"Stop talking big, Frieza. If you've got the guts, come at me!" Talot took up a fighting stance, every muscle tense and ready.
"Heh heh heh… I've to commend your courage, but you're utterly ignorant." Frieza's smile was cold and sinister.
The next instant, that petite frame shot out like a supercharged cannonball, breaking through the air at unimaginable speed, and slammed ruthlessly into Talot.
Bang!! Bang!! Bang!! Bang!! Bang!! Bang!!…
Under the onslaught of Frieza's formidable power, Talot was smashed through more than a dozen mountains and sent flying for several kilometers before finally managing to halt Frieza's charge.
With arms crossed before him, Talot forcibly blocked Frieza's advance.
"To think you actually stopped my powerful charge… what will you do next?" Frieza sneered, clenching his right fist and driving it into Talot's gut.
The immense force ripped through Talot's body, shaking his organs violently; even his heavily trained, incredibly tough body suffered serious injuries.
A bitter sweetness welled up in his throat—something about to be spat out—but Talot swallowed it back down. Forcing himself to endure the pain, he swung a fist in counterattack.
Thud!!! A powerful punch landed right on Frieza's face. Frieza, who had been attacked again, looked bewildered, and then an immense rage surged into his heart.
"You damn monkey!!!" Frieza roared, swinging his fists furiously.
Boom!!! Another brutal blow from Frieza sent Talot's head snapping to the side, bright red blood dripping from the corner of his mouth and beads of it scattering through the air.
That, in turn, enraged Talot.
Ignoring his wounds, Talot launched a counterattack, choosing to exchange injuries for injuries. It was an extremely ferocious fighting style.
Caught off guard by Talot's fighting style, Frieza also grew angry and threw caution to the wind. For the sake of the Universal Emperor's pride, he faced Talot head-on, attacking without defending, trading injuries for injuries.
Bang! Boom! Bang! Boom! Bang! Boom!…
The brawl grew ever more intense, their fists slamming into flesh and bone, making every onlooker's heart pound in fear.
These two had completely gone all in; this was truly a fight to the death.
The shockwaves from their collisions kept expanding. If anything without sufficient power ventured too close, they would be killed outright.
At this moment, not just the far north but the entire Earth felt the impact of their power. Natural disasters of varying severity erupted across the globe, sending countless people fleeing for their lives.
And somewhere else, Piccolo, who was in the midst of training, suddenly sensed something that filled him with dread.
…
As the battle heated up, Talot's assault became even fiercer. His upper body battle armor had been completely shredded in the fight, reduced to drifting ash in the air.
His muscular frame was covered with one shocking wound after another. Anyone else would have long since fallen under such injuries, but for Talot, they were nothing. In fact, they were the best stimulants of all.
Pain turned into delight; the Saiyan cells within him rejoiced, and his power kept surging higher.
"Come on, Frieza!! Is that all you've got?!" With a booming laugh, Talot hurled his fist, striking Frieza square in the face.
The brutal force twisted Frieza's features; the power swept through his whole body, and he was blasted back a hundred meters in an instant.
Purple blood trickled from the corner of Frieza's mouth, his face contorting into a ferocious snarl.
He'd had enough. No more holding back!!!
"You damn monkey!! I've lost all patience with you, die!!!" Frieza roared in fury, lunging forward and headbutting straight into Talot's jaw.
The powerful blow blurred Talot's vision, his eyes losing focus for a moment.
Seizing the opening, Frieza unleashed a lethal strike.
His tail coiled around Talot's neck; with a mighty yank, he swung him and then whipped his fists, hammering Talot's stomach dozens of times in rapid succession.
In mere seconds, Talot's body suffered devastating damage. His bones and internal organs felt as though they were about to shatter.
Seeing Talot's aura weakening, Frieza gave a cruel smile, whipping his tail to fling Talot high into the air.
"This ends now, Super Death Blaster!!!" Frieza clasped his hands together, and deep purple death energy roared forth like a colossal dragon, its gaping maw opening wide to swallow Talot high above.
BOOM!!!!
In the sky, a massive explosion erupted like a nuke of hundreds of millions of tons yield, blindingly bright and dazzling, its unleashed storm powerful enough to overturn everything.
Scorching flames blanketed the sky, such a terrifying scene it made one's skin crawl and spine go cold.
"Ho ho ho ho ho ho~~~!!! To fight me to this extent… even if you die now, you should have no regrets left, monkey." Believing himself to have secured an absolute victory, Frieza laughed cruelly and arrogantly.
That cold, wicked laughter made every onlooker's scalp prickle and hearts quake with fear.
The entire Earth trembled violently from the explosion of this destructive energy.
The atmosphere was completely torn apart, the far north's landscape utterly transformed, swept by hurricane and flames into a wasteland.
Is everything… truly over?
No!! This is only the beginning!!
At the heart of the exploding flames—
Talot endured the agony of the energy explosion, every cell of his body flooded with Frieza's immense power. The terrifying high heat, the raging flames, kept burning his flesh.
He looked grievously wounded, but in truth, he wasn't. Talot's aura was not weakening but surging higher.
At this moment, as if his energy channels had been unblocked, his Saiyan genes surged violently, and he finally took that last step.
"Hahahahaha...!!!!" Talot's laughter echoed through the skies.
Hearing that familiar laugh spreading with the aura, Frieza's expression changed, disbelief flickering across it.
That last move, he hadn't held back at all. How had this monkey endured it?
Outside the battlefield, Raditz, Goku, Vegeta, Nappa, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Krillin, Yamcha… all of their expressions turned joyful.
Talot was fine. There was still hope.
This battle wasn't going to end so easily!
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