Son Goku saw this and immediately stepped forward.
"Gohan, can I fight him first?"
"Sure!"
Son Gohan nodded.
He could easily deal with Frieza now, after all.
On King Kai's Planet.
When North Kai heard that Son Goku wanted to challenge Frieza, he was astonished.
Frieza was a notorious evil emperor throughout the universe. He was far beyond what Son Goku could defeat at the moment.
Thinking of this, North Kai immediately sent a telepathic message to Son Goku.
"Goku, can you hear me? It's King Kai!"
"King Kai?"
North Kai nodded.
"Goku, Frieza is incredibly strong. I think you'd better not fight him. Leave him to Gohan, okay?"
Son Goku smiled.
"That's exactly why I want to fight him. He's strong!"
"But..."
"Don't worry, King Kai. If I can't beat him, Gohan's still here, isn't he?"
After thinking for a moment, North Kai said, "Then you'd better be careful!"
"Mm!"
Son Goku nodded.
"Son Goku, what are you muttering to yourself? Have you already gone crazy from fear after realizing how strong I am?"
Frieza saw Son Goku talking to himself and burst into laughter.
"It's nothing! I was just talking to King Kai!"
Son Goku smiled.
"King Kai?"
At that, Frieza's laughter abruptly stopped.
"Yeah! Anyway, it'd be too complicated to explain to you!"
Frieza snorted and his expression turned serious.
Seeing this, Son Gohan immediately turned to the Shadow Battle Axe in front of him.
"Shadow Battle Axe, can you grow bigger so Uncle Piccolo and I can climb on?"
"..."
The Shadow Battle Axe was speechless.
It was the mighty Shadow Battle Axe, and Son Gohan was treating it like a mount.
"What's wrong, Shadow Battle Axe?"
When the Shadow Battle Axe didn't move, Son Gohan asked.
The Shadow Battle Axe had no choice but to obediently grow larger and land on the ground.
Seeing this, Son Gohan immediately climbed onto its blade and sat down.
"Uncle Piccolo, why don't you come over too?"
"I think... I'll pass."
"It's okay, Uncle Piccolo. We'll be watching the fight, and the Shadow Battle Axe will protect us."
"Well... all right."
After hesitating for a moment, Piccolo flew over to the Shadow Battle Axe.
But unlike Son Gohan, he didn't sit down. Instead, he stood upright on top of it.
Just then, Frieza raised his right index finger and fired a purple beam at Son Goku.
Son Goku casually swatted it aside with his right hand. The purple beam flew off and exploded on the ground nearby.
"What!"
Frieza was startled and repeatedly fired Death Beams at Son Goku with his right index finger.
"Whoosh, whoosh..."
Bang! Bang! Bang!!
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
Son Goku raised his right hand and swatted away all the Death Beams Frieza fired, sending them crashing into the ground around them.
A vast cloud of dust soon rose from the ground, obscuring Son Goku from view.
Thinking Son Goku had been destroyed, Frieza smiled smugly.
"That's what happens to anyone who opposes me, Frieza!"
"Is that so?"
As soon as Son Goku spoke, the dust around him gradually cleared.
He stood there without a scratch.
"H-How is that possible?!"
Frieza was shocked.
Even Ginyu would have struggled to withstand those Death Beams. How could a Saiyan like Son Goku have come through unscathed?
At once, Frieza activated the Scouter over his left eye.
"Beep, beep..."
"...5,000..."
After the Scouter turned on, Frieza quickly saw a power level of five thousand.
"Only five thousand? Is the Scouter broken?"
As he spoke, Frieza removed the Scouter from his left eye and crushed it.
Then he slowly stepped down from his flying chair and walked forward a few paces.
A breeze blew by, lifting Son Goku's hair.
Frieza chuckled and rolled his shoulders.
"Son Goku, it's been a long time since I personally killed anyone. You should feel honored!"
"Is that so? But with your current strength, you can't beat me!"
Frieza burst out laughing.
"Son Goku, you really are arrogant! Let me tell you the truth: I can transform three times, and each time my strength increases several times over!"
"Several times over?"
"That's right!"
As Frieza spoke, he clenched his fists. An astonishing aura burst from his body and rapidly surged upward.
Boom!!
The ground around them began to shake violently.
Son Goku stood quietly where he was, waiting for Frieza to transform.
Just then, a Saiyan spaceship suddenly descended from the sky.
It was Vegeta's spaceship.
After his injuries were healed, Vegeta learned from Frieza's men that Frieza had gone to Namek to seize the Dragon Balls, so he immediately flew there in his spaceship.
Vegeta had always harbored rebellious thoughts against Frieza. But Frieza was too powerful, and Vegeta knew he couldn't beat him, so he pretended to submit.
In truth, he had always wanted to kill Frieza.
He had rushed over because he was afraid Frieza would collect Namek's Dragon Balls and wish for immortality.
If that happened, he would never be able to avenge himself on Frieza.
"Vegeta!"
Son Goku glanced up at the sky.
He had fought Vegeta before, so he was very familiar with his ki.
As Vegeta's spaceship descended toward the ground, he sensed the ki of Son Goku and the others too.
"Kakarot's ki, as well as that brat's and the Namekian's!"
"Ha!"
Just then, the ground beneath Frieza's feet collapsed, forming a small crater.
Then Frieza grew taller and larger, and the black spikes on his head became a pair of enormous horns.
This was Frieza's first form.
After completing his transformation, Frieza immediately released the ki gathered around his body.
At that moment, Vegeta's spaceship happened to land on the ground.
"A spaceship!"
Frieza glanced at it curiously. Who would suddenly come to Namek at a time like this?
"Who..."
Just as Frieza wondered about it, the spaceship Vegeta was riding in opened.
"Vegeta!"
When Frieza saw that it was Vegeta, a hint of delight appeared on his face.
Vegeta leaped out of the crater made by his spaceship and landed on the ground.
"Vegeta!"
Son Goku greeted him.
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