Grand Elder Namek

When Saitama claimed that it would take him 100 years to learn ki, Vegapunk remained noncommittal.

Normally, although the power system in the One-Punch Man World is very complex, it is impossible to learn ki unless you become Monsters.

A closer look at the original text reveals that, apart from those Monsters, normal human martial arts training only strengthens the body and techniques; it doesn't reach the point where one can emit light waves.

However, in Vegapunk's eyes, Saitama is definitely an exception. Just like how this guy can easily learn Instant Transmission even though he doesn't have any aura, as long as he has confidence and can believe, he can probably learn any ability.

No matter what, teleportation is definitely harder to learn than flying, so what's currently blocking this Bald Demon King is actually his self-awareness and confidence.

Nail flew very fast, and in just a few minutes, the group arrived in front of the Grand Elder Namek's house.

"Are you Nail and your two distinguished guests? Please come in!"

A deep, husky voice came from inside the room. Although it sounded somewhat weak, Nail looked at it with great respect and invited the two of them in.

"Wow, it's huge!"

Upon entering the room, Saitama saw the Planet Namek Grand Elder and exclaimed in surprise.

Even though this Grand Elder is now sitting in a chair looking drowsy, he is already over three meters tall, and if he were to stand up, he would be over five or six meters tall.

"You are not allowed to be disrespectful to the Grand Elder!"

Nail frowned and reprimanded him, but the Grand Elder waved his hand and said with a smile:

"Hehe, Nail, don't worry about it too much. Living a long time does cause some changes in physique. I hope you two guests won't find it amusing."

"Uh... I was just reminiscing. I wonder what brings you two here?"

Saitama scratched his head and asked.

"You two came to Planet Namek, probably for the Dragon Ball, right?"

The Grand Elder spoke slowly and deliberately, while giving Saitama's bald head a strange look.

It's not that he has prophetic abilities, like being able to see what Saitama wants to wish for, but rather that all the Namekians on Planet Namek were descended from him. In a sense, this Grand Elder could use his mental power to communicate with all the Namekians on the planet.

Saitama and Vegapunk had spoken with the Planet Namek elder in the village before, and since the Grand Elder sensed their conversation, he naturally inquired about what had happened and thus learned about the wish Saitama wanted to make.

Well, it's similar to that old man from Planet Namek. The Grand Elder Namek didn't quite understand why Saitama wanted to have long hair, even though it was a meaningless, obsolete organ.

However, the Grand Elder was already so old, and had seen all sorts of people, including many strange and unusual wishes, that he was no longer surprised by such things.

Furthermore, the Dragon Ball' ability to grant wishes always comes with some kind of invisible backlash. In fact, the greater the wish, the stronger the backlash, and it can even cause invisible damage to the rules of the universe.

This is precisely why neither Kai nor the other Supreme Kai particularly liked the Dragon Ball.

However, similarly, as long as the desire is small enough, the resulting backlash and disruption to the rules of the universe will be very weak.

For example, Saitama's wish to grow hair and stop losing it, in the eyes of the Grand Elder, probably caused less distortion and backlash to the universe than the damage he caused by running around Namek in the beginning.

"Yes, Grand Elder, could you lend me the Dragon Ball for a moment?"

Saitama asked a question with little hope, and the Grand Elder chuckled:

"Hmm... Judging from your demeanor, you're not bad people... It's no problem for you to borrow the Dragon Ball."

"I know this is a bit difficult... but if you have any conditions, please feel free to say so... Oh? You agreed!"

After staring blankly at the Grand Elder for a moment, Saitama realized that he had agreed to his request, and his face immediately lit up with excitement.

"Thank you so much!"

"However... since this gentleman is willing to offer us assistance, we will not refuse."

The Grand Elder's face was kind, but his voice carried a hint of worry:

"In fact, I have a vague feeling that in the near future, the entire Planet Namek will face a huge disaster."

"If possible, I hope you can come to Planet Namek and help us out sometime."

"In the near future? How long exactly is that?"

Saitama had a troubled look on his face. Although he had the ability to teleport, it should only take a few hours to travel from Earth to Planet Namek.

But he will definitely have to go back to the One-Punch Man World eventually; he can't just run away from the One-Punch Man world.

If the time is relatively short, he can stay in the Dragon Ball World for a longer period of time; if it's long, then there's nothing he can do.

"This... it should take several more years!"

The Grand Elder pondered for a moment and replied, "Saitama suddenly lost his motivation. It's been several years... I definitely won't stay in the Dragon Ball World for that long."

Although Saitama is lazy and a slacker, he is a very disciplined person. Since he can't help the Namekians, he has no face to go to the Namekians Dragon Ball to solve his own problems.

With a soft sigh, Saitama was about to explain to the Grand Elder Namek when Vegapunk spoke up:

"It's taking too long. Actually, I have a better way to solve the problem you foresaw in a short time."

The Grand Elder did not refute Vegapunk's words, but instead glanced at him and asked:

"Sir, do you have any solutions?"

"There are two ways!"

Vegapunk wagged his finger and said casually:

"The first solution is to directly enhance the combat power of you Namekians; this is the fundamental solution."

"As for the second method, it's even simpler. If I'm not mistaken, the one who will come looking for trouble for you will be that so-called Space Emperor Frieza!"

"Once Saitama and I wipe out the entire Frieza clan, the danger to Planet Namek will naturally be eliminated!"

Just as Vegapunk uttered the name Frieza, the Grand Elder Namek narrowed his eyes slightly, vaguely sensing that the crisis shrouding Planet Namek was rapidly dissipating.

