Comet Big Bang!

"Hmph."

Mercenary Tao snorted coldly.

"Fuck your mother!!"

Lin Yuan roared and suddenly stepped forward. The ground beneath his feet instantly cracked apart as he charged ahead.

With an unstoppable momentum, he raised his fist and punched Mercenary Tao squarely in that detestable face.

Mercenary Tao shifted slightly to the side, dodging the blow.

Without pausing for even a moment, Lin Yuan twisted his body and unleashed a barrage of punches at Mercenary Tao like cannonballs that cost nothing, every strike filled with rage!

To Mercenary Tao, Lin Yuan looked like a beast that had lost its mind, attacking without any method at all.

Mercenary Tao retreated as he dodged and blocked, yet none of Lin Yuan's attacks landed.

"What a pity. You have all that strength, yet you only know how to attack blindly."

After dodging Lin Yuan's roundhouse kick, Mercenary Tao spoke disdainfully.

"Ahhh!! You're courting death!"

Faced with Mercenary Tao's mockery, Lin Yuan cursed furiously and charged at him again.

Watching Lin Yuan, whose mind had been clouded by rage, Mercenary Tao shook his head and decided to end the battle.

"His next strike will kill him without a doubt!!" *2

Those words appeared in both Mercenary Tao's and Lin Yuan's minds at the same time.

Lin Yuan had been putting on an act all along, pretending to be enraged and attacking wildly without thought.

His goal was to make Mercenary Tao lower his guard, then strike.

Sure enough, Mercenary Tao made his move.

Mercenary Tao calmly watched Lin Yuan rush before him, then suddenly stepped forward as his body dropped sharply!

With a forward step and a duck, he dodged Lin Yuan's punch.

At the same time, Mercenary Tao threw his right fist with all his strength. This punch struck even harder and more viciously than the previous one, slamming deep into Lin Yuan's abdomen.

It's over... Mercenary Tao thought.

Just as he tried to withdraw his arm, he was shocked to find it tightly clamped by a large hand, unable to move.

Enduring the agonizing pain that nearly made him pass out, Lin Yuan gritted his teeth and seized Mercenary Tao's arm tightly with his left hand.

"Got! You!"

Mercenary Tao immediately realized something was terribly wrong. He repeatedly kicked Lin Yuan's body, trying to force him to let go.

Let go? Was that even possible? Not even death would make him let go.

Then Lin Yuan slowly clenched his right hand, gathering all the ki within his body into his entire right forearm! Then—

He planted his foot, rotated his hips, and threw a punch!

As Mercenary Tao watched that terrifying strike, his initial fear turned into disbelief.

He saw that a wave of ki was pushing in the opposite direction from Lin Yuan's right elbow.

It looked like a meteor trailing a tail.

Then that meteor crashed heavily into Mercenary Tao's abdomen.

"Wah!!"

Mercenary Tao spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Trying to gamble all your strength on this one blow?! You miscalculated, brat!!"

Mercenary Tao shouted madly. In his eyes, Lin Yuan had clearly intended to kill him in one strike!

But obviously, he had failed.

Though he had indeed suffered a severe injury, it was not fatal. He could still kill Lin Yuan soon enough.

With that thought, he was just about to counterattack.

The next second—

Mercenary Tao felt a scorching energy gathering in his abdomen, and his cold expression gradually turned to panic.

"Wh... what? Stop it, brat... I won't kill you anymore."

If there had been slow motion and X-ray vision, one could have seen that the ki in Lin Yuan's right forearm had already been completely compressed into the tip of his fist, ready to erupt at any moment!

Ignoring Mercenary Tao, Lin Yuan let out a furious roar.

"Explode for me!!!!"

As Lin Yuan's final word fell, the energy gathered in his right hand erupted violently, releasing a dazzling flash of light, followed by an enormous blast.

"BOOM!!"

Mercenary Tao's body flew backward like a kite with its string cut, crashing straight into a small mountain in the distance.

Lin Yuan remained in his punching stance, gasping for breath.

The clothes on his right arm had completely exploded, vanishing without a trace.

