"This... this is a supernova death bomb! This damn Saiyan monkey!" Frieza's eyes burned with rage as he watched his own signature planet-destroying technique being used against him.
In that critical moment, the miniature star was already upon him, its overwhelming aura of destruction washing over everything. Frieza had no choice but to catch it with both hands, his palms immediately beginning to sizzle from the contact.
The friction between his hands and the supernova created a terrible hissing sound as Frieza's body was pushed backward through space, his feet leaving trails of energy as he struggled against the attack.
Karnel flashed in front of Frieza with a delighted laugh. "Frieza, how does it feel to be crushed by your own special technique?"
The emperor was gradually managing to offset the supernova's power, and soon he would be able to push it away entirely.
"You seem pretty strong, withstanding the impact so quickly. Let me give you some extra power." Karnel's grin turned predatory as he flashed behind the supernova and kicked it with tremendous force.
The energy sphere gained a terrifying new momentum, and Frieza could no longer withstand it. He was pressed against the scorching surface and driven toward a massive asteroid thousands of kilometers away.
BOOM!
The supernova struck the asteroid and exploded in a brilliant flash of destruction, instantly vaporizing the entire celestial body into fine cosmic dust.
"Lucky to survive that," Karnel mused as he flew through the debris field. "But it's fine, it wouldn't be fun if you died so easily."
He found Frieza floating in the aftermath, his pristine bio-suit torn and blackened, his body trembling from the supernova's punishment.
"Why? Why is this Saiyan so powerful?" Frieza stared at Karnel, who remained completely unharmed despite their prolonged battle. "He's much stronger than me, and I'm supposed to be the most talented member of the Frost Demon race in history!"
Then, like a bolt of lightning, ancient words echoed in Frieza's mind, the final warning his ancestors had passed down through generations: Beware the Super Saiyans, the great enemy of the Frost Demons!
Frieza looked at the ridiculously powerful Saiyan with dawning horror. "Are you... a Super Saiyan?"
"I'm not a Super Saiyan right now," Karnel replied coldly. "But I'm still stronger than you."
With Frieza's current pathetic strength, he wasn't even worthy of forcing Karnel to transform into a Super Saiyan.
"You bastard..." Frieza was caught between fear and fury. If a non-Super Saiyan could defeat him so easily, then what would an actual Super Saiyan be capable of?
Karnel sneered. "Super Saiyans are far beyond your imagination, Frieza. You Ice Clan members claim to be the noblest race in the universe, but in the eyes of a Super Saiyan, you're nothing more than jumping insects."
A Super Saiyan 1 could defeat Frieza easily, let alone the higher levels. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the now-glorious emperor would be nothing more than an ant after the Dragon Ball saga.
"Super Saiyan... I don't care what you are!" Frieza roared, placing his fists at his waist and bending his legs slightly. "I am the Emperor of the Universe, and I will kill you right here!"
Final form: 100% power!
Frieza's entire body swelled as bulging muscles erupted across his frame. In this form, although he could exert his full strength, his inability to control it properly meant his energy would drain at an alarming rate.
"Is this your last struggle? 100% strength and 120 million combat power." Karnel shook his head with genuine regret. "What a waste."
Frieza truly was a genius, born with 120 million combat power without any training, the same as King Cold. If he had actually bothered to train and master this form, his strength could have reached even greater heights.
"Die!" Frieza roared, charging forward like a berserker filled with terrifying power.
"You're indeed much stronger now," Karnel observed after exchanging several blows, "but your strength is draining away too quickly. I wonder how long you can keep this up."
The endless void rang with the sound of their clashing energies as they fought with devastating intensity.
"Damn Saiyan monkey!" After several minutes of combat, Frieza's power had diminished significantly. His chest rose and fell rapidly as he gasped for breath, expelling the waste gases produced by his overexerted body.
"I told you that you couldn't do it, but you just wouldn't listen." Karnel's voice carried a note of casual conversation. "You have a brother named Cooler, right? That guy was pretty good, I almost died fighting him in our last battle. It's a pity... in the end, he still failed."
Karnel recalled the thrilling battle with Cooler from years past. Looking back, he realized how young and foolish he'd been then, having Senzu beans but insisting on fighting to the death anyway. He'd almost gotten himself killed through sheer stupidity.
"Cooler... so you're the one who killed him." Frieza's expression darkened as he thought of his brother, who had been missing for more than a decade. He'd originally assumed Cooler had left the northern galaxy to conquer other regions, never imagining he'd died at the hands of this Saiyan.
"Yes, more than ten years ago, I spent considerable effort forcing that guy into a mutual self-destruction scenario." Karnel's tone was matter-of-fact. "Frieza, your strength is far inferior to Cooler's. How could you possibly be my opponent?"
"Impossible..." Fear flashed in Frieza's eyes. If Karnel could kill Cooler, who had possessed a combat power of 500 million, more than a decade ago, wouldn't it be trivial for him to kill Frieza now?
An energy cutting disk condensed in Karnel's hand as he stared at the panicked emperor with lethal intent.
"Frieza, you already know too much." The disk spun rapidly in his palm as Karnel spoke with cold finality.
"No! I, the Emperor of the Universe, will not die by your hand!" Terror consumed Frieza's mind as he screamed and released a desperate supernova from his hands, hurling it toward Karnel without hesitation.
It's useless.
The destructo disk possessed extreme cutting power. It sliced through the supernova like butter, spinning rapidly through the middle before continuing its deadly path. In the blink of an eye, it reached Frieza and cut him cleanly in half.
"And so ends the reign of the Emperor of the Universe," Karnel said quietly, watching as Frieza's bisected form drifted lifelessly through the void.
The tyrant who had terrorized the northern galaxy for decades was finally dead.