Game
Thoughts
"Talking"
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"Too stiff," Garou casually leaned to the side, letting Gray's fist fly past him.
"Did you pay any attention to what I taught you?" Another fist burst past Garou, the man casually tilting his head as the air around him shook.
"Are you even trying?" Garou scoffed, his body flowing as if he were made purely of water, letting Gray's fist burst past his abs, "Even if you've trained your eyes not to follow your intentions, it means nothing. Normal attacks can't get through the Instant Movement technique when you're this slow, so- gur!"
100,250HP! (?/?)
Garou was cut off as his eyes went wide, stumbling backward as Gray's fist moved suddenly, curving in a fluid movement as it changed from aiming at his left side and made contact on his right.
"You talk too much," Gray smirked, breathing slightly heavy as, after hours of trying and failing to hit Garou, one of his attacks finally landed, "Stop losing your focus, or this all for nothing, alright?"
Gray had canceled his Kaio-Ken technique already, simply using his base form as he didn't want to rely on his enhanced speed. Instead, he was solely looking to train more techniques from Garou. Which, to be fair, he already had learned them, but he was training them to be more efficient. He had pretty quickly picked up on using the Instant Movement technique, and as a result, had completed the quest that had been hanging in the corner of his vision.
[Quest Alert]
Learn the fighting style of [Garou]!
Master one [Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist] technique in a battle with [Garou] before leaving King Kai's planet!
Rewards:
+50 Attribute points (10x multiplier from [Nightmare Mode])
+50,000 Coins
+50,000 (10x multiplier from [Nightmare Mode])
+[Martial Arts Style: Garou]
[Martial Arts Style: Garou] unlocked!
+100 XP (10x multiplier from [Nightmare Mode])
[Martial Arts Style: Garou] LVL 1 - The fluid, flow-like martial arts utilized by the Ultimate Monster Garou, a master of various fist-based martial arts.
+10 STR, AGI, END for unlocking a combat style! (10x multiplier from [Nightmare Mode])
When Gray had first completed the quest, the change was obvious. Instead of just being able to use the Instant Movement technique to dodge, he suddenly found his body instinctively being able to use the entire style, as his body knew the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, allowing him to not only mimic the Instant Movement at a higher level but also being able to instantly change the course of his attacks in the same way Garou had.
However, Gray was pleasantly surprised to find out that Garou wasn't just an expert in the martial arts developed by Silver Fang, that being the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, but was also not a martial arts genius for no reason. He knew how to use the Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist, a martial arts style developed by Silver Fang's friend 'Bomb,' along with some techniques specific to other heroes, such as 'Tanktop Blow' that he'd copied from Tanktop Master.
Not that I'm complaining. I don't know what half this shit does, or if it's really useful at all, but having it doesn't hurt, y'know?
Garou had so many random techniques that Gray was discovering as he used the style, just finding them by accident while sparring with Saitama. Meanwhile, he was continuing to spar with Garou, as while his body could instinctively use the techniques, that didn't mean he could use them well in a fight. It was still a learning process, but luckily, Gray was a quick learner.
"What the hell…" Garou muttered, narrowing his eyes back at Gray as he finally made contact, "You wanna talk shit, you bastard? Fine! Let's train your Instant Movement more!"
That was code for 'I'm gonna beat the shit out of you while you try to dodge,' but Gray just grinned, locking eyes with the other man again.
"Fine by me."
I'll dodge them all this time!
Gray, in fact, did not dodge them all this time, but he at least dodged more than half.
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"I still wouldn't recommend eating that," King Kai muttered, watching as Gray pulled a fruit from the Tree of Might out of his sheath, "The amount of negative energy inside of it… I'm not sure my healing can negate all of that."
"It's fine if you can't," Gray hummed, staring down at the fruit in his hand, "Just do the best you can. I'm trying to save money."
"Money?" King Kai muttered, looking strangely at him, "How the hell would money help you out here?"
You have no idea.
Gray couldn't explain to King Kai that he would have to spend a million virtual coins that the Kai didn't know existed in a system that the Kai also didn't know existed to buy a magical healing bean that the Kai, once again, didn't know existed.
