The Master and an Old Acquaintance

The twenty-first Greatest Under the Heaven Martial Arts Tournament.

The lion-like Earthling strode over, his sharp claws slicing through the air and leaving afterimages in his wake.

Faced with such a fierce and urgent attack, Leiyin stood motionless, as if waiting to die.

"Big Brother Leiyin, watch out!" Seeing that something was wrong, Krillin shouted a warning from below the ring.

Sure enough, when the razor-like claws closed in, Leiyin still did not dodge. His already frail body was suddenly torn to pieces.

Seeing this, Kid Goku and Krillin felt their hearts turn cold.

Master Roshi, who had been watching from somewhere out of sight, narrowed his eyes, yet found himself puzzled.

Even if that lion man was incredibly strong, Leiyin shouldn't have been this weak, right? Even Kid Goku and Krillin wouldn't have been beaten into this state by the lion man in a single move, would they?

Could I have been wrong about Leiyin all along?

Yet in the next moment, the focus in Master Roshi's eyes turned into astonishment.

On the ring.

"Hahaha! Weren't you acting all high and mighty just now? I never expected you to be so pathetically weak! You insignificant insect!"

The lion man thought he had succeeded in easily defeating this arrogant brat. In the next moment, however, he realized he had been wrong.

He felt an unprecedentedly powerful pressure coming from behind him.

He whirled around, and the sight before him left him stunned.

The person he had thought he'd killed was standing there completely unharmed. Not even a corner of his clothing had been torn. And that wasn't all—behind him stood a gigantic, hideous monster.

The monster's entire body glowed light blue, like clusters of azure flames. It had the form of an enormous blue cat demon, its hollow eyes and