and growth. Their talents had been inherited and developed from generation to generation, but their methods of unleashing power were lacking. Therefore, no Super Saiyan had ever been born among them.
"Since you want to meet a Super Saiyan so badly, I'll show you." Raditz's expression changed suddenly, becoming deadly serious with blazing intensity in his eyes.
The air around Raditz began to burn and boil, golden brilliance bursting forth like scattered starlight, his aura absolutely earth-shattering! The ground beneath his feet cracked into a web-like pattern, and the airflow rolled like a tide, rushing outward in all directions. The overwhelming presence made everyone tremble to their core.
Caulifla's lips quivered violently as she stared in stunned silence. She stumbled back two steps, her face turning pale as something like a mass of explosive energy seemed to build in her chest.
"So strong... is this... the Super Saiyan..."