That's too much trouble.
Instead, he was just hoping that King Kai's healing technique would be enough to protect him from the evil energy inside of the fruit, and only as a last resort would he buy another [Enhanced Senzu Bean].
He's a Kai, right? He's got a skill that can heal all wounds and negate fatigue, so that should be enough to heal whatever the hell this fruit does to my body, right?
King Kai's healing technique, which Gray didn't really understand how it worked, as the Kai just pointed one of his antennas on his head at someone and shot out a flickering light, was even more powerful than Gray's [Healing] skill he learned on Yardrat.
It'd be awesome if I could learn it, but…
King Kai had been adamant that he couldn't, and beyond that, outright refused to teach him, saying it was something 'personal to the Kais.' As a result, Gray simply had to rely on King Kai to heal him.
But if he can't, it's still been almost a month since I ate the last one. That should be more than enough time, and the Senzu Bean should be able to save me. Either way, the risk is definitely worth it.
As Gray glanced over at his stat page, he knew he had made a shit-ton of progress, but it still wasn't enough to take on Boros.
Gray Tanaki:
[Saiyan S-Class Squad Captain]
Age: 18
Wallet: 29,780,150 Coins
Lvl: 26 (14,521,955/20,000,000 XP)
PL: 993.4 Billion
Available Points: 2600
HP: 109,647,300/109,647,300
TKI: 65,000,100/65,000,100
TMP: 6,500/6,500
STR: 8110
AGI: 9060
END: 13520
INT: 6500
CHA: 5995
LUK: 5295
KI: 10000
MP: 7000
HREG: 5500
EREG: 5250
Skills: [Observe LVL 62], [Running LVL 79], [Determination LVL 59], [Ki Control LVL 60], [Ki Gun LVL 60]. [Ki Enhancement LVL 67], [KI Suppression LVL 57], [Ki Sense LVL 60], [Pushup LVL 67], [Punch LVL 78], [Kick LVL 77], [Jump LVL 80], [Flight LVL 95], [Prediction LVL 75], [Zenkai Boost LVL 32], [Cognitive Acceleration LVL 70], [Ah! Lord Freiza! LVL 55], [Mouth-Beam LVL 58], [Ki-Blade LVL 58], [Cooking LVL 35], [Ki Barrage LVL 60], [Ki Explosion LVL 60], [Ki Vision LVL 47], [Attack Boost LVL 81], [Swimming LVL 36], [Clothes Materialization LVL 43], [Seal of Weakening LVL 60], [Portal Creation LVL 70], [Lie Detection LVL 40], [Reflect LVL 70], [Instant-Transmission LVL 52], [Healing LVL 53], [Multi-Form LVL 42], [Gigantification LVL 35], [Tracking MP Blast LVL 40], [MP Conversion LVL 67], [Tracking Ki Blast LVL 35], [Kaio-Ken LVL19]
Perks: [Gamer's Mind], [Gamer's Body], [Double-edged Sword], [Legendary Super Saiyan], [Perfect Ozaru], [A Cute Pawn], [A Humble Master],[Ladies Man]
Fighting Styles: [Boxing Style: Kolra LVL 5], [Fighting Style: Broly LVL 7], [Martial Arts Style: Garou LVL 2]
Party: [Tamari, Fubuki, Tatsumaki, Celia]
He was nearing almost one trillion in pure power level, and his stats had all gone up a ton. The combination of training with someone as powerful as Saitama, as well as having Fubuki and Tatsumaki around to increase the gravity around him, was working wonders. Though his coins hadn't gone up as much as he expected, as he ended up having to spend some on various things throughout his time on King Kai's planet, such as weighted training armor for his squad and the occasional Senzu Bean.
But it's all worth it.
Gray had nearly mastered the Kaio-Ken x10, learned how to use the technique with his Ozaru, gotten a new fighting style, and he'd grown many times stronger overall.
Now it's time for the last step.
"Just be ready," Gray hummed, raising the fruit to his mouth as he grinned lightly, "Don't let me die, alright?"
