Little Goku's Great Adventure Starting from One Piece

Chapter 290 The Only Way to Defeat

"What?! You were beaten so badly you couldn't fight back at all?!"

Outside the secret room, Wanda was so shocked that her mouth was agape, as if she could fit several eggs inside.

When she saw Wukong walk out with a pale face, she knew he had failed, because only a defeated person would be so dejected.

She was surprised by this because she believed that if Goku could successfully see his other self, he shouldn't fail.

Although based on past experience, there was a 20% chance of failure, she had great confidence in Wukong based on his previous performance.

But to her surprise, Wukong failed, which was a huge surprise to her.

But that wasn't all. Wukong actually told her that he was beaten so badly by another version of himself in the spiritual space that he was almost instantly killed.

This left her completely stunned.

In the mental space, the other self, that is, the transformed self, is very powerful, but much weaker than the real self. Otherwise, how could anyone defeat a self that is far stronger than oneself?

Being able to pass through the ultimate test of willpower and reach the point of entering the spiritual space to fight against another version of oneself means that this person has the strength to defeat that other self. This is the experience that the Mink Clan has accumulated over thousands of years and has never made a mistake.

Those who are defeated by another version of themselves, even if they lose, do so only after a long and arduous struggle and exhaustion. No one is ever defeated in an instant.

So when Wanda heard Goku say that he was no match for his other self, she was utterly shocked, and only one sentence kept echoing in her mind.

Impossible! This is impossible!!

Did it fail?

Unlike Wanda, Nami was also surprised, but felt that it seemed to make sense.

Having witnessed the giant ape firsthand, she still suffers from a deep psychological trauma related to it.

That wild roar, the irrational fighting spirit, and that terrifying, world-destroying power left an extremely deep impression on her, and she still dreams about it occasionally.

Even though her strength is now vastly different from what it used to be, she still feels a tremor in her heart whenever she thinks of that giant ape.

For no other reason than that she discovered that even with her current strength, it would be difficult for her to destroy an island, while the giant ape could completely wipe an island out with a single, casual strike, leaving no trace! How could such a vast and insurmountable gap not be terrifying?

So when she saw Wukong lose, she felt it was quite reasonable, because that giant ape was not something that could be easily defeated, even though Wukong was already very strong.

"Pat your head."

After a few seconds of shock at Goku's defeat, Carrot stepped forward and reached out to pat Goku on the head.

"Why are you touching my head?" Wukong looked at her in astonishment.

"Because patting your head makes you happy, hee hee." Carrot smiled adorably.

She felt that Wukong would be unhappy after his failure, and she didn't want him to be unhappy, so she tried to make him happy by patting his head.

As for why she chose this method, it's because she feels happy when someone touches her head.

"I'm not unhappy, I'm just a little tired." Although Wukong's face wasn't as pale as before, you could still tell that he was very listless.

He in the spiritual space was formed from spiritual power. As we all know, a person's spirit is very important. If the spirit is damaged, it is often more serious than physical damage.

The direct destruction of Wukong's body, which was formed from spiritual energy, means that his spirit has suffered great damage. If he does not rest and recuperate properly for a period of time, it will have a very negative impact on his future.

After calming herself down, Wanda quickly realized this and said solemnly, "Wukong, don't think about anything right now. Don't worry about why you failed this time. What you need to do now is rest well!"

"Did it fail?"

Inside the official residence, Inuarashi sighed softly after hearing the news brought by Wanda.

"It's not going to be easy to succeed, as expected."

Wanda looked at him and asked softly, "Did you think he wouldn't succeed before?"

Inuarashi tapped his fingers on the armrest and nodded slightly, saying, "That's right. I had this feeling before. Even if he can successfully pass the training, successfully enter the spiritual space, and successfully see his transformed self, he most likely won't succeed."

"Why do you think that?" Wanda asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Because his transformation is different from ours," Inuarashi said in a deep voice.

"According to them, Goku's size can expand thirty times after transforming. Just think about it, what an exaggerated increase that is."

Therefore, I believe that the power increase that Wukong gains after transforming will be much greater than the power increase that we gain after transforming, which means that he will be more powerful than we imagine after transforming.

