"Speaking of which, why hasn't he shown up yet? I've been waiting forever."
Looking at the dinosaur leg before him, which was cooked only on the surface, He Lingxuan felt a little impatient.
The violent ki inside him suddenly surged out from his hand, turning the entire dinosaur leg to dust.
He suddenly slapped his forehead. Only then did He Lingxuan remember that he hadn't undone his Humanoid Great Ape Form. Just now, while staring at the dinosaur leg that wouldn't cook through, he'd thought that it would be nice if he could heat it with ki. As a result, his violent ki had turned the leg to dust.
After undoing his Humanoid Great Ape Form, He Lingxuan tried again to use ki to heat and cook the dinosaur leg. After all, roasting it slowly over a fire was just too time-consuming.
But, as expected, this dinosaur leg also turned to dust.
Just then, a serious look suddenly crossed He Lingxuan's face, as if he absolutely had to use ki to cook the whole dinosaur leg today.
After attempt upon attempt, failure upon failure, even his supply of dinosaur legs was nearly gone, and He Lingxuan still hadn't succeeded. However, what surprised him was that all those repeated attempts had improved his control over his own ki.
At that moment, the system's notification sounded in his mind again.
"Ding! The host's ki control has reached the crude level. The Technique Template has now been unlocked. Please check it yourself."
?
What the heck? I'm just roasting a dinosaur leg. How did that unlock a new template?
"Ding! This template unlocks once the host has a passable grasp of ki. However, because the host has constantly relied on Ki Blasts in battle, his control over his own ki is extremely poor and hasn't even reached the crude level."
Hearing He Lingxuan's question, the system replied directly. Its answer made his face darken.
"Is my ki control really that bad?"
With that question in mind, He Lingxuan opened the system panel, ready to see what this so-called technique was all about.
[Infinite Upgrade System] [Host: He Lingxuan] [Age: 19] [World: Dragon Ball World (???)] [Battle Power: 100,000 (Points can be allocated)] [Talents: Advanced Saiyan Bloodline (cannot be upgraded with points), Advanced Physique Talent (cannot be upgraded with points; fused with all physique talents), Humanoid Great Ape Transformation (cannot be upgraded with points)] [Technique: Crude (only about 10% use of his own strength; points can be allocated)] [Skills: Ki Blast +3 (points can be allocated), Ki Wave +3 (points can be allocated), Flight Technique +3 (points can be allocated), Ability Theft (cannot be upgraded with points)] [Upgrade Points: 5,050] [Items: None]
Looking at the newly added Technique entry, He Lingxuan more or less understood what was going on.
This so-called technique was probably a measure of how well he could control his own strength, much like the Martial Dao training of the people in the original Dragon Ball, which involved developing and making use of their power.
He was just an amateur who could only rely on overwhelming strength to get by, so He Lingxuan didn't feel embarrassed about being able to use only one-tenth of his power. After all, he could still train hard—or allocate points.
"System, allocate points! Max out my technique!"
He Lingxuan spoke to the system in his mind.
"Ding! Understood. All Upgrade Points will now be consumed for enhancement..."
"? Wait, why all my Upgrade Points? Does this thing cost that much?"
He Lingxuan had barely finished exclaiming when he saw his Upgrade Points hit zero. At that moment, his heart ached. They were the result of all his hard work, yet they'd been spent in an instant, like water down the drain.
"Ding! Enhancement complete."
"Technique improved from Crude, 10%, to Beginner, 60.5%."
The instant the enhancement was complete, He Lingxuan felt that his control over the ki in his body and the strength he could bring to bear had improved tremendously. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he could now take on several versions of himself from before the enhancement and still win.
"So this is technique? A little over 5,000 points multiplied my battle power several times over. Not bad at all. And if I'm right, then no matter how much my battle power skyrockets from now on, I should still be able to use at least 60% of it."
Once he'd thought it through, He Lingxuan felt that spending 100 Upgrade Points to improve his technique by 1% was an incredible bargain.
After all, when other people's battle power increased too much in a short time, their control would suffer. The most obvious examples were Son Goku in the early days and Son Goku in Dragon Ball Super. Although their battle powers were vastly different, their ability to use their own strength was still not the same.
Only Ultra Instinct, that sort of cheat, could let its user bring out 100% of their power—or even more. Otherwise, because his battle power had soared, Son Goku in Dragon Ball Super definitely couldn't control his strength as precisely as he had during the Z era.
But He Lingxuan was different. With the system, once his technique advanced to a certain level, it wouldn't regress. No matter how much his battle power increased—even if it multiplied dozens or hundreds of times in an instant—it would make no difference.
He wouldn't become as wild as Son Goku and the others when they transformed into Super Saiyans, unable to control their ki precisely, with their energy consumption rising as well.
While pondering the matter of technique, He Lingxuan suddenly looked toward the distant horizon and murmured, "You're here? Looks like my luck isn't too bad."
Thousands of meters up in the sky, Son Goku felt the terrifying ki from earlier gradually diminish and recede. He frowned slightly, but still flew toward the place where he'd sensed it.
Not long after Son Goku flew past, Piccolo followed close behind. Sensing Son Goku not far ahead, Piccolo let a faint, almost imperceptible smile cross his face. Perhaps even he didn't realize it.
As for Krillin and the others, their strength meant that they were naturally much slower than Son Goku and Piccolo.
Feeling how much easier it was to control the ki inside him, He Lingxuan picked up a dinosaur leg and heated it with ki. This time, he succeeded, and the leg cooked through without a hitch.
Holding a dinosaur leg in each hand, he began to gorge himself. After fighting for so long, anyone would be hungry—let alone a Saiyan like him.
After eating until he was about seventy percent full, He Lingxuan put down the half-eaten dinosaur leg in his hand and looked toward an orange-clad figure descending from the sky.
It was Son Goku, wearing the Turtle Hermit School's martial arts uniform!
The instant Son Goku touched down, He Lingxuan keenly sensed how powerful he was.
So the timeline was shortly before Raditz arrived?
He Lingxuan made the deduction based on Son Goku's ki, which showed a battle power of only a few hundred.
Then there was nothing to worry about. He had plenty of time to grow stronger. Give him a little while, and he wouldn't fear Frieza, the emperor of the universe, or even a God of Destruction.
Only Angels might be troublesome, but they couldn't act freely, either.
Just then, a notification from the system immediately made He Lingxuan perk up.
"Ding! One of the fated protagonists, Son Goku—the Saiyan named Kakarot—has been detected nearby. A quest has now been issued..."
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