Chapter 223: The Tournament of Power: Crisis and Counterattack in the World of Nothingness

Chapter 223: The Tournament of Power: Crisis and Counterattack in the World of Nothingness

In the vast, fantastic and gorgeous world of Dragon Ball, a grand event concerning the fate of the twelve universes - the Tournament of Power, is in full swing. On the field, top masters from various universes are ready to fight, each showing their unique skills. The sparks of battle are flying like gorgeous fireworks, and the hot atmosphere seems to ignite the entire space. Every collision of power and intersection of moves contains a majestic force that can change the world, which makes the audience excited, and the cheers and shouts are intertwined, as if they are about to break through the sky.

Sun Wukong from the seventh universe is undoubtedly the focus of the audience. At this moment, he is engaging in a thrilling and exciting peak duel with Jia Lun, a strong man from the eighth universe. Jia Lun is as agile as a cheetah, and his every move is agile and swift. The lavender flame around him jumps like a ghost fire. His attacks are swift and unpredictable. Every move is accompanied by a sharp whistle, just like a sharp blade cutting through the sky, trying to find a flaw in Sun Wukong's seemingly impeccable defense. Sun Wukong, on the other hand, looks focused, with excitement and expectation burning in his eyes. Facing Jia Lun's torrential attack, he dodges cleverly like a flying swallow with his flexible and changeable body movements, while keenly capturing the opportunity to counterattack. Every subtle movement shows his precise control of the rhythm of the battle.

While the two were fighting fiercely and the entire audience was deeply attracted by this exciting contest with their eyes fixed on the center of the arena, the third universe was quietly planning a despicable conspiracy in a dark corner.

Mosco, the God of Destruction of the third universe, has a unique mecha form. His whole body is made of hard materials with a metallic luster, with smooth and powerful lines, like a moving steel fortress. His head is like a huge mechanical helmet, and his red electronic eyes emit a cold and cunning light, as if hiding endless conspiracies and calculations. Mosco is well aware of the powerful strength of Sun Wukong, like the sword of Damocles hanging over the road to the third universe's championship, posing a huge threat to the championship of his own universe. Driven by greed and fear, the evil thoughts in his heart grow like poisonous weeds, and he secretly plans to completely eliminate Sun Wukong and other powerful people in the seventh universe.

Mosco informed Knox of his sinister plan. Knox was short and had a sinister face like a demon from the dark abyss. He always obeyed Mosco's orders. Knox understood what he meant and shuttled around the edge of the stadium like a ghost, contacting several strong men from the fourth and eighth universes. In a corner of the stadium, they exchanged meaningful glances, which were full of greed, fear and evil collusion. Then, Knox showed a classic twisted smile of a villain, which was full of sinisterness and complacency, as if everything was under control and the whole world would run according to their evil plan. The other people nodded slightly, reaching this despicable and shameless tacit understanding, and a conspiracy network against the seventh universe was quietly spread.

Knox was like a black lightning. While Sun Wukong was fully engaged in the battle with Jalen and had relaxed his defenses, he rushed towards Sun Wukong at lightning speed. He quickly condensed a ball of dark green energy with his hands. The energy ball flashed with a strange and seductive light, like an evil curse from the abyss of hell, exuding a creepy atmosphere. At the moment when Sun Wukong was about to launch an attack to turn the tide of the battle, Knox threw the energy ball fiercely. The energy ball was like a deadly cannonball, carrying the power of destruction, whistling towards Sun Wukong's back. Wherever it passed, the air was torn apart, emitting a sharp and mournful cry.

With Sun Wukong's high martial arts, he is extremely sensitive to his surroundings even in a fierce battle. But just when he sensed the danger behind him, Hina from the fourth universe suddenly released interference waves, disrupting his perception and delaying his reaction for a moment. At the same time, Gamma from the eighth universe rushed towards him at an extremely fast speed, holding an energy blade. Gamma's speed was as fast as lightning, forcing Sun Wukong to deal with this sudden and fatal attack first, leaving him no time to take care of the energy ball coming from behind.

At the critical moment, Knox's energy ball hit Sun Wukong. There was a loud "boom", as if the sky and the earth collapsed, and Sun Wukong's body was struck by lightning. He flew forward several meters like a kite with a broken string and fell heavily on the edge of the stadium. "Wukong!" Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo and others saw this and shouted anxiously, their eyes full of shock and anger. The anger was like a raging fire, as if it wanted to burn away all the injustice in the world. The audience around the stadium exploded instantly, expressing strong dissatisfaction with this despicable sneak attack. The boos and accusations were like a surging tide, resounding throughout the stadium.

Knox, Sheena and Gamma stood together, showing a smug smile full of evil and arrogance. Knox crossed his arms and laughed arrogantly: "Haha, Sun Wukong, you are nothing more than that! Seventh Universe, today is your doomsday! You Saiyans have always relied on your powerful strength to threaten the survival of other universes. Now, it's time for you to pay the price! War is a tricky way. The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. Just accept your fate!" In his laughter, jealousy and fear intertwined. He was jealous of the strength of Sun Wukong and others, and was afraid that this power would make his own universe lose the chance of survival.

