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Chapter 1048 The King's Defenses Are Breached

Lu Li has now made up his mind to bring the Dragon Ball world to a perfect ending, so he will inevitably conquer this world and will naturally consider its future development.

According to the Dragon God, this world originally had greater potential, but because the source of the world was dispersed, it evolved into countless parallel worlds of time and space, which led to the stagnation of the world's energy level.

In Lu Li's view, Saiyans like Vegeta, Goku, and Gohan have excellent martial arts talent, sufficient bloodline potential, and are a natural fighting race, making them the main fighting force of this world in the future.

That's why he wanted to cultivate these people. He didn't expect Goku and Vegeta to play a key role in his battle with the Grand Priest; he was considering things further down the line.

Therefore, Lu Li intentionally wanted to give more stimulation to children like Goten and Trunks, who, despite their talent, were not uninterested in martial arts but had neglected their abilities due to various reasons.

As for Buu, Buu's mechanics are unique. Even if Ah-Huo learned to absorb power, it would still be a knock-off version created under the manipulation of the Great Witch.

If the conditions are met, Lu Li has not yet observed the upper limit of Buu's growth potential. Perhaps in the future, after the Dragon Ball world becomes his home world, Lu Li can ask Buu for some other help.

"Grandpa Lu Li, please, please help!"

Seeing that Lu Li didn't react, Bulma had no choice but to resort to her coquettish tactics, which she had learned from her mother, Bulma, who was very good at this when she was a child.

Lu Li was being held by the arm and shaken around by Bula, and the little girl's constant shouting kept coming to his ears, which made him feel helpless.

"Sigh, I originally wanted Buu to devour and defeat Frieza with his own power, but it seems that it is indeed a bit difficult."

Lu Li sighed, "The crisis on Earth should be solved by Earthlings."

"But Grandpa Lu Li, aren't you also an Earthling? If Earth is destroyed, where will you sunbathe and drink cold drinks?"

"Bra said anxiously."

"That's enough, just this once."

Lu Li raised his hand and patted Xiao Bula's head, like a doting grandfather, before sitting up from his chair.

At this moment, Frieza had transformed again in the sky. With the fluctuation of dark energy, Frieza's skin color changed from gold to black gold.

In an instant, he blasted Fat Buu to pieces with a single punch; his overwhelming combat power was simply beyond doubt.

Piccolo and Krillin, who were watching from Kami's Lookout, were also speechless. They couldn't imagine how much power it would take to defeat Buu, yet Frieza did it so effortlessly.

"Oh ho ho ho~"

Frieza let out his unique laughter in the sky, "What a pity, Majin Buu. Your body is indeed very special, but your strength is far inferior to mine, and with your clumsy fighting techniques, it's impossible for you to devour me."

As he spoke, his expression turned serious. "Alright, now that the fun is over, where are Goku and Vegeta?"

"Are you in such a hurry to find them? Shouldn't you have come to me?"

At that moment, a voice that sounded somewhat familiar reached the king's ears, instantly sending a chill down his spine.

Frieza immediately turned around, distancing himself from the person behind him. Unbeknownst to him, a tiny bead of sweat had appeared on his forehead.

His expression shifted from initial shock to wild joy. "Oh ho ho ho... It was you, it was you, Lu Li! You're not dead!?"

Frieza gradually burst into maniacal laughter, "Oh ho ho~ This is wonderful, Lu Li. I can't imagine how sad I was when I heard that you had died of old age."

"Oh?"

Lu Li looked surprised. "I'm truly flattered. Were we really that close before?"

As he spoke, he also carefully examined Frieza's condition. Frieza had truly undergone a complete transformation. In his Black Gold Frieza form, he indeed possessed the ability to become the overlord of the twelve universes, as Frieza's overall attributes had reached over 280, placing him at the peak of the eighth rank.

Lu Li's vision is now vastly different from before. With his Martial Arts Heavenly Eye, he can see through the essence of a living being, and he soon understands why Frieza can level up so quickly.

First, he saw through Frieza's lifespan and knew that Frieza's Wheel of Life had several thousand years of markings, meaning that Frieza had also found a subdimensional space to cultivate.

