Old Berry introduced Bardock's past to Ino: "Uncle Bardock also lived in this valley back then. He was constantly training his body, practicing every day without giving up for a single moment, just hoping to find a way home. It's a pity; he left this world with regrets."
Ino sighed along with him a couple of times. Afterward, on the surface, she lived in the valley to mourn, but in reality, she secretly stole the skeletal remains.
The Tuffles had no vigilance whatsoever, and Old Berry would even bring his children and grandchildren to visit her from time to time.
Ino obtained enough bone ash for the soul summoning within three days, and after that, she just had to wait for the cooldown of the Treasured Tool: Plow to end.
With nothing to do during this period, aside from studying the various "elementary school textbooks" prepared for her by the North Kai, she devoted the rest of her time to cultivation.
Knowledge had to be learned, but martial value was also necessary. Ever since accepting the teachings of Master Six Paths, Ino could be considered a typical academic type. Her knowledge had always been higher than her martial value. She didn't like fighting, and the Otsutsuki clan didn't have much talent for combat either, but when pushed into a corner, one had to fight when necessary; one couldn't just stretch out their neck and let others kill them, right?
Her cultivation still started from the basics. Increasing base battle power yielded the greatest returns.
Even when Vegeta reached the "Battle of Gods" era, he was still in the training room, using lasers to fire irregularly at himself while maintaining his normal Saiyan state. He trained his speed and reaction, pursuing this elevation of base battle power.
The calculation method for a Super Saiyan's battle power was simple and crude: it was just the base battle power multiplied by fifty, and that was it!
When Son Goku fought Frieza on Planet Namek at the very end, his base battle power was 3 million. The Kaio-ken x20 raised him to the level of 60 million, and the Super Saiyan transformation allowed him to reach the level of 150 million. At this point, the transformation had nothing to do with the Kaio-ken; it was simply base battle power times 50.
After that, Son Goku, Vegeta, and the others all tried every means to increase their base battle power. Since the amplification multiplier was the same, base battle power was the key.
The Otsutsuki clan didn't have this concept of a fifty-fold amplification, but increasing base battle power was also a highly profitable endeavor.
Ino sweated like rain. After using "Time Freeze" on herself, she braved the immense sense of sluggishness in her body to throw punches and kicks, performing basic taijutsu exercises.
More than ten days later, she received Bardock's red headband from Old Berry.
It was said that this headband had been soaked in the blood of some ferocious beast when Bardock was young. The material was special and difficult to damage. Old Berry had preserved it well, and now he handed it over to her, hoping she would take the headband to Bardock's family.
"Eh? Is there something down here?" Old Berry originally wanted Ino to take Bardock's combat suit from back then as well, but the combat suit had been poorly kept and was piled up with a heap of junk. With the Tuffles' thin arms and legs, they simply didn't have the strength to pull the combat suit out. Ino went up to help, and as a result, along with the combat suit, she also dragged out a chain made of refined steel.
She subconsciously gave it a tug, and the ground immediately emitted a rumbling, muffled sound. The sand and stones subsided, and a deep pit with a diameter exceeding a thousand meters instantly appeared inside the originally empty cave.
She stood at the edge and looked down, seeing only pitch-black darkness below, but her eyesight was relatively good, and she could see the glint of some metal within.
She recounted her discovery to Old Berry.
She asked, "What is this thing? Is it your spoils of war?"
Old Berry smiled and shook his head. We are like weak chickens; who could we defeat? We are so unambitious; how could it be our spoils of war?
Old Berry held up two fingers: "Two hundred years ago, when I was still a child, I remember three spaceships—those giant disc-shaped aircrafts used by space pirates—landing on Planet Plant. Bardock appeared during our tribe's most critical moment and saved our entire race. Afterward, he destroyed one of the enemy ships. Uncle Bardock said he would deal with these things. I suspect what is buried deep down is that spaceship from back then."
Space pirates from a thousand years ago? Ino constantly sized it up, not knowing what was inside either.
She asked, "Is there any further information?"
"No, we don't care much about these things."
Ino signaled for Old Berry to keep watch up above while she went down to take a look.
She looked around and quickly found the spaceship's entrance.
The interior of the spaceship was like a small city, but it appeared that many settings were severely damaged. It had been unmaintained for hundreds of years, plus it was buried deep underground, so it could no longer fly. She picked up some items that looked like technological equipment, but before she could look closely, they crumbled into residue in her palm.
She didn't see anything of value; it was either tattered protective suits or laser weapons with severely insufficient energy. These things were of no use to her at all.
With a loud boom, Ino, who was very talented at treasure hunting, found a secret door deep within the spaceship. After prying open the door, she discovered a secret chamber.
Walking into the room, her foot had just stepped out half a pace when she sensed something was wrong. She hurriedly retracted it, and at the same time, the Hero's Sword was unsheathed.
She stood at the doorway and looked inside, seeing over a hundred laser emitters densely arranged within the room. Crimson points of light crisscrossed, connecting into thin lines that swept back and forth incessantly. These lasers covered the entire room.
In the very center of the room floated a purplish-red robe that was a bit small in size. Ino had seen Supreme Kais before and recognized it at a glance; this thing was a Supreme Kai's robe. However, compared to the clothes of the current Supreme Kai, there were some slight differences in color and style.
This robe floated in mid-air, just like Doctor Strange's cloak, making movement motions from time to time. The surrounding laser beams would strike it like crazy. The energy within the robe was very low; it could only maintain its own defense and couldn't break through the blockade of the laser beams at all.
Ino watched from a distance for a while and noticed that this robe attempted to escape twice within five minutes, but was beaten back by the rain-like laser weapons each time. Moreover, she sensed an aura of life from within the robe.
"Hey, can you hear me speaking? What is the situation here?" she spoke up and asked.
First, it was the Blue Planet language, then the Earth language. She switched through seven or eight languages, and finally, she used the language of the Core People.
The robe froze for a moment, and then a woman's voice came from inside: "Great, finally met a civilized person. You don't know how painful it was for me to communicate with that rude Saiyan before.
"Hello, I am the West Supreme Kai, Leila. I didn't die during the battle with Majin Buu; my body was merely shattered. Now I need a portion of life force. As long as you share half, no, one-third of your life force with me, I can reshape my body. My Supreme Kai Realm has countless treasures, secret arts, and knowledge. I am willing to share these things with you."
Ino: ( ` )?
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