Three pots...
Five pots...
Ten pots...
...
One pot after another of Ultra Divine Water was gulped down. The guardian, who had cultivated a calm and taciturn demeanor over the years, was left at a complete loss by this scene, stunned and speechless.
As the effects of the Ultra Divine Water completely faded from his body, and no new benefits came from drinking more, Talot finally stopped.
Any substance, when consumed beyond a certain limit, will lose its effectiveness.
The Ultra Divine Water is no exception.
Simply put, a person can likely only use it once in a lifetime. Even if potential is accumulated again later for development, further consumption of Ultra Divine Water probably won't have any effect.
All these years, Talot had been waiting, and had always been hesitant.
It was only today that he finally came, and now he felt glad, because he had been right.
"You are the first person to remain completely unharmed after consuming so much Ultra Divine Water. You are also the first person completely unaffected by the Ultra Divine Water's toxins after drinking it,"
The guardian seemed to sense something and spoke to Talot.
"Is that so? Then I guess I really opened your eyes, huh?" Talot replied, while feeling the power coursing through his body and stretching his body.
At this moment, he felt joy and excitement throughout his entire being; his strength had undergone a drastic transformation.
The potential within his body had been unleashed to the maximum, causing the potential he had accumulated over the years to erupt.
In terms of raw power level alone, it had already surpassed 3,000,000!
It had reached a power level of 3,500,000.
That was a leap of 1,300,000 in power level.
He had already surpassed Goku's power level of 3,000,000 in the original work.
[With my current strength, once I transform into a Super Saiyan, my power level can reach 175 million. From now on, Frieza and King Cold are no longer my match.] he murmured to himself.
Frieza and King Cold had always been the first targets to surpass.
In fact, even before fully unlocking his power, Talot had confidence that he could battle and defeat them.
But just to be safe, it was still necessary to use Super Saiyan strength to cross this line; only then could he truly achieve a 100% kill.
[What a pity. Even though the strength of my base form has reached this level, an ordinary Super Saiyan transformation is still far from enough to help me defeat Cooler. If I want to go all out against him, I'll still need the power of the Great Ape and the boost of Kaio-ken...] he planned in his mind.
Of course, this was just a strategic calculation; he wasn't actually planning to do it.
After all, while the power of the Great Ape could drastically boost his power level, the Kaio-ken's enhancement was only temporary. Talot would use it at critical moments, but long-term reliance on it would only lead down a path of no return.
Techniques were tools for him to use….not temptations so powerful that he would become dependent on them.
In the time ahead, he would need to seriously work on breaking through the Super Saiyan.
In fact, for the past six months, Talot had been exploring this path. By now, he already had some inklings, though he had yet to attempt it.
Surpass the Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3 of Super Saiyan, reaching Full Power.
Even if he couldn't reach Super Saiyan 2, he needed to master Super Saiyan 1 to its highest level.
Based on his consistent estimations, a 50-fold increase for Grade 1 is just the baseline. With the balanced growth of Grade 2, the multiplier will be even higher—at least the growth rate exponent will increase by around 10 times. Otherwise, the gap wouldn't be so large. Additionally, with the absolute strength and muscle-form of Grade 3, the increase will be even greater.
His thoughts gradually drifted, until Talot suddenly snapped back to attention.
His consciousness awoke from its immersion, because there were still things he needed to do.
The guardian was still watching him. Though his expression hadn't visibly changed, it was clear that he could now sense Talot's immense power.
Even if the guardian had little to no combat ability, he had at least survived for so many years and had fused with the Ultra Divine Water. His perception couldn't be underestimated.
"I still need to bring two more people here to unlock their potential. Please wait a moment." Nodding to the guardian, Talot left behind a spatial marker and disappeared the next second.
This took the guardian by complete surprise.
He had already seen Talot use this method to traverse space before, descending directly in front of him from above.
But this time, Talot had left the space entirely.
Not long after, a man and a woman returned with Talot to the original location, which left the guardian even more shocked.
Apparently, his home had become a place where others could come and go as they pleased.
"This is the place where the Ultra Divine Water is kept? It's really gloomy." Raditz's very first words were a complaint.
Beside him, Salari was also feeling out the area just like him, then looked toward the guardian standing above the spring: "Is that the guardian you mentioned, Brother Talot?"
"Yes, the Ultra Divine Water is under his care and protection." Nodding, Talot also gestured toward the guardian of the Ultra Divine Water.
This guy was a bit of a blockhead. Despite all Talot had gone through, he still very earnestly explained the power and risks of the Ultra Divine Water to Salari and Raditz.
He was probably worried that someone might use it to harm others.
Even if the guardian was overthinking things a bit, what he did wasn't wrong. Anyone who intended to drink the Ultra Divine Water had to accept the risk themselves, so it was necessary to know the truth.
"Talot already drank the Ultra Divine Water to unlock his potential. Like hell I'd be scared of a little poison. Give me the Ultra Divine Water," Raditz stepped forward and said to the guardian.
Salari felt the same.
They had always been chasing after Talot's footsteps. If something like this could make them cower and back away, how could they ever keep up in the future?
Not to mention, Talot had already consumed the Ultra Divine Water and seen a great increase in strength—proof that it worked.
After receiving clear confirmation from both Raditz and Salari, the guardian handed over the Ultra Divine Water.
Although it wasn't as exaggerated as what Talot had gone through, both Raditz and Salari drank several pots of Ultra Divine Water before they had fully unlocked the potential it could offer.
There was no pain, no discomfort. Salari and Raditz's experiences were nearly identical to Talot's. The only issue was that the taste going down was pretty awful.
Honestly, if they didn't already know better, they might have doubted whether what they drank was actually the real Ultra Divine Water.
After all, in the original work, when Goku drank the Ultra Divine Water, he hovered on the brink of death.
A lot of fans of the original series said Goku's power increase came from being near death, and Talot in his previous life had considered that idea too.
But clearly, that wasn't entirely the case. The Ultra Divine Water had indeed unlocked the potential within Goku's body in a roundabout way, which was why he had grown stronger.
"I don't even know how many years have passed... I've been guarding this place and have seen countless humans come through. But up until now, only a handful have survived. Just in the past thousand years alone, there were 14 martial artists of exceptional strength who tried it—not one of them survived. As for people like you... I've never encountered anything like this before. You've truly created a new miracle..." the guardian said with a sigh.
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