Transformation Two

"Hah!"

Finally, as the light reached its peak, Frieza let out a shout. As the radiance dissipated, his energy gradually leveled off.

"Has he finally transformed!"

Feeling this immense power, Kast wore a grave expression.

Following their numerous exchanges, Kast and Frieza had moved quite a distance from their original position.

"This!"

"What on earth is happening!"

At this moment, Bardock and the other Saiyans in the distance had caught up.

"Is that Frieza!?"

Bardock stared at the figure within the light, his expression wary.

"I didn't expect these monkeys to follow, but what use is it? Trash is still trash."

As he spoke, Frieza's new appearance was revealed.

Compared to an adult Saiyan's physique, he was slightly leaner. His skin was silver-white, with purple crystalline plates on his head, shoulders, forearms, and shins. A thick tail trailed behind him. Unlike his previous form, this Frieza lacked sharp horns on his head, and the tear-like indentations on his face were gone.

Looking at Kast before him, Frieza smiled.

"Feel honored! Aside from my father, no one has ever seen this form of mine!"

The final transformation? I didn't expect this guy to skip the intermediate steps and go straight to his full power.

Watching Frieza jump straight to his final form, Kast felt speechless, wondering if he had pushed him too hard.

In truth, Kast had intended to go all out while Frieza was in his first form to try and kill him outright. However, after several bouts, he realized that even with his full-force strikes, the damage Frieza sustained wasn't significant enough. Kast understood then that defeating him while he was weak would be difficult.

But this was fine; Kast hadn't really wanted to do that anyway. After all, his goal was to reach the threshold of life and death, using the crisis of mortality to trigger a transformation into a Super Saiyan.

Therefore, Frieza not being defeated in his first form didn't have much of an impact.

Thinking of this, Kast looked back at Frieza, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"Come on, Frieza! Let me get a feel for your strength."

With that, Kast stomped the ground and vanished in an instant, reappearing above Frieza's head to deliver a downward kick.

"Hmph."

This time, Frieza did not let his guard down as he had before. He instantly retreated, easily dodging Kast's attack, then reached out his right hand, intending to grab Kast's ankle.

However, having missed his mark, Kast had already vanished into the distance the moment the attack failed, leaving only an afterimage behind.

"You run quite fast."

Frieza slowly retracted his hand and clasped it behind his back, his face having returned to its original composure.

Looking at Kast, Frieza said softly.

"Based on the strength you just displayed, I can tell you quite clearly: I only need to use 10% of my power to turn you into cosmic dust."

"Is that so?"

Kast smiled. 10% of his power—based on his knowledge of the original story from his past life, Frieza at full power had a combat strength of 120 million. If converted, 10% would be 12 million.

It was true that a Frieza with 12 million combat strength had the power to defeat and kill him, given his own strength of 5 million.

However, battles were rarely decided by combat strength alone.

Without hesitation, Kast steeled his resolve and charged forward once more in a flash.

"Take this, Frieza!"

Reaching Frieza, Kast struck with both hands simultaneously, his fists wrapped in energy as he hammered toward Frieza.

"Useless attacks."

Watching Kast attack, Frieza chuckled lightly, extended both hands, and instantly seized Kast's arms.

"This is a return gift for you!"

As he spoke, Frieza raised his right foot and slammed it violently into Kast's abdomen.

"Bang!"

"Argh!!"

Kast's pained groan was accompanied by the sound of Frieza's foot colliding with his body.

"What's wrong? Super Saiyan? Is that all you've got!?"

Without letting go, Frieza kicked him again and again, a pleasant smile spreading across his face as he watched Kast's pained expression.

"Damn it!"

"This is bad!"

Seeing Kast held captive by Frieza, Bardock and the others immediately sensed the danger. In an instant, they leaped up and charged toward Frieza.

"Hmph! A bunch of foolish monkeys, don't get in my way!"

Looking at the Saiyans surrounding him, Frieza furrowed his brows. A violent aura erupted from his body in an instant, and he prepared to unleash a ki blast to slaughter them all.

"Wait! Don't forget about me, Frieza!"

In the split second that Frieza was distracted and about to fire his blast, his grip suddenly loosened. Kast had broken free from his restraints, simultaneously landing a kick squarely on Frieza's jaw and using the momentum to vault backward.

Frieza's ki blast was dispersed by Kast's kick.

"You are no match for him. Get back, all of you."

Clutching his abdomen, Kast hurriedly blocked the Saiyans who were attempting to rush forward, then said with a serious expression.

"This is between Frieza and me! None of you are to interfere!"

As he spoke, Kast reached into his robes, preparing to pull something out.