The Tournament Begins

Putting aside the dispute between the Turtle School and the Crane School for the moment, Bulma arrived at the venue of the World Martial Arts Tournament.

Although Vegapunk seems to have spent quite a while with Master Roshi, for someone with his ability to create clones, it's perfectly normal for him to create a clone to accompany Bulma Dr. Brief in their research.

This is precisely why the World Martial Arts Tournament of Dragon Ball has become so large this time.

In eight months, Vegapunk not only researched technology, but also casually recruited some subordinates and began to build up his power throughout the Earth world of Dragon Ball. The new Umbrella Corporation has already opened branches all over the Dragon Ball World.

With Vegapunk's various high-tech products as its flagship products, coupled with the connections and channels of Capsule Corporation, the Umbrella Corporation has become a giant enterprise similar to Capsule Corporation in just eight months, covering various industries such as medical, construction, food, biochemistry, machinery, and energy. In terms of potential, it even Capsule Corporation.

This means there are only eight months left. If Vegapunk were given another year or two, Vegapunk could rely on the Umbrella Corporation to completely dominate the entire Earth economically, ensuring that no one on Earth, from birth to death, could leave the Umbrella Corporation.

Even if it hasn't developed to that level yet, given the size and technological level of the Umbrella Corporation, taking over the hosting rights of the World Martial Arts Tournament would be a piece of cake.

Within those seven days, Vegapunk summoned Tatsumaki, created a Floating City, and thoroughly reinforced it to withstand battles with tens of thousands of combat power. He also completed the construction of the entire city in a very short time.

"Is this the venue for the World Martial Arts Tournament? It's huge! I can't believe they built it in such a short time!"

Bulma looked around the room and said to Vegapunk with a smile.

In the span of eight months, given Bulma's infatuated and proactive personality, it's no surprise that all sorts of things happened between her and Vegapunk, the carnivore.

"Of course, if the venue were built according to the original design, the small arena wouldn't be big enough for those monsters to perform their moves."

Vegapunk shrugged and spoke.

"No wonder you used alloy materials to build the venue... But are there really many monsters like Kid Goku in this world?"

Bulma reached out and touched the ring, sensing the hardness of the alloy. She was a little puzzled. Her family was considered high-ranking, so why hadn't they realized that Earth was so dangerous?

"Don't worry, after this martial arts tournament, you'll definitely know just how dangerous this world is!"

With so many monsters participating in this martial arts tournament, not to mention Bulma, many people will probably have their worldviews redefined!

The reason Vegapunk set up the venue for the World Martial Arts Tournament in the sky was itself a form of selection. Ordinary people could take the elevator directly, but the contestants who registered could only jump over those stone platforms.

What? You can't jump over it? You can't even jump over a five-meter-high stone platform, and you're here to participate in the World Martial Arts Tournament? You should go back to where you came from, train for a few more years, and then come back!

So although the number of people who signed up for the World Martial Arts Tournament this year was far greater than in previous years, even exceeding four figures for the first time, only about 30 people were actually able to come to the venue.

This includes three members of the Turtle School, three members of the Crane School (Mercenary Tao is also considered a member of the Crane School), three members of the One-Punch Man World (Fubuki, who felt she couldn't win the championship because her sister signed Fubuki, didn't sign up and became a spectator), Might Guy from the Ninja World, and five members from the Pirate World (Luffy, Zoro, Mihawk, Shanks, Ace signed up, while the others were just there for fun as spectators).

This calculation shows that there are as many as 15 people connected to Vegapunk. Therefore, during the round of 16 elimination matches, Vegapunk did not hesitate to manipulate the computer to divide these people into different areas.

These characters lived up to their protagonist or main supporting character abilities, and since the Dragon Ball World hasn't yet entered the later stages of rampant power levels, they generally won easily.

Besides them, the only outsider among the top 16 is Giran, the Dinosaur People who asked for directions when Vegapunk first arrived in the Dragon Ball World.

In the original story, this Kiron caused Goku quite a bit of trouble when Kid Goku first participated in the martial arts tournament. He almost defeated Kid Goku by spitting out chewing gum.

