You're Too Confident

Luo Chuan slowly breathed out a mouthful of stale air, his steps light as he wove through the countless razor-sharp attacks surging toward him from every direction.

At the same time, over on Universe 11's side.

"Jiren, what do you think of that man just now?" Toppo asked Jiren beside him with a slight frown.

Jiren slowly withdrew his gaze from the battlefield ahead. His eyes were deep and calm, and only after a brief pause did he answer, "For now, this person has yet to fully reveal his true strength, but judging from what he has shown so far, his power is likely not much inferior to mine."

Hearing this, Dyspo's face instantly filled with shock, and he cried out, "What!! That guy is actually that strong?!"

One had to know that ever since the last Tournament of Power ended, Jiren had pushed his strength to an even higher level through grueling training. Now that such an assessment had come from his mouth, how could Dyspo not be utterly stunned?

Faced with Dyspo's surprised reaction, Jiren merely nodded calmly, indicating that his words were true.

Then he added, "And according to my observations, aside from this person, there are several other contestants from other universes who are also deliberately hiding their true strength. So we need to preserve some of our trump cards and stamina as well."

After saying this, Jiren still had no expression on his face, but the faint flash of vigilance in his eyes showed just how seriously he regarded the matter deep down.

Toppo and the others nodded one after another, showing that they understood what Jiren meant.

In the spectator stands, Universe 8's God of Destruction sat upright. His hawk-like, piercing gaze seemed to sweep casually across the entire arena, but in truth, out of the corner of his eye, he was glancing at Universe 7's Beerus, seated not far away.

The God of Destruction pressed his lips together slightly, the corner of his mouth lifting almost imperceptibly, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Within Universe 8's battle zone on the arena, a tall, middle-aged man with a pair of huge wings wore a confident smile on his face.

All of a sudden, he shot up with a flying kick, lashing out at a contestant from Universe 2 like a bolt of lightning. With a dull thud, that poor opponent was sent flying far away like a cannonball.

Immediately afterward, the middle-aged man's mouth opened and closed a few times, as if issuing some sort of order. Then several other fighters from his universe quickly returned and gathered around him, acting as temporary guards.

Yet what was shocking was that after completing this series of actions, the middle-aged man actually closed his eyes without hesitation and lay straight down on the ground, motionless like a plank of wood. Before long, faint snoring could even be heard. Clearly, he had already drifted off to sleep.

"Nani, nani! Grand Minister, what is he up to?" Grand Zeno ② widened his eyes and pointed a chubby finger at the middle-aged man snoring away on the arena, his face full of confusion. The Grand Zeno ① beside him wore the same expression, and both of them turned their curious gazes toward the Grand Minister standing nearby, waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation.

The Grand Minister smiled slightly, then said unhurriedly, "Lord Grand Zeno, there is no need to be anxious. This contestant is not truly sleeping. Rather, he is using this method to accumulate the power within his body, thereby bringing about a transformation and increase in his own strength."

After hearing this, the two Grand Zenos nodded as if they half understood. Though they did not fully comprehend the explanation, they still chose to believe what the Grand Minister had said.

About five minutes passed. Suddenly, a low buzzing sound rang out across the entire arena, accompanied by a faint tremor beneath the ground.

This sudden disturbance immediately put every expert present on alert, and everyone turned to look in the direction the sound had come from—it was precisely where Universe 8 was.

All of a sudden, a dazzling radiance erupted without warning! The light was as brilliant and blinding as the blazing sun, making it almost impossible to look at directly.

The man's tightly shut eyes slowly began to open, as if he had finally awakened after a long slumber. With that motion, he gradually rose from the ground.

His appearance had actually become much younger. The weathered face he once had now glowed with youthful vitality. Not only that, the wings that had originally existed behind him had also vanished, as though they had never been there at all.

The corners of Dankun'er's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a barely noticeable smile as he murmured softly, "It's been so long since I transformed. I really missed this feeling."

At that thought, a sharp gleam flashed through his eyes, and his entire being seemed to brim with energy.

At that moment, his gaze swept casually to the side and happened to land on several teammates currently suffering fierce attacks from their enemies. Almost without any hesitation, his figure flashed forward like lightning.

In an instant, several dull impacts rang out. Among the contestants from several other universes, quite a few were like kites with their strings cut, sent flying straight out of the arena after being struck hard.

After easily dealing with those people, Dankun'er quickly looked in a certain direction.

The next moment, his figure vanished into thin air like a ghost, and when he appeared again, he was already right in front of Luo Chuan!

