Chapter 67: The Wudao Assembly in Progress

The next day, the official matches began.

Jiang Hao, Sun Wukong, and Krillin were lucky; they did not draw each other as opponents.

Krillin's opponent turned out to be Master Shen.

Jiang Hao, on the other hand, faced Dragon Man Giran, a being like Oolong, a special Earthling who took the form of a massive Western dragon.

His body was huge; standing upright, he reached about twelve meters in height, extremely tall, and in terms of size, he looked quite intimidating.

However, as soon as the match started, Jiang Hao blasted him off the ring with a single Ki blast, a one-hit knockout.

The spectators watching on-site could not help but cry out in shock.

Sun Wukong's opponent was Bacterian, a huge, obese man who, in the original story, was Krillin's opponent in the quarterfinals.

His attack methods included foul breath, flatulence, and spitting, because he had never taken a bath since birth.

He was truly a freak.

The main reason he managed to reach the top sixteen, aside from his own decent strength, was simply how disgusting he was.

Those who challenged him had to endure the interference of his body odor during the fight; that smell, a mixture of rotting fish, dead rats, and garbage, was enough to make anyone dizzy.

Before they could even touch him, they were so overwhelmed by the stench that they rolled their eyes back.

Losing focus in battle, how could they possibly be his match?

However, Wukong's raw strength was far superior; most importantly, Sun Wukong possessed Ki far beyond mere physical attacks.

Just like with Giran, Bacterian was blasted out of the ring by a single Ki blast before he could even get close to Wukong.

Against an opponent like Bacterian, he really could not muster any interest.

The person Wukong most wanted to fight right now was still Jiang Hao.

Among the three, the most entertaining battle was the one between Krillin and Master Shen.

With a power level of over four hundred, the three of them far exceeded Master Shen in raw strength.

But once the match began, Krillin found himself in a passive situation from the very start.

His full raw strength could not be unleashed; he was merely toyed with by Master Shen.

This caused Krillin to suffer a heavy disadvantage right from the beginning.

Fortunately, his raw strength was strong enough; even after taking some hits, Master Shen could not do anything to him.

In the end, Krillin blasted Master Shen out of the ring with a Ki blast, eliminating him.

Thus, all three of Jiang Hao, Sun Wukong, and Krillin successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu also advanced to the quarterfinals.

The other three who also made it to the quarterfinals were, respectively, Launch and Nam from the original story, and a thirty-year-old man named Kankichi, whom Jiang Hao had no impression of, likely just another extra.

Next came the draw for the semifinals.

Jiang Hao's opponent was Launch, Sun Wukong faced Tien Shinhan, and Krillin was matched against Chiaotzu.

Nam was the opponent of that thirty-year-old man named Kankichi.

Launch was a beautiful woman with purple hair.

Her strength was passable, with a power level of around twenty.

That was already quite impressive.

After all, an adult holding a gun only had a power level of just over ten.

Launch could achieve a power level of over twenty without a weapon.

This already proved she was far stronger than ordinary people.

Unfortunately, her opponent was Jiang Hao.

And Jiang Hao naturally would not hold back just because she was beautiful.

He was still waiting for his battle with Sun Wukong.

However, because Launch was a woman, he did not simply blast her off the ring with a Ki blast.

Instead, before she could fully react, he threw her off the ring.

By the time she realized what had happened, she was already standing below the ring.

And the match rules stated that whichever side stepped onto the ground outside the ring first would be declared the loser.

So Launch was eliminated.

Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu had it worse.

In the original story, Tien Shinhan officially appeared only at the 22nd Wudao Assembly.

And at the 22nd Wudao Assembly, he defeated Wukong and won the championship.

But his victory involved a large element of luck; it was not necessarily true that his strength surpassed Wukong's at that time.

Although it was unclear why the master and his two disciples had appeared early at the 21st Wudao Assembly.

But Tien Shinhan's strength at this period was far too inferior compared to Wukong's current strength.

It could even be said that the gap was several tiers.

Even if Wukong did not take it seriously, Tien Shinhan would still inevitably suffer a one-hit knockout.

Chiaotzu versus Krillin was much the same.

Chiaotzu's unexpected hypnosis at the start did cause Krillin some trouble.

But due to the gap in raw strength.

Chiaotzu was quickly defeated and eliminated by Krillin.

Subsequently, the four semifinalists emerged.

They were Sun Wukong, Krillin, Jiang Hao, and Nam.

Nam was an ascetic monk.

He had come to the Wudao Society specifically to win the champion's prize money, then buy water and return to his hometown.

His hometown was a place particularly short of water.

Next came the final draw.

When the draw ended, Jiang Hao and Krillin were paired against each other.

Meanwhile, Goku faced off against Nappa.

Upon learning his opponent was Jiang Hao, Krillin's face instantly fell as if he had lost his parents.

He would have preferred facing Goku rather than Jiang Hao.

In his impression, Jiang Hao was a monster even more monstrous than Goku.

That night, Krillin trained through the night, a case of sharpening the spear at the eleventh hour.

For him, facing Jiang Hao, every bit of improvement counted.

Against Krillin, Jiang Hao did not unleash his full strength from the start.

Instead, he first suppressed his fighting power to match Krillin's level to fight him.

The battle was fought with great intensity.

However, it was mainly Jiang Hao pressing Krillin down.

Although Jiang Hao had suppressed his fighting power to the same level as Krillin, his combat instincts and techniques far exceeded Krillin's.

With his development rate reaching **

%**, every move Jiang Hao made could be described as perfectly timed; during the fight, whenever a shortcoming appeared, he could multitask to analyze it and then develop a countermeasure.

Therefore, even though his fighting power had already been suppressed to the same level as Krillin's.

Krillin was pressed down and beaten throughout the entire match.

Yet there were benefits as well.

That was, the teleportation, high-speed flight, and Qi sensing that he had previously been unable to master were all mastered one by one by Krillin during the fight with Jiang Hao.

Sometimes, appropriate pressure does indeed spur a person to progress.

Under Jiang Hao's relentless pressure, Krillin's stress was not ordinary.

This also ignited his own potential.

Although in the end he could not avoid the fate of defeat.