Emerging from the Grand Elder's room, Saitama's face showed a hint of excitement:

"Is the Frieza you're talking about the legendary Space Emperor? Is he very powerful?"

Besides his obsession with his hair, Saitama also longs for a good, satisfying fight.

Although it's unclear whether this Space Emperor is good or bad, since he's Aliens and is preparing to invade Planet Namek, which is helpful to him, Saitama wouldn't mind giving him a Serious Punishment Set.

Of course, the most important thing is the opponent's strength. The Space Emperor of the Dragon Ball World should be stronger than the Space King of my own world!

Vegapunk immediately saw through Saitama's thoughts, and after some thought, he said:

"That so-called Space Emperor Frieza... he is indeed quite strong, at least much stronger than the Space King you encountered!"

After all, Boros's all-out attack could only damage the surface, while Frieza could destroy a planet! Furthermore, the Namekians' planet is at least ten times larger than Earth.

Of course, Frieza's attack wasn't like Majin Buu's, which completely annihilated the Sweet Commander with a single energy ball. Instead, he destroyed the planet through a chain reaction caused by attacking the Earth's core—but that was still incredibly terrifying, especially considering it was the massive Planet Namek. If it were Earth, even if it couldn't completely annihilate the planet, a single energy blast would probably shatter the entire planet into pieces.

From this perspective, Boros's fighting power could never surpass Frieza's; it's estimated to be only around a million-level, hundreds of times weaker than Frieza.

However, it didn't make much difference to Saitama, since they were all opponents he could take down with one punch. In addition, there was King Cold, Frieza's father, who might be a little stronger than Frieza, but only a little stronger at most.

"With your strength, defeating the two of them shouldn't be a problem, but before that, you need to learn how to fly!"

"Otherwise, if you always rely on your jumping ability, you probably won't be able to catch up if the other party wants to escape."

The Monsters in the One-Punch Man World are all stubborn. When they encounter Saitama's powerful Monsters, few of them want to run away. But Frieza isn't that headstrong. If he really can't beat him, these Frieza Clan members (Frieza's name translates to Refrigerator) might just use their flying abilities to escape.

Even if Saitama's jumping ability is enough to leap between planets, he certainly can't match the agility of direct flight. Moreover, the Frieza Clan has the ability to survive in space. In other words, these guys can actually fly directly from planets into space.

"Learning to fly... that's not that easy! And I can't cultivate that energy called Qi!"

Vegapunk glanced at Saitama, who looked somewhat troubled, and smiled slightly:

"Don't worry, the Planet Namek Grand Elder has the ability to unlock other people's potential. He just needs to help you unlock your potential, Saitama, and you'll naturally have ki!"

"Really?"

Saitama's eyes flickered, and he asked a question. Vegapunk nodded repeatedly—he didn't think the Planet Namek Grand Elder could really develop the potential of a monster like Saitama. It would be more like the Old Supreme Kai. However, as long as Saitama had this kind of mental suggestion, he would naturally possess the ki from the Dragon Ball.

Of course, this was also a test, to see if Saitama's power was really that amazing, that he could unleash power that he didn't have before, or that didn't even belong to his own world, directly through psychological suggestion.

"When should we go find that Grand Elder to explore our potential?"

"Let's wait a little while... until my gift to that Grand Elder is completely finished!"

A day later, Vegapunk, along with the Fungal Modified Human he had rebuilt, found the Grand Elder Namek.

The original Fungal Modified Human has been transformed by Vegapunk into a huge cloak, which, in terms of style, has a very Namekians exotic feel. This is also a gift he gave to the Grand Elder.

"A gift for me?"

The Grand Elder glanced at the enormous cloak in Vegapunk's hand, and could vaguely sense the immense life force emanating from it—a life force that even Planet Namek would have to concede defeat to.

Moreover, this vitality is very similar to that of the Namekians, possessing both animal and plant characteristics. However, unlike the Namekians, whose vitality is closer to green plants, the plant-like characteristics of the vitality on the cloak are closer to fungi.

"Indeed, this cloak contains immense life force. While it cannot grant immortality, it can heal hidden injuries and replenish lost life force, allowing you, Grand Elder, to live longer."

The reason why the Grand Elder in front of us looks so old is certainly because his lifespan is coming to an end, but in reality it is also because he has single-handedly propagated the entire Planet Namek race, thus greatly diminishing his vitality and shortening his lifespan.

The cloak he made himself certainly couldn't completely restore his vitality, but extending his lifespan by several decades or even a hundred years and slightly restoring some of his depleted vitality was definitely not a problem.

Upon hearing this, Nail's expression changed, and he looked at the Grand Elder with excitement. The Grand Elder didn't make a fuss, reached out and took the cloak. He felt a warm life force instantly flow into his body, and his originally aged body immediately looked much younger.

"It's such a long-lost feeling... the feeling of being young!"

He slowly stood up from the chair, Grand Elder's body, which had originally looked somewhat obese, slowly trembled and shrank, making him look much slimmer and healthier.

"I'm really a little embarrassed to receive such an expensive gift! Does Mr. Vegapunk have any needs?"

"Well, although it's a little embarrassing to say, we still hope that the Grand Elder can help us develop our potential!"

After hearing Vegapunk's words, the Grand Elder shook his head:

"Mr. Vegapunk, although the power within you is a bit complicated, it's not a big problem. However, you are currently just an avatar, and developing the potential of just an avatar doesn't make much sense."

"As for Mr. Saitama..."