Doubts About Combat Power, Martial Path Choices

Time passed, and another year went by.

West City.

Lin Chen walked out of the 100x Gravity Room with a look of frustration on his face.

He realized that he seemed to have hit a cultivation bottleneck once again.

Over the last three months, although Lin Chen's combat power had continued to grow slowly, strangely enough, he had been unable to fully transform into the Legendary Super Saiyan.

Lin Chen did not know the reason why, but regardless, he could only transform into the ordinary Super Saiyan form.

As for the Legendary Super Saiyan form, which was exclusive to the Legendary Saiyan bloodline, he simply could not trigger it.

Lin Chen checked his status panel.

Host: Lin Chen

Combat Power: 1.28 million

Bloodline: Legendary Saiyan Bloodline

Skills: Instant Transmission, Ki Control, Junior Martial Arts Genius talent.

Seeing his combat power, Lin Chen thought of another strange matter.

That was, after breaking through 1 million combat power, his rate of growth had slowed down.

Logically speaking, with his Legendary Saiyan bloodline, shouldn't his combat power be skyrocketing like a rocket?

How could it be that after such grueling training, his combat power had only increased by a little over 200,000?

How could one bear this?

Thinking carefully, during the Cell Saga in the original work, Son Gohan had grown from a few hundred thousand to several million in just one year of training.

Look at that speed, and then look at himself...

Lin Chen always felt there was something wrong here.

It seemed that in this world, once combat power surpassed one million, it became difficult to increase further.

This could also be seen from Broly.

Possessing the same Legendary Saiyan bloodline, Broly's combat power would increase daily even without training, and the margin was even faster than Lin Chen's.

But Lin Chen remembered that when he visited Kami three months ago, he discovered that Broly's combat power had only grown to over 800,000, far less exaggerated than in the original work.

Lin Chen was completely baffled.

Just then, the roof of the 100x Gravity Room behind him suddenly collapsed.

The massive sound startled Dr. Brief and his family.

Looking at the collapsed gravity room, the whole family was stunned.

Tights walked over and asked with concern, "Lin Chen, what happened to you?"

"Me? I'm fine, aren't I?"

Lin Chen only then came back to his senses, looked back at the gravity room, and said embarrassedly, "Sorry, Doctor, it seems the 100x gravity room is no longer enough."

"What?"

The cigarette fell out of Dr. Brief's mouth. "Don't tell me you've already gotten used to 100x gravity?"

"Actually, I got used to it three months ago. Doctor, could you please find a way to build a higher-multiplier gravity room? How about starting with a maximum of 500x gravity?" Lin Chen said.

"5, 500x? Lin Chen, at 500x gravity, your 200-jin weight would be equivalent to 50 tons... can you handle that?"

"No problem, I can adapt slowly!"

"But at 500x gravity, I'm afraid Earth's materials can no longer bear such density. Lin Chen, I can start designing the gravity room, but you'd better find me some new high-density metal, otherwise, I'm afraid it can't be done."

"Understood, I will have the people on Planet Vegeta prepare it."

After promising Dr. Brief, Lin Chen also made a decision. Since the gravity room was temporarily unusable, he should perhaps consider other training methods.

"Ding! Detected the host's desire to improve strength, triggering the Strongest Choice."

"Choice One: Consult North Kai and learn any of his techniques. Reward: Evil Spirit Bomb."

"Choice Two: Consult Master Roshi and learn any of his techniques. Reward: Instant Transmission Kamehameha."

"Choice Three: Consult Kami and learn any of his techniques. Reward: Giant Form."

Hm?

Seeing the Strongest Choice triggered this time, Lin Chen was taken aback.

Because with his current Junior Martial Arts Genius talent, the choice of rewarding certain techniques seemed a bit redundant to him.

But Lin Chen quickly realized that the rewards this time were likely techniques he might not be able to learn through his own talent in the near future or even in the short term.

He understood the reward for Choice Two best; it should be the technique Son Goku created by fusing the Kamehameha with Instant Transmission after learning the latter.

The reward for Choice Three seemed to be an innate instinct of the Namekians, not an ordinary technique, much like the Namekian cell regeneration ability, which Lin Chen should not be able to learn through normal means.

As for the first choice, Lin Chen had never seen it before.

"System, what does Evil Spirit Bomb mean?"

"Ding! Host, the orthodox Spirit Bomb only absorbs a tiny bit of life energy from living beings, whereas the Evil Spirit Bomb disregards the safety of those providing the energy, absorbing it all. Therefore, the Evil Spirit Bomb is more powerful, but each use requires a longer absorption time and leaves behind a dead zone."

So that was it; Lin Chen understood.

If the orthodox Spirit Bomb was like borrowing power from others, then the so-called Evil Spirit Bomb was about forcibly seizing others' life energy for one's own use, without any regard for whether they lived or died.

In this way, given the same number of people providing energy, the power of the Evil Spirit Bomb would likely be several times that of a normal Spirit Bomb.

As the ultimate move Goku used countless times in the original story to turn the tables, the power of the Spirit Bomb was naturally beyond doubt.

Since this Evil Spirit Bomb was even stronger than the Spirit Bomb, wouldn't it be a perfect trump card if he learned it?

Lin Chen was immediately tempted.

However... after thinking it over carefully, Lin Chen decided to choose option two.

Although the Evil Spirit Bomb was powerful, it still required a long charging time just like the regular Spirit Bomb.

Moreover, using it once would drain the life energy of everyone nearby...

If Lin Chen were to use it on Planet Vegeta, his own subordinates would all be dead before he even finished off his enemies.

He wasn't trying to become a great demon king, so learning Master Roshi's techniques was a better choice.

As for the reward for the third option, while Giant Form could increase combat power, its drawbacks were obvious—it was easy for someone to fly into his mouth—so Lin Chen passed on it immediately.

"Forget it, System, I choose option two!"

"Ding! Host has made a selection. Please complete the mission as soon as possible."

After making his choice, Lin Chen said to Tights, "Tights, I need to go on a long journey to meet a martial arts master."

"A martial arts master?" Tights asked curiously.

"Yes, his name is Master Roshi, also known as Master Mutaito."

"Master Mutaito? I know him! Um... Lin Chen, can you take me with you? I want to seek training in martial arts from Master Mutaito as well."