They arrived at a vast open field about half kilometre away from the Grand Elder's large round house.
Talot and Nail stood face to face.
Ragar naturally played the role of a bodyguard, remaining by the Grand Elder's side and observing the upcoming fight.
For him, Nail and Talot facing off was also a great opportunity to gain experience. It had been many years since he last fought Talot, and he had become unfamiliar with Talot's fighting style.
"Come, Nail. Show me everything you've got," Talot said with a smile.
Nail nodded without speaking.
A sharp gleam flashed through his eyes as he began to gather his energy.
Facing Talot, Nail dared not hold anything back.
"Haaah!!!" With a loud roar, Nail's fierce aura erupted in full force, sweeping out in all directions like a storm.
A pale white aura surged upward from Nail's body, shooting straight into the sky.
Rumble~~!!!! The area within fifty kilometers trembled under the force of Nail's explosive power.
The shift in air pressure and the raging storm signaled a rapid surge in Nail's power level.
Talot had already equipped his virtual glasses and could see Nail's power level reading clearly.
A full five million.
As Nail's erupting aura reached its peak, his entire aura rapidly retracted, and his energy underwent a qualitative transformation.
"Amazing. I didn't expect that after just a few years, your power level would exceed five million," Talot said in surprise.
Compared to Nail's 42,000 power level in the original work, the current Nail was over a hundred times stronger!
"Not at all. Compared to you, this level of strength is hardly worth mentioning," Nail replied, fully aware of Talot's overwhelming strength. He wouldn't dare claim his strength was exceptional.
"Don't underestimate yourself. At the very least, most people couldn't do what you just did," Talot praised, but then his expression changed.
He beckoned to Nail with a curl of his index finger, signaling that he could start attacking.
"Then here I come, Brother Talot!" With another loud shout, Nail took the initiative, transforming into a cannonball and charging at Talot with incredible speed.
Clenching his right fist, he threw a powerful punch, as if it carried the weight of a thousand tons, straight toward Talot's face.
BOOM!!!!
A tremendous shockwave transmitted through the air, stirring up violent gusts that swept in all directions.
Nail's powerful punch, imbued with all his strength, was easily stopped by Talot using only the index finger of his right hand, completely neutralizing the force behind it.
Watching from the sidelines, Ragar wore a grave expression upon seeing this scene.
Even he would need a full hand to block that all-out punch from Nail, yet Talot had effortlessly nullified it with just one finger.
It was hard to imagine what level Talot's power had reached.
Not just Ragar, even the Grand Elder found it unbelievable. Talot's strength was simply absurd.
Young Piccolo, meanwhile, was left completely dumbfounded.
…
"Impressive aura. But your control over your power still needs work. If you could compress all your power into a single point, your attack power would rise to the next level," Talot said slowly after experiencing Nail's strike.
Upon hearing this, Nail took Talot's advice to heart.
"Thank you for the lesson, Brother Talot. In that case… I'll continue!!" With that, Nail launched another assault.
This time, his offensive was even more fierce and terrifying.
Bang! Boom! Bang! Boom!
Nail's attacks burst forth like a torrential storm, an unrelenting barrage of fierce blows. After Talot's guidance, he tried to compress all his strength for explosive bursts.
The destructive force of his attacks indeed increased, and his explosiveness was significantly greater than before.
As expected of a naturally gifted Warrior-type Namekian; his talent for combat was extraordinary, no less than that of a Saiyan.
However, this level of power was still far from enough to shake him.
At his current state, Talot's base form alone had a power level exceeding one hundred million.
Compared to Nail, whose power level was only five million, Talot was a hundred times stronger.
With such a vast gap in power, even if Talot used just one finger against Nail, the invisible aura radiating from his body alone could effortlessly block all of Nail's attacks.
As the battle intensified, the destructive force within Nail's fierce punches became more terrifying, but they were still easily neutralized by Talot's index finger.
Realizing close-quarters combat was ineffective, Nail quickly adjusted, changed his strategy, and enveloped his fists with invisible energy, striking with immensely destructive heavy blows.
Boom~~!! At the moment the energy-packed powerful punch struck Talot's index finger—
A violent explosion erupted, and the resulting shockwave kicked up sand waves hundreds of meters high.
The power of this blast was indiscriminate. Nail's own attack even backfired on him.
Talot, caught off guard by the sudden explosion, was pushed back several dozen meters by the aftermath of the explosion.
"It worked!" Seeing that his attack had shaken Talot, Nail was overjoyed.
Enduring the pain from his injuries, he stood up again, his aura bursting forth once more as he charged straight at Talot.
"An attack that harms even the user can indeed yield unexpected results when used against an opponent just slightly stronger than oneself. But against me, it's far from enough," Talot said, regaining his stance, eyes locked onto the approaching Nail as he thrust his right index finger forward.
At that moment, Nail had already reached Talot.
His fist carried even more astonishing power than before, delivering a heavy strike with unstoppable force.
BOOM!!!!!!! This time, the explosion was even more powerful, and even the surrounding space echoed with a sonic boom.
But to everyone's surprise, Talot, who directly took the blast, wasn't blown away; instead, Nail was sent flying over a hundred meters.
"Nail, your combat experience is still too shallow. How could the same type of attack have a secondary effect on an opponent of this level?" Ragar, observing the battle from the sidelines, muttered with a serious expression.
As the strongest Warrior-type Namekian at present, his insight far surpassed that of others at his level. Just one glance and he saw the flaw.
At the moment Nail's fist touched the tip of Talot's finger, the explosive impact of the energy blast was completely reflected back by Talot.
In effect, Nail's attack not only failed to harm Talot; its full force was rebounded onto himself.
Beside him, young Piccolo stared blankly at the battle ahead.
From the beginning until now, he couldn't even see clearly what was happening.
But one thing was certain; even someone as strong as Nail was being toyed with effortlessly by Talot using just a single finger.
Grand Elder looked at young Piccolo, then at Ragar, and finally turned his gaze back to the battling Nail.
That Nail would be effortlessly suppressed and defeated by Talot was within expectations.
After all, Talot's power had already reached a level far beyond what the current Nail could contend with, even years ago.
However, even if Nail was defeated, this battle was still a tremendous opportunity for him.
Not just anyone had the qualification to spar with Talot.
After this battle, Nail would surely gain new insights and grow even stronger in the future.
In truth, both Ragar and Nail had reached their current heights largely due to being driven by Talot.
Although Grand Elder had offered them support, he was well aware of the effort Ragar and Nail had put in.
…
Blown away, Nail struggled to stand, his body trembling, a look of confusion on his face.
"My attack was completely reflected… what kind of technique is that…" Once he recovered, Nail was utterly shocked. After thinking carefully, he seemed to realize what had happened.
He looked at Talot with a deeper sense of awe. Just this one technique of total reflection was enough for him to study for a long time.
"Haaah!!" After quickly regaining his composure, Nail let out a loud shout, and his white aura surged outward, his fighting spirit not only undiminished but even stronger.
Energy gathered in both hands. As he thrust them forward at great speed, a torrent of immense power gushed out from his palms, roaring toward Talot.
Seeing the raging energy surging toward him, Talot did not dodge. Instead, he raised his right hand's index finger and pointed forward.
In the next second, the energy around him solidified before shooting forward as a sharp beam.
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