Begin Cultivation

Kashius hovered in midair, looking at the city where Mana was, silent.

At last, he shook his head, and his whole body turned into a streak of flowing light that shot into the distance, vanishing completely into the night sky.

After traveling for only two hours, Kashius saw Karin Tower.

Without pausing any longer, his aura erupted, and he rushed toward Kami's Lookout at top speed.

With that high-speed sprint, it took Kashius only a little over ten minutes to see Kami's Lookout.

Since it was still night and the sky had yet to brighten, Kashius did not see Popo or Kami.

He walked to an open space nearby, took out the Gravity Chamber, and prepared to start training.

By the time dawn came, when Kashius opened the hatch of the Gravity Chamber, he saw Popo and Kami staring curiously at it.

At that moment, Popo and Kami were surprised as well. After getting up, they had seen an unknown structure appear in the open space of Kami's Lookout. Out of curiosity, they planned to see what it was.

But who could have known that the moment the two of them reached the hatch, Kashius would come out from inside?

It really gave the two of them a fright.

"Yo, Popo, Kami, good morning..." After seeing Popo and Kami, Kashius smiled and greeted them.

"I was wondering who it was. So it was Kashius. Good morning..." Popo replied.

"Kashius, is this your room? It appeared out of thin air, so it must be a Hoi-Poi Capsule, right?" Kami was Kami, after all. Although he rarely went down to walk around on the ground, he still knew a thing or two about matters on the surface.

"Mm, it is a Hoi-Poi Capsule. But Kami, don't underestimate this big guy. This is a Gravity Chamber. I use it for training," Kashius said with a smile after stepping out of the hatch.

"A Gravity Chamber?" Kami and Popo were clearly somewhat puzzled.

"Yep. This thing can rapidly increase your strength. It's practically a divine artifact."

"Rapidly increase strength?"

"Mm. Popo, Kami, think about it. If we train in a place with extremely strong gravity, both our bodies and minds will endure tremendous pressure. After a long time, our strength will make huge progress," Kashius patiently explained.

"Gravity training? I see. I have to say, Kashius, this method of yours has truly opened my eyes." After thinking for a moment, Kami understood.

"See? Right?" Kashius agreed.

"Kashius, speaking of which, if this thing runs, does it need electricity? You should know, we don't have electricity here," Popo suddenly asked at that moment.

Holy shit! Are you kidding me?!

Kashius's face immediately turned bitter. If the Gravity Chamber ran, then the higher the gravity, the more electricity it consumed. It was just like a sports car—the faster you drove, the more gas you used.

"Then what do we do? This thing really does need electricity..." Kashius said somewhat gloomily. Damn it, how had he forgotten that Kami's Lookout had no electricity?

Seriously, wasn't this way too backward? Like this, could they even have any fun?

"Mm~! How about this, Kashius? I'll go down to the ground and get some generators," Popo thought for a moment, came up with an idea, and said.

"Popo, bring some wires and the like while you're at it. Let's install wiring here. After all, we should keep up with the times too." At that moment, Kami suddenly spoke.

"In that case, I'll go down to the ground and gather them now. Goodbye, Kami, Kashius." After Popo made up his mind and said goodbye to Kashius and Kami, he left.

"Ahaha~ I've really caused you trouble, Kami." Kashius laughed a little awkwardly.

He truly had not expected that Kami's place would get electricity because of him.

"No matter. We would have installed it sooner or later anyway. As Kami of Earth, being too backward would not be good." Kami waved his hand, indicating that it was fine.

At that, Kashius merely smiled. At the same time, he silently felt relieved in his heart.

Thankfully, the electricity Bulma had prepared for him was enough to last several months. Otherwise, if he had to wait for Popo to bring back generators and install the wiring, his training progress would slow down.

"Then let's continue training, Kami." Kashius did not want to waste any more time. He was really looking forward to the World Martial Arts Tournament two years later.

When the time came, he did not want to lose to a certain cowlick again. Once he won the championship, he would immediately take the ten million prize money back and apologize to Mana.

