Deciding the Top Eight

Regardless of the discussion between Bulma and Vegapunk, Luffy finally realized that something was wrong with his situation.

"Huh? Didn't I already leave the arena?"

Fortunately, this competition did not completely exclude those who had left the ring from the competition, thus preventing them from being considered defeated. After all, even though Vegapunk designed a very sturdy ring with a large enough area, it was still too cramped for the strong fighters who came to participate.

Therefore, Vegapunk also changed the rules of the World Martial Arts Tournament, so that if someone is knocked out of the ring, they will not be considered to have lost if they return to the ring within ten seconds.

After realizing what had happened, Luffy jumped back onto the ring and looked at Kid Goku:

"You're really something! Looks like I'm no match for you in my current state!"

As he spoke, Luffy's smile grew wider and wider, his heart pounded like a drum, and white flames gradually ignited all over his body, even his hair turned into white Kakkō.

Seeing Luffy's change, Kid Goku showed no surprise or fear. Instead, he tilted his head, a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"It's gotten a little stronger..."

After absorbing a large amount of Planet Energy and wishes, the power of the Nika Fruit increased dramatically, and Luffy's strength also improved by leaps and bounds during this period.

Even so, the ceiling of combat power in the Pirate World is only about 200 points. Luffy might be a little higher after transforming into Nika form, but it's impossible for him to exceed 300 points.

In Kid Goku's eyes, it's just about getting a little stronger, isn't it?

Don't be fooled by the fact that in the later stages of Dragon Ball, the power levels jump around like the British pound has become Peruvian currency, as if a difference of tens of millions in power level doesn't matter and they can still fight back and forth.

In reality, Piccolo's initial power level was only around 200, while Master Roshi, Tien Shinhan, Kid Goku their group all had power levels of over 100. The difference between the two sides was definitely no more than 100 power levels.

However, even so, before Kid Goku drank the Ultra Divine Water, all of these people combined were no match for Piccolo!

This shows just how significant a difference of over a hundred points in combat power is when neither side is particularly strong.

"Alright, I'm ready. Let's begin the real battle!"

Luffy wore an exaggerated smile, Kid Goku nodded, picked up the Power Pole, thought for a moment, then put Power Pole back in and clenched his fist.

"I'm coming, watch out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kid Goku flashed and his fist, containing two layers of force, "slowly" smashed towards Luffy.

Luffy took a long breath, and his fist suddenly swelled up, with jet-black Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki with black Inazuma simultaneously wrapping around it, making it look like a giant iron ball several meters long, which he then slammed into.

Luffy's enormous, jet-black Inazuma fist, which looked incredibly powerful, finally collided with Goku's small fist, which had no special effects whatsoever. However, the result was a complete defeat for Luffy's giant fist.

With a loud clang, like metal clashing, Luffy's massive fist was flattened by a single punch. The powerful force was transmitted directly through the fist to Luffy's body, sending Luffy flying once again, crashing into the wall like a mural.

An ordinary person would have been beaten to a pulp long ago and would be dead by now, but for Luffy, the Devil Fruit User of the Nika Fruit, this is just a small matter.

Luffy, who looked like a mural, took a deep breath, and just like those funny cartoon characters, his entire body transformed from a two-dimensional figure into a three-dimensional person with a bang.

"Whoa, are you a balloon?"

Kid Goku was filled with surprise, feeling that although his opponent's strength was not that great, his strange and wonderful abilities were truly astonishing.

Anyway, Kid Goku felt that if he were flattened, he would definitely never recover.

However, Luffy's aura, Luffy had just recovered, suddenly froze, and his original state of Devil Fruit Awakening vanished instantly—he had been forced into the Awakening state by Kid Goku's punch.

Devil Fruit Awakening is extremely physically demanding, especially the Nika Fruit, which seems comical and whose many abilities are completely detached from reality.

When the Nika Fruit is activated, Luffy transforms into a comedic character and becomes almost Immortal Body. However, if the attacks he receives exceed a certain limit, he will also consume a lot of stamina.

