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The attacks continued, accompanied by constant dull thuds.
Fists and feet collided, and the battlefield kept shifting.
From the outside, it was a one-sided fight. Without a doubt, Talot, who had only 360 Combat Points, was being chased and beaten by Raditz, who had 550 Combat Points.
Talot once found himself in a desperate situation, but he managed to turn the tide at a critical moment.
Through the real battle, he summarized his past training and the application of various techniques, keeping the good ones and eliminating unnecessary movements.
As the battle intensified, Talot entered a state of self-forgetfulness.
Although he was mostly defending against Raditz's attacks, he began to understand the joy of combat.
No wonder Saiyans were all battle maniacs; the thrill of fighting made their blood boil, driving them to become stronger and to seek the excitement that came from feeling more powerful.
"You actually managed to block all that. Looks like you haven't been wasting your time; you must have been training regularly," Raditz maintained his offensive, smiling.
His voice carried a hint of provocation.
He had thought that his current strength would be enough to defeat Talot, but he hadn't expected Talot to hold his ground.
"Of course, I haven't been wasting my time. Watch this." Talot's lips curled into a smile, and in the next second, his body turned into a blur, creating several more blurs that surrounded Raditz.
Afterimage Punch!
Of course, this wasn't the original Kame School's Afterimage Punch; it was just similar.
Talot, through his understanding and improvement of the technique, had refined it into something akin to a Super-Speed Shadow Clone.
Seeing this, Raditz was slightly surprised, as Talot's speed in this technique made it impossible for him to pinpoint the real body.
"So, did you develop this technique to run away? Just dodging isn't what a true warrior does!" Raditz's eyes darted left and right, trying to find a weakness.
Talot's voice echoed around him, making it impossible to determine his location: "Any technique depends on how it's used. My technique isn't just for running away or dodging."
"Trivial skills! If I can't find your real body, I'll just destroy all these illusions first." Raditz's decisiveness earned Talot's admiration.
In an instant, he launched his attack, quickly breaking through the numerous illusions Talot had created.
"Found you!" Although some illusions still remained, with each attack, Raditz seemed to have located Talot.
But he didn't realize that this was a deliberate trap set by Talot.
As Raditz punched one of the illusions, all the illusions seemed to vanish, but he didn't feel any resistance.
"Not good!" Sensing something strange, Raditz instinctively looked up.
"Take this!" A flying kick descended from the sky.
Raditz raised his hand to block, but the immense force still sent him flying, and he only managed to regain his balance after several backflips, landing over ten meters away.
"Since you can't match my strength, you used the speed of falling from the air to increase your power. You're pretty smart, I'll give you that," Raditz shook his aching arm and said.
Such a critical tone would usually make someone bristle.
But not Talot. He had been hiding his true strength, and no matter what Raditz said, he maintained his composure.
"That's why I said combat isn't just about strength," Talot casually remarked, and then his aura changed dramatically, like a tiger emerging from the mountains, charging at Raditz.
Inspired by Talot's aura, Raditz also felt a surge of strong fighting spirit.
Driven by his competitive nature, he unleashed even greater power.
The battle between the two entered a white-hot phase, becoming increasingly intense.
At this moment, neither of the fighters realized that their battle had attracted quite a few onlookers, who were making various comments.
Among them was a spirited and very beautiful girl.
Her name was Selari, and like Talot and Raditz, she was also five years old.
However, her combat power was only 100 Combat Points, making her a Low-Class Warrior.
Of course, because of her combat power, she was not discarded and sent to invade planets from a young age, but instead grew up by her parents' side.
She and Talot were childhood sweethearts.
However, as an adult reborn, Talot was completely indifferent to this.
[That Raditz is so annoying, as soon as he comes back, he has to show off his strength and bully Big Brother Talot.]
In Selari's heart, she did not like Raditz at all.
The reason was simple: Raditz had always been condescending, and this became even more pronounced after he followed Prince Vegeta.
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On the other side.
Bardock, of course, was also paying attention to the battle!
He had ended his bath and quickly came out to check the situation upon learning of the duel.
Even though such a children's play-fight was meaningless to someone of his level, this was a battle between his son and his nephew, Talot.
"This kid, even I underestimated him. With only 360 Combat Points, he can display such strength," Bardock couldn't help but marvel.
In Bardock's eyes, there was both admiration and curiosity. He wondered how Talot had grown so strong and how he had achieved such mastery over his power.
Although Raditz was stronger, if they were to fight at the same level, he would likely be inferior to Talot.
"Raditz really should know better. Even though his Combat Points are 200 higher, he doesn't show any mercy," Gine said worriedly.
"Hmph! Overconfidence leads to downfall. Although Raditz has grown and matured, his understanding of battle is still clearly lacking. Compared to Talot, he falls short," Bardock said with a touch of regret.
Raditz's strength was indeed very satisfactory, but his fighting style was highly impractical, a method used only by foolish Elite Upper-Class Warriors who overly pursue overwhelming power to crush their opponents.
Gine, hearing this, turned her head curiously. "Bardock, are you saying Raditz will lose to Talot? But it looks like Talot is almost out of options."
"I didn't say Raditz would lose. It's just that Raditz could win more easily and simply, but he insists on brute force. Even if he wins, in a certain sense, he loses!
"To use a higher level of strength to defeat an opponent with lower Combat Points and still expend so much energy, in a life-or-death battle, Raditz would have no way out."
As a warrior who had grown through countless battles, Bardock saw Raditz's problems clearly.
Gine, upon hearing this, continued to watch the battle.
Although her Combat Points were only 600, and she couldn't fully understand Bardock's meaning, she knew that her husband would not be wrong.
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