"How did he get that far away in an instant…?"
Guldo tried to attack, but he couldn't hold his breath anymore. His face turned red. Left with no choice, he exhaled and everything started moving again. The shockwave that had been frozen in midair came crashing down.
Boom!
The moment it hit the ground, it detonated violently. Rocks and dust exploded outward. The fierce gust of air flipped Guldo onto the ground like a ragdoll.
The other members of the Ginyu Force also rose into the air. Gohan's strength was far beyond what they had expected. Burter glanced at the numbers on his scouter and grinned.
"His battle power just jumped again. He can raise it without transforming… that's a pretty rare kind of race. Vegeta, you found a really good kid."
Even Gohan himself was shocked by the destructive power. All of it was thanks to the Grand Elder unlocking his potential. And to prevent Guldo from using that time-stopping move again, Gohan chased him down at top speed.
Guldo's battle power was lowmaybe even lower than Gohan's at this stage. His eyes couldn't even track Gohan's movements. When he used time stop again, he saw, in the frozen instant, that Gohan was already right in front of him.
Guldo didn't attack immediately. Instead, he pulled back to widen the distance. He raised a hand, preparing to fire a blast, but he couldn't hold his breath—he dropped flat onto the ground, gasping.
Gohan reacted instantly. A shockwave slammed into the ground right by Guldo's feet, blasting him away.
It had to be said—the Ginyu Force had discipline. Whether it was confidence or something else, even with Guldo getting beaten this badly, none of them interfered.
And Vegeta didn't move either. If he tried to help Gohan, Recoome would definitely rush in and beat him down. Compared to Guldo, Recoome's battle power was on a completely different level.
Given the situation, Gohan might actually have a chance against Guldo. But if Recoome joined and it turned into two-on-two, Vegeta had no confidence at all that they could win.
Guldo also realized that stopping time and attacking like that consumed too much stamina. Gohan noticed it as well—the more times Guldo froze time, the more exhausted he became. As long as Gohan kept pressing him relentlessly like before, Guldo would keep burning out.
When Gohan chased him again, Guldo stopped time once more. But his stamina was too drained—he couldn't even release a blast. With no choice, he used the frozen moment to hide and recover.
He ducked behind a rock. As soon as time began moving again, he thought he'd be safe
But Gohan could sense ki.
He still found him.
This time, Guldo didn't have time to escape. He didn't even have time to stop time. The shockwave struck him directly, cracking his battle armor. Guldo fled in panic with all his remaining strength.
Burter hovered in the air and mocked him. "That idiot Guldo is useless. He's a total disgrace to the Ginyu Force."
Recoome shouted, "Idiot Guldo! If you lose to this little brat, we're never playing with you again! And from now on, even our snacks—I'm eating mine separately!"
Guldo yelled back, "I just wasn't paying attention! I can deal with him right now!"
As Gohan rushed in again, Guldo formed a mantis-like hand sign. The top of his head suddenly turned blue, and Gohan's body felt like it was locked in place—no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't move.
Guldo burst into laughter. "This is called the Power of Binding! No matter how hard you struggle, it's useless!"
Recoome laughed too. "Looks like Guldo finally got pushed into a corner. He's even pulling out that binding technique he hardly ever uses… against a weak little runt. That's embarrassing."
Guldo, like he'd gone berserk, lifted huge chunks of rock from the ground and pelted Gohan over and over. Then he flew up to Gohan and started punching him nonstop, punching and counting out loud.
But after forty-something punches, it looked like he'd used up all his strength. He stopped, panting heavily.
With his teammates urging him on, he decided to stop playing around. Using his ability, he ripped a tree trunk out of the ground by the roots and sharpened both ends.
Gohan closed his eyes. His body wouldn't move. The sharpened trunk crept closer and closer.
For the first time, he felt the despair of death.
Just as the trunk was about to pierce his body—
His body suddenly felt light.
Whatever had been restraining him was released.
Gohan reacted instantly and rolled upward, narrowly avoiding the thrusting trunk.
He looked down and saw Vegeta flash past behind Guldo. A faint pale-blue streak flickered and vanished.
Guldo's head dropped straight off.
Even as he died, his mouth was wide open like he didn't understand what had happened.
After his body collapsed, his head rolled twice on the ground. He gritted his teeth and said, "You're too despicable, Vegeta! That was supposed to be my fight with that brat!"
Vegeta sneered. "You're the ones who decided it yourselves. In war, who cares whether it's despicable or not?"
Guldo's aura grew weaker and weaker. "To think I'd be killed by a filthy, low-class monkey Saiyan… I'm not satisfied…"
Vegeta didn't bother replying.
He directly blew up Guldo's head.
Gohan, escaping death by a hair's breadth, took several deep breaths. He walked over to Vegeta and smiled.
"Thanks."
"Don't get it wrong," Vegeta said coldly. "Do you really think I was saving you? I only made a move because that was the perfect chance to kill Guldo. Now isn't the time to relax. Get ready. Your luck won't be that good next time."
Vegeta's move immediately upset the others.
Recoome said, "Now we're missing one person. The Ginyu Force's battle-formation pose won't be perfect anymore. We'll have to ask Captain Ginyu to design a new pose that works with four people."
He stepped forward, speaking in a mocking tone. "Cute little Vegeta now it's our turn. And you, little runt on the side… do your best to help Vegeta. I don't care what methods you use."
Vegeta finally snapped. He poured all his strength into raising his ki. Around him, it was like a storm had erupted, whipping up countless fragments of stone and clouds of dust.
Recoome stared at the scouter as the number surged wildly, climbing all the way to thirty thousand. He was so shocked he couldn't say a word.
Vegeta charged in.
His fist smashed into Recoome's face, sending him flying. Vegeta instantly pursued, appeared behind him, and slammed him down into the ground.
Recoome didn't even get a chance to fight back through the relentless barrage.
Vegeta pressed hard, chasing without mercy. He stomped a foot into Recoome's stomach, his armor cracked through, and blood sprayed from Recoome's mouth.
(End of Chapter)
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