Moving a finger might even be an exaggeration. When Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta, it seemed he stayed seated in his spaceship from beginning to end. Most Saiyans did not even get a chance to face Frieza before they were killed by his subordinates. Frieza had many subordinates, and quite a few of them were powerful. Even without the Ginyu Force, Zarbon and Dodoria alone were enough to wipe out most planets.
There were also many subordinates weaker than Zarbon and Dodoria. Leaving Vegeta aside, Cui alone had a combat power of nearly 20,000, which was more than enough to destroy a planet with ease.
In other words, for a big shot like Frieza, destroying a planet was as simple as giving an order.
Not to mention his own terrifying combat power of 530,000, even in his weakest, slender form.
The plane arrived in West City. Before returning, Bulma had informed her parents and arranged rooms for everyone in advance, and also prepared a lavish feast to welcome them all.
Because they had gone through so much over the past two days, everyone returned to their rooms to rest after eating their fill. There was no rush to discuss anything. They would rest well, recover their mental and physical condition to their peak, and then talk about training.
However, even Goku, who had fought Piccolo, had eaten a Senzu Bean and recovered completely. So after a normal night's sleep, everyone woke up early the next morning, eager to receive Ethan's guidance.
Seeing everyone so impatient to begin training, Ethan did not hide anything. Instead, he directly demonstrated his daily training plan from start to finish.
Wake up early, warm up!
For many people, what would count as strenuous exercise was, for the current Ethan, merely morning activity to get his body moving, just a warm-up.
In addition to long-distance running and various push-ups, there were also many stretching exercises. These movements were somewhat similar to the yoga poses Bulma usually practiced. They were meant to ensure that the body would not lose flexibility because of excessive strength training.
Goku and Tien Shinhan also regularly practiced similar exercises. After all, they were martial artists, not bodybuilders. Stiff muscles were far more harmful than helpful to them. Judging from their later fighting movements, it was obvious that everyone had excellent flexibility.
After the warm-up and a simple cooldown, it was breakfast time, followed by the main event.
Gathered in the backyard of Bulma's house, everyone found there was more than enough open space in her large home. Since Ethan and the others had moved in, one area had already been specially designated as a training ground.
In addition to the outdoor area, there were also separate training rooms, including the gravity room Ethan had made, which was also located here.
"You're all more or less familiar with weighted training, so I probably don't need to explain it, right?"
Simply showing them the ten-kilogram, twenty-kilogram, forty-kilogram, and one-hundred-kilogram weighted gear was enough. However, since everyone here was training, anything under forty kilograms could be ignored. Everyone chose a set of one-hundred-kilogram weights that suited them and put them on.
"So Ethan has been wearing gear this heavy the whole time?"
Looking up, Ethan was still wearing weighted gear even now. These weights still gave him a good training effect at his current level.
"Basically, other than sleeping, I wear this gear no matter what I'm doing."
Training with this kind of equipment should have good results, but Master Roshi, who had seen a lot in his life, knew that weighted gear alone would not allow Ethan to improve so much in such a short time.
From Ethan's introduction so far, he had not seen anything especially unusual. Could Ethan's rapid increase in strength really be because of his natural talent and physique?
"You're all familiar with these training methods. The only thing that's somewhat special is that I also used that."
Ethan pointed to the gravity room not far away. Aside from Launch, Bulma, Oolong, and Puar, who already knew about it, the others did not see anything special about that room.
"It's hard to understand just by talking. You'll know once you experience it."
Although Master Roshi was curious, knowing there was a room nearby where he could watch what was happening inside, he chose to go into the adjacent room.
The remaining martial artists all followed Ethan into the training area. As Ethan activated the gravity environment, everyone felt a heavy pressure, as if they were about to be crushed and pinned to the ground.
"This is..."
"The gravity room. It can simulate an environment with gravity several times stronger than Earth's. I've been training here recently. Right now, the gravity here is three times that of the outside world."
Seeing Ethan move freely in this environment without the slightest sign of strain, Tien Shinhan and Goku finally understood why he had become so strong.
"This monster... how could he come up with a training method like this!"
Similar to Launch's thoughts, Tien Shinhan felt that Ethan's brain was definitely not normal.