At this moment, the stadium was suddenly enveloped by a mysterious and powerful force. The sky instantly turned dark as ink, and thick black fog surged around. Strange lights flickered in the fog, like the eyes of a demon peering in the darkness. Everyone felt dizzy, as if they were in an endless black hole, and their bodies were uncontrollably pulled by a strong suction force. When they could see the surrounding environment clearly, they found that they were already in a corner of the world of nothingness.

It turns out that this is a conspiracy carefully planned by the third, fourth and eighth universes. They learned that part of the Tournament of Power would be held in the Realm of Nothingness, and driven by greed and fear, they set up this vicious trap in advance. They are well aware of the powerful strength of the Saiyans, like the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, threatening the survival and glory of this universe. For the benefit of their own universe, they are willing to violate morality and fairness, and try to trap the strong men of the seventh universe in this corner of the Realm of Nothingness, making it impossible for them to continue the competition, thereby gaining a greater chance of winning for their own universe and satisfying their greedy and evil desires.

In the realm of nothingness, there is a gloomy silence, like a forgotten corner at the end of the universe. The ground is rugged and rocky, exuding a bone-chilling chill that seems to penetrate the bone marrow and make people tremble. Black fog permeates the surroundings, like a heavy curtain, severely obstructing vision. Only vague outlines can be seen not far away, as if in a foggy maze full of unknown dangers. From time to time, strange lights flicker in the fog, like ghosts flashing, hiding countless unknown dangers and fears, ready to extend deadly tentacles to intruders at any time.

Sun Wukong stood up from the ground with difficulty, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, but the fighting spirit in his eyes did not diminish at all, but burned even more vigorously. "Don't worry, everyone, we will definitely find a way out and teach these despicable guys a lesson!" His voice was a little weak, but firm and powerful, like a huge bell, injecting hope and strength into everyone.

Vegeta snorted coldly, suppressing the anger in his heart, his eyes as firm as steel: "Humph, so what if we are in this damn place, I will make these despicable guys pay a heavy price for their actions! They think they can stop us like this, it's wishful thinking!" As he said that, he tried to mobilize the Qi in his body, but found that the special environment of the Realm of Nothingness suppressed the Qi extremely strongly, like an invisible giant hand tightly restraining his strength, making it difficult for him to use his strength as freely as in the outside world.

Son Gohan clenched his fists and blamed himself, "It's all my fault. I failed to detect their conspiracy in time and put everyone in danger. I should have been more vigilant and not brought shame to the glory of the Saiyans." His eyes were full of regret and self-blame.

Piccolo patted Gohan on the shoulder with a calm expression: "Now is not the time to blame ourselves. We must unite as one and deal with the crisis together. The most urgent task is to find a way to leave here. The strength of the Saiyans lies not only in their strong combat power, but also in their unity and tenacity. We will definitely be able to overcome the difficulties."

At this time, Knox, Sheena and Gamma appeared with their companions from their respective universes. Knox looked at the people of the seventh universe with a joking face and laughed, "Haha, you just struggle here slowly! The Realm of Nothingness will wear away your strength little by little, and in the end you can only die here in despair! Your Saiyan era is over, from now on, the universe will be dominated by us! The way of war is cunning, we defeated you with strategy, you have nothing to say!"

"Go, get rid of them completely!" With Knox's order, the people from the three universes pounced on the people from the seventh universe like hungry wolves, their eyes full of greed and murderous intent, as if they wanted to devour them all.

Sun Wukong was the first to meet the enemy and unleashed the King-Fist. Although the power of the King-Fist was greatly reduced by the suppression of the Realm of Nothingness, his figure was still like a golden whirlwind, rushing towards the enemy with fearless courage and firm belief. He punched out with a strong airflow like an invisible shock wave, and an enemy was unable to dodge and was directly knocked away like a puppet with its strings cut. However, the enemy soon surrounded him from all directions. Sun Wukong dodged the attacks flexibly, his body movements were like a butterfly shuttling through the flowers, while looking for opportunities to counterattack. He knew that in this difficult situation, every attack must be accurate and lethal, like a hunter waiting for the best hunting opportunity.

Vegeta and Gamma launched a fierce attack. Gamma's attack was fierce and powerful, and each punch contained powerful energy, as if to shatter the surrounding space. Vegeta did not flinch, and responded with a more fierce attack, with a firm look in his eyes like a burning flame. He danced his hands quickly, sending out energy bombs, like dense meteors shooting at Gamma, the energy bombs flashed dazzling light, with destructive power. Gamma's figure was ghostly, flexibly shuttling between the gaps of the energy bombs, like an agile ghost wandering in the dark, trying to find an opportunity to give Vegeta a fatal blow. Suddenly, Gamma took advantage of the moment when Vegeta was taking a breath, rushed forward, and punched Vegeta in the chest with a heavy punch. Vegeta was unable to dodge, and took the punch abruptly, and his body slid back several meters. But he quickly steadied himself, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he roared: "Is this all you can do? Watch me!" After that, Vegeta stomped his feet on the ground, and the whole person shot up like a cannonball. He gathered all his strength and sent out a dazzling and powerful energy wave, like an angry dragon, which directly knocked Gamma away. Gamma's body drew an arc in the air and fell heavily to the ground.

