Chapter 24: The Intense Battle with Frieza III

"But I should double-check if you still have those magical beans," Frieza said with a sinister smile.

The group, including John Doe, Goku, Krillin, and Vegeta, glared at Frieza with anger, but they were also deeply concerned about who his next target would be.

Suddenly, Frieza raised his hand and fired a purple beam towards John Doe and the others.

"Who will it be?" Everyone followed the direction of the beam and was shocked to see that Frieza's target was Gohan, who was standing at the very back of the group.

"Gohan!" John Doe, Goku, and Krillin shouted, but it was too late. There was no time to stop Frieza from attacking Gohan.

The purple beam pierced through someone's body, creating a spray of blood. Just as everyone thought Gohan would die, they were surprised to see him still standing there unharmed.

"Who saved Gohan from the attack?" everyone immediately wondered.

But when they looked down, they were even more shocked to see who had fallen to the ground. It was Piccolo.

Everyone from Earth present understood the importance of Piccolo; he was one with Kami, and if he died, Kami would also perish. Without Kami, the Dragon Balls created by him would also cease to exist.

Goku had wanted to use the Dragon Balls to revive Raditz, but now that seemed impossible.

Everyone glared at Frieza with hatred, their eyes filled with fire, as if they wanted to devour him.

Frieza was taken aback by their reaction and said, "It seems like this Namekian is quite a remarkable figure. His death has made you all so furious."

"However, this at least proves one thing: you indeed don't have those magical beans anymore. Otherwise, you would have used them to save that Namekian."

"In that case, our battle is now on equal terms. I think we can proceed to the second round," Frieza said.

The situation had become dire. The Senzu Beans were gone, Piccolo was dead, and Kami and the Dragon Balls were also lost. There was no way to revive those who had died.

Only John Doe knew that Namek still had Dragon Balls, but he couldn't reveal this information. He feared that Frieza might find out, and he also didn't want to dampen everyone's determination to fight Frieza to the death.

John Doe hated himself for not transforming into a Super Saiyan when he was filled with anger. Did he have to wait until all his companions died before he could transform?

At that moment, Goku asked John Doe, "John Doe, how long can you hold off Frieza?"

John Doe was taken aback and asked, "How long do you need?"

Goku replied, "The longer, the better. I plan to use the Spirit Bomb to eliminate Frieza and stop him from killing anyone else."

John Doe nodded and said, "Then go ahead. I'll hold him off."

After saying this, John Doe roared, "30x Kaioken!"

A massive red aura erupted from John Doe's body, and powerful energy shook the air and the earth around him.

Everyone was stunned by the energy John Doe was displaying. He turned to Goku and said, "30x Kaioken is my body's limit. I can only maintain it for five minutes. After that, it's up to your Spirit Bomb."

"Good. Five minutes is enough," Goku said, and then he jumped onto a high mountain, raised his hands, and began gathering energy for the Spirit Bomb.

Frieza completely ignored Goku and focused his gaze on John Doe. He exclaimed, "Lord John Doe, I never imagined your strength would reach such heights. I'm truly astonished."

However, Frieza's tone changed as he continued, "But the stronger you are, the more I must eliminate you. I cannot allow anyone in this universe to pose a threat to me."

"Less talk," John Doe said. "I can only maintain this state for five minutes. Whether you can defeat me or not depends on your abilities." John Doe revealed his time limit to Frieza to attract his attention and create an opportunity for Goku to gather energy for the Spirit Bomb.

And so, John Doe and Frieza resumed their battle, fighting from the sky to the ground and then from the ground to the water. The entire earth was left in ruins, riddled with craters.

Countless energy blasts erupted from John Doe's hands, flying towards Frieza. After creating a cloud of dust, Frieza fired countless purple beams from his fingers like a machine gun, aiming at John Doe.

John Doe didn't dodge or block the beams; he raised his hands and deflected them all.

Time passed quickly, and four minutes had already gone by. Just as Frieza wanted to continue fighting with John Doe, he was suddenly startled by an immense energy.

Frieza immediately turned around and saw Son Goku standing on a high mountain, holding a massive Spirit Bomb in his raised hands. Frieza could even sense a powerful threat emanating from the Spirit Bomb.

Frieza was confused. He realized that John Doe had been stalling him to allow Son Goku to gather the Spirit Bomb, though Frieza didn't recognize what it was.

"Damn you!" Frieza fired an energy blast at the Spirit Bomb.

Everyone thought they were in trouble, but Goku didn't seem to mind. Frieza's energy blast hit the Spirit Bomb but didn't detonate it; instead, it merged with the Spirit Bomb, increasing its power.

Frieza realized that attacking the Spirit Bomb was futile. To destroy it, he had to kill Son Goku.

Frieza raised his hand, and a purple spinning cyclone slash appeared in his palm, similar to John Doe's Kienzan.

Frieza swung his hand, and the purple cyclone slash flew towards Goku.

Goku instantly teleported to dodge the attack. "Goku, be careful! That thing can be controlled!" John Doe shouted.

Indeed, as soon as John Doe finished speaking, Frieza manipulated his cyclone slash to change direction and continue attacking Goku.

With John Doe's warning, Goku dodged Frieza's attack again, and John Doe fired his Kienzan to annihilate Frieza's cyclone slash.

By this time, Goku had completed gathering the Spirit Bomb. He roared and threw the massive Spirit Bomb towards Frieza.

The huge Spirit Bomb rapidly flew towards Frieza, who was shocked and cried out, "Oh no!"

But it was too late. Frieza raised his hands, intending to catch the Spirit Bomb.

However, the Spirit Bomb's power was too overwhelming. As expected, Frieza was engulfed by the Spirit Bomb.

The powerful Spirit Bomb pushed Frieza into the Earth's surface, and he struggled to hold on. Eventually, he couldn't withstand it anymore, and a massive explosion occurred on the ground, followed by a mushroom cloud rising into the sky...