Kapitel 63: Chapter 63: A Clean Break
Dart said nothing. He stood silently across from Taro, waiting for him to make the first move.
Taro stepped forward, activating the principles of the Thirteenfold Muken. His speed surged dramatically, transforming him into a black blur as he dashed forward!
"Hm?"
Both Dart and the Great Elder, who was watching from above, murmured in surprise. The Great Elder squinted his clouded eyes, observing Taro's combat power and Ki, which seemed inconsistent. With a sigh, he remarked: "What a clever technique. I didn't notice it clearly before…"
The village elder and warrior beside him didn't understand what the Great Elder was talking about.
Meanwhile, Taro had already engaged Dart in combat.
"Your Ki is weak, but your attacks are not." Dart calmly observed as he effortlessly evaded Taro's strikes. His tone was steady, as though he was critiquing a sparring partner.
Taro launched a kick.
Mangekyou x32!
Whoosh—
The air tore apart as Taro's leg, swift as a whip, slashed directly at Dart's temple.
A trace of surprise flashed in Dart's eyes. His face grew serious as he spread his hands and dropped into a low stance. With a loud smack, he firmly caught Taro's kick. The sheer force of the blow caused Dart's body to shudder. Surprise mixed with curiosity as he asked. "You've gotten even stronger… How is this happening?"
Without waiting for an answer, Dart gave a shout, swung his arms, and hurled Taro into the sky.
As soon as Taro left his grip, he vanished.
The Great Elder looked to the high heavens above Dart. Taro had reappeared there, seemingly out of nowhere. The elder murmured in his aged voice. "Instant Transmission, perhaps…"
Dart tilted his head back, spotting a small black dot high above him—it was Taro. He could sense a powerful surge of energy gathering at that point. "It's as strong as that sudden boost from his earlier kick… No, wait. On closer examination, his physical power hasn't increased… This technique enhances his attacks several dozen times over?"
In the next moment, the Ki at that black dot reached its peak!
Dart clenched his fists, remaining calm as he awaited Taro's strike. But then, the black dot and the concentrated Ki vanished—
Whoosh!
Taro appeared right in front of Dart, his crimson eyes blazing. His two fingers crackled with intertwined lightning and flames.
Dart's pupils contracted, the lightning-fire beam reflecting in his eyes as it grew larger and brighter. With a cold snort, he erupted in a burst of white Ki flames at the last second—
Boom!
When the explosion subsided, Dart's body was still enveloped in white flames. His right palm, however, was blackened and scorched. He had managed to catch Taro's most powerful Lightning Flame Strike with his bare hand.
"Heh…"
Seeing his full-strength attack result in such minimal damage, Taro let out what sounded like a resigned chuckle. He leaped backward into the air, putting distance between them.
On the ground, Dart flexed his nearly charred right hand. His face remained calm as he floated upward, coming to hover a few meters away from Taro. The two faced each other, separated by a gap of about ten meters.
"You're a remarkable martial artist, Earthling." Dart said in a loud voice, his gaze fixed on Taro. "This technique of yours—this method of amplifying your power—is truly impressive."
Taro was also watching Dart, but he didn't respond. Instead, he resumed his combat stance.
A sharp pain in his mind, a result of using the Mangekyou, caused him to frown slightly.
The Great Elder, observing from the air, thought to himself, It seems that using such a forcefully enhanced technique is a burden for him as well, otherwise, he wouldn't suddenly stop using it like that…
Seeing that Taro was preparing to strike again, Dart shook his head. "Do you want to keep going? No need! I've already recognized you, Earthling. Go ahead and make your wish with the Dragon Balls!" He gestured toward the Dragon Balls on the ground.
Taro was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke to the sky. "King Kai, are you watching?"
"What?" Dart didn't understand what Taro was doing.
The Great Elder looked thoughtfully at Taro.
At that moment, Taro heard a voice, perhaps in his mind, from King Kai:"You old fool, you really can't hide anything from me! What do you want from me?"
Taro smiled faintly and asked: "From King Kai's perspective, how strong is this Namekian warrior in front of me?"
"About... at least 60,000!"
Taro paused for a moment. His right fist slowly pulled back, gathering energy, and he spoke softly. "I remember you mentioned when explaining the Kaioken that in order to learn it, one must completely abandon the instinct of self-preservation, right?"
"That's right. What's your point? You really want to keep fighting him? Stop wasting your effort! Even with those eyes of yours, you can only muster about 10,000 units of power. He's six times stronger than you! You can't win!"
