Shortly after returning to the main Space-Time, the Tournament of Power that Grand Zeno had been preparing officially began.
All the Supreme Kais, Gods of Destruction, and registered participants from the twelve universes were summoned into an unimaginably vast space… the World of Void.
Here, there were no suns, no moons, no stars, no time or space. Only a backdrop of nothingness and a giant platform suspended within it, like an arena.
The Grand Priest read out the rules on behalf of Grand Zeno. "Universes 1, 12, 5, and 8 have met the average standard of human civilization and may not participate in this tournament."
Hearing the Grand Priest's words, the Supreme Kais and Gods of Destruction of these four universes all breathed long sighs of relief.
Clearly, they all knew that Grand Zeno's urgent summons never meant anything good.
This Tournament of Power was probably another huge trap. Not having to participate was naturally for the best.
"The remaining eight universes will each send ten warrior representatives to participate. The tournament will be a battle royal. The universe that remains on the stage last will be the winner."
"The winner may have one wish granted by Lord Grand Zeno. As for the losing universes, they will all be erased!"
"What?"
"All erased?"
Not only the many participants, but even the Supreme Kais and Gods of Destruction were in an uproar.
"Lord Grand Priest, what do you mean by 'erased'?"
The Grand Priest smiled slightly. "It means the universe itself will be eliminated."
A God of Destruction asked hopefully, "What about us gods?"
The Grand Priest smiled. "Please do not worry. Apart from the attendant Angels, all gods will also disappear along with their universes."
The assembled Gods of Destruction and Supreme Kais wanted to cry. Wasn't that even more worrying?
They regretted it deeply. If they had known this would happen, they should have worked even harder on special training and found stronger warriors.
No, they should have worked even more diligently!
Upon hearing this news, the four universes that didn't have to participate were extremely relieved.
Working hard truly paid off.
But things having come to this point, the Gods of Destruction and Supreme Kais of the eight universes could only place their hopes on the ten warriors of their own universes.
After reading out some more rules, the Grand Priest said, "Participants, please enter the arena."
After everyone entered the arena, a giant white-bearded man from Universe 11 said loudly, "Warriors of the various universes, I am Toppo, Captain of the Pride Troopers of Universe 11, a candidate God of Destruction."
The warriors from other universes looked at him with some curiosity.
At a time like this, who cared about his identity?
Toppo raised his fist and said, "As you all probably know, the trigger for this Tournament of Power was the private martial arts tournament held by Universes 6 and 7."
"And in this tournament, regardless of the outcome, at least seven universes will be erased. This is the responsibility of Universes 6 and 7!"
As expected, guided by his words, the other six universes cast hostile looks.
Setsuna knew that Grand Zeno had actually felt for a long time that twelve universes were too many and wanted to eliminate eight. This Tournament of Power was actually giving the universes that should have been eliminated a chance.
But the people of the other universes didn't know that. They naturally transferred their hatred to Universes 6 and 7.
Toppo continued, "Also, there is Chiaki Setsuna of Universe 7. The gods of your universe should have told you about his threat. If he is not eliminated first, it will be very difficult for our respective universes to have a chance of winning."
Many warriors nodded secretly. The gods of their universes had shown them the battle footage. That person was indeed very strong.
Guided by this, the strong warriors of the six universes began to surround Setsuna.
However, contrary to expectations, the people of Universe 7 not only did not come to his aid but instead engaged in battle with the warriors of Universe 6.
Caway, a female warrior from Universe 4, chuckled lightly. "It seems you're very unpopular. No one from your own universe even came to help you."
Setsuna said calmly, "I told them not to come."
Cawaywas stunned. "What?"
Setsuna said calmly, "A lion does not cower before a coalition of rabbits. It's best if you all join forces. It saves me the trouble of seeking you out one by one."
"What?"
"How arrogant!"
"Who do you think we are? We are the strongest warriors of our respective universes!"
Many warriors were angry. They admitted the other was strong, but they were no weaklings either.
"Since you're so eager to be eliminated, we'll grant your wish!" A dozen warriors, confident in their strength, could no longer hold back. They roared and swarmed forward.
A dazzling array of energy attacks, fists, and feet rained down on Setsuna.
Facing this combined offensive, capable of destroying a galactic civilization, Setsuna simply erupted with his aura, reflecting all the attacks back.
Amidst panicked shouts, over a dozen warriors were blasted off the stage.
All the participants, including the Supreme Kais and Gods of Destruction in the stands, stared wide-eyed, 'He had knocked over a dozen participants off the stage with just his aura?'
'How vast was the gap in strength?'
"It seems that even this level of cooperation is still too boring." Setsuna's gaze swept over everyone. "All of you attack together."
Hearing such provocation, everyone felt humiliated, but they had to admit that if they didn't cooperate, they might not even be able to get close to him.
"Let's do it!"
"For the survival of our universe!"
"Kill!"
After a brief silence, dozens of powerful auras erupted.
All kinds of secret ultimate techniques, combination attacks, and even life-burning special moves were unleashed without reservation at this moment.
The entire central area of the stage was instantly engulfed by a multicolored storm of destructive energy.
It looked like it would vaporize Setsuna along with that space.
However, those terrifying attacks, capable of destroying galaxies, instantly disappeared upon touching him.
As if he himself were a black hole, capable of absorbing all attacks.
"Impossible!"
"What kind of monster is he?"
The attackers were horrified. How could they fight like this?
The next moment, Setsuna moved.
He took a step and appeared before a mechanical giant from Universe 3, casually throwing a punch.
The special alloy body, capable of withstanding planetary impacts, was dented and shattered under this punch.
The light in the mechanical giant's eyes went out, and its massive body transformed into a stream of light, flying off the stage.
Setsuna's figure vanished again, appearing behind a warrior from Universe 4 who specialized in invisibility. His hand chop lightly fell.
The warrior, unable to react, saw darkness and lost consciousness, his body uncontrollably flying out of the arena.
And so it went. Setsuna strolled through the rain of attacks, each time he paused, he knocked a warrior out of the ring.
No one could withstand even a single blow from him.
In just a few seconds, the only ones left on the stage were the still-engaged warriors of Universes 6 and 7, and Jiren of Universe 11.