Although he is far inferior to Kid Goku in terms of raw strength, he is not entirely without any ability to fight back, and can be considered to have considerable strength.

However, this kind of strength is basically meaningless in the top 16. In the quarterfinals, his first opponent was Ace. Facing Ace, Devil Fruit User, Giran, who had no energy attacks, was knocked off the stage in just a few moves.

As for the second battle, it was a fight between Red-Haired Shanks and Hawkeye Mihawk, which was also a battle specially arranged by Vegapunk. In the Pirate World, these two are considered to be rivals who often spar, so it is normal for them to fight this time.

However, after a few rounds of fighting, Shanks, who didn't really want to continue, simply raised his hand and conceded defeat.

Seeing Shanks admit defeat, Hawk Eyes frowned, his expression cold and stern.

"Are you... just trying to brush me off?"

Shanks smiled and shrugged.

"Although I really want to relive the days when we sparred, you must have new opponents you want to fight, right? Are you sure you want to settle things with me this time?"

As he spoke, Shanks glanced at Zoro beside him. Zoro, Three-Sword Style, stared intently at Hawkeye Mihawk, his fighting spirit undisguised.

Mihawk paused for a moment, then sheathed the Black Blade back into his back and said coldly:

"We'll postpone this duel for now, Shanks, you better remember that!"

Shanks nodded with a chuckle, and the second quarterfinalist was also revealed: Hawkeye Mihawk.

The third battle began swiftly. The zombie-like Chiaotzu floated onto the arena, while Tornado, who had already descended from the sky and was standing on the platform, looked at the Chiaotzu Tatsumaki a frown and said:

"Too slow, little guy!"

"What? You're not much taller than me!"

Upon hearing this, Chiaotzu said somewhat angrily to Tatsumaki snorted coldly and looked him up and down:

"Kid, you're Psychic Ability too?"

You mean superpowers?

Chiaotzu paused for a moment, looking at Tatsumaki. Only then did he notice that Tatsumaki's feet were a few centimeters off the ground, clearly indicating that she was also using superpowers.

"They're both superpowered individuals!"

Chiaotzu stared wide-eyed, clearly not expecting that her opponent was the same type as herself.

At this moment, Tatsumaki waved her hand:

"Alright, enough of this nonsense, kid. Don't waste my time. Let me see just how capable you really are."

Upon hearing this, the Chiaotzu flew into a rage:

"What do you mean by wasting your time? You think you can beat me? Let me show you what I'm capable of!"

As he spoke, Chiaotzu jumped into the sky and then spun around like Tatsumaki, smashing his head directly into the Tatsumaki.

"What is this? Head Tornado?"

Tatsumaki paused for a moment, looked at the rushing Chiaotzu, shook her head, stretched out a finger, aimed at the Chiaotzu's head, and gently rotated and shook it.

The Chiaotzu, already spinning at high speed, suddenly increased its spinning speed dozens of times, letting out a terrified scream:

"Aaaaaaah! It's spinning too fast, I can't control it, waaaaaah!"

Under such high-speed rotation, the Chiaotzu could not maintain its direction and passed right by the Tatsumaki, crashing diagonally into the ring with a loud bang. Then, it slid forward along the ring floor like a bulldozer, pushing a shallow trench into the metal ring.

"Ouch... it hurts so much... the arena floor is so hard!"

Chiaotzu got up, crying, her body covered in scrapes and aches, and she felt pain everywhere.

The Tatsumaki, which hadn't moved an inch, floated to the side and sighed.

"Kid, you can see the difference between us now, right? It's okay to admit defeat now and avoid a lot of physical pain!"

"And... what was that move of yours? It's neither superpower nor martial arts. If you weren't so tough, your skull would be shattered by now!"

"Damn it! He only managed to beat me once by using dirty tricks! Don't think you can beat me so easily!"

Chiaotzu gritted her teeth and looked at Tatsumaki, then jumped up, wanting to engage in close combat.

