Master Roshi, the First Experiment

A month passed quickly. Although only a month had passed, Goku, Krillin, Micah, and the others had all undergone a complete transformation.

"Combat power: 327 points!"

After testing Son Goku, who was unleashing his full power, Vegapunk pressed the Battle Power Scanner and a startling number was revealed.

This is roughly the fighting power that Son Goku possessed during his first battle with Piccolo Jr.. That was the adult Son Goku; the mere fact that his body had developed from childhood to adulthood greatly enhanced his strength.

Master Roshi, watching Kid Goku unleash his power, was covered in cold sweat. Although he had started rehabilitation training, his power level was still less than 180. At his age, no matter how hard he tried, he probably wouldn't be able to reach 200 power level, let alone compare to Kid Goku now.

Although Kid Goku's naive carrier pigeon prevented him from realizing that his strength had already surpassed his teacher's, Master Roshi Kid Goku's teaching sessions were always incredibly awkward.

The thought that he probably wouldn't even be able to withstand a single blow from Kid Goku in a real fight made Master Roshi a little anxious.

"Wow, that's amazing! No wonder he's Goku! He's improved so quickly!"

Krillin looked at Kid Goku with a surprised expression. Just now, Vegapunk had also tested his and Yamcha's fighting power. The difference between the two was not significant. He was 45, while Yamcha was 50.

If we're talking about multiples, it seems like Krillin's progress is the fastest, but in reality, combat power can't be calculated that way. In the early stages of building a foundation, the speed of progress is arguably the fastest.

However, once you reach a power level of one or two hundred and enter a bottleneck period, you have to slowly hone your skills. Master Roshi lived for 300 years, but he only had a power level of one or two hundred.

Even during his bottleneck period, Wukong's progress did not slow down at all, making him a monster among monsters.

"Is that impressive? But I've never been able to beat the fusion of you and Yamcha, that Kliamcha!"

Kid Goku suppressed his aura and scratched his head in a somewhat troubled manner.

After all, Kliamcha is the product of Yamcha and Krillin's fusion. Under the influence of the Fusion Technique, his progress speed is almost equivalent to that of Yamcha and Krillin, which even Kid Goku cannot match.

If Yamcha and Krillin were to combine their powers now, their combat strength would easily exceed 500 points, making them true monsters—at least in the eyes of those who haven't yet witnessed it.

"But that only means the Fusion Technique is powerful, it doesn't mean the two of us are powerful!"

Yamcha sighed and spoke, while Master Roshi's clothes were already soaked with sweat.

It's really too difficult for me. Although my two remaining disciples aren't as freakish as Kid Goku, judging by their rate of progress, I can only teach them for a year at most. By then, their strength will probably surpass mine.

If those two were to fuse, their fighting power would far exceed his imagination. In Master Roshi's perception, the fused Kouchi was far more terrifying than Piccolo Kliamcha, whom he had once seen.

In reality, Kid Goku's fighting power had already surpassed Piccolo's, but back then there were no Battle Power Scanner, Master Roshi could only use the most basic senses to compare them.

Because Master Roshi was relatively weak at that time, and because Piccolo had left such a deep impression on him, Master Roshi held Piccolo in high regard.

If a real fight broke out, even Kid Goku could kill Piccolo with a single slap—and that's Piccolo in his younger days.

After witnessing the progress of his three apprentices, Master Roshi couldn't contain himself any longer and went directly to Vegapunk's Laboratory that very night.

"You've given your consent to human experimentation?"

Vegapunk looked at Master Roshi in front of him and said something in surprise.

To be honest, Vegapunk never imagined that the first person to come to him for human experimentation would be Master Roshi.

After all, no matter how you look at it, the older Master Roshi should be a traditional martial artist, and he should be very wary of things like human modification, which are easy to get out of control.

