Ron: I'll Lend You My Power

He laughed at Son Goku's words.

Frieza's expression grew even uglier.

But out of the Emperor of the Universe's courtly manners, he still gave Son Goku one last chance.

"Though I'd also like to see what trick you're trying to pull, you're already at the end of your rope, yet you still expect me to wait? You really don't take my words seriously. Do you think I won't kill you?!"

With that, Frieza sprang into action without hesitation and kicked Son Goku to the ground.

Even so, Son Goku endured the pain and struggled back to his feet, still holding both hands above his head.

That finally pushed Frieza over the edge.

What he hated and resented most was a persistent cockroach that ignored his presence and orders!

"Very well! Let's see how long you can keep this up."

Frieza raised his hand and aimed his palm at Son Goku.

In an instant, a terrifying shock wave erupted from his hand.

A muffled BOOM!!! rang out.

Son Goku felt an invisible force slam into him. The pain nearly made him lose consciousness.

His body flew backward helplessly and crashed hard into the water.

Frieza's aim was to make Son Goku lower his hands. That was his stubborn streak.

As the Emperor of the Universe, he wouldn't tolerate an insignificant insect defying him. He had to beat Son Goku into submission.

Just as he had once planned to wipe out the Saiyan race, he would first break the proudest backbone among them. That made exterminating them all the more satisfying.

At the same time.

On North Kai's Planet.

Seeing the battle reach this point, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha cheered Son Goku on.

After North Kai explained what was going on, they understood Goku's intentions too.

But Frieza had no intention of giving Goku another chance. That meant if he didn't launch the Spirit Bomb soon, it would vanish when Goku was killed.

All their efforts would have been for nothing.

Tien Shinhan even urged Goku to hurl the Spirit Bomb at Frieza right away.

But North Kai's reply poured cold water on their hopes.

"It's not enough. A Spirit Bomb of this size couldn't possibly destroy Frieza! Goku is gathering energy from the outside world. If he can combine the life energy of several planets, there might be hope... It's a shame Vegeta is dead. He might have been able to buy Goku some time. Now, there's no one who can..." North Kai suddenly stopped speaking.

He seemed to have noticed something, and was filled with shock and curiosity.

"Don't we still have Piccolo and the others? Can we talk to them directly? Even if they can only buy one more second, that'll give Goku a chance," Yamcha said.

Tien Shinhan nodded and added, "Damn it, I wish we were all on Namek right now. At least we could take some of the pressure off..."

"That's enough. Something seems off. There's someone over by Piccolo... someone I don't recognize." North Kai's words silenced the two of them.

At that moment, someone unfamiliar had suddenly appeared on Namek, standing with Piccolo and the others.

What was going on?

What puzzled North Kai most was that he couldn't find any trace of this person's arrival. It was as if he had appeared out of thin air.

Most importantly, this person radiated an immensely powerful and terrifying energy.

Ordinary people couldn't sense it, but as a Kai, he could see through it.

Namek.

On a cliff.

Seeing Son Goku knocked into the water by Frieza, Piccolo, Krillin, and Gohan were frantic with worry.

They understood what Goku was trying to do.

But they couldn't help him.

Ron had seen it all, of course. This was what he had been waiting for.

In the original story, the Spirit Bomb had been the ultimate finishing move in the early days.

Though it hadn't managed to take down Vegeta or Frieza back then, its sheer presence was beyond question.

Even later, when it became an outdated technique and Son Goku stopped using it, the Spirit Bomb still destroyed Kid Buu at the climax of the Majin Buu Saga during the Z era.

And in the GT side-story, Son Goku gathered the energy of countless planets across the universe to form a colossal Spirit Bomb and destroy Super Omega Shenron.

It even made an appearance in Dragon Ball Super during the Tournament of Power.

Though using it against Jiren in the Tournament of Power felt a little far-fetched, it was still an incredibly powerful Spirit Bomb. After all, the fighters who took part in the Tournament of Power were all at the very peak of their strength.

Now, as he watched the Spirit Bomb take shape and grow larger and larger, Ron could feel its unimaginable, pure positive energy, as if it could cleanse all the filth in the world.

Its power was outrageous. Even with energy from Namek alone, its destructive force had already reached ten million points!

"Damn it! It's too late! Frieza's definitely going to kill Son Goku next!" Piccolo clenched his fist tighter, then looked at Ron. "Why haven't you made a move?! We've come this far, but even if Son Goku finishes the Spirit Bomb, he still won't be able to destroy Frieza."

Krillin and Gohan looked at Ron too.

They desperately wanted to beg Ron to hurry and act, but they didn't know how to ask.

After all, they had no real connection to him.

"Don't you want to see what kind of power you can unleash after breaking through your limits? I told you, the battle isn't over yet. If I step in, it has to be after the battle ends! If you want to get involved, I can give you a hand—and help Kakarot complete his move." Ron smiled at Piccolo.

Step in now? Wouldn't that make all his waiting pointless?

He wanted to see just how powerful the Spirit Bomb could ultimately become.

"What... do you mean?" Piccolo was confused.

He understood the second half of Ron's words, but what did the first half mean?

If he had the chance, why wouldn't he fight?

Of course he wanted to surpass his limits, but it wasn't something he could do just by wishing for it.

"Heh! What do you think I mean? Hold out your hand. I'll lend you my power." Ron continued.

As he spoke, he raised a hand toward Piccolo.

Piccolo hesitated for three seconds.

"Hurry up, or you really won't get the chance."

At Ron's renewed urging, Piccolo's heart gave a jolt. He finally held out his hand and clasped Ron's.

BOOM!!!

In almost an instant, an energy of utmost purity flowed through their hands and into Piccolo's body.

Piccolo's eyes widened, and his mouth fell open.

"This... this is your power?! You're just giving it to me?!" Piccolo couldn't believe it.

He understood Ron even less than before.

Though the power was temporary, now that he had possessed it, even if he used it up, he could quickly reach this level again in the future.