The Reason for Probing in Base Form

The referee slowed down, walking step by step toward Frieza, who lay sprawled on the ground.

According to the rules of the arena match, the referee had to confirm at close range whether a contestant had completely lost consciousness before giving the final verdict.

On the other side of the arena, Hit did not look back. With both hands in the pockets of his coat, he walked straight toward the edge of the arena.

Based on his thousand years of experience as an assassin, the time between taking down an enemy, the referee stepping forward to confirm it, and the final announcement of victory was just enough for him to reach the edge of the arena.

He had absolute confidence in his pressure-point strikes and the penetrating power of his energy. That blow should have been enough to directly destroy his opponent's neural trunk.

Just as the referee bent down, his face less than half a meter from Frieza's, the seemingly lifeless Frieza suddenly opened his eyes.

Frieza did not brace himself with his hands or feet, nor did he make any preparatory motion to rise. Instead, he directly erupted with the energy inside his body.

His body vanished from the spot in an instant.

The next moment, Frieza appeared out of thin air in midair directly behind Hit.

Maintaining his balance high in the air, he clenched his right fist and compressed all the violent energy around him onto the surface of his fist, then smashed it without warning toward the vital point at the back of Hit's head.

The strike was extremely sinister, and it erupted with incredible speed.

Hit truly had not expected Frieza to withstand that blow without losing consciousness, much less instantly think of using a sneak-attack tactic by feigning unconsciousness.

If Frieza's target had