Master Roshi sighed deeply. Just as Vegapunk had said, he was indeed a little uneasy about the so-called human augmentation, but:

"There's nothing I can do! My apprentices have improved so quickly that now I can only offer verbal guidance; I don't dare to actually lay a hand on them in front of them!"

"With my meager fighting skills, if my disciples were to see me, they would probably be severely disappointed!"

"Sometimes they ask me how much fighting power I actually have, and I don't know how to answer them. I can only try to give them a vague answer... Do you think it's easy for an old man like me to take on a few apprentices? Why do I have to suffer like this?"

Seeing Master Roshi's broken-down rant, Vegapunk turned his head away somewhat embarrassed. To be honest, it was all his fault.

If it weren't for Vegapunk's technology, Kid Goku and the others wouldn't have progressed so quickly, Master Roshi's coolness level would have remained for a long time.

Although in the original work, when Master Roshi was teaching Kid Goku, it was already clear that he was somewhat overwhelmed and even secretly practiced extra. But at least during the time he trained with the Turtle School, Master Roshi did indeed demonstrate the demeanor of a master teacher.

Unlike now, when his disciples started fighting, Master Roshi was so fast that he couldn't even see them clearly. Then his disciples asked him for feedback, but what was he supposed to do with it?

Am I supposed to tell my disciples, "Slow down next time, your teacher's eyesight is failing, he can't even see your fighting speed!"? What about the reputation of my martial arts legend?

It's no wonder that Master Roshi changed his mind so quickly and wanted to conduct human experiments directly.

Master Roshi knew very well that compared to his young and promising disciples, even with the Gravity Bracelets, the Incubation Chamber, and other high-tech equipment, he could hardly improve his combat power much, let alone keep up with his disciples' progress.

In this situation, only the most direct human experiments can further enhance one's combat effectiveness and even grant one greater potential.

"Alright, since you've made up your mind, then come with me!"

Vegapunk looked at Master Roshi's worried face, said something, and then led him deeper into the Laboratory.

In fact, Vegapunk had already developed more advanced modification technology, but Kid Goku and the others were quite satisfied with their progress, so they didn't go and conduct human experiments.

When Master Roshi followed Vegapunk into the Laboratory, he was surprised to find that there were many different kinds of animal specimens, all immersed in various culture tanks, making it look like an animal museum.

"Alright, let's stop here. Let me introduce you to the latest achievements in human modification: Monster Type, Fantasy Species, and Devil Fruit!"

"This is a super-powerful Fantasy Species Fruit created by combining the manufacturing technology of Devil Fruit that are formed from wishes, the super-long lifespan of the Chakra Animal Sage Mode, and the various enhancements brought by Monster Cells. Its effects far exceed those of Fantasy Devil Fruit. It can be said to be the culmination of my various enhancement research..."

After talking for a while, Vegapunk looked up and saw Master Roshi looking completely bewildered. He then Satori that Master Roshi didn't seem to understand anything about Devil Fruit, Chakra, or Monsters. Talking to him like that was like casting pearls before swine.

"All you need to know is that the latest type of Devil Fruit I created grants you a long lifespan, youth, and physical attributes and potential far exceeding your current aging body!"

That's true. Vegapunk is creating now is no longer an Artificial Devil Fruit, but a completely orthodox Devil Fruit.

After returning from Laugh Tale, Vegapunk's Devil Fruit creation techniques were considered to have reached a high level of perfection. The only problem was that it was difficult to bring out the effects of the Paramecia Devil Fruit he created.

The power of Devil Fruit comes from human desires, and desires inevitably involve the bizarre and varied imaginations of humans. Logia and Zoan are relatively easy to replicate because they have a prototype in nature and won't deviate too much. However, Paramecia Devil Fruit can only guarantee a general effect.

Fortunately, the world of the Dragon Clan is not suited to Paramecia and Logia Devil Fruit; Zoan are the most suitable.

The Fantasy Devil Fruit is Vegapunk's masterpiece. He took the genes of various monsters from the worlds of Hokage, One Piece, One-Punch Man, and Dragon Ball to create Fantasy Species strength far surpasses that of ordinary animals.

