Above Snake Way.
“AOOO!!!!”
A cry of release echoed out.
As Talot’s power erupted once more, the first to bear the brunt were, again, North Kai’s Planet, Salari and Raditz.
For them, being the closest, it felt like an incomparably heavy pressure had descended upon them.
The oppressive force was so overwhelming that it left their minds muddled and their bodies trembling, completely unable to summon the courage to resist.
[This kind of boost… something feels off. But what exactly is wrong? He clearly did break through…] North Kai’s anticipation gave way to a sense of disappointment upon witnessing Talot’s full-powered eruption.
This inexplicable feeling was truly strange.
Staring at Talot in the sky, his energy continuously erupting out, North Kai seemed to sense something else, but in the next second, he instantly forgot it, leaving him even more unsettled and hesitant.
The roaring Talot had veins bulging on his forehead, and his muscles swelled dramatically. With his power fully unleashed, the energy within him seemed to be endlessly increasing.
Super Saiyan Grade 3—achieved!
Compared to Grade 2’s power level of 210 million, his current power level had increased by at least tens of millions more, reaching beyond 250 million!! In fact, if he so wished, he could abandon balance entirely and further boost his power, skyrocketing his power level to 300 million.
[Is this the limit…?] With a sigh in his heart, Talot was deeply frustrated.
Even after reaching this point, he still couldn’t take that next step.
Unwilling to accept this, Talot’s eruption continued.
He further intensified the fusion between the power of the Great Ape and the Super Saiyan energy pool, hoping that the Great Ape’s power could push him directly into Super Saiyan Full Power.
However, as time passed, no matter how terrifying Talot’s energy became, even temporarily surpassing the 300 million mark, the increase was still only on the surface. He remained just short of the threshold for Super Saiyan Full Power, unable to truly reach it.
[Damn it! Just a little more… it was just that tiny bit… Could it be that I still haven’t accumulated enough?!]
Withdrawing from his explosive state, Talot didn’t lose his composure due to the failure, but instead began reflecting on his own issues.
Unable to break through, the problem definitely lay within himself.
If he continued blindly pushing his power, all he’d be doing was wasting his stamina and energy.
Although his current form had indeed reached an unimaginable level of strength, the consumption was also extraordinarily high.
With his thoughts calming down, Talot decided not to pursue Full Power further. Instead, he maintained his Super Saiyan Grade 3 form and returned to North Kai’s Planet.
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‘Boom!!’
The instant he landed, Talot’s powerful form shook North Kai’s Planet.
It was clear just how terrifying the power Talot’s body could now unleash truly was.
Just a simple landing was enough to shake the entire planet.
Though North Kai’s Planet is small, compared to a person, it still isn’t something that can be shaken so easily.
At the very least, back when Talot, Salari, and Raditz fought, it was only during intense bursts that they could cause the planet to tremble.
This kind of shock caused purely by physical force was even more striking, and it made North Kai, Salari, and Raditz all the more clearly feel just how powerful Talot had become.
Words alone could no longer express what North Kai, Salari, and Raditz were feeling at that moment.
“Even though I’m still just that tiny bit short, for now, this is as far as I can go. It’s a pity, while this form holds tremendous power, the body becomes overly bulky due to the surge in strength. That causes both speed and reaction time to lag during real combat.”
As Talot spoke, he soon released his Super Saiyan transformation.
His energy retracted into the energy pool within his body, and his mental world once again returned to a calm state.
Talot let out a long breath of relief, then turned to Raditz and Salari, saying, “After sensing the two Super Saiyan forms I broke through, what do you guys think?”
Raditz and Salari looked at each other after hearing that.
It was Raditz who spoke first: “What else is there to feel? Of course it’s strong!”
Raditz was direct. His mind had always been simple. In truth, he was actually smart, just not good at thinking in circles.
Salari was different. What she cared about was the first part of what Talot had said earlier: “Brother Talot, you said you were still just a bit short? Does that mean… there’s still another breakthrough beyond that transformation just now?”
Talot glanced at her and gave a slight nod, then turned to look at North Kai: “Lord Kai, is there anything you’d like to say?”
Talot’s teasing tone was something North Kai clearly picked up on.
“I’m not a Saiyan, what could I possibly say? Besides, you’ve already analyzed the form you achieved after the breakthrough. Now it’s up to you to figure out how to solve that problem. After all, no matter how powerful your strength is, if you can’t land a hit, then it’s just for show.”
North Kai seemed to be dodging the question, but in truth, he had pinpointed the biggest flaw of the Super Saiyan Grade 3 form Talot had just displayed.
In the original work, Future Trunks used that form against Perfect Cell. His strength had indeed reached the mark, but every other aspect fell far behind. So when it came to actual combat, he was nothing more than a toy in Cell’s hands, easily manipulated and played with.
Come to think of it, Talot had once studied that part of the story, and eventually concluded that Vegeta had likely also mastered that third form, especially when he used Final Flash at the end.
Vegeta knew perfectly well where the flaws of that form lay, which was why he chose not to use it.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have criticized Future Trunks in that way later on.
All in all, Goku and Vegeta were the same type of fighters. They understood the shortcomings, and with their rich combat experience, they basically abandoned Grade 3 altogether.
Later on, Super Saiyan Full Power, which balanced every aspects and allowed sustained combat, became the true perfected form of Super Saiyan.
Full Power might not surpass Grade 3 in raw strength, but its overall balance made it superior in real combat.
Because of what North Kai said, a sudden flash of insight sparked in Talot’s mind.
[That’s right! I’ve been chasing the breakthrough all along, but I kept ignoring the key point! Full Power is simply about maintaining all abilities in a balanced state. Relying solely on boosting explosive strength is actually the wrong approach.]
With that, his heart settled.
Though there was no need to try again immediately, Talot now had a rough idea of how to reach that level.
After some more discussion, Talot announced his next plan: “For the next few days, I’ll need to continue meditating and training here on North Kai’s Planet.”
“Then our trip to Grand Kai’s Planet will have to be postponed again?” Raditz chimed in.
It was obvious that he had already hit a wall on North Kai’s Planet and was looking forward to heading to Grand Kai’s Planet as soon as possible.
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