The roster for the final stage was finally out. Since Goku had finished second in his group, he had not been listed as a seeded player. That made Goku a terrifying wildcard—no one wanted to be placed in the same group as him.
In the final stage, all 32 contestants were divided into eight groups. Each group would play a single round-robin, with three points for a win, one point each for a draw, and zero points for a loss. The top two from each group would advance. If players were tied on points, they would fight another match, with the winner advancing. Once the Round of 16 had been decided, the knockout matchups would be arranged in a certain order. Each group winner would face the runner-up from another group.
After that would come the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. A grand feast of martial combat was about to begin...
At this moment, what everyone cared about most was the group draw.
Uchiha Madara had been placed in Group One. Aside from him, an unseeded player, the group included the seeded player Trunks and two unknown contestants.
Gohan had been placed in Group Two. In his group, there was one black-clad contestant worth watching.
Goten had been placed in Group Three. He was listed as a seeded player in this group, and there was another black-clad contestant worth noting. Other than that, there were no particularly impressive competitors.
An unexpected draw had appeared.
Group Four's seeded player was Vegeta. The other contestants were Goku, Piccolo, and Liu Sanqing!
This was a death group in every sense of the term! Goku and Liu Sanqing, bitter rivals from the second stage of the preliminaries, had run into each other once again. Piccolo had unexpectedly failed to secure a seeded position and