Don't fight with Saiyans - this was a simple and plain truth that would need to be recorded in the basic laws of the universe in a few years.
But there were always people who couldn't think straight, like King Cold.
His figure had disappeared into the brilliance of the Saturday Crash. Although the explosive sound that should have transmitted couldn't spread in the vacuum of space, the energy fluctuations were visible to the naked eye and felt by everyone present.
All the aliens were dumbfounded, staring blankly at the spreading explosion as their hearts stopped beating for an instant. Their great king, the overlord of the universe, had just died like that? Disappeared?
Thinking of this, their expressions suddenly changed, as if a cold snake was slithering down their backs, making them shiver.
If even King Cold had been eliminated, then they...
The pressure of imminent death made these self-proclaimed elite aliens weak in the knees, losing the courage to face Raditz.
But Raditz wasn't careless - he could sense Cold's remaining aura. Although his attack had hurt him, it hadn't killed him.
As expected of King Cold, his vitality was astonishingly strong, even impressive.
Raditz rushed into the explosion's aftermath, not giving him time to transform, and threw a punch.
"Crack!" Raditz's hand was firmly blocked, and Cold's figure emerged, his massive body giving off a disgusting sour smell. He was transforming, but wasn't finished yet!
Although he had astonishing fighting power after being out of combat for years, he was very unfamiliar with controlling his body. There was no chance to use transformation in peacetime, and his hidden strength had no room to show.
Over time, even he had become unfamiliar with transformation.
Raditz sensed the terrifying aura before him growing and immediately launched an attack to stop him. He kicked toward his head. King Cold's neck tilted as his body, having endured the huge impact, fell halfway over, his face swelling considerably.
The angry King Cold was filled with rage, his eyes burning with fury, but he knew how to endure and continued transforming at a distance. As he changed, his size shrank slightly while his energy became stronger and stronger.
Raditz rushed again. Cold roared unwillingly and flew in another direction, as if trying to shake Raditz off.
Want to escape? Raditz didn't give him a chance - instant transmission! He wanted to finish the fight with this blow!
When he reached Cold's side, Raditz suddenly felt something was wrong. This guy had been holding back, and a small red flame-like energy ball was ready. When Raditz flew over, he released it.
The energy ball suddenly enlarged, shaped like the sun with red flames soaring and flowing energy like waves, shining brilliantly!
Planet Buster!
The sun-like energy ball plummeted toward the planet.
Cold had deliberately drawn Raditz away, then released a devastating attack just to buy time. If Raditz didn't save the planet, then it would be destroyed and Raditz would have nowhere to stay. Anyway, he could survive in space. If Raditz chose to save it, he'd have time to transform!
"Damn it!" Raditz hurriedly turned around.
A ki blast rushed out, the blue impact touching the planet-buster like a giant hand holding up the huge energy and pushing it back!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cold grinned and gathered energy, trying to achieve his ultimate form.
The Frost Demons' transformation was, fundamentally, releasing originally suppressed strength. Transformation needed a certain amount of time and energy accumulation. So whether it was Frieza or Cooler, there were unspeakable reasons why they didn't use full strength from the beginning.
Raditz couldn't let King Cold succeed - his ki blast directly sent the huge planet-buster in his direction!
Since you want to play dirty, just reap the consequences.
"Take this!"
During his shout, the planet-buster flew away, rolling toward King Cold and even trying to engulf him.
King Cold spat blood, his blood-red eyes full of fierce light as pain and rage intertwined, reaching his breaking point.
"AHHHHHHH!"
BOOM—
Had he succeeded? Everyone watched with wide eyes, their hearts tugging.
The planet-buster was annihilated in the void. The collision of such pure energy didn't make any big movement. Instead, it evaporated like water droplets dissolving together, turning into nothingness.
...
On Earth, everyone noticed a powerful aura approaching at high speed. That aura was extremely evil and unclean, somewhat similar to Frieza's but seemingly higher level.
Goku brought Gohan to the high hill, and the two looked at the sky, their hearts pounding like drums.
"Uncle Krillin!" Suddenly, Gohan saw Krillin flying in the distance and waved in greeting.
"Goku, Gohan, you got here fast."
"This aura is incredible! It's stronger than Frieza's! How could we not come? Are Tien and Yamcha behind us too?"
Krillin nodded. "Even Nappa's here."
As soon as he finished speaking, several energy signatures rushed toward them and landed on the hilltop.
These fighters were some of Earth's most powerful people. If none of them could resolve this crisis, who knew who could stop it.
A crisis was imminent.
"Besides that aura, there are three more." Goku glanced to the side, reminding everyone. They could all sense the energy signatures and nodded.
Just as they were discussing, suddenly three figures appeared from a dark corner and lined up. "Hmph, so you're the people of Earth?"
The one in the middle of the three was short in stature but very imposing, his face very similar to Ginyu's. The one on the left looked like a frog, green all over, lean and tall. The one on the right was muscular and as burly as Nappa. His scouter and helmet were integrated, and his face was rigid like a stone sculpture.
"It's perfect that we know where Lord Cooler landed. However, all the people on Earth will die!" Salza smiled wickedly and made a throat-slitting gesture.
"Who are you?" Goku asked.
"Cooler's Armored Squadron!" Shouting violently, Dore rushed out first, his scouter displaying everyone's combat power - all showing only 5 points without exception. Only 5 points of trash - one sneeze could kill them!
"Be careful, each of them is strong," Goku warned.
"I'll handle them!"
Tien rushed out, and after long-term training, his combat effectiveness had greatly improved compared to a year ago.
The moment he jumped out, Tien's figure split into two, then into four, his aura instantly rising. Four different signals appeared on the scouter, each one a real reading.
"It's not an afterimage?! And each one is over 30,000!" Dore's face suddenly changed.
At this time, Tien leaped up, surrounding Dore from all angles, and opened his hands - Solar Flare!
An unavoidable Solar Flare from all directions.
Dore had never seen the trickiness of this move before and didn't know what it was, so he instinctively raised his hands to block. Unexpectedly, Solar Flare wasn't an attacking move, which made his vision instantly blur.
"Damn! What is this thing?"
"Watch out! Dore!" Salza rushed forward in alarm, with Neiz immediately following. They'd thought these Earthlings weren't strong, but who would have thought Dore would actually be restrained by their techniques.
Seeing this, Goku and his son rushed quickly, breaking through the air and blocking in front of the two.
They suddenly powered up, their explosive combat power overloading the scouters with a range of 50,000, and thick smoke billowed forth.
"Wait, no - you're not from Earth, you're the Saiyans we heard about!" Salza suddenly remembered the Saiyans from Earth and broke into a cold sweat.
These Saiyans weren't easy to mess with. Besides Raditz, he'd heard there was another one named Kakarot who was also very powerful.
If that was the case... They broke out in cold sweat.
Dore over there was surrounded by four Tiens, like points of a pyramid. Four Tri-Beams fired from different angles, and there was only one explosion!
Dore, who'd thought he was strong, died on the spot. Salza and Neiz were even more frightened - these Earthlings were beyond their imagination.
Neiz tried to escape in vain but was thrown to the ground by Goku's elbow. Goku still held back some strength and didn't kill him. Nappa wasn't so merciful, rushing forward to grab Neiz and destroying him with a ki wave.
"Foolish insects - they can freely change their combat power. You shouldn't have been careless!" Suddenly, a figure in the air rushed down with tremendous killing intent.
Cooler had arrived
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