Standing tall in the arena, Raditz, after completing his Super Saiyan transformation, gazed with blazing eyes, his head held high, savoring the changes in his body with the utmost calm.
The power boost from the transformation was terrifying, 50 times the base form. At this moment, his power level had already reached 175 million.
Compared to Goku in the original work, Raditz's current strength was even greater.
After all, when Goku transformed, his base power level was only around 3 million, while Raditz's base power level had long stabilized at 3.5 million.
Although his base power level hadn't increased with this transformation, it was clear that Raditz's future potential had greatly expanded.
It was as if a gate had been opened, which would allow him to grow stronger faster in the years to come and reach even higher levels.
This situation was akin to bloodline awakening. In a certain sense, Salari had experienced something similar, except that after breaking through to Super Saiyan, she had been steadily consolidating her power. According to Talot, one should first stabilize after a power-up, and only after achieving perfect control should they attempt to break through the base form again, then gradually move on to higher Super Saiyan levels.
This cycle, combined with a balanced approach to training and rest, was the most complete path to growth.
Salari obeyed Talot almost one hundred percent.
After feeling the changes for a while and fully experiencing the sensation of growing stronger, Raditz finally lowered his head and fixed his eyes on Talot.
His gaze was filled with fighting spirit, anyone with some strength could feel it.
Without a doubt, Raditz wanted to challenge Talot.
"Just broke through and already itching for a fight. Let me teach Raditz a lesson, Brother Talot," Salari said, having sensed Raditz's gaze. Though she understood his thoughts, she still volunteered herself.
In fact, when she became a Super Saiyan, she also had the urge to spar with Talot.
But at that time, she firmly suppressed it.
She didn't want Talot to think she was overly competitive, especially since they were already husband and wife.
"Let me handle this myself. It's been several months since Raditz and I last had a spar. Besides, with your current strength, you're no match for him in equal conditions. For more than half a year, you've been breaking through under my guidance and stabilizing your power, but defeating Raditz with Super Saiyan's Grade 2 wouldn't be a fair victory," Talot said.
After all, Raditz was the one issuing the challenge, so the meaning behind it was different.
Talot would never bully the weak or overpower the less experienced, so unless Raditz challenged him, he wouldn't initiate a fight.
"Alright." Hearing Talot's words, Salari nodded and obediently retracted her aura.
Since Talot was stepping in, everyone around cleared a wide space.
North Kai and Olibu looked at Talot with a slight sense of awe.
By now, Talot was already the undisputed number one in the North Area.
Although Talot was still alive and technically didn't fall under the category of "the dead," in a certain sense, he was truly a unique existence in the North Area.
"Should we change the battlefield? After all, this kid's been holding back for so long, if he unleashes a big move and destroys this place... Plus, last time you fought Olibu, it looked like a friendly match, but in reality, it nearly leveled the area..." Before North Kai could finish, Talot smiled and shook his head.
"No need, Lord Kai. This battle is Raditz's way of testing his own strength, to define the limits of his current power. So I won't be holding back, it'll be over soon," As Talot spoke, he turned and nodded toward Olibu.
On Grand Kai's planet, especially within the North Area camp, Olibu's strength had always been second only to his.
Over the past year, Talot had sparred with him several times and had been shocked by Olibu's power each time.
Truth be told, the guy's talent was beyond question, and his rate of improvement was almost unbelievable.
If Talot hadn't seen it with his own eyes and experienced it personally, he wouldn't have believed that this guy's power level could exceed 600 to 700 million in such a short time.
And this had only happened within a little over a year.
According to North Kai, it was the result of Olibu's millennia of accumulated potential erupting after being stimulated by Talot's arrival.
What impressed Talot even more was Olibu's combat skills.
There had even been a riot in Hell during the year, and it was Olibu who suppressed the soul form of Cooler with his skills.
Even if Cooler wasn't at his peak and couldn't reach his former maximum of 1 billion power level after death, he still had more than 600 million!
Yet Olibu took him down in just a few punches and kicks.
Honestly, Cooler was just asking for it. Knowing his own strength was lacking, and that after death he couldn't fight at full power or grow any stronger... Even after suffering once, he still went looking for a second beating, clearly he was looking for punishment.
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Strolling forward, Talot activated the Super Saiyan energy pool within him as he walked.
He didn't actually need to transform. Just using the power of the Great Ape alone, he could reach a power level of 62 million. With Kaio-ken layered on top, even a casual 2x boost would push him past 120 million, and a 3x boost would be enough to surpass Raditz's current power level.
Of course, Talot wasn't going to choose this method, because with the achievement of Super Saiyan, he had abandoned this kind of multiplicative stacking.
After all, in terms of base multiplication, his 10x power of Great Ape layered with a 20x Kaio-ken would only yield a 200x boost. Even a 30x Kaio-ken would bring it to just 300x.
Granted, 200x and 300x were already ridiculous.
This level of amplification far surpasses the initial 100x boost of Super Saiyan 2 and can fully rival the peak of Super Saiyan 2.
But looking purely at the power level, a 200x boost only yielded 1.24 billion! Even 300x only reached 1.86 billion!
What about Super Saiyan combined with Great Ape's power?
Currently, with Full Power giving nearly an 80x boost to base form, even just a 3x Great Ape boost stacked on top would result in a 240x multiplier. That means a Super Saiyan Full Power with 3x Great Ape power would reach 1.488 billion.
If it were 4x Great Ape power, then it would be a 320x boost, reaching a power level of 1.984 billion.
Back to the main point.
These are just numbers. How he actually fight would depend on the situation.
At the very least, now that he's facing Raditz directly, Talot had to meet his Super Saiyan with one of his own.
This was also a form of respect for Raditz, a response to his enthusiasm.
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