In the arena.
Raditz and Salari had already stepped up.
The moment they stood facing each other, their eyes clashed.
The invisible expansion of their overwhelming aura made the blonde-haired referee beside them once again feel immense pressure, sweating like rain.
"The final match for a spot in the Top 8, Raditz versus Salari begins!!" After hastily announcing the start, the blonde-haired referee dashed off the arena.
In an instant, Raditz and Salari moved at the same time. Their figures flickered, turning into afterimages as they vanished from their original positions.
Boom!!!!
Suddenly, a heart-pounding explosion erupted a hundred meters in the air.
As their fists and feet collided, the entire area extending a thousand meters around the martial arts arena trembled.
Raditz and Salari's fists collided, unleashing a powerful shockwave.
Feeling the force in each other's fists, they both smiled at one another. Then Salari launched a quick attack, going all out in her base form, her fierce and lightning-fast assault sweeping toward Raditz.
Facing Salari's ferocious assault, Raditz's eyes narrowed. With extraordinary perception and nimble movements, he easily dodged every one of Salari's attacks.
Seeing that her attacks couldn't land, Salari's aura suddenly flared, unleashing all her power in base form. Both her speed and strength increased by more than a level.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ... Her powerful attacks swept towards Raditz like a hurricane.
Salari's assault was incredibly fierce, each strike packed with boundless power.
Though her base power level was only ninety million—short of a hundred million—even an opponent with a power level over a hundred million would have to be careful against an onslaught like this. One mistake could mean disaster.
But while Salari's attacks were fierce, Raditz's strength was equally unfathomable.
After years of training and honing himself, he was no longer the same as before.
With a base power level over a hundred million, he easily neutralized all of Salari's attacks, his movements agile and lightning-fast.
Seeing this, Salari's anger flared. She couldn't believe Raditz could counter everything she threw at him so effortlessly!
Suddenly, Salari poured all her strength into her right fist and swung it with full force!
Raditz saw this and raised his hand to block.
BOOM!!! A tremendous explosion rang out.
Salari's fist was blocked by Raditz, and white smoke rose from both their hands.
"Tch~!" Having her full-power punch blocked so easily left Salari extremely frustrated.
She was now fully aware of the gap between her and Raditz.
During her year of pregnancy, Raditz had kept training and then experienced the battle when Frieza invaded Earth. His terrifying power level was now far beyond what she could compare to.
She'd already been left in the dust.
"Looks like your rehab training has paid off. Your attacks really are strong!" Raditz said with a light chuckle.
"Hmph~! Don't get so full of yourself, Raditz! Watch this... Kaio-ken!!" With a loud shout, Salari used Kaio-ken.
BOOM~~!! A huge roar sounded.
A blood-red aura shot into the sky. An overwhelming aura condensed in an instant, and the powerful aura shockwaves forced Raditz back several meters.
After using Kaio-ken, Salari's power level instantly doubled, breaking through the hundred-million mark and reaching 180 million!
"In that case, I'll get serious too!" Raditz looked Salari up and down. Judging by the intensity of her aura, he could roughly gauge her strength.
Right now, if he converted Salari's aura to a power level, it was definitely close to 200 million. But he was no longer the person he once was.
After such a long period of brutal training, his base power level had already surpassed 200 million. Dealing with Salari as she was now didn't even require him to use Kaio-ken.
Salari noticed Raditz's attitude. He actually planned to take on her 2x Kaio-ken using only his base form!
[Just what level has Raditz's base power level reached? I just took a short break, and now the gap between us has become so huge. It's infuriating! No wonder you said that, Brother Talot! You already knew Raditz's strength has far surpassed mine!]Filled with unwillingness, Salari burst forward at full speed, charging straight at Raditz.
Facing Salari's renewed assault, Raditz still chose to focus on defense, continuously neutralizing Salari's attacks while searching for an opening to counterattack!
Bang! Boom!! Bang! Boom!! Bang! Boom!! ... The collisions of their bodies echoed through the air with deafening rumbles.
Lightning exploded in the void, and all around, white and blood-red lights clashed and wove around each other in midair.
The fierce battle between the two stirred the hearts of all the warriors backstage. They were all marveling at the strength of Raditz and Salari. Just their base power levels were already this terrifying. If they transformed into Super Saiyans, how strong would they become?
"What an incredible aura… Is it really possible to reach this level in base form alone?" Nappa, also a Saiyan, had his mouth wide open in shock.
His own base power level was only a few million, not even close to ten million. But looking at Salari and Raditz, their base power levels had undoubtedly already reached hundred million.
The gap in strength was far bigger than he had ever imagined.
But he still had time. This match was an opportunity for him too. If he could learn something from it, like maybe…. grasping a higher level of Super Saiyan, his power level could skyrocket in a very short time!
"Big brother and Sister Salari can show this kind of strength even without turning Super Saiyan? Compared to this power… I'm still so far behind…" Goku muttered to himself, his expression complicated.
All these years of training, he'd thought he'd improved a lot, and that he could go toe-to-toe with Raditz and Salari after transforming into a Super Saiyan.
But now, he realized he'd been too optimistic.
Salari and Raditz were much stronger than he'd thought, and if he wanted to catch up to them, he still had a long way to go.
[These two have already reached this level? They can unleash this kind of power level even without transforming into Super Saiyan…] Watching the fight, Vegeta's frown deepened.
He'd already known that Raditz and Salari were stronger than he was now, but he hadn't realized the gap between them would be so ridiculously wide.
Right now, his base power level had reached ten million.
But in the arena, the two fighting were both unleashing power levels in the hundred million range.
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