"Here, and here. Your punches aren't decisive enough."
"And here. Too much wasted movement. A real attack must be clean and precise."
"And here, and here. All unnecessary. You should rein in your ki when you attack."
"If you fight like this, you'll run out of ki before your enemy dies."
"Calm your mind and feel the flow of your ki!"
Mr. Popo's strength truly was unfathomable.
Lin Chen couldn't sense any particularly powerful ki from him, yet even in his Super Saiyan form, he couldn't so much as touch Mr. Popo.
And while dodging Lin Chen's attacks, Mr. Popo even had time to observe his movements and offer pointers.
His sheer composure was enough to drive Lin Chen mad.
How on earth did he do it?
Lin Chen swept out a kick, but Mr. Popo dodged it with ease.
Just as he was about to press his attack, Mr. Popo raised a hand. "Mr. Lin Chen, your mind is unsettled. Stop for a moment and regain your composure."
Panting, Lin Chen looked at Mr. Popo and asked, "Mr. Popo, just who are you?"
"Didn't Mr. Popo tell you he was very strong?"
Studying Mr. Popo, Lin Chen couldn't resist using his system's ability.
"System, what's Mr. Popo's battle power?"
Soon, Lin Chen saw Mr. Popo's status panel.
Mr. Popo. Battle power: 1,000.
1,000?
Are you kidding me?
My battle power is over a million in my base form. How could I possibly lose to someone with a battle power of 1,000?
Just then, a thought flashed through Lin Chen's mind.
"Mr. Popo, could you be an Angel?"
Angels were the teachers, servants, attendants, and overseers of Gods of Destruction.
To Lin Chen, the only plausible explanation for the strength Mr. Popo had displayed was that he was an Angel.
Yet Mr. Popo's expression didn't change at all when he heard the question.
"An Angel? What's that?"
Seeing his response, Lin Chen didn't pursue the question.
If Mr. Popo really was on the level of an Angel, he must have been hiding some tremendous secret.
With Lin Chen's current strength, it was better not to go looking for trouble.
Next, under Mr. Popo's guidance, Lin Chen kept adjusting his Ki Control, striving to reach a state where he could wield his power effortlessly and release or restrain it at will.
Time flew by.
Before long, Lin Chen had spent nearly a year in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
Over that year, Lin Chen's battle power hadn't increased by leaps and bounds, but something about his bearing had gradually changed.
That day, only a single day had passed outside since Lin Chen entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
Kami's Lookout was as peaceful as ever. Broly sat cross-legged at its edge, looking down at the world below.
This had been an ability only Kami possessed, but during his time at the Lookout, Broly had actually learned it too.
Whenever he was bored, Broly used this ability to watch the world below and pass the time.
Suddenly, Broly's expression shifted slightly. He stood up and murmured, "That ki... it's Linx. Has he come out?"
Sure enough, shortly afterward, Lin Chen and Mr. Popo emerged from the entrance to the Lookout.
Kami, who had hurried over after hearing the news, sensed Lin Chen's ki and couldn't help remarking, "Your strength hasn't changed much, but your ki is far steadier than before."
"Yes, and it's all thanks to Mr. Popo."
With that, Lin Chen turned and bowed to Mr. Popo. "Mr. Popo, thank you for guiding me over this past year."
"You still have a long road ahead. Don't forget that power isn't everything," Mr. Popo said.
"Right."
Lin Chen nodded, then said goodbye to Broly and used Instant Transmission to return to the world below, where he made his final preparations for departure.
By now, Lin Chen's status panel had changed.
Host: Lin Chen Battle power: 1.56 million Bloodline: Legendary Super Saiyan bloodline Skills: Instant Transmission, Beginner Martial Arts Prodigy talent, Basic Potential Unleashing Technique, Perfect Ki Control. Techniques: Planet Crusher, Death Beam, Flame Wave, Kamehameha, Afterimage Technique, Instant Transmission Kamehameha.
Over the year, aside from increasing his battle power by 300,000, Lin Chen's greatest gain had been in his skills: his original Ki Control skill had become Perfect Ki Control.
Although it was only the addition of a single word, Lin Chen knew that change had increased his actual strength by a full thirty percent.
Planet Namek's Dragon Balls had almost recovered by now, so it was time for Lin Chen to prepare to carry out this system mission.
But since he was heading to a parallel timeline, Lin Chen didn't know how long he would be gone. There were still things he needed to arrange properly.
Lin Chen had to make sure both Tights and the others, as well as Planet Vegeta, were taken care of.
By the time he had finished everything, another three days had passed.
On Planet Namek, a deep voice rang out as dark clouds drifted across the sky, plunging the planet that knew no night into darkness.
Then, amid flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, Porunga's enormous form appeared in the sky.
"You who have gathered the Dragon Balls, state your wish!" Porunga's voice resounded across the heavens and earth.
"All right, Lin Chen. State your wish," Nail told him.
Lin Chen nodded and spoke his wish. "I want to obtain the time metal, tamulapes metal!"
After Nail translated Lin Chen's words, Porunga fell silent for a brief moment before asking, "The time metal, tamulapes metal, is a metal only Supreme Kais can use. What do you intend to do with it?"
"I have my reasons. Are you unable to produce it?" Lin Chen replied.
"I can," Porunga declared, "but time metal is a divine object. To obtain it, you must expend all three wishes!"
"Three wishes? Fine!"
This time, Lin Chen hadn't wanted anything else from summoning Shenron aside from the time metal anyway. If it took three wishes, so be it.
The next moment, an unremarkable piece of silver metal appeared before Lin Chen.
Despite its plain appearance, Lin Chen suddenly sensed a strange power when he picked it up.
That power was rather peculiar. Not daring to remain in contact with it for long, Lin Chen tried to toss the metal into his System Space.
Yet just as the time metal was about to enter the storage space, it suddenly bounced back out.
The time metal and Lin Chen's System Space actually repelled each other!
Was the spacetime power inside this metal incompatible with the System Space?
After thinking it over, Lin Chen could only take out a box, put the metal inside, and carry it in one hand.
"Nail, I'm leaving. This time, I'm going somewhere far away. If anything urgent happens on Planet Namek, you can contact Planet Vegeta."
With that, Lin Chen used Instant Transmission and left Planet Namek.
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