Furthermore, for ordinary beings, there is a limit to the speed of cultivation. Even for Goku and Vegeta, their cultivation levels haven't changed much over the years.

Because Saiyans improve their attributes through simple training, the improvement becomes slower as they progress, and breakthroughs can only be achieved by developing new transformations. Frieza, on the other hand, can become stronger simply by training diligently, and he does so noticeably.

Given Lu Li's own situation, he easily understood the principle behind Frieza's improvement. Simply put, Frieza possessed the same talent as him, namely, the removal of his limiter.

Frieza actually had his limiter removed from birth, but he never trained, which is why he maintained a certain level for a long time. Later, as long as he trained a little, even just three months, he improved his attributes a lot and developed a new state.

With the limiter removed, it's normal for Frieza, who has cultivated for thousands of years, to reach the peak of the eighth rank. After all, Lu Li also reached the perfection of the eighth rank long ago through this characteristic.

However, Lu Li also knew that it was easy to improve his overall attributes by removing the limiter, but it was very difficult to break through the ninth-tier barrier. Moreover, Frieza's limiter removal was obviously more violent, just as Valkyrie had once told him.

Frieza's limiter removal makes it easier to improve, and the improvement speed will be even more outrageous, but it will be almost impossible to cross the ninth-order barrier. This is Frieza's limit in this lifetime.

Although Lu Li is currently stuck below the ninth rank, he still has plenty of potential. The reason he hasn't broken through the ninth rank barrier is simply because he hasn't focused on that aspect. He believes that as long as his realm is high enough, advancing in rank will be a natural process.

Currently, Lu Li's focus in cultivation is on exploring the origins, the power of longevity, and the mysteries of the true spirit. He believes that if he can thoroughly understand these, advancing to the ninth rank will be a minor matter.

"I miss you so much..."

Frieza looked at Lu Li, his eyes filled with a dark and murderous intent. "I just want to kill you with my own hands."

For Frieza, being defeated and killed by Vegeta was certainly a disgrace, but Lu Li's arrangement of the battle and his superior attitude in letting Vegeta execute him was even more intolerable.

Besides, when they first met, Lu Li humiliated him in front of his subordinates. If he could swallow that insult, he wouldn't be Frieza.

Lu Li extended a finger towards Frieza and beckoned, "Come on, I'll give you a chance to fight ten thousand moves first, but you'd better be careful. If your attacks affect the planet and innocent lives, I will end this battle."

“Lu Li…” Frieza’s face darkened. “Just how much do you intend to underestimate me? Do you still think I’m the Frieza of ten years ago!?”

He spread his arms wide, and an unparalleled dark purple aura spread out, impacting Lu Li, causing Lu Li's full head of white hair to fly backward and his black clothes to flutter, like a small boat being bathed in a storm.

"Do you see this? This power is all for washing away the shame you brought me."

Frieza shifted his height slightly upwards, ensuring his small stature would overshadow Lu Li, and looked down at him, saying, "Don't misunderstand, things are different from ten years ago. This time, you are the challenger."

Upon hearing Frieza's words, Lu Li's lips unconsciously curled up, for he genuinely felt a sense of joy.

"why are you laughing!?"

Frieza was getting annoyed. "It's that condescending smile of yours that I hate the most!"

With that, Frieza could no longer hold back. He used all his strength, concentrating his power into his fist, and punched directly at Lu Li's face.

boom--

Amidst the dull thud, something unexpected happened to Frieza. His punch, which was supposed to be able to pierce through anything, was caught by Lu Li with a single hand.

The shockwave spread outwards, but didn't even extend beyond a few hundred meters, demonstrating that Lu Li skillfully neutralized this punch, which was powerful enough to destroy the universe, after enduring the force.

Lu Li gripped Frieza's fist with one hand, still wearing Frieza's displeased smile. "So, you've misunderstood too, mistakenly believing I'm still the Lu Li from ten years ago."

