Get In There!

A supernova was a stage in a star's evolution—and also its most terrifyingly destructive stage. During this period, any life remaining within the star's orbit would be utterly wiped out!

Unlike a star's normal death, where it faded into a white dwarf, a supernova was a star's violent demise. Its terrifying energy, still at its peak, spread outward wildly in clouds of gas and dust. The energy it produced equaled the total energy the sun would release throughout its entire lifetime!

Forget life—no form of matter could exist within it for long.

Galactic Patrol Headquarters was located near the center of the Milky Way. At this moment, they were monitoring Li Ming's every move through reconnaissance robots scattered across the universe.

"Galactic King, what exactly is this Saiyan trying to do? Getting close to a supernova at a time like this will get him killed, won't it?"

It was a green octopus with nothing but eyes and a mouth, along with a crown on its head. Other than that, there was nothing particularly remarkable about it.

Staring at the star chart before him, he said, "It's fine. We only need to provide Frieza with intelligence. There's no need for us to interfere in the specifics. Let them settle it themselves."

"But... won't that Saiyan hold a grudge against us?" This time, it was Jaco who spoke. He had always felt that targeting Li Ming was wrong; it felt like aiding a tyrant in his evil deeds.

The Galactic King's tentacles wriggled as he turned to look at Jaco. "Jaco, we are the Galactic Patrol. We truly shouldn't be helping someone like Frieza. But don't forget, the Saiyans were also a race that once helped Frieza invade planets. Let them kill each other."

Only then did Jaco understand. He held out his left palm, struck it with his clenched right fist, and said, "I see!"

That was the Galactic Patrol's stance. From their perspective, universal order should be maintained only insofar as they were capable of doing so. As for matters beyond their abilities, they would stand by and do nothing—like the Frieza family. Not one of them was someone they could afford to offend.

If the Galactic King could deal with Frieza, King Kai would not have been driven to distraction by him.

In truth, it was not as though King Kai had absolutely no way to deal with Frieza. As the King Kai in charge of an entire galaxy, he actually held considerable authority.

Even Fortuneteller Baba, a guide between the worlds of the living and the dead, could temporarily bring people back to the living world. King Kai could naturally do the same.

Setting everything else aside, borrowing a few people from other galaxies would have been enough to kill Frieza without much trouble.

The real reason King Kai allowed Frieza to do as he pleased was, in fact, the God of Destruction. Frieza had destroyed Planet Vegeta at Beerus's behest. As for the supposed calamity that wiped out the Saiyans because King Vegeta rebelled, that had been nothing more than a coincidence.

The God of Destruction's duty was to destroy planets with unnecessary existences in the universe, keeping the universe in a certain balance at all times.

Opposing him were the Supreme Kais, who possessed the ability to create planets and life. When necessary, they would create races suited to the universe's development.

To give a simple example, if a race like the Frost Demons became too numerous, it would cause immense destruction to the universe as a whole. So it was difficult to say whether the God of Destruction had been involved in the disaster suffered by the ancient Frost Demon race during the height of its prosperity.

Even the Saiyans were no exception. According to Shenron, wasn't the so-called Super Saiyan God a warrior born to help the Saiyans overcome a calamity?

And then there was the cataclysm Namek had suffered. The Great Elder, the sole survivor, might have known something, but he was unwilling to mention it.

Meanwhile, Frieza's spaceship was rapidly approaching its target. An alien walked up to Frieza. "Lord Frieza! We are about to reach the vicinity of the supernova. The target has appeared!"

A terrifying killing intent erupted from his blood-red eyes as Frieza said directly, "Open the ship's hatch!"

"Yes!"

The Frost Demons' physiology was simply unreasonable. Not only could they survive in space, but their combat power was not greatly affected either. It was an innate advantage born from the harsh environment in which they lived.

Even if they fell into space severely wounded, they could still survive for at least several weeks.

Bzz!

The ship's hatch opened. At first glance, Frieza spotted Li Ming standing outside the ship as well. Though it was their first meeting, they almost instantly realized one thing—they had to kill each other!

Boom!

Sound could not travel through a vacuum, but this was near a supernova, where the terrifying gases had already expanded to their limit!

Any farther in, and they would reach the supernova's surface, where terrifying energy hundreds of thousands of times greater than the sun's awaited them. No matter what substance it was, the instant it drew close, it would be reduced to its most primitive particles!

"Heh." A smile tugged at Li Ming's lips in response to Frieza's savage expression. All he could say was that Frieza's distorted features when angry were actually rather funny to him.

