System Flees, Saiyan Bloodline!

Ah, I'm dead!

Looking at the half-dragon, half-human monster before him, covered in green scales and sporting a pair of wings, Li Ming decisively chose to play dead.

He squeezed his eyes shut and collapsed to the ground, slowing his breathing as much as possible despite his intense nervousness. One slight slip-up here and he would really die!

"Urgh... ahhh!!"

The villager in the monster's grip died a miserable death instantly. Li Ming dared not move a muscle, and although his entire body was subconsciously tensed, he still suppressed the urge to tremble.

These monsters were exceptionally sharp, and they weren't beasts that only hunted when hungry; they were demons who took pleasure in slaughter and blood!

"Tsk tsk, what a nice expression."

The tall, thin monster chuckled strangely as he tossed the corpse aside. Blood flowed along the ground to Li Ming's side; the warm touch against his fingertips and the scent of rust drilled into his nostrils.

"King Piccolo wants us to go take care of a human brat. Let's go."

Thud!

The sound of a heavy object hitting the ground echoed, and Li Ming's whole body shuddered!

A leg—recovering from the pressure and sharp pain of that instant, Li Ming bit down hard on his lower lip to keep from screaming!

His hands trembled almost instinctively, which drew the attention of the two monsters. They lowered their heads, but since Li Ming didn't make a sound from start to finish, they assumed it was just muscle spasms from death and paid him no mind.

"Alright, let's go."

Whoosh!

The shadows suddenly expanded. As the two monsters spread their wings and flapped them, a gale raged downward, and they flew off immediately after.

Li Ming's body was still trembling; one of his lower legs was completely ruined, crushed by a single stomp from that monster, which weighed several hundred pounds!

Perhaps they would have preferred to see him struggling in screams and despair; that would have brought them more amusement.

Exerting all his strength to prop himself up with his hands, Li Ming looked at his completely mangled lower leg, his face drained of all color.

Pain, fear, and blood loss all seemed to signal that his time was running out.

At the very last moment before his consciousness plunged into darkness, he seemed to hear a sound.

Ding!

System loading... Host's soul detected to be dissipating. Main system unbinding. Initiating backup plan.

...Talent System loaded. Host detected to be near death. Random matching initiated...

Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the High-Level Saiyan Bloodline talent. Merging automatically.

A series of changes occurred while Li Ming was on the verge of death, so he was unaware of his own transformation, but outside, it was a different scene entirely.

A ball of white light flashed across his body, and then, his life force—which had been like a candle in the wind—miraculously began to recover.

Even more bizarrely, his completely shattered lower leg began to mend, the flesh and blood fusing back together as if it had a mind of its own.

Time passed slowly. When Li Ming's consciousness finally stirred again, he felt weak all over. The hunger was like a form of torture; his body's craving for energy had reached its peak!

In a daze, he groped his way to a nearby stream and, without a second thought, buried his head and drank greedily.

"Urgh... is, is this me?"

After drinking his fill, a much clearer-headed Li Ming looked at his reflection in the water. Exaggerated, bulging muscles and sharp, defined lines outlined a handsome face.

He couldn't help but reach out to test it, confirming it was indeed himself, and simultaneously spotted fish swimming in the stream.

Hunger immediately overcame curiosity. He reached out instinctively, and without even leaving a shadow, he grabbed a fish with pinpoint accuracy!

He didn't bother cleaning it and shoved it straight into his mouth. He downed three or four pounds of fish in two bites, but felt no fullness—only more hunger.

Li Ming still had his wits about him; his current state was definitely not normal, but he couldn't care less. If this continued, he would be driven mad by this hunger!

He took a step, and his figure instantly appeared dozens of meters away, leaving behind a blurred afterimage before vanishing again.

The creatures in this world were extremely primitive, and things like dinosaurs were not rare. As long as it was a desolate wilderness or a primeval forest, large predators and animals could be seen everywhere.

"Roar!"

A fire-red Tyrannosaurus Rex, as tall as a mountain at over a hundred meters, stood before him!

This overlord of the surrounding tens of kilometers crashed to the ground amidst a shrill, miserable cry!