If that's the case, he will be even stronger than we imagine after transforming in the spiritual space, which means that the experience passed down from generation to generation will not apply to him.

This proved to be true. After undergoing the ultimate training, our strength in the spiritual realm was roughly equal to, or even slightly stronger than, that of our counterparts. However, this was not the case for Goku. He was no match for his counterpart; the gap between them was inconceivably vast, completely opposite to our situation.

After hearing Inuarashi's words, Wanda fell into deep thought.

After a while, she sighed and nodded, saying, "What you said makes a lot of sense. As things stand, that's very likely the case. If that's the case, it will be extremely difficult for Goku to master the transformation power."

"It's definitely difficult, but not impossible. As long as he continues to hone his mental strength and constantly improves it, he still has a chance to succeed," Inuarashi pondered.

"Continue to refine? You mean let him continue to soak in the itch-inducing herb solution?" Wanda looked at him in surprise.

The "Itchy Grass" is the same herb that caused Wukong unbearable itching when soaked in water. Perhaps the ancestors of the Mink Tribe were bad at naming things, or perhaps they chose this very hasty but easy-to-understand name for easy memorization.

"That's right." Inuarashi nodded.

"The time it takes for an incense stick to burn is the limit for most people. Very few people can continue to persist after that time. Of course, this is also related to the fact that persisting is not very meaningful. After all, as long as you can persist for one incense stick, you have a high chance of completing the transformation training. But Wukong is not like that. He must have stronger mental strength. So he has to try to continue to persist after one incense stick to burn in order to improve his mental strength."

"Only in this way can he have the opportunity to defeat his transformed self and complete his transformation training."

Wukong slept for a very, very long time, possibly the longest sleep he had ever had in his life.

He slept from 3:30 p.m. until the next morning, and then woke up feeling refreshed.

The first thing he did after waking up wasn't to go to the toilet, brush his teeth, wash his face, or even wonder how long he'd slept; instead, he yelled, "Aaaaah! I'm so hungry!!"

Sanji, who shared a room with him, immediately woke up, said, "Give me ten minutes," and then rushed out of the room without looking back.

Ten minutes later, in the living room, Wukong sat at the table, his hands moving like afterimages as he stuffed food into his mouth.

Nami, who got up upon hearing the sound, breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing his energetic appearance.

It seems that Wukong has fully recovered after his nap.

knock knock!

Just as Wukong was eating, there was a knock on the door.

Nami opened the door and found that it was Wanda who had come in.

"I heard Wukong woke up, right?" Wanda walked in with a smile, holding a bowl of green porridge.

"Yes, he's finally awake. I've never seen him sleep for so long." Nami smiled, then looked at what Wanda was holding and asked疑惑地, "What are you holding?"

"This is a calming soup."

Wanda walked to the table, put down the bowl in her hand, and introduced to everyone: "Yesterday's battle caused great damage to Goku's spirit. Although sufficient rest can lead to good recovery, there will still be some hidden injuries that are difficult to repair. This calming soup can help Goku repair these hidden injuries and allow him to make a perfect recovery."

"Oh, I see! Thank you so much, Wanda," Nami said with delight.

"Hey! Wukong, did you hear me? Hurry up and drink it, then thank them properly."

Seeing that Goku was still engrossed in his rice and seemed completely unaware that Wanda had brought him help, Nami quickly reminded him.

"It's alright, let him finish eating. He looks extremely hungry." Wanda smiled understandingly.

"Haha, he's a big eater. He usually eats more in one meal than all of us combined. He didn't eat last night and has been sleeping until now. He must be starving."

Nami and Wanda chatted and joked while waiting for Goku to finish his meal.

Twenty minutes later, Wukong finally threw down the last empty bowl, patted his bulging belly, and said contentedly, "Ha, I'm so full."

Then he activated Life Return, and his swollen belly immediately flattened out, returning to its normal shape.

"Huh, what's this?"

After greeting Wanda, Wukong looked at the calming soup that Wanda had pushed in front of him with a puzzled expression. He had indeed not heard what Wanda had said before.

So Wanda explained it to him again.

Upon hearing about the calming soup's effects, Wukong's eyes lit up. After thanking Wanda, he picked up the large bowl and drank it down in one gulp.