To be honest, even ten years ago, if he had gone all out and reached the peak of the eighth rank, he wouldn't have been unable to kill Frieza now with full stats. It would just have taken a quick battle to resolve the situation.

But for Lu Li, whose normal state was already close to the ninth level, Frieza's punch seemed slow and simple, with only plain power and no added bonuses from any mechanism or exquisite martial arts.

"impossible!"

Frieza looked at Lu Li, who remained calm and collected after receiving his attack, and his heart wavered, almost breaking down.

Immediately afterwards, he launched a fierce and relentless attack on Lu Li.

But just like their first encounter, Lu Li either nimbly dodged all his punches and kicks, or easily blocked his attacks.

What he found most unbearable was that Lu Li was truly keeping his promise before the war began, not retaliating, and waiting for him to make ten thousand moves first!

Not only that, when Lu Li started to parry his punches and kicks, he didn't even need to use his whole hand. Instead, in a highly insulting manner, he used only one finger to block his attacks one after another.

brush brush...

Frieza's punches and kicks continued to land in the air, causing more and more sweat to pour from his forehead, not from exhaustion, but from psychological pressure.

"I, Frieza, am a genius! I've trained diligently for thousands of years, and I've become the strongest in all the universes. How could I not defeat you!?"

Frieza roared, his mentality collapsing.

Because Lu Li neither dodged nor evaded, nor even raised his hand to block, a hand chop was aimed at Lu Li's chest, but the result was that Lu Li's chest was not pierced, but his hand was comminuted fractured.

He discovered that Lu Li didn't need to dodge or parry at all; he simply couldn't break through Lu Li's defense.

Frieza couldn't understand why, even though he felt his strength was in no way inferior to Lu Li's, they were worlds apart in actual combat.

How could he not even break through Lu Li's defense when their strengths were similar?
"A genius..."

Lu Li smiled, "But in my opinion, you're just an ordinary person who doesn't understand true power."

As he spoke, he pointed a finger at Frieza, placing it on Frieza's throat. Instantly, Frieza felt his trachea blocked, his breath stagnate, and he was unable to speak.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Li's fingers pointed out in succession. As they passed each other, Frieza was still convulsing from the delayed impact.

Frieza plummeted from the sky in despair, finding himself unable to move, his very soul frozen in a state of absolute rigidity. He could only glare hatefully at Lu Li, who stood high above him.

Having lost control of his body, Frieza flipped through the air. As his head tilted downwards, he saw a gigantic, airship-like fat dragon, its mouth agape, as if it had been waiting there all along.

What Frieza found most unacceptable was that he had sensed the fat dragon long ago; it had been standing there with its mouth open, staring at the sky.

Just moments ago, Frieza thought this fat dragon was crazy, wondering what it was trying to do by raising its head and opening its mouth. Now he realizes that even the location of his defeat was under Lu Li's control.

After being acupunctured in that spot, he fell with the natural wind and eventually landed right in the mouth of this fat dragon.

“Lu Li!!!”

Driven to rage, the king broke through the pressure point in his throat, letting out a final roar: "I will return!!!"

Lu Li looked down at the falling Frieza. "No, you're not coming back."

After saying that, Frieza fell into Ah Huo's mouth. Ah Huo closed his mouth, meowed, and smacked his lips.

Frieza thought he would go to Hell, but in fact, those who are eaten by Ah-Huo do not go to Hell; their souls are refined and absorbed along with them.

Unlike Majin Buu, Ah-Huo cannot fully absorb Frieza's life-devouring power, meaning that even if it consumed Frieza, its overall attributes would not soar to 280 points.

However, Ah Huo has an ability that the Great Witch accidentally developed, which is extremely powerful. After devouring a target, in addition to gaining a small portion of the target's power, it can also randomly acquire one of the target's innate abilities.

The people on Earth cheered when they saw Frieza fall. Piccolo and Krillin at Kami's Lookout breathed a sigh of relief, while also lamenting that they were increasingly unable to understand Lu Li's cultivation level.

Pan and Bla also caught their respective families. Goten and Trunks were in critical condition, but after each ate a Senzu Bean, they were quickly restored to normal.

(End of this chapter)