The guardian’s words didn’t bother Talot, but Raditz and Salari couldn’t help but feel apprehensive in their hearts.
However, the goal had been achieved. Everything else was unimportant.
With Ultra Divine Water unlocking the limits, even if her potential wasn’t fully unleashed, Salari’s power level officially broke through the one million mark, reaching 1.3 million.
It was evident that a large portion of her potential had already been released after the battle and recovery with Slug. Now with further unlocking, while still effective, the improvement wasn’t as drastic.
Of course, if you added it all up, it was still a full 700,000 increase.
Raditz’s power level also broke the one million mark, almost on par with Salari.
1.2 million power level!
His original 600,000 power level had directly doubled.
The slight gap between him and Salari was likely due to a lack of real combat experience.
After all, Salari had indeed been through more battles than Raditz, especially the fight with Slug.
In fact, this showed that as everyone matured, the various advantages between men and women were gradually becoming more evident.
Raditz’s powerful surge—despite Salari’s constant rigorous training—had nearly closed the gap between them.
Of course, that was only natural. When two people undergo the same training, the results can still vary.
Those in pursuit often progress faster than those pioneering the way.
“Let’s go! This time, make sure to stabilize your improved strength well. Your comprehension of S-cells should also go more smoothly.” Talot said to Raditz and Salari, then turned to thank the guardian.
Before leaving, Talot cast a meaningful glance toward the bottom of the spring.
That Majin Buu’s egg was about to see the light of day once again.
When that day came, Talot believed he could at least reach a level beyond Majin Buu.
If he grasped every opportunity yet couldn’t suppress all enemies, then he would be utterly useless.
Watching the three of them depart, the guardian remained silent for a long while before sinking back into the spring water, plunging the space into darkness once more.
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Mount Paozu.
After returning home, the three of them didn’t go straight to the house. Instead, they stayed on the mountain behind it.
With their strength dramatically increased after their potential was unlocked, any slight lapse in control could cause unnecessary trouble.
To keep Gine from worrying, they needed to spend some time meditating and gaining better control.
At the very least, it shouldn’t interfere with daily life.
In fact, Talot originally planned to have Gine undergo Ultra Divine Water’s Unlock Potential as well.
But later he thought better of it and decided not to involve Gine.
Over the years, Gine had long since adapted to life on Earth. Having stayed by Kakarot’s side all this time, although she would occasionally sneak in a bit of training, she had long lost the desire to become stronger. So even if Talot helped her unlock her potential and improve her strength, it likely wouldn’t have much of an effect.
Even if her strength improved, without long-term training or actual combat, that strength would deteriorate.
Unknowingly, the sky gradually darkened.
The three of them were pulled out of their meditation by a familiar shout.
Unsurprisingly, it was Kakarot returning from Master Roshi’s place.
With the end of the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament, Master Roshi had given his final test to his three new disciples, Goku, Yamcha, and Krillin, and then sent them off to travel the world and train, effectively becoming a hands-off mentor.
On the surface, it was a new phase of training, but in reality, he was just getting too old to continue teaching.
He still had to keep some tricks up his sleeve; he couldn’t hand everything over to these three highly talented disciples.
Besides, with the departure of those three disciples, the old man himself would begin a new stage of training.
The 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, three years later, had become the agreed battleground.
Master Roshi would surely participate again under the alias Jackie Chun, first to test his disciples’ progress, and second to win the championship and claim the prize money.
The family reunited, and the atmosphere was filled with joy.
And after hearing about Kakarot’s next plan, everyone strongly supported him going out on a new adventure.
Only through experience can one grow.
Even though Gine would feel reluctant, she understood this truth. Otherwise, nine months ago she wouldn’t have agreed to let her son go with Bulma to search for the Dragon Balls, and later she even allowed him to train under Master Roshi.
All in all, Gine had witnessed Kakarot’s progress with her own eyes. From her perspective, even though her youngest son was born with a power level of only 2, he was now a warrior with a power level exceeding 200.
What does 200 mean?
If that were his birth power level, he would be classified as an upper-class warrior.
