Kaio-ken!

After hearing Frieza's taunt, Son Goku's expression turned solemn. Mentioning family made him recall Raditz—the man who claimed to be his older brother, yet had shown no mercy to him or his child!

This also left Son Goku with little fondness for his Saiyan relatives.

"Is that so? Then what a pity. But... I don't think I'll die so easily!" Son Goku slowly assumed a fighting stance.

Seeing this, Frieza covered his mouth and chuckled. "I don't know what your battle power is, but based on your fight with Zarbon, I can roughly judge your strength. It's probably between thirty and forty thousand."

"A battle power of thirty to forty thousand is indeed quite exceptional. So? Would you like to join my ranks?" Frieza had taken a liking to his talent and attempted to recruit him.

"Unfortunately, I have no intention of submitting to anyone." Son Goku smiled.

"Is that so? What a shame." Frieza shook his head in disappointment and slowly rose into the air, flying out of his hover pod.

Whoosh~

Frieza flew before Son Goku, then slowly descended. With his hands calmly clasped behind his back, he smiled. "You probably don't know just how powerful the opponent standing before you is, do you? Let me give you a number for reference."

Frieza narrowed his eyes and smiled. "My battle power is... 530,000!"

Hearing that calm voice and that suffocating battle power figure, cold sweat trickled down Son Goku's forehead. Still forcing a smile, he said, "I already knew that. That's why I wanted to fight you!"

"Oh? Interesting. You seem quite confident." Frieza chuckled twice, extending one hand as he said indifferently, "I'll play with you using just one hand, so you can learn the terror of the Emperor of the Universe!"

"Is that so? Then I'm truly grateful. Here I come!" Son Goku's expression hardened as he charged forward with an angry roar!

"Yaaah!!"

Son Goku threw a heavy punch.

Bang!!

Frieza made no move to defend, allowing Son Goku's fist to strike his chest.

"Not bad force. Unfortunately, it isn't enough," Frieza commented blandly.

Son Goku's face filled with shock. He quickly leapt back to open up the distance, his eyes scanning Frieza from head to toe in search of a weakness.

In the end, Son Goku's gaze settled on the most vulnerable part of the human body—the neck!

"Yaaah!!"

Son Goku roared, gathering all his strength into a hand chop as he slashed toward Frieza's neck!

Faced with Son Goku's fierce attack, Frieza still did not move. He even deliberately exposed his neck, allowing Son Goku to chop down heavily!

Bang!!

After a muffled thud, Son Goku stared at Frieza in horror. His all-out strike had failed to budge Frieza in the slightest!

Frieza opened his half-lidded eyes and smiled. "Oh? Was that your full strength? I kindly exposed my neck for you to attack, yet that was all the force you had. I'm rather disappointed."

Whoosh!

Son Goku solemnly pulled back once more, widening the distance.

Crack~

Crack~

Frieza rolled his neck, producing two crisp cracks from his bones.

"Well? Saiyan, are you willing to reconsider joining my ranks now? If you are willing to submit to me, I can give you a planet as a gift," Frieza tried to recruit him once again.

Cold sweat covered Son Goku's forehead, but he forced a smile. "What a shame. I'm not interested in other people's planets!"

At those words, Frieza's gaze turned completely cold.

"Then there's nothing left to discuss. In that case... die!" Frieza raised his right hand, gathering energy in his palm before firing an energy blast at Son Goku.

Seeing this, Son Goku hurriedly dodged!

The energy blast shot past him, hurtling toward Li Wei and Nappa behind him!

Seeing the incoming energy blast, Nappa was so frightened that he hurriedly dodged. Yet Li Wei remained completely still, with no intention of evading at all.

"Lord Li Wei, get out of the way!" Nappa shouted anxiously.

Facing the incoming energy blast, Li Wei calmly raised a finger and lightly tapped the empty air before him!

The next moment, A rift opened in space, and Li Wei sent Frieza's energy blast into another dimension.

"Hm?!" Frieza noticed this and could not help giving Li Wei another look.

"Interesting. It seems you really do have something to rely on if you dared come looking for me." Frieza chuckled.

"Frieza!!"

Son Goku's furious roar drew Frieza's attention back!

Frieza turned to look at Son Goku, only to hear him shout, "Kaio-ken!!"

Crimson energy enveloped Son Goku's entire body, and his battle power suddenly doubled!

"Oh? Your aura seems to have improved. Do you still have hidden power?" Frieza lazily swished his tail, speaking with great interest and complete composure.

"Yaaah!!"

Son Goku roared as he charged at Frieza, trailing a long crimson blaze behind him.

Even in the face of Son Goku's ferocious assault, Frieza continued to fight with only one hand.

No matter how Son Goku attacked, he could not shake Frieza in the slightest.

Bang!

Frieza raised a hand and caught Son Goku's fist, then sneered as he slowly tightened his grip...

Creak~!

Son Goku heard his own bones groan and immediately roared, "Kaio-ken, times two!"

Boom!!

The red aura around Son Goku surged once more. The sudden increase in power allowed him to pull his hand free!

"Oh?!"

Seeing Son Goku successfully withdraw his hand, Frieza looked slightly surprised and smiled. "I didn't expect you to have more hidden power. Why not use it all at once?"

Son Goku rubbed his fist, which had been squeezed red and swollen, then grinned. "Fine! Then watch carefully!"

"Kaio-ken... times three!"

"Yaaahhh!!"

Crimson energy flames churned wildly, and with Son Goku's roar, terrifying waves of energy burst forth!

After more than half a month of training, Nappa had begun to sense ki. He could now clearly feel the gap between himself and Son Goku.

"Ka... Kakarot... has his power grown to this extent?" Nappa clenched his fists in astonishment, unable to stop a faint smile from appearing on his face.

Li Wei produced a scouter from somewhere and aimed it at Son Goku.

Beep beep~

The number on the scouter kept jumping before finally settling at—140,000!

"A power level of 140,000? That's already exceptionally impressive. Unfortunately, against Frieza, this level of power is still like an ant trying to shake a tree!" Li Wei assessed.

"W-What?! Kakarot's power level has already reached 140,000?!" Nappa's mouth fell open as he stared at Son Goku in disbelief.

"Kakarot... is he really just a low-class warrior?!" Nappa murmured in shock.