"A battle power of 2.4 million?" King Cold revealed a smile that said just as I expected. "No wonder you dare to oppose me. Your battle power is much stronger than your royal father's. Is this the source of your confidence? Vegeta, I must say, your courage is worthy of praise."
2.4 million? Nappa, who had recovered some physical strength after consuming the recovery liquid, nearly dropped his jaw. Vegeta, is this your true power? I'm willing to call you the strongest!
King Cold reveled in the act of posturing. "Do you know what my battle power is? Let me tell you, Prince of Saiyans. Remember this: my battle power is 120 million! Hahahaha—!"
He felt victory was within his grasp. As "Vegeta" charged in front of him, he slashed out with a backhand strike.
He saw "Vegeta" mimicking his previous stance, reaching out to grab the blade.
King Cold sneered, increasing the strength in his arm by another twenty percent. He intended to cleave this overconfident Saiyan in two with a single strike.
"Pfft!" Unlike when Nappa slashed him and he caught the blade with his bare hands, this time King Cold's sword wounded "Vegeta." The blade cut the skin, leaving a deep bloody furrow on the palm, but that was the extent of it.
The anticipated scene of a severed hand followed by a body split in two did not occur.
"Vegeta's" face was resolute. "The Hero's Sword only acknowledges a true hero. And you, Cold, you are just a coward with empty strength but no guts!"
What she didn't say was that the Hero's Sword required a very mystical "acknowledgment"—Tapion's acknowledgment and that of the mysterious Priest.
Without the consent of these two, the Hero's Sword was merely a sharp weapon.
"Get over here!" "Vegeta" clamped the blade between both palms and pulled outward with force.
Most of King Cold's attention and energy were focused on the West Supreme Kai. At that moment, he felt a burst of energy he loathed erupt from the sword hilt. His fingers were forcibly pried open. The opponent clamped the sword, flicked their wrist to reverse the blade, and grasped the hilt with both hands. Accompanied by a fiery red aura, man and sword became one, thrusting fiercely toward his heart.
"Ah! —A tiny Saiyan dares to make a move on me?" King Cold's left hand shot out, firmly grabbing the blade.
In "Vegeta's" hands, the Hero's Sword became instantly different. The battle power of 2.4 million became a crucial weight on the scale at this moment.
King Cold gripped the blade deathly tight. With a tearing sound, like a sharp knife slicing through cowhide, the blade advanced half a meter toward him under "Vegeta's" drive. The palm of this cosmic emperor was cut; after fighting for so long, he bled for the first time!
The West Supreme Kai constantly urged the petrification energy to corrode King Cold's energy shield. As long as it touched flesh and blood, she could turn him into a stone statue. "Vegeta," meanwhile, held the sword with both hands, pressing the tip inch by inch toward King Cold's heart.
Less than ten seconds into the exchange, the anxious situation locked the three parties in a stalemate.
"Everyone come here! Kill! Kill all these rebels for me!"
"Nappa! Stop those guys!"
King Cold and "Vegeta" issued orders simultaneously.
Nappa stood up, clenched his fists, and felt the energy erupting anew within his body.
Near-death upgrade!
Although the process was a bit difficult, he also got to enjoy this bug-like cheat that his self in the original timeline never experienced.
His original battle power of 4,000 instantly rose to over 10,000.
"Saiyan, come to my side! I will guide the potential within your body!" The West Supreme Kai also shouted anxiously.
He didn't understand what that meant, but he guessed it was a good thing.
Nappa ran to the West Supreme Kai's side like a bear.
The other party looked disgusted: "Lower your head. You are so tall, I can't reach you."
Nappa couldn't just lower his head; the West Supreme Kai wasn't even as tall as "Vegeta." He simply lay prone.
Dividing her attention, the West Supreme Kai reached out and stroked Nappa's bald head. Then, as if grabbing something, she raised her wrist and pulled upward forcefully.
"Done."
"Me? This is my power?! Am I already a Super Saiyan?" Nappa was stunned. Just a casual touch like that, taking less than two seconds, and he felt his battle power skyrocket by another large chunk.
How much battle power did he have now? Twenty thousand? Or thirty thousand?
Having received benefits, one must work.
He also knew that he was now a grasshopper on the same string as "Vegeta" and the West Supreme Kai; he only had hope of survival if these two big shots won. If they lost, he would be done for too.
Whether his battle power was four thousand or forty thousand made no difference to King Cold, but against those ordinary space pirates, it was overwhelmingly strong.
He was very cunning and went straight for his old opponent, the three-headed wolf.
This thing had a massive body, excellent for blocking enemies. Plus, in a chaotic fight, it attacked indiscriminately. The three heads looked fierce, but once you got used to it, it was just so-so.
The prolonged standoff caused the hostility in King Cold's heart to surge. His tail, originally used to balance his body, suddenly lengthened. Sharp bone spurs squeezed out from the tailbone, gleaming with cold light, and stabbed fiercely down at the West Supreme Kai.
All three parties were unable to move and could only take it with their bodies.
One stab, two stabs! The concept of failing to break defense did not exist for him. The West Supreme Kai's delicate face looked contorted, her body continuously pierced with several triangular holes.
If the West Supreme Kai had recovered to her peak strength—even if Supreme Kais specialized in various divine powers rather than this kind of head-on physical strength—her battle power would have far exceeded King Cold's imagination. Unfortunately, she had only recovered one percent of her strength. This battle power of fifty or sixty million was still a bit insufficient in front of King Cold.
Under King Cold's fierce assault, the fire of life the West Supreme Kai had previously drawn from the World Tree became precarious, her aura dropping wildly.
"Don't underestimate me! Reptile!" As the second-ranked figure among the four Supreme Kais, the West Supreme Kai had her own pride. If she gathered her complete soul and was reborn in the true World Tree, a character like King Cold wouldn't even be fit to carry her shoes!
Her spiritual power concentrated in her eyes and erupted suddenly. That was the exclusive ability of the Supreme Kai: Aura Eyes.
King Cold was intimidated for about half a second. The petrification ability was exerted to the limit, forcibly breaking through the energy protection on the opponent's wrist. Upon contacting the opponent's flesh and blood body, one of King Cold's hands was transformed into stone, and the petrification speed was still spreading up the limb.
Watching the light gray energy travel all the way up his wrist...
King Cold felt his flesh and blood, usually full of energy, solidify. A huge gap appeared in his internal energy circulation.
He was also a ruthless man. He struggled forcefully in the opposite direction. With a crisp crack, a fissure appeared at his right elbow. A second later, the fissure expanded to the limit. His right hand broke off at the elbow, and he completely lost that part of his limb.
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