"I don't believe it! The machine must be broken!" Zarbon went berserk, swinging his hands repeatedly. Dozens of powerful energy blasts rained down on Setsuna like a storm.
The energy blasts all hit Setsuna's position squarely, triggering a violent chain of explosions. The ground was blown into a massive crater, and the shockwave blasted Krillin and the others nearby away.
"Ha ha ha ha! He couldn't even dodge an attack of this level. It seems the machine really was..." Zarbon laughed, but his laughter quickly died.
As the smoke cleared, Setsuna was still standing in the same spot, completely unaffected.
"You've had your fun. Now... it's my turn."
Setsuna gently raised his right index finger: "Dodonpa!"
A thin beam of light shot out, instantly piercing through Zarbon's chest, which was covered in a hard keratin layer, as if through a sheet of paper. Zarbon's entire body instantly shattered. No flesh or blood remained... he was completely disintegrated.
Seeing this, Krillin couldn't help but marvel, 'Setsuna was so powerful that even early techniques like the Dodonpa had been elevated to a new level.'
Vegeta, not far away, was immensely shaken: 'He really killed Zarbon with a single finger. Was Zarbon's scouter reading real?'
He couldn't help but ask: "Do Earthlings also have a legend of a [Super Earthling], similar to the [Super Saiyan]?"
Setsuna smiled: "Super Earthling? It didn't exist before, but from now on, it can."
Krillin pointed at Vegeta and asked: "Setsuna, what should we do with this guy?"
Setsuna glanced at him: "Didn't Goku want to keep him as a rival? Then let's keep him. Besides, I'm also curious about how strong a [Super Saiyan] can be."
Vegeta, forcing himself to stand despite his injuries, stubbornly said: "Hmph, you'll regret this! The Super Saiyan will definitely be the strongest warrior in the universe! Once I become a Super Saiyan, I'll come back and defeat you, and Frieza too!"
Setsuna gave a noncommittal smile, ignoring his bluster, and turned to Krillin: "Krillin, follow him. Let him lead you to find the remaining Dragon Balls."
"What?" Krillin's face instantly turned pale, and his head shook like a rattle-drum. "No way, Setsuna! He'll kill us!"
Vegeta snorted coldly but didn't offer any explanation.
Facing Krillin's wails, Setsuna said casually: "It's fine. I checked in the afterlife. The Namekian Dragon Balls have no limit on the number of revivals. If you die, I'll just gather the Dragon Balls again and revive you. So go ahead without worry."
Krillin's despairing expression froze. Finally, he asked pleadingly: "What about you? What are you going to do now?"
Setsuna looked up into the distance: "I'm going to find Frieza and fight him."
Vegeta, upon hearing this, let out a cold laugh: "You seem quite eager? Frieza's power level is only 530,000. If you have a power level of 100 million, you could kill him with a flick of your finger."
He then puffed out his chest: "In this universe, only myself in the future and Kakarot are worthy to be your opponents!"
Setsuna smiled. Vegeta really never lacked confidence, no matter the situation.
"You underestimate Frieza. 530,000 is just his weakest form. He has three transformations, and each time he transforms, his power level skyrockets. In his final form, at full power, his power level exceeds 100 million."
"What?" The cold smile on Vegeta's face instantly froze.
He didn't question how Setsuna knew this. After all, with Setsuna's strength, there was no reason for him to lie.
"Frieza also has a power level over 100 million? What is going on?"
Vegeta felt the universe had suddenly become unfamiliar. Before this, with a power level over 10,000, he could rampage across the universe, terrifying countless planets. Back then, although Frieza was strong, he at least seemed within reach of catching up. How had the universe suddenly entered an era where power levels were measured in 'hundreds of millions'?
Seeing Vegeta's dazed and lost expression, Setsuna said no more and flew off as a streak of light.
"Are we really going to follow him?" Bulma swallowed nervously and asked Krillin quietly.
Krillin looked at the Dragon Balls, then at Vegeta, still in shock, and gritted his teeth: "We have no choice! To revive everyone, let's do it!"
He mustered his courage and walked up to Vegeta: "Hey, Vegeta, lead the way!"
Vegeta shot him an icy glare, and Krillin immediately lowered his head: "Sorry, please lead us to the Dragon Balls."
"Hmph, let's go." Vegeta let out a disdainful snort.
…
In an instant, Setsuna's figure appeared above a spaceship.
Below, the Emperor of the Universe, seated in his hover pod, looked up at the uninvited guest descending slowly.
"Ohohoho..." Frieza's voice was elegant and magnetic. "An interesting guest has arrived. This is my first time seeing a race with a halo. To appear before me so silently, it seems Zarbon and Dodoria's disappearance... is related to you, isn't it?"
Setsuna admitted frankly: "I killed them."
Frieza didn't get angry, remaining elegant: "Did you kill them to prove your strength and become my subordinate?"
Setsuna said calmly: "I came to defeat you."
"Ohohoho..." Frieza laughed as if he had heard the funniest joke in the universe, tears almost coming out.
"Had enough laughs, shorty?"
Frieza's smile instantly froze. If the other party had insulted his strength, saying he wasn't fit to be Emperor of the Universe, he wouldn't have minded, since he knew very well how strong he was. But this bastard dared to call him short!
Frieza shrieked: "You bastard! I won't just kill you... I'll massacre your race and destroy your planet!"
"Finish talking and let's begin, shorty."
"Aaaahhh!" Frieza flew out of his hover pod in a rage, but in the next instant, he flew back even faster, smashing a massive crater into the ground.
"How can this be? You..." Frieza flew out from the ground, shocked. He had been invincible for too long and hadn't faced an enemy of this strength in a long time.
"I know you have three transformations. Just use your final form and release your full power," Setsuna said calmly.
"You know I have three transformations, yet you still dare to let me release my full power?" Frieza's eyes grew serious. "It seems I've underestimated you. Then... as you wish..."
With a low growl, Frieza's body began to expand and deform. From his small first form, he transformed into a muscular, violently surging second form. Without pausing, his body further metamorphosed into a more alien-like third form, covered in bone spurs.
Finally, an indescribable wave of terrifying energy shot into the sky. Frieza's body rapidly contracted within a blinding white light, ultimately becoming a small, pure white form with purple armor plating… his fourth form… exuding an immensely powerful aura of destruction.