"Ikaris!"
The moment Sersi saw Ikaris upon entering, a look of astonishment appeared on her face.
Her lover had suddenly vanished for five hundred years without a word, and now they met again in her leader's home, with him even wearing loungewear. It was hard not to have some unpleasant thoughts.
"So that's why you..."
"No, Sersi, it's not what you think. Ajak and I are nothing. I'm just temporarily staying here. We are innocent."
Ikaris clearly sensed Sersi's misunderstanding and quickly stepped forward, grabbing her shoulders.
His response was Sersi delivering two resounding slaps, back and forth:
"And here I was, waiting for you for five hundred years."
"Want some melon?"
Seeing Sersi and Ikaris entangled in their love-hate drama, Adam used a Deformation Curse to conjure two slices of watermelon, giving one to the stunned Water Sprite.
Fortunately, this misunderstanding didn't last too long, because Ajak came down from the second floor.
Ten minutes later, Ajak looked at Adam and said:
"Mr. Adam, rest assured, the Eternal will definitely help with the safety of the Earth."
Having lived on Earth for seven thousand years, she was now quite conflicted. On one hand, she dared not defy Arishem the Judge's orders, and on the other, she had developed feelings for humanity.
But now, with the crisis of Galactus, whether for the sake of Earth and humanity or for the Celestials' mission, she had to help.
So, she agreed readily.
Moreover, this matter was of great importance, and she also needed to report it to Arishem the Judge to request support.
"On behalf of Earth's humanity, I thank you!
If we successfully overcome this crisis, if you need any help, you can always come to the League of Heroes.
Or you can join our League of Heroes and together make the World a better place."
The plan was going smoothly, and Adam took the opportunity to extend an invitation.
Ajak shook her head:
"This is our responsibility anyway. As for joining your League of Heroes, that will depend on everyone's own choice at the time.
Let's not talk about that for now. We will set off as soon as possible to gather the others. We'll meet in New York in a week."
"Alright, then I'll go back and prepare as well."
Adam did not linger. With the information conveyed, the plan was largely successful. Whether Arishem the Judge would or could make it in time was not something he could control.
What he needed to do now was to seize the remaining eight days and make himself as strong as possible.
For this, he already had a rough eight-day plan to become stronger.
"Apparition!"
He teleported away from his spot, reappearing back home.
At home, Oleg and the others had already returned from their shopping.
"Is everything alright with the company?"
"No, the company temporarily decided to arrange a Christmas travel plan. All employees can bring their family and friends for free."
Adam said with a smile:
"I heard the travel destination is a very suitable village for vacation, surrounded by many ancient trees, with unique local customs, delicious food, and snacks—quite good."
He wasn't lying; this was precisely the overt excuse he had created to reasonably relocate the Superheroes' family and friends.
To avoid public panic, the Superheroes naturally couldn't tell their families the truth when they returned. They could use this excuse to send them to the Naruto World for Christmas.
If the problem was resolved, it would just be a one-day Christmas vacation plan, and he would have already made arrangements with Konoha.
If the problem wasn't resolved, it wouldn't be too late to tell everyone the truth then.
He treated his own family the same way; telling them the truth would only make them worry, so this was better.
"Free? Your company's benefits are really good!"
Hearing Adam's words, Oleg and Elena couldn't help but exclaim.
Quicksilver asked with great interest:
"So, does that mean our family can go too?"
"I am the main person in charge of this event, so of course you can."
Adam winked at Wanda and Quicksilver.
Wanda and Quicksilver immediately understood. The boss of the League of Heroes was Adam, so this event must have been organized by Adam, and they would naturally be able to enjoy this vacation.
"That's not bad. Traveling for Christmas sounds quite interesting."
Oleg and Elina also nodded simultaneously.
Since it was a free company benefit, there was no reason to refuse.
After settling his family, Adam secretly left a Shadow Clone at home to help, while his true body returned to the Adamantium briefcase in his room and began his plan to become stronger.
To significantly improve his strength in just eight days, he could only focus on Training his Ki.
After all, the Dragon Ball World had this precedent.
Goku, in the six days he traveled from Earth to Namek, increased his combat power directly from eight thousand to ninety thousand. He could use Kaio-ken x2, Kaio-ken x10, and Kaio-ken x20, with his combat power skyrocketing all the way.
His current base combat power in Ki was six thousand, not far from Goku's eight thousand. If he could replicate Goku's training, his combat power would undoubtedly increase significantly.
So, regarding the reason Goku could raise his combat power so high in six days, he summarized two points...
The first point was, of course, the gravity device. The gravity device in the spaceship at that time could be adjusted to one hundred times gravity. It was by adapting to one hundred times gravity that Goku reached the Saiyan's limit.
His current gravity device couldn't reach one hundred times, but that wasn't a problem. He could already travel to the Dragon Ball World in his dreams, and with Bulma's father's help, it could be made quickly.
The second point was that Goku used Senzu Beans. Every time he trained to his physical limit, on the verge of death, he would use a Senzu Bean to fully recover, constantly exploiting the Saiyan bloodline's BUG.
He didn't have Senzu Beans, and because it was a dream journey, he couldn't bring Senzu Beans from the Dragon Ball World back.
However, his current mix of several Bloodlines, especially the Ōtsutsuki bloodline, greatly enhanced his body's recovery ability. Combined with recovery magic, medical Ninjutsu, and especially the Creation Rebirth: Strength of a Hundred Seal he learned from Tsunade.
If fully activated, the effect would be no worse than that of Senzu Beans.
He could continuously exploit this Saiyan bloodline BUG before transforming into a Super Saiyan, as long as he could endure it, rapidly increasing his strength.
After becoming a Super Saiyan, the effect would be much weaker, because with such high combat power, that small increase would seem negligible.
So, if he managed it well, in eight days, he might also be able to increase his base strength to ninety thousand. Combined with the ten-fold combat power increase from his Great Ape transformation, that would be nine hundred thousand.
If he could learn Kaio-ken and Spirit Bomb, he might truly have a fighting chance then.
Because he could maintain his sanity in his Great Ape transformation, it was possible to use Kaio-ken in Great Ape form. Nine hundred thousand combat power combined with Kaio-ken x20 would be eighteen million combat power.