Namek's picturesque plains had been reduced to shattered cliffs and rubble!
At the center of it all, a purple sphere of light about two meters in diameter completely enveloped Frieza!
As time passed, Frieza's evil aura grew stronger and stronger. His terrifying, oppressive presence sent chills down everyone's spine!
The calm expression on Sun Wukong's face grew increasingly grave!
He had thought that with his current strength and the tenfold King Kai Fist, he could handle Frieza no matter how powerful he was!
But things rarely went as expected!
Sun Wukong slowly returned to Piccolo and the others.
"Krillin, your battle power is a little low. Make sure you protect yourself in a moment. I'm not confident I can win!" Sun Wukong said gravely.
"Fine. Goku, be careful!" Krillin followed Sun Wukong's instructions and retreated a full hundred kilometers!
"Piccolo, you all..."
"All right, you don't have to say it. Even though I know I'm no match for him, I still want to watch this incredible battle with my own eyes!" Piccolo cut Sun Wukong off.
Raditz and Nappa nodded as well!
"Fine, have it your way! Here I go!" Sun Wukong said helplessly.
Frieza had now completed his final transformation!
Elegant and compact, with a cold, aloof bearing, a familiar figure emerged!
"Oh-ho-ho-ho! Have you picked out where you'll be buried? But don't worry. Your king won't leave your corpse intact! That goes for the wild monkey over there, too!" Frieza recalled the time Raditz had beaten him to a pulp, and rage surged through him!
Whoosh!!
Three Death Beams, even faster than before, shot out in an instant toward Raditz and Nappa. Frieza didn't spare Piccolo, either!
"Dodge!" Piccolo shouted, darting away at top speed!
The beam grazed his arm!
Raditz and Nappa were forced to use the King Kai Fist, barely managing to dodge!
But using the King Kai Fist in an instant still caused their ki to recoil inside them. A trickle of blood ran from their mouths!
"Heh. You dodged one. What about ten?" Red dots the size of beans gathered at the tips of all ten of Frieza's fingers!
"Your opponent is me!"
Sun Wukong couldn't just stand by and watch. He rushed in front of Frieza at high speed and clamped both hands around Frieza's wrists!
"Very well. I've never met an opponent like you before. Let's have some fun!" After transforming, Frieza was brimming with confidence and had let his guard down.
"Fight!" Sun Wukong seized the opening and hurled Frieza away with all his might!
"Cheap shot?"
"Save your breath!"
Sun Wukong pressed the attack, darting behind Frieza at high speed and driving his knee forward!
Whoosh!!
The attack missed. Sun Wukong's knee passed straight through Frieza's body!
Frieza had easily dodged the attack in the blink of an eye!
And as he dodged, he launched a counterattack!
A chill suddenly ran down Sun Wukong's back. "Not good—the King Kai Fist!"
Red aura surged around him as Sun Wukong instantly shifted position. Frieza's hand passed right through his afterimage!
The two of them traded attacks, defenses, and evasions. For a while, neither could gain the upper hand!
But Son Gohan, watching from high above, had already noticed that Sun Wukong was beginning to run out of stamina!
The fight had been brief, and Sun Wukong's precise control of every detail was impressive. But every time he used the King Kai Fist, he inevitably burned through some of his stamina!
Sun Wukong had excellent battle instincts, and unlike Frieza, who had little combat experience, he hadn't been at a disadvantage!
But Son Gohan could see that Sun Wukong was already losing ground in terms of stamina!
"Gohan, your father is going to have a hard time winning this!" With his keen eye, Merus had naturally spotted the problem, too!
"Big brother, there's always a chance of a miracle! Let's keep watching!" Son Gohan remained unfazed.
"Heh, interesting!" Seeing this, Merus said no more.
South Galaxy!
"King Cooler, good news! We've found a way!" Saviz reported to him.
"Speak," Cooler said coldly.
"Dore found a spaceship on an extremely advanced planet that can travel through wormholes!" Saviz said excitedly.
"How long to Namek?" Cooler asked coldly.
"We'll need to cross four times. Each crossing takes about three minutes to prepare and launch," Saviz replied.
"Smash!" Cooler threw the wineglass in his hand to the ground. "Then what are you waiting for? Tell Dore to get us a ship, by any means necessary!" he barked.
"Yes, King Cooler!" Saviz hurriedly sent word to Dore!
An hour later!
A teardrop-shaped spaceship sped toward Cooler's spacecraft!
"Is that Dore?" Cooler asked, standing by the window.
"Yes. Dore already explained the ship's shape to me," Saviz replied respectfully, his right hand over his chest.
"Good. Let's go! Where's Nez?" Cooler asked.
"Nez is with Dore! My king, what should we do about this advanced spaceship if we leave it behind?" Saviz asked.
"Foolish! Which matters more, a spaceship or the Dragon Balls that can grant any wish?" Cooler snapped. Then he looked at the spacecraft's glass window, his pupils contracting!
Crack!
The glass shattered instantly, and a powerful vacuum sucked Saviz right out!
Fortunately, Saviz could survive in space, so he made it through!
Cooler stood firm, rooted to the spot. The powerful vacuum suction couldn't budge him at all!
"Saviz, are you all right?" Nez opened the hatch of the teardrop-shaped ship and pulled Saviz inside!
"I'm fine. King Cooler is already displeased. We should hurry," Saviz said, still shaken.
His foolish question had caused Cooler to let a trace of killing intent show.
Cooler suppressed his murderous impulse. He only had three subordinates. If he lost one, wouldn't he be hurting himself?
Besides, Saviz, Dore, and Nez were all fairly strong, each with a battle power of around 150,000!
Any one of them was stronger than Ginyu, the subordinate of his foolish little brother!
Cooler moved, darting to the hatch of the teardrop-shaped ship in an instant!
The hatch was already open, waiting for him!
Cooler stepped inside and coldly gave the order: "Take off!"
"Yes, King Cooler!" Dore immediately activated the wormhole travel system!
The first crossing took them out of South Galaxy, the second brought them to North Galaxy, and the third took them straight into the space around Namek!
"Cooler... Why is he here?" Son Gohan frowned.
At the Grand Elder's place, he suddenly sensed an aura even more terrifying than Frieza's. It wasn't as evil as Frieza's, but it was cold—utterly cold and merciless!
"Nail, go find out what's happening. If things look bad, come back and tell me immediately! Moori, get the Dragon Balls ready as well. If things go wrong, we'll summon Porunga and leave Namek!" The astute Grand Elder prepared for both possibilities at once!
"Yes, Grand Elder!" Nail and Second Elder Moori replied in unison.