Piccolo said goodbye to Son Goku and immediately flew toward Kami's Lookout.
A moment later, he arrived at Kami's Lookout.
Kami saw Piccolo arrive and spoke, "You're here."
Piccolo said, "Yes, I'm here. Have you prepared yourself?"
Kami said, "From the moment I made this decision, I've been prepared."
Piccolo nodded and said, "Then let's begin."
Kami said, "Alright."
Behind him, Mr. Popo wept and said, "Lord Kami."
Kami said, "Popo, don't be sad. By merging with Piccolo, I can better protect the Earth."
Mr. Popo heard this, nodded with tears in his eyes, and agreed.
Kami walked over to Piccolo, grabbed Piccolo's arms with both hands, and then a surge of energy rose from his body, radiating a dazzling white light all over.
A moment later, Kami vanished without a trace, leaving only Piccolo standing there in a daze.
Piccolo felt his own power and burst into wild laughter, "Hahaha, I never expected that fusing with the old man would increase my strength this much,hahaha."
After laughing heartily for a long time, Piccolo said to Mr. Popo, "Popo, in a moment I'll have Goku bring Dende over from Planet Namek to serve as the new Kami. Make sure to train him well."
"Alright, Kami," Mr. Popo said.
Hearing this, Piccolo didn't say anything else; he nodded and then flew away from Kami's Lookout.
A moment later, Piccolo returned to Bulma's House.
At that moment, everyone was surrounding Son Goku in his Super Saiyan 4 form.
When Son Goku saw Piccolo return, he said, "Piccolo, it looks like your strength has improved a lot. Your base combat power is already about the same as mine."
Piccolo replied, "It still couldn't get past you, Goku. That's right; after merging with Kami, my base combat power has increased by nearly tenfold."
Hearing this, everyone gasped in astonishment. They had thought the Saiyans were already freakish enough, but it turned out the Namekians were not to be outdone either-just a single fusion had increased his combat power tenfold. Was there any justice left in this world? Was there any reason left?
Even the Saiyan Prince Vegeta felt somewhat depressed. First Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 4, and now Piccolo fused with Kami, boosting his strength tenfold. Vegeta had thought that training to Super Saiyan 2 would narrow the gap between him, Son Goku, and Piccolo, but who could have imagined, who could have ever imagined, it would end up like this?
Not only had he failed to narrow the gap, but the distance between him and the two of them had actually grown even larger.
Piccolo said, "Since I've merged with Kami, the Dragon Balls have disappeared as well. So Goku, I'll have to trouble you to make a trip to Planet Namek and bring Dende back to take over the position of Kami. I've already spoken with Popo about it."
Son Goku said, "No problem, I'll go right now."
With that, he used Instant Transmission and arrived on Planet Namek, right before the Grand Elder.
The Grand Elder was startled by the suddenly appearing Son Goku.
Before the Grand Elder could ask, Son Goku said, "Grand Elder, no need to be surprised. I am Son Goku, and this is my new form. I've come to ask you if Dende would be willing to go to Earth to serve as Kami, because Earth's Kami has already merged with Piccolo."
Grand Elder Moori heard this and said, "So that's how it is. Fine, I'll have someone call Dende over right away."
Son Goku nodded.
A moment later, Dende arrived before the two of them. The Grand Elder explained the matter, and Dende happily agreed to go.
Thus, the two bade farewell to the Grand Elder. Son Goku used Instant Transmission, returning to Earth in the blink of an eye and appearing before everyone.
Gozhen, Goming, and Krillin were overjoyed to see Dende arrive and called out to greet him, "Dende, long time no see. Welcome to Earth."
Dende also said happily, "Gozhen, Goming, Krillin, that's wonderful! It's great to see you all again."
Seeing everyone gathered together once more, Son Goku simply decided to host a dinner party.
In the courtyard, everyone sat around together as the Food Delivery Robot served dishes one after another like a flowing stream.
The few Saiyans wolfed down their food voraciously. Although the rest of the group had seen them eat before, every time they sat together and watched them eat, it was still a nerve-wracking sight.
The dinner party lasted well into the night. Once everyone was full, they dispersed to their respective rooms.
Son Goku wrapped his arms around Bulma and Chi-Chi, entering the bedroom.
The three of them engaged in a fierce battle. Son Goku fought two opponents at once, growing braver with every clash. The three of them rolled about the clouds and rain several times, and it wasn't until dawn, when the two women could no longer hold out, that Son Goku finally called it quits.
At noon the next day, Son Goku delivered Dende to Kami's Lookout to hand over duties to Mr. Popo.
Mr. Popo expressed a warm welcome for Dende's arrival. After getting Dende settled, Son Goku returned home once more.
He glanced at Chi-Chi and Bulma, who were still sound asleep, then turned, entered the Gravity Room, and resumed his training.
A year later, Raditz and Nappa finally successfully trained into Super Saiyan 2. Son Goku offered the two of them his congratulations.
By this time, Vegeta, Gozhen, and Goming had already pushed Super Saiyan 2 to its Full Power, and were currently building up their strength in preparation for training in Super Saiyan 3.
Although Piccolo's strength hadn't increased much over the past year, his training in Godly Power had borne fruit, and his life stage had already risen to the level of King Kai.
As for the others, their strengths had all improved to varying degrees, but compared to the few Saiyans and Piccolo, it wasn't worth mentioning.
Over the next few months, Son Goku began training on high-mass planets throughout the universe.
He utilized the super-strong gravity of those planets to conduct his training.
At this moment, Son Goku was training on a red giant located sixteen hundred light-years away from Earth.
The surface temperature of this red giant reached four thousand degrees, but for the formidable physique of a Super Saiyan 4, it wasn't worth mentioning.
The gravity on this red giant was as high as ten million times that of Earth. It had taken Son Goku five months of adaptation before he even dared to train on it.
Three months later, the time for the Androids to appear arrived.
Son Goku and everyone else arrived together at the location where the Androids would emerge.
At this time, Vegeta, Gozhen, and Goming had just learned to transform into Super Saiyan 3 a short while ago. Piccolo, wearing Son Goku's weighted clothing, had also cleared the five-hundred-fold Gravity Room not long before.
As for the others, they had also cleared the three-hundred-fold Gravity Room, and their strength had made substantial progress.
Just like in the original story, everyone scattered to search for traces of the Androids.
Dr. Gero ambushed Yamcha, just as he did in the original story.
However, the God of Tea did not lack all ability to resist like he did in the original story.
The very instant he was ambushed, the God of Tea unleashed the hundred-fold Kaioken, wielding a combat power as high as two hundred million that directly forced Dr. Gero back.
The God of Tea panted heavily and said, "Good thing I didn't slack off these past few years, otherwise you really might have killed me."
Dr. Gero widened his eyes in disbelief and said, "Impossible, absolutely impossible! When did a piece of trash like you get such formidable strength? Am I still asleep?"
The God of Tea laughed and said, "Hahaha, you didn't expect that, did you, Android? This is the surprise we've prepared for you for three years. How is it? Is it unexpected? Is it a surprise?"
Dr. Gero was deeply shocked upon hearing this, but he still steadied himself and said, "Not bad. Your strength really does shock me, but that's the end of it. You still won't escape the palm of my hand."
"Is that so, Dr. Gero?" Son Goku said with a smile.
Dr. Gero turned his head to look, only to see that Son Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, Gozhen, Goming, Nappa, Raditz, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu were all standing behind him, wearing spine-chilling smiles as they stared right at him.
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