"Hahaha. Found it."
It only took a moment for Vegeta to locate it. Gazing at the moon high above, his body immediately began to change. His limbs swelled like balloons inflating rapidly. Fur grew continuously across his face and body. His eyes glowed blood-red. Fangs elongated into monstrous points.
At the same time, as his body transformed, Vegeta's power level began to skyrocket.
"Wait. Vegeta's ki, it's gotten so strong." Sensing the shift in his opponent's energy, Tien could no longer stay still.
Krillin swallowed hard. "Something must be happening in the sky."
Such overwhelming ki, even with Kaio-ken X 3, he wouldn't stand a chance.
"Hmph!" Raditz seemed to sense Vegeta's ki as well and said dismissively, "Vegeta's planning to transform into Oozaru."
"Oozaru?" Under the effect of a Senzu Bean, Nappa had also recovered. He looked around. "I don't see the moon. Did Vegeta make his own?"
"No. It's the Complete Oozaru Transformation." Raditz shook his head. "This planet's moon is strange. You can only see it from high in the sky. I don't know why."
After all, Vegeta had been his boss. Nappa still had some wariness. "So Vegeta should have 180,000 power level now. What about us?"
"Even if the Oozaru form multiplies power level by ten, that strength isn't really his own." Raditz's tone carried clear contempt for the transformation. "Don't worry. Those Earthlings alone are enough to finish him off."
"Let's go."
With that, Raditz patted Nappa on the shoulder, adding quietly, 'Good thing I talked you two out of the city destruction plan. Otherwise, you'd both be dead.'
"Go? Where?" Nappa was a bit confused.
Raditz: "To see our current king."
"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Before they could move, a massive shadow blotted out the sky. They turned back to see a gigantic beast's face.
Oozaru Vegeta.
"I spotted you from the start. Raditz, I knew all along you betrayed me. Nappa, I didn't expect you to betray me too."
Vegeta's voice rang out like loudly.
"Vegeta." Faced with Vegeta's accusations, Nappa neither confirmed nor denied. He simply raised his head slowly, stared into Vegeta's massive blood-red pupils, and spoke with rare composure. "Just now, were you really planning to kill me along with everyone else?"
Vegeta paused at the question, then revealed a smirk. "Nappa, weren't you just rendered unable to fight? You know better than anyone what losing combat capability means for a Saiyan, don't you? Once you've lost combat ability, you're trash. Isn't it normal to kill waste that serves no purpose?"
Hearing this, Nappa's expression didn't change. He didn't shout, didn't lose his temper. His face just went extremely pale. He spoke in a calm tone. "I understand."
Only in his heart, he quietly added, 'I thought we were friends.'
"Have you made up your mind to be killed by me?" Vegeta smiled wider. His first intention wasn't to trouble the Earthlings, it was to kill his former teammates.
As for Z Fighters, he thought, 'Just some Earthlings. I'll destroy your planet along with you when I get around to it.'
In Oozaru form, his power level reached 180,000, a number that made him nearly unbeatable in the universe. The famous Ginyu Force's average power level was only in the tens of thousands, and even their captain Ginyu's power level was just 120,000.
Theoretically, as long as Vegeta could transform, he could wipe out the Ginyu Force alone in a pure power level showdown.
In Oozaru form, calling Vegeta the Frieza Force's strongest second-in-command wasn't an exaggeration. Otherwise, why would he be so arrogant? He had the capital.
If it weren't for his genuine inability to probe Frieza's true strength, convinced that even his Oozaru transformation couldn't match him, Vegeta would have launched his rebellion long ago.
"Vegeta, you shouldn't be so arrogant." Raditz stepped forward. Pure power level wasn't a match for Vegeta, but he had a few backup plans.
"Don't be arrogant? Hahahaha. With you, a piece of trash who hasn't even overcome the weakness of a tail?" Vegeta didn't regard Raditz as worth a second glance. "But you actually dare speak to me in that tone. Looks like this past year has made you forget my terror. Let me refresh your memory!"
The terrifying aura of 180,000 power level pressed down on Raditz.
Yet the scene of Raditz kneeling and begging for mercy that Vegeta had expected never materialized.
Raditz stood there, completely unmoved. Looking at his face, he even seemed to want to laugh a little.
