Chapter 867: Lightning flashes
Chapter 867: Lightning flashes
“Pan is already receiving such harsh training at such a young age?” Xiaya looked at Pan in astonishment. Seeing her covered in dust and her face flushed red due to intense exercise, he couldn’t help but ask Goku.
“Of course, it’s better to start training as early as possible. If you miss this period, it will already be too late to improve your foundation.”
Xiaya nodded. Indeed, martial arts training must be started from a young age.
Whether it was during Planet Vegeta’s period or the current Planet Hongshan’s period, Saiyans training began shortly after birth. He remembered that when he was three years old, he had already gone to a far away planet for a mission with Xiling, and children with low talent were banished shortly after birth.
Compared to this, Pan receiving training from Goku at this age can be understood.
However, the problem is that Pan is not a pure-blood Saiyan. She only has a quarter of the Saiyan bloodline. Such high-intensity training can already be considered harsh.
For young children like Pan, it’s important to be careful during training and not be too harsh, otherwise there may be serious consequences if there’s a misstep. However, Goku himself is a remarkable martial artist and knows how to strike a balance. It wouldn’t have worked if it was Gohan. Because of his training from Piccolo from a young age, Gohan’s martial arts training is more inclined towards the ways of the demons, being fierce, brutal, and merciless. These methods are clearly not suitable for teaching young girls.
“Grandpa Xiaya…” Pan respectfully bowed.
“Ha ha ha, what a polite child,” Xiaya was suddenly in a good mood. If Meifei and the others were this obedient when they were young, that would have been great.
Laughing, Xiaya patted Pan’s head and stroked her head, causing Pan to narrow her eyes as if happy.
Turning to look at Goten and Bulla who were sitting on the ground beside him, the two children were still exhausted from their previous battle with Goku, so Xiaya gave them nutrient fluid to restore their stamina. Xiaya then led Xiling and the others into Goku’s home.
About ten minutes later, a rumble echoed in the sky and a jet aircraft landed. Gohan and Videl get off the plane, and shortly after, Vegeta in a sweatshirt flew over from the horizon.
Xiaya greeted Vegeta and curiously asked, “Why are you the only one here?”
“Trunks stayed behind to handle company work and Tights wasn’t interested in the Martial Arts Tournament, so she didn’t come,” Vegeta said, putting one hand in his pocket and handing Pan, a Hoi-Poi Capsule, with the other. “Take this, it’s a gift from Tights.”
“Thank you, Grandpa Vegeta.”
Vegeta nodded indifferently and was surprisingly kind to Pan. To be honest, if it wasn’t for Xiaya also coming to watch the World Martial Arts Tournament, Vegeta himself wouldn’t have come, as the martial arts tournaments on Earth were becoming increasingly dull for him.
Next, Bulma invited everyone to sit in the living room, while she and Launch went into the kitchen to prepare food for the guests. This task is only done well by her and Launch.
After a hearty lunch, the Z Warriors scattered all over the world began to gather at Mount Paozu. Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Yajirobe…they haven’t seen each other for several years and had a lot to catch up on. When it was getting close to dusk, everyone started heading towards the location of the martial arts tournament.
31st World Martial Arts Tournament was held on a small island located more than 100 kilometers south of Mount Paozu.
The entire island is surrounded by the sea, with the terrain gradually rising from east to west. On the west side, there is a towering mountain ridge, and the main buildings of the city were mainly located on the east side of the ridge.
The city was not big, but the buildings and facilities were very complete, having everything a big city has. Because it was the World Martial Arts Tournament that happens every three years and it was not far from the martial arts sacred land, Goku City, large and small martial arts schools were already ready and waiting. When the tournament began, the crowd of people had already flooded the entire city.
No matter where you go, you can see competitors dressed in various martial arts uniforms. This is also one of the highlights of the tournament.
Of course, there are many tourists who came just to see the excitement.
“Look, so many people! This should be the most watched tournament in the last few years, right?” Yamcha looked around and said to Krillin next to him in amazement.
“Yes, the number of spectators is really large this time! And there are so many people wearing martial arts uniforms, and there are also many contestants!”
“I have a friend who has opened a martial arts school here. He says that the number of contestants in this year’s tournament has set a record, with three times more than the last time,” Yajirobe said, sharing the information he knew with his hands crossed across his chest.
“Wow, that’s amazing! Back when we participated in the tournament, there were only a hundred contestants at most. And with the current trend, breaking past ten thousand is not a big problem,” Krillin said in surprise, and then asked curiously, “But the number of participants may have set a record, I wonder about the quality.”
