"Heh… heh heh heh. Not bad.
Now it is slightly interesting.
Though you are still nowhere near my level."
Vegeta's low chuckle rolled out as he casually loosened his neck, rotated his wrists, and stretched his ankles.
It was not warming up.
He did not need to warm up.
He had just showered, changed into fresh armor, and before that he had been training inside two hundred times gravity.
Goku, even with the Kaioken, even if he somehow pushed it to twenty times and forced his power past three million, still would not be a match.
But as entertainment?
As a distraction from boredom?
He would indulge him.
Seeing Vegeta finally preparing to fight seriously, Goku's eyes brightened with excitement.
He pushed his ki even harder.
Kaioken surged again.
The multiplier rose.
Kaioken three times… four times… five times…
His power rose close to two million.
His body became a streak of crimson light tearing across the sky toward Vegeta.
The pressure shook the island.
Even Vegeta's eyes lit with a spark of interest.
BOOM.
Their fists collided.
The shockwave split the island, carving long cracks through the ground.
"Not bad.
But still not enough."
Vegeta said it as if nothing had happened.
He had blocked Goku's full strength punch like someone brushing away an insect.
Goku's breath caught in his throat.
But he had no time to hesitate.
He roared and unleashed everything he had left.
A storm of fists and kicks surrounded Vegeta.
A barrage that would crush any fighter under one hundred thousand.
But Vegeta flowed through the attacks like water.
Calm. Effortless.
Countering between Goku's blows with sharp, precise strikes that carried terrifying power.
And during that exchange, something clicked inside Vegeta's mind.
Kaioken.
He finally understood it on a deeper level.
To think someone with a base power of only one hundred fifty thousand could push himself to this extreme…
The technique was terrifying.
If he created something similar and placed it on top of his own overwhelming strength, his combat power could reach absurd heights.
Something like the future form of a blue haired Goku stacking Kaioken on a god form.
A tempting idea.
But Vegeta also knew the truth.
A technique you rely on becomes a crutch.
And a crutch becomes a cage.
It can be a trump card, nothing more.
BOOM.
CRACK.
THUD.
Their exchange continued, and Vegeta's fighting spirit stirred.
But even while suppressing himself under two million, even when he lowered his power to barely above one million, he still crushed Goku without trying.
This was the flaw of the Kaioken.
Even if your power level spikes for a moment…
Your body is not truly that strong.
You cannot sustain it.
You cannot fight evenly at that level.
You break long before your opponent does.
Barely a minute had passed.
And Goku was already fading.
His aura flickered.
His limbs trembled.
Every movement carried strain that tore through his muscles.
If not for sheer will, he would already be unconscious.
"It is over, Kakarot."
Vegeta caught Goku's fist out of the air.
Then he lifted his hand.
Goku's eyes widened.
He barely had time to react before—
SNAP.
Vegeta flicked him in the forehead.
A single finger flick.
But behind it was the strength of a monster.
Goku screamed as he was blasted backward, skidding and tumbling across the devastated landscape like a rag doll hurled by a god.
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