Although the label of being born a low-class warrior couldn’t be changed, her youngest son had now shown remarkable talent, and he was growing more and more to resemble his father Bardock. This caused Gine, in a subtle way, to treat Kakarot as if he were Bardock.
Although Bardock wasn’t this weak back then, both Kakarot and Bardock are the hardworking type.
In the days that followed, Goku didn’t immediately leave Mount Paozu to begin his new path of training.
This little guy was pretty clever. He knew that Talot, Salari, and Raditz all possessed incredible strength. Especially after the Devil’s Castle incident half a year ago, he had long since set his sights on them as his goals.
These past few days, while it looked like he was resting, he hadn’t been idle at all.
He was either challenging his big brother Raditz, or Talot and Salari.
All in all, the three of them gave him a bit of guidance.
Naturally, they wouldn’t let him know just yet that there are always stronger people out there, and those people and worlds are far beyond anything he can imagine right now.
Once Kakarot has tempered himself on Earth, then it’ll be time to slowly guide him to take that next step forward.
However, according to Talot’s assessment, the kid already had a power level of 210.
It’s hard to imagine what his power level will be three years from now.
He might even surpass 300. If so, then King Piccolo definitely wouldn’t be his match.
An increase of 90 over three years may seem low from the perspective of the future, but without more advanced training methods, and relying only on worldly experiences, the most he can increase right now is experience and other things.
In short, the current ceiling on Earth is simply too low.
After all, even in the original work, Goku’s strength didn’t skyrocket to insane levels after three years of training at the Lookout.
Of course, it can also be understood that what improved was more of his state of being. Kami’s original plan was to have Goku become the new Kami.
…
On the tenth day since Goku’s return.
Everyone stood together to see him off. With Goku’s pure and simple nature, he didn’t feel sad over a temporary farewell.
Amid his excited shouts of looking forward to the future, his small figure disappeared into the forested mountains.
“He’s finally gone. I wonder how far he’ll be able to go on his own three years from now?” As his older brother, Raditz was the first to voice the thought.
After all, he was his own little brother. It was impossible not to feel a bit emotional.
He had seen his brother’s efforts firsthand and had always felt proud.
At the very least, even though this younger brother was born with a low power level, he had always aspired to become strong.
At 13 years old, for a low-class warrior, that already put him above average among Saiyans.
There were even some adult Saiyans who hadn’t surpassed 200 power level.
“He’ll grow up fast. I see Uncle Bardock’s shadow in him. In the future, he might surpass all of us,” Talot suddenly said.
There’s nothing that stirs a transmigrator’s feelings more than watching Goku grow stronger little by little.
After all, Goku is the protagonist.
“I believe what Brother Talot said. I also grew stronger bit by bit from a power level of just over a hundred. Even though I’ve now surpassed a power level of one million, Kakarot will definitely reach that level in the future too,” Salari said, picking up the conversation.
Her words clearly shocked Gine.
She had always known that Talot, Raditz, and Salari were incredibly powerful. Talot could even transform into a Super Saiyan.
But after all this time, it was actually the first time she heard them mention just how high their power levels really were.
A power level of over one million.
That was simply unimaginable in the past.
[Bardock, can you see this? The future of our Saiyan race will shine through Talot and their generation.] Gine spoke these words in her heart.
The group exchanged a few more words.
Once emotions had more or less settled, Talot, along with Salari and Raditz, temporarily said goodbye to Gine and Son Gohan and headed off to West City.
A few days earlier, using the Instant Transmission, Talot had made another trip to Planet Namek to retrieve Slug’s spaceship from there and brought it to Bulma and Dr. Brief for research.
Along the way, Talot also asked Bulma to prepare a lot of Earth food and daily necessities for him.
He wasn’t doing this for nothing; it was all to be gifted to North Kai.
After that, it would be time to begin their next phase of training.
Of course, before the training could begin, the three of them needed to have a fight.
After their strength improved, they meditated for several days and were finally able to fully control their new strength.
Now, the three of them were itching for a fight. Even though Talot’s strength was still far above Raditz and Salari, if they fought together, it could still put considerable pressure on him.
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