Ascend the Snake Way

The days of training at Kami's Lookout passed quickly.

Before they knew it, two months had gone by.

Over these two months, Jiang Ling trained extremely hard.

He knew that if he did not become stronger, then when Earth was destroyed in the future, he would not be able to come back to life.

The system had said before that his soul was not under this world's jurisdiction, so Shenron could not revive him...

It hurt...

Jiang Ling's daily routine was to train until he was completely exhausted, rest, then train again after recovering, then rest again, repeating the cycle over and over.

Maybe it was because of his physique, but his stamina recovered very quickly. After one night, he would be mostly recovered.

The next day, he would start training again.

Under this kind of high-intensity training, in just two months, Jiang Ling's combat power reached an astonishing 2,000 points!

A tenfold increase!

Krillin and the other Z Fighters had still been able to spar with Jiang Ling at first, but now they could no longer withstand even a single move from him.

Even Kami was startled. Was this the Saiyan talent for battle?

This was way too abnormal, wasn't it?!

Good thing he was not an enemy.

Aside from training, over these two months, Jiang Ling also found chances to check in on Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Yajirobe respectively.

He obtained:

[Wolf Fang Fist]

[Flight Technique]

[Chiaotzu's Psychic Ability]

[Yajirobe's Swordsmanship]

[Destructo Disc]

Jiang Ling was very satisfied. These skills were all essential for battle!

One had to know, when he had checked in on other people before, he had even randomly been rewarded with abilities like [pig slaughtering], [writing], [typing], [sweeping], and [feeding cats].

The system really could hand out any kind of reward.

Of course, the greatest reward Jiang Ling had obtained from checking in over these days was not these, but the reward he got from checking in on Kami.

[Limb Regeneration]

This ability was absolutely bug-level!

Now Mom would never have to worry about him getting his dick cut off by a bad woman again!

"Jiang Ling, your strength has improved too quickly. I no longer have anything here that can help you. You can choose to train on your own, or stay at Kami's Lookout and continue training."

Hearing Kami's words, Jiang Ling pondered for a moment, then raised his head and looked straight at Kami.

"Lord Kami, forgive me for speaking bluntly, but with my current strength, I'm still not enough to deal with those two evil Saiyans in the future. Do you have any method or place that can help me continue raising my strength?"

"Still not enough to deal with them... Just how strong are those two Saiyans?!" Kami's heart trembled slightly.

He thought for a moment.

"There is a Hyperbolic Time Chamber. However, with your current strength, I do not recommend that you go there."

"Another place is King Kai's Planet. Son Goku, who is a Saiyan like you, is currently training under King Kai."

Jiang Ling immediately chose King Kai.

If he went to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber now, his increase in strength would be limited. At most, he would only reach the level of a few tens of thousands in combat power.

It would not be too late to go after he became stronger.

And by going to train under King Kai, not only could he increase his combat power, he could also learn skills like the Kaioken and the Spirit Bomb.

It was absolutely the best training place for him at this stage, not to mention that King Kai's Planet also had ten times gravity.

Kami looked deeply at Jiang Ling.

"Very well. I will take you to King Kai's Planet. I hope you do not disappoint me."

As he spoke, Kami made contact, then chanted an incantation. With a whoosh, he brought Jiang Ling before King Yemma.

"Lord King Yemma, I am introducing someone to train under Lord King Kai."

King Yemma had a huge build and wore a crisp suit, sitting at his desk as he handled official business.

Hearing Kami's words, he glanced over.

"Hm? Earth's Kami. I remember you brought someone here half a year ago, and now you're bringing someone else?"

"Yes. You also know that the crisis Earth will face in the future cannot be underestimated," Kami said with a smile. "If Earth is destroyed, then your place will have tens of billions more souls..."

King Yemma nodded. He did not want Earth to be destroyed either. After all, handling and settling tens of billions of souls would mean he could forget about taking a vacation for the next few hundred years...

Without wasting any more words, King Yemma had someone lead Jiang Ling straight onto Snake Way.

Only by passing along Snake Way and reaching its end could one arrive at King Kai's Planet.

Jiang Ling still knew these rules.

Back then, Goku had spent half a year running along Snake Way because his battle power had been too low, only a few hundred.

Jiang Ling thought about it. With his 2,000 battle power, it probably wouldn't take half a year, right?

After waving goodbye to Kami, Jiang Ling stepped directly onto Snake Way and sprinted toward its end.

Meanwhile.

Kami returned to Kami's Lookout.

Seeing him come back, Mr. Popo asked, "Kami, I don't understand."

"Go on."

"You're really this comfortable helping Jiang Ling increase his strength? What if he's an evil Saiyan?"

Kami shook his head. "I trust my own judgment. Besides, if Jiang Ling is an evil Saiyan, with King Kai's ability, it would be very easy for him to see through it."

Mr. Popo paused, then continued, "Lord Kami, are you training him like this so he can deal with the evil Saiyans four months from now?"

"Mm..."

Kami looked into the distance, as if his gaze had passed through the atmosphere.

"You can't put all your eggs in one basket. We only know that the evil Saiyans are very powerful, but we don't know how strong they are. So I made some insurance: Yamcha and the other martial arts experts will come here to train, Son Goku and Jiang Ling will go to King Kai to cultivate, and Piccolo will train together with Son Gohan... I hope that four months from now, they will be able to protect Earth."

Above a sea of golden-yellow clouds, a winding snake-shaped path seemed to stretch on without end.

Jiang Ling ran quickly along Snake Way.

When he got tired, he rested. Once he had rested, he kept running.

Along the way, he even used a Senzu Bean.

There was no helping it. Time was money now, and he needed to reach King Kai's Planet quickly.

Running on Snake Way was pretty good. It could temper the body. It was just a little boring—so boring he was nearly yawning.

If he had not been afraid of falling below the sea of clouds and entering hell, he might really have fallen asleep.

Suddenly.

An antique-looking building appeared ahead.

Jiang Ling stood at the entrance and decided to go in and take a look.

As it happened, he was extremely sleepy and wanted to find somewhere to sleep.

This place was a decent choice.

"Anyone here?"

The house was empty, as if no one was there...

Jiang Ling walked around and discovered that there were several rooms here, with beds inside. They were probably the owner's guest rooms.

Just then, drowsiness surged up in him, and he stopped caring about this or that.

He simply found a room, collapsed onto the bed, and fell asleep.

At worst, he would apologize to the owner of the house after he woke up.

This sleep was extremely comfortable for Jiang Ling.

He did not have to stay on edge like he did on Snake Way, afraid of falling into hell.