"You see, I only sped up a little, and you could barely keep up. Frieza, oh, Frieza, your era is coming to an end."
With his back to Frieza, Vegeta spoke.
"Me, come to an end? That's the funniest thing I've heard in decades! Hohohoho~~!"
Frieza wasn't angry. He seemed to have grown used to Vegeta's taunts.
He had secretly made up his mind: he would use all the power he could manage in his current state. He refused to believe Vegeta's battle power could exceed 100 million!
Although he couldn't fully unleash his 120 million battle power, he could still control 100 million perfectly.
Frieza's aura shifted, and a glint flashed in Vegeta's eyes.
In an instant, Frieza launched a fierce attack.
He spun around and struck with a roundhouse kick. To his surprise, though, this unexpected, supposedly guaranteed hit still failed to land.
His foot passed through Vegeta's afterimage. Frieza instinctively sensed danger closing in and, without the slightest hesitation, moved at high speed to dodge.
Vegeta appeared just then and threw a punch that struck empty air, hitting only an afterimage as well.
"Hmph! You're finally showing some promise. But without this level of strength, you'd be far too weak!" As he spoke, Vegeta suddenly turned sideways and raised his hand to block.
Frieza appeared at his side. Vegeta caught his flying kick firmly, and it didn't move him an inch.
"Yaaahhh~~!!! Die, you bastard!!!"
His repeated attacks had gained him not the slightest advantage, and Frieza let out a hysterical scream.
His demonic assault poured down like a violent storm, every blow lethal and filled with an absolute killing intent.
At this level of power, even a casual strike could shatter the earth. The two were still fighting in the air; had they been battling on the ground, the nearby islands would have suffered, likely destroyed completely.
The fierce battle had begun. This whole stretch of sky became their battlefield. Their punches and kicks grew sharper, and the fighting spread across an ever-wider area. Even Vegeta was starting to get serious.
"That's more like it! Now this is a real fight!" Vegeta roared, suddenly surging with power.
Golden flames blazed around him. Vegeta caught Frieza's hands and seized him, then began a contest of strength.
Their auras erupted as they forced their power against each other. A howling gale swept across dozens of miles, and heaven and earth trembled.
Frieza was gritting his teeth, consumed by intense resentment toward Vegeta.
From the start of the fight until now, this bastard Vegeta had somehow kept pace as Frieza grew stronger.
Frieza had now unleashed nearly eighty percent of his power!
He had always been proud of this strength. Even if it couldn't match that bastard of a brother of his, he considered himself invincible.
Yet Vegeta, through his Super Saiyan transformation, could now stand against him head-on—and was even gradually overpowering him.
The flames of unwilling rage drove Frieza to unleash even more power, making him stronger and stronger.
Vegeta felt it clearly, and grew more and more excited.
If Vegeta's strength hadn't far surpassed Frieza's, Frieza might indeed have turned the tables by now.
"I'm not giving you another chance! Frieza, this helpless, furious rage of yours is exactly what I wanted to see!" As he spoke, Vegeta's golden aura suddenly swelled.
As his power erupted, a look of terror crossed Frieza's face. His surging, evil aura was completely crushed, and his power could no longer affect Vegeta in the slightest.
Boom!!!
Vegeta yanked Frieza's body with both hands. One hand broke free, clenched into a fist, and slammed hard into Frieza's right cheek.
That punch left Frieza completely dazed. His body shot straight backward like a kite with its strings cut.
The assault wasn't over. Vegeta pursued him and unleashed a ferocious barrage of deadly blows.
A series of heavy punches made Frieza spit blood. Only after Frieza was covered in wounds did Vegeta clasp his hands together and bring them down like a war hammer, smashing him into a massive island.
The entire island shattered into rubble, and Frieza's body was buried beneath the rocks once more.
"This is the end, Frieza. You're no longer a match for me! No matter how you struggle, it's pointless! I'll tell you this: even now, I still haven't shown my true strength." A cold look filled Vegeta's eyes as his words carried down, reaching Frieza beneath the rubble.
Rumble~~!!!!
Stung by Vegeta's words, Frieza erupted once more, pulverizing all the rubble weighing him down.
He stood up again, though he looked utterly wretched, with none of the bearing of the Universe Emperor.
"You've really made me furious, Vegeta!!! I'll grind you to dust and make you regret provoking me!!" Frieza roared through gritted teeth.
He looked terrifyingly savage, but to Vegeta, the display was nothing short of ridiculous.
"Struggling on the brink of death. Even if you bring out that last pitiful bit of power, you still won't be a match for me." Vegeta gave a cold smile.
He could feel Frieza beginning to remove the final limit on his body.
As Frieza drew out his power, his body began to swell.
According to the information Vegeta had, Frieza couldn't fully control this power, and using it would damage his body. That was why Frieza would never unleash it unless he had no other choice.
In the original story, Frieza only used this power against Kakarot at the very last moment, when he had no other option.
Now that Frieza had brought out this power, it meant he was truly afraid of Vegeta.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have acted with such urgency.
Hovering in the air, Vegeta waited until Frieza's aura reached its peak. Then, without hesitation, he unleashed all the Saiyan energy within him in a single burst.
A terrifying golden light shot into the sky. The spectacle Vegeta created was even greater than Frieza's.
Their eyes met. Frieza's gaze went blank for a moment, cowed by Vegeta's stare. But soon the resentment swelling within him made him realize he couldn't possibly fear a wild monkey.
"I'll kill you!!" Drawing on the power of his rage, Frieza shook off the fear that had made him hesitate.
But just as he charged toward Vegeta, Vegeta dodged his attack.
The next second, Vegeta gave him no chance to strike again. Another punch sent him flying.