233 Tournament of Power (1/2)

Right above the pillar and beneath Lord Zeno's spectator seats the Grand Priest stood on a small platform recounting the rules of this tournament.

The time limit was 48 minutes and with it the pillar in the middle will get lowered to indicate the progress. Weapons that aren't techniques as well as killing was forbidden.

Broly slapped the unresponsive Janemba at the back of his head. Janemba instantly knew what his master wanted and stored his sword in his pocket dimension.

Further rules were the only disqualification rule. One had to be thrown off the stage to be disqualified. It didn't matter if a participant was knocked out as long as he was still on the stage.

Techniques to fly cannot be used, of course, beings that could naturally fly were exempt from this restriction. The last rule was that healing items were completely forbidden.

The Grand Priest wanted to close the introduction with this, but a hand was raised amongst the warriors of universe 7.

”What is your question, Broly?” The Grand Priest asked with a surprised look. The rules were simple, and he didn't expect for anyone to have a question.

”You said killing is forbidden, but what if the contestant was knocked off the stage first before he died?”

The grand Priest thought for a second before answering, ”All the contestants will be treated by their respective angel. if they were knocked off and still succumbed to their wounds, it would be the angel's fault.”

”Oh? I see, understandable…” Broly said seemingly innocent as he smiled slightly.

His team members, however, couldn't help but shiver at his 'innocent' response. The other warriors were also irked by the question he asked.

Goku put a hand on Broly's shoulder before whispering, ”Hey, Broly could you hold back a little.”. Broly looked at Goku's hand on his shoulder before brushing it off.

”Alright. I intended to watch until the cannon fodders were eliminated anyway.”

”Thanks!” Goku gave Broly a thumbs up before looking through the ranks of the other warriors.

”Are there any other questions?” The Grand Priest waited for a moment and then went to ask Lord Zeno if it was alright to start the tournament.

The two Zeno's couldn't keep their excitement to their selves and urged the Grand Priest to announce the start.

The Grand Priest bowed slightly to the two Zenos and then turned towards the participants.

”And now, warriors of each universe. Prepare yourselves.”

It turned into a moment of silence as the atmosphere became increasingly tense. Almost everyone took in a battle stance to prepare for the incoming battle.

”Let the Tournament of Power begin!” As soon as the Grand Priest's voice fell and his hand swung down, numerous warriors of the different universes began to dash towards their first opponent they had chosen.

While almost everyone immediately fell into combat, Jiren's opponents were intimidated by his mere glance and backed off voluntarily.

The same went for Broly, who had a menacing smile on his face as soon as the tournament started.

He looked like he couldn't wait to start a massacre, even though he was just excited to watch some fights.

Unlike in the series universe 7's team was more united. The only ones, who carried out their own things were Broly, Vegeta, Goku.

Janemba and Buu listened to every command from Piccolo, while Cell was barely disciplined enough through his service in Broly's army.

The other 7 team members stood in a circle and protected each other from any ambushes.

Their individual strength was impressive and with Piccolo as the head, their combined effort quickly fended off any challenger that appeared.

Broly ignored the chaos that quickly arrived at the start of the tournament and headed towards the pillar in the middle.

He strolled through the battlefield like it was his backyard, while all kinds of techniques devastated the surroundings.

There were nearly no pauses between explosions as shouts of struggle sounded out all across the field.

Broly quickly reached the pillar and jumped to the top. He sat down with his legs dangling over the edge, while his gaze swept across the battlefield.

He was shocked as he realized that after not even a minute two participants were knocked off the stage. One was even thrown off by Goku.

Goku was now preoccupied with the Trio of Danger, Cell lost himself in bullying an 'inferior being'. Vegeta was pummeling some poor contestants into the ground, while the rest of the team was sticking to their defensive plan.