A few months later.
In the vast universe, a spherical spaceship traveled through the boundless starry sky, moving through the pitch-black expanse of space.
"We're only three days away from Namek."
Ji Yun glanced at the coordinates on the display.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, two figures collided again and again inside the spaceship.
The violent impacts made the ship rock nonstop.
Its interior was left battered and torn, looking ready to fall apart at any moment.
The two figures were Son Goku and Piccolo.
Space travel was far too long, so the two of them had been sparring inside the ship to train and pass the time.
If the ship hadn't been able to correct its course, they would have veered far off their intended route by now.
Three days later.
Ji Yun and the others' spaceship finally touched down safely on Namek.
The fresh air, lush plants, and warm sunlight made the temperature on the surface feel incredibly comfortable.
"Is this my homeworld?"
Piccolo looked at the scenery before him and murmured.
"Wow, it's really beautiful here. You can't find an environment like this on Earth!"
Goku couldn't help but marvel, too.
"Enough admiring the scenery. I can sense several faint power levels nearby. Those should be our targets!"
Ji Yun interrupted their awe at an inopportune moment.
Their mission was going to be difficult from the start: they had to challenge the Cosmic Emperor Frieza himself. That would be no easy feat.
His power level was eight million. With Ten Times Kaio-ken, it would reach eighty million, which seemed absurdly high.
Ji Yun knew that still wouldn't be nearly enough.
His opponent, after all, could reach a power level of 120 million at full strength—a real powerhouse!
"Ji-Ji Yun, these are the 'faint' power levels you were talking about?"
Piccolo asked in shock.
He sensed the energy around them. It seemed a large group of people had gathered together.
Every one of them had more power than he did.
One of them had an aura so powerful it left him breathless. He could feel the crushing pressure even from a distance!
Piccolo's legs were starting to tremble, and cold sweat ran down his face!
They could all end up dead here.
"M-my god, you mean this group? This is ridiculous!"
Goku was just as astonished.
His excitement sank like a stone, leaving him trembling with fear.
"Uh, they seem all right. They shouldn't be too strong!" Ji Yun said seriously, rubbing his chin.
This group was most likely Frieza and his men.
Their power levels ranged from five thousand to thirty thousand. One of them had an aura dozens of times stronger than the others—that had to be Frieza.
Goku and Piccolo exchanged stunned looks at Ji Yun's words.
Not too strong? Bro, just how strong are you?
Still, his words reassured them.
He wouldn't have said that if he didn't have the strength to back it up.
"Don't just stand there. The enemy's coming!"
Ji Yun warned them.
Goku and Piccolo tensed, sensing someone flying toward them with a very powerful aura.
"What do we do now? Run?"
Piccolo asked first.
His power level was only around five thousand. If they fought, he'd be killed for sure.
Goku also looked to Ji Yun.
Ji Yun was the strongest among them, and the other two looked to him to give the orders.
"Why run? We can just kill him. Let's wait right here!"
Ji Yun said with a smile.
He was the strongest here. Apart from Frieza, the rest were nothing but a bunch of nobodies.
A dozen or so breaths later.
Whoosh!
A red figure shot through the air, then stopped and hovered above them, looking down at the ground.
"Who are you?"
The red figure looked down at the three of them and demanded sternly.
He was Frieza's trusted aide, Dodoria.
The moment Ji Yun and the others had landed on Namek, they had been spotted by the Scouters.
As one of Frieza's top men, Dodoria had naturally come to investigate.
"Ha, so it's you!"
Ji Yun smiled calmly. He recognized the familiar face at once.
He didn't think much of Dodoria. The man was only a little stronger than Vegeta had been before.
"From the sound of it, you know me?"
Dodoria said coldly, looking at Ji Yun with disdain.
His Scouter had already shown the three of them's power levels. The highest was only three thousand. He had never seen them before, and there was no way he'd ever associated with trash like them.
"Of course. Everyone knows you're Frieza's loyal lapdog!" Ji Yun said with a chuckle, covering his mouth.
At Ji Yun's words, anger flashed across Dodoria's face.
He couldn't believe some trash with a power level of only three thousand would dare provoke him. His fists clenched involuntarily.
"Am I wrong? Isn't that what everyone knows?"
Ji Yun continued to laugh.
As one of Frieza's underlings, Dodoria had bloodied his hands with countless lives.
Ji Yun wasn't exactly a champion of justice, but he felt no guilt at all about taking out someone like him.
"Bastard! How dare you act so insolently in front of me! I'll make sure you die horribly!"
Dodoria was furious. As soon as the words left his mouth, he shot forward, diving down from above.
In the blink of an eye, his red fist was right in front of Ji Yun.
Bang!
He threw a punch.
It landed squarely on Ji Yun's head.
Goku and Piccolo hadn't even had time to react before they saw Ji Yun get hit.
"Ji Yun!"
Goku shouted in alarm.
Dodoria saw that his attack had landed, and a cruel smile spread across his face.
"Trash is trash—"
Bang!
The next moment, a dull impact rang out.
Before Dodoria could finish speaking, the smile on his face froze, and he went rigid.
His eyes widened, filling with fear of death.
Dodoria's punch had done no harm to Ji Yun at all.
Instead, Ji Yun's counterpunch sank straight into his abdomen.
Excruciating pain spread through Dodoria's entire body.
Then a golden beam of light burst from the fist buried inside him, piercing straight through his body!
"This... this can't be!"
Dodoria managed to utter his final words with difficulty.
Then his body exploded, turning into dust that drifted down into the soil.
Goku and Piccolo stood off to the side, staring in utter disbelief.
That guy had put immense pressure on both of them.
Yet Ji Yun had killed him in an instant.
Now they were beginning to understand what Ji Yun had meant when he said there were several faint power levels nearby.
He'd killed such a powerful man with a single punch. Compared to Ji Yun, the others really were weak.
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