"Can't I fight using Instant Transmission?" Taro suddenly asked.
"Didn't you already try that? It's useless, the gap in power is too large. When you Instant Transmission, he can still react in time!"
Taro's left palm was in front, right fist drawn back, his gaze fixed on the Namekian across from him. He whispered: "I mean... what if I break free from a certain mindset? King Kai, do you understand how Instant Transmission would truly be used in battle?"
"What do you mean?" King Kai's voice was confused, clearly not understanding.
"Hey, you over there!" Taro shouted loudly.
"Do we really have to fight?" Dart frowned.
"The last ten seconds. If I can't beat you, I'll admit defeat!" Taro smiled. Two silent tears of blood dripped from his eyes. With a bang, a faint red, armor-like material covered his body.
"What is that?" Dart's eyesight was exceptional, and even from ten meters away, he could clearly see the faint red Suzanoo material suddenly appear around Taro's body.
"You old fool! You've been hiding this technique!" King Kai shouted in disbelief.
Taro ignored King Kai's words. He didn't have much time left.
From the distance of over ten meters, Taro's expression was calm beyond measure as he gathered power in his right fist.
With the Mangekyou x32 and the enhanced Suzanooarmor, Taro didn't move his body. Even though he was far from Dart, it felt as if Dart was right in front of him. He suddenly swung his right fist at the empty air! With the Mangekyou x32 amplification, the punch felt like a massive fireball, majestic and powerful!
What is he trying to do? King Kai stared at Taro, who was punching the air. Suddenly, realization struck him. He shouted in disbelief: "No way—this guy!"
Dart, equally puzzled, watched Taro punch the air from over ten meters away. He thought Taro might be using some strange "air slash" attack, but in reality—
It wasn't a wind blast; it was a punch.
A powerful punch, thrown by Taro from over ten meters away, landed squarely on Dart's cheek at the peak of its force!
Bang!
The punch collided with Dart's face with brutal force, crushing his facial muscles and causing them to contort!
Dart was horrified. Caught off guard, he was sent flying by a single punch!
A thin trail of blood was left in the air.
King Kai's excited voice rang out: "Wonderful! Truly wonderful! Using Instant Transmission to launch an attack from outside the opponent's range, then instantly appearing beside them so that the attack happens 'immediately'—that way, the opponent has no reaction time at all! Incredible! You're still human, huh, to be able to pull that off like this..."
He imagined, putting himself in the situation: attacking the air while the opponent is outside of the attack range... He frowned, considering how difficult it was to correctly time the Instant Transmission. He had to precisely teleport while focusing on the attack, ensuring no mistakes at all in timing and position!
King Kai sighed. "Old monster..."
While King Kai was excited, the battle continued.
"What happened?!" The tribe elder and warriors watching the battle were all shocked, unable to comprehend what had just occurred. Their seemingly invincible Dart had been knocked away?
The Great Elder remained silent, watching calmly. He observed that after Taro sent Dart flying with a punch, Taro stayed at Dart's original position in the air and kicked out at the air!
Dart, having briefly stabilized in the air, gritted his teeth and cursed. "Damn it!" He looked up, but Taro was nowhere to be seen! Suddenly, an immense force struck his back!
Bang!
Dart was sent flying again.
Taro, now enveloped in his faint red Suzanok armor, threw another punch! He vanished!
Bang! Bang! Bang!...
Dart had immense power, but he couldn't catch Taro's attacks. Taro's strikes came through Instant Transmission, appearing anywhere within a 360° radius around him, making it impossible for Dart to predict where the next blow would land.
Dart was tossed around in the air like a punching bag.
"Useless! Your power is too weak! You can't defeat me with these kinds of attacks!" Dart, growing tired of trying to block, stopped defending entirely. His aura exploded outward as he let Taro's attacks land on him, sneering, "You think you can wear me down with these light wounds? That's impossible!"
"No..."
The Great Elder sighed, recalling a technique Taro had used before. He knew, at that moment, that Taro had already won.
Sure enough, after Dart finished speaking, the next attack didn't come. Dart searched the surroundings, but he couldn't find Taro. But in the next moment...
Shh!
A sound of flesh being sliced rang out!
Dart was horrified to realize he had lost control of his lower body. He watched helplessly as his lower half dropped toward the ground. Meanwhile, Taro, holding a Destructo Disk, appeared beside Dart with the grace of a master swordsman. He had already dispersed the Destructo Disk, having passed by Dart without a moment's hesitation.
"I win." Taro turned to face Dart, his eyes ghostly white.
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