Encounter with the Armored Squadron!

The distant edge of the universe.

Aboard a massive spaceship, one member of the Frieza Race who looked just like Frieza received a report from one of his subordinates.

For the first time, a hint of anger appeared on his expressionless face.

This was Cooler!

A genius of the Frieza Race!

Frieza's older brother!

"Good! Very good!"

"That foolish Frieza actually dared to send me a warning. In that case, I'll wipe out all your men!"

"Then I'll teach you a lesson myself, so you understand that you can't defy me, your older brother!"

Cooler paid no heed whatsoever to Frieza's warning. After all, every member of his Armored Squadron was incredibly powerful.

Any one of them was stronger than the captain of the Ginyu Force under Frieza!

Would sweeping them aside be anything but easy?

As for Cooler himself, his strength was even more terrifying, and he had an additional transformation that Frieza lacked.

This was an outright steamroll.

With a precise location and coordinates, Cooler immediately dispatched the Armored Squadron to the planet—and sent every member!

As for himself, he set off in Frieza's direction.

Frieza had no idea that his actions had brought Cooler straight to him. And what awaited him was a good, loving lesson!

Mu Chuan had no idea that things had taken a turn.

Instead, he kept his head down and trained. After transforming into a Great Ape countless times a day, he had truly mastered the Great Ape Transformation.

He could transform with just a thought!

The transformation also lasted much longer now. Even when he was utterly exhausted, his battle power no longer plunged straight to rock bottom.

Of course, his battle power continued to rise as well.

It wasn't just his own battle power that was improving. The other Saiyans were growing stronger too, though their progress was slower.

Thanks to their hard work, two Saiyans had truly mastered Great Ape Power. However, perhaps because they were low-class warriors, even after mastering the Great Ape Transformation, they became exceptionally violent when they transformed.

They teetered on the brink of losing control.

Fortunately, they could just barely keep themselves in check. But if they fought too fiercely, they might truly lose their reason in the middle of battle.

That really couldn't be avoided!

Mu Chuan could do nothing about it. They would just have to practice more and get used to it!

That day, they were training as usual.

But just then, three spherical spaceships came crashing down onto the desolate planet.

This immediately caught everyone's attention!

"Th... Those are spaceships from the Frieza Force?"

"No way. Why would Frieza come here now? And... if he came to this desolate planet, doesn't that mean we're his target?"

The planet was so desolate that if they had come here for a specific purpose, the Saiyans had to be the target!

While they were still baffled, Mu Chuan appeared beside them in an instant. He had also sensed unfamiliar auras approaching, but because he couldn't control his ki, he couldn't accurately judge their strength.

Still, he could tell that the newcomers were no weaklings!

They were all watching the three spaceships from a distance.

Hiss~

A whistle sounded.

The spaceship doors opened.

The first to emerge was an alien in a Battle Suit, blue all over, with a head of yellow hair.

Right behind him came a yellow-brown alien, followed by a green-skinned one.

These three were unmistakably aliens.

When the other Saiyans saw them, they immediately figured that even if Frieza hadn't sent them, they had to be connected to him somehow!

Those Battle Suits and Scouters...

Only the Frieza Force had those!

But when Mu Chuan saw the three of them, he froze for a moment. He recognized them.

Weren't these the Armored Squadron?

The captain, Salza, and the two members, Neiz and Dore.

They were Cooler's powerful squad.

They were even stronger than the Ginyu Force.

The Ginyu Force's captain, Ginyu, had once competed for the position of captain of the Armored Squadron. But since he couldn't defeat Salza, he had to settle for joining the Frieza Force instead.

Eventually, he formed the Ginyu Force!

In the end, the Ginyu Force was a whole tier weaker than the Armored Squadron.

Mu Chuan didn't know why the Armored Squadron had come looking for them, but he felt that these guys had arrived at just the right time!

They could give these Saiyans a taste of real combat.

"The Armored Squadron?"

"Looks like we can't train in peace anymore. Cooler has found this place."

Mu Chuan spoke calmly. He was simply telling the Saiyans present who these newcomers were.

When the Saiyans learned their identities, they immediately grew wary. After all, this was the trump-card squad belonging to Frieza's older brother!

They absolutely couldn't underestimate them!

Besides, they knew perfectly well that Frieza had a trump-card squad of his own!

Those guys were terrifying!

Their battle power was unrivaled across Planet Vegeta. Even King Vegeta couldn't withstand a single blow from them.

Even though the Saiyans had grown much stronger by now, they still weren't confident they could defeat such terrifying opponents.

When Salza stepped out and saw the group of Saiyans with tails, a disdainful smile appeared on his face.

"You're the ones King Frieza sent to deal with us, are you?"

"I never thought King Frieza would get so foolish as to send a bunch of monkeys. He must really trust you!"

"Too bad... King Frieza may be powerful enough to rival King Cooler, but he's definitely underestimated me!"

"We're King Cooler's trump cards—the Armored Squadron!"

As they spoke, the three started performing a bizarre dance. When they finished introducing themselves, they struck a series of poses!

The scene seemed to fall silent.

But the three members of the Armored Squadron didn't seem bothered. Salza flicked his hair and lightly tapped his Scouter.

"10,700... 12,400... 16,000... 13,120..."

"Interesting. I never expected a bunch of monkeys like you to have such high battle power. Every one of you is over ten thousand!"

"Too bad. If you'd run into another squad, you might have been able to dominate them."

"But your bad luck is that you ran into us!"

Dore laughed without restraint. His battle power was the most terrifying in the entire Armored Squadron!

However, he hadn't become captain, and he didn't particularly care about the position anyway.

A captain needed not only great strength but also a clever mind. Of the three, Salza was the one with some brains.

He was the obvious choice for captain.

Faced with the Armored Squadron's unabashed mockery, the Saiyans frowned, anger surging through them.

They kept calling them stinking monkeys. It was downright insulting!

No one could tolerate that. But until Mu Chuan gave the word, they didn't dare act rashly.

They simply ignored the Armored Squadron's taunts.