"Ding! Acknowledged. Fusion is underway. Host, please prepare to receive it. You may experience slight pain and mental disorientation."
At the sound of the system's prompt, He Lingxuan sensed something was terribly wrong. Sure enough, the next second, pain that seemed to strike directly at his soul swept through his entire body!
His mind began to descend into chaos, too. At that moment, He Lingxuan felt as if he were seeing his great-grandmother in the afterlife.
"System, you bastard! This is what you call slight pain and mental disorientation? Fuck you!"
The next moment, wave after wave of pain struck, each more intense than the last. Combined with the violent mental turmoil, it sent He Lingxuan straight into unconsciousness.
But thanks to his powerful physique and his battle power having already reached 100,000, He Lingxuan only slept for about fifteen minutes before waking up.
After he came to, He Lingxuan felt all the knowledge about the Martial Dao and ki that had entered his mind. He was quite satisfied, but still couldn't help complaining and cursing the unreliable system.
Before long, using the ki control he had just learned, He Lingxuan suppressed the enormous amount of ki radiating from him. If a Scouter had been used to measure him, it would have clearly shown his battle power at only around 100.
He opened his eyes and sensed his own condition, then nodded in satisfaction. Getting this from Krillin's skill pack had already far exceeded his expectations.
It was no exaggeration to say that, with several decades of future Krillin's martial arts combat experience and mastery of ki, He Lingxuan now felt confident he could defeat Son Goku, even if they had roughly equal battle power.
Satisfied with his rewards, He Lingxuan opened another skill pack.
"System, open Yamcha's skill pack."
"Ding! Yamcha's skill pack has been opened. Congratulations, you've obtained the Wolf Fang Fist skill!"
He Lingxuan looked at the skill and wore a helpless expression. He'd known he couldn't get something good every time—though, to be fair, Yamcha didn't really have any good skills.
"System, open Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu's skill pack."
"Ding! Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu's skill pack has been opened. Congratulations, you've obtained the Four Witches Technique and the Psychokinesis skill!"
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Oh, he hadn't expected to get something good after all. Psychokinesis was incredibly versatile!
Regardless of anything else, as long as one had strong enough mental power, psychokinesis could be used in most worlds, and it would pack a decent punch.
Chiaotzu was weak with this skill, and it even had drawbacks, but that was only because he was too weak and his mental power wasn't strong enough.
With He Lingxuan's current strength, even weak psychokinesis would make it easy for him to crush opponents with tens of thousands of battle power.
The main thing was how convenient it would be in everyday life, now that he had this skill.
"Phew. Now for the big one."
A flicker of resolve and hope crossed his eyes. He Lingxuan said to the system, "System, open Son Goku's skill pack!"
At that moment, He Lingxuan felt anxious and conflicted. He wasn't even hoping for Ultra Instinct anymore; he'd be happy with a Super Saiyan God transformation or something. If not, an ordinary Super Saiyan transformation would do...
As He Lingxuan eagerly anticipated what was inside the pack, the system's prompt sounded.
"Ding! Son Goku's skill pack has been opened. Congratulations, your luck is incredible! You've obtained the Kaioken skill!"
His eyes widened, and he looked on the verge of shouting. He Lingxuan could hardly contain his excitement.
"Woohoo! I'm taking off! It's not Ultra Instinct or a Super Saiyan God transformation, but the Kaioken is still great!
"Especially since I can also take on the Humanoid Great Ape form. That'll make me even stronger in battle!"
After thinking it over, He Lingxuan spotted the key to it all, and his excitement grew.
"After all, the Humanoid Great Ape form gives me such a tough body. With a little training, I should be able to use the Kaioken at ten times or more without a problem!"
The more He Lingxuan thought about it, the more excited he became. Just how many times could his body withstand the Kaioken in Humanoid Great Ape form?
"Wouldn't I be unstoppable then? The Humanoid Great Ape form gives me ten times my base strength, and the Kaioken multiplies that again. I'd be even stronger than a Super Saiyan!"
After working it out, He Lingxuan realized that the Kaioken's multiplier could be applied after transforming, multiplying his strength even further!
In other words, when a Saiyan transformed into a Super Saiyan, their battle power increased fiftyfold from their base form.
If they then used the tenfold Kaioken, the multipliers wouldn't simply be added together. They would be multiplied!
That meant multiplying their strength by fifty, then multiplying it by another ten!
In other words, with Super Saiyan 1, the tenfold Kaioken could bring them to 500 times their normal battle power—stronger even than Super Saiyan 3.
The problem was that the ki of a Super Saiyan transformation was too violent. Without a strong enough body, using the Kaioken was impossible; they would likely explode.
That got He Lingxuan thinking: if only the system could directly add points to his physical strength.
System...
But then he had another thought. Even if it couldn't directly add points to his physical strength, it could add points to the Kaioken!
That way, he could not only optimize the Kaioken, but also raise its limits—perhaps even enhance his overall strength.
Reducing the requirements for using it, easing the strain on his body, and so on—all of that could fall under upgrades and enhancements.
After thinking of this, He Lingxuan calmed down instead. Aside from the few hundred upgrade points he'd earned by defeating a few characters from the original story, he was completely broke.
He certainly couldn't afford to enhance a skill like the Kaioken.
Although he felt a little dejected, he knew he'd get more upgrade points eventually. He Lingxuan opened the system panel to see what skills he had and what his current status was.
[Infinite Upgrade System] [Host: He Lingxuan] [Age: 19] [World: Dragon Ball World (???)] [Battle Power: 100,000 points (upgradeable)] [Talents: Advanced Saiyan Bloodline (cannot be upgraded), Advanced Physique Talent (cannot be upgraded, fused with all physique talents), Humanoid Great Ape Transformation (cannot be upgraded)] [Technique: Beginner (only able to use about 65% of his own strength; upgradeable)] [Skills: Ki Blast +3 (cannot be upgraded), Ki Wave +3 (cannot be upgraded), Flight Technique +3 (cannot be upgraded), Kaioken (cannot be upgraded), Lesser Psychokinesis (upgradeable), Ability Theft (cannot be upgraded)] [Upgrade Points: 600] [Items: None]
Seeing that his technique had improved thanks to the fusion of Krillin's future martial arts experience and mastery of ki, He Lingxuan froze for a second. Then he noticed that Lesser Psychokinesis could be upgraded with just a few hundred points, while the Kaioken couldn't be upgraded at all.
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