Rez's shoulder was as hard as an iron plate, and the recoil made his finger bones ache unbearably.
Almost simultaneously, Rez's body made an instinctive reaction.
"Snap!"
Rez backhanded him with a slap, instantly sending Raditz flying into the air, where he spun three hundred and sixty degrees before crashing heavily onto the arena floor.
"Bam!"
Raditz slammed into the floor with a dull thud, completely dazed.
"Uh..." Rez quickly pulled off the blindfold from his eyes and looked at Raditz with some embarrassment.
"Ah... so painful! So painful..." Raditz grimaced in pain, lying on the ground wailing, feeling like his whole world was falling apart.
He clutched his slapped cheek and rubbed his fist, which throbbed with a bone-cracking pain, tears welling up in his eyes.
"Sorry, Raditz." Rez stepped forward to help Raditz up and smiled, "That was just a conditioned reflex, are you alright?"
Raditz: "..."
Raditz wanted to cry but had no tears.
I punched you, and it felt like my bones were about to crack.
I can endure that!
The problem is, you backhanded me with a slap!
That really hurts, you know?
He looked at Rez resentfully, his eyes filled with grievance.
"This is your bonus." Rez said, handing the blue coin to Raditz.
Seeing the blue coin, Raditz wiped away the tears caused by the pain and accepted it with great joy.
He clenched the coin in his palm, feeling its cool touch, and the pain on his face seemed to ease slightly.
"Not bad, not bad. I'll study it some more, and we'll continue later!" Rez smiled slightly and turned to leave the training room.
He needed to digest the combat experience he had just gained.
Rez knew very well that he still needed to continue training.
Facing the attack of five people, and with their combat power not even that high, he still got hit!
Rez knew he was still far from enough.
Of course, this was because Rez had not used ordinary energy and had covered his eyes with a cloth strip.
If Rez were to unleash all his energy, no matter how hard Raditz and the other four tried, it would be impossible for them to hit him.
But doing that wouldn't achieve the training effect, so there was no need.
Nowadays, what Rez needed to do was to master the basics of Ultra Instinct as soon as possible.
Rez really wanted to know, what kind of effect would Ultra Instinct have after mastering the basics?
Walking through the narrow corridor of the spaceship, Rez returned to his room.
The cabin door slid open silently, and the soft light from inside spilled out.
Linoshi was still sitting on the small bed, but she was holding a scepter in her hand, staring blankly at the crystal ball on it.
The scepter was pure white with a slender shaft, and the crystal ball at the top seemed to have a galaxy flowing within it, emitting a faint light.
Linoshi looked at the crystal ball intently, her blue eyes reflecting the flowing light and shadows, her expression earnest and gentle.
Hearing the sound of the cabin door opening, Linoshi shuddered.
Seeing Rez return, Linoshi hurriedly put the scepter away.
"Swish!"
The scepter turned into specks of starlight and instantly disappeared into the air.
Her movements were as fast as a child caught doing something wrong; a clear panic appeared on her face, and her fingers began to subconsciously rub the hem of her battle suit again.
"You... you're back..." Linoshi said softly, her blue eyes cast down, not daring to look at Rez.
"What are you looking at? You were so lost in thought." Rez asked with a smile, his eyes fixed on Linoshi.
She sat on that narrow bed, her posture as well-behaved as a butterfly with its wings folded.
"N-nothing..." Linoshi shook her head, hurriedly answering with a blushing face, her blue eyes cast down in panic.
Rez didn't speak either, just looked at her with a smile.
His gaze was not sharp, even carrying a touch of gentleness, but just by looking at her quietly like this, it made Linoshi feel like a dewdrop illuminated by sunlight, with nowhere to hide.
Linoshi's head hung even lower, almost burying itself into her chest.
"O-okay, I'll tell you!" Linoshi was feeling flustered by Rez's stare and quickly replied in a low voice, her voice as small as a mosquito's hum, "I... I was watching you and Prince Vegeta fight!"
After speaking, she secretly raised her eyelids to glance at Rez, then quickly lowered them again.
Rez was actually a little surprised.
This little angel actually cares about me!
She was actually watching me fight Vegeta!
"Do you have any good suggestions?" Rez asked with a smile, sitting down on the edge of the bed, keeping a just-right distance from her.
"It was quite good. For you to be able to grasp Ultra Instinct to this level in such a short time is already very remarkable." Linoshi bit her lower lip and looked up at Rez with an appreciative face.
However, Linoshi still didn't dare to make direct eye contact with Rez. After one glance, she hurriedly lowered her head, her fingers subconsciously rubbing the hem of her battle suit again.
"But I still got hit while under siege by Raditz and the others." Rez felt a little annoyed and scratched his head.
"That's because..." Linoshi paused for a moment, organizing her words, "You used Ultra Instinct at the beginning, but later, when you saw so many fists and kicks, you couldn't help but abandon Ultra Instinct and instead used your own senses to dodge the attacks!"
She said, hitting the nail on the head, her blue eyes shining with a serious light.
Hearing Linoshi say this, Rez carefully recalled the just-concluded battle scene and suddenly realized.
Linoshi was indeed right!
At the beginning of the fight with Raditz and the others, he had indeed used Ultra Instinct, his body as light as a feather, moving freely through the gaps between their fists and kicks.
But later on, there were simply too many fists and kicks coming from all directions, dazzling him.
Rez had subconsciously abandoned using Ultra Instinct and instead used his ears to distinguish the opponent's attacks.
That was why he unfortunately got hit.
"It seems I still need to continue training hard." Rez stroked his chin and sighed in a low voice.
"It's already very good... To have such great progress is truly amazing!" Linoshi praised, her voice gentle but carrying sincere affirmation.
"Thanks for the compliment! To repay you, shall I continue to massage your feet?" Rez said with a smile, his gaze falling on her jade-like feet curled up on the edge of the bed.
"Ah? Still... still massaging?" Linoshi's pretty face flushed red, and she lowered her head again, her hands unconsciously gripping her battle suit tightly.
"If you don't want to, then forget it." Rez said seriously, his eyes devoid of any teasing, only respect.
Linoshi's hands began to rub the battle suit again, looking very nervous.
The cabin was quiet for a few seconds, with only the faint sound of their breathing and the low hum of the spaceship's engines audible.
After a silence of several seconds.
"I... I want to." Linoshi's voice was as soft as a mosquito's hum, almost inaudible, and after she finished speaking, her entire face flushed bright red.
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