Not far away, Cooler clutched his chest as he watched the scene with a complicated expression. He had thought he was doomed this time, yet he had been saved by his own father.
For King Cold to appear so promptly, he must have been nearby long ago. Otherwise, he could not have stepped in at such a perfect moment.
As for why King Cold had followed him for so long without being noticed, Cooler could not help feeling irritated.
But soon, a feeling called humiliation took root in Cooler's heart. Without wasting another word, he turned and flew toward the spaceship he had arrived in.
Rather than humiliating himself here, he might as well return to the ship sooner and use the healing chamber to treat his injuries as quickly as possible.
As for what was happening over there, Cooler knew King Cold's strength well. While he could not say King Cold surpassed Frieza and himself, Cooler could say with absolute certainty that King Cold had always been concealing his power.
Since Cooler had been born, he had never seen King Cold transform, and that had become a mystery.
He simply did not know whether King Cold never transformed because he had already reached the final stage of transformation, or because he had never transformed at all.
If it was the former, that was fine. But if it was the latter, it was far too frightening.
Therefore, whether it was Cooler himself or the ever-proud and unruly Frieza, neither dared show King Cold the slightest disrespect, even if their apparent combat power was greater than his.
Moreover, Cooler had always felt that King Cold's true target this time was not Eliza, but someone else—most likely his original target, Son Gohan.
After all, if King Cold had wanted to act against