Fateful Battle!

Bang!

Mu Chuan's blood was already boiling. He struck without hesitation, firing a blast of ki.

The entire universe lit up in an instant.

Frieza had been looking rather pleased with himself, but his expression froze in an instant.

His eyes were murderous.

"You wretched monkey!"

Frieza turned slightly and whipped his tail around, batting the ki blast away.

It had little power to hurt him, but it was deeply insulting.

His fury flared!

"You're asking for it."

Whoosh~

In a flash, Frieza vanished from where he stood, then appeared behind Mu Chuan and swung a punch at him.

Mu Chuan caught Frieza's fist with one hand, then shoved forward hard, slamming Frieza into a planet.

"That punch had at least tens of millions in battle power."

"Frieza hasn't just fully mastered his power—he's gotten even stronger!"

Mu Chuan felt incredibly fortunate.

If not for the pressure he'd felt, he wouldn't have trained in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber—and he wouldn't have improved so tremendously.

Without such formidable battle power,

he would have had no choice but to take Frieza's attacks head-on.

Frieza had been caught off guard and slammed into the planet. He was left completely dumbfounded.

He knew full well that this Saiyan was already incredibly powerful. After all, defeating the Armored Squadron meant his battle power had to be at least several hundred thousand.

But...

Frieza had never imagined that even after mastering his own power, he still wouldn't be able to dispose of his opponent with ease.

What was going on?

Lying in the crater, Frieza was bewildered.

Far away on North Kai Planet, North Kai had been on edge ever since the battle began. The outcome could determine how the North Galaxy would be treated.

When Mu Chuan slammed Frieza into the planet, North Kai stared in disbelief.

"How is this possible?"

"How can this Saiyan be so powerful? That's Frieza, the Emperor of the Universe—and he's using his strongest form!"

"And he's the one on the back foot?"

"This Saiyan is ridiculous!"

North Kai was stunned.

No one understood better than he did how terrifying Frieza was. That was exactly why Mu Chuan's counterattack had shocked him so much.

Someone had actually managed to withstand Frieza's attack—and even make him suffer. Just how powerful was this Saiyan?

Of course, North Kai had no idea that the two of them had only been testing each other.

If Frieza truly went all out,

Mu Chuan wouldn't be able to counter so easily, let alone gain the upper hand.

Frieza still hadn't reappeared.

Mu Chuan gathered an enormous ki blast in his hand and looked down at the planet, a trace of ruthlessness in his eyes.

"Frieza, I know you're not that easy to defeat!"

"Get out here!"

"Oh-ho-ho-ho... This is getting more and more interesting. You're far stronger than I imagined—far stronger."

Frieza slowly rose from the crater, lightly wiping the blood from his face. Excitement filled his features.

"You might really become the Legendary Super Saiyan!"

"But... I'm not going to give you the chance."

It seemed that after Cooler had taught him a lesson, Frieza had finally learned something. He wasn't nearly as arrogant as before.

He wanted to see what the Legendary Super Saiyan was really like, but deep down, he didn't dare take the risk.

So Frieza decided to end the battle.

However...

When Frieza finished speaking, Mu Chuan crushed the ki blast in his hand, and the energy flowed back into his body.

He gave Frieza a strange look. "What if I don't need you to give me a chance?"

"Hm?" Frieza froze.

North Kai froze too, as a certain premonition surfaced in his mind.

The next second,

golden light spread across Mu Chuan's body. His ki erupted, his hair began to stand on end, and his pupils slowly turned golden.

In an instant, when his ki reached its limit, it exploded.

His hair turned completely golden, and golden light enveloped his body. His ki surged to fifty times its former level!

His original battle power had been 14.5 million.

Now it had increased fiftyfold!

It reached 725 million!

As he transformed into a Super Saiyan, the entire North Galaxy began to tremble. Even the planets far away seemed to feel the terrifying aura radiating from him.

Even on distant North Kai Planet, North Kai could clearly sense that fearsome power.

His premonition had come true.

He stared in utter shock, feeling that terrifying ki as if he were right there!

"My... my God!"

"This is incredible! I can't believe the Legendary Super Saiyan is real—and that this Saiyan has become one!"

"Doesn't that mean Frieza might actually be defeated?"

After his shock came joy. North Kai even bounced on the spot a few times, so excited was he.

The Saiyans were evil too, but judging by Mu Chuan and the others' actions, they were still far better than Frieza.

Frieza was a deranged evil who did whatever he pleased.

The Saiyans were evil as well, but they could be controlled. They wouldn't go so far as to destroy the world!

It was clear which side was the lesser evil.

The moment Mu Chuan transformed into a Super Saiyan,

far away on Earth,

everyone who could sense ki felt a massive presence spreading through the distant reaches of space.

That ki had reached Earth.

The Guardian of Earth and Popo exchanged glances, each seeing shock in the other's eyes.

"Is this Mu Chuan's ki?"

"It's so powerful—far stronger than when he first arrived on Earth. It's incredible that his ki can reach Earth from so far away in space."

"With ki this terrifying, he should be able to deal with that so-called Emperor of the Universe, right?"

The two of them were truly shaken.

This terrifying aura was unlike anything they had ever felt!

Now they were experiencing it firsthand, and they understood just how terrifying the Saiyans could be.

If they were enemies, who could possibly defeat them?

But just as they thought victory was assured, an even more immense and sinister aura suddenly descended.

It seemed to clash directly with Mu Chuan's ki.

In an instant,

the Guardian of Earth and Popo, who had been so confident moments ago, fell silent. Their bodies even trembled involuntarily.

Th-this was the Emperor of the Universe?