Facing Luo Chuan at such close range, Dankun'er wasted no words at all. He swung his fist directly, carrying a fierce gale as it blasted straight toward Luo Chuan's face!

Luo Chuan had not expected this man to attack him. He raised his energy and dodged to the side, avoiding the punch, but the wind from the fist left a faint white mark on his face like a blade.

Dankun'er raised an eyebrow. Although he had not used much strength in that punch, the fact that this guy from Universe 7 could dodge it without transforming meant that the burst of energy he had released earlier was not all he had.

"If you won't bring out your full strength, then don't blame me for eliminating you. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being too reckless."

Thinking this, he grinned and suddenly clenched both fists, his aura surging across his entire body.

With a low shout, Dankun'er's energy rapidly swelled. After a flash of light, he brought out his full power.

With a thought from Luo Chuan, his opponent's combat power appeared before his eyes.

[Dankun'er, combat power 280,000 rang]

This level of combat power could be handled even without transforming into Super Saiyan 5, so he immediately transformed into full-power Super Saiyan 4.

Dankun'er charged at Luo Chuan, his right fist wrapped in black energy fluctuations as it smashed down viciously. Luo Chuan blocked the punch while sweeping out his left leg, kicking toward Dankun'er's waist.

Dankun'er reacted quickly, blocking horizontally with his left arm. With a thunderous bang, ripples of energy shook outward, instantly reducing the surrounding boulders to dust.

"Hmph, you've got some skill!"

The aura within Luo Chuan surged, and golden flames of energy erupted instantly. Golden energy bullets gathered in his palm, then shot toward Dankun'er like a torrential downpour.

At such close range, it was already too late to dodge. Dankun'er could only condense a black energy shield. Those energy bullets slammed into the shield, bursting with dazzling light, while the explosive shockwaves left one huge crater after another in the ground.

Dankun'er suddenly pushed the shield forward, and a powerful wave of energy swept toward Luo Chuan.

Luo Chuan's eyes sharpened. He kicked out and quickly flashed away, appearing behind Dankun'er. His right fist rose high, and the punch, gathering the power of his whole body and trailing golden flames, slammed heavily into Dankun'er's back.

Dankun'er cried out in pain and staggered forward a few steps, spitting a mouthful of blood. Enduring the injury, he turned and grabbed Luo Chuan's fist with both hands, then flung him hard into the sky.

Immediately after, he bent his legs and exerted force, flying toward Luo Chuan in midair. His right knee lifted high, carrying black light as it smashed viciously toward Luo Chuan's abdomen.

In midair, the corner of Luo Chuan's mouth lifted, and he raised his hand to release an energy wave.

Dankun'er crossed both arms to block the impact of the energy wave. With a booming explosion, Dankun'er crashed down to the ground and smashed out a pit, while Luo Chuan landed steadily.

"How is this possible? We're both at the tenth dimension, so why are you this strong?"

A battered Dankun'er climbed out of the crater.

The God of Destruction of Universe 8 looked extremely grim. He had thought their universe's ace fighter, Dankun'er, would be able to deal with the opponent, but he had never expected this contestant's strength to be so unfathomable.

On the arena.

"You were far too confident. Picking someone else might have been fine, but you just had to choose me. I really don't know what was going through your head."

"Enough. I don't feel like saying much more to you. Since you chose me as your opponent, you should know how this ends—are you getting down yourself, or am I sending you down?"

Luo Chuan's words were utterly domineering.

Dankun'er's face darkened. Did this guy actually think he was invincible? He dared to say something so wildly arrogant.

Just as he was about to move, Luo Chuan's hand somehow landed on his shoulder, and his voice rang beside his ear.

"Looks like you chose the second option. In that case, let me send you down."

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Chuan lifted him straight up and threw him, then swiftly kicked out. Bang! Dankun'er's eyes went wide, his body went rigid, and then he flew out.

The next second, Luo Chuan instantly moved beside the remaining four contestants of Universe 8. With several bang, bang, bang sounds, those four contestants suffered the same heavy blow and flew out.

After all of Universe 8's contestants had returned to the spectator stands, the Grand Minister stepped forward and announced the score.

"All contestants of Universe 8 have been eliminated. Overall universe score: 2.33. Fail. No eligibility for revival."

For the Grand Minister, only a score of three counted as passing.

After the announcement, Grand Zeno raised his hand and clenched it, and Universe 8 disappeared.

Only fifteen minutes had passed, yet three universes had already vanished. From this, it could be seen that the level and quality of the second Tournament of Power were far higher than the first.