Son Goku vs. Frieza

Seeing this, Son Goku immediately stepped forward and said.

"Gohan, could you let me fight this guy first?"

"Sure!"

Son Gohan nodded.

After all, he could easily deal with Frieza at his current level.

On North Kai's planet.

Upon hearing that Son Goku intended to challenge Frieza, North Kai was immediately stunned by him.

As the notorious evil emperor of the universe, Frieza was far beyond what Son Goku could currently defeat.

Thinking of this, North Kai immediately transmitted his voice to Son Goku.

"Goku, can you hear me? It is I, Lord Kai!"

"Lord Kai?"

North Kai nodded.

"Goku, Frieza's strength is immense. I think you should avoid fighting him and leave him to Gohan instead."

Son Goku smiled and said.

"It is precisely because his strength is so great that I want to fight him even more!"

"But..."

"It's alright, Lord Kai. If I can't beat him, don't I still have Gohan?"

After listening, North Kai pondered for a moment and said.

"Then you must be careful!"

"Yeah!"

Son Goku nodded.

"Son Goku, who are you talking to? Have you been scared out of your mind after learning of my power?"

Frieza laughed out loud as he watched Son Goku "talking to himself."

"It's nothing! I was just speaking with Lord Kai!"

Son Goku laughed.

"Lord Kai?"

Upon hearing this, Frieza's laughter came to an abrupt halt.

"Yeah! Anyway, it's not something I can explain clearly to you!"

Frieza let out a cold snort, his expression turning serious.

Seeing this, Son Gohan immediately addressed the Shadow Battle Axe before him.

"Shadow Battle Axe, could you grow larger so that Uncle Piccolo and I can sit on you?"

"..."

The Shadow Battle Axe felt quite speechless.

It, a dignified Shadow Battle Axe, was actually being treated as a mount by Son Gohan.

"What's wrong, Shadow Battle Axe?"

Seeing that the Shadow Battle Axe didn't move, Son Gohan asked.

The Shadow Battle Axe had no choice but to obediently grow larger and settle onto the ground.

Seeing this, Son Gohan immediately stepped onto the blade of the Shadow Battle Axe and sat down.

"Uncle Piccolo, you come over too!"

"I think... I'll pass!"

"It's fine, Uncle Piccolo. As we watch the fight, this Shadow Battle Axe will protect us!"

"Well... alright then!"

After hearing this, Piccolo hesitated for a moment before flying onto the Shadow Battle Axe.

However, he did not sit down like Son Gohan, but instead stood straight upon it.

Just at that moment, Frieza raised his right index finger, firing a purple beam from his hand toward Son Goku.

Son Goku casually swatted his right hand, and the purple beam was immediately deflected, exploding on the ground to the side.

"What!"

Frieza was startled and began firing Death Beams at Son Goku in rapid succession with his right index finger.

"Swish, swish..."

Bang, bang, bang!!

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

Son Goku raised his right hand, swatting away the Death Beam attacks from Frieza and sending them crashing into the surrounding ground.

Dust clouds quickly billowed up from the earth, shrouding Son Goku's figure from view.

Frieza, assuming Son Goku had been eliminated, couldn't help but reveal a smug smile.

"This is the price for opposing me, Frieza!"

"Is that so?"

As the words faded, the dust around Son Goku gradually dispersed.

Son Goku stood in his original spot, completely unscathed.

"Th-this is impossible!"

Frieza was shocked.

Even Ginyu would have struggled to withstand those Death Beam attacks; how could a Saiyan like Son Goku be perfectly fine?

With that thought, Frieza immediately activated the scouter worn over his left eye.

"Beep... beep..."

"...5000..."

Once the scouter was active, Frieza quickly read the power level of five thousand.

"Only five thousand? Could the scouter be broken?"

Frieza muttered, immediately pulling the scouter off his left eye and crushing it to pieces.

He then slowly descended from his hoverchair and took a few steps forward.

At that moment, a gentle breeze blew by, ruffling Son Goku's hair.

Frieza chuckled, loosening his joints as he spoke.

"Son Goku, it has been a long time since I personally killed someone, so you should feel honored!"

"Is that so? But with your current strength, you won't be able to beat me!"

Upon hearing this, Frieza burst into laughter.

"Son Goku, you are truly arrogant! Let me tell you the truth: I have three transformation stages, and with each one, my strength increases several times over!"

"Several times over!"

"That's right!"

As Frieza spoke, he clenched his fists tightly, and an incredibly astonishing aura erupted from his entire body, rising rapidly.

Boom!!

The surrounding ground began to shake violently.

Seeing this, Son Goku stood quietly in place, waiting for Frieza to transform.

Just then, a Saiyan spaceship suddenly descended from the sky.

This ship was none other than Vegeta's.

After his wounds were healed, Vegeta learned from Frieza's subordinates that Frieza had come to Namek to seize the Dragon Balls, so he had immediately boarded his ship and rushed over.

Vegeta had long harbored rebellious intentions against Frieza, but because Frieza's power was too great, he knew he couldn't win, so he had pretended to submit to him.

In reality, he had always wanted to finish Frieza off.

The reason he had rushed over in such a hurry was his fear that Frieza would collect the Namekian Dragon Balls and wish for immortality.

If that happened, he would never be able to take his revenge on Frieza in this lifetime.

"Vegeta!"

Son Goku looked up at the sky.

Having fought Vegeta before, he was naturally intimately familiar with his energy signature.

Vegeta, who was about to land on the ground, also sensed the energy of Son Goku and the others.

"Kakarot's energy, along with that brat and the Namekian!"

"Ha!"

At that exact moment, the ground beneath Frieza collapsed, forming a small crater.

Immediately following, Frieza's body grew taller and larger, and the black spikes on his head transformed into a pair of massive horns.

This was Frieza's first transformation.

Once the transformation was complete, Frieza immediately released the energy that had gathered around his body.

Just then, Vegeta's spaceship happened to touch down on the ground.

"A spaceship!"

Frieza glanced at the vessel, feeling a flicker of curiosity as to who would suddenly arrive on Namek at a time like this.

"Chi..."

Just as Frieza was thinking this, the spaceship Vegeta had arrived in began to open.

"Vegeta!"

Seeing that it was Vegeta, a trace of joy immediately appeared on Frieza's face.

With a leap of his feet, Vegeta quickly jumped from the deep crater created by the spaceship's impact onto the ground.

"Vegeta!"

Son Goku called out a greeting to Vegeta.