Inside the martial arts arena, there were four large rings in the center, with 138 contestants resting in different areas.
Some swept their gazes over the crowd with malicious smirks curling at their lips.
Some stunning beauties, their faces alluringly made up, cast flirtatious, smiling glances around.
Some burly, fierce-looking strongmen over two meters tall snorted forcefully through their noses.
There were also animal-like humans who resembled dragonmen from Western legends, somewhat similar to the pterosaurs on Dragon Ball's Earth. Fat and powerfully built, they surveyed everyone with mocking looks.
There were martial artists as well, their backs straight and expressions resolute as they stared at the rings.
"Will all contestants participating in the World Martial Arts Tournament please look this way."
A monk from the Martial Arts Temple stood on a ring with a loudspeaker, calling out to everyone.
He-El, Yamcha, Goku, who had been looking around everywhere, and Krillin, who wore a furtive expression, all turned their attention toward the monk on one of the rings.
Once all 138 contestants had turned to look at the white-browed, white-bearded elder monk on the ring, he began explaining the preliminary round through the loudspeaker.
"This year marks the once-every-five-years World Martial Arts Tournament. Thank you, heroes from all paths, for coming from so far away. You have all worked hard. This tournament will determine who is truly the strongest person in the world.
"One hundred and thirty-eight masters have gathered here from all across the country..."
The white-browed, white-bearded elder monk continued his explanation through the loudspeaker.
"There are 138 people..." Krillin, standing beside Goku, was somewhat nervous. Looking at the two people in front of him who were over two and a half meters tall, he could not help swallowing. "I never expected there to be 138 monsters like