"Ha!"
Ginyu began powering up, making the ground tremble slightly as arcs of electricity flashed around him!
Vegeta and the others' expressions changed. Since Li Ming had deliberately destroyed their scouters, they had no idea how strong Ginyu was now. But one thing was certain—Ginyu was dangerous now!
"Damn it! This bastard!"
Vegeta was unwilling to accept this. As the prince of the Saiyans and the last royal bloodline of Planet Vegeta, he was unwilling to be Frieza's lapdog, and even less willing to believe that another Saiyan could surpass him.
"Vegeta, we should get out of here quickly. They say Ginyu's power level has already surpassed one hundred thousand! That guy is going to die, and we..."
Nappa said fearfully. With a power level of one hundred thousand, even if he transformed into a Great Ape and increased his strength tenfold, he would still be no match for such a monster!
Perhaps Vegeta could exceed that figure, but the Great Ape form consumed a tremendous amount of energy and had limited speed. Its weak point, the tail, was also far too obvious.
"Shut up!" Vegeta barked. After hesitating for a moment, he added, "You two get out of here!"
"Vegeta! You..."
"I'll catch up. The scouters have already been destroyed. Leave this place first."
The two were worried that Vegeta might do something reckless, but this battle was already beyond anything they could interfere in. In the end, they could only turn and leave, leaving Vegeta behind to watch.
"Whew... All right, my power level has reached one hundred and twenty thousand now! Since you killed my subordinates, I won't let you die so easily."
Having finished powering up, Ginyu looked at Li Ming with a mocking expression.
From beginning to end, he had treated his fight with Li Ming like a cat playing with a mouse, but the deaths of his subordinates had completely enraged him.
"Is that so? Then I really should thank you."
Li Ming secretly raised his energy. Ginyu was too cautious; he had to kill him in a single blow and not give him a chance to use Body Change.
If Ginyu had a scouter right now, he would have discovered that Li Ming's power level was already nearly equal to his own!
Whoosh!
Both figures vanished. Though they had been dozens of meters apart, they appeared before each other in the next instant!
Bang!
"Gah!"
Ginyu's attacks were too straightforward. With his sensing of energy and his eyes, Li Ming instantly saw through and predicted his attack, taking the opportunity to punch Ginyu in the stomach.
Purple blood sprayed out, and Ginyu's face was filled with disbelief.
"Damn it! You dare! Aah!"
A stronger surge of energy erupted from his entire body as Ginyu began attacking madly. Li Ming's eyes seemed to see through everything, dodging while occasionally counterattacking to provoke Ginyu.
By the end, their battle had still affected an area hundreds of meters wide, sending rubble and dust floating into the air!
Bang!
Li Ming suddenly collided fists with Ginyu. Instantly, powerful currents surged wildly between them!
"Ha!"
Seeing this, Ginyu opened his mouth and fired an energy wave directly at him. Li Ming's pupils contracted; it was too late to dodge, and he was blasted away.
"Ha... ha!" After gasping heavily, Ginyu steadied his breathing and laughed. "You damned filthy monkey! You actually dared to hurt me! You'll pay for this!"
"You talk too much."
"What!?"
Li Ming suddenly appeared behind Ginyu and fired an energy wave with a raised hand, blasting him away and smashing him deep into the ground. This was a dead planet, covered in ravines. That blow was enough to send Ginyu deep into the rock layers.
Buzz!
A white light lit up in the distance. Just as Li Ming turned to look, Ginyu burst up from deep underground, and the two clashed once more.
"Hm?" A sudden, inexplicable sense of unease made Li Ming shift his gaze from the corner of his eye.
Ginyu noticed it too, and immediately sensed that something was wrong. He shouted, "Vegeta!? You're courting death!"
"Roar!"
A Great Ape clad in battle armor came charging over with a roar. Li Ming froze for a moment; he had not expected Vegeta to transform directly!
Saiyans were indeed powerful after transforming into Great Apes, but their weaknesses were obvious, and the form consumed enormous amounts of energy.
A terrifying Tri-Beam blasted straight toward them! The two hurriedly retreated, unwilling to be caught in it. After all, Vegeta's power level now surpassed both of theirs.
