The Martial Alliance...
"Alliance Leader, according to the power rankings you told us about, the Martial Alliance has a thousand core disciples with a battle power over one hundred. Three hundred of them have a battle power over two hundred, and even mine has broken through three hundred!"
Bu Chen happily reported on the Martial Alliance's progress over the past year. Since the Gravity Training Room was built, the Alliance had flourished, and its members' battle power had risen tremendously.
"Good work. But we still have a long way to go, so we need to keep striving!"
Jiang Yun patted Bu Chen on the shoulder. Though he urged him to keep working hard, the delight in his voice was clear to anyone listening. The Martial Alliance's progress had obviously made him very happy.
And rightly so. With the way the Martial Alliance was developing, just a few of its members could easily beat King Piccolo. Of course, that only applied to the core disciples, and only Jiang Yun and the others knew about this force.
Jiang Yun knew that, even with the Gravity Training Room, they had only improved by this much in a year. Compared with Krillin and the others in the original story, who raised their battle power by over a thousand after a year of training, the difference was like night and day.
But they weren't the same as Krillin and the others. Krillin and his companions had already completed their training and developed their own understanding of ki. Although they had slacked off on their training for a few years when there were no crises, under the threat of death, increasing their battle power by over a thousand in a year was only natural. They had turned the potential they'd steadily accumulated into strength.
The Martial Alliance's members, on the other hand, were learning about ki while using the Gravity Training Room to temper their bodies. Their understanding of ki was far too shallow, so Jiang Yun had to put in a great deal of effort to build a solid foundation for them. Most of the people who had gotten ahead of the others had been by his side from the beginning. They had also recruited down-on-their-luck martial artists, who already had a certain level of training, so they had been able to leave the others behind.
But this was essential. To learn the martial arts Jiang Yun had created, they needed a certain understanding of ki. He had previously created a technique for attacking with Dark Energy, and while it was undoubtedly a divine skill when the user was weak, it wouldn't let them challenge someone stronger once their opponent had reached a higher level. Their opponent's alertness and speed would be too great. Even if their attack reached the opponent's level, their own speed wouldn't be enough to keep up.
So, over the past year, Jiang Yun had studied the characteristics of this world and his theories about Kaioken, along with the Jiang Divine Body he had created. After three months of research, he had weakened and modified the Jiang Divine Body into his own version of Kaioken. He had also greatly reduced its side effects and requirements, so even someone with a battle power of only one hundred could use it.
But to use it, they first had to learn the paths, methods, and variations of ki flow hidden within it. In short, it was incredibly complicated. Only someone with Jiang Yun's imagination could make it work like this. Who else would think of using ki this way?
In Jiang Yun's view, ki had far more uses than this. When it came to imagination, the person he admired most was Tien Shinhan. Even when he was weak, Tien had developed several martial arts techniques. They were a bit flashy, though—too showy, without enough power.
Take Tien Shinhan's Four Witches Technique and Multi-Form Technique, for example. Had Tien known about Nezha? Had he known about One Qi Becomes Three Pure Ones? Of course, Jiang Yun knew those techniques were a bit too flashy, but there was no denying that Tien had a great talent for martial arts.
Jiang Yun wondered whether he should recruit Tien Shinhan someday and have him create martial arts techniques for the Martial Alliance every day. That was where he ought to devote himself! And Tien clearly hadn't fully developed his abilities. Saiyans had Super Saiyan, so what about Tien's third eye?
That was the eye of Erlang Shen, the divine lord from Jiang Yun's previous life who had fought Son Goku to a draw! Tien Shinhan had three eyes too, yet all he could do was see better and watch battles involving people with a higher battle power than his own. Surely there had to be more to it. Perhaps the Three-Eyed Race's legacy had been lost.
Leaving that aside, Tien's Four Witches Technique could make two extra arms grow. As the saying went, a longer reach gave you an advantage, and two fists couldn't fight off four hands. Clearly, the Four Witches Technique had potential. Yet Tien stopped using it after Son Goku defeated him. Compared with ki blasts, the technique was somewhat weak. He had probably developed it to outnumber his opponents before he mastered the use of ki.
To Jiang Yun, ki in the Dragon Ball World was incredibly mysterious. It was just that, in the face of powerful enemies, its wonderful effects were diminished. For example, Dende could use ki to heal people. Why could some people do that while others couldn't?
It was because of the unique nature of the Namekians. Their race was like the insect race: their offspring were produced by a queen, through asexual reproduction, and different members of the species had different roles. Piccolo was a combat-type Namekian, while Dende was a healing-type Namekian. The nature of their ki had been determined from birth.
That didn't mean techniques like the Healing Art couldn't be learned. Just like Instant Transmission, outsiders could learn it too. It was just that few people bothered to study the principles behind healing. In the Dragon Ball World, battle power was what mattered most. Without enough strength, your planet might end up being sold off by Frieza, the Space Real Estate King.
The chaos of the Dragon Ball World had driven people to pursue powerful techniques and strength while ignoring the existence of these support abilities. This was something Jiang Yun would have to address in the future, because he wouldn't allow such a glaring weakness in his own forces.
So, they would also need to cultivate people with healing abilities. They couldn't rely on Senzu Beans and medical equipment forever. Senzu Beans were limited, and medical equipment worked too slowly. Yet medical equipment was essential, after all, there were limits to what people could do. That left them caught between two conflicting needs, so Jiang Yun planned to develop both.
As for future development, Jiang Yun had decided to let a hundred flowers bloom. It would be a good thing for the entire cultivation world.
After giving Bu Chen his instructions, Jiang Yun recalled the enormous benefits of the Gravity Training Room and thought of the one Dr. Brief had built for him. It was an upgraded version of the other training rooms. Although he had used it before, the ten-times-gravity room could no longer affect him.
Thinking back to the period when he had trained in the Gravity Training Room and his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds, Jiang Yun felt his blood stir. He hurried toward Capsule Corp.
Dr. Brief didn't meet him in person. Jiang Yun guessed that he was still completely absorbed in the knowledge in the manuscript. It was like a legendary martial arts manual, with a power that could draw people in and keep them hooked.
Led by an artificial-intelligence robot, Jiang Yun found Dr. Brief still busy with his research. Dr. Brief was delighted to see him, because the benefits the manuscript had brought him were far greater than he'd imagined. It had even helped him make connections that let him solve several problems he'd been unable to figure out before.
Jiang Yun didn't bring up the Gravity Training Room right away. Even though he could hardly wait, he still listened as Dr. Brief talked nonstop about his inventions. Jiang Yun's head began to spin; he didn't know much about the subject, so it was like listening to a lecture in a foreign language. Still, out of politeness, he listened attentively to the end.
Dr. Brief knew Jiang Yun couldn't understand, but he was simply too excited and couldn't help wanting to share his joy.
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