Using the genes of Fantasy Species as a prototype, it absorbs human desires and planetary energy, and injects Monster Cells into it. Once mature, this Devil Fruit is more than ten times stronger than other similar Fantasy Species.

It can be said that after eating the Fantasy Species created by Vegapunk, it is equivalent to directly undergoing a triple enhancement: the life force enhancement of Sage Body, the enhancement of a top-tier Fantasy Devil Fruit, and the enhancement of Monster Cells. Even an ordinary person would be able to become a monster at the level of Four Emperors in the shortest possible time.

Master Roshi looked at the Devil Fruit Vegapunk handed him with a strange expression. To be honest, he had long been prepared to conduct all sorts of complex human experiments, but he did not expect that the other party would just hand him a strange fruit to eat.

When did human experimentation become so easy? Could there be something wrong with this fruit?

Fortunately, Dragon Ball was mostly a comedy manga in its early stages, with lots of weird and wonderful things. For example, Master Roshi once had Basho Fan and Phoenix, and he even rode a spinning turtle that could breathe fire!

Therefore, Master Roshi was somewhat skeptical about the idea that eating a Devil Fruit could lead to biochemical modifications, but he didn't completely disbelieve it either, and he took a big bite out of the Devil Fruit.

"What the hell is this taste? Ugh, it's awful!"

After swallowing the Devil Fruit's flesh, Master Roshi spat out a couple of mouthfuls of saliva, trying to get rid of the bitter, rotten, and sour taste in his mouth. However, after a moment, he sensed that something was wrong.

The Whitebeard on his mouth kept falling out, and his originally wrinkled and aged skin was gradually filled with bulging muscles. The age spots on his body began to fade slowly, and his skin became moist and shiny.

In a short period of time, Master Roshi, who originally looked to be in his seventies or eighties, has transformed into a middle-aged man who looks to be in his thirties or forties.

Master Roshi clenched his fist slightly and could feel the powerful force contained within his body. It was a force far exceeding his peak strength, and even surpassed his teacher Mutaito, and Piccolo!

"What is my current combat strength?!"

Raising his head, Master Roshi's originally aged voice transformed into a deep and somewhat authoritative middle-aged voice. After hearing Master Roshi's question, Vegapunk gently pressed his Battle Power Scanner glasses, and with a series of beeps, an astonishing number appeared.

"1800 combat power points! That's an astonishing number, a tenfold increase!"

Letting out a long breath, Master Roshi felt his physical body and suddenly frowned:

"I can sense that there is still extremely powerful potential within this physical body, but somehow it seems to be subject to certain limitations."

"That's the transformation form that comes with Devil Fruit. After eating Zoan Devil Fruit, you can transform between three forms: animal, human, and Orks. When you transform into an animal, your power is the strongest. When you transform into a human, you can use all your martial arts. The Orks form should be the strongest, as it has a certain power boost and can use most of the martial arts."

Vegapunk glanced at Master Roshi and spoke. Upon hearing this, Master Roshi's eyes lit up, and with a thought, he began to transform into his animal form.

In an instant, his head transformed into a dragon's head, his shell grew larger and thicker, his limbs slowly shortened, scales gradually grew back, and finally a thin tail appeared. But if you looked closely, you could see eyes and a mouth on that thin tail—it wasn't a tail, but a black snake's head!

The image of a tortoise and a snake intertwined, embodying the balance of strength and gentleness, is not that of a tortoise and a dragon tortoise, but rather the legendary image of the Black Tortoise!

That's right, what Master Roshi ate was the Fantasy Species Zoan — Turtle-Turtle Fruit — Black Tortoise Form, created by Vegapunk!

"Uh... what an amazing form! Now I really am Master Roshi!"

Feeling his current state, Master Roshi was amazed. After transforming into his turtle form, his fighting power increased three or four times, almost reaching five or six thousand.