Super Saiyan

Namek

Namek, already on the brink of destruction, was shifting beneath their feet. Continents were slowly moving at a speed too great for ordinary people to observe!

The sky was dark, and lightning flashed as thunder boomed!

The longer Frieza fought, the more terrified he became. Feeling Vegeta's power grow stronger and stronger, he secretly swore that this couldn't go on! If this continues, I might die!

He suddenly flipped backward, breaking away from the fight!

"Vegeta, let's stop wasting time. Give it everything you've got!" Frieza said!

Vegeta could feel that his battle power had stopped increasing. He couldn't be bothered to drag things out any longer, either! He had recovered his body several times in a short time, and his potential had been pushed to the limit! If he wanted to grow stronger, he'd have to train later and build up his reserves!

"Sure. Let's see how strong you are, and whether you're worth me using all my power!" Vegeta taunted.

Frieza snarled, "You're too arrogant, Vegeta. Next, I'll make you experience the terror your people felt when they were destroyed!"

He erupted with energy. A deep purple aura of evil burst forth, and his muscles swelled all over! His entire body grew a size larger!

At one hundred percent power, his battle power reached a terrifying two billion! Thanks to the continuous fighting and the Senzu Bean that had restored his strength, Frieza's hidden potential had also been pushed to the limit. His battle power had increased roughly sixteenfold compared to the anime!

Goku and the others were blown away by Frieza's astonishing, terrifying aura of evil. The difference in strength was simply too great!

Although Goku's base battle power had now reached around ten million, enough for him to transform into a Super Saiyan, he wouldn't transform without overwhelming rage and the right method!

Some people might wonder why Goku's base battle power hadn't climbed to ten million after all that training and fighting. It was actually quite normal. After all, he was a Low-Class Warrior, and his frequent use of Kaio-ken had left his body full of hidden injuries! Later, he would even come down with the Heart Virus!

He was a genius when it came to fighting, but physically he was still far behind Vegeta! He was even somewhat inferior to Piccolo!

After all, Namekians had the ability to create Dragon Balls, and their people included fighting-type geniuses. They were connected to the Dragon Balls, the ultimate cheat in the universe. It went without saying that the Namekians were no ordinary people!

In the original story, the Grand Elder had also mentioned that if Piccolo's good and evil sides hadn't been split apart, and if he hadn't been tainted by the aura of the Demon Realm, he might have been even stronger than a Super Saiyan!

Later, during the Android Saga, Piccolo fused with the Guardian of Earth, and his battle power really was greater than that of a first-stage Super Saiyan!

Now, without training on King Kai's Planet and without fusing with Nail, his battle power hadn't reached the level he had in the original story!

Back to the point.

After Frieza finished transforming, his tremendous power filled him with confidence again!

"Vegeta, how about it? Do you have any more power you haven't used? If you do, hurry up and use it, before I wipe you out with a single strike!" Frieza taunted.

"Hmph. Frieza, I'll show you the Super Saiyan you've always feared!" Vegeta said with a disdainful sneer!

"Oh? Then I'd better take a look. You're not going to transform into a giant ape and call yourself a Super Saiyan, are you?" Frieza said.

He thought Vegeta could only turn into a giant ape if he wanted to fight him!

"Hmph. Just watch. I'll make sure you're satisfied!" Vegeta snorted.

With that, he released his Killing Intent Fist state. His battle power dropped by around sixty million!

Then he erupted with energy, and thunder suddenly roared across the sky!

Vegeta's furious roar filled the entire planet.

He concentrated all the S-Cells he had raised to their limit at the base of his spine. Flecks of golden light settled along his spinal column!

In Dragon Ball Super, when Vegeta's disciple Cabba taught Caulifla to transform, he used the same method. They simply didn't know about S-Cells, so they used the power of anger to trigger the transformation.

Now Vegeta had the system's explanation and knew exactly what they were, so he could transform without getting angry!

Later on, which Saiyan couldn't transform at will? They didn't need anger at all. They had completely mastered the transformation!

At that moment, Vegeta...

After the light merged into his spine, a terrifying golden aura burst from his entire body. On the dark planet, that golden aura was like the blazing sun, illuminating the entire battlefield!

Vegeta's eyes turned blank for a moment, leaving only the whites. Then a faint green glimmer appeared before his eyes finally became green with white pupils!

His already upright black hair turned golden. With the golden aura surrounding him, it seemed to blaze like flames!

His battle power increased a full fiftyfold, reaching an astonishing three billion!

His face looked colder and more ruthless than ever—even evil! His surging energy made him lose control of the murderous impulse in his heart. He couldn't help wanting to destroy everything in front of him!

Frieza was also shaken by that savage, terrifying aura!

Remembering the final words left by his ancestor, he murmured, "So it's true... This is it. The golden hair mentioned in my ancestor's last words! A Super Saiyan... Damn it..."

Frieza was furious and regretful. He regretted leaving Vegeta alive because of his own foolishness, only to bring about this disaster! The confidence he'd felt before had become so tangled that he didn't know how to calm himself down!

Vegeta could feel the savage impulse in his blood, even as it affected his mind! Thoughts of destroying and demolishing everything filled his head!

After all, it was his first transformation, and his base battle power was so high! The fiftyfold increase was difficult for Vegeta to adapt to all at once!

Then a glimpse of Bulma flashed before his eyes—the brash yet clever and gentle woman. It slowly helped Vegeta calm down!

"Kakarot, take them and leave first. Go back to Earth, so you won't be caught up in the fight to come. If the planet is destroyed, none of you can survive in the vacuum of space!" Vegeta called to Goku.

His cold, violent, emotionless voice suddenly reminded Goku of the first time the two of them had fought!

"All right. There's nothing we can do to help you by staying, so we won't hold you back. When you get back, teach me how to transform like that!" Goku said.

"Don't worry. This prince is destined to surpass the gods. Nothing will happen to me. Hurry up and go. I might not be able to control myself much longer!" Vegeta urged them again.

The others moved far from the battlefield and reached a relatively flat area. Krillin tossed out a Hoi-Poi Capsule, and their spaceship popped out!

They opened the hatch and went inside. Goku looked back toward the battlefield, as if saying, "You have to come back. I haven't beaten you yet!"

Piccolo patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry. That freak won't die. Don't forget his healing ability! He probably wouldn't even die if the planet blew up!"

They closed the hatch and stared blankly around the cockpit. They'd forgotten that they didn't know how to operate a spaceship! What were they going to do?

"Let me try... When we came here, Aunt Bulma saw I was interested, so she taught me how to operate it!" Gohan said.

He pressed a variety of buttons in a flurry, then nervously pushed a red button with his index finger!

Whoosh! Flames shot from beneath the ship, launching it into the sky.

Goku and the others inside were caught off guard. The powerful pressure suddenly knocked them to the floor!

They were actually very happy. They'd taken off...

Back on the battlefield,

"How about it, Frieza? Try that move again. This time, I still won't dodge or defend myself!" Vegeta said to Frieza!

"You damn monkey! You dare look down on me? Then die!" Frieza raged helplessly.

A signature Death Beam shot toward Vegeta's forehead. Vegeta watched it come without changing his expression.

Bang! Sizzle...

There was only a small red mark on Vegeta's forehead, and the edges of his hair had been singed!

"Impossible... How could this happen? I couldn't even pierce his skull!!!" Frieza was shocked and afraid!

"Haha... Hahahahaha!"

Vegeta laughed wildly!

He hadn't expected to be this strong. Even his body had become as hard as iron!

"Let's begin, Frieza. Get ready to enjoy the fear!" Vegeta burst forward and charged at Frieza!