Lin Yuan called this move—Comet Big Bang!

Not daring to waste any time, Lin Yuan flew straight toward Korin Tower.

He had originally been completely out of strength, but fortunately, after claiming the system reward, he had recovered a tiny bit of energy.

Along the way, he first found a secluded place to rest briefly before continuing his journey.

About two hours later, Lin Yuan finally saw the enormous pillar-like structure that stretched straight into the sky—Korin Tower.

After arriving at the foot of Korin Tower, Lin Yuan met Bora and Upa.

When Bora learned that Lin Yuan wanted to go to Korin Tower, he began telling him the stories surrounding it.

Once Lin Yuan had recovered most of his energy, he bade the father and son farewell. He rose into the air and flew toward the top of the tower!

Watching Lin Yuan take off directly from the ground, the father and son were so shocked their eyes nearly popped out.

"D-Dad, do you think this big brother can succeed?"

Hearing his son's words, Bora murmured, "Maybe he really can become the second person in this world to climb Korin Tower!"

Before long, Lin Yuan spotted an oval-shaped building.

He knew that Korin lived inside.

And so did his Senzu Beans.

Lin Yuan had come this time for two reasons: first, to train; second, to get as many Senzu Beans as possible!

You could never have too many of those things.

Thinking of a certain fat pig later treating Senzu Beans like snacks, Lin Yuan felt his anger rise.

After landing, Lin Yuan began calling Korin's name.

Before long, he saw a cat leaning on a large cane.

The cat was covered in snow-white fur, slightly plump, with the gleam of wisdom shining in its eyes.

It slowly spoke.

"I didn't expect such an interesting fellow to come here. Interesting."

"Greetings, esteemed Korin. I came here this time to—"

Before Lin Yuan could finish, Korin interrupted him.

"I know why you came. What I'm curious about is how you know my name."

Lin Yuan gave the explanation he had prepared long ago, saying that ever since he was born, he had memories of the future in his mind.

According to those memories, he had learned that Korin Tower not only had an immortal and Senzu Beans, but also a god...

Korin fell silent for a long while after hearing this, seemingly believing Lin Yuan's words.

Lin Yuan asked Korin for a Senzu Bean and recovered from his injuries.

He had wanted to ask for more, but Korin said that if Lin Yuan could snatch away his cane, he would agree to give him more Senzu Beans...

And so, the training began.

This time, instead of competing to seize the Sacred Water, they competed to seize the cane.

However, the effect was the same.

The goal was to eliminate unnecessary thoughts and needless movements during battle.

At first, Korin toyed with Lin Yuan mercilessly.

Lin Yuan's martial arts foundation had been weak to begin with, and he had even more flaws in battle.

That was why, despite his battle power being only five points lower than Mercenary Tao's, he had barely had any ability to fight back.

If Mercenary Tao had not let his guard down at the end, and if Lin Yuan had not caught him off guard by fighting with the mentality of injuring the enemy for the cost of injuring himself, the outcome would likely have been dangerous.

As time slowly passed, coupled with Korin's guidance, Lin Yuan gradually began to grasp the trick.

While clearing his mind of distractions in battle, he studied Korin's body movements to better predict his next move...

Fortunately, Lin Yuan's basic battle power was quite good, and he gradually caught up with Korin's movements.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, four months had passed.

Lin Yuan had completed all of his training and decided to descend the tower that day.

In truth, Lin Yuan had already snatched the cane away a month earlier, but he had still asked Korin to teach him some fundamental martial arts basics.

Over that month, Lin Yuan had thoroughly crammed his "lessons."

In the end, Korin gave Lin Yuan a huge jar of Senzu Beans.

The two said their goodbyes, and Lin Yuan flew down from Korin Tower.

As Lin Yuan sped through the air, he opened his status panel.

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Character Information:

Name: Lin Yuan

Race: Human

Battle Power: 208

Ability: Instant Transmission

Divine Power: None

Missions

Super Saiyan Bloodline: 25%

Mission 5: Participate in a World Martial Arts Tournament and win first place. Mission Reward: Battle Power +70, Progress Bar +5%