The First Appearance

Fortunately, the stinging sensation in his eyes came and went quickly, not activating the brain's protective mechanism to cause him to faint.

"Congratulations, [Battle Eye] has been upgraded to [Battle Eye-Lv1]!"

It succeeded?

With a 99% success rate, I could fail three times in a row, but this smaller probability, I succeeded on the first try?

Li Shu found it hard to believe, and couldn't help but sigh that probability was something that made people love and hate, and was also very exciting, always causing people's emotions to fluctuate greatly.

He suddenly understood why so many people were addicted to gambling.

When a low-probability successful event happens to oneself, it brings immense pleasure.

If his achievements were not insufficient, he would have immediately upgraded [Never-ending Dinosaur Leg] a few times. With such good luck, it was too much of a shame not to press his advantage.

"Something seems wrong."

Li Shu suddenly realized why [Battle Eye] had no description.

What was the difference between [Battle Eye] and [Battle Eye-Lv1]?

He wanted to ask the system, but quickly stopped himself. The consultation fee was too expensive, and he really couldn't afford it.

"Big brother, are you okay?" Li Shu's momentary strangeness caught the attention of Wukong and the other two.

[Battle Power: 80.93]

Li Shu looked at Wukong, was suddenly stunned, and then said, "I'm fine, the sun is a bit glaring."

At this moment, their group encountered Yamcha and his companions.

During their conversation, Li Shu obtained an important piece of information.

"What? The champion's prize money is only 1 million?" Li Shu was speechless, not expecting the amount to be so different from what he had imagined.

With this prize money, he wouldn't earn as much as selling one dinosaur.

However, it didn't matter. What he valued was not the prize money or fame, but the system's achievement rewards.

Li Shu's current battle power was as high as 77.25. As long as his luck wasn't too bad and he encountered Master Roshi and Wukong in the preliminary rounds, third place would basically be secured. He might even be lucky enough to defeat Wukong and take second place.

After all, there was only a 3-point difference in battle power between them, and it mainly depended on their performance.

When they were at Mount Paozu, Li Shu often sparred with Wukong, losing more than winning. The main reason was that he was afraid of pain, and in this regard, he was not as good as Wukong, a battle maniac who became more excited the more pain he felt.

As for first place, Li Shu had no intentions. [Super Saiyan Epiphany Potion] was not of much significance to him; he preferred [Super Transformation Epiphany Potion].

The only regret was that the achievement point reward for the champion would definitely be much more than that for the runner-up and third place.

"Hurry up and draw lots. There are 138 contestants this time, divided into four zones. The top two in each zone will enter the quarterfinals. I hope we don't draw each other," Yamcha said.

"Heh heh, you guys go. I'm going to the restroom," Master Roshi said with a laugh and slipped away.

Li Shu glanced at Master Roshi, knowing his intentions clearly, but did not expose him.

Soon, the few of them finished drawing lots.

"No way, Wukong and I are in the same zone!" Krillin was intimidated before the fight even began, looking at Wukong with his number plate in astonishment.

Wukong looked at the match list and said, "Our numbers are separate, so we shouldn't meet."

Li Shu also looked at the match list. As Wukong said, the top two in each zone would enter the quarterfinals. Wukong and Krillin's numbers were far apart, so they would not encounter each other.

Barring any surprises, the two would advance to the quarterfinals together and meet in the battle for the top four.

"Yamcha?" Li Shu looked at the man beside him, who was full of confidence, with a strange expression after seeing his name.

[Battle Power: 30.87]

Yamcha also noticed that Li Shu was in the same zone as him and that they would meet in the first round.

"You're number 34?" Yamcha asked with a confident smile.

A hint of pity flashed across Li Shu's face as he nodded, "Yes. I didn't expect us to meet in the first round."

One could only say that Yamcha's luck was truly terrible, receiving a ticket for a first-round exit without even realizing it.

The more confident he smiled now, the more painful he would be later. Li Shu couldn't bear to see it, as they were acquaintances, after all.

Yamcha was unaware of Li Shu's strength. In his perception, Wukong was his only opponent, and his goal was the championship!

"Sorry, I won't hold back. For this martial arts tournament, I trained hard alone in the deep mountains for a month," Yamcha said with a regretful smile.

Trained hard for a month? Li Shu was speechless. He didn't have much impression of Yamcha and didn't expect him to be such an arrogant person.

"Wukong, my big brother is very strong, so don't underestimate him," Wukong said from the side.

"Is that so? Then let's wait and see," Yamcha smiled confidently and turned to Wukong, "It's quite good now that we're not in the same zone. We should meet in the finals. Let's have a spectacular battle then."

"Wukong, don't lose in the preliminaries."

Wukong said with fighting spirit, "I won't lose!"

Yamcha smiled confidently, "I won't lose either. Then I'll see you later!"

After speaking, Yamcha left and walked towards Zone Two, not even glancing at Li Shu, who was also in Zone Two.

As if in his eyes, Li Shu had already lost and was not worth much attention.

His goal was singular: to defeat Wukong and claim the championship.

To that end, he had endured a month of grueling training.

"Wukong, this friend of yours doesn't seem to hold your big brother in any regard at all," Li Shu said, feigning dissatisfaction.

Krillin chuckled, "He'll regret that soon enough. You two are the last people I'd ever want to face."

Unlike Yamcha, Krillin had trained alongside Li Shu for several months. He had his own assessment of Li Shu's strength and a clear understanding of his own limitations; he would be perfectly satisfied just taking third place.

Wukong chimed in, "Big Brother, Yamcha is actually quite strong. You really should take him seriously."

Wukong knew his big brother Li Shu very well. His brother was great in every way, except that he was often lackadaisical. Not only did he frequently slack off during training, but he was also deathly afraid of pain—he lacked the demeanor a true martial artist ought to have.

In his big brother's own words, he was "Zen" and preferred to "lie flat."

Wukong didn't quite understand what that meant.

"Got it. The preliminaries are about to start, so I'm heading over." Li Shu waved his hand and walked toward Area 2.

Wukong and Krillin made their way to Area 4.

The 138 contestants were all waiting for the preliminaries to begin.

A few minutes later, the referee shouted into a megaphone, "The preliminaries begin now! Will the contestants whose numbers are called please take the stage!"

"Killing is prohibited during the matches!"

"The use of weapons and external power is prohibited!"

"Each preliminary match is limited to one minute!"

"Falling out of the ring, conceding, or being unable to stand after ten seconds on the ground counts as a loss!"

"Will contestants number 34 and 35 please step onto the ring and prepare for the match!"