Having witnessed many exciting battles in the preliminaries, the global audience was now highly enthusiastic, eagerly anticipating the upcoming matches in the final thirty-two.
The host and behind-the-scenes boss, Bird Mountain Ming, was equally excited. He had hosted several previous Martial Arts Tournaments, but none had been this thrilling. Even he couldn't wait for the world to see the brilliance of martial arts!
Thus, the matches soon began with the host's announcement.
The first match: Taopaipai vs. Senju Tobirama!
Now, only Senju Tobirama and Taopaipai remained on the stage. The other contestants had retreated behind the low wall surrounding the ring to observe.
On the擂台, Senju Tobirama stood with his arms crossed, his gaze cold as he looked at Taopaipai.
Opposite him, Taopaipai also stared at Senju Tobirama. However, after sizing him up, a mocking smile couldn't help but appear on his face.
"Where did this country bumpkin come from? How dare someone like you participate in the World Martial Arts Tournament? A piece of goods like you, I can defeat with one hand!" Taopaipai sneered.
In his view, this guy dressed in archaic and outdated clothes must have come from some remote mountain village. His strength was surely mediocre, probably just lucky to have slipped into the final thirty-two. His real targets were Son Goku, Tenshinhan, and the others!
As soon as the words fell, Taopaipai's figure shot forward. His movement speed was fast; in an instant, he closed the distance to Senju Tobirama, thrusting a palm towards him.
But at that moment—
Swish!
A sharp blade suddenly sprang from his palm, slashing directly towards Senju Tobirama's throat.
Tenshinhan, Yamcha, and the others saw this, their expressions changing slightly. They clearly hadn't expected Taopaipai to suddenly produce a blade from his hand.
The sunglasses-wearing referee shouted loudly: "The use of any weapons is prohibited in the match! You are violating the rules! The match ends—"
However, Taopaipai completely ignored him.
"Die!"
A ferocious smile spread across Taopaipai's face as the blade on his arm swiftly struck Senju Tobirama's throat.
At this moment, Senju Tobirama's face remained utterly expressionless, as if he was stunned by the sudden turn of events.
But just as Taopaipai thought he had easily slain Senju Tobirama, the figure in front of him vanished with a poof, turning into a puddle of water.
"What?!" Taopaipai's face changed, startled.
Then, a cold voice sounded by his ear: "If the strong of this world are just trash like you, then it's truly disappointing!"
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!"
Senju Tobirama's figure suddenly appeared behind Taopaipai, performing a ninjutsu. A water dragon bullet slammed into Taopaipai, sending his entire body flying into the air.
"Dammit, what kind of martial art is this?!"
Taopaipai's expression shifted, feeling the mechanical parts in his body creaking and groaning incessantly, as if they might fall apart at any moment.
His reaction, however, was not slow. His other hand opened, revealing a hole, and he aimed it at Senju Tobirama, shouting: "Super Dodon Ray!"
But at that moment, Senju Tobirama abruptly appeared behind his back.
Flying Thunder God Technique!
Senju Tobirama snorted coldly: "Is that all? Then you can get off the stage now!" Blue chakra enveloped Senju Tobirama's body, and then he猛地 slammed a palm down!
Boom!
A powerful shockwave erupted, crashing into Taopaipai. His mechanical body was smashed into scrap metal, and he lay motionless in the crater on the ground, completely still.
Instantly, the venue fell silent. Everyone widened their eyes, their mouths agape as they stared at Senju Tobirama on the擂台.
"Taopaipai lost just like that?"
"What was that just now? It looked like a water dragon!"
"Who is this guy? What school of martial art was he using just now? Its power is actually so terrifying!"
Soon, after the initial shock, the crowd erupted into an uproar.
Many people excitedly heatedly discussed Senju Tobirama's strength, especially the Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet technique he had just performed, which many found incredibly domineering!
After a moment of stunned confusion, the host quickly loudly announced: "This match is won by Senju Tobirama!"
Senju Tobirama still wore a cold expression. He glanced dismissively at Taopaipai, who was being carried away like a dead dog, then swept his eyes over the excited audience and muttered coldly: "Boring!"
Then, he turned and walked off the擂台, returning to Lin Xuan's side.
"President Lin, that couldn't be the strong expert you mentioned, could it? His strength is too weak!" Senju Tobirama said, somewhat disappointed.
It wasn't just him; the others also felt a bit let down.
They had heard from Lin Xuan before that some of the powerful figures in this world could even blow up a planet with a punch. They had been quite期待 back then.
Yet, after being in this Dragon Ball world for so long, they still hadn't encountered a opponent who could truly let them go all out!
Lin Xuan, currently immersed in the pleasure of having earned several hundred million more reputation points, smiled upon hearing this and shook his head. "That was just a small fry. The truly powerful experts of this world haven't even appeared yet. There are some whom, even if I went all out, I would most likely lose to!"
That was indeed the truth. Currently, it was the early stages of Dragon Ball, where martial arts were still the mainstream, and there weren't many truly powerful individuals. Even the current Son Goku's strength was only勉强 passable!
It was in the middle and later stages that truly powerful beings would gradually appear. What Lin Xuan said was fact; there were some characters he really wasn't confident he could defeat!
Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, and the others were all somewhat surprised to hear this.
After all, they still didn't know the full extent of Lin Xuan's true strength. Yet now, Lin Xuan was saying that there were people in this world even he couldn't defeat? There actually existed such powerful individuals?!
The Turtle Hermit nearby heard this, a look of astonishment appearing on his face.
He actually had some understanding of Lin Xuan's strength. He hadn't expected Lin Xuan to claim that there were beings far stronger than him.
The Turtle Hermit then asked directly: "Are you saying there are people on Earth whose strength far surpasses yours?"
Lin Xuan, however, shook his head and said with a smile, "I never said they were from Earth."
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