The sound of crunching and chewing continued for a full hour. The entire body of the dinosaur had mostly disappeared before Li Ming's figure finally emerged from beneath the carcass.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth; he had finally overcome the hunger. For any living being, hunger would absolutely drive them insane before it actually killed them.

Of course, this excluded special races that didn't rely on food to replenish energy.

"System, it seems my luck isn't too bad..."

Having experienced death once, Li Ming had gained a certain understanding of the cruelty of this world. If not for the system, any disaster could have caused his death!

Even with the system now, Li Ming didn't dare to be careless, because the system had encountered some issues.

Because his soul was dissipating, the main system couldn't bind to him and eventually detached, leaving behind only a Talent System.

"Talent System, ID DB4649T2006RS, at your service."

It looked like a mass-produced system. Li Ming frowned and asked, "System, what is my current situation? And what functions do you have?"

"The host has randomly acquired the High-Level Saiyan bloodline talent. After the fusion was completed, the life-or-death crisis was averted, and your current status is stable. The current function of this system is to match the host with bloodlines and talents within the current world."

"What is the matching mechanism? Is it random?" Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing about the High-Level Saiyan bloodline. This bloodline wasn't bad at all; although Vegeta was the eternal runner-up, his talent was truly exceptional.

Moreover, Saiyans were a natural warrior race, considered to be at an upper-middle level in the universe. As long as he didn't run into those monsters, he could basically do as he pleased.

"Yes. Furthermore, the host must grow to the peak of the current bloodline to unlock the next stage of functions."

"What functions does the main system have?"

"Ding! Insufficient authority. Information cannot be retrieved."

Feeling slightly disappointed, Li Ming quickly came to terms with it and didn't dwell on it too much. The High-Level Saiyan bloodline would be enough for him to use for a long time, provided nothing went wrong...

Suddenly remembering something, Li Ming raised his hand toward the sky and instantly fired an energy wave, a powerful beam of light shooting straight into the heavens!

"Just as I thought..." Li Ming's expression gradually turned to one of surprise. This level of energy was nothing for an adult Saiyan, or rather, it could only be considered weak.

My body is an adult's, but it has never undergone training or combat. I'm afraid I haven't tapped into the power of this body at all.

This was not good news. Vegeta had a combat power of 24,000 as an adult because he had been conquering the universe for Frieza since he was a child, and the Saiyan physique grows extremely fast through natural progression.

Like Goku, a low-level warrior, because his environment was too comfortable, even after systematic martial arts training, his true combat power was still inferior to Raditz.

Li Ming's current situation was that he had neither training nor a suitable growth environment. Relying solely on the bloodline bonus, his combat power remained to be seen.

After all, Nappa, who was also a high-level warrior, was just cannon fodder. He looked to be in his thirties and at his peak, yet he only had a combat power of six or seven thousand, barely a cut above the average grunt.

In his current state, if nothing went wrong, he was probably not even as strong as a grunt...

"However, it should be enough for now."

His short-term goal was naturally to find a way to increase his combat power. As for reaching the peak state of a Saiyan, it was actually not difficult; the Saiyan transformation was essentially a method of explosive energy release.

Saiyans were known as a warrior race, but in reality, they were only considered upper-middle tier in the universe. Of course, the legendary Super Saiyan was an exception.

Therefore, as long as he developed to the critical point of transforming into a Super Saiyan, he would effectively be at the peak of a normal Saiyan. As for Super Saiyan 2 and 3, those were merely squeezing out life force in exchange for power.

No, or perhaps the first stage of Super Saiyan was the same. Saiyans were a race similar to humans, and their physique was only influenced by the combat factors within their bodies, causing them to age extremely slowly.

Other than that, the only feature different from ordinary people was the tail, and their astonishing appetite was merely to sustain the consumption required for high-intensity combat.

Frowning, Li Ming recalled his previous encounter. Those two half-human, half-lizard monsters were clearly hatched from eggs laid by Piccolo.

But the problem now was that he didn't know the way!

Furthermore, he hadn't learned the ability to sense ki. Even extremely powerful races in the universe, including Frieza, did not possess this ability to sense ki.

Fortunately, this world always had some landmark structures, such as Korin Tower, Mount Paozu, West City, and so on...

His top priority was to find a living person first. As long as he could confirm his direction, he would eventually be able to find a place.