"W-Wait, I really don't think- ah!" King Kai huffed as Gray ignored him, taking a bite from the large round fruit, and the effect was instantaneous. Gray's body started to tremble, his muscles twitching and wiggling within his body. His arm jerked out, and he hissed as he felt like lava was suddenly flowing through his veins - something he should've been used to after using the Kaio-Ken so much, but-
This is a whole different level!
Even if Gray was expecting the pain, that didn't make it any easier to bear. His bones seemed to scratch and screech within his body, rubbing together as they started to expand, and a familiar text box appeared in front of him.
[Alert!]
[Your body is evolving!]
[Evolution Rate: 16%]
+400 to all stats!
+4 LVL to all skills!
Gray grunted as his body started to twitch and expand, his eyes squeezing shut in pain, wincing as it flooded through him and then… stopped?
[Alert!]
[Your body is evolving!]
[Evolution Rate: 17%]
+400 to all stats!
+4 LVL to all skills!
Gray opened his eyes, a bit confused as the pain suddenly faded away, but his body was still evolving. He could feel his muscles and bones twitching, expanding, and overall becoming bigger, but there was no pain as a beam of light shot from King Kai's antenna and consumed him.
He said it might not work, but it's working fuckin' perfectly! Kai's are OP!
Granted, fighting-wise the god-like being wasn't actually that powerful, but he definitely had some overpowered skills to make up for it. Gray watched, grinning widely, as he continued to evolve, his body squirming, shifting, and becoming larger despite the fact that he barely felt any pain.
[Alert!]
[Your body is evolving!]
[Evolution Rate: 18%]
+400 to all stats!
+4 LVL to all skills!
The number continued rising, Gray's limbs elongating as his spine expanded, causing him to become more than an inch taller as his muscles bulged even more. The evolution continued up to 20%, where the text box shifted slightly again.
[Alert!]
[Your body is evolving!]
[Evolution Rate: 21%]
+500 to all stats!
+5 LVL to all skills!
It went up again. Good.
Gray just grinned, nodding thankfully at King Kai, whose face was twisted in strain.
"D-Don't look so relaxed yet! There's a damn lot negative energy…" The Kai trailed off, but Gray's body continued to expand and evolve, becoming taller, more muscular, and evening out as his limbs only looked a bit longer than what was typically normal for human or Saiyan.
Finally, after what was only really a minute - and what actually felt like a minute this time, as Gray wasn't rolling around in pain - Gray grinned widely, looking down at his new body as the evolution ended. His armor had torn a bit while he expanded, but that was a small price to pay.
Let's see the results! Observe!
Gray Tanaki:
[Saiyan S-Class Squad Captain]
Age: 18
Wallet: 29,780,150 Coins
Lvl: 26 (14,521,955/20,000,000 XP)
PL: 4.31 Trillion
Available Points: 2600
HP: 272,637,300/272,637,300
TKI: 303,455,100/303,455,100
TMP: 14,650/14,650
STR: 14410
AGI: 15810
END: 18920
INT: 13700
CHA: 10945
LUK: 9795
KI: 22150
MP: 14650
HREG: 10000
EREG: 9750
Skills: [Observe LVL 107], [Running LVL 124], [Determination LVL 104], [Ki Control LVL 105], [Ki Gun LVL 105]. [Ki Enhancement LVL 112], [KI Suppression LVL 102], [Ki Sense LVL 105], [Pushup LVL 112], [Punch LVL 123], [Kick LVL 122], [Jump LVL 125], [Flight LVL 140], [Prediction LVL 120], [Zenkai Boost LVL 77], [Cognitive Acceleration LVL 115], [Ah! Lord Freiza! LVL 100], [Mouth-Beam LVL 103], [Ki-Blade LVL 103], [Cooking LVL 80], [Ki Barrage LVL 105], [Ki Explosion LVL 105], [Ki Vision LVL 92], [Attack Boost LVL 126], [Swimming LVL 81], [Clothes Materialization LVL 88], [Seal of Weakening LVL 105], [Portal Creation LVL 115], [Lie Detection LVL 85], [Reflect LVL 115], [Instant-Transmission LVL 97], [Healing LVL 98], [Multi-Form LVL 87], [Gigantification LVL 80], [Tracking MP Blast LVL 85], [MP Conversion LVL 112], [Tracking Ki Blast LVL 80], [Kaio-Ken LVL 64]
Perks: [Gamer's Mind], [Gamer's Body], [Double-edged Sword], [Legendary Super Saiyan], [Perfect Ozaru], [A Cute Pawn], [A Humble Master],[Ladies Man]
Fighting Styles: [Boxing Style: Kolra LVL 5], [Fighting Style: Broly LVL 7], [Martial Arts Style: Garou LVL 2]
Party: [Tamari, Fubuki, Tatsumaki, Celia]
It's… less than I thought it would be?
