"Oh-ho-ho-ho! Son Goku, sorry for the wait!" Frieza's gaze settled on Son Goku, and his smile grew brighter.
At the moment, Frieza was in his first form.
After all, this was the only form that could fit in the baby carriage.
Frieza's other forms were much larger, and there was no way they'd fit in such a tiny carriage.
"Frieza, your ki... Why has it suddenly gotten so much stronger? Have you been training hard?" Son Goku asked curiously.
"Why would you ask that?" Frieza replied, momentarily taken aback. He found the question baffling.
Shouldn't this be Son Goku's first time meeting me?
Shouldn't he be asking who I am?
Why had he called me by name as soon as he opened his mouth?
That was strange!
Could it be that Son Goku had already met Lord Beerus?
Had he learned about me from Lord Beerus?
It didn't seem impossible.
After all, I'd met Lord Beerus on Earth in my previous life.
Frieza's imagination ran wild.
"Son Goku, you've brought quite a few friends with you." Frieza rubbed his nose, then stopped asking questions and looked at Son Goku with interest.
As he spoke, Frieza slowly raised his right hand, his smile growing ever brighter.
"Whoosh!"
The next moment, Frieza extended a finger. A red light flickered at its tip.
A fiery red beam shot from his fingertip straight toward Yamcha at tremendous speed.
Yamcha: "????"
"Pfft!"
The fiery beam pierced Yamcha's body.
Yamcha arced through the air and crashed heavily to the ground. Blood poured from his mouth as his whole body convulsed. He was on the brink of death.
The shocking sight left Piccolo and the others stunned, cold sweat breaking out across their bodies.
Son Goku's eyes widened, his expression changing again and again.
"Oh-ho-ho-ho! Son Goku, how do you like my little welcome gift?" Frieza burst into unrestrained laughter.
"Yamcha!" Son Goku's voice was low. He hurried over and helped Yamcha sit up.
"Puh..."
Yamcha spat out another mouthful of blood, his mind racing with a thousand questions.
Seriously, what did I ever do to him?
Why did he have to hit me first?
"Son Goku, that was just a little welcome gift! Today, right in front of you, I'm going to kill every one of your friends, one by one. I'll make you suffer!" Frieza's smile grew brighter, and he was beside himself with excitement.
I love seeing you sad and furious, yet completely helpless to stop me.
"You... bastard!" Son Goku roared in fury. "I'll never forgive you, Frieza!"
"Boom!"
The next moment, Son Goku's ki erupted, and he raised his power to its absolute limit.
"Whoosh!"
Then Son Goku hurtled toward Frieza.
"Hmph. Son Goku, I can beat you even without transforming!" Frieza sneered and raised an arm, intending to catch Son Goku's punch.
Even though Frieza was currently only in his first form, his power already far surpassed what his fourth form had once been capable of.
That was why Frieza was so confident.
I'll beat you to a pulp in my first form.
I'll show you what true despair feels like!
Son Goku charged at Frieza at tremendous speed and swung a heavy punch.
Frieza wore a contemptuous smile as he raised his arm, the corners of his mouth curling upward.
According to Frieza's plan, all he had to do was raise his arm to catch Son Goku's fist, then give him a light tap.
Son Goku would surely clutch his stomach and collapse to his knees in agony.
After all, Son Goku was far too weak at this point.
I, Frieza, was reborn.
I know your strength inside and out!
But the instant Frieza's arm met Son Goku's fist, he felt an enormous surge of energy rushing toward him.
Frieza's pupils contracted. His mouth twitched, and his expression changed drastically.
What was going on?
Why wasn't Son Goku's battle power what I'd expected?
How could this be?
Before Frieza could react, Son Goku's fist drove his body straight into the ground below.
"Rumble!"
The earth shook violently.
Frieza and the baby carriage beneath him were driven into the ground.
The carriage shattered on impact, its fragments flying in every direction.
Frieza was embedded deep in the earth, leaving a pitch-black crater behind.
Zarbon and Dodoria clung to each other in terror, their faces pale.
Lord Frieza, are you asking to get beaten up?
Why did you have to hurt that man's friend?
That Super Saiyan is going to beat you to death.
Frieza's other underlings were all left dumbfounded, staring at the bizarre scene in disbelief.
Lord Frieza had been punched into the ground by that man?
Were their eyes deceiving them?
The underlings trembled in fear, frozen like statues.
"Yamcha!" After punching Frieza into the ground, Son Goku immediately appeared beside Yamcha. He called loudly to his friends, "Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, hurry over! I'll get you out of here! This guy's much stronger than I expected!"
"I refuse!" Piccolo replied at once, making no move to leave.
Son Goku: "..."
Son Gohan, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu rushed over and joined hands.
Son Goku placed his left hand on Yamcha's chest, pressed the tips of his right index and middle fingers to his forehead, and began sensing for a ki signature.
Frieza was utterly dumbfounded in the crater. For a long time, he couldn't come to his senses.
What was going on?
Had Son Goku really punched me into this state?
That couldn't be right!
Son Goku shouldn't have been this strong at this point.
He was already this powerful without even becoming a Super Saiyan?
Could Son Goku have started training with Whis, the one who served Lord Beerus, ahead of time?
Frieza thought it over carefully and decided that had to be the only explanation.
"Damn it!" Frieza gritted his teeth, then shot into the sky.
Then Frieza looked closely and saw that Son Goku was about to take Krillin and the others away using Instant Transmission.
"Don't think you can escape!" Frieza snorted and swung his hand sharply. A powerful wave of energy rushed toward Son Goku.
Son Goku glanced up at Frieza but paid him no heed. He used Instant Transmission.
"Whoosh!"
Son Goku and the others vanished.
Piccolo: "..."
Piccolo's expression changed. He hurriedly leaped into the air to avoid the oncoming energy.
"Rumble!"
Frieza's energy slammed into the ground below, leaving a bottomless crater.
The vast energy spread in every direction.
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