Magician by Trade, Martial Artist by Side Job

East Supreme Kai had come to Earth with his attendant because he had discovered that Babidi's son, the equally evil wizard Babidi, had secretly arrived on Earth.

And he was gathering energy, planning to reawaken the sealed Majin Buu.

However, after searching all over Earth without finding Babidi, they had come to the World Martial Arts Tournament.

On one hand, East Supreme Kai believed Babidi might use the World Martial Arts Tournament to gather the ki within some powerful fighters.

On the other hand, he knew that Earth had experts like Goku and the others, who might be able to help.

As for why George was paying attention to East Supreme Kai?

Naturally, he wanted to build a good relationship with him. Besides wanting to learn the Fusion technique,

he also wanted to see if he could use the Supreme Kai connection to get in touch with the God of Destruction and Angel ahead of time, and study Ultra Instinct.

"Now, the World Martial Arts Tournament preliminaries officially begin!"

The referee in black clothes and sunglasses, who was in charge of the preliminaries, stepped out and began explaining the rules.

"This time, the preliminaries will consist of..."

Unlike the old World Martial Arts Tournament preliminaries, which involved fighting on several internal rings to determine who advanced,

the rules for these preliminaries were much simpler.

Strength would be tested through a punching machine, and the fifteen contestants with the highest scores would advance to the main tournament.

As the previous champion, Satan could enter the main tournament directly.

That made sixteen main-tournament contestants in total.

In truth, the new rules were extremely unfair and unprofessional for ordinary fighters.

They were clearly the result of capital getting involved.

A Martial Arts Tournament was supposed to test martial arts, not sheer strength. Judging