Wandering, First Encounter with Yamcha, Ran Away

Li Xing, Xiao Wu, and the third person sneezed repeatedly.

The three of them exchanged glances, each understanding what the others were thinking.

"We need to find a city quickly. After falling into that river, we've all caught colds."

Li Xing could not fathom who would be thinking of him.

He had arrived in the Dragon Ball world inexplicably; no one here knew him, and it was impossible for anyone to be missing him.

Could it be that someone from his original world still remembered him?

But as an orphan, that shouldn't be the case.

The only possibility was his landlord.

If that landlord had the ability to do such a thing, he would swear to eat dung while doing a handstand.

Excluding all possibilities, the final impossibility became the only truth.

He and the two others, Xiao Wu included, were all suffering from colds.

Dragging their exhausted bodies, the three of them moved rapidly through the wilderness.

At this moment, Li Xing felt truly miserable.

When he was alone, it hadn't been much of an issue; he could crush mountains and wade through rivers with ease.

But Xiao Wu and her companion were truly useless.

Three more days passed.

Except for Li Xing, Xiao Wu and the other were in rags, staring at the bustling city with overwhelming excitement.

Ignoring the disdainful looks from those around them, the two of them hugged each other and wept.

It was hard.

Too hard!

No one knew how they had survived this period.

A plane crash, the loss of their Hoi-Poi Capsules, broken communication devices, and being hunted by dinosaurs.

If they hadn't happened upon Li Xing while he was training, they would have long since been buried in the bellies of dinosaurs.

After finally getting a bit better, they had trekked over mountains and through rivers, enduring countless dangers, only to finally find this town.

Upon entering the town, the three of them took a brief rest.

Li Xing told the two to wait for him while he went out to take care of some business.

Just as Xiao Wu and her companion began to have some thoughts, Li Xing, who had reached the door, suddenly turned around and stared at them with a cryptic smile.

"Pilaf should give you some time, right?"

With that, he ignored the two of them, who were left dumbfounded, and began to stroll through the town.

Of course, this wasn't because Li Xing was bored.

There were some martial arts gyms and taekwondo studios in the town.

There was no helping it; martial artists were hard to find, so he could only look for these ordinary people who exercised to spar with.

Just like that, stopping and going, Li Xing led Xiao Wu and the other through more than ten small towns over the course of ten days.

The time consumption was significant, but the results were very gratifying.

For these ten-plus days, the system had remained silent, and naturally, he hadn't received any missions.

However, his strength had made a leap forward.

Host: Li Xing
Lifespan: 25
Combat Power: 7.63
Physique: 1.09
Mental Power: 1
Energy: 7
Ability: Devour Ability (LV1)

There weren't many changes, but the Devour Ability had finally shown some progress.

Li Xing could guess that it must be because he had used it so much that the system had proactively made adjustments.

The only drawback was that it didn't provide proficiency levels or anything of the sort.

"My Lord, we are about to reach the desert. Should we take a detour?"

Xiao Wu, who was driving, suddenly spoke up.

Li Xing snapped out of his trance, looking at the vast yellow sand at the edge of his vision.

In order to control the two of them and to improve himself, Li Xing had demanded that they travel by car.

He did this precisely so that his strength would be improved before reaching Pilaf Castle.

As long as he was not weaker than Sun Wukong, that would suffice.

He was more cautious than Yamcha, sharper than Sun Wukong, and possessed strength comparable to Sun Wukong.

Pilaf's technological gadgets could do nothing to him.

The prerequisite was that he could raise his strength before then.

Given how familiar Li Xing was with the plot, he had long since made a plan.

The most critical factors were undoubtedly Yamcha in the desert and the Ox-King at Fire Mountain.

Yet, facing Yamcha now, he seemed to have little chance of winning.

"My Lord."

Li Xing hesitated for a moment.

If he missed this opportunity, he would never be able to return.

Then he would miss out on Yamcha, that robot—or rather, NPC—who could help him increase his strength.

If he went now, however, it seemed he could not beat Yamcha.

The problem was that the current Yamcha was still a desert bandit, vicious and cruel, and very likely to kill.

If he dove headfirst into that, his life would be in danger.

His Devour Ability had a certain effect on increasing his strength.

Yamcha currently could not fire energy blasts, so it was unlikely his strength was too high.

Li Xing estimated that having 20 points would be decent, but there was a high probability he didn't even have that.

He could manage a stalemate, but he had no confidence in a prolonged battle.

Using the Devour Ability consumed physical stamina, and the rate depended on the opponent's combat intensity.

The stronger his physique, the smoother and more sustainable his Devour Ability would be.

If the opponent's combat power was too high, the duration of his Devour Ability would be greatly shortened.

This was a point Li Xing had to consider.

"We are not going in yet."

Li Xing's eyes were sharp as a hawk's as he said in a low voice.

Ashu grew anxious at once.

"My Lord, if we don't cross the desert, we will have to take a very long detour, which is expected to take an extra fifteen days."

Ashu was frustrated.

This amount of time was even longer than it took them to get here from the town.

Li Xing cast a casual glance at Ashu.

After scaring the man into a shiver, he said lightly.

"Turn back first, rest for two days, prepare sufficient food and water, and then cross the desert."

"My Lord, why don't we buy a plane? That way, we can cross the desert very quickly."

Li Xing glared at Ashu again.

This guy actually dared to give him orders.

"What? Are you trying to command me?"

Ashu's face turned pale, and he stammered, not daring to make a sound.

"If you have the money to buy a plane, go back and do as I say."

How could he allow them to reach Pilaf Castle so quickly?

He would not easily step into the vicinity of Pilaf Castle until his strength had improved.

This was a key point; the next location was the Ox-King.

By delaying here for three or four days and wasting a few more days at the Ox-King's place, his strength would certainly increase significantly.

By then, the system's mission could be completed.

As time passed, the three of them prepared sufficient supplies in the small town and continued their journey toward the desert.

After a delay of more than a day, Li Xing's strength had increased slightly, though the gain was not significant in terms of data.

They hadn't been traveling for a full day when the roar of a car engine echoed through the desert.

Xiao Wu and Ashu, not yet understanding the situation, looked at Li Xing with joy, suggesting they had met companions and could travel together.

Li Xing looked at the two simpletons, completely speechless.

These people were truly fools, naive to the extreme.

Soon, the person and the cat approached the two of them.

Xiao Wu and Yamcha greeted the other party enthusiastically.

The moment Yamcha saw them, he immediately fled at top speed.

Li Xing was left completely dumbfounded.

Only then did it dawn on him.

Yamcha during this period seemed to still be afraid of women; he would practically faint at the sight of one.

He wouldn't get over it until after he had interacted with Bulma a few times.

Bringing Xiao Wu along to meet Yamcha—it would be a miracle if he didn't run away.

With a face full of black lines, Li Xing found himself at a loss for what to do.

Making Xiao Wu leave was certainly out of the question.

Besides, he had no way to control the two of them.

Come to think of it, in the Dragon Ball World, aside from Bulma's "beep-beep" candy and Babidi's mind-control magic, he couldn't recall hearing of any other methods.

Li Xing began to rack his brain, pondering how to encounter Yamcha again.

Xiao Wu and Ashu were also left looking completely bewildered.

They couldn't fathom what kind of lunatic that person was; they had merely opened their mouths to say hello, and the guy had bolted.

He actually ran!

"Ashu, what just happened?"