"Utter nonsense!" Frieza roared.
But inside, he felt deeply uneasy.
Because, in fact, Lin Chen was absolutely right.
Frieza could only guess at the strength of his strongest form.
In fact, ever since the Scouter had been invented, the upper limit of its readings had been just over two million.
That figure was already more than enough for over 90 percent of the universe's inhabitants, but it was useless for the Frieza Race.
Once they transformed back into their final form—or, more accurately, their original form—their battle power far exceeded the Scouter's maximum reading.
So Frieza and his father had always been able to do no more than roughly estimate their own battle power.
Take Frieza, for example. He assumed that his final form was dozens of times stronger than his third form, so he guessed his battle power was around 120 million.
In reality, Frieza's estimate was nowhere near the truth.
When Lin Chen heard Frieza claim that his third form had a battle power of three million, he'd already thought something was off. According to the Scouter Bulma had made, Frieza's third form had a battle power of only 2.4 million.
Then, when Frieza transformed into his final form, Lin Chen found that his battle power had risen to only 11 million—nowhere near the over 100 million Frieza had claimed.
At first, Lin Chen had thought Bulma's Scouter was malfunctioning. But when he checked Frieza's battle power with his own system, he got the same result: 11 million.
There really had been something fishy about the 100 million battle power Frieza had always boasted of.
Lin Chen had been ready to fight Frieza to the death to avenge Hanasia. But as it turned out, Frieza wasn't even half as strong as he was.
"Utter nonsense! Utter nonsense! Utter nonsense!"
Frieza roared in a fit of humiliation and rage. "How could my battle power possibly be only 11 million?"
Lin Chen pointed at the Scouter on his head.
"Frieza, let me tell you something. My Scouter is the latest model, invented by a genius. It has no upper limit. It's telling me that your battle power is only 11 million."
"What?" Frieza cried, stunned.
"And while we're at it, my battle power is over 20 million. That female Super Saiyan you killed earlier had a battle power of 12 million, too! So..."
"You're too weak!"
"You wild monkey! How dare you say that I, Frieza, am weak? Damn it... Damn it! I, Frieza, am invincible!"
Frieza suddenly bent his left arm and twisted halfway around, building up power. In the next instant, he unleashed a shocking wave of energy that blazed like fire.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The attacks all struck Lin Chen.
But Frieza wasn't finished. He kept swinging his hands, firing wave after wave of flames at Lin Chen.
"Ding! Congratulations, host. You have mastered Flame Wave!"
For nearly a full minute, the dark universe was continually lit by crimson flames.
When Frieza finally stopped, panting for breath, a sinister grin spread across his face.
"That's what you get for calling me weak! Now do you know how powerful I am?"
"Sorry, you're too weak!"
Suddenly, a voice rang out. Frieza jolted as if struck by lightning, freezing in place.
His pupils shrank, and a chill surged from the soles of his feet straight to his brain.
When Lin Chen emerged from beneath the smoke, he saw Frieza, already terrified, and caught a flash of fear in his eyes.
Lin Chen sighed.
If Hanasia hadn't been unable to survive in a vacuum, she probably could have beaten a Frieza like this.
Unfortunately, Frieza was simply too evil and cunning.
At the same time, Frieza's eyes darted around.
For the first time in his life, he experienced fear.
Faced with the threat of death, Frieza panicked. No, I have to get out of here right now. I have to reach my father! I'm no match for him as I am. Only my father can protect me!
Once he realized he could no longer defeat Lin Chen, Frieza focused entirely on escaping.
"Trash, I'll kill you!"
Frieza shouted, raising a hand and creating a purple-black energy ball out of thin air. Power surged wildly within it. He thrust his hand forward, and the ball shot toward Lin Chen like a flying snake.
"Ding! Junior Martial Arts Genius talent activated. You have learned Planet Destroyer Bomb!"
As the system's notification rang in Lin Chen's mind, Frieza's body became a streak of light and shot off in the opposite direction.
Frieza's spaceship was that way.
Frieza could survive and move through space, but traveling through the stars was different from moving around on a planet. The fastest way to travel between stars was always by spaceship, not by the strength of one's body.
As he watched his spaceship grow larger in the distance, Frieza thought to himself, Once I reach my father, I'll train properly! A few Saiyan monkeys are nothing! I absolutely won't lose to you!
Born powerful, Frieza had never trained a day in his life. He believed that with his talent, a little training would be enough to surpass that Saiyan.
Before long, he was almost at the ship. Through its windows, he could even see his terrified subordinates inside.
Then he noticed them pounding on the windows in terror, frantically pointing behind him.
Behind him?
Frieza turned to look and saw a brilliant blue light, as dazzling as the sun, appear in the space behind him.
Lin Chen pressed his palms together, staring at Frieza in the distance as he silently chanted, "Ka... me... ha..."
Just as he reached the word "ha," Lin Chen vanished from where he stood, narrowly passing the energy ball Frieza had thrown.
The next instant, Lin Chen appeared behind Frieza. Frieza shuddered and turned around in disbelief.
"How did you..." Frieza's mouth fell open, but before he could finish speaking—
Lin Chen shouted the final word.
"Me... ha!"
With a loud cry, Lin Chen thrust both hands forward. A blue energy wave shot out, surging toward Frieza with unstoppable force.
"I can't die!"
Knowing he had no time to escape, Frieza shouted and spread his hands, trying to push Lin Chen's Kamehameha back.
But his palms held out against the energy wave for only a moment before the terrifying force destroyed and swallowed them.
"AAAAAAH!!!!!"
The next instant, Frieza himself disappeared into the blue light.
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