Chapter 35: Raditz's Rise
"Impossible!"
Paragus was somewhat shocked. He'd trained Raditz for a very long time. Whether Raditz's fighting spirit or combat experience, he knew them thoroughly. Though his training had produced some improvement, it absolutely couldn't have made Raditz so easily block his surprise attack.
Moreover, this feeling—he seemed to have encountered it somewhere before.
But before Paragus could think further, Raditz had already begun counterattacking.
Raditz continuously threw punches, withdrew fists, kicked, retracted legs. Each strike's power was incomparable to before. With battle power already exceeding Paragus's, Raditz's attacks were no longer something Paragus could easily block as before.
WHAM!
Blocking another of Raditz's strikes with both arms, Paragus felt his arms were nearly losing sensation. The struck areas transmitted sharp pain.
"Aah!" Paragus forcibly endured the pain. After a loud roar, he once again pressed forward, attacking Raditz.
The attack was blocked again. At this moment, Paragus somewhat reacted. This feeling was identical to when he'd battled Turles before.
"Ki sensing! You've actually mastered ki sensing!" Shocked, Paragus directly cried out.
Paragus felt somewhat devastated. Previously, Turles had also taught him this combat method. But he'd never learned it. No matter how he attempted, he couldn't grasp it. His combat thinking was already fixed. Plus, he wasn't a talent-type Saiyan. So all along, only Turles and Broly had mastered this technique.
But today, he was witnessing his dream scenario on Raditz—this trash he'd always looked down upon. How could Paragus accept this?
"Aah! Die!"
Paragus roared madly. His attacks grew increasingly fierce. Leaking energy continuously created ripples in the air.
But Raditz lived up to his elite warrior talent potential. Turles hadn't chosen him just for his unique hairstyle.
As time passed, Raditz's ki sensing mastery grew increasingly familiar. He could already precisely capture every single action from Paragus. But Paragus could only rely on eyesight to track movements. The gap between them was gradually widening. Combat rhythm was gradually being grasped by Raditz.
"Hm?"
Turles—observing from midair—noticed something wrong.
"What is it?" Hearing Turles's voice, Broly asked with confusion.
"Nothing. Discovered something interesting. Seems Paragus is going to eat humble pie!" Turles said somewhat meaningfully.
Hearing this, Broly glanced at Turles, then continued watching the two combatants. Soon, he also discovered Raditz's change, eyes flashing with realization.
As someone who'd already learned ki sensing and could freely control his aura's strength, Broly understood too well ki sensing's role in battle. Under equal strength, whoever mastered ki sensing grasped initiative. This was even more obvious in battles where power levels weren't too high.
As expected, after Raditz grasped battle rhythm, Paragus could only continuously dodge and defend under Raditz's offensive. He simply couldn't initiate attacks.
But as the saying goes—prolonged defense invites mistakes. As Raditz's attack speed grew faster, Paragus's eyes gradually couldn't keep pace with Raditz's movements. Ultimately, he still exposed an opening, getting struck by Raditz.
BOOM!
Paragus's body was sent flying, directly cratering the ground.
Raditz hovered above Paragus, looking at the crater-bound Paragus with an arrogant expression, mocking: "Paragus, you didn't expect that, hahaha!"
Raditz was truly too happy now. Since following Turles, he'd always been at the bottom among the four Saiyans. And this old bastard Paragus—relying on superior battle power—had trained him worse than a dog. Today, he'd finally vented his frustration.
Paragus recovered from his rage, knowing his current battle power couldn't defeat Raditz anymore. He couldn't help rolling his eyes, ignoring Raditz's mockery.
But Raditz didn't want to release this hard-won opportunity. He knew his transformation couldn't be maintained indefinitely. Once transformation ended, he'd still be that little trash with only 5,500 battle power. So he continued verbally assaulting Paragus, even returning all the trash talk Paragus had used during training.
Watching Raditz still provoking Paragus, Turles felt somewhat speechless.
Turles truly didn't understand. Hadn't Raditz considered—if he could master tenfold Great Ape power amplification with his help, couldn't Paragus do the same? What benefit came from enraging Paragus now? Plus, this transformation wasn't normal state. Once transformation time ended, he still couldn't beat Paragus.
As expected, just as Raditz wanted to mock Paragus twice more, after a "bang," Raditz's transformation time completely ended. He reverted to original form. Moreover, due to first-time use of Great Ape power transformation, post-transformation Raditz's stamina was completely exhausted. His body staggered. Finally, he plopped down on the ground.
Seeing Raditz's transformation end, Paragus smiled. He slowly rose from the crater, gradually approaching Raditz, looking at him with ill intent: "Now, who's having today, dear little Raditz?"
Raditz really wanted to maintain his tough guy facade. But thinking of Paragus's methods, he still surrendered. Pitifully, he said to Paragus: "Paragus, can you not hit the face?"
"Heh heh heh, what do you think?" Paragus said sinisterly.
"..."
Seeing pleas were useless, Raditz turned his head toward Turles, eyes full of supplication.
"..."
Turles was speechless. However, thinking of Raditz's contributions in his experiments, he ultimately threw Raditz a lifeline.
"Paragus, what do you think of Raditz's transformation?" Turles redirected Paragus's attention.
"Hm?"
As expected, Paragus's attention was diverted by Turles's words. No longer frightening Raditz, he looked at Turles with a serious expression.
"Tell me—if every Saiyan could master this transformation method, could Saiyans become true warrior race in the universe, rather than being called filthy monkeys?"
"And if you taught every Saiyan this transformation, wouldn't your Saiyan King status completely surpass the former King Vegeta?"
"What do you think, Paragus?"
Turles's words were full of temptation—just like previously constantly instilling in Paragus the idea of leading Saiyan revival.
Hearing this, Paragus's spirit lifted. He looked at Turles with complex eyes.
Honestly, Paragus's impression of Turles was quite complex. Turles not only possessed talent and strength far exceeding ordinary Saiyans, but his thinking also completely differed from other Saiyans. This made Paragus both admire and fear him.
Admiring his talent. Fearing his ideas.
But Paragus could never understand what Turles was ultimately seeking.
"Turles, what exactly do you want to do? Become Universal Emperor?"
Paragus couldn't help asking his confusion.
Nearby Raditz and Broly, hearing this question, also looked at Turles with interest.
"Hm?"
Turles was first stunned, then spoke in a joking tone: "I want to become a god. An immortal god!"
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