"Ho ho ho ho!! Die, you filthy monkeys!!" Frieza laughed smugly.
BOOM!!
The ground was shredded like tofu by the energy Frieza fired into it, tearing through everything in its path...
"This is bad—the Earth is in danger!"
Piccolo and the others in the distance saw it too. Their faces instantly went pale with despair.
Son Goku was equally anxious. In that critical moment, no one remembered that Shin had reinforced the Earth. Perhaps some did remember, but Frieza's displayed power was simply too overwhelming—so overwhelming that they had lost faith even in the Supreme Kai's methods.
At the Earth's core.
A strand of Shin's Divine Power remained there.
When that Divine Power sensed the violent energy incoming, it automatically responded.
Shin's Divine Power actively met the energy Frieza had fired underground and effortlessly neutralized Frieza's berserk power.
That Divine Power then took the initiative, traveling upward and repairing the shattered earth along the way. Only when it was still a hundred meters beneath the surface did it stop restoring the ground, slowly retreating back to the Earth's core to lie dormant.
"Ho ho ho ho, Vegeta, Son Goku, you can turn into cosmic dust along with this planet! Ho ho ho ho..."
Frieza laughed triumphantly, but then he froze... Why had the Earth not exploded?
Frieza looked down and saw a crater a hundred meters deep. It was nearly bottomless, but that depth was still nowhere near enough to damage the Earth.
"H-How is this possible? Has my power weakened to this extent?" Frieza asked in disbelief.
Seeing this.
Only then did Vegeta suddenly realize what had happened. A sharp gleam flashed through his eyes as he curled his lips into a mocking smile. "Frieza, you miscalculated. This planet was once reinforced by the Supreme Kai. With your pathetic