As Frieza finished speaking, a stout, purple-skinned figure clad in a battle suit stepped onto the scene.
"You must be Apocart?" Cooler asked, eyeing the purple man standing beside Frieza.
"That I am." Apocart replied.
"Check his power level." Cooler commanded a soldier in the distance.
"My Lord, be careful! That guy's power level is over five hundred million!" the soldier shouted back to Cooler.
"Is the scouter malfunctioning?" Cooler asked the soldier.
"Reporting to my Lord, the scouter is functioning normally." the soldier replied.
"Ohohoho, how about it, Cooler? If you kneel and kowtow to me three times right now, I might just spare your pathetic life." Frieza said.
"Bang!" Cooler lunged at Frieza with blinding speed, sending him flying over a hundred meters away with a single punch.
"You're courting death!" Apocart declared.
With that, Apocart threw a punch toward Cooler.
"Bang!" Cooler met the blow with a punch of his own, but he had overestimated himself. With a gap of over three hundred million in their power levels, Cooler was sent reeling backward for over a hundred meters.
"Apocart, you are so powerful; what position do you hold under Frieza?" Cooler asked.
"I am a division commander in the Frieza Force's Eighth Legion." Apocart replied.
"Apocart, if you are willing to defect to me, once I finish off Frieza, you shall be the Commander-in-Chief of the Cooler Force—second only to me, and above all others."
"Apocart, if you kill Cooler, I will grant you all of his territory as a reward." Frieza interjected hastily.
Frieza was genuinely terrified that Apocart might be swayed by Cooler's offer.
"Lord Cooler, is your word good?" Apocart asked, looking at Cooler.
"I am no match for you, which is why I need a general like you to conquer the universe for me. If we join forces, we can certainly defeat King Cold, and at that time, I am willing to split the universe with you equally." Cooler said.
"Apocart, don't listen to him! If you kill Cooler, I'll reward you with ten planets immediately!" Frieza shouted.
"Bang!"
"Shut your mouth." Apocart said after punching Frieza and sending him flying over a hundred meters away.
"Are you betraying me?" Frieza asked, glaring at Apocart.
"The strong prey upon the weak. Frieza, you aren't as powerful as Lord Cooler, which means your destruction at his hands was inevitable. Now that Lord Cooler is willing to share the universe with me, why should I continue to follow you?" Apocart replied.
"You traitor!" Frieza roared.
"Bang!" No sooner had Frieza finished speaking than Cooler punched him, sending him flying another hundred meters.
"Apocart, take the soldiers and wait for me in space. I intend to kill Frieza myself." Cooler said.
After Cooler finished speaking, Apocart flew toward the Cooler Force's spaceship, and before long, the entire Cooler Force army emerged into space.
"All of you, attack! Kill Cooler!" Frieza shouted to his soldiers.
The soldiers dared not defy Frieza's orders; despite Cooler's immense power, they had no choice but to brace themselves and charge.
"Bang! Bang!"
"Boom!"
Two minutes later, Cooler had slaughtered every soldier Frieza had brought.
"Now it's your turn," Cooler said.
"Go to hell!" Frieza fired an energy wave from his hand toward Cooler.
"Boom!"
The energy wave struck Cooler directly.
"Ohohoho, how does that taste, Cooler?" Frieza said, watching the smoke generated by the explosion.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
"Puchi!"
Four energy beams shot out from the smoke, piercing through Frieza's legs and arms.
"Frieza, did you really think your attack could harm This King?" Cooler said as he walked out of the smoke.
"Bang!"
Frieza threw a punch at Cooler, but Cooler caught his right fist and delivered a punch to Frieza's abdomen, causing Frieza to collapse to his knees in agony.
"After you die, Frieza, I will soon have Father join you, so you won't be lonely in hell by yourself," Cooler said.
"Even if I die, I'll drag you down with me! Let's perish together!" Frieza declared.
With that, Frieza gathered energy into his right palm and slammed it into the ground.
"You lunatic," Cooler said.
Cooler hurriedly flew toward space, but it was already too late.
"Kaboom!"
With a deafening roar, Frieza Planet No. 4 turned into a brilliant, dazzling firework.
"Perished together? Perished together is good! This way, I can immediately rise above everyone else," Apocart said.
"Sir, what should we do now?" an officer beside Apocart asked.
"Send a transmission to all divisions of the Cooler Force. The Great King has unfortunately fallen in battle. I, Apocart, shall temporarily manage the army in his stead. I will certainly annihilate the Frieza Force to avenge the Great King and our fallen brothers of the Cooler Force," Apocart said.
"Yes, sir," the officer replied.
The officer then went to find the communications operator to send the message.
"Damn it... damn you, Frieza!" the severely wounded Cooler muttered.
Cooler lost consciousness shortly after; although he hadn't been killed by the planet's explosion, he was critically injured.
"I never imagined... that I would actually... perish together with Cooler," Frieza also whispered.
Though he hadn't died either, he was just as severely wounded as Cooler.
Frieza Planet No. 3, Command Center.
