The Earth warriors stayed on Planet Namek for a few days. Halfway through their stay, Piccolo was taken away. After undergoing some unknown trial, he met the Namekian Grand Elder.
Now, all Namekians were children of the Grand Elder, whereas Piccolo was the descendant of another Namekian. Although he and the Grand Elder were considered of the same race, their blood relation was a bit distant.
Distant blood or not, he was still one of their own, and the treatment for one's own people was certainly different.
The Namekian Grand Elder believed that the evil in Piccolo's heart had completely vanished. Using the last bit of his strength, he helped Piccolo unlock his potential, raising his battle power by a significant margin and granting him the qualifications to stand on equal footing with Son Goku and Vegeta.
Lacking opportunities for cultivation in the Underworld, Piccolo was much weaker than in the original timeline. However, after having his potential unlocked by the Grand Elder, his base battle power was no longer much inferior to Vegeta's. If Son Goku didn't use the Kaio-ken, he wouldn't be able to beat him either.
Tien Shinhan also had his potential unlocked by the Grand Elder, but his potential was obviously not as great as the other three aliens, so the magnitude of his improvement was relatively small.
Son Goku and Vegeta did not have their potential unlocked. According to the Grand Elder, they had already developed their own potential through excellent training and did not need external guidance.
On the fifth day of the Earth warriors' arrival on Planet Namek, Ino arrived with Bardock and Raditz.
"Your Highness the Prince." Even in death, Bardock strictly observed the etiquette of the Saiyans.
Vegeta was indifferent toward this low-class warrior, merely nodding his head as a greeting.
But when he saw Bardock and Son Goku sparring with battle powers exceeding several million, his mental state instantly collapsed.
previously, while training in the spaceship, he felt he was about the same as Son Goku. He never expected the gap to be this huge. Moreover... he had a vague impression of Bardock; the man was simply not some warrior with outstanding talent.
"How is this possible? Raditz, what on earth is going on?" he sternly questioned Raditz.
Surrounded by big shots—at a time when even Tien Shinhan could insta-kill him—Raditz behaved extremely calmly. Facing his former boss, Vegeta, he straightened his back with rare confidence.
He spoke with exceptional ease: "My father is already a Super Saiyan."
Vegeta's eyes widened, and he wanted to scold him for lying, but Raditz raised his chin and ignored him.
"Bastard! You dare speak to me like that?!" He punched toward Raditz's face.
Dad, little brother, aren't you going to come save me? Raditz looked at the father and son who were fighting to their hearts' content and realized that these two had absolutely no intention of rescuing him.
"Universal Pull."
One second before Vegeta's fist could smash into Raditz's face, Ino activated her eye technique, rapidly pulling the guy away.
"Can't you speak properly? Acting all eccentric." She scolded Raditz a couple of times, then looked at Vegeta. "Wait until I'm gone, then you can beat him however you like."
Frieza had evaluated Vegeta as a mad dog, and honestly speaking, this evaluation was fair.
When the blood rushed to Vegeta's head, he really didn't care about anything: "Don't you think about running either! I haven't settled the score with you for last time!"
He roared, the back of his left hand pressing against his right palm, making a strange movement as he postured to push an energy ball forward.
"Piercing... Urgh!"
Before he could even gather the energy, he was kneed in the stomach by Ino. His body curled up like a shrimp. Before he could turn around, his back took a kick. Ino grabbed his hair, which stood up like a torch, and smashed him like a meteor into a rocky mountain over ten meters high.
"I'm leaving first. Remember to remind Bardock that he only has one day." Ino had no interest in getting mixed up in the Saiyans' messy affairs. She gave Raditz a reminder, then opened a portal to leave Planet Namek.
Bruised and swollen, Vegeta climbed out of the rubble with a look of astonishment. In the spaceship, he had also used Son Goku's method, training bitterly under 100 times gravity for a month. By his estimation, his battle power should have exceeded one million, so why...
On the other side, Bardock was far more satisfied with his second son's performance than with his eldest son.
He respected the Saiyan Prince, but he wasn't a fool; he would only teach the method of transforming into a Super Saiyan to his own son.
After the father and son finished sparring, they went to an uninhabited corner of Planet Namek.
"Kakarot, you must firmly remember what I am about to say. Frieza fears Saiyans, but what he fears is not ordinary Saiyans, but the Super Saiyan..."
Bardock imparted his experience of transforming into a Super Saiyan without reservation. More than twenty hours later, Ino reappeared and took him back to the Grand Kai's Planet.
"Super Saiyan?" After training for a day, Son Goku hadn't mastered the so-called calm explosion method—it sounded confusing to him—but he was very happy because his old dad was really strong!
Meanwhile.
The Frieza Force's objective changed once again.
Initially, it was to obtain the Namekian Dragon Balls to grant Frieza immortality. However, that sword strike from "Vegeta" made the Emperor of the Universe change his mind. Facing the energy that erupted in that instant, what use was immortality!
His subordinate scientists conducted a large amount of analysis and all concluded that the sword strike "Vegeta" used was not without cost. If there were truly no cost—if he could slash and kill at will—then why did "Vegeta" run?!
With a battle power of over 1 billion, did he need to run?
It was certain that this sword strike had significant aftereffects.
This was the conclusion calculated by numerous scientists, and Frieza accepted this theory.
He immediately changed the mission objective: Go to Earth first.
Take advantage of the time while "Vegeta" was injured, or when that sword couldn't be used continuously, to blow up Earth first.
Just like he blew up Planet Vegeta back then.
In Frieza's inherent impression, Vegeta, Kakarot, and Raditz should all be on Earth right now. Maybe Nappa would also go there to take refuge. He was going to wipe out all the Saiyans this time! Not a single one left!
...
Nappa was indeed flying toward Earth right now.
He had no choice. Regarding the ten habitable planets, practically every intelligent race in the universe—even those who prided themselves as apostles of justice—had accepted the bounty from Frieza's side.
They heard that Vegeta had killed a big shot in the Frieza Force. That battle record was a bit fierce, so they didn't dare to make a move on him. But Nappa? Heh, trash. Don't run!
Nappa felt his bald head was too conspicuous, so he wore a headgear that looked a bit like Mr. Satan's hairstyle. He didn't even wear his combat suit; instead, he dressed like a gentle intellectual, carrying a bag as if he were going to work.
However, he forgot one thing: he didn't know how to conceal his energy reaction.
A glaring 30,000 battle power—could this be a hairy office worker?
Nappa had no choice. Fighting and killing all the way, he advanced toward Earth. He had to go hug a thick thigh; he could no longer survive in the universe!
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