I Will Definitely Come Back

His tail snapped off in an instant, as easily as slicing through tofu!

"Wh-what?!"

Great Ape Vegeta's eyes flew wide in fury. He felt his power rapidly draining away, and his body gradually began to shrink.

Son Goku, whom he could no longer hold, fell from the sky and was caught by Piccolo, who turned into a streak of light.

"Goku, do you still have any Senzu Beans?"

"No... Sorry..."

Goku spoke with his last breath.

His body had suffered severe injuries, and he could no longer move.

Jiang Ling shook his head. "It's fine. Rest for now. Leave him to me."

"Okay."

There was a note of regret in Goku's voice.

Piccolo stared at Jiang Ling and said in a low voice, "Are you confident? If not, we'll go in together."

It was not that Piccolo looked down on him. It was just that half a year ago, when he had first met Jiang Ling, he had not even been able to beat a tiger.

Besides, he had never heard of anyone like him before.

It was as if he had appeared out of thin air.

Krillin also said worriedly, "Why don't we all attack together? Jiang Ling, don't force it."

Jiang Ling smiled and waved a hand. "Just take care of Goku."

Piccolo's worries were not without reason. Ever since returning from King Kai's Planet, Jiang Ling had not revealed his strength, and he had kept a relatively low profile these past few days.

"Jiang Ling is even a little stronger than me..." Goku said.

Hearing that, Piccolo's expression changed.

Krillin sucked in a cold breath.

Gohan blinked.

In just half a year, he had actually grown strong enough to surpass Goku!

Could this be what a genius was?

In the original story, in a desperate situation, Goku had thrown caution to the wind and used the four-times Kaioken, leaving his body in complete ruins.

But now, he had been taken out after only using three-times.

Maybe... Goku knew Jiang Ling could step in, or maybe he did not want to die again and make Chi-Chi sad, so he had not pushed himself beyond his body's limits and staked everything on a four-times Kaioken?

Vegeta stared blankly at his severed tail for a long time before finally coming back to himself.

He shouted at the top of his lungs, "No!!"

"My power!!"

Vegeta's face gradually twisted with ferocity, and in his rage, he erupted with a fierce, translucent aura.

A wave of force swept out from him as the center.

Jiang Ling stepped forward, his expression grave. Vegeta's current state was just like a boss in a game with only a sliver of health left, entering berserk mode.

One careless mistake, and they would lose everything!

A red aura ignited around Jiang Ling. With the boost of the Kaioken, his entire presence turned incomparably sharp, and he launched the first attack.

His figure turned into an afterimage as he lunged in front of Vegeta, his fists falling on Vegeta's body like a raging storm.

Jiang Ling's punches were so fast they were impossible to take in.

Vegeta, who had entered berserk mode, could only fall into a passive beating, with no strength to fight back at all.

Jiang Ling lashed out with a flying kick from his right leg, then followed with a whip kick, one move after another, unbroken and relentless!

Bang, bang, bang!!

Vegeta was suppressed so hard he could not even raise his head.

Krillin and Gohan's eyes could no longer keep up with Jiang Ling's movements. They could only catch the occasional afterimage.

Piccolo's eyes, however, were still turning with Jiang Ling's movements.

The shock on his face grew thicker and thicker.

Suppression. Absolute suppression!

One had to know that Vegeta, after going berserk, was even stronger than before, yet Jiang Ling was still beating him down!

What terrifying strength was this?!

Yet at that very moment...

The tide of the battlefield suddenly shifted!

Where there was pressure, there would be an eruption. That was an eternal truth.

"Ahhh!!"

Vegeta let out a furious roar, and intense energy burst from his entire body, blasting Jiang Ling away!

Then he sprang up and flew into the sky.

"Die with me!"

Vegeta's expression twisted savagely as he gathered his ultimate move between both hands!

"Galick Gun!!"

He had gone mad. He was going to destroy Jiang Ling along with Earth!

The Galick Gun carried terrifying force as it crushed straight down toward Jiang Ling!

Jiang Ling raised an eyebrow, withdrew his fist, took a few steps back, and drew in a deep breath.

The red flames covering his body erupted violently!

Triple Kaioken!

Quadruple Kaioken!!

The red flames burned fiercely!

Jiang Ling looked at the Galick Gun getting closer and closer, then slapped it straight back with one hand.

Boom—

The Galick Gun instantly veered off course and flew back.

