On an uninhabited island in the vast ocean.
Under the scorching sun, Lin Chen held a massive rock weighing at least several dozen tons high above his head.
Suddenly, he hurled the boulder into the sky, then brought his palms together. A deep blue glow emerged between them.
"Ka... me... ha... me..."
Before Lin Chen could utter the final syllable, he vanished. When he reappeared, he was already high in the sky, almost level with the soaring boulder.
"Ha!"
As Lin Chen shouted the final syllable, a brilliant, deep blue Ki Blast erupted from his palms and engulfed the boulder.
The Ki Blast streaking across the sky was reflected in the eyes of Master Roshi and the two girls below.
Seeing a blast several times thicker than anything he could produce at full power, Master Roshi's nose began running again.
Meanwhile, Tights and Bulma, each carrying a turtle shell on her back, cheered excitedly.
"Lin Chen, you're amazing!"
High in the sky, Lin Chen surveyed the results of his technique with great satisfaction.
It truly lived up to its status as an ultimate technique awarded by the system. This Instant Transmission Kamehameha not only retained Master Roshi's Kamehameha's ability to deliver a strike far beyond the user's maximum battle power, but also included an Instant Transmission far more flexible than the Kibito version Lin Chen currently possessed.
Kibito's Instant Transmission was designed solely to help the Supreme Kai travel around the universe, so it was not particularly fast to activate.
Against a vastly weaker opponent, that was no problem. Against an equally powerful enemy, however, it was practically unusable in battle.
But the Instant Transmission included in that technique was perfectly suited to combat. It also differed from both Kibito's and Goku's versions: he could go wherever he wished, instantly reaching any location within his line of sight.
In battle, it could easily allow him to catch an opponent off guard with a counterattack.
Returning to the ground, Lin Chen smiled at Master Roshi. "Master Roshi, how was that Kamehameha?"
Master Roshi sighed. "L-Lin Chen, I told you I had nothing left to teach you, but you wouldn't believe me!"
A month had passed in the blink of an eye.
Over that month, Lin Chen had coaxed Master Roshi into demonstrating his techniques and secretly learned them all, including the Kamehameha and the Afterimage Technique.
The beginner martial arts prodigy talent really was useful.
Lin Chen had finished what he came to do, but Tights and Bulma had only just begun their training.
With nothing left to learn, Lin Chen naturally had no intention of wasting any more time at Master Roshi's place.
Just as Lin Chen was considering whether to visit King Kai next, the Scouter he had been carrying all this time suddenly received a communication request.
Besides detecting battle power and life signs, the original Scouter could also serve as a Communicator.
Its communication capabilities far surpassed Earth's technology, allowing real-time communication even across tens of thousands of light-years.
Bulma had naturally incorporated that feature into the new Scouters as well.
The communication request Lin Chen had just received came from Planet Vegeta.
Lin Chen had given most of the first hundred Scouters Bulma produced to King Vegeta and his people.
As more and more Saiyans surpassed a battle power of thirty thousand, the old Scouters left over from the Frieza Force had become useless. These new Scouters met King Vegeta's needs perfectly, and all had been assigned first to troops heading out on peacekeeping missions.
Beep!
Lin Chen accepted the call. "King Vegeta, what's going on?"
"Your Majesty, the Galactic Patrol just contacted us. Princess Hanasia and her troops may be walking into a Frieza Force ambush on their current mission!"
"Frieza? Has he finally run out of patience?" Lin Chen frowned.
Ever since the Saiyans formed a peacekeeping force under the Galactic King, they had clashed with the Frieza Force several times.
Serving the Emperor of the Universe, who had once run rampant across the universe, the Frieza Force had long been a formidable enemy feared by both the Galactic King and the Galactic Patrol.
The Galactic Patrol had always been powerless to stop the Frieza Force from invading planets and destroying civilizations.
But with the establishment of the Saiyan Peacekeeping Force, the Galactic Patrol finally had the strength to fight back.
Since then, half the missions assigned to the Saiyan troops on Planet Vegeta had involved the Frieza Force.
From stopping planetary invasions to liberating colonized worlds, the Saiyans had already fought the Frieza Force more than a dozen times.
During that period, the Saiyans had finally obtained reliable information.
Frieza, whom Lin Chen had defeated in orbit around Planet Vegeta, had not actually died. His father King Cold's men had rescued him.
His injuries had been so severe, however, that Frieza had still not recovered after all these years.
For his son's sake, King Cold had not only reorganized the King Cold Force, but also sent both his own forces and Frieza's on continuous campaigns, seeking methods and technology that could restore Frieza.
Only recently had word arrived that Frieza had regained not just his mobility, but his ability to fight as well.
After learning this, Lin Chen had specifically instructed Bardock to have Hanasia personally oversee every subsequent peacekeeping operation, in case Frieza sought revenge.
Although the Saiyans were now far stronger than before, Hanasia, who could already transform into a Super Saiyan, was still the only one capable of facing the emperor of the universe head-on.
But...
Lin Chen remembered a Dragon Ball battle power analysis he had once read, which stated that Frieza's battle power at his strongest exceeded one hundred million. Hanasia's current Super Saiyan battle power was only a little over ten million, leaving Lin Chen somewhat worried.
With that in mind, Lin Chen said a few words to Master Roshi and the girls, then used Instant Transmission to return directly to Planet Vegeta.
Only after arriving on Planet Vegeta did Lin Chen realize that the situation seemed far worse than he had imagined.
Inside the Saiyans' command center, Lin Chen found King Vegeta looking panicked.
"What's going on? Has something happened?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. According to our latest report, we've lost contact with Princess Hana and every warrior taking part in this mission!"
King Vegeta said anxiously, "We're contacting the Galactic Patrol to confirm the situation, but there's a very real chance that Princess Hana and her troops have already been killed by Frieza..."
Hanasia... was she dead?