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Gurd's Psychic Powers

Manga ChapterCh. 273

Gohan and Krillin push Guldo to the edge with their speed and teamwork, but the small alien's psychic abilities prove more dangerous than expected. After exhausting his time-freeze technique, Guldo resorts to telekinetic paralysis, leaving the pair completely helpless. Vegeta intervenes with one decisive strike, decapitating Guldo and ending the fight before his allies are skewered.

Volume: 23
Series: Dragon Ball
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Time Freeze Duel

Gohan and Krillin's ki blasts streak toward Guldo, who activates Time Freeze just before impact. With the world frozen around him, he leaps clear. He briefly allows time to resume so he can reorient, then freezes it again, only to find that Gohan and Krillin have already covered a startling amount of ground. His lungs burning, he releases the freeze. The blasts slam harmlessly into the dirt, and both fighters instantly pinpoint his new position before vanishing at high speed.

Guldo panics and freezes time once more with the pair rapidly closing in. He dives behind a rock formation, but the instant time resumes, they detect him again. His body can no longer sustain the technique.

Paralysis

Out of options, Guldo switches to Paralysis, locking both Gohan and Krillin in place so they cannot move at all. On the sidelines, Jeice notes their power levels exceeded 10,000, and Recoome speculates the readings must have scared Guldo into burning through Time Freeze too quickly. Burter remarks that the ability to raise one's power level without transforming is extremely rare. Vegeta curses under his breath, frustrated that the pair ignored his warnings about Guldo's abilities.

With his targets immobilized, Guldo uses telekinesis to uproot a massive sharp tree trunk and launches it toward them like a spear. Before it can connect, Vegeta steps in and decapitates Guldo with one clean strike. The paralysis breaks instantly, and Gohan and Krillin dodge the trunk at the last possible moment.

No Rules in Battle

Guldo's severed head screams that the attack was unfair. Vegeta responds coldly that he never agreed to any rules, and nothing is fair in a real fight. Guldo hurls one final insult, and Vegeta disintegrates the head with a ki blast. Gohan and Krillin thank Vegeta, but he brushes it off, claiming he just wanted Guldo dead. The remaining Ginyu members grumble that their group pose is ruined and settle on the next matchup with rock-paper-scissors. Vegeta warns that the real challenge begins now.

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