In the past, although the Saiyans called themselves a warrior race, they had always been treated as a laughingstock within the Frieza Force.
That was because very few Saiyans had a battle power above 10,000.
If not for their ability to transform into Great Apes, the Saiyans would probably have been treated as mere cannon fodder in the force.
But this time, when hundreds of Frieza Force soldiers attacked a Saiyan unit of fewer than ten on Tiviy Star, those Saiyans displayed strength unlike anything they had shown before.
A mere handful of Saiyans routed the Frieza Force, and even the Ginyu Force, which had joined the attack, was nearly wiped out.
Recoome, Burter, Jeice, Guldo...
All four of Ginyu's subordinates were killed in an instant by a female Saiyan during the battle.
If Frieza, who had been watching from the sidelines, had not noticed something unusual about that female Saiyan and intervened personally, even Ginyu would have been killed.
The battle that followed showed Ginyu why that female Saiyan was so powerful.
She was actually the legendary Super Saiyan!
Even Lord Frieza was beaten without being able to fight back. He underwent two transformations in succession, raising his battle power so high it went straight off the charts, yet she still tore him apart.
Fortunately, in the end, an enraged and humiliated Frieza caught her off guard and suddenly unleashed his ultimate technique, Planet Crusher, destroying Tiviy Star. Otherwise, Lord Frieza, who had only recently been revived, would probably have been beaten to death by a Super Saiyan all over again!
"Damn it! Those accursed Saiyans! Now I have to recruit new members for the special force. Who knows whether I can find anyone as outstanding as Recoome and the others..." Ginyu said through gritted teeth.
Just then, the energy detector on the bridge suddenly sounded a series of warning beeps. Ginyu looked up and asked, "What's going on?"
"Captain Ginyu! We've detected a high-energy reading ahead!"
"What? Where?"
"It's... right near Lord Frieza! It seems to be a Saiyan!"
Whoosh!
Lin Chen emerged from Instant Transmission at Tiviy Star's location.
But the next instant, he suddenly realized there was nothing beneath his feet, while a suffocating sensation swept over his entire body.
Lin Chen hurriedly held his breath, then discovered that he was actually floating in outer space!
Where was Tiviy Star?
Lin Chen looked around and immediately understood what had happened.
No wonder he had lost contact with everyone, including Hanasia. Tiviy Star had been destroyed.
And here, the only person capable of destroying Tiviy Star in an instant, before even someone as powerful as Hanasia could escape, was Frieza!
Where was Frieza?
At that thought, Lin Chen sensed an enormous ki nearby.
He turned his head and, sure enough, saw Frieza not far away, looking just as astonished.
After looking Frieza up and down, Lin Chen understood. Frieza really had survived back then.
He must now be Mecha Frieza, his body repaired using alien technology.
But unlike in the original story, this Mecha Frieza was in his third form rather than his final form.
"Oh ho ho..."
Frieza's trademark sinister laugh suddenly reached Lin Chen's ears.
Since Tiviy Star had only just been destroyed, some gas still remained in this region of space. It was not oxygen and could not sustain breathing, but it could carry sound.
"Well, well, who do we have here? Isn't this the Saiyan who nearly killed me back then?"
Frieza sneered, then his expression suddenly darkened as he roared at Lin Chen, "You damned monkey! You actually dare show yourself so brazenly before me! Die!"
Without another word, Frieza pointed a finger at Lin Chen, and a purple beam shot out.
The sight of his enemy filled Frieza with fury. Lin Chen had nearly killed him last time, and now that he had appeared again, Frieza did not even stop to wonder why. He immediately unleashed a killing move.
The killing move that had instantly slain millions of people in the past struck Lin Chen head-on, erupting in a dazzling flash.
Amid the light, Frieza curled his lips into a sneer. "You damned monkey! I've finally avenged what you did to me! Planet Vegeta is next. Every last Saiyan will die!"
"Die? The only one dying today is you, Frieza!"
Suddenly, a voice rang inside Frieza's head.
The next instant, Lin Chen emerged from the flash, and at the sight of him, Frieza could not keep the terror off his face.
Golden hair!
The Saiyan before him could turn his hair golden, just like that female Saiyan from earlier!
"Y-you're a Super Saiyan too? No, impossible! How could there be so many Super Saiyans? They're nothing but a legend! How could they be real? Death Beam!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Frieza gathered three purple beams at two fingers of his right hand and fired them at Lin Chen again.
But this time, Frieza watched as Lin Chen glared, raised his palm, and swatted his ultimate killing technique away.
Boom!
The deflected beams struck a drifting meteorite, erupting in a dazzling flash.
"What? How could my Death Beam...?"
"Frieza, is this all you've got?"
Using his ki instead of his mouth, Lin Chen shouted directly at Frieza in space, "Hurry up and use your full power! I'm going to avenge Hanasia and all the Saiyans you killed!"
"F-full power? You wild Saiyan monkey!"
Frieza's mouth twitched. Once again, he gathered three purple beams at two fingers of his right hand and fired them at Lin Chen.
Lin Chen raised a hand and easily swatted all three beams away again, as though batting away flies.
A short while later, three flashes lit up separately in the distance.
Ding! Beginner Martial Arts Prodigy talent activated. Technique learned: Death Beam!
Seeing his beginner martial arts prodigy talent take effect once again, Lin Chen felt neither sorrow nor joy. He merely sneered.
"I've let you take plenty of shots. Now it's my turn!"
With that, Lin Chen's smile vanished, and he charged straight at Frieza.
Boom!
Before Frieza could react, Lin Chen had already raised his fist and smashed it straight into Frieza's head.
Whoosh!
Frieza hurtled away like a cannonball, crashing into a rock several stories tall. He burst through it and flew straight into another rock.
He smashed through one rock after another, only coming to a stop after striking the seventh.
"What's going on? What's going on?! Why is he so powerful? Why is a Saiyan this strong?!" Frieza screamed, utterly unable to comprehend what was happening before him.