Cooperation!

Whoosh—

The blinding energy blast shot straight toward Nappa. Nappa shifted slightly to the side and dodged it.

"Useless. The gap between us is huge. You can't hit me."

"Oh? Is that right?" The corner of Yamcha's mouth lifted. "Spirit! Ball!"

With a swing of both hands, the energy blast that had just been dodged curved in midair and shot toward Nappa.

"Not a bad move. Too bad. I told you, you can't hit me."

Nappa shook his head and was just about to dodge when he heard Yamcha shout, "Chiaotzu, now!"

The next instant, Nappa's body went rigid. He was actually held in place for a moment, and by the time he broke free the next instant, the Spirit Ball had already struck him!

Boom—

The energy exploded, kicking up a huge cloud of dust.

"Did it work?"

Chiaotzu looked at the dust and spoke.

Just now, he had used his psychic powers to pin Nappa down, though only for the briefest instant.

"Probably not."

Yamcha's expression was grave. He looked up at the figure in the sky and thought, It's up to you...

The dust cleared. Nappa's towering figure stood where he was, looking as if he had taken no damage at all, save for his clothes being slightly torn.

"Nappa, hurry up and end this." Vegeta yawned, already out of patience to keep watching.

"Yes, Prince Vegeta."

Nappa answered.

But just then—

Another round of beeping sounded.

Vegeta looked at the data on the Scouter and froze slightly.

"Another energy reading is shooting up violently..."

"300... 700... 1000... 3000... 4000!!!"

Vegeta abruptly looked toward Tien Shinhan, who had not made a move since the beginning.

He was hovering in the air, his hands forming a frame in front of his chest, taking aim at Nappa!

"Nappa, you idiot, get out of the way!"

Vegeta shouted.

The next instant, Tien Shinhan's ultimate technique had finished gathering, and he shouted.

"Tri-Beam!"

Violent energy poured out from his hands!

It blasted toward Nappa!

Rumble—

A violent explosion erupted at the scene, and Tien Shinhan, having spent every bit of his strength, fell from the sky. Chiaotzu moved to catch him.

"How is it..."

The three of them looked toward the place where Nappa had originally been standing. A deep square-shaped pit had appeared there.

And Nappa was standing right at the edge of the hole, sweat running down his bald head, his face filled with lingering fear.

He had heard Vegeta's warning just now and dodged the attack at the last possible moment.

Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu all turned pale.

Even after going this far, they still couldn't beat him?

"To think insects like you possess the power to threaten my life. Unforgivable!"

Nappa's expression gradually turned savage, and he roared.

Facing Yamcha and the others, a fierce, blinding light flared in his mouth.

Alarm bells blared in Yamcha and the others' hearts, their pupils contracting sharply.

Yamcha was injured, Tien Shinhan was out of strength, and Chiaotzu was dragging Tien Shinhan.

They wanted to flee now, only to realize they were utterly powerless!

Were they really going to die here?

Despair rose in their hearts.

Bzz—

A hum rang out.

A flat, disc-shaped mass of energy spinning at ultra-high speed punched straight through Nappa's body, cutting him in half at the waist!

"Uh... ugh..."

Nappa's eyes flew wide, and the energy blast in his mouth exploded before he could fire it!

Boom!!

The violent explosion blew his body into pieces.

Yamcha and the others, along with Vegeta, all froze, then looked toward the direction the attack had come from.

A young man with not a single hair on his head, his bald scalp shining, flew over from not far away.

Seeing who it was, Yamcha and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"Krillin! Thank goodness you made it!" Yamcha said happily.

"Looks like I made it in time."

Krillin rubbed his nose and chuckled.

"Hmph!"

Vegeta glanced at the spot where Nappa had been standing and snorted coldly. "Useless trash. To think he got killed by insects."

Then he took off the Scouter over his right eye, tossed it to the ground, and crushed it underfoot.

Against opponents who could suppress their auras or suddenly spike their strength for a short time, this device was not very useful. It would even affect his judgment of the battle.

Vegeta simply destroyed it. It was useless anyway.

Then he looked at the Earth warriors across from him.

"I'll give you one last chance. Hand over the Dragon Balls, and I may consider letting you die without pain."

Hearing that, everyone snapped out of their joy at killing Nappa and fell silent.

Krillin gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and said, "You evil Saiyan! We'll never give in!"

"Fine. Then don't blame me for being merciless." Vegeta sneered. "After I kill you, I'll capture your friends and kill them one by one until they hand over the Dragon Balls."

With that, an energy blast gathered in Vegeta's hand.

Krillin sucked in a cold breath.

He could sense just how terrifying the energy contained inside it was!

Vegeta wasted no more words.

He threw the energy blast straight out!

If it hit them, it was easy to imagine the few of them being instantly reduced to ash and vanishing from this world.

"Special Beam Cannon!"

From another direction, a powerful beam of energy wrapped in rings of light came roaring in and collided with Vegeta's energy blast in midair.

Bang!

Rocks shattered, and earth rolled backward.

It was as if the entire world had been swallowed by the explosion.

The shockwave produced by the clash of that terrifying energy sent Krillin and the others flying to a spot not far away.

"Who's there?"

Vegeta looked somewhat surprised. That energy blast just now had only been a casual attack from him, but it still was not something an Earthling should have been able to block.

He focused his gaze and saw a tall green figure walk out from the sky full of yellow sand.

"The future ruler of Earth, Piccolo."

Piccolo's face was cold, his white cape fluttering in the wind.

He turned his head.

Looking at Krillin and the others, he said coldly, "Hurry up and leave. Stop getting in the way here."

"What did you say?!"

Yamcha was about to charge at him when Krillin quickly grabbed hold of him.

"Brother Yamcha, calm down, calm down. Do it for me."

"Let's leave first. We'll leave this to Piccolo."

Yamcha was someone who listened to advice, mainly because he thought he could not beat Piccolo.

Then they prepared to leave and watch the battle from nearby.

How could Vegeta let them have their way? If he let them leave now, then what did the words he had just said count for? Would that not be slapping him in the face?

As the noble prince of the Saiyans, he absolutely would not allow that to happen!

Vegeta's expression darkened. He glanced at Piccolo blocking his path, then burst forward, moved rapidly in front of Piccolo, and kicked at him.

Piccolo was too fast to dodge in time. He could only cross his arms in front of his chest to block, and in the next instant, his expression changed.

Boom!

The terrifying force sent Piccolo's body shooting backward like a cannonball, his feet plowing a deep trench through the ground.

He only barely stopped when he crashed into a stone pillar, but the pillar collapsed in an instant as well, burying Piccolo underneath it.

"Piccolo!!"

"How can this be... Even Piccolo couldn't withstand a single move..."

"Damn it!!"

Despair rose in everyone's hearts. Piccolo was so strong, yet he had been knocked down in one blow. Even if Goku and Jiang Ling were stronger, how much stronger could they really be? With only one year of training, there was no way they could win!

"Now that the nuisance has been cleared away, it's your turn."

Vegeta let out a cold laugh and raised both hands. Two energy blasts containing terrifying power condensed in his palms.

Krillin and the others were certain that if even one of those energy blasts struck them, it would be enough to reduce them to ashes.

There was no way to resist it.