"You talk too much!"
Ino turned her head, and Nappa felt as if he were being targeted by some incomprehensible beast, a sluggish energy field instantly surrounding him.
He attempted to throw a punch in resistance, only to find himself like a fly trapped in a spiderweb. What was going on? Wasn't he a Saiyan?
His consciousness blurred for a moment, and by the time he came back to his senses, his sternum was mostly fractured, and his majestic body was spurting blood like a torn sack as he collapsed miserably amidst the rubble.
What had happened just now? He had no impression of it whatsoever; his mind was a blank.
"Bastard! Bastard! You dare insult me, insult the Prince of Saiyans!"
Thanks to Nappa's desperate support, Vegeta finally broke free from Ino's continuous "Time Freeze." It wasn't that he had never lost before—in his own words, "The Ginyu Force is made up of five guys stronger than me," and he hadn't beaten those pieces of trash around Frieza either. Losing was normal, but losing so confusedly was truly a first. He didn't even care to speak harsh words, immediately adjusting his battle power to its maximum state.
The way Saiyans used energy was extremely violent; the entire planet trembled slightly with his gathering of ki. Conversely, Ino's accumulation of energy caused no such phenomenon, her control being far superior to Vegeta's.
Lying on the ground, Nappa barely managed to open one eye to look at Vegeta's battle power reading. Because of his rage, it was slightly higher than usual: 18,100!
This should be a sure win! Although there were some accidents at the start, they had finally entered their fighting rhythm.
"I won't forgive you! I will destroy you and your Earth together!" Vegeta was so angry his eyes turned red.
Ino looked speechless. If you want to destroy Earth, just go do it; I'm not stopping you. You freakin' psycho!
A whoosh of breaking air rang out as Vegeta suddenly appeared behind her.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Taking herself as the center, Ino released a repulsive force in all directions.
A loud explosion rang through the air. Vegeta forcibly squeezed through the repulsive force, delivering a vicious kick toward her neck.
"Time Freeze!"
When Ino used this move again, she found it wasn't working as well. Most of her pupil power was canceled out by the violent energy dissipating from Vegeta's body, and the remainder wasn't enough to suppress his movements.
"Shinra Tensei" and "Time Freeze" each caused a momentary delay. Ino raised her arms to block, catching the kick with some difficulty. With a loud boom, Vegeta dropped from mid-air, his right fist swinging out rapidly.
Ino saw the trace of the punch. Spreading her five fingers, she went to grab his fist, only to feel a terrifying immense force rush up her wrist and elbow, all the way to her shoulder. The massive force pushed her back more than ten meters, shattering the sleeves of her Six Paths robe completely.
Ino raised her hand, firing three high-speed rotating ice wheels at high, middle, and low angles.
Vegeta recognized the ferocity of the move. Tapping his feet on the ground, his body retreated abruptly, reopening the distance.
He tilted his head and spat out a mouthful of bloody foam, his expression scornful. "In the face of absolute power, those flashy but useless moves of yours are of no use. I have killed too, too many espers like you."
"Is that so?" Ino rolled her neck. Her shoulders shook, and the bruises on her arms disappeared, her sleeves restoring themselves. "Let me guess, your current state is your limit, and there doesn't seem to be a moon nearby for you to transform, right?"
Vegeta's battle power detector had already shattered when he was beaten earlier. At this moment, he used his peripheral vision to look at Nappa.
"Has her battle power changed?"
"It seems... no change! How is this possible?!"
Right in front of Vegeta and Nappa, Ino's entire body became covered in blood-red mist. Following the order of the Eight Inner Gates, she opened the first six gates in sequence. After obtaining sufficient physical durability, she abruptly forced her chakra to enter a boiling state at twice its usual flow rate, her heart beginning to pump blood to her whole body at a high frequency.
"Kaio-ken x2!"
Looking at the rapidly jumping numbers inside the detector, Nappa was dumbfounded!
"20,000! 25,000! 30,000! Vegeta, careful! Her battle power has reached 30,000!"
"30,000? How is that possible?"
Vegeta's movements were a full beat too slow. Immediately after, he was punched in the jaw, shattering nearly all his teeth. Suddenly suffering such a heavy blow, his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose were all bleeding.
He attempted to retreat and dodge, but Ino's speed was now far too fast for him.
"Hit!"
An ice spear pierced his protective suit, then pierced through his lung lobe. The cold spearhead emerged from his back, the massive inertia lifting his body off the ground.
Before Vegeta could land, Ino flew directly above him. Black and white chakra converged in her hand, the air cyclone rotating at high speed as Yin and Yang powers gathered.
"Great Spiralling Ring!"
A highly compressed sphere of chakra was imprinted on his lower abdomen. Vegeta had zero reaction time; his protective suit, clothes, and skin were all shredded within a second, followed by his muscles and internal organs.
Ino's palm pressed down, then abruptly pulled out. Vegeta's face was full of agony as he subconsciously clutched his lower abdomen, trying to use his hands to plug the blood hole that went straight through him.
Suffering such heavy damage, the Saiyan Prince's battle power fell off a cliff. Ino canceled the Kaio-ken, brought the fingers of her right hand together, and stabbed toward Vegeta's heart.
"Hmm?"
Just as she raised her hand, she saw Vegeta's muscles trembling abnormally. The Saiyan Prince spread his limbs, his eyes blood-red. Not only did he let out a howl like a lone wolf, but the energy within his body also began a chain reaction explosion in an extremely insane manner.
Ino was startled. What is he doing? Is he going to self-destruct?!
She had no intention of doing a one-for-one exchange here.
"Five Elements Seal!"
She attempted to seal the violent energy within Vegeta's body, only to find it impossible; his body was completely filled with energy, and she couldn't seal it at all in such a short time.
Delivering a heart-piercing strike to Vegeta now would only trigger his self-destruction prematurely.
"Fine, fine, fine... you're ruthless. Next time, I won't let you pass so easily." Whether Vegeta was bluffing or truly driven mad, Ino would not stand under a crumbling wall.
She wasn't afraid of death, but she wouldn't make a meaningless sacrifice.
I can't mess with you, but I can dodge you.
If you want to explode, go ahead. Without another word, Ino opened the Crossing Moon Bridge and left the planet.
Vegeta had indeed been forced to his limit and harbored a will to die.
Even in death, he wanted to drag the enemy down with him. Seeing Ino retreat, there was no longer any need for him to self-destruct.
Who would he self-destruct with now? Nappa? Or this barren planet beneath his feet?
He punched his own heart fiercely—one punch, two punches, three punches. Relying on this method of self-mutilation, he forcibly reined in the rampaging energy within his body. Collecting it was difficult, and his already severe injuries were now made even worse. His knees went soft, and he knelt on the ground, vomiting blood repeatedly.
Nappa had taken a kick from Ino head-on, and his injuries were actually quite severe, but compared to the battered Vegeta, he was far better off.
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