If she was still angry, then I'll... this young master will... I'll kneel on a washboard.

I refuse to believe that if I kneel on a washboard, Mana still won't forgive me.

"No hurry, Kashius. Before that, I hope you can answer a question for me," Kami suddenly said at that moment.

"What question?" Kashius was also a little puzzled. Out of nowhere, what question did Kami want to ask now?

"Kashius, from the tail wrapped around your waist, I sense an extremely evil power. Can you tell me whether this tail has ever made you lose your reason and do things you did not want to do?"

Kami walked up to Kashius, pointed with his staff at the tail wrapped around Kashius's waist, and asked with a very serious expression.

At that moment, after hearing Kami's question, Kashius understood.

So it was because of my tail, just like in the original. Kami had once spoken to Son Goku about his tail, and Wukong had also talked about all the bad things he had done because of it.

In the end, with Wukong's consent, Kami sealed away Wukong's tail, so that after it was cut off, it would not grow back again.

However, Kashius would not be stupid enough to let Kami seal his tail. He had only just mastered the method of freely turning into a great ape and controlling that powerful force. How could he foolishly let Kami seal it away?

Kashius remembered that in Dragon Ball GT, when transforming into Super Saiyan Four, it seemed like a tail was required.

In that case, Kashius absolutely could not let anything happen to his tail.

And so, a certain black-haired boy said, "Guardian of Earth, I really did once lose control because of my tail. That time, I lost the grandpa who loved my little brother and me the most."

"I used to hate it, too. Why did something like a tail have to exist? If it hadn't been for that, maybe Grandpa wouldn't have died."

Whenever he thought of Son Gohan's kindly face, Kashius felt awful inside. That night had been a full moon. He should have cut off his tail, then taken Grandpa and left quickly when Goku transformed.

At that thought, Kashius's mood sank without him even realizing it.

"In that case, let me seal it for you," the Guardian of Earth said then, noticing the change in Kashius and kindly offering a reminder.

Kashius heard him and pulled himself out of his low mood. He looked at the Guardian of Earth with a serious expression and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Guardian of Earth. But after years of training, I can already control this power. I won't lose my reason again."

"If that's the case, then I can rest easy," the Guardian of Earth said, not insisting after hearing Kashius's words.

"If you don't believe me, I can prove it to you." As he spoke, Kashius's body began to transform rapidly into a Great Ape. Very soon, a massive gorilla appeared, with crimson eyes, thick limbs, dense long fur, and an enormous height.

Faced with this scene, the Guardian of Earth couldn't help feeling a little afraid, and he retreated step after step.

"Guardian of Earth, it's all right. I can control it," Great Ape Kashius said, reminding him when he saw the Guardian of Earth's reaction.

"Mm, good. As long as you can control it." The Guardian of Earth gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, trembling slightly.

There was no helping it. In his Great Ape state, Kashius couldn't hide his strength, and his combat power had increased tenfold. In other words, Kashius's current strength was thirty thousand.

A combat power of thirty thousand was not just a small gap compared to the Guardian of Earth. There was an entire ocean between them. Besides, in his Great Ape state, Kashius could not freely alter his own combat power.

Even though Kashius had already tried very hard not to let his aura leak out and pressure the Guardian of Earth.

Still, the aura that leaked out unintentionally was more than enough to make the Guardian of Earth struggle to bear it.

Seeing the sweat on the Guardian of Earth's forehead, Kashius released the transformation and returned to human form.

"Guardian of Earth, are you all right?" Kashius came to the Guardian of Earth's side and asked with concern.

"I'm fine, I'm fine. I was just shocked, that's all. It's nothing, nothing..." The Guardian of Earth waved his hand slightly, indicating that he was all right.

But inwardly, the Guardian of Earth was deeply shaken. He truly hadn't expected Kashius to be this strong. It seemed that even if Piccolo broke the seal and emerged in the future, there would be someone capable of subduing him.

That was truly wonderful.