Battle Between Protagonists

"Oh no... I was so careless!"

Yamcha stood up shakily and turned off the weight on his bracelet, feeling slightly better, but his injuries still significantly reduced his strength.

"If I hadn't been careless just now, I wouldn't have lost to this guy even under the weight... Could it be that this guy has been holding back all along, whether he's joking or pretending to be unloaded, he's just trying to fool me?"

Yamcha frowned, looking at Might Guy who was waiting for him to adjust his state, but he also felt that this guy who didn't take advantage of the situation shouldn't be that kind of person.

"It hurts so much... My skull is probably cracked, my cervical vertebrae are dislocated, my internal organs have been severely impacted, there might be some internal bleeding, and I also have a concussion... In this state... engaging in close combat will only worsen my injuries... I have no choice but to use that move!"

"Take this... Ki Manipulation Bullet! Wandering Scatter Mode!"

With a loud Yamcha, one circular Light Orb after another emerged from his body, eventually settling at the number 12.

The 12 Light Orb paused for a moment, then rushed toward Might Guy like piranhas. Might Guy was slightly taken aback. As a ninja, his caution made this hot-blooded guy dare not directly touch the light orbs, but instead flew away to dodge.

—Don't let Might Guy's hot-blooded and foolish appearance fool you. He survived the battlefield of the Ninja World War and has seen all sorts of strange and bizarre techniques. If he relied on Taijutsu to fight head-on every time, even 100 lives wouldn't be enough to kill him.

Even though Might Guy managed to dodge the attacks of these light projectiles, he didn't expect that the 12 light projectiles would suddenly turn around and bombard Might Guy.

Does it have automatic tracking capabilities?

Muttering to himself, Might Guy wasn't surprised at all. Compared to the martial arts in Dragon Ball, the Ninjutsu in Hokage was much more elaborate, and the automatic pursuit ability wasn't surprising at all.

With a casual reach, Might Guy pulled out some Kunai from his ninja tool pouch. No matter how much he specialized in Taijutsu, Might Guy wouldn't overlook the ability to throw Kunai.

Although throwing Kunai may seem pointless in ninja battles, its main purpose is actually to probe the opponent's information.

For example, nowadays, when facing Ninjutsu whose effects you don't know, throwing Kunai is also a way to test the waters.

Four Kunai casually tossed out. Might Guy hadn't learned any fancy Kunai throwing techniques, but he had graduated normally from the Ninja Academy, so his strength, speed, and accuracy were all fine.

However, the Kunai vanished into nothingness the moment it made contact with the light bullet, leaving Might Guy utterly astonished.

The destructive power of the ki in Dragon Ball is far greater than that of Chakra. Might Guy didn't even dare to touch it. However, despite dodging left and right, he was still forced into a corner by the 12 light bullets.

Just as the twelve energy blasts were about to hit him, Might Guy roared:

"Eight Gates Formation, Sixth Gate, Gate of View, open!"

A violent Chakra, its properties altered after being mixed with the energy from the Dragon Ball, erupted from Might Guy's body, forming a pale blue halo.

Just like with the Kaioken, Might Guy's combat power almost instantly doubled. His figure flashed slightly, and he broke through the encirclement of 12 light bullets, appearing in front of Yamcha.

"Oh no..."

Yamcha had barely reacted when the 12 Light Orb retreated frantically like torpedoes, but Might Guy had already clenched his fists:

"The Morning Peacock!"

The light formed by hundreds of fists burst forth instantly. Unlike the air blasts that were originally in the Ninja World, after incorporating some of the ki from the Dragon Ball World, Might Guy's Chakra also possessed the nature of ki. When he swung his fists, it transformed into energy waves that burst forth in an instant, directly sending Yamcha flying.

With a loud bang, Yamcha flew over a hundred meters and crashed into the iron wall surrounding the arena, creating a human-shaped dent in the wall before falling to the ground, coughing up blood and losing consciousness.

"What is this? It can actually double your combat power!"

