Warning! Spoilers for Dragon Ball Super Chapter 74 ahead!
Vegeta is resorting to unseemly and dishonorable tactics that were commonplace during his days as a mercenary against Dragon Ball Super's newest foe, the Cerealian known as Granolah. Fighting on a planet that he doesn't feel obligated to protect is also allowing the Saiyan Prince to battle at full capacity for the first time in a long while.
Of course, Vegeta didn't immediately act so callous when he first confronted the Cerealian. It's a combination of Granolah's two-dimensional, irrational thinking and him perpetually boasting how he is the strongest in the universe. Granolah just can't seem to comprehend that Saiyans could have changed in the time since they destroyed his home world and left him as the sole survivor of his now-endangered race.
In chapter 74 of the Dragon Ball Super manga, Vegeta eventually snaps after failing to convince Granolah that he was just a boy when the Saiyans wiped out Granolah's people and that he is no longer under the service of Frieza. Rather than trying to appease his foe, Vegeta throws civility and honor to the wind by taking jabs at Granolah's dead family and friends whenever the mood dictates or whenever he's feeling particularly nasty. Things take a dramatic turn after Granolah lands several blows on Vegeta and forces the Saiyan Prince to stay on defense. At one point, Vegeta has no choice but to flee underwater while the Cerealian rains wave after wave of chi blasts down on him. But then Vegeta starts playing dirty. He tactfully maneuvers to a particular spot and then positions himself in a way that would compel his nemesis to fire a blast at him. When Granolah takes the bait, Vegeta quickly disappears so that the energy ball careens into some old ruins. It turns out that Granolah and Vegeta are fighting on the former's old home world of Cereal, and the ruins that Vegeta tricked Granolah into destroying were some of the few remaining sites of his people.
Even when Vegeta has ostensibly lost, the Saiyan reveals that he is finally in his happy place because he's not fighting on a planet that he needs to protect where there are people he feels compelled to save. Instead, he can just fully immerse himself in the fighting. And that's exciting for him. This is akin to Vegeta revisiting "the good ol' days" when all he had to do was slaughter the inhabitants on various planets for Frieza. In fact, the first time readers are introduced to the Saiyan Prince in Dragon Ball Z, he and his companion Nappa had just finished conquering a planet of bugs and were feasting on the corpses of their vanquished foes like true villains. Vegeta also displayed his villainous ways later on Earth by murdering Nappa in cold blood to the horror of Goku, Krillin and Gohan after he dishonored their Saiyan heritage by losing. Then there were the times on Namek when Vegeta slaughtered the indigenous people there who stood in his way of gathering the Dragon Balls.
It's ironic that Vegeta has chosen to revert back to his old ways now since he was recently forced to contend with his past sins on Namek in Dragon Ball Super. Vegeta expressed true remorse for what he had done to his former victims, and yet he's now acting just as he did before against an obviously traumatized victim. While Granolah is being a self-righteous, overly pompous fool, Vegeta should realize his pain. Vegeta recently lost it when Beerus the God of Destruction revealed that he was the reason why Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta. Vegeta just needs to be careful. He could easily become consumed by his old ways if left unchecked.
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