Crippling Dodoria with a Hammer, Then Zarbon Arrives; Even 24,000 Power Levels Can't Withstand a Two-on-One

"Tch!"

Gou Kong spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and suddenly snapped his head up.

A burly green-skinned man stood in midair, a long braid tied behind his head. His muscles were knotted like rock, without half an ounce of fat on him, yet he was wearing a gaudy pair of boxer shorts on his lower body and socks that reached all the way to his knees. The whole outfit clashed as badly as it possibly could, and that deliberately posed macho aura was made utterly worthless by his bizarre getup.

Wasn't this Zarbon, one of the two trump cards under Frieza?

Gou Kong's scalp instantly went numb. What the hell kind of lineup was this?

To deal with a Saiyan who was almost out of stamina, they had actually sent Frieza's two closest confidants?

Fighting Dodoria one-on-one just now had nearly drained him dry, and now there was another Zarbon, even stronger than Dodoria. Wasn't this obviously meant to kill him?

That bastard Zarbon could not only fight, he could transform too. If he really changed forms, Gou Kong felt he would not even be able to withstand a single move.

His body was terribly empty right now. The side effects of the Energy Body-Forging Technique were still acting up, and his muscles were so sore and swollen that he could barely lift them. If the battle dragged on any longer, Dodoria alone could take his life, let alone with Zarbon added on top!

The most outrageous part was that these two should have been guarding Frieza's side without taking a single step away. How had they suddenly run to this godforsaken plateau?

"Ha, I was wondering who it was. So it's you, the Saiyan clinging to life. You're still hopping around at a time like this?"

Zarbon glanced down at Dodoria lying on the ground, as if he had seen some amusing joke, then shook his head and sneered, his tone full of disdain. "Getting beaten into such a sorry state by a low-class Saiyan. You really are an embarrassment."

Dodoria's face went purple from being choked by those words. He struggled up from the pile of shattered rocks, clutching his bun-swollen face, and roared in displeasure, "Quit making sarcastic comments! The orders I received clearly said I was the only one coming over here..."

"Lord Frieza ordered me to come help you finish off these monkeys faster and get back sooner." Zarbon impatiently cut him off, then swept his gaze over the battlefield below. His brow furrowed so deeply it could crush a fly. "If they hadn't forced me to come from above, I wouldn't have bothered making this trip. I was originally wiping out those resisting Saiyans to the east, only to get transferred to this dump to waste time... I still don't understand why Lord Frieza cares so much about the movements over here."

Gou Kong stood where he was, coldly watching these two dogs of Frieza undermine each other, cursing eighteen generations of both their ancestors in his heart.

So these two bastards did not even get along?

He had thought they had come together to surround and kill him, only for them to start shifting blame onto each other?

"If you've got eyes, look at that guy's combat power yourself! Do you know I nearly fell into his hands just now?" Dodoria shrieked with rage, pointing at Gou Kong as he roared at Zarbon. "Don't stand there making snide remarks when you don't know anything! You think everyone's as free as you?"

Zarbon's eyebrow twitched, clearly stung badly by Dodoria's words, but he did not refute him. He only raised a hand and pressed the green scouter over his left eye. With a soft click, scarlet numbers on the lens began jumping wildly.

500, 600, 800, 1000...

The disdain on Zarbon's face slowly froze. As the number soared all the way to 15,000, his pupils began to shrink uncontrollably.

When the number broke past 20,000 and finally stopped at 24,000, Zarbon's green-skinned face instantly turned deathly pale, and even his lips began trembling.

"T-Twenty-four thousand? What kind of joke is this?!"

Even Gou Kong himself was stunned for a moment. His combat power had clearly only been 19,000 before. How had it suddenly risen to 24,000?

The next second, he reacted. It was the effect of the Energy Body-Forging Technique!

When he had fought Dodoria to the death just now, in order to withstand the bombardment head-on, he had poured all the energy in his body into his muscles. It made sense that his combat power had skyrocketed.

This technique was way too incredible, wasn't it?

No wonder he had been able to press Dodoria down and hammer him just now. So his combat power had already risen to this level?

Dodoria, who had still looked arrogant off to the side, was also completely dumbfounded. His toad-like eyes widened as he stammered and roared, "W-What? 24,000? How is that possible! His combat power was clearly only 19,000 just now!"

"Who am I supposed to ask if you ask me? It clearly showed 19,000 just now, and now it suddenly rose by 5,000? I've never heard of a Saiyan being able to raise his combat power this much in a short time without transforming!" Zarbon panicked too, reaching out to pat the scouter, afraid the thing had broken. "Even if the scouter isn't broken, this reading is too ridiculous! Is this really a Saiyan? Looks more like a monster to me!"

Gou Kong ignored the panic of those two, but his mind was calculating rapidly.

An increase in combat power was naturally a good thing, but this number was too abnormal.

Combat power was a combined value of energy, stamina, speed, and strength. His stamina was almost exhausted now. Logically, his combat power should have dropped, so how had it increased by 5,000 instead?

Had he broken through during his fight with Dodoria?

Gou Kong's heart stirred.

When he had been trading blasts with Dodoria just now, he had indeed felt his strength growing bit by bit. Especially when he had endured that final charged cannon head-on, his muscles' capacity to withstand force and the speed at which his energy circulated had both become much smoother than before.

If it were only the effect of the Energy Body-Forging Technique, his combat power should have been about the same as when he was at his peak. But now it had actually surpassed Dodoria, and he could even wrestle with Zarbon. This proved that his base combat power had indeed increased in battle!

This was wonderful news, but at this critical juncture, even wonderful news had turned into a death warrant.

Gou Kong's current condition was terrible. The Energy Body-Forging Technique consumed an enormous amount, and even if his combat power had risen to 24,000, he would not be able to hold out for long. Once the strengthening effect disappeared, even standing would be difficult for him, let alone dealing with Frieza's two trump cards.

"Heh heh... Sorry, Dodoria. What I said just now was a bit much." Zarbon suddenly reined in his previous disdain. He looked down at Gou Kong, then turned his head toward Dodoria, his tone carrying a trace of gravity. "With your level, it would indeed be difficult to deal with this Saiyan. I'll join in too. Even if his combat power is 24,000, with the two of us working together, dealing with him is only a matter of minutes. As for transforming, I don't want to ruin this beautiful look of mine for a low-class Saiyan."

As he spoke, Zarbon slowly descended from midair and landed steadily beside Dodoria.

Every hair on Gou Kong's body instantly stood on end.

The joy of his skyrocketing combat power had not yet faded when despair came smashing straight at him.

Zarbon was right. Even if his current combat power was 24,000, dealing with two trump cards at the same time was a fool's dream.

Right now, even standing felt strenuous. The effect of the Energy Body-Forging Technique was weakening with every passing second. If he kept fighting, the moment the strengthening disappeared would be the moment he died on the spot!

He abruptly looked around, but this plateau was desolate. Other than shattered stones, there were only stone mountains, and not even a place to hide.

To put it plainly, whether he fought this battle or not, he had to fight it. And fighting meant dying.

"Damn it, why didn't I learn Solar Flare back then?"

Gou Kong regretted it so much his guts turned green.

If he knew that flashbang-like move, he could have blinded these two bastards just now, and maybe he would still have had a chance to slip away.