The members of the Turtle School and Crane School were immediately dumbfounded. They were the ones who could most directly feel Might Guy's fighting power double, and therefore understood even more how terrifying the Eight Gates Formation technique was.

To put it bluntly, if Master Roshi and Master Shen had this kind of skill, they could totally defeat Piccolo!

After opening the Eight Gates Formation, Might Guy's aura weakened instantly, even more so than when he hadn't opened the Eight Gates Formation. However, the others had expressions of "I knew it." It would be truly strange if such a technique, which instantly unleashes a multiple increase in combat power, didn't weaken at all after it was used.

Well, it's clear that Earthlings are still quite ignorant. They haven't seen the Kaioken or the Super Saiyan transformation, especially the Super Saiyan transformation, which instantly increases fighting power by 50 times without any side effects. That's what you call truly monstrous.

After Might Guy's victory, the next battle was between Krillin and Atomic Samurai.

In terms of combat strength, the two are roughly equal, but in close combat, the Atomic Samurai, who is said to have the ability to cut atoms, is undoubtedly far superior to Krillin.

Atomic Samurai's Atomic Slash is impeccable in both speed and attack power. Even though Krillin protected his entire body with his ki, his ki level of only 200 points was still no match for the atomic level cut. Almost instantly, several bloody cuts appeared on his body. Then, with the sword pressed against his throat, Krillin was forced to admit defeat.

"Damn it, just you wait, I'll definitely develop this kind of defense-ignoring attack in the future!"

Krillin gritted his teeth and said twice. If Atomic Samurai's strength was really far superior to his, he would accept it. But the fact was that although Atomic Samurai was strong, he was not really able to crush him.

The reason Krillin was able to win so easily was firstly because he chose the wrong fighting method. His opponent's swordsmanship was too sharp and indestructible, causing too much damage to the human body in close combat.

Secondly, just like Bang, Atomic Samurai is also a top-tier fighter with countless battles and immense experience. In this respect, Krillin, who is new to the game, is not even as good as Mercenary Tao, who often crushes weaker opponents, which is why he was so easily defeated.

"Really? Little one, then I'll wait for you!"

The Atomic Samurai, with a straw dangling from his mouth, sheathed his longsword with a faint smile on his face.

The saying goes, "You can judge a person by their fighting skills." After fighting Krillin, Atomic Samurai could see that Krillin not only had great potential and was already almost as strong as himself, but also had a personality that leaned towards justice. Therefore, he had a good impression of Krillin.

Master Roshi's expression was a bit unpleasant. Although he knew that these people were probably Vegapunk, and he didn't know where he had found them, just to give his disciples a hard time, his disciples hadn't even made it into the top eight, which still made him, as their master, feel a little ashamed.

"Fortunately, we still have Kid Goku... In terms of strength, these people are a bit stronger, but not by much. Kid Goku should be able to win easily."

"Otherwise, if I were to have my head shaved like the Crane School, that would probably look terrible."

Thinking of Master Roshi while looking at Master Shen's dark face, the World Martial Arts Tournament had produced far too many masters. Even though the Crane School had been completely wiped out, the members of the Crane School were reluctant to leave, so their expressions were naturally not good.

"At least... he's a little bit better than that guy Tsuru! Hopefully, Kid Goku can pull himself together and win the championship!"

While Master Roshi was still pondering, Luffy faced off against his final opponent, Kid Goku, the protagonist from the Pirate King world.

To be honest, Luffy and Kid Goku, these two main characters, seem quite similar. They both have childlike hearts and simple personalities. The difference is that Kid Goku has a stronger fighting spirit and likes to compete more, while Luffy has a stronger adventurous spirit and likes to pursue the unknown more.

The two of them just stood there on the ring, and although they looked nothing alike and their expressions were so different—one serious and the other laughing and joking—it always gave people a strange feeling of looking in a mirror.

"Turtle School, Son Goku, please enlighten me!"

"Huh?! Let me think... how should I answer? Hmm... it should be 'Straw Hat Pirates, Captain Luffy, please guide me...' right?"

Luffy scratched his head and made an awkward gesture. Kid Goku's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in surprise:

"Ah! So you're a pirate!"

