"The match is over! Lin Xuan is the winner!" The host, wearing sunglasses, shouted excitedly.
With his announcement, this year's World Martial Arts Tournament finally came to a close.
Ultimately, Lin Xuan took the championship!
Around the arena, the stunned spectators were jolted back to reality, before breaking out in loud cheers and applause.
At the same time, the attention of countless people around the world was focused on Lin Xuan.
The World Martial Arts Tournament was held specifically to find the strongest martial artist in the world. Now that Lin Xuan was the champion of this tournament, he was naturally regarded as the strongest person on Earth!
Lin Xuan was now far more dazzling than any previous celebrity or star on this planet!
Lin Xuan, however, didn't pay much attention to this. He was more concerned that after the competition, his name, Lin Xuan, would quickly spread across the globe, bringing him a steady stream of Fame Points!
Though the matches had ended, many spectators remained in the venue, discussing the events with high spirits.
The various powerful ninjutsu performed by the members of the Ninja Guild in the previous matches had amazed and shocked many people, and had also sparked a strong interest in ninjutsu. The abilities of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama were, of course, the main topic of conversation.
In addition to that, the use of Haki, Whitebeard's Devil Fruit ability, and the powers of Goku and Master Roshi were also points of much discussion.
For a long time to come, it was likely that the theme of people's conversations would not stray from this World Martial Arts Tournament.
At this time, Piccolo, who had been watching the matches secretly, gave a long, deep look at the members of the Ninja Guild, including Lin Xuan, and then at Goku, before letting out a cold snort and leaving by himself.
The reason Piccolo hadn't left immediately after being eliminated from the tournament was partly to continue watching the matches, but also because he hadn't abandoned his plan to seek revenge on Goku.
He had originally intended to launch a decisive, life-and-death attack on Goku after the tournament concluded.
However, after watching the previous match between Lin Xuan and Goku, Piccolo decided to abandon his initial plan.
With his current strength, he likely wouldn't be a match for Goku, and even if he did attack now, he probably wouldn't be able to kill him!
In fact, after witnessing the sheer power of Lin Xuan and his group, his goals had gradually shifted.
Before, his main desire was to take revenge on Goku, but now he was more focused on increasing his own strength, as the threat posed by Lin Xuan and his group felt too great, and he disliked that feeling intensely!
Lin Xuan had actually noticed Piccolo's departure.
However, he paid him no mind; the current Piccolo wasn't very strong, and posed no real threat to him.
After the tournament, Lin Xuan and his group also left the arena.
Thanks to Master Roshi, Goku and the others were formally introduced to Lin Xuan's group after the matches.
However, when Lin Xuan and the others heard Goku and the rest mistaking them for aliens, they couldn't help but feel a mixture of amusement and exasperation.
Ultimately, Master Roshi, feeling embarrassed by their behavior, had to step in and explain, finally letting them know that Lin Xuan and his people were not aliens, but visitors from another world!
This fact, however, only shocked Goku and the others even more.
Soon after, Lin Xuan parted ways with Master Roshi and the others. Now that the tournament was over, he was ready to set off for Planet Namek.
Of course, he didn't take everyone with him. He left a few people, such as Might Guy and Sakumo Hatake, on Earth.
Before leaving, Lin Xuan even specifically replaced their sacrificial bodies, as the bodies of a few of them had suffered considerable damage during the previous matches, especially Might Guy's, whose body was nearly completely broken down.
The reason for leaving some people behind on Earth was to prepare for future plans.
Having his own people in the Dragon Ball world would make things much easier for him later on!
For example, after he finished dealing with matters in the One Piece world, he could send people whose Impure World Reincarnation sacrificial bodies were still intact from that world to the Dragon Ball world via the Sealing Jutsu, saving a large amount of Fame Points!
After making all the arrangements, Lin Xuan took Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama, Obito Uchiha, and the others, and used the Dragon Ball to directly travel to Planet Namek.
Thus, while the influence of the martial arts tournament continued to spread across the Earth in the Dragon Ball world—and countless people developed an interest in martial arts training because of this unprecedented event—Lin Xuan and the people who had created all the buzz had already arrived on Planet Namek!
As the group landed on Planet Namek, Uchiha Madara and the others couldn't help but show their curiosity.
Lin Xuan was the same, secretly wondering: Was I the first person from the original Earth to set foot on another life-bearing planet?
"This place is really different from Earth!" Uchiha Madara surveyed the surrounding environment, a sense of wonder growing in his heart.
Planet Namek and Earth were indeed vastly different. First of all, the planet was more than ten times the diameter of Earth, and it was orbited by three suns, meaning there was no night here.
At this moment, Uchiha Madara and the others also noticed the Namekians in the distance, and they couldn't help but look closer.
"These people look very similar to that green-skinned kid we met during the tournament. Are they his clansmen?" Uchiha Madara said with some surprise, and then continued, "What exactly did we come here for?"
Lin Xuan nodded and said with a smile, "You guessed correctly; this is Piccolo's homeworld. As for our purpose here, it's very simple: to find the Dragon Balls here!"
"Dragon Balls?" Uchiha Madara frowned.
He knew what the Dragon Balls were; he had seen them on Earth, and had even used them to summon Shenron to get here. Honestly, he didn't feel those things were particularly useful.
However, he was more confused by the fact that Lin Xuan had already found the Dragon Balls.
Lin Xuan didn't offer any further explanation, but led them toward the village not far away.
Meanwhile, a report concerning Lin Xuan and his group was delivered to the highest ruler, the Grand Elder.
"People from other planets?" the Grand Elder said, a hint of surprise and uncertainty in his voice.
Lin Xuan and his group hadn't intentionally hidden their presence, and their appearance was markedly different from the Namekians, so they were naturally noticed immediately.
At this moment, the Grand Elder was rather surprised, not because people from other planets had come to Namek, but because they had managed to land on their planet so silently. Had it not been for someone noticing their whereabouts, they might not have even known of their existence.
Furthermore, not knowing the newcomers' background made the Grand Elder feel a little uneasy.
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