However, no one doubted whether this training method was effective, because the strength of Ethan and the others already proved everything. If it were not effective, how could they have become so powerful?
Ethan turned off the gravity environment, and Goku and the others immediately felt their bodies become lighter and much more relaxed.
In that brief moment alone, Krillin and Chiaotzu were already covered in sweat.
"Also, this room can create environments of fifty degrees Celsius above zero and forty degrees Celsius below zero. Combined with high gravity, it can temper the body and the mind even more effectively."
For powerful martial artists like Goku, they were not just training their bodies. Those harsh training methods were also a test of mental strength.
Looking at Goku, as his strength increased, he learned more and more "mysterious techniques," such as reading someone's memory by touching their head, standing on the Lookout and observing events below like Kami, and abilities like Fusion and Instant Transmission. This proves that martial arts, magic, and superpowers have common ground in this world.
Even without learning those flashy techniques, training mental strength can greatly improve one's resistance to magic. For example, Vegeta dared to deliberately expose a weakness and let the famous sorcerer Babidi cast a control spell on him, and after the opponent brought out his potential, Vegeta directly ignored the control spell. Someone with insufficient resistance to magic and an unstable mind could not do that.
"..."
The others did not know what Ethan was thinking. They were only thinking, does he really have to go this far? Torturing himself like this, does he have some strange hobby?
"At the moment, you can't stay in this environment for long, so at the start, try choosing a low multiplier and don't activate the extreme temperature settings. Increase it little by little after you adapt to the lower multiplier. As for the high- and low-temperature environments, I personally recommend using them only after you can adapt to five times gravity or more, preferably after ten times gravity."
"Heh... I think I may never get the chance to use that function."
Krillin finally understood how Ethan had become stronger. He was basically treating himself as less than human and torturing himself. If he did not get stronger after that, that would be strange. But Krillin did not think he could do the same.
"You're underestimating your potential."
Krillin himself did not know it, but Ethan knew very well what he could achieve. This guy was the strongest Earthling. Setting aside whether Tien Shinhan had alien blood or not, judging by their performance in actual combat, by the middle of the story Krillin's strength had clearly surpassed Tien Shinhan's.
"Actually, the most effective method is to stay in a high-gravity environment for a long time, but that kind of training puts too much strain on the body. If you start at that level right away, you probably won't be able to handle it."
So first, they should set a training time, spend a period of time each day in the gravity environment, and then gradually increase both the duration and the gravity multiplier.
This was also the path Launch had taken, proving that this method was workable, and for everyone present, the speed of improvement would not be slow either. After all, these people were not that strong yet at this point in time.
Besides the main training area, there were also several smaller gravity rooms next to it. Ethan took everyone on a tour. Their usage was very simple, and it was obvious at a glance that they had been specially built for individual training.
"Other than the smaller space, the functions are the same."
They had originally thought they would have to take turns training, but they had not expected everything to already be laid out properly, and each room even had a changing room and bathroom, with very complete facilities.
"Alright! Let's start right away!"
Now that they knew the training method, everyone was eager to begin.
Wearing the full set of weighted gear, just as Ethan had said, training with weights inside a gravity environment produced an even better effect.
Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu, and Goku and Krillin, each chose a gravity room. Training in pairs also made it less boring, and they all chose to start with three times gravity.
However, before training could even begin, Mrs. Brief suddenly said that a friend had come to see them.
"A friend?"
Bulma was wondering which friend it could be. It seemed all her close friends were already here. Then she tilted her head and saw a white cat following behind her mother.
"Uh... and you are?"
"Ah, it's Korin!"
Bulma did not recognize Korin, but quite a few people present did. Besides, she had also heard Korin's name before, she just had not expected him to look like this.
"What? This cat is the legendary Korin?"
"..."
Seeing that Bulma was a cute girl and just an ordinary person, Korin decided not to argue with her.
"That's right, I'm Korin! Ethan lives here, right?"
When Ethan saw Korin come all the way over, he wondered what important matter had brought him to West City. He immediately thought of Kami, who lived above Korin Tower.
"Korin, did you come all the way to West City because something important happened and you needed to find me?"
"Yes, Kami wants to see you!"
(To be continued.)