If not for that terrifying ki and killing intent...

Sweat was increasingly covering his face. It was not only due to the deadly heat radiating from the supernova's surface, but also the pressure of Frieza's aura.

Li Ming had originally believed Frieza would at most use his second or third form to test him. He had never expected Frieza to appear directly in his strongest form, with more than 50% of his energy already unleashed!

Sixty million combat power!

That was equivalent to Slug at the height of his strength—and this was only half of it. Frieza's full power was 120 million combat power!

This aura made him feel as though he were inside a hundred-times gravity chamber. He already could not breathe in the vacuum of space, and now even his stamina was beginning to decline!

He couldn't drag this out!

A brilliant white aura burst forth. His pupils dilated slightly, every strand of his hair stood erect, and his power instantly surged twentyfold!

Frieza's pupils contracted as well. The feeling Li Ming gave him at this moment was actually no weaker than his own! The same sixty million combat power!

Driven by his instinctive fear of the Super Saiyan, the energy within Frieza began rising at an accelerated rate. He was about to unleash all his power!

Whoosh!

Li Ming could sense ki. Frieza's aura was steadily growing stronger, and he immediately guessed what Frieza intended to do. How could he possibly let Frieza have his way?

From thousands of meters away, Li Ming used Instant Transmission to appear directly behind Frieza, then unleashed a punch carrying overwhelming force!

Frieza was sent flying backward, straight toward the supernova!

This had been Li Ming's plan from the start. No matter where he went, the Galactic Patrol would find him, which meant Frieza would find him too. Rather than continue being hunted down, he might as well take the initiative!

Even if he could not become a Super Saiyan, he would still kill Frieza through underhanded means!

Wrapped in a blazing white aura, every one of Li Ming's attacks was more destructive and explosive than before! This was the result of the past half year: a fully mastered berserk transformation!

Both its energy consumption and backlash on his body had been greatly reduced. If not for that, Li Ming would not even have dared to use this move so freely. After all, as his killings increased, his condition had become somewhat unstable as well.

Boom!

The void suddenly shook, and Frieza's figure came to a halt. Instant Transmission had caught him completely off guard, but he was Frieza, after all—a powerful Frost Demon!

His figure instantly shot toward Li Ming, leaving an afterimage in the void!

There was no howling of torn air, yet the oppressive aura alone made one's scalp tingle!

"Danger!" Alarm bells rang wildly in his mind. Li Ming noticed the crimson glow suddenly flaring in Frieza's eyes, and his figure vanished from where he stood.

Whoosh!

The next instant, two beams streaked through the spot he had just occupied. The energy waves fired from Frieza's eyes were terrifyingly powerful, their piercing force not inferior even to Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon, and their speed was astonishing!

Suddenly, a message transmitted through a special wavelength reached Frieza's ear. "Lord Frieza! Watch out!"

Immediately afterward, terrifying white light bloomed before him. Frieza looked down and saw a somewhat savage grin before his eyes.

Li Ming had both hands held at his waist, violently compressing intense blue-white energy. The next moment, he thrust his hands forward, unleashing the Super Kamehameha Wave!

Frieza had no chance to react at all. Instant Transmission happened in an instant; no matter how fast physical movement was, it still had a trajectory, and Frieza would have been able to react.

But Instant Transmission had no trajectory. Combined with the immense energy Li Ming had gathered in advance, this strike was impossible to evade!

"Argh!"

Near the Supernova, Frieza's scream echoed through the universe! His limbs and tail desperately braced against the tip of the Kamehameha, while the Supernova's energy scorched his back black.

His expression was almost crazed! Yet Frieza was still slowly being pushed toward the Supernova. Li Ming was now recklessly pouring out all the ki in his body regardless of the cost. Even if Frieza had not been careless, Li Ming was confident he could still suppress him for a moment.

As for Li Ming, he gritted his teeth and continued increasing his energy output. This opportunity was too rare—if he missed it, he would never again be able to force Frieza into such a desperate situation!

"Get in there!"

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a spiraling beam of energy shot in from afar. Li Ming was too focused on Frieza before him to notice it, and in the end, he could only avoid a vital spot.

Even so, his chest was instantly pierced through. Coupled with the conditions of outer space, the air in his body was immediately sucked out.

It felt as though all the strength had been drained from his body. He hurriedly chewed the Senzu Bean he had placed in his mouth beforehand, then used Instant Transmission to leave.