But after just one sip, he immediately stopped, stuck out his tongue, and scrunched up his face: "Ugh—it's so bitter!!"

"It is indeed a bit bitter, but compared to its benefits, I think this bitterness is nothing." Wanda smiled slightly.

Wukong knew that drinking this stuff would be very helpful to him, so even though he hated the taste, he still pinched his nose and drank it all.

After finishing the drink, he let out a long sigh of relief. He wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that he was more energetic than before and his mind was clear.

He immediately thought of yesterday's failure.

"That big monkey was really powerful; I can't beat it now." Wukong seriously recalled yesterday's battle.

Although he knew that the giant ape was him in his transformed state, he still habitually called it the big monkey.

"So, do you want to defeat it?" Wanda asked.

"Of course! Although I lost yesterday, I will not admit defeat!" Wukong said with a determined look.

"I understand. Then you only have one option now: continue your spiritual training." Wanda smiled slightly, then her expression turned serious.

"And there's one thing you need to be careful about: before you defeat your other self, you can only focus on improving your mental strength, not your physical strength. Otherwise, your other self will also become stronger."

The transformed self manifested in the spiritual space will improve as the person's strength increases, but for some unknown reason, its strength is not affected by spiritual power. This is why the ancestors of the Mink Tribe figured out a way to defeat their transformed selves by increasing their spiritual power, thereby mastering the power of transformation.

Since Goku's mental strength is currently insufficient to defeat him after his transformation, he can only try to strengthen his mental strength again until he can defeat him.

In the same forest, in the same clearing, Wukong sat in the steaming wooden tub again, enjoying the ultimate care from the Itchy Grass.

The principle of "destruction before construction" can be applied not only to the physical but also to the spiritual.

Yesterday, Wukong's spiritual body was directly destroyed, and his spirit suffered a huge injury. However, after a perfect recovery, his spiritual power was significantly stronger than yesterday, and such a degree of enhancement would require a long period of arduous training.

Therefore, when he was enduring that excruciating pain that went deep into his bones at the beginning, he no longer needed to grit his teeth and bear it. He was no longer grimaced by the immense pain, but remained calm and undisturbed, as if he regarded the pain as nothing.

So some people might ask, since the method of breaking down and then rebuilding is so effective in improving mental strength, why not just use this method directly instead of resorting to medicinal baths and ascetic practices?

The answer is, of course, that while the improvement brought about by breaking down the old and building up the new is great, it also carries extremely high risks, especially in terms of one's mental state.

The fact that Wukong recovered from his mental injury yesterday without any lasting damage doesn't mean he can do it every time. If he were to suffer irreparable damage or even a mental breakdown, things would get very serious.

Therefore, it is better to use the less effective medicinal bath and ascetic practices than to use the overly dangerous method of destruction and reconstruction.

The intense pain is the first stage effect of the Painful Itch Grass, which lasts for about two thousand minutes.

This phase is not having much effect on Wukong right now, and he has passed through this period peacefully.

Soon, the second stage began: intense itching.

Wukong's eye twitched, and he clenched his teeth slightly, thus getting through this phase relatively easily.

The third stage is still intense itching, but this itching comes from the soul. The itch is many times stronger than in the second stage. Last time, when Wukong entered this stage, he couldn't bear it and jumped out of the barrel.

This time, with his enhanced mental strength, he finally managed to suppress the urge to scratch his body and forcibly endured it.

However, his facial expression finally became ferocious, his jaw clenched, veins bulging, and he looked like he was in pain.

Nami, Wanda, and the others watched him from the side, silently cheering him on, "Goku, keep going!"

Sanji, witnessing this scene for the first time, gasped in shock, wondering how much pain Goku must be enduring to appear so ferocious.

Time passed slowly, and the third phase had lasted for ten minutes. Wukong gritted his teeth and endured it.

But when the third stage passed and he entered the fourth stage, where excruciating pain and intense itching appeared simultaneously like fire and water, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and immediately jumped out.

"Ugh! I can't take it anymore!"

Curious, Sanji walked up to the barrel and dipped a finger into the water.

The next second, he shuddered and immediately pulled his finger back, looking at Wukong as if he were a monster.

"This trial is insane! How did you even manage to survive it?!"

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