For the next half hour, things took a somewhat strange turn, at least from Lin Chen's perspective.
Son Goku seemed to have begun resting.
He kept his eyes closed, while King Kai, whom he was holding on to, dared not move a muscle.
Meanwhile, Lin Chen had no way of knowing what was happening with Son Gohan and the others.
But seeing how composed Son Goku was, Lin Chen knew they probably still hadn't found a way to deal with him. Otherwise, he would have acted already.
In fact, however, unbeknownst to Son Goku, Son Gohan and the others had already crossed the barrier between the mortal world and Hell with Dende's help and were flying toward King Kai's Planet at high speed.
Suddenly, Son Goku opened his eyes. His ki had fully recovered.
"That was fast!"
King Kai was startled. Given Son Goku's earlier condition, needing several days of rest would have been perfectly normal. How had he recovered his strength so quickly?
There wasn't anything like a Senzu Bean on his planet, either.
In the distance, Lin Chen frowned.
At that moment, he suddenly sensed that something seemed to have changed in Son Goku.
It was an extraordinarily subtle change, one that actually resembled the power of rules.
Something strange seemed to have happened to Son Goku.
Just then, Son Goku smiled as well.
"My power... It looks like that fierce battle with Vegeta took me another step forward."
"That's right. You've grown stronger."
King Kai's expression, however, was bitter.
Son Goku growing stronger was hardly good news for the world as it stood.
Just then, Son Goku added, "King Kai, when my power increased just now, I saw some things."
"What did you see?"
"The instant my power increased, I actually saw that this world had all