Vegeta thought, 'Just a piece of trash with 1,500 power level, How dare he make me? What gave him the nerve?!'
Raditz thought, 'Just 180,000 power level and he thinks that'll make me afraid? If I told him the power level of those people I face every day, he'd probably die of shock.'
Although Raditz's power level hadn't reached 180,000, he wasn't intimidated either. He still had a trump card in hand.
"Prince Casarot, I'm going to have to trouble you to step in." Raditz respectfully stepped aside and said to Gohan. "That one's power has exceeded my capabilities."
The Future Demon King and adopted son of the Demon King was naturally also a prince. Coincidentally, Vegeta was a prince too, though a penniless, destitute one. The only soldier under his command had been forcibly driven to defect.
"Don't call me that, Uncle Raditz." Gohan gently shook his head. It was his first time speaking, his youthful voice echoing through the air. "I still prefer the name Gohan."
"Yes, I understand, my lord." Raditz said seriously.
In essence, Raditz was Gohan's uncle. He didn't need to be this respectful, but besides being his uncle, he was also his subordinate. Gohan might not mind a casual address, but Piccolo was another story. Piccolo doted on this adopted son, even more than a real one, a stark contrast to how he'd scorned Gohan at the very beginning.
Raditz didn't want to invite bad luck over something so trivial.
Nearby, Nappa watched with wide eyes. Apparently, he'd never seen Raditz behave this respectfully toward Vegeta before. If Vegeta found out, it would definitely make him pop a blood vessel in fury.
"Damned fool, actually ignoring me!" Vegeta raged, extending both fists and slamming them down toward where the group stood with the force of thunder.
"Then all of you, die!"
If an ordinary person had been hit, they'd have been turned into a puddle of minced meat on the spot. The sturdy earth, the moment it contacted the Oozaru's fists, instantly collapsed. The ground within a one-kilometer radius immediately cracked like a spider's web, and then the cracks multiplied until the entire surface sank completely.
"Hahaha, are they all dead? No one can match me. I am the strongest warrior in the universe."
Vegeta burst out laughing, but before he could savor the moment, a strange sensation at his fist cut the laughter short. His fist was being pushed outward, inch by inch, as if some immense force was shoving it back.
"What the hell?" Vegeta clenched both fists and pushed harder. Still, his fists kept sliding back, inch by inch.
My power level is a staggering 180,000. Besides Frieza, how could there possibly be a stronger being in this universe?
He rose higher and soon caught sight of his opponent.
"A brat?"
His blood-red eyes narrowed, fixed on the other person, he looked in disbelief. Then he noticed behind the figure a furry tail floating in the air.
A tail? A Saiyan? A stray Saiyan? No, the age doesn't match. This must be the child of some Saiyan.
Vegeta's mind raced, considering the other's identity. Suddenly, a possibility flashed through his mind.
'Could this be the child of his brother Kakarot, the one Raditz mentioned?'
The more he thought, the more certain he became. 'Of course. Raditz came to Earth to seek refuge with his brother Kakarot. When he first said he came to find his brother to strengthen the squad's combat strength, that was merely an excuse. Including using the wish-granting orbs to lure me here, maybe there never were any such orbs on Earth. Their true purpose was to usurp my position as Prince. As long as they defeat me, they can elect a new King.'
"Damned traitor!?"
Vegeta cursed Raditz with fury, leaving Raditz utterly confused, not understanding what had gotten into him.
"You won't be able deal with me like this!"
Vegeta hurled a punch at Gohan. The massive fist, combined with his enormous Oozaru form, made Vegeta look like an asteroid hurtling toward Earth. Even if this punch missed entirely, it would trigger a magnitude-10 earthquake. Even someone with purely higher power level than Vegeta would be severely injured if struck by this blow.
Yet Gohan, facing a fist more than ten times his own size, extended both hands.
He intended to catch the punch head-on.
Even Frieza would have to evade my fist's edge, Vegeta thought confidently.
"Die, scum!"
The moment the fist struck Gohan, Gohan dodged swiftly, then thrust both hands forward to seize one of Vegeta's fingers. Then he heaved with all his might.
Vegeta's mountain-like body was hurled away. A perfect shoulder throw, strikingly reminiscent of when Goku fought Piccolo after his enlargement.
'Naruto-style Training Method, Rule One. Muscle Training.'
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