"What?! How could this happen?"

Vegeta's face was full of disbelief as he stood frozen in place.

That Galick Gun just now had exhausted all of his stamina, and there was barely any power left in his body.

He could only watch helplessly as the Galick Gun struck him.

Boom—

After a tremendous blast, Vegeta fell from the sky and crashed to the ground.

After a while, he staggered to his feet.

The battle suit on his body was already in tatters, and blood flowed down from his wounds.

"I can't die... I can't die..."

"I'm going to obtain immortality, defeat Frieza, and become—"

Jiang Ling inwardly complained, Damn it, as expected of Vegeta. He took injuries this severe and can still stand up.

But...

Kick a man while he was down—and finish him off!

Jiang Ling flew forward and kicked out. His aim had originally been Vegeta's abdomen, but for some reason, it shifted slightly and struck Vegeta below.

"Awooo—"

A heart-rending scream resounded through the sky.

Vegeta lay on the ground, his body twitching as he curled into a ball.

His face was deathly pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his face.

Jiang Ling: "..."

Son Goku: "..."

Looking at this scene, Krillin subconsciously tightened his legs.

Piccolo's brow twitched, and he felt a phantom limb ache.

Son Gohan looked at the silent crowd, then at Vegeta, tilted his head, spread his hands, and had no idea what had happened.

"Ahem."

Jiang Ling gave a light cough and walked up to Vegeta.

At this point, Vegeta had already lost the ability to fight and posed no threat whatsoever.

Jiang Ling's expression turned cold, and he raised his hand, ready to end Vegeta's proud life.

"Wait!"

Son Goku's voice rang out.

"Can you not kill him..."

Everyone turned their eyes to Son Goku when they heard that.

Jiang Ling also stopped what he was about to do.

"Goku, what are you thinking?"

"Vegeta killed Chiaotzu, Tien Shinhan, and Yamcha, and now you're telling me to let him leave?"

Krillin was the first to object.

King Piccolo was speechless. He remembered the last World Martial Arts Tournament, when Son Goku had shown him mercy and let him leave.

It was exactly the same as the situation now.

Looking at Son Goku lying on the ground, barely clinging to life, King Piccolo shook his head in resignation and coldly spat out two words: "Dumbass."

"See? Even King Piccolo's cursing you!" Krillin stamped his feet in anger.

Son Gohan put his hand on Goku's forehead and said in confusion, "Dad, you didn't get your brain smashed, did you?"

"No."

Goku shook his head. "I just feel like killing him would be kind of a waste. I still want to have another all-out fight with him."

"Jiang Ling, can you let me be selfish just this once? This is all I ask..."

After hearing that, all the spirit seemed to drain out of Krillin. "Fine. You've saved Earth so many times, you really do have the right to be selfish."

Jiang Ling looked into Goku's eyes, and in the end, his heart softened.

He sighed. "Saint."

Then he turned away and made no further move against Vegeta.

Enduring the pain coming from his precious parts, Vegeta reached out with a trembling hand, took out a remote control, and pressed it.

A while later, a white, round, single-person spaceship flew over from the distance.

It landed straight beside Vegeta and opened its hatch.

Right under everyone's eyes, Vegeta gritted his teeth and used every last bit of strength in his body to crawl inside.

Inside the single-person spaceship, his gaze swept over everyone before settling on King Piccolo.

"If I'm not mistaken, you should be a Namekian."

"That reminds me. I heard Namekians have magical wishing beads. They're pretty much the same as the Dragon Balls on Earth, right?"

Hearing that, King Piccolo froze.

The others looked at one another.

A Namekian?

King Piccolo was an alien?

Jiang Ling's expression barely changed. As a transmigrator, of course he knew about this.

Vegeta was also taken aback by their reactions, then suddenly understood.

He sneered.

"Looks like you're the same as Kakarot. You don't know your own origins."

"Next time, you won't be so lucky."

The hatch slowly closed.

"I will return!"

Vegeta left behind those final words.

Then the spaceship shot into the sky and flew toward outer space.

Krillin shouted, "Damn it, at least explain yourself! What Namek..."

At the same time, inside the spaceship, Vegeta activated the life-support system, then passed out.

He was already completely spent.

Those few harsh words he had forced himself to say just now were the last of his pride.

What Vegeta did not know was that while he was saying those words, in the corner of the spaceship, a tiny red light was flashing.