This startled Kami. King Kai was still doing his best to investigate, and after a while, he looked as if he'd discovered a whole new world. He took a closer look and realized that Planet Namek still existed.
On Planet Namek, Bulma was still dangling from a cliff, terrified. "I can't die in a place like this!" She summoned every last bit of strength she had and finally climbed to the top.
Tien Shinhan was searching for Bulma, pushing through the Ki Wave. King Kai was overjoyed, too. "Planet Namek wasn't destroyed! Chen, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and little Bulma are all alive."
Hearing the news, Yamcha finally felt relieved. Though Planet Namek still existed, Frieza's attack had thrown the entire planet off balance.
Now wind, rain, lightning, and thunder raged all around them. The climate and environment had changed drastically. Frieza looked down into the bottomless, pitch-black crater. "Did I hold back too much power?"
But Chen knew what he was thinking. "You're worried the planet will explode and take you with it, aren't you? You miscalculated. Thanks to you, I escaped that disaster, too."
Frieza heard what Son Goten had said and let out a cold snort. "Escaped disaster? You're so naive. This planet didn't explode instantly, but its core has been completely destroyed. Do you know what that means?"
"Five minutes. In five minutes, Planet Namek will be reduced to cosmic dust by the Great Explosion." Chen watched as light kept rising from the deep crater below. It seemed the magma was slowly surging upward.
The magma rose slowly, beginning to erupt again and again. Son Goten looked at the state of the planet below and said to Frieza, "Five minutes is plenty. I'll defeat you, then leave with my companions aboard a spaceship."
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