“It’s almost like a national event now. The overall quality is definitely declining, The overall quality has definitely declined, but top-notch contestants are continuously emerging.” Tien Shinhan said.
“Bulla, aren’t you going to participate in the tournament?” Krillin’s daughter, Marron, asked in surprise as she saw a long line forming at the registration desk.
“I have no interest in Earth’s martial arts tournament. I’m not going to participate,” Bulla firmly shook her head. Her gaze had already gone beyond Earth and these participating contestants simply couldn’t spark her interest. Turning to Meifei, Bulla pulled her hand and asked, “Sister, isn’t there going to be a large martial arts tournament on Planet Hongshan next year? There must be a lot of participants, right?”
“Yeah, next year will be super interesting, if you’re interested, you can give it a try,” Meifei said with a elegant smile on her face.
“Sister, will you also participate?”
Meifei shook her head, she won’t be participating in the tournament. “No, this time we want to give the opportunity to the new generation of contestants, so the experts of Divine Realm won’t be participating.”
Planet Hongshan has many large and small competitions, but the most highly anticipated one is the large martial arts tournament held once every ten years. The last tournament was just after Majin Buu appeared, and many people were invited. Back then, Goku, Krillin and others also participated. But anyone who has reached the Divine Realm will not participate in these types of competitions anymore. After all, if they participate, there won’t be anything for other contestants. Considering that the Planet Hongshan’s martial arts tournament is meant to motivate everyone to forge ahead courageously, it’s only natural to give the opportunity to those who are prepared.
Bulla nodded in understanding, and started to think about how she could achieve good result in next year’s tournament.
….……
After registering Pan’s name, Xiaya and the others checked into the pre-booked hotel. Since the tournament wouldn’t be held until the next day, they freshened up and gathered together. They then spread out a recently acquired file of information on the top seed contestants who were likely to win the championship and began to analyze and evaluate each one.
“The number of people is pretty large.”
Xiaya estimated the thickness of the information booklet, which was several hundred pages thick.
“These are all the young people who have risen in recent years and many have passed the Korin Tower’s trial.” Krillin smiled.
From this large pile of information, it could be seen that the Earth’s martial arts have flourished in the past few decades. Despite the flourishing development and the numbers, as discussed during the day, there are still not many martial artists with a Battle Power of over 1000.
This is also a source of frustration for Krillin and the others.
Perhaps it is the physique of Earthlings that was restricting them.
As the path of martial arts reaches later stages, besides comprehension, the requirements on the body gradually increase. The physical limitations of Earthlings is quite evident, as the human body can only handle a certain amount of power, like a container with a defined maximum capacity. Breaking this limit was essential for success, but not everyone had the opportunity like Krillin and others, as reaching a Battle Power of 1000 was a challenging feat for those with weaker constitution.
At this point, having a powerful bloodline becomes very important. Becoming a powerful expert is no longer just about working hard.
Whether it’s the Saiyans or Frieza, even if one trains hard, achievements will be limited if the physique is not there.
The silent night.
Late at night, loud thunder suddenly erupted above the whole island, with loud thunder accompanying the flashing lightning. The black clouds in the sky constantly changed shape, as if a black tower was about to collapse.
Rumble!
The thundering sound of lightning and thunder was painful to the ear drums, and a heavy rain began to fall outside the window.
“Hmm?”
Xiaya was puzzled and walked to the window to look at the sky outside. For a split second, he felt that there seemed to be something different in the sky, but that feeling flashed by and soon disappeared.
“What’s wrong?” Xiling, wearing a white nightgown, put her slender arms around Xiaya’s neck, transmitting her body temperature through her icy skin, a soft feeling pressing against his back.
“Nothing…” Xiaya faintly smiled, shook his head and thought maybe it was just a misconception.
Turning to look at Xiling’s white nightgown, he found it was very large and loose, exposing a lot of her fair skin, which made him smile. Xiaya chuckled, picked Xiling up, threw her onto the bed, stripped her of her coverings in no time, and revealed an attractive body.
Xiling’s lovely face blushed lightly and she covered up the exposed parts of her body with the blanket, and muttered, “What are you doing? Myers will be back soon and it will be embarrassing if she sees this.”
“No need to be embarrassed. We’re an old married couple. Let’s ask her to join us later,” Not allowing any excuses, Xiaya pushed Xiling onto the bed, fixed her hands at the headboard, and pressed his body against her smooth body.
“Shameless!” Xiling rolled her eyes at him, muttering in a low voice, but she didn’t resist too much.
Outside the window, the dark clouds churned, the thunder roared, and as the wind picked up, heavy rain poured down, quickly flooding the soil on the ground.