As the contestants from all ten universes entered the arena, the first event of the Tournament of Power, "Mortal Battle," began. The central pillar serving as the timer rumbled as it slowly sank. Once the entire stone pillar had disappeared beneath the platform, the match would end—forty-eight minutes in Earth time.
Sure enough, once the match began, all the contestants tacitly chose weaker opponents whose strength differed greatly from their own, just as they had predicted before the match. Those weaker contestants had no time to react before being firmly locked onto by their opponents.
Like a pack of beasts fighting over weak prey, those prey were like startled birds, forced to face one or even several experts far stronger than themselves!
Very soon, flashes of lightning and fire erupted across the arena. Not long after the match began, contestants had already started being eliminated.
In one corner of the arena, Universe 7's contestants also began to move. They suddenly turned into several streaks of lightning and charged toward Universe 4. Then, led by Myers and Android 18, they split into two groups. Myers took Grandpa Gohan, Piccolo, and Bardock to sweep the outer battlefield, while Android 18 led Android 16, Android 17, and Android 21 toward Universe 4. In an instant, a crushing battle began.
Watching Universe 7's contestants charge toward them, Ganos, Universe 4's contestant, sneered and turned to his teammates. "Lord Quitela instructed us that if we encountered those people from Universe 7, we were to crush them directly. Now is the time to show our strength. Shosa, Monna, support us from the side. Everyone, charge with me."
"Hehe, let them witness the might of Universe 4!"
The speaker was an alien with a wolf's head and a human body. His green mane stood erect like needles,