Rumors of the Dragon Ball

Rumble!

The tyrannical energy appeared in the universe as quickly as it vanished.

Soon, everything returned to calm.

Lin Chen stared coldly ahead, where a mangled, bloody torso floated in the vacuum of space, a thousand meters away.

It was none other than the once-arrogant Emperor of the Universe, Frieza.

Yet, his current body was less than a quarter of its original size.

Frieza's lower half was completely gone, his arms were missing, and the mechanical parts that had once repaired his head had been obliterated entirely.

Even so, Frieza's life signs still flickered!

To have taken an Instant Transmission Kamehameha fired by Lin Chen in his Super Saiyan form and still be alive—this vitality was truly terrifying.

Lin Chen now understood why, despite both possessing the Namekian cell regeneration ability, Cell could revive even after his upper body was destroyed, while Piccolo would be killed outright by a single energy blast from Nappa.

The difference lay in the innate, monstrous vitality of the Frost Demon race.

Lin Chen drifted before Frieza, looked down at him, and raised his right hand, preparing to deliver the final blow.

Seeming to realize that his end was inescapable, a look of supplication appeared on Frieza's face.

"P-please, save me... forgive me!"

"Save you? I am not Son Goku; I lack his womanly kindness!" Lin Chen sneered.

Though Frieza did not understand who this Son Goku was, he understood that Lin Chen had no intention of letting him go.

Fear gradually curdled into despair, which then transformed into rage.

"Saiyan! This time... you win... but at least... I have dragged many Saiyans to their graves... and that female Saiyan, she must be your partner... Hahaha... when I reach hell, I will teach them a lesson!"

"Fool. They won't be going to hell with you!" Lin Chen said coldly.

"What?" Frieza froze.

"After you die, I will seek out the Dragon Balls and revive Hanasia and the others! I will even restore Tiwei Planet!"

"D-Dragon Balls?"

"So, go to hell by yourself!"

Lin Chen pointed a finger, and a golden energy beam—identical to Frieza's Death Beam—shot out, slicing off Frieza's only remaining arm.

"Death Beam? H-how do you know my technique?"

"A petty trick; I learned it the moment I saw it. Frieza, let yourself die by your own move!"

With that, Lin Chen fired five more Death Beams, each one vaporizing what remained of Frieza's body.

As the final beam struck Frieza's head, accompanied by his desperate shriek of "I don't want to die," the most heinous Emperor of the Universe in the Dragon Ball world was thoroughly extinguished.

This time, Frieza's body was completely shattered and vaporized; not even the most advanced technology could bring him back.

Having dealt with Frieza, Lin Chen turned his gaze toward the nearby Frieza Force flagship and slowly spread his fingers toward it.

Frieza's subordinates on the ship immediately cried out in alarm.

"Run! Run away!"

Please, it was King Frieza who provoked you! Why must a powerhouse like you target us small fries?

The group of aliens wept.

However, just as the massive spaceship began to engage its engines, a ki blast tore through the sky, carrying overwhelming power as it slammed into them.

The ship exploded into fragments, and the aliens inside were melted by the intense heat.

Hm?

Lin Chen suddenly frowned.

Just before the flagship exploded, he thought he saw a small, spherical ship escape.

Should he pursue it?

Lin Chen thought for a moment, then dismissed the idea.

It was just a small fry from the Frieza Force, not worth the effort. By comparison, it was better to hurry and revive Hanasia and the others.

With that thought, Lin Chen performed Instant Transmission and vanished from the area.

Yet, Lin Chen did not know that the small craft fleeing in advance did not carry some insignificant grunt, but Captain Ginyu!

This ace elite of Frieza's forces had reacted faster than anyone else upon seeing Frieza being slaughtered by Lin Chen. He had immediately scrambled into a spherical pod reserved for combatants, narrowly escaping the catastrophe.

Watching his former mothership vanish in the shockwave, Ginyu breathed a heavy sigh of relief, his chest heaving.

"Thank goodness... thank goodness I escaped in time!"

"Saiyans... I never imagined they possessed such terrifying power..."

"But just you wait, Saiyan! I will definitely revive King Frieza! Our Frieza Force will absolutely make a comeback!" Captain Ginyu roared.

Leveraging the high-tech equipment aboard the ship, the moment Lin Chen revealed the matter of the Dragon Balls to Frieza, everyone on board, including Ginyu, heard it as well.

At the time, the others on the ship showed no reaction, but Ginyu immediately associated it with a legend he had once encountered in the past.

According to the legend, there was a mysterious race in the universe called Namekians, who possessed the magical ability to create wish-granting orbs.

It was said that as long as one gathered all seven wish-granting orbs, any wish could be granted.

The Dragon Balls that Saiyan spoke of must be those wish-granting orbs!

So the legend was true; such things actually existed in the world!

"Just you wait! I, Ginyu, will definitely obtain the Dragon Balls and resurrect Lord Frieza, along with the Ginyu Force! When that time comes, it will be our turn to take revenge on you!"

Captain Ginyu shouted inside the spaceship.

Meanwhile, in the airspace tens of thousands of kilometers away from the former Tiwei Planet, a spherical spaceship of the same model as Frieza's mothership began to accelerate, heading away from Tiwei Planet.

"Lord Cooler, Lord Frieza's vital signs have vanished!"

As an alien reported this, a collective gasp echoed throughout the ship.

"What? Lord Frieza is actually dead?"

"Is a Super Saiyan really that powerful?"

Just then, an egg-shaped flight pod drifted in front of the crowd.

A voice somewhat similar to Frieza's emanated from the pod.

"Quiet! That fellow Frieza has always been so naive!"

"He already suffered at the hands of the Saiyans once before, yet he still failed to learn his lesson this time. Everything is his own doing!"

Seeing the person in the egg-shaped flight pod, all the aliens on the scene knelt to the ground.

For the one sitting in the pod was none other than their master, the elder brother of the galactic emperor Frieza: Cooler.