Li Ming saw the Great Ape glance up at him before charging directly toward Ginyu. Because of his enormous size, he was not as agile as in his normal state. He could only leap into the air and crash down like a mountain!
"Bastard! Get off me!"
Ginyu raised a hand and released an energy wave, desperately holding back the Great Ape as massive roars rang out!
"Move!"
Li Ming finally understood Vegeta's intention. He wanted to join forces and take down Ginyu first!
Without further thought, Li Ming knew this opportunity was rare. Although Vegeta's involvement had disrupted his original plan, none of that mattered as long as they could kill Ginyu!
The muscles all over his body began to swell wildly, veins bulging!
One of Li Ming's achievements over the past two years was that, after making some progress in controlling ki, he had constantly pondered how to increase his strength in a short period of time.
He had considered Kaioken and developing new ultimate techniques, but neither approach had produced satisfactory results.
In the end, he thought of Master Roshi's technique—a transformation-like method. Earthlings had frail bodies, yet Master Roshi could unleash that kind of power and achieve an effect similar to transformation. As a Saiyan, there was no reason Li Ming could not do the same.
Thus, this special method of explosive ki release was born. Li Ming called it Berserk Transformation!
It activated the combat factors within a Saiyan's body, forcibly doubling battle power for a short time. At its peak, it could even reach ten times battle power, comparable to Great Ape Transformation!
His base battle power was 110,000. After using Berserk Transformation, it instantly reached 220,000!
His skin turned crimson as blood surged through his body. The ki around him spread wildly, and the entire dead planet trembled faintly!
At that moment, Li Ming no longer suppressed his ki. Every strand of his hair stood on end, and the rampaging energy sparked with arcs of electricity!
"Frenzied Thunder Flash!"
BOOM-CRACK!
A ki blast wrapped in violent currents shot forth instantly! The air was pierced along its path, leaving behind a cylindrical tunnel!
"Argh!"
While struggling to withstand Vegeta's suppression, Ginyu had no chance to block this world-destroying attack. He could only scream before being completely swallowed by the thunder-charged ki blast.
"Huff..."
Once the dust settled, Li Ming panted heavily. Clearly, this move placed a considerable burden on him as well. His clothes had been burned away by the intense heat, filling the air with a scorched smell.
"Still not perfected?" Li Ming frowned, clearly dissatisfied with the technique.
If he could control his ki perfectly, this move should not have affected him at all. There also would not have been so much overflowing lightning, which caused the destructive power to be less concentrated.
No longer dwelling on it, Li Ming raised a hand and fired a ki blast, destroying the artificial moon in the distance. He had not paid much attention to it when he first noticed it; otherwise, he would have turned into a Great Ape by now as well.
He flew toward where Vegeta was. With Ginyu dead, Vegeta had fallen too, and Li Ming did not know what condition he was in now.
No matter what, Vegeta had helped him out. Regardless of his motives, Li Ming could not simply leave him behind.
He found Vegeta amid a pile of rubble, but Vegeta was in terrible shape. He lay on the ground, covered in blood from head to toe.
While transformed into a Great Ape, his battle power had indeed surpassed Ginyu's, but that did not mean he could not be injured. He had endured Ginyu's ki blasts head-on for so long that his stamina had already been exhausted, and his ki had weakened to its limit.
"Not dead yet? Eat this."
Li Ming crouched down and fed Vegeta a Senzu Bean. Though Vegeta resisted somewhat, he still ate it as instructed. He had no choice—he could not even move right now, and if Li Ming wanted to kill him, all he had to do was lift a hand.
"Th-This is!?"
The muscles throughout his body suddenly swelled, and Vegeta sat upright at once. He stared at his hands in disbelief. His injuries had healed.
He then looked up at Li Ming excitedly and asked, "What is this?"
"Just a kind of healing medicine."
With that, Li Ming turned to leave. He did not want to speak with Vegeta any more than necessary. In the end, they were not the same kind of people.
"Hey! Are you a Saiyan who escaped from Planet Vegeta?"
Li Ming did not answer. In the end, he boarded his spaceship and vanished into the cosmos. Vegeta slammed a fist into the ground, sending rubble flying, but he ultimately did not pursue him for answers.
As a Saiyan, the thing he could not let go of most was his pride—the pride of the Saiyan prince.
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