Luffy, who was originally all smiles and surrounded by white Luffy, suddenly went limp, even sticking out his tongue. His face was full of wrinkles, his eye bags were swollen, and he looked like a little old man.

"Oh dear, what happened? How did you suddenly become so old?"

Kid Goku looked at Luffy in surprise, Luffy waved his hand weakly.

"It's alright... that's how Devil Fruit powers work, it'll be fine in a bit! I give up this time, you're amazing, you're so strong!"

"You're really good too. Krillin and Yamcha probably can't beat you."

Kid Goku spoke very seriously, but after hearing his words, both Krillin and Yamcha's faces darkened, and they were also a little unconvinced.

Dragon Ball and One Piece are not part of the same system, so apart from Kid Goku who actually Luffy, the others did not really feel Luffy's strength and could only get a vague impression.

The two felt that Luffy must be very strong, and his moves were very flashy, but whether he could actually win or not, they would have to fight to see.

In any case, the top eight of the World Martial Arts Tournament have finally been decided.

Ace, Mihawk, Tatsumaki, Zoro, Bang, Atomic Samurai, Might Guy, and Kid Goku.

It can be said that, apart from Kid Goku, the rest of the Dragon Ball World was completely wiped out. This was because, on the one hand, these people had not yet grown up, while the other side had Vegapunk was overpowered; on the other hand, they had never encountered such an opponent before and were severely lacking in intelligence and experience.

As for the battles that followed, under Vegapunk's control, Ace faced Tatsumaki, Mihawk faced Zoro, Atomic Samurai faced Bang, and Might Guy faced Kid Goku.

Tatsumaki's Psychic Power is extremely strong, but ultimately it still falls under the category of physical attacks. Against Ace's Logia Devil Fruit ability, which is immune to physical attacks, it is naturally quite difficult for her to deal with it.

The battle between Mihawk and Zoro was an agreement between the two of them, and Vegapunk simply went along with it.

As for the rest, that was really the result of a draw, and Vegapunk didn't have any influence on it.

To be honest, Tatsumaki really struggled against Ace. Whether she tried to twist her opponent into a pretzel or crush her into a meat patty with her Psychic Power, it had little effect against Ace's Logia Devil Fruit ability.

Of course, Ace was also helpless against Tatsumaki. No matter what kind of Fire Fist or Flame Emperor's attack, he couldn't even break through the protective shield that Tatsumaki casually set up. If he hadn't become immune to physical attacks in his elemental form, he would have been crushed into meatballs by Tatsumaki long ago.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! This ability is too monstrous! You over there with the pockmarked face, can't you just admit defeat?"

Ace, nicknamed "Pockmarked," rubbed his nose slightly, looking helpless.

"Speaking of which, isn't your ability truly abnormal? It's a bit too overpowered!"

Ace was quite knowledgeable and experienced. He was already very talented, and after joining Vegapunk's crew, he made even more progress. His strength was almost on par with the original Whitebeard, making him nearly a top-tier powerhouse in the Pirate World.

With his current strength, he could definitely hold his own against legendary pirates, Fleet Admiral, or Marine Admiral. Whether he could win or not was another matter, but he could certainly hold his own for several days and nights.

However, his supposedly invincible strength was utterly insignificant compared to the seemingly petite "girl" before him!

If it weren't for the differences in their systems, and the fact that the opponent's telekinesis was a pure physical attack, otherwise, if it had been accompanied by energy attacks like Chakra, Haki, or Ki, I probably wouldn't have been able to withstand even one hit and would have been instantly killed!

Not just myself, but in the Pirate World, any other great pirates and Marine Admirals or Marine Admiral Fleet Admiral who don't have elemental abilities would be instantly killed!

Are all the people in other worlds monsters like this? No, no, no, the girl in front of me seems to be even more monstrous. Although the contestants participating in this World Martial Arts Tournament are all quite strong, apart from the dinosaur I faced at the beginning, I wasn't confident in facing the others.

