Cooler Was Swallowed by a Black Hole

Whoosh~~

Bang!

Boom!!

Frieza appeared again and kicked Cooler squarely in the shoulder, sending him even deeper underground. He almost reached the core of Ice Planet.

If Cooler had really reached the core, he might have turned into an ice statue in an instant. He probably wouldn't wake up until he'd been sealed away for ten million years.

That was one of the Frost Demon Race's weaknesses. When exposed to extremely low temperatures, they would be forced into self-sealing. Unless someone pulled them out, they could only wait until they adapted to the temperature and broke free of the seal.

But pulling someone out of the planet's core was easier said than done. Frieza certainly wasn't going to test it.

What if he accidentally sealed himself in ice?

Ten million years later, he might emerge invincible, but what kind of era would it be by then?

Without the Dragon Balls, without Son Goku, Vegeta, Bulma, and the others, what the hell would be the point of the Dragon Ball World?

Boom!!

Cooler came charging out, his whole body trembling as ice chips fell from him nonstop. His jaw was chattering especially hard. It seemed that even a member of the Frost Demon Race couldn't withstand the frigid temperatures near the core.

"F-Fr-Frieza!!"

"You'll pay! You'll pay for this!!"

Whoosh~~!!

The air around Cooler surged again, but it was no use. He was merely angry; his battle power hadn't increased significantly.

Faced with Frieza's 2.4 billion battle power, Cooler's fate was already sealed.

Boosting your battle power by yelling wasn't a talent of the Frost Demon Race. It was a skill exclusive to Saiyans.

Back on Namek, even though Vegeta had only just transformed into a Super Saiyan for the first time, his battle power had surged from 150 million to 200 million in a fit of rage—a one-third increase. That was terrifying, to say the least.

When Son Goku got angry, his battle power reached 300 million the first time he transformed into a Super Saiyan!

Bear in mind that, according to the original story, even at full power, the first stage of Super Saiyan could only reach a maximum battle power of 1.5 billion—and that was after Son Goku had died!

Son Goku had already reached a fifth of the strongest battle power in that stage. That was terrifying, to say the least.

Of course, members of the Frost Demon Race like Cooler and Frieza were cheaters too.

Cooler's final transformation had increased his battle power by a full billion, putting him at 1.5 billion—equal to Super Saiyan Full Power.

"Oh ho ho ho! Go on, scream! You can scream as loud as you like; nobody will hear you. And no matter how loud you scream, you'll never surpass me!"

"King Frieza! I-I heard you!"

A voice suddenly piped up, so craven it sounded like it came from the depths of a coward's soul. It was Tagoma, hiding behind a huge block of ice!

That was a bit of a slap in the face.

Whoosh~~ Whoosh~!

Two Death Beams shot from Frieza's eyes, piercing Tagoma's left chest and lower abdomen. Blood started to flow, only to freeze into ice in the frigid air of Ice Planet. At least that kept Tagoma from bleeding all over the place.

"Oh ho ho ho!! This time, nobody will hear you scream for sure! Go on, scream! Keep screaming!"

"K-King Frieza, I'm still alive!"

Tagoma's heart was on the opposite side of his chest from most people's. It was on his right, so the Death Beams hadn't taken his life.

Cooler was stunned!

Then!

"Oh hahaha!! Frieza, Frieza! Are you trying to laugh me to death so you can inherit my empire?!"

Frieza's face instantly turned black as coal. That damned, impossibly hard-to-kill idiot—had his brain gone soft?

This time, Frieza simply raised a finger and shot a Death Beam straight into Tagoma's forehead.

Tagoma died. This time, he stopped breathing altogether. He'd died because he couldn't keep his mouth shut!

"Frieza!! Go to hell!!"

Cooler had been charging up all along, waiting for the instant Frieza flew into a rage and killed Tagoma.

Now, he had gathered a Ki Blast a full kilometer across in his hands. He slammed it down toward Frieza's head.

"Destruction Ball!!!"

Frieza's gaze sharpened. Cooler's Destruction Ball was no ordinary attack. If it hit Ice Planet, everything except the core would be wiped out.

His clone, which he'd had Shenron create, would be wiped out too.

It might be useless, but he'd spent a wish on the thing. There was no way he'd let Cooler destroy it just like that.

Did Frieza have no pride?

"Star Energy Wave!!"

A rainbow-colored energy wave appeared in Frieza's hand and shot toward Cooler's Destruction Ball at blinding speed.

Frieza's Star Energy Wave looked far smaller than Cooler's Destruction Ball, but the moment they collided, the Destruction Ball stopped falling and was pushed back by the wave.

The gap in their strength was too great. Even without Son Goku's protagonist aura, Cooler still couldn't withstand Frieza's counterattack.

"Ah~~! No! No! No! Frieza, Frieza, spare me! I'm your brother!! Frieza!!"

Whoosh~~!

The Star Energy Wave pierced through the Destruction Ball, then drove Cooler straight up into space.

Just like in the original story, the energy wave pushed Cooler out of the atmosphere and sent him hurtling into space.

Unlike in the original story, there was no star like the sun near Ice Planet. A black hole awaited Cooler instead.

As soon as he entered the black hole, Cooler and Frieza's Star Energy Wave disappeared. Who knew where they'd been sent?

But Frieza was certain that unless Cooler crashed into a planet that couldn't be destroyed—like the sun, whose extreme heat could vaporize a ki blast—the energy wave would slowly consume him until nothing remained.

"So he ended up in a black hole. I wonder whether Cooler is dead or alive?"

Frieza was a little unhappy. He'd used too much force and failed to kill Cooler on the spot. What a careless mistake!

If Frieza had used the Star Energy Blade he'd used to kill King Cold, he could have chopped any number of Coolers into pieces, then burned them all to ash with another blast!

"Whatever. Even if he's still alive, he'll never be a match for me. If he dares show his face again, I'll just kill him one more time!"

Whoo~

Frieza slowly exhaled and dispelled his Star Transformation.

It was true that Star Transformation could be maintained for a long time and didn't put any strain on his body. Even so, Frieza quickly ended the transformation.

Just now, after using Star Transformation for the first time, he'd exerted himself and ended up on King Kai Planet. He found that truly incredible.

During the fight, he'd especially felt the starlight surrounding him constantly entering his body.

Frieza had a theory: that starlight was the so-called divine power!

If this divine power were controllable, Frieza would have accepted all of it without hesitation.

But after entering his body, the starlight had actually repelled his soul!

That was just absurd!

This discovery had frightened Frieza so badly that he'd used too much force, sending Cooler off Ice Planet.

"Could it be that the divine power is repelling me because my soul isn't from this world?"

Frieza had only murmured this to himself. After what had happened with Tagoma, he was worried another outsider might show up on Ice Planet and hear him.

After all, this was Frieza's biggest secret!

No question about it!

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Updating at one in the morning was too exhausting. From now on, I'll update around six in the evening instead!

If nothing unexpected happens, there'll be another chapter at six~

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