"Hey, what's up? Little Monkey, do you want to be a pirate too? If you'd like, you can come aboard my pirate ship!"

"I'm not a little monkey, my name is Son Goku!"

Kid Goku grunted and then looked curious:

"Pirate ships, what are they like? Do you pirates Tenten on the high seas?"

"Of course! What else would a pirate do if he weren't on the high seas? I'm the Pirate King who found the Final Island!"

Luffy, with his nose upturned and a smug look on his face, spoke, which only filled Kid Goku with amazement and envy:

"Pirate King! That sounds amazing!"

"Stop chatting, Kid Goku, let's get started!"

"Luffy, you shouldn't invite just anyone to the ship!"

Before the two could continue their conversation, their respective support groups were already urging them to take action. After all, both Master Roshi and the Straw Hat Pirates knew very well how unreliable these two could be at times.

Don't let the conversation end with the two of them chopping off chicken heads, burning joss paper, and becoming sworn brothers; that would be truly ridiculous.

Hearing what his friends and family said, the more competitive Kid Goku was the first to react, gripping his Adamantine Staff tightly and pointing it at Luffy:

"Watch out, I'm about to make my move!"

Luffy nodded, clenching his fist in the same way:

"Bring it on!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Kid Goku appeared before Luffy like a phantom, and with a flick of his staff, plunged it directly into Luffy's chest.

"Oh no! This is bad, are you alright?"

Seeing that his move was merely a test, and the stick had already penetrated almost halfway, Kid Goku was startled. However, Luffy showed no sign of pain; instead, he suddenly pulled his arm back very far.

"Gum-Gum —machine gun fire!"

The fists, crackling with Conqueror's Haki, unleashed a barrage of blows, after which Luffy frowned.

"It's so hard... harder than Kaido, it's completely ineffective!"

"A fist... that fist is so long! And... why isn't he injured?"

Despite being unharmed by Luffy's onslaught, Kid Goku was utterly shocked. Luffy's fist was incredibly long! Even a yoga master wouldn't have that kind of ability!

And why didn't the other person react at all when I stabbed them with this stick? The stick was clearly halfway in!

"I'm Rubber Man who ate the Gum-Gum Fruit... uh... no, I should say Nika person who ate the Nika Fruit?"

"Oh... well, my body is like rubber, it can stretch and extend at will, so ordinary blunt force attacks are completely ineffective against me! I'm not even afraid of bullets!"

"Bullets? What kind of lethality do those things have?"

Kid Goku tilted his head, not understanding why Luffy was using something like bullets as a metaphor, but he still understood Luffy's special ability, and a look of envy appeared on his face:

"That sounds really interesting! The whole body can stretch out at will? That's amazing! It's practically the same as my Power Pole!"

"The Power Pole? Is this what it is?"

Luffy stared in astonishment at the stick on his chest. In fact, that stick had pierced Luffy's entire body into a strange shape, making him look like a piece of paper. If Luffy could turn his head, he could even see that the skin on his back had turned into a stick-like shape.

"Not bad, let me show you! Power Pole, extend!"

The naturally clueless Kid Goku shouted, Power Pole Luffy Bang instantly grew wildly. Luffy, amidst screams of "Ahhh!", was shoved to the edge of the arena wall and crashed out with a thud.

"Wow, it's amazing! It really has gotten longer!"

Luffy stared at the Power Pole in front of him and exclaimed in amazement. At that moment, the Straw Hat Pirates members in the audience covered their faces, almost unable to bear watching.

"Hehe, Vegapunk, look, Kid Goku and his opponent are so interesting!"

"Yeah, one's a natural airhead, the other's a simpleton, they're hopeless!"

In the VIP section, Vegapunk stroked his chin, chatting with Bulma as they watched the battle. However, Bulma herself wasn't particularly interested in the fights; she had only casually watched the previous battles with Vegapunk.

It wasn't until she saw Kid Goku appear that she truly became interested, and coincidentally, Kid Goku and Luffy were definitely the two most interesting people in this World Martial Arts Tournament.