But like this girl, the only one who could easily defeat his younger brother with a monkey tail is probably Son Goku, who had a monkey tail.

Ace was still lost in thought, but Tatsumaki was getting impatient. Tatsumaki raised her hand to the sky, and suddenly a fierce wind howled across the entire sky!

Endless air condensed in the Tatsumaki's hand, constantly compressed, collided, rotated, and moved, and a faint white light even appeared.

"This is... Air Compression Plasma?"

Vegapunk was slightly taken aback. This seemed to be a concept he had mentioned to Tatsumaki before. He didn't expect her to use it now.

In the novel A Certain A Certain Magical Index, a certain lolicon once used his Vector Manipulation ability to create this kind of air plasma.

The principle is that when air is compressed at an extremely high compression rate, it becomes a high-temperature sphere exceeding 10,000 degrees Celsius, forcibly decomposing the "atoms" in the surrounding air into "cations" and "electrons," forming what is known as plasma.

However, compared to Accelerator's Vector Manipulation range, which is limited to the air he touches, Tatsumaki's Psychic Power manipulation range is much larger. Therefore, both her casting speed and scale far surpass Accelerator's.

In just a few seconds, a Little Sun appeared above the Tatsumaki's head! It was more than ten meters in diameter, and its blinding light and terrifying energy fluctuations caused Ace's expression to change drastically, and his smile completely disappeared.

"Physical attacks are ineffective? Then let me see if energy attacks will have any effect on you!"

Tatsumaki yelled angrily, preparing to attack, but at that moment, Ace shouted in panic:

"Wait... wait a minute, I give up! I give up!"

After so many years of training, Ace's Observation Haki has reached the level where he can Future Sight. In his Observation Haki prediction ability, if the opponent were to strike with one move, the entire arena would be reduced to ashes!

This isn't some life-or-death pirate war; it's just a martial arts tournament for friendly sparring. He doesn't want to die so easily.

"Snort!!"

Tatsumaki snorted coldly, and under the powerful suppression of her telekinetic energy, she slightly shifted the plasma in her hand. With a loud bang, half of the arena and the open space around it were instantly reduced to ashes. The entire Sky City was blasted through, leaving a perfectly round hole.

Around the hole, the soil and metal were burned to a glassy color and became incredibly smooth, clearly indicating that the substances that came into contact with the plasma were evaporated in an instant.

Viewers at higher vantage points could easily see through the huge hole the ground beneath the sky city—a city with a thickness of over ten kilometers had long been blasted through by a single blow!

"That was close! I almost died!"

Ace, who had transformed into Kakkō and landed below, patted his chest with a look of relief, then looked at his younger brother Luffy standing beside him:

"Aren't all the guys participating in this competition crazy?"

"Yeah, yeah! Don't let that little monkey's small size fool you, his punches are really powerful! He defeated me in no time!"

Luffy nodded in agreement, muttered a couple of complaints to his brother, but then he saw Zoro coming up on stage and immediately shouted:

"Zoro, keep it up! You're the only one left in the Straw Hat Crew!"

"That idiot captain..."

Zoro grumbled twice, straightened his collar, grabbed a sword by the mouth, and walked onto the arena, wielding two Famous Swords in both hands.

As for the originally dilapidated arena, it was quickly restored to its original state in a matter of moments thanks to Tatsumaki's Psychic Power and the power of the Float-Float Fruit.

This move also made the other contestants' hearts skip a beat. Of course, if they knew that the entire Sky City was lifted up by the Tatsumaki's power, they would probably be dumbfounded rather than just scared.

In the Pirate World, Devil Fruit do indeed possess incredible power in certain aspects.

Opposite Zoro, Mihawk also stepped onto the ring, his golden, eagle-like eyes gleaming with a chilling sharpness and murderous intent as he looked at Zoro.

With a serious expression, Zoro showed no weakness, and a terrifying demonic aura slowly emanated from him.

"The world's greatest swordsman... well, at least the greatest swordsman in the Pirate World, today is the day to truly decide the victor!"