"I told you a long time ago. You're no match for me."
"You weren't before, and you won't be in the future."
"Give up already. You'll never catch up to me in this lifetime."
Qin Feng walked up to Vegeta, his tone utterly calm.
Forget beating him—even killing Vegeta right now would take no more than a twitch of his finger.
"No... It's absolutely impossible!"
"I'm a Super Saiyan 3! How could I lose?"
"You must've just gotten lucky and caught me off guard!"
Vegeta clenched his fists so tightly that his features twisted out of shape.
The overwhelming humiliation was driving him mad.
He'd thought that turning Super Saiyan 3 would make him invincible. Instead, Qin Feng had taken him out in one move while only in Super Saiyan 2 form. It was worse than being killed.
"You bastard!"
Vegeta let out a hysterical roar and sprang to his feet.
Putting all his strength into it, he charged at Qin Feng like a bull gone berserk.
"You're asking for it."
Qin Feng shook his head impatiently.
"Time-Skip."
The technique activated again. Just as Vegeta's fist was about to connect, Qin Feng vanished into thin air.
Bang!
The next second,
Vegeta felt a sudden, stabbing pain in his temple. His head rang, and his mind went blank.
His whole body flew sideways, rigid as a board.
Crash! Crash! Crash!
His massive body smashed through several rocky peaks in succession.
The temple was a vital point. Even Vegeta in Super Saiyan 3 form couldn't shrug off a blow like that.
"Looks like Vegeta really isn't a match for Qin Feng."
"He only learned Super Saiyan 3 recently. He still can't fully control that power."
Far away, Son Goku watched them fight and murmured to himself.
Super Saiyan 3 brought terrifying speed and strength.
But its drawbacks were just as deadly: it burned through stamina and energy at an absurd rate.
If it were him, he'd never use Super Saiyan 3 in a fight unless he had no other choice.
If he ran out of energy before winning, all that would be left was waiting to die.
Meanwhile, aboard the spaceship beneath Desolate Valley,
the wizard Babidi held a Crystal Ball, watching the battle above with relish.
"Hehehe! That Vegeta fellow is harboring plenty of negative emotions!"
"After that Qin Feng beat him, his rage and jealousy shot through the roof. This is a gift from the heavens!"
A sinister gleam shone in Babidi's eyes.
His magic specialized in controlling people with evil in their hearts.
The darker their hearts, the easier it was to take advantage of them.
At first, controlling Vegeta had been difficult, since he had a fairly strong will.
But after Qin Feng had taken him down twice in a row, Vegeta had completely snapped.
Rage, jealousy, humiliation... All kinds of negative emotions were growing like poisonous weeds in his heart.
Now controlling him would be a piece of cake.
"Be a good boy and become my slave, Vegeta!"
"Maybe you'll unleash power even more terrifying than Majin Buu's. I can't wait!"
Babidi let out a shrill cackle and pointed both hands at the Crystal Ball, chanting a spell.
Behind him, the Pink Giant Egg seemed to be absorbing the energy released by the battle above.
Dark purple light began to flicker across its surface.
"Damn it..."
"Impossible! This can't be happening!"
"What makes him stronger than me?!"
In the ruins, Vegeta's face was twisted with fury and frustration, making him look like a demon from hell.
"Vegeta! Calm down!"
"That wizard, Babidi, can control people with evil in their hearts!"
"If you keep losing control, he'll take you over!"
Seeing that something was wrong with Vegeta, Supreme Kai Shin broke into a cold sweat and shouted a warning.
Babidi was surely watching from somewhere nearby.
If Vegeta were controlled with the strength he had now, the consequences would be unthinkable.
"Can he really do that?"
Son Goku was stunned, too.
If so, Vegeta was in real trouble this time.
Everyone knew how much bad stuff he'd done in the past. He'd never exactly been a saint.
Now Qin Feng had crushed his pride to pieces, and he was at his most vulnerable.
"Babidi? Control?"
At Supreme Kai Shin's shout, Vegeta's expression shifted slightly.
He suddenly remembered Spopovich, who had acted so strangely at the World Martial Arts Tournament.
"Arghhh!"
Suddenly, Vegeta clutched his head and let out a cry of pain.
"Vegeta! What's wrong?!"
Seeing Vegeta writhing on the ground, Son Goku panicked.
"It's over... It's all over! Babidi has his eye on him!"
"He's about to become a puppet under Babidi's control!"
Supreme Kai Shin's face turned deathly pale, his eyes filled with despair.
Zzzzt!
As soon as he finished speaking, a blinding flash of pale purple lightning burst around Vegeta.
At the same time, the ki around him began to surge explosively!
"Tch. He really won't quit until he hits a dead end."
Qin Feng looked at Vegeta's agonized face, frowned slightly, and commented coldly.
A cursive "M" had appeared on Vegeta's forehead, glowing with an eerie red light!
It was the mark of Babidi's successful brainwashing.
Who would've thought that the proud Saiyan Prince would end up willingly becoming someone else's puppet?
With Vegeta's fierce pride, Babidi couldn't possibly have controlled him by force if he hadn't allowed it.
Clearly, he had deliberately let down his guard and welcomed Babidi's black magic.
In the original story, Vegeta had chosen to fall after witnessing Son Goku's strength firsthand, hoping to close the gap between them.
But this time, he was doing it purely to defeat Qin Feng.
To Qin Feng, though, this was beyond stupid.
The gulf in strength between them was already enormous.
Even if Vegeta used black magic to force his power higher, he would still be a complete nobody compared to Qin Feng.
"Hey! Vegeta!"
Son Goku shouted desperately from a distance.
But Vegeta didn't hear him. He raised his head and stared at Qin Feng, his features twisted like a rabid beast's.
"You bastard!"
"What gives you the right to keep trampling me and making a fool of me?!"
"I'm a noble prince, with the finest blood in the entire universe flowing through my veins!"
"Today, I'm going to kill every last one of you and wash away all my humiliation!"
Vegeta clenched his fists, his eyes brimming with frustration and madness. His body trembled slightly with excitement.
At the same time, his ki began to swell wildly.
He still looked like a Super Saiyan 3, but the pressure he gave off was more than ten times stronger than before!
"How is this possible? How did Vegeta's ki suddenly shoot up so much?"
Feeling that terrifying energy, Son Goku's eyes widened in disbelief.
When Vegeta had trained in Otherworld, his limit hadn't been anywhere near this high!
Now his ki was even threatening to surpass Son Goku's!
"Mr. Goku, here's what happened."
"Once someone is controlled by Babidi's magic, their potential is forcibly unlocked, and their power surges explosively."
"Just like those two humans at the World Martial Arts Tournament. They were actually pitifully weak to begin with."
Supreme Kai Shin quickly explained when he saw Son Goku's confused expression.
"I see."
"So Vegeta knew all along how this worked."
"That's why he willingly let himself be controlled."
Son Goku stroked his chin, suddenly understanding.
"What did you say? He did it on purpose? How is that possible?!"
Supreme Kai Shin's jaw nearly hit the floor.
"What's so strange about that? Vegeta values his pride more than his life. If he'd refused, what could one wizard have done to him?"
Son Goku gave a wry smile and shook his head with a sigh.
No one understood Vegeta better than he did.
"But... What's the point? Why would he sell his soul?"
Supreme Kai Shin stamped his foot in frustration, unable to understand the Saiyan way of thinking.
"To defeat Qin Feng. You wouldn't understand that kind of obsession."
Son Goku watched Vegeta in the air, his expression complicated.
He understood the extreme desire for power, but he would never go that far himself.
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