"Report! Reporting to Prince Leige, we suddenly lost contact with the troops on Frieza Planet No. 4," an officer said, approaching Leige.
"Immediately dispatch a reconnaissance squad to Frieza Planet No. 4."
Leige said.
"Yes."
The officer replied.
"Xiao Bai, do you think Frieza and Cooler perished together?"
Leige asked Xiao Bai in his mind.
"Frieza and Cooler had a fight, and later Frieza called Apocart to help him, but Apocart betrayed him and defected to Cooler. Cooler had Apocart wait in space with the soldiers. After Cooler slaughtered all of Frieza's soldiers and insulted Frieza a few times, Frieza couldn't take the anger, gathered energy into his right palm, and blew up Frieza Planet No. 4 with a single strike. Although Cooler and Frieza weren't killed by the explosion, they were both severely injured. If they don't receive medical treatment, they might just die."
Xiao Bai told Leige everything that had just happened.
"How do you know all this?"
Leige asked Xiao Bai.
"Because I am a high-level system."
Xiao Bai said.
"Then can you let me survive in space?"
Leige said.
"I can, but you have to trade gold coins for it."
Xiao Bai said.
"How many gold coins?"
Leige asked.
"Oxygen-Free Survival Technique originally costs five hundred gold coins. Since we have such a good relationship, I'll give you a thirty percent discount: one hundred and thirty gold coins."
Xiao Bai said.
"Thanks."
Leige said.
Subsequently, Leige spent one hundred and thirty gold coins to purchase Oxygen-Free Survival Technique.
Cooler Planet No. 6, Twelfth Legion Headquarters.
"What! The King is dead?"
A blue werewolf wearing a commander's uniform asked Apocart.
"Frieza detonated Frieza Planet No. 4, and the King unfortunately died in battle."
Apocart said.
"The King is dead, the Frieza Force will soon be attacking, this, what are we going to do?"
The blue werewolf said.
"Commander Lan Tailang, there is no need to panic. With Lord Apocart here, we don't need to fear the Frieza Force. Frieza didn't escape Frieza Planet No. 4 either; he was likely blown to bits as well."
A person wearing a division commander's uniform said.
"Lord Apocart, may I be so bold as to ask what your combat power is?"
Lan Tailang asked Apocart.
"My combat power is: 500 million."
Apocart said.
"500 million!"
Lan Tailang exclaimed.
His own combat power as a legion commander was only 30,000. Apocart's combat power was actually stronger than the King's; it seemed they really didn't need to fear the Frieza Force anymore.
"Commander Lan Tailang, from now on I will temporarily take over the management of the army in the King's stead. You have no objections, do you?"
Apocart asked Lan Tailang.
"No objections, this subordinate has absolutely no objections. Your combat power is formidable, my Lord. With you here, we don't have to fear the Frieza Force."
Lan Tailang said.
Two days later, March 6th, the former Frieza Planet No. 4.
"It seems Frieza Planet No. 4 has already been destroyed."
A frog-man wearing a squad leader's combat suit said.
"I wonder how the King is doing."
A dinosaur-man wearing a blue combat suit beside the squad leader said.
"Captain, I've found something."
Suddenly, a soldier looking at the object appearing on the radar said to the frog-man.
"It's the King! Quickly, dispatch a rescue ship to bring him back!"
The Frog-man said.
"Understood."
The Dinosaur-man beside the Frog-man replied.
Moments later, several soldiers piloted a warship to retrieve Frieza and bring him back to the mothership.
"The King's injuries are severe."
The Dinosaur-man remarked, looking at Frieza, who had lost his left arm, right leg, and left shoulder.
"Get the King to the medical bay immediately!"
The Frog-man ordered.
In his current state, if Frieza were not rushed to a medical pod, he would survive for at most one more day.
After the Frog-man and his crew deposited Frieza into the medical pod, they ordered the reconnaissance squad to return to Frieza Planet No. 3.
Frieza Planet No. 3, Training Grounds.
"Prince Leige, the reconnaissance squad has found the King."
A soldier approached the training grounds and reported to Leige.
"What is the King's condition?"
Leige asked the soldier.
It would be best if the reconnaissance squad had only found Frieza's corpse.
"The squad reported that when they found the King, he was already unconscious and critically wounded. His left arm, right leg, and left shoulder are all gone," the soldier said.
"Reward the reconnaissance squad heavily," Leige commanded.
"Yes, sir."
The soldier replied and departed from the training grounds.
"Xiao Bai, is Cooler dead?"
Leige asked Xiao Bai in his mind.
"Guess, Host," Xiao Bai replied.
"Frieza didn't die, so Cooler likely didn't either. Even if Cooler was lucky enough to survive, his condition certainly won't be any better than Frieza's. It's a pity that Frieza and Cooler didn't take each other out this time," Leige said.
King Cold Planet No. 6, Royal Palace Throne Room.
"My King, the reconnaissance squad reports that King Frieza and King Cooler engaged in battle on Frieza Planet No. 4, and in the end, King Frieza detonated Frieza Planet No. 4."