The First Super Saiyan Appears

Slug gathered a massive amount of ki, planning to send Son Goku to the next world in one blow.

However, something unexpected happened.

Frieza narrowed his eyes. He sensed that something was wrong with Son Goku.

Son Goku had barely made it into the air and was still a long way from Slug when the red aura around him began to shrink.

When Son Goku was only a hundred meters from Slug, the ki waves around him suddenly vanished.

Not only did the red aura from Kaio-ken disappear, but the ordinary white aura did too.

Son Goku had recklessly used Kaio-ken times thirty. His body couldn't take it, and he'd lost the ability to fight.

What a shame!

Frieza had wanted to see the power of the Dragon Fist. This was so damn disappointing!

Son Goku plummeted toward the ground, but Slug had no intention of letting him go. The green energy ball came crashing down after him!

Son Goku was directly in its path, but just then, Son Gohan suddenly sped up and reached a point above him.

"Krillin!! Get Dende to save my dad!!"

"Ah~ Ah~ Ah!!!"

"Masenko!!!"

Seeing the state Son Goku was in, Son Gohan flew into a rage!

The instant he got angry, his power level surged five hundredfold!

That's right, five hundred times—from a power level of 20,000 straight to ten million!

The wine Frieza had just taken a sip of sprayed right out of his mouth.

What the hell?!

This was beyond ridiculous!

"No!! Don't, Gohan!!"

Son Goku glared with wide eyes and let out a heart-wrenching scream!

With a tenfold difference in power, Son Gohan had no chance of stopping it. All that awaited him was death!

"Frieza!! If you don't save Gohan right now, I'll—I'll—"

Bulma tried to threaten him several times before suddenly realizing she could speak again. But... she didn't have any way to threaten Frieza!

Meanwhile, Dende dropped the act. After healing Vegeta, he tugged at Vegeta's tattered Battle Suit and pleaded with him anxiously.

"Mr. Vegeta, please, save Gohan! You're the only one who can save him now!"

Dende wasn't a warrior-type Namekian, but he could sense the power level that had surged in Vegeta the instant he healed him.

Even though it had lasted only an instant, Dende had still felt the explosive power Vegeta was hiding!

Especially that glimmer of emerald-green light in Vegeta's eyes, which had nearly scared Dende stiff.

Cold, merciless, and brimming with aggression!

"Hmph! Useless father and son. In the end, it's up to me, the Saiyan prince, to clean up your mess!"

"Haah~~!!!"

"Ah~ Ah~ Ah!!!!"

Whoosh!!!~~

Golden light instantly enveloped Vegeta from head to toe.

This time, Frieza nodded with satisfaction. It seemed Vegeta had broken through his limits first.

That last battle had pushed Vegeta beyond the Saiyan power-level limit, taking him from two million straight to three million. It had also helped him grasp the key to transforming.

He'd nearly been killed four times in a single day, and his pride had suffered the ultimate humiliation. That overwhelming pride had enabled Vegeta to transform into a Super Saiyan.

A Super Saiyan's transformed power was fifty times his normal level!

That took him straight from three million to 150 million!

He now completely outclassed everyone except Frieza.

His golden hair shot skyward like flames, and even his sword-shaped eyebrows turned gold. There wasn't a trace of white in the aura surrounding him. And those emerald-green pupils in particular made Dende drop onto his bottom in fright.

Thud!

Vegeta stamped one foot against the ground and shot skyward. He moved so fast that he appeared beside Son Gohan almost instantly.

By then, Son Gohan had already fired his Masenko, but it hadn't slowed the green energy ball's descent at all. The Masenko was completely overwhelmed.

After his burst of power, Son Gohan was utterly exhausted. He could barely stay airborne, but he still planned to use his small body to shield his dad from the energy ball.

"Go down and keep your useless father company. Watch closely and see what a real Super Saiyan looks like!"

Vegeta pressed one hand against Son Gohan's stomach, sending him hurtling toward the ground like a cannonball.

Vegeta hadn't meant to kill him. Otherwise, Son Gohan would've gone boom and exploded!

Vegeta glanced up at the green energy ball with cold eyes, the corner of his mouth lifting in disdain for Slug.

"Ha!"

Vegeta raised his leg and kicked the energy ball.

Thud!

Boom!!

The energy blast went flying from Vegeta's kick, then exploded in midair.

"Ptooey~ King Slug, huh? I'm a Super Saiyan now. You're nothing but trash to me!"

Whoosh!

Vegeta went on the attack!

Fear finally appeared in Slug's eyes!

He should've thought of it sooner. He should've realized it long ago!

The Saiyan race was a bug!

Every time they came back from the brink of death, their power levels changed dramatically. They were a race born for battle.

"No! King Frieza, save me!"

Slug was genuinely terrified.

Vegeta's eyes were terrifying—that look of utter disregard, that murderous air.

Slug had no desire to fight anymore.

Thud~!

Boom!

Pfft~!

Thump!

"Argh!!"

Slug was beaten into submission. He felt as if every bone in his body was about to break, and many of them had already shattered!

That wasn't all. His left arm had been broken off completely. He could only clutch the place where it had been and gasp for breath as green blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

"K-King Frieza, save—save me!"

Slug's eyes began to glaze over. There was a difference of fifty million in their power levels, and he had no room to fight back.

All he could do was keep calling for Frieza. Frieza was the one who'd dragged him here to take the fall. He couldn't just stand by and let him die!

Clack~ Clack!

The distinctive sound of footsteps—Frieza's own personal background music, you could say.

Slug had given Frieza quite an entertaining show, and Frieza didn't really want to let him die just like that.

So he stepped forward.

"Vegeta, Slug helped you become the first Super Saiyan. Is this how you repay him?"

Vegeta looked at Frieza, who stood taller than he did, his eyes full of disdain.

He kicked Slug away and, in the end, didn't kill him.

"Frieza! You destroyed Planet Vegeta, then lied and told me it was caused by a super-meteorite. Do you really think I'm a three-year-old child?!"

Vegeta grew even more agitated, and the golden aura around him expanded dramatically.

Judging by his aura alone, Vegeta seemed far more powerful than Frieza.

But in reality, his anger had only made him a little stronger.

If Vegeta's power level had been 150 million before, now it was 160 million at most!

That was nothing to Frieza, whose power level was 250 million.

"Oh-ho-ho-ho!"

"Vegeta, as I recall, you were five at the time, weren't you? So yes, you weren't a three-year-old anymore!"

Vegeta: ???

Everyone: ...

Son Goku, who was being treated by Dende, nearly laughed himself into a coughing fit!