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"That's... an Earthling beside Kakarot!?"

Vegeta's attention was drawn to the battle, and he stared in disbelief.

Before he could even wonder how these people had made it to Namek, he was stunned by the strength they displayed.

"Impossible. These Earthlings' power levels..."

Who was Ginyu? The strongest man under Frieza. Vegeta had heard all about his feats.

He didn't know the three members of Cooler's Armored Squadron, but the strength they displayed far surpassed Ginyu's.

And yet those four powerful fighters combined were being beaten down by the Earthlings.

"There must be some way for these guys to get stronger quickly. I have to find out what it is!" Vegeta's expression turned vicious.

"Bang!"

Frieza lifted Slug's gigantic, mountain-like body overhead with one hand. With a roar that tore through the air, he slammed him hard into Namek's cracked ground.

The earth caved in, forming a bottomless pit. The shock wave sent rocks soaring a hundred meters into the air, while a spring burst forth from underground.

Before Slug could react, Frieza wrapped his tail around one of his thick fingers and swung him down repeatedly, like a ten-thousand-pound hammer.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Deafening booms rang out one after another as Slug's body smashed a series of deep craters into Namek's surface. His blood and shattered body littered their interiors.

"Hahahahaha! It's useless. You're just wasting your strength."

Slug climbed out of the crater, his wounds already healed without a single trace remaining.

"Oh, really?"

Frieza slowly raised a finger. A beam shot out, piercing Slug's enormous heart.

Slug grunted, and his heart instantly returned to normal.

"Even someone immortal can still feel pain, can't they?" Frieza's eyes gleamed, as if he'd discovered a fascinating new toy.

"Don't you dare beg for mercy, or I'll lose interest."

Slug refused to back down. "Holding this form takes a tremendous amount of stamina. Let's see which of us can last longer!"

Frieza in his final form had left Slug utterly helpless. Now he finally understood just how terrifying the Emperor of the Universe was.

"So Slug already used Namek's Dragon Balls to make a wish," Son Gohan pieced together the truth from their conversation.

Porunga had also been killed by Slug. Son Gohan glanced at Piccolo, thinking, He's just like your dad.

"What do we do, then? Is he really impossible to kill?" Piccolo was unwilling to give up. He wanted to avenge the Namekians.

He knew they could still use Earth's Dragon Balls to revive the Namekians who had died, but he was still seething with anger.

"He can be killed, but none of us can do it."

Immortality wasn't absolute. A God of Destruction could easily destroy someone with the energy of destruction.

As for gods of an even higher order, immortality was a joke to them.

"An enemy like that really is a problem." Son Goku thought for a long while, then could only sigh.

"Don't worry. I have another way to deal with him." Son Gohan had made all the preparations long before they arrived.

Above them, the battle was in full swing. The eight fighters traded Ki Blasts from every direction, and the prince's battle style was catching on.

"Tian Shinhan and the others are doing great," Son Goku said, looking up with admiration.

"Baldy, you're dead!"

Dore was covered in wounds, fighting desperately through gritted teeth. His moves were vicious and precise, aimed straight at vital points.

Tien Shinhan's three eyes shone as he accurately tracked Dore's movements. He met each attack with a counter, steady as a rock.

At the insult, Krillin and Chiaotzu both turned toward Dore. They attacked together, bombarding him with energy blasts as if they were free.

At the same time, the pressure on Salza and Ginyu suddenly eased. They, too, cast grateful looks toward Dore.

"I'm screwed!"

Dore cried out in horror. Only then did he realize that three of the four people facing him were bald. One careless remark, and he'd managed to rile up the whole bald squad.

"This is almost over," Son Gohan murmured. With an opportunity this good, Tien Shinhan wouldn't let it slip by.

Sure enough, just as Son Gohan finished speaking, Tien Shinhan seized his chance and unleashed his attack at point-blank range.

"Tri-Beam!"

"Ah..."

Dore's scream cut off abruptly as his body disintegrated in the blazing golden beam.

Dore's death seemed to open the gates of hell, filling the two remaining members of Cooler's Armored Squadron with dread. They had no heart left for fighting and only wanted to flee.

Krillin and Yamcha didn't want to fall behind Tien Shinhan. They gathered all their ki into their hands and shouted:

"Destructo Disc!"

"Spirit Ball!"

The rapidly spinning, razor-sharp discs and the round, compressed energy spheres that could change direction hit Salza and Neiz without fail.

"Boom! Boom!"

With two explosions, Salza and Neiz burst like fireworks and vanished into thin air.

"Dodon Ray!"

Chiaotzu followed close behind. A bright yellow beam shot from his fingertip like a divine arrow, heading straight for Ginyu's brow.

"Smack!"

Ginyu suddenly swatted the beam aside. It shot toward the water below and splashed into the surface with a plop.

Chiaotzu's battle power was twenty thousand lower than Ginyu's. It was already impressive that he'd managed this much.

"Chiaotzu, we'll help you."

Tien Shinhan, Krillin, and Yamcha had finished off their opponents. They immediately flew over and surrounded Ginyu.

Ginyu panicked. There was no way he could escape. He steeled himself, spread his arms, and shouted at the strongest among them, Tien Shinhan: "Body Change!"

If the technique worked, Ginyu and Tien Shinhan would switch bodies. Then the others wouldn't dare attack Ginyu for fear of hurting Tien Shinhan.

"Not good!" Son Goku and Piccolo wanted to intervene, but it was already too late.

Son Gohan knew about Ginyu's ultimate move and had been watching him closely.

Whoosh!

The instant Ginyu shouted "Body Change," Son Gohan appeared as if by teleportation and kicked him in the stomach.

Ginyu fell flat on his back, and the yellow beam from his mouth shot into the sky, missing everyone.

An energy blast appeared in Son Gohan's hand. He pressed it against Ginyu's waist, and the next moment, he was far away.

"Boom!"

Ginyu exploded. The brilliant flash and smoke obscured the area around them,

"Gohan, thank you." Tien Shinhan was still shaken. For a moment, he'd felt as if his soul were about to leave his body.

"Whew, we really can't underestimate these aliens." Krillin wiped the sweat from his bald head, relieved.

"Saiyans." Cooler's gaze turned cold and sinister as he looked at Son Gohan's tail.

He'd heard that the Saiyans on Earth were powerful. These people had to be them.

"These wild monkeys really are lively. They even killed my strongest men." Cooler gave an evil smile.

"Wipe them all out. Don't make the same mistake as your brother," King Cold said, standing firm without any intention of joining the fight.

Krillin and the others were still caught up in their excitement when they suddenly felt the hairs on their bodies stand on end. Their muscles tensed involuntarily.

"What's going on?" Yamcha looked around, but couldn't see any enemies.

Son Gohan turned and met Cooler's gaze in the distance. "As I thought—they've got their eyes on us!"