#2688 - The warrior whom Hale admires most

"You've already done your best, I'm not disappointed." Hale smiled slightly, using his ki to dry the sweat-soaked fur on Poole's body, preventing him from catching a cold. Then, he used his large hood to wrap Poole up from behind, keeping him warm, and continued to climb upwards.

As he climbed, Hale pondered for a moment, then released his hands and used only his feet to run upwards. His legs became a blur. As he ran, Hale slowed his legs and used a bit of ki to stick to the Korin Tower's pillar. With each step, he glided, sticking to the pillar, and ascended diagonally like a celestial being.

After a while, he saw Krillin covered in sweat, but still listening to his words, maintaining his stamina and climbing at his own pace.

"Krillin is doing very well. Keep climbing at this pace, and maybe you can really reach the top." Hale wrote as he walked, floating towards Krillin's opposite side.

Among Goku, Yamcha, and Krillin, Goku was a Saiyan with a naturally strong physique.

Yamcha and Krillin were both geniuses among Earthlings, with not much difference between them.

However, Yamcha had been taught by Hale all along. Whether in combat power or skill, he was two levels higher than Krillin. Krillin couldn't catch up so easily for the time being.

Hale wasn't worried about whether Goku and Yamcha could reach the top of Korin Tower.

Goku would definitely make it.

In the original story, Goku spent a day climbing to the top of Korin Tower, already possessing great strength.

Now, after Hale's guidance, he would only become stronger.

As for Yamcha, after Hale's guidance and training in the gravity room, he had made enough progress in controlling his body, martial arts, and strength. As long as he didn't mess around, reaching the top of Korin Tower wouldn't be a problem.

Only Krillin was slightly inferior.

Krillin needed to carefully control his stamina, endurance, body temperature, and so on. Then, he also needed perseverance and willpower to barely climb to the top of Korin Tower.

If he relaxed even slightly, Krillin wouldn't be able to climb to the top of Korin Tower. For Krillin, it was an extremely difficult and arduous process.

"Hale-bro! You... how are you walking?" Krillin saw Hale relaxed as if strolling down the street, his hands behind his back, taking steps that seemed slow but covered several meters, shocking Krillin so much that his eyes popped out.

The sudden appearance of Hale's voice and Hale himself in front of Krillin startled Krillin, making his heart race a bit.

However, Krillin subconsciously controlled his heartbeat, blood flow, and breathing, continuing to maintain his pace.

"Not bad, keep it up. You mean this?" Hale raised one leg and said, "It's just making the ki sticky, so my feet stick to the Korin Tower's pillar, a gliding-like step, a small trick, not worth mentioning."

"Mm~~~~" Krillin nodded deeply, not daring to say more, afraid of messing up his pace, and could only sigh in his heart, Hale-bro is really amazing.

"Work hard, Krillin, you have no choice but to work hard now. If you fall from here, you will die. You can only keep climbing upwards.

I'll go ahead. If you don't want to die, keep climbing, otherwise, no one can save you, Krillin." Hale smiled and scared Krillin, then stepped forward, floating upwards like an immortal, entering the clouds and disappearing from Krillin's sight.

Krillin's heart tightened, and he glanced downwards. Unknowingly, he had already climbed to a very high position. Beneath the thin clouds below, he could only see faint forests and the distant horizon.

"So high!" Krillin hadn't even imagined that he could climb so high. Seeing how high he was, he suddenly felt a little weak in the legs and took a cold breath.

But he quickly adjusted his breathing and his pace, his eyes flashing with determination, and turned his head to look upwards, continuing to climb steadily according to the martial arts and pace that Hale had taught him.

Hale couldn't be sure how much time Krillin would need, so Hale didn't dare tell Krillin that even his master, Master Roshi, used to take three days to climb Korin Tower, to avoid discouraging Krillin's perseverance.

Krillin continued to climb at his own pace.

Hale, in the biting wind, disappeared from Krillin's sight, stepping forward to catch up with Yamcha.

"Senior Hale!" Seeing Hale catching up from behind, Yamcha's eyes lit up, and he greeted in a deep voice.

"Not bad, when you couldn't catch up with Goku, you stopped in time, without wasting a lot of stamina on a futile competition." Hale nodded.

Fortunately, Yamcha wasn't stupid. He knew there was a gap between him and Goku, and didn't desperately use all his stamina to chase Goku.

Otherwise, with the second half of the journey still ahead, Yamcha might have found it even more difficult than Krillin.

Now, Yamcha was maintaining plenty of stamina, which was not in vain for Hale's guidance.

"Goku is too amazing, I really can't catch up, but our goal is the top of Korin Tower. I believe we will meet at the top of Korin Tower.

It will be the same in the future. It's just letting Goku go first for now. With Senior Hale teaching us the Myriad Manifestations of the Forest King, we will eventually meet at the end of martial arts." Yamcha's eyes gleamed, and he said with hope for the future.

Hale nodded, considering it very admirable.

However, climbing Korin Tower here was nothing compared to the biggest test, which was when Goku became a Super Saiyan. That kind of leapfrog-level combat power, not losing the confidence to pursue at that moment, was the real test.

In the original story, Yamcha lost his confidence in pursuing martial arts, partly because he was defeated by Tien Shinhan in the World Martial Arts Tournament, but more importantly, because he was killed by the Saiyan Nappa who came from space, and then realized that the gap between Goku and the others and him was getting bigger and bigger. In the end, he lost his pursuit of martial arts and was willing to use his power to become a baseball player.

Yamcha was inherently lacking a spirit of courageous advancement, and he easily lost his ambition due to external factors.

In fact, the one who truly possessed a spirit of courageous martial arts was not Goku, but the serious Tien Shinhan.

Goku was more fond of fighting, even to the point of letting go of enemies because he liked to fight, without distinguishing between good and evil; while Tien Shinhan's attitude towards Vegeta, who had once taken the lives of his group, was not as tolerant as Goku and the others. Tien Shinhan would never show mercy to evil invaders, and would risk his life to protect the friends around him. He was a man who clearly distinguished between good and evil and had a firm will.

Among Goku, Yamcha, Krillin, Poole, Tien Shinhan, Vegeta and other Dragon Ball warriors, Hale's highest evaluation was not for Goku, the protagonist, but for Tien Shinhan.

However, Tien Shinhan was currently working hard to avenge himself, and Hale was looking forward to seeing Tien Shinhan again.

"Very good, continue to maintain this spirit of high-spirited courage." Hale nodded, praised Yamcha, and continued to step forward, heading towards the front of the Korin Tower's pillar, catching up with Goku.