#2687 - Departure to Kalinta

Chapter 1918: Heading to Korin Tower

The next morning.

After a night of rest and full of energy, they finished breakfast in the morning and completed their warm-up exercises.

"Good luck, big brother Hale, Goku, Yamcha, Puar, Krillin, you must climb to the top of Korin Tower!" Upa stood beside his father Bora and cheered loudly for Hale and the others.

"We will," Goku grinned and replied.

"Good luck," Bora encouraged everyone with a smile.

Hale nodded, turned to Goku, Yamcha, Puar, and Krillin, and said, "Okay, get ready to climb, remember to maintain your strength and breathing, let's go up now."

"Yes, big brother Hale." Goku, like a monkey, nimbly began to scurry up.

"Yes, Senior Hale." Yamcha saw Goku climbing so fast and quickly followed suit.

"Yes, big brother Hale. Why is Goku so fast!" Krillin was startled to see Goku using his hands and feet to climb up and hurriedly followed.

Hale reminded Krillin, "Krillin, keep your own pace, don't try to compete."

Krillin was the weakest of the three. He couldn't keep up with Goku's pace. If he wasted his energy trying to keep up with Goku's pace, he might run out of energy in mid-air and fall down.

Krillin heard Hale's words and controlled his breathing and energy, maintaining his own pace and climbing upwards, "Yes, big brother Hale, I understand."

"Senior Hale, I'm going up too!" Puar eagerly used his hands and feet to climb up steadily.

"Puar, when you run out of energy, fly down. I'm wearing a hoodie. If you run out of energy, fly down to my hoodie, understand?" Hale instructed.

Puar definitely didn't have enough energy to climb to the top. Even if he flew, Puar couldn't fly to the top.

After all, Puar had only practiced Hale's Eight Transformations for a few days, and his physique hadn't been developed yet, so he couldn't last long.

"So, Senior Hale, you're wearing a hoodie so I have a place to rest." Puar paused for a moment, looking at Hale's hoodie.

That hoodie was clearly not suitable for cultivation and would greatly affect Senior Hale's climb up Korin Tower. Senior Hale was still taking care of him so much. Puar felt a warmth in his heart and replied embarrassedly, "Senior Hale, is it okay for you to wear a hoodie that's not conducive to climbing just to give me a foothold?"

"It's okay, Korin Tower can't give me any training effect." Hale said, "Be careful, just don't faint from exhaustion."

"Okay, I will." Puar nodded seriously. Knowing that Senior Hale was fine, he also began to climb up earnestly.

"I'm going up too, Bora, Upa." Hale said goodbye to Bora and Upa.

"Good luck!" Bora and Upa nodded heavily, cheering for Hale.

Hale waved his hand and followed Puar, climbing up behind Puar.

Bora and Upa looked up, watching Hale and the others climb up the Korin Tower stone pillar. Gradually, the figures of Hale, Goku, Yamcha, Puar, and Krillin became smaller, eventually becoming as small as ants, and then climbed into the clouds and disappeared.

Upa looked up, watching the disappearing figures of the others, and asked his father, "Dad, will they succeed in climbing to the top of Korin Tower?"

Bora also looked up, watching the others disappear from his sight, and replied, "I don't know either, but I hope our friends can succeed."

"Yes, they can succeed." Upa nodded heavily.

"Let's bless them." Bora smiled and touched Upa's head, then withdrew his gaze and said, "Wish them success, but we can also do something for our friends."

"What do we do? Dad." Upa blinked and asked.

"Although we wish them success, we don't want them to fall down and die if they don't succeed. Come with me, Upa, let's go to some places where they might fall and get a lot of branches and leaves as cushioning, so that even if they don't succeed, they won't fall down and die." Bora said, "This is the safety measure we can take for our friends besides blessing them."

"Okay, Dad!" Upa's eyes lit up and he immediately followed his father to prepare cushioning spots.

Five hours later.

"Goku, so strong!" Yamcha, who was climbing Korin Tower behind Goku, had already reached an area with strong air currents and thin air. Strong air currents wanted to overturn him every moment.

Yamcha had to use more strength than before to stabilize himself, and he also had to breathe in more air, using the martial arts taught by Hale to adjust his rhythm. He could no longer keep up with Goku, and could only watch Goku climb up like a monkey.

Goku seemed to have inexhaustible strength, becoming a small dot in front of Yamcha, completely distancing himself from Yamcha.

Seeing that there was really no way to catch up with Goku, Yamcha had to take a deep breath, adjust his rhythm, and continue climbing at his own pace.

"Follow your own pace!"

Krillin, who was behind Yamcha, although he didn't see Yamcha and Goku's figures, kept Hale's teachings in mind, adjusted his breathing and maintained his strength according to his own rhythm. Although his body was covered in sweat and he was far behind Yamcha, his body was warm with blood and he didn't feel tired at all as he continued to climb upwards.

Puar, who was behind Krillin, had been climbing for five hours, and his endurance and strength were completely exhausted. His whole body was drenched in sweat, and his fur was as wet as if he had fallen into a lake. His eyes were a little unable to open due to fatigue.

Puar, who rarely exercised, although he had obtained Hale's Eight Transformations and practiced it for several days, it was still shallow and had not undergone qualitative changes. With his physique, it was already his limit to be able to climb Korin Tower for five hours under the scorching sun.

"I can't do it anymore, Senior Hale." Puar knew he couldn't do it anymore, and felt that there was some darkness in front of him, and his whole body was so tired that he seemed to have no strength.

"You've already done very well, reaching your limit. I'm below you, Puar, use your last strength to fly down and rest in the hood behind me." Hale said below Puar.

Puar didn't have the strength to speak anymore. Using his last strength, he let go of Korin Tower with both hands, spread his limbs, followed the air current, adjusted his direction, and used his last bit of strength to fall into the hood behind Hale, landing in it.

"I'm sorry, Senior Hale, I couldn't climb Korin Tower, I've disappointed you..." Puar curled up his wet body and fell asleep, murmuring in his sleep.