Gray frowned lightly, as instead of getting a nearly 10x boost from eating the fruit, the resulting boost had only been around half.
Is it because King Kai was healing away the negative energy? Or because there are diminishing returns for eating multiple fruits? Or because my power level is so high that the stats are less influential?
"W-What the hell…" As Gray heard King Kai's shocked words, he silently pushed his thoughts away.
I shouldn't be greedy. I still roughly quadrupled my power and got even more gains than I did in this last month of training, and I have even more points I can use. With my Ozaru and Kaio-Ken…
Gray knew he had gained more power from this trip than his power level showed - the Kaio-Ken was a base 10x multiplier, and when he combined that with his Ozaru form-
"It's more than enough to kick Boros' ass," He nodded approvingly, ignoring how King Kai looked like a goldfish as he opened and closed his mouth in shock at Gray's new power.
No, it's not just enough to kick his ass.
Gray's gaze hardened slightly.
It's enough to kill him.
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Gray Tanaki:
[Saiyan S-Class Squad Captain]
Age: 18
Wallet: 29,780,150 Coins
Lvl: 26 (14,521,955/20,000,000 XP)
PL: 4.31 Trillion
Available Points: 2600
HP: 272,637,300/272,637,300
TKI: 303,455,100/303,455,100
TMP: 14,650/14,650
STR: 14410
AGI: 15810
END: 18920
INT: 13700
CHA: 10945
LUK: 9795
KI: 22150
MP: 14650
HREG: 10000
EREG: 9750
Skills: [Observe LVL 107], [Running LVL 124], [Determination LVL 104], [Ki Control LVL 105], [Ki Gun LVL 105]. [Ki Enhancement LVL 112], [KI Suppression LVL 102], [Ki Sense LVL 105], [Pushup LVL 112], [Punch LVL 123], [Kick LVL 122], [Jump LVL 125], [Flight LVL 140], [Prediction LVL 120], [Zenkai Boost LVL 77], [Cognitive Acceleration LVL 115], [Ah! Lord Freiza! LVL 100], [Mouth-Beam LVL 103], [Ki-Blade LVL 103], [Cooking LVL 80], [Ki Barrage LVL 105], [Ki Explosion LVL 105], [Ki Vision LVL 92], [Attack Boost LVL 126], [Swimming LVL 81], [Clothes Materialization LVL 88], [Seal of Weakening LVL 105], [Portal Creation LVL 115], [Lie Detection LVL 85], [Reflect LVL 115], [Instant-Transmission LVL 97], [Healing LVL 98], [Multi-Form LVL 87], [Gigantification LVL 80], [Tracking MP Blast LVL 85], [MP Conversion LVL 112], [Tracking Ki Blast LVL 80], [Kaio-Ken LVL 64]
Perks: [Gamer's Mind], [Gamer's Body], [Double-edged Sword], [Legendary Super Saiyan], [Perfect Ozaru], [A Cute Pawn], [A Humble Master],[Ladies Man]
Fighting Styles: [Boxing Style: Kolra LVL 5], [Fighting Style: Broly LVL 7], [Martial Arts Style: Garou LVL 2]
Party: [Tamari, Fubuki, Tatsumaki, Celia]
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