Boom!
An explosion rang out high in the sky.
The Power Ball that had just begun to condense into an Artificial Full Moon suddenly burst apart in midair, scattering golden sparks that rained down.
Vegeta lay on the ground, staring blankly at the shattered Artificial Full Moon. All hope immediately drained from him.
The Great Ape Transformation was powerful. It could increase his energy tenfold!
But it had far too many weaknesses!
Anyone who knew the Saiyans' weaknesses could easily force us out of our transformations.
This was bad!
"Whew, that was close!" Cui breathed a little easier. He stepped forward, grabbed Vegeta by the hair, and lifted him high into the air.
Vegeta grimaced in pain, but a wave of weakness washed over him. He no longer had the strength to fight.
"You were trying to turn into a Great Ape just now, weren't you?" Cui sneered. "What a shame! I accidentally smashed your Artificial Full Moon! Looks like you won't get the chance to transform!"
Vegeta gritted his teeth and said nothing.
"But now that I think about it, your Saiyan transformations are pretty pathetic! All you have to do is destroy the moon or cut off your tail, and you can stop them easily! Am I right, Prince Vegeta?" As he spoke, Cui slapped Vegeta across the face twice more.
Several of Vegeta's teeth were knocked out. The shadow in his young heart grew larger by the moment.
"Hmph, you're so weak! And you call yourselves a warrior race? You're laughable!" Cui tossed Vegeta to the ground.
Vegeta gritted his teeth and staggered to his feet.
"You can still stand?" Cui chuckled. "Want to keep fighting?"
Vegeta didn't answer.
Keep fighting?
He'd beat me to death!
Damn it!
He's 2,000 points stronger!
How could the gap be this huge?
Cui shook his head contemptuously, though he had no intention of killing Vegeta.
After all, Lord Frieza had told him not to kill Vegeta!
He'd said Vegeta still had a use.
Cui couldn't figure it out.
What use could a weakling like him possibly have?
I'll go secretly kill that other Saiyan now!
First, I'll complete the task Lord Frieza gave me.
Cui pressed the button on his Scouter and checked Carnegie's location.
Hm?
That guy's battle power is dropping rapidly!
Is he dying?
How boring!
I went to all this trouble to come here, and I only killed one person!
No, I'd better go check and make sure!
"Vegeta, you're no good!" Cui walked up and slapped Vegeta's cheek, laughing wildly.
Vegeta trembled with anger, his young face full of resentment.
"I'm leaving!" Cui called out, then shot straight into the sky.
As he watched Cui's figure disappear into the distance, Vegeta dropped onto his backside and gasped for breath. His face was horribly grim.
In another area.
Carnegie lay on the ground, a bloody hole in his chest. His whole body twitched uncontrollably, and he was on the verge of death.
"Help... help me... Nappa..." Carnegie looked at Nappa pleadingly.
Nappa stared down at Carnegie coldly, without a trace of sympathy.
"Help me..." Carnegie struggled toward Nappa and grabbed his leg.
"Useless!" Nappa looked at him with disgust. "You got killed by a monster with a battle power of barely 600!"
"Help... please, help me..." Carnegie begged, his eyes full of desperation to survive.
Smack!
Nappa grabbed Carnegie's hand, the corners of his mouth lifting in a faint smile.
"Thank you... thank you, Nappa..." Carnegie breathed a little easier.
If I can make it to the healing pod on the spaceship, I should be able to survive.
But a hopeful idea and reality didn't always line up.
"Whoosh!"
Nappa flung his arm, sending Carnegie soaring into the sky.
"Ahhh... Nappa, what are you doing!" Carnegie screamed in midair.
"I don't need a Saiyan who can't fight! I'm sure Prince Vegeta would do the same!" Nappa sneered. He raised his hand and aimed at Carnegie high above. "Dying slowly would be painful, so I'll give you a quick death!"
"Nappa... you bastard!" Carnegie cursed furiously.
"Whoosh!"
A blast of energy shot from Nappa's hand and slammed into Carnegie.
Boom!
Carnegie was blown to pieces and died on the spot.
Cui had just arrived and witnessed everything. His expression barely changed.
Whether it was Cui's people or the Saiyans, killing one's own kind was nothing unusual.
"Looks like I won't have to get my hands dirty!" Cui snorted and looked down toward Nappa.
Nappa's Scouter soon flashed a warning as well.
When he saw Cui's battle power reading, Nappa's legs nearly gave way. His face turned deathly pale.
Who was this guy?
When had he come to this planet?
He was wearing the Battle Suit of the Frieza Force!
Was he an ally Prince Vegeta had found?
It seemed possible!
Wait, something was wrong!
Why had Prince Vegeta's battle power dropped to just 5,000?
What had happened? Had this guy injured Prince Vegeta?
Nappa's mouth twitched. He was genuinely terrified.
Faced with such overwhelming power, Nappa knew perfectly well that no matter how hard he tried, he could never beat this toad.
"Trash!" Cui gave Nappa a contemptuous smile and glanced at him before ignoring him.
"Whoosh!"
Cui changed direction and sped off toward another area.
There's still another guy with a battle power of only 175! I'll go check one last time and see if he's the mid-class warrior!
Cui automatically assumed the person with a battle power of 175 was Baru.
Anyway, he'd go check first.
Then I can complete the task Lord Frieza gave me!
This trip has been a blast!
So much for the Saiyan warrior race's prince!
I thought he'd be a lot stronger!
Did Lord Frieza worry too much?
There's no need to destroy their planet!
What Super Saiyan?
It's just a ridiculous hero's legend!
"Whoosh!"
Cui flew at tremendous speed toward Soya and Raditz.
Soya's Scouter also detected the powerful battle power rapidly approaching them at once.
Soya's expression changed.
What the hell...
This guy's battle power is as high as 17,000!
Who's that strong?
"Who's coming? His battle power... his battle power is 17,000!" Raditz stammered, his face green with fear.
Soya gritted his teeth.
I'm about to collect one million Negative Emotion Points.
I'll use them all for draws!
One hundred draws!
But even then...
Even if my luck is incredible and I draw 99 points of battle power every single time,
a hundred draws would still get me less than 10,000 battle power!
By that calculation, my total battle power would only be around 13,000!
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