Son Gohan and Piccolo stood back to back, resisting the enemy's attack together. Gohan continued to perform the Qi Yuan Slash, and the sharp Qi blade flashed cold light in the darkness, like a rapidly rotating deadly disc, with a fierce killing intent, repelling the approaching enemies one by one. Piccolo used his special ability, his arm suddenly stretched out like a python, accurately grabbed the distant enemy, and threw it hard, smashing it towards other enemies, causing the enemy to be in chaos for a while. However, the enemies from the three universes were increasing, surging like a tide, and they gradually became unable to cope with it. Their physical strength and energy were constantly consumed in the continuous battle, their clothes were soaked with sweat, and their breathing became rapid.

"We can't go on like this. We have to find a way to break through their encirclement." Gohan said anxiously while attacking hard. Although there was anxiety in his eyes, there was more determination.

Piccolo pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that the core control device of the World of Nothingness can control everything here. Maybe destroying it can break this trap. We have to find it. This is our only way out and the key to counterattack."

At this moment, Sun Wukong suddenly felt a strong and strange aura surging in the depths of the world of nothingness. "Everyone follow me, I feel there is something important there, maybe it is the key to leaving here!" Wukong shouted, his voice like a horn, inspiring everyone's fighting spirit.

Everyone cooperated with each other, and Sun Wukong led the way in front. With his tenacious fighting spirit and strong strength, he repelled the enemies in front one by one. Every punch and kick he threw was full of unyielding faith. Although he was in trouble, the flame of fighting was always burning in his eyes, as if to illuminate this dark world. Vegeta was in the rear, alert to prevent the enemy from attacking from behind. His sharp eyes were like eagle eyes, always paying attention to the surrounding movements. Any enemy who tried to approach was ruthlessly repelled by him. His figure was like a solid barrier, guarding the rear of everyone. Gohan and Piccolo protected each other in the middle, and at the same time attacked the enemies on both sides. Their moves cooperated with each other, complementing each other, leaving no opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of. Like a tight battle fortress, they steadily advanced in the encirclement of the enemy.

After a hard fight, they finally broke through the enemy's encirclement and headed towards the direction of the powerful aura. Deep in the Realm of Nothingness, they found a huge energy core that emitted a strange and strong light, like the beating of a demon's heart. It was this core that maintained the Realm of Nothingness's suppression of them and the operation of the entire trap.

"That's it, destroy it!" Wukong shouted, his voice full of firmness and determination.

However, the enemies from the three universes noticed their intention and rushed over to stop them. For a moment, the two sides started a desperate fight.

Sun Wukong used Kamehameha with all his strength, and a powerful energy column rushed towards the energy core like a surging torrent. His eyes were as firm as a rock, and all his strength was concentrated in this move. Wherever Kamehameha passed, the space seemed to be distorted and made a buzzing sound. Vegeta also emitted an ultimate flash, and the brilliant light merged with Goku's Kamehameha, forming a powerful force that could destroy the world, like a sharp blade that tore through the darkness, slashing towards the energy core, and the light illuminated the entire world of nothingness. Gohan and Piccolo also used their strongest moves to join the attack. Gohan condensed a huge Qigong wave with his hands, and smashed it towards the energy core with overwhelming force. The Qigong wave was like a huge meteorite, carrying destructive power; Piccolo put his hands together, concentrating on firing a powerful magic light cannon, and the green light was like a sharp spear, piercing the energy core with fierce killing intent.

The enemies from the three universes desperately attacked them, trying to interrupt the attack. An enemy took advantage of the chaos and rushed towards Son Goku, trying to attack him from behind. Son Gohan was quick-witted and quickly fired a Qigong wave, accurately repelling the enemy. The Qigong wave hit the enemy like lightning, and the enemy screamed and flew backwards. Piccolo used his telekinesis to freeze several enemies who tried to interfere with Vegeta in place, making them unable to move, as if they were bound by invisible ropes.

With everyone's joint efforts, the attack finally hit the energy core. The energy core trembled violently, making a creepy scream, and then burst into a dazzling light. After the light, the suppressive power of the world of nothingness gradually disappeared, and the surrounding space began to return to normal.

The people of Universe 7 successfully broke the conspiracy of the three universes and returned to the Tournament of Power. When the audience around the arena saw them return, they burst into warm cheers, and the cheers were like surging waves, resounding throughout the arena.

Although the conspiracy of Knox and others failed, they still showed the classic villain smile. Knox shouted: "You are lucky this time, but the Tournament of Power is not over yet, let's wait and see!" Although they were unwilling, they could only retreat temporarily and prepare to continue to fight against the seventh universe in the subsequent games. The people of the seventh universe continued to fight for the glory of the universe with a more firm belief. They knew that there were more challenges ahead, but as long as they were united, nothing could stop them from moving forward. The glory of the Saiyans will continue to shine in this Tournament of Power.