Namek

"You..."

Hearing Vegeta call him that, Cui immediately felt a nameless fire rise in his heart! But then he seemed to recall something, and the smile on his face gradually became even more twisted! He let go of Vegeta, revealing a look full of mockery and disdain! ⌓‿⌓

"Vegeta, Lord Frieza is magnanimous. He has already forgiven you because you discovered something valuable!"

"What?"

Vegeta froze. He remembered that he had thrown the Scouter onto the ground, but he had not turned it off. Which meant...

"Hahaha... Vegeta, we have you to thank for this. If not for you, how could Lord Frieza have learned about something like the Dragon Balls? It is all thanks to you. He is very pleased!"

Cui's words filled Vegeta with anger and unease. "What did you say? Are you saying Lord Frieza went to..."

Cui said, "Namek. Immortality, hahaha..."

"Bastard..."

Vegeta ran out furiously. As he passed an alien, he snatched the alien's Scouter and boarded a spaceship.

"Damn it, I won't let you succeed. They're mine! Damn it, if Frieza really succeeds, then I'll have to obey his every command from now on! Bastard..."

Namek. Seen through the spaceship, it was an emerald-green planet, its dominant color a lush green!

Step by step, Son Goku had reached the point where he could move freely under one hundred times gravity in the gravity chamber. His strength had grown even greater, surpassing his current self!

Son Wuling had also tried training in the gravity chamber, but even though he could withstand ten times gravity, or even more, he found that it did not help him much. Instead, it placed an extremely severe burden on his body and caused damage. He was better off training as he had before, so gravity training was useless to him—or rather, mostly worthless.

"We've arrived at Namek. Everyone, sit tight and fasten your seat belts. We're landing! There will be some turbulence."

Son Wuling and Bulma sat together in the front cockpit seats. Son Goku, Piccolo, Son Gohan, and Videl hurriedly fastened their seat belts, gripped their seats, and endured the turbulence and impact of the landing!

Rumble!

Once the shaking stopped, Bulma pulled out a huge pile of supplies. She had come thoroughly prepared.

"Everyone, wait a moment. I'll check the atmosphere. I even specifically prepared oxygen masks and the like... Huh..."

Bulma watched as Son Wuling, Son Goku, Videl, and Son Gohan simply opened the hatch and went outside. She instantly exploded with anger!

"You—you people! It's one thing for Son and the others to lack common sense, but Wuling, why did you rush out so recklessly too?!"

Bulma stormed outside and shouted loudly.

Son Wuling tilted his head, his expression unchanged. "Because the moment we entered Namek, I could already sense its ki. More importantly, Piccolo is practically the same as us. Even if the environment differs, it cannot be too different."

"I..." Bulma was left speechless by Son Wuling's words.

Piccolo's gaze carried nostalgia. The feeling here was peaceful, and he enjoyed it. This was his hometown, a place that could calm his heart.

"So this is Uncle Piccolo's hometown? It feels a lot like the place where I trained!" Son Gohan said as he looked around.

Videl's clear, bright eyes shone as she jogged over to Son Wuling's side. "Master Wuling, this is Namek, right? It's so beautiful."

Son Wuling was already unsurprised by whatever might happen. He turned the spaceship into a Capsule and handed it to Bulma.

"Don't wander off. Videl, Gohan, if anything happens, make sure you protect Videl!" Son Wuling specifically told Son Gohan! He had agreed to let Videl come because of Son Gohan. Though they would have ended up together anyway, was it not better for them to meet earlier now?

"Yes, Uncle Wuling. I'll definitely protect Videl!" Son Gohan stood before Son Wuling and answered firmly.

Suddenly, a flash of insight struck him!

He sensed a great many distant ki signatures. They were not particularly powerful, but there were a lot of them!

"Someone?"

Other than Videl and Bulma, everyone sensed them. It seemed as though a battle was underway!

"That's Vegeta. Who are the others? They all seem very strong too! So this is what Piccolo and Kami's ominous premonition was about. Bulma, the Dragon Radar!"

Son Wuling hurriedly shouted at Bulma!

"Since they are Namekians like Kami and Piccolo, there must be Namekians wherever there are Dragon Balls."

"Vegeta, hahaha... Wasn't that Saiyan driven away by Son last time? It'll be fine!" Bulma laughed carelessly.

"No..."

Son Wuling's startled shout gave Bulma, Videl, and the others a huge fright!

Son Wuling stared at the Dragon Radar in his hand. His perception was far stronger than Son Goku's or Piccolo's!

"There is an extremely powerful ki signature. Look at the Dragon Radar—six Dragon Balls have already gathered in one place. This is bad, very bad. That is not someone Vegeta can compare to. He's powerful, incredibly powerful!"

Beads of sweat formed on Son Wuling's forehead. He knew whose ki it was: Frieza. He was absurdly powerful. Even though Son Wuling had mentally anticipated this, facing it for real still felt terrifying. And this was only his first form. His final form would probably be even more horrifying!

"Bulma, take Videl and return to Earth first. The situation has gone beyond what I foresaw. If anything happens, Goku will use King Kai to contact you, then use Shenron to bring us back."

Son Wuling truly wanted to tell them everything—about Frieza, and about his own secret—but he could not. Afraid that someone might read his memories, he had studied the soul under Master Roshi's sister, Fortuneteller Baba, and created two soul techniques: the Mind-Sealing Technique and Psychic Shock!

Even Korin had failed to notice it. As for Psychic Shock, it worked against those weaker than himself, but using it against someone stronger would cause backlash. Against someone of equal strength, it would at most feel like a mosquito bite!

"Wuling, I'm afraid it's too late!"

Piccolo stared coldly at the sky, arms crossed over his chest. "Vegeta is flying this way!"

"Hide, quickly..."

Son Wuling grabbed Videl. Son Gohan controlled his ki and hid in a secluded mountain hollow. Son Goku grabbed Bulma, while Piccolo followed behind them, concealing his ki as well.

Time shifted back. Vegeta's spherical spaceship crashed onto Namek! At this time, Son Wuling and the others had only just departed from Earth.

Wearing a blue battle suit and a Scouter, he stepped out of the crater. "That bastard Frieza, I absolutely won't let him succeed!"

After putting on the Scouter and finding the direction, Vegeta was about to leave!

Whoosh...

A spherical spaceship identical to his crashed down. After sensing whose ki it was, Vegeta revealed a disdainful expression.

"Cui. That piece of trash actually dared to chase after me!"