"Boom!"
Accompanied by a loud bang, a large cloud of dust rose on the scene, obscuring vision.
"Not good! He caught it, what a powerful guy!" Son Goku stared in shock at the figure within the dust cloud, a wave of disappointment in his heart.
"Take it back!" Raditz snorted coldly, abruptly flicking his wrist within the dust cloud, throwing an energy bullet. The energy bullet tore through the air with a whooshing sound and heavily slammed into Son Goku's body.
"Ah!"
Son Goku was hit, his body falling from the air like a kite with its string cut, crashing heavily onto the ground and raising a cloud of dust.
...
"Still not good enough, although Kakarot just boosted his combat power, this level of combat power is completely insufficient." Nappa looked at the crystal ball and sighed.
"Hmph, just a low class warrior. Reaching a combat power close to 1000 is already quite remarkable." Vegeta snorted, his face still full of disdain, as if saying this was the limit for a low class warrior.
Raditz propped his chin, his eyes serious as he watched the crystal ball. For some reason, a bad premonition lingered in his heart.
Let me think carefully.
According to the boss's usual pattern...
Why do I feel like this parallel world version of me is going to die...
It must be like this.
"Boss, I'm not going to die in a bit, am I?" Raditz couldn't help but ask Soya, a trace of nervousness in his voice.
"Raditz, you finally realized." Soya grinned, not answering directly, but the meaning was already clear.
Raditz: "..."
"Negative emotional value from Raditz +666!"
I knew something felt off!
Will he really be beaten to death?
"What? Raditz will be beaten to death? How is that possible?" Nappa was the first to disbelieve, his eyes wide open. "His combat power is 1500, there's no way the two of them could be his match!"
"It's not that, boss." Raditz felt he was getting a bit flustered and quickly asked, "After this parallel world version of me dies, will it affect me? I don't want to die!"
"No." Soya smiled, his tone relaxed. "It's like how this parallel world has no version of me. Do you see any effect on me?"
Hearing Soya say this, Raditz's hanging heart finally settled, and he let out a long sigh of relief.
No effect is good.
I thought if this parallel world version of me died, it would have a big impact on the current me.
That really scared me.
...
"Die!" Big Raditz had already rushed in front of Son Goku at this moment, his eyes filled with murderous intent. He clenched his fist, about to deliver a fatal punch to the fallen Son Goku.
"The one who should die is you!" Piccolo's face turned ferocious, his eyes flashing with a resolute light. The energy already gathered in his hand emitted a terrifying aura, ready to be unleashed.
Raditz paused slightly, sensing the dangerous aura coming from behind, and immediately looked up towards Piccolo's direction.
"Beep beep!"
The scouter on Raditz's eye also gave a danger warning, emitting a piercing sound.
"Combat power 1330!" Raditz was utterly shocked, his face full of disbelief. "Not good, they can freely control their combat power!"
"Taste my power!" Piccolo roared, releasing his ultimate move that concentrated all his power. "Makankosappo!"
A dazzling purple beam of light, like the sickle of death, carrying an aura that could destroy everything, shot towards Raditz.
"Whoosh!"
Spiral energy flame, wrapped in a sharp whistle that tore through the air, whistled towards Raditz's location at an extremely fast speed. Wherever it passed, the rocks on the ground sizzled from the scorching heat wave.
Raditz immediately broke into a cold sweat, the hairs on his back standing on end. He almost instinctively dodged violently to the side.
Fortunately, Raditz's reaction speed was fast enough, barely avoiding this fatal blow.
Even so, Raditz's shoulder armor was grazed by the spiral energy. The hard metal instantly burned into charred fragments. Bright red blood immediately seeped from his shoulder, dripping down his arm onto the ground, blooming into glaring splashes of blood in the dust.
Piccolo was stunned, his pupils sharply contracting, his face extremely grim.
He dodged it?
This was his trump card, his ultimate move.
Inside the square, Raditz, Nappa, and Vegeta all watched this scene with calm expressions, not a ripple in their eyes.
After all, these three had far more experience than the battles in this parallel world. This level of confrontation was nothing surprising.
"He dodged it! This guy is incredibly fast!" Piccolo muttered in shock, his eyes filled with despair, his last hope almost extinguished.
"Being able to damage my armor proves your combat power really isn't weak." Raditz pointed at his bleeding shoulder, still shaken from the scare, and said gravely, "If that had hit me directly just now, I really would have died."
"Damn it..." Piccolo clenched his fist tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force, his heart filled with frustration.
"I won't let you off! The game ends here!" Raditz tightly clenched his fists, blood even seeping from between his fingers. A thick murderous intent appeared in his eyes, like a lurking beast finally baring its fangs.
Before, Raditz had been toying with them, not taking it seriously at all.
Now, Raditz clearly understood that if he kept playing around like this, he might really lose his life here.
"This is terrible!" Piccolo's face turned as pale as paper, all his muscles tensed, preparing for the worst.
"Prepare to die." Raditz extended his hand, fingers spread, aiming at Piccolo's body from a distance. Faint energy halos swirled around his fingertips.
Piccolo immediately faced a formidable enemy, his heart pounding wildly.
"This Namekian looks like he's going to die." Nappa chuckled lightly, a hint of schadenfreude in his tone. "His strength is still too weak, no match for Raditz at all."
However, at this critical moment of imminent danger.
"Thwack!"
Son Goku swiftly rushed forward with lightning speed, grabbing Raditz's still slightly swaying tail and squeezing it hard.
"Ah..."
Raditz immediately felt waves of indescribable weakness, as if all the strength in his body had been instantly drained. His body twitched uncontrollably, directly collapsing to the ground, emitting moans of pain.
"Hehe, I caught your tail. You were too careless." Son Goku grinned, a childlike, smug expression appearing on his face.
"It's Kakarot, he grabbed Raditz's tail." Nappa looked at the crystal ball in surprise, somewhat taken aback.
"Well done. Whose fault is it that the tail is our Saiyan weakness!" Vegeta smiled lightly, a hint of amusement in his eyes.
Only a fool like him would expose such a weakness.
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