Frieza's Recruitment

Son Goku was startled, but it was already too late for him to dodge.

Bang!!

Frieza's right foot slammed heavily into Son Goku's chest.

Son Goku cried out in pain as his body shot like a projectile, crashing violently into the mountain behind him.

The mountain was immediately engulfed in a cloud of dust and debris.

Frieza chuckled, raised his right index finger, and fired a Death Beam from its tip at Son Goku.

With a thunderous boom, the mountain was blown to pieces by the Death Beam.

A massive white mushroom cloud slowly rose from the ground.

"Is he dead?"

Frieza murmured.

The moment he finished speaking, a figure suddenly appeared behind him, throwing a full-force punch with his right fist.

Frieza glanced back with his left eye, and his tail lashed out like a rope, wrapping around Son Goku's incoming right fist.

Son Goku was startled.

At that moment, Frieza swiftly turned around, his fists flashing like lightning as they attacked Son Goku.

Son Goku dodged while raising his left hand to block Frieza's attacks.

Frieza chuckled and drove his right knee forward, slamming it heavily into Son Goku's abdomen.

Son Goku screamed and spat out a mouthful of bitter fluid.

Then Frieza's fists rained down like a storm upon Son Goku's face and body.

Under Frieza's savage assault, Son Goku immediately let out one agonized cry after another.

"Kakarot!"

Seeing this, Vegeta immediately began worrying about Son Goku.

After losing to Son Goku before, he had already sworn to himself that next time, he would defeat Son Goku with his own hands.

Moreover, Son Goku was his fellow countryman, so he did not want him to die at Frieza's hands.

Thinking of this, Vegeta immediately looked toward Roger in the distance.

"Roger, Kakarot is already at a disadvantage. Aren't you going to make a move?"

Roger smiled.

"Son Goku still hasn't shown his true strength."

"He still hasn't shown his true strength?"

As soon as the words fell, Son Goku, who had been getting pummeled by Frieza, suddenly dodged Frieza's attack.

Frieza was startled.

At that moment, Son Goku grabbed Frieza's tail with both hands, swung him around several times, and hurled him away.

"Damn it!"

Frieza roared furiously. Just before crashing into a mountain, he stopped himself, kicked powerfully off the mountain behind him, and charged toward Son Goku.

Son Goku took a deep breath and flew up into the sky.

Frieza shouted and fired a large amount of purple energy toward Son Goku in the air.

Seeing this, Son Goku immediately flew higher.

"Whoosh..."

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

Amid a series of massive explosions, the purple energy Frieza had fired exploded continuously from below to above.

"Damn it!"

Just then, Son Goku fired a golden energy wave from his right hand toward Frieza on the ground.

Seeing it, Frieza immediately stopped attacking with energy waves and dodged aside.

Rumble!!

With a massive explosion, the golden energy wave detonated against the ground.

A ferocious storm immediately erupted and swept across the ground.

From afar, it looked as though a huge semicircle of golden light had appeared on the earth.

"He dodged it!"

As Son Goku spoke, a figure suddenly appeared at his side.

Son Goku glanced left and saw Frieza raising his foot to kick him.

Son Goku lowered his body and dodged Frieza's kick.

"What!"

Frieza was startled.

Son Goku shifted to the side and threw a lightning-fast right punch at Frieza.

Frieza moved to the right and dodged it.

Seeing this, Son Goku immediately raised his left fist and attacked Frieza.

Frieza clenched his right fist and struck Son Goku's left fist head-on.

Then, their bodies moved like lightning as they battled in the sky.

Because they moved so quickly, from a distance it looked as though countless ripples were spreading across the sky.

After fighting for a while, Son Goku launched a flying kick with his right leg, striking Frieza heavily in the face.

Bang!!

With an incomparably violent sound, Frieza's body shot down like a line and crashed hard into the ground.

A huge cloud of dust immediately rose from the ground.

Son Goku panted heavily as he slowly descended in front of Frieza.

After a while, when the dust cleared, a sizable crater appeared in the ground.

Frieza had already climbed out of the crater and was standing on the ground.

Seeing this, Son Goku immediately assumed a fighting stance.

Frieza smiled.

"Son Goku, you're very strong. It would be a pity to kill you. If you're willing to become my subordinate, I can give you Captain Ginyu's position!"

"Ginyu!"

"That's right. To tell you the truth, I used less than three percent of my power in our fight just now!"

"L-Less than three percent!"

Son Goku was greatly shocked.

In his battle with Frieza just now, he had already used nearly all his strength.

Vegeta and the others standing in the distance were also deeply shocked upon hearing this.

Vegeta in particular. Although he disliked Frieza, he knew Frieza was not someone who made empty boasts.

"Yes, I've already given you the chance. If you don't seize it properly, then I..."

"I refuse!"

Before Frieza could finish, Son Goku directly rejected his offer.

"Is that so!"

Frieza's expression visibly darkened.

"As expected, you Saiyans are all such stubborn fools. Vegeta is like this, and so are you!"

"Stubborn fools!"

Roger, standing in the distance, immediately burst into laughter.

"Frieza, if I wiped out your entire clan and made you surrender to me, would you be willing?"

Frieza's expression turned cold.

"That depends on whether you have the strength!"

"If I did have that strength, would you surrender to me?"

"No, because it's impossible for you to possess such strength!"

"Is that so? Then in that case, use your full power and see whether I can defeat you!"

Roger said with a smile.

"Full power!"

Frieza immediately laughed.

"To deal with you, I only need to use half my strength to wipe out every last one of you!"

"Ah!!"

As Frieza spoke, he clenched both fists. An incomparably astonishing aura burst forth from his entire body and rapidly rose.

"Three percent, four percent..."

As Frieza raised his aura, he announced the percentage of power he was currently using.

"What!"

The moment Son Goku sensed Frieza's rising aura, his expression changed drastically.

He had thought Frieza was boasting about his strength, but it turned out he had not been bragging at all.

Vegeta gritted his teeth tightly as he sensed Frieza's rising energy.

Only at this moment did he realize just how enormous the gap in strength between himself and Frieza truly was.