However, before he could even get close to Tatsumaki simply waved her hand, and the Float-Float Fruit and her superpowers activated simultaneously. The air controlled by the Float-Float Fruit and her superpowers merged into one, transforming into an explosive Tatsumaki that directly swept the Chiaotzu inside.

"Ughhhhh! Why is it happening again? I don't want to be spun around anymore, my head is so dizzy!"

With a whoosh, the Chiaotzu shot straight into the sky under the influence of the Tatsumaki. After a while, it fell back down. Just as it was about to hit the ground, it barely regained its senses and quickly used its Levitation Technique to avoid crashing to the ground.

"What incredible superpower! There's no way to get close to him. Looks like I have no choice but to use that trick!"

After a long while in the sky, feeling dizzy and lightheaded, Chiaotzu finally recovered somewhat. He slowly stretched out his hands and aimed them at the Tatsumaki:

"Take this!"

A strange surge of superpower energy swept through in an instant. Tatsumaki frowned slightly, then suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach.

"Oops... I was careless... What a weird superpower!"

Chiaotzu's superpowers weren't actually that strong; by the later stages of Dragon Ball, he was practically nonexistent. You could say that any Z Fighters with a power level over 100 or 200 could easily withstand him.

However, Tatsumaki is an exception. Despite her devastating superpowers, which are comparable to a power level of several thousand, Tatsumaki's physical defense is probably far inferior to that of Kid Goku when he first appeared (Kid Goku could withstand a pistol bullet to the face without even breaking his skin when he first appeared).

This was after Tatsumaki was enhanced by both Devil Fruit and Chakra. Before that, Tatsumaki's physical abilities were at best those of a healthy, ordinary person.

"Hahaha, your stomach hurts so much you can't move, huh? Watch me beat you to a pulp this time!"

A slightly smug smile appeared on Chiaotzu's blank face, and then she prepared to knock Tatsumaki out of the ring.

However... Chiaotzu overlooked one problem: his stomachache superpower was indeed very useful to ordinary warriors. In that kind of excruciating pain, most warriors couldn't even get into a fighting stance, and their combat power naturally plummeted, leaving them at his mercy.

However, for a superpowered being like Tatsumaki, even if her stomach hurts terribly, as long as she doesn't faint, it won't affect her fighting ability at all. On the contrary, the pain distracts her and causes her control to drop, making Tatsumaki much more dangerous than before!

Before Chiaotzu could even get close, Tatsumaki, whose stomach was in unbearable pain, unleashed her terrifying telekinetic power without hesitation. The telekinetic power, combined with the power of the Float-Float Fruit, instantly reshaped the entire arena floor, turning the original arena into steel tentacles that directly wrapped Chiaotzu up in the middle.

"Waaaaah! Help! I give up, I give up!"

Feeling the terrifying telekinetic power, which could almost pulverize her into a dry towel with the slightest movement, Chiaotzu raised her hands in surrender without hesitation.

It was precisely because they were both psychics that Chiaotzu was able to sense the almost unbelievable telekinetic power that Tatsumaki unleashed in that instant. Compared to Tatsumaki, if her telekinetic power was the ocean, his own telekinetic power was not even comparable to a stream, let alone a puddle!

If the other party had even the slightest thought, he would be doomed. Under such circumstances, Chiaotzu, who was not very brave to begin with, immediately admitted defeat.

Tatsumaki snorted, but as a hero, although she was somewhat rough and arrogant, she was still a righteous person and naturally wouldn't really kill Chiaotzu.

Otherwise, with her strength, the Chiaotzu would have been twisted into a dried Chiaotzu the moment she made a move, leaving him no time to admit defeat.

With a casual wave of her hand, the steel that had been rolled up into a ball instantly dispersed and returned to the ground arena. Under the Tatsumaki's terrifying superpower, it was actually forced back down, looking no different from the beginning.

"Winner: Tatsumaki!"

As the player emitted the sound, Chiaotzu walked off the stage dejectedly, and Tien Shinhan quickly went to greet him:

"Chiaotzu, are you alright?"

"It's okay, Brother Tian, it's just... I lost!"