Namek
"Phew!!!"
The brutal, hard-hitting fight completely ignited the battle fervor Sun Wukong had suppressed for so long!
He had already used up quite a bit of stamina, but the thrill of battle kept growing!
His bottleneck quietly shattered, and his power level slowly rose!! It was only a few thousand points, but that didn't matter! It meant he was getting closer and closer to becoming a Super Saiyan!
"I have to admit, you're no ordinary low-class wild monkey. I've never faced an opponent like you before! Not bad... This is interesting!" Frieza was enjoying the thrill of battle, too!
A fighting spirit unlike any he'd ever felt before erupted from within him!
"Phew!!" Sun Wukong slowly steadied his breathing.
"I'm excited, too... Let's go again!!" Fierce battle lust blazed in Sun Wukong's eyes!
Boom!!
Their fists crashed together once more! The instant they collided, wave after wave of shock swept outward!!
Invisible torrents of air overturned everything around them!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!
They moved at incredible speed, trading blows back and forth!!
"If you've got what it takes, try this!" Seeing that close combat wasn't working, Frieza retreated a hundred meters!
He fired Death Beams from his fingertip in an instant—and unleashed a whole barrage!
"Bring it on!!" Sun Wukong wasn't the least bit afraid.
He bent his knees slightly, gathering ki in his right hand to defend himself, then swept his arm out and slapped the Death Beams away one after another!
"I didn't expect that!!" Frieza's eyes widened in surprise!
Earlier, Sun Wukong had blocked the Death Beam for Raditz, but he'd done it with the power of a tenfold King Kai Fist!
The Sun Wukong before him wasn't using the King Kai Fist. With a mere two million power level, he'd slapped away Frieza's Death Beams!
That was what surprised Frieza!
The Death Beam might have appeared often, but that didn't mean its destructive power should be overlooked!
Even Son Gohan's Star Piercer, which had punched through to the planet's core, had been modeled after his memory of the Death Beam!
"That move of yours has incredible penetrating power. If I hadn't fought you for so long and gotten used to it, I wouldn't have been confident I could stop it!" Sun Wukong said with a confident smile.
He didn't explain how he'd managed to catch the Death Beam in his normal state!
Right now, none of that mattered to him. What mattered was getting to enjoy a good fight!
High above,
"Gohan, your father may be at a disadvantage in terms of bloodline, but his battle instincts and attention to detail are truly unparalleled!" Merus praised him again.
"Of course... Just look at whose father he is!" Hearing one of the most powerful beings in the universe praise his father, Son Gohan couldn't help but smile proudly!
Back to the fight!
"Ha ha! Wild monkey... What's your name?" Frieza asked with a loud laugh.
"Sun Wukong. My Saiyan name is Kakarot!!" Sun Wukong introduced himself formally, adding the name he'd been given among the Saiyans!
"Good, Sun Wukong. I'll remember that! I'll do my best to leave your corpse in one piece!" Frieza finally took Sun Wukong seriously, no longer treating him like some wild monkey!
"Likewise!!"
Lost in the fever of battle, Wukong didn't even realize how different his tone sounded from usual!
"Good... You've got guts!! Let's fight!" Frieza laughed.
Just as Frieza was about to charge, he suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky!
"Damn it, what's he doing here!"
Sun Wukong also sensed an energy rapidly descending—one no weaker than Frieza's, perhaps even stronger!!
Seeing the two of them react so strangely, the others watching followed their gazes!
A black speck suddenly appeared in the sky, then grew larger and larger.
Whoosh!! Sss—
A teardrop-shaped spaceship landed!!
Clack, clack!
Footsteps nearly identical to Frieza's sounded from beyond the dark hatch...
A figure emerged! He had blood-red eyes, purplish-black lips, two streaks like bloody tears beneath his eyes, a gleaming purple shell, and three toes on one foot!
But overall, he looked remarkably like Frieza!
"Huh, Frieza... He looks a lot like you!! Though he seems quite a bit taller! And his power level looks even higher than yours!" Sun Wukong said in surprise.
"Can you talk? If not, then shut up!"
Sun Wukong's words struck Frieza right where it hurt, rubbing salt in the wound: his brother had a higher power level and was taller!
Every point hit a sore spot!
"Dear little brother, does that expression mean you're not happy to see your big brother?" Cooler was delighted by Frieza's sour expression, and his tone was dripping with sarcasm!
"Cooler, shut up! The North Galaxy is my territory. What are you doing here?" Frieza seethed with rage.
"Frieza, even big brother is interested in something as miraculous as the Dragon Balls!" Cooler replied calmly.
"Damn it, you planted a spy in my force!" Frieza wasn't stupid.
He immediately realized how Cooler had learned about the Dragon Balls!
Up in the sky, Son Gohan hadn't expected Cooler to show up either. After all, in the original story, Cooler had only appeared in the movies!
No matter how much he speculated, he couldn't have guessed that Cooler had discovered two of the Frieza Force's advanced ships had been damaged by speeding up, realized something was wrong, and sent a spy to learn what was happening before rushing to Namek!
Once again, he marveled at the power of the butterfly effect!
"Cooler, the North Galaxy is my territory! Whether there are Dragon Balls here or not is none of your business! Do you really think I'm afraid of you?" Frieza's voice turned icy, his anger transforming into a chilling killing intent!
"Frieza, go ahead and try me!" Cooler's lips curled into a sneer, and he gave Frieza a look of contempt!
He had one more transformation than Frieza, and he'd never told anyone about it!
"Cooler, you're asking for death!" Frieza flew into a rage and charged straight at him!
Bang!
Cooler caught Frieza's fist with ease!
"W-wait... What's going on? They can do that?" Sun Wukong stood to one side, at a loss.
But he quickly came to his senses and rushed in, swinging a punch at Cooler!
"Sun Wukong, what are you doing?" Frieza asked in surprise.
"Hehe, I don't know why you brothers are fighting, but your energy seems weaker than his. I want in, too!!" Sun Wukong said excitedly.
"Get lost! Are you looking down on me?"
Crash!
Frieza kicked him flying. Cooler seized the opportunity and slammed a heavy punch into Frieza's face!
Thud! Frieza was sent flying, too!
While still hurtling backward, Sun Wukong immediately activated the King Kai Fist. Seeing Cooler's sluggish movement, he flashed behind him at high speed and kicked him in the abdomen!
Cooler's body curled like a cooked shrimp as he flew away.
Seeing such a good opportunity, Frieza naturally wasn't going to waste it!
He forced himself to stop in midair, then fired countless Death Beams from both hands at Cooler!
"Damn, you're really going all out!" Even Cooler was shocked by Frieza's ruthlessness!
He gathered ki to defend himself, barely managed to turn his body around as he flew backward, and surrounded himself with energy that formed an invisible wall. At the same time, he crossed his arms to block!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
One Death Beam after another struck Cooler's invisible wall!
Sun Wukong charged in again!!
And so the strongest brawl in history began!