Chapter 22: The Intense Battle Against Frieza - Part 1

Although Son Goku had been sent to Earth at a young age and later lost his memories of the Saiyans and Planet Vegeta due to a head injury, he felt an inexplicable sadness upon hearing Frieza mention the sacrifice of a Saiyan who looked like him to stop Frieza.

Goku knew that this person was his father, whom he had never met. Raditz had previously told him that his father looked almost identical to him.

Upon hearing that his father had died at Frieza's hands, Raditz became enraged. He leaped forward, dragging his severely injured body to attack Frieza.

Frieza disdainfully said, "The power of a mayfly!" and with a slap, he sent Raditz flying back in the direction of Goku.

Goku instinctively wanted to catch him, but Frieza fired a purple energy beam that pierced Raditz's heart.

Raditz, with a mouthful of blood, fell into Goku's arms.

Goku quickly took out a Senzu Bean and tried to feed it to Raditz, but Raditz, knowing he was about to die, refused to eat it. He didn't believe the bean could save him.

Perhaps he also had a death wish, feeling unworthy of being saved, especially after serving the man who killed his father and mother for so many years.

Just as Goku was about to speak, Raditz interrupted him, spitting blood as he said, "Kakarot, don't speak. Listen to me."

As he spoke, Raditz tightly gripped Goku's hand and continued, "Although we were once enemies, and even fought to the death, our father, Bardock, did nothing wrong to you. None of the Saiyans killed by Frieza wronged you either."

"Kakarot, I know you're just a low-class warrior, but your martial arts talent is the highest among those I've known."

"Promise me, Kakarot. Promise me you'll avenge my father, my mother, and our fallen Saiyan people!"

"Promise me, Kakarot!" Raditz pleaded with his last breath.

Goku realized that Raditz had accepted his fate and no longer insisted on him eating the Senzu Bean. With Raditz's pleading expression, Goku agreed to his request, acknowledging his identity as Kakarot.

Upon seeing Goku acknowledge his Kakarot identity and promise to deal with Frieza, Raditz showed a relieved smile and then died in Son Goku's arms.

Frieza was delighted to see one of the Saiyans die, laughing loudly, "It's so easy. I thought you four Saiyans might have improved over the years, but I never imagined you'd still be so fragile."

"Well, who should I deal with next?" Frieza said slowly, then turned to Nappa and asked, "Is it you?"

Nappa, seeing Frieza's red, murderous eyes, couldn't help but take a few steps back in fear.

Frieza, noticing Nappa's retreat, turned his gaze to Vegeta and asked, "Is it you?"

Vegeta clenched his fists, staring at Frieza. He truly wanted to defeat him, but he knew he was no match for Frieza in his current state.

Frieza's gaze shifted to Vegeta's clenched fist, and he smirked, "Oh, so you have some courage left, Vegeta. In that case, let's have a little fight."

Frieza vanished and reappeared next to Vegeta, kicking him in the head.

Whether by chance or not, Vegeta fell right next to Raditz's dead body.

Vegeta's eyes lost focus, and he seemed to be on the verge of following Raditz to hell.

Goku quickly stuffed a Senzu Bean into Vegeta's mouth and forced him to swallow it.

The Senzu Bean's effect was immediate, and the critically injured Vegeta was instantly revived.

Frieza was astonished to see the near-dead Vegeta come back to life and exclaimed, "This is truly a magical bean. I never thought such a small bean could save someone from such a severe injury!"

After his exclamation, Frieza turned to Son Goku and said, "Lord Son Goku, if you can provide me with those magical beans, I might consider sparing you and your son."

Son Goku directly faced Frieza and replied, "A fool's dream. A demon like you belongs in hell."

Hearing Son Goku's words, Frieza narrowed his long eyes. He thought his offer was sincere, but he didn't expect a small Saiyan like him to dare refuse.

Frieza vanished and reappeared next to Son Goku, kicking him.

Having witnessed Vegeta's ordeal, Goku was prepared and immediately used the 20x Kaioken, blocking Frieza's attack.

The two attacks collided, creating an invisible shockwave that dispersed in all directions.

Seeing that Frieza was finally about to attack, John Doe flew forward, using the 20x Kaioken alongside Son Goku to engage in a fierce battle with Frieza.

Frieza's army, including Cui, Dodoria, and the many foot soldiers, seeing their leader being attacked by two people, immediately joined the fight, intending to attack John Doe and Goku.

However, Frieza stopped them, saying, "Leave those two to me. Go and deal with Vegeta and the others. I want to wipe out every living thing on this planet!"

"Yes, Lord Frieza," his soldiers obeyed, turning to attack Krillin, Piccolo, and Vegeta.

The group struggled to defend against the attacks of Frieza's army members, as there were too many of them. Some of Frieza's soldiers began flying towards distant cities.

"Damn it, we can't let them leave the battlefield," John Doe said, seeing dozens of Frieza's soldiers moving away from the fight to slaughter ordinary people on Earth. He fired countless energy blasts with his hands, attacking those soldiers.

Frieza became furious. Taking advantage of John Doe's attack, he quickly moved to John Doe's side and kicked him, attempting to send him flying.

However, John Doe instantly teleported, appearing next to Frieza's soldiers. He used the improved "Quadruple Body Technique" from his past, creating nine shadows that attacked the enemies.

Although these clones couldn't use the Kaioken, John Doe's current base power level was already in the millions.

With 20% of his power, the clones had a strength of several hundred thousand, far surpassing Frieza's soldiers, who were no match for John Doe's clones and were slaughtered.