Wish Fulfilled!

"I cannot be completely certain whether I can grant this wish, because Planet Yardrat is far too distant from Earth. I will need some time to try, and there is a certain chance of failure... If you are willing to accept that, I can attempt to grant this wish."

Shenron spoke again, somewhat awkwardly.

Compared to the first time, when he had bluntly admitted his lack of ability, he now said that he might be able to grant it—but he was not completely certain.

This also greatly surprised Kami Piccolo and Mr. Popo.

After all, Shenron usually only needed an instant to grant a wish.

Yet now, distance had actually become a factor, hindering the fulfillment of the wish.

If not for Kairos's wish today, Kami Piccolo would never have known that the Dragon Balls and Shenron he had created were actually this unreliable.

"Then let's try! If it doesn't work, we'll change to another wish!!" Kairos said after thinking it over for a moment.

He recalled that in the original story, when Earth's Shenron revived the Namekians of Planet Namek, he had given a similar response.

The wish had ultimately been granted.

Kairos felt that since Shenron could revive the Namekians, he could definitely grant Instant Transmission.

Comparing the difficulty and wish-power consumption of reviving someone versus granting someone a skill, reviving someone undoubtedly required more.

After all, reviving a dead life meant forcibly reversing and altering something that had already happened. It should involve the domain of universal laws.

Granting a skill was merely copying and pasting.

"...Very well."

After hesitating for a moment, Shenron agreed to Kairos's request.

Normally, whether this wish succeeded or failed, it would still count as this use of Make a Wish, and another wish could not be made after failure.

But Shenron recognized Kairos's uniqueness, and with his creator, Lord Kami, present as well, he could only comply.

At most, it would consume a little more wish power.

Over the years, Earth's Shenron had accumulated a great deal of wish power—more than enough to support such expenditure.

As Shenron raised his head, a red glow lit up in his blood-colored eyes.

Time passed bit by bit.

Kairos, Kami Piccolo, and Mr. Popo did not make a sound.

They feared that any disturbance might distract Shenron and ultimately cause the wish to fail.

A full ten minutes passed.

Only then did Shenron lower his head, the red glow in his eyes flashing away.

An invisible force of wish power enveloped Kairos. Ordinary people could not see it, but Kairos could.

The Eye of Insight detected that strange power Shenron had exerted upon him. Very quickly, the methods of using Instant Transmission and all manner of techniques surfaced in his mind.

[Ding!!!]

[Congratulations, Host, on successfully learning the skill · Instant Transmission!]

[Advanced Achievement · Instant Transmission Novice achieved!]

[Reward obtained: Battle Power increased by 100 points! One Skill Proficiency Upgrade Card! The upgrade card has been stored in the System Space and may be used at any time.]

[Ding!!!]

[Congratulations, Host, on successfully summoning Earth's Shenron and completing Make a Wish!]

[Super Achievement · Make a Wish achieved!]

[Reward obtained: One Cultivation Method Proficiency Upgrade Card! One Skill Proficiency Upgrade Card! One Mastery-level Skill Draw Opportunity! The upgrade card and draw opportunity have been stored in the System Space and may be used at any time!]

Two consecutive notification sounds rang out in his mind.

Kairos was not surprised by the first achievement notification, but the second one truly caught him off guard.

He had not expected making a wish to trigger a Super Achievement!

After all, the first Super Achievement had been triggered when he transformed into a Super Saiyan. The levels were completely different.

So Super Achievements did not necessarily have to involve achievements of an enormous scale...

Although compared to an Advanced Achievement, a Super Achievement only offered one additional reward and did not increase Battle Power, this time it had rewarded him with a Cultivation Method Proficiency Upgrade Card!

It could increase the proficiency of a cultivation method!

That meant his Five-Heart-to-Heaven Qi Cultivation Method could directly advance from Mastery to the Micro-level.

Unlike raising the proficiency of a single skill, improving a cultivation method would inevitably bring a tremendous increase in his overall strength.

Just like his Five-Heart-to-Heaven Qi Cultivation Method not long ago: even though it had reached the limit of Proficient, there was still a vast gap compared to its current Mastery level.

When one's strength was still weak, the difference might not have been obvious. But the stronger one became, the more apparent the difference in every aspect of its application became.

To be honest, if he'd known that making a wish could unlock this Super Achievement, he would have gathered the Dragon Balls and made a wish long ago.

Still, getting the reward now was a good thing too.

If he had obtained it earlier, this Cultivation Method Proficiency Upgrade Card would probably have already been used to raise a proficiency level to mastery.

"All right, your wish should have been fulfilled."

Shenron's incomparably majestic voice rang out. Perhaps because the wish had been fulfilled, his voice sounded much more assured.

Kami Piccolo and Mr. Popo, standing nearby, once again turned to look at Kairos.

Only after seeing Kairos nod did they both let out a sigh of relief.

With the wish successfully fulfilled, it meant that no further complications would arise.

Who knew whether Kairos would make some outrageous wishes if this one could not be granted?

For instance, would Kairos wish for an immortal life...

"Thank you! I have already mastered the Instant Transmission skill." After responding to Shenron, Kairos sensed a ki signature in an instant and performed a spatial leap with Instant Transmission.

Though he had only just begun, as long as he locked onto a ki signature to use Instant Transmission, he could cross space in an instant and arrive at the other side.

Within ten seconds, Kairos completed a round trip between Kami's Lookout and West City.

Naturally, he could have been faster, but after arriving in West City, he still had to locate and sense a signature before returning to Kami's Lookout.

If it were purely a contest of speed, one second would have been more than enough.

"Since your wish has been fulfilled, this dragon shall take his leave! Farewell!" After the wish was completed, Shenron spoke these words, then nodded to Kami Piccolo before a dazzling golden light bloomed around his body.

Kairos did not stop him, while Kami Piccolo and Mr. Popo silently raised their eyes to watch.

Only when Shenron's body had completely condensed into a ball of golden light and returned to the seven Dragon Balls did the seven Dragon Balls begin spiraling into the sky.

Just as the Dragon Balls were about to scatter across the world, Kairos moved in an instant.

Kami Piccolo and Mr. Popo were both startled.

Before their eyes, Kairos waved at the seven Dragon Balls, and they vanished. The strange phenomenon in the sky also dissipated with the disappearance of Shenron and the Dragon Balls, returning to its former clear and cloudless state.

Without a doubt, Kairos had used the storage ability of the System Space to intercept them more effectively, preventing himself from being unable to stop them all in time.