With a loud "Boom," Basil is heavily slammed into the arena.
After all, Basil had undergone drug enhancement, and his pain tolerance had significantly decreased. Although he had endured two very heavy attacks, he still managed to stagger and stand up again.
Gohan didn't want to prolong the fight any further. He thought to himself, "It should be enough by now. With such an exciting fight, King Zeno should be more satisfied."
At this thought, Gohan assumed the stance of the Kamehameha and unleashed a powerful Kamehameha wave.
Basil was startled and jumped high to dodge Gohan's Kamehameha.
But Gohan's voice sounded behind him, "You fell for it!"
After saying this, Gohan placed his hand on Basil's lower back, and a radiant light shone from his hand. A ki blast directly knocked Basil out of the arena.
Basil's figure flickered, and he appeared on the spectator stand of the ninth universe.
The Grand Priest announced loudly, "In the first match, Son Gohan from the seventh universe wins!"
The two King Zenos on the stand shouted loudly, "Son Gohan! Son Gohan! Son Gohan!" They were like die-hard fans of Son Gohan.
King Zeno's shout made Gohan's heart lighten, and he whispered, "As expected, Uncle John Doe's prediction was right. Doing this will make King Zeno very happy."
Gohan returned to the spectator stand of the seventh universe. The next two matches were between Uncle John Doe and his father, so he only needed to watch from the stand.
Soon, the ninth universe's contestant jumped into the arena, while Goku and John Doe were playing rock-paper-scissors on the seventh universe's stand.
In the end, John Doe won the rock-paper-scissors, so he chose to be the last one to enter the arena.
Goku could only watch enviously at Belmod on the opponent's stand, feeling a bit helpless as he jumped into the arena to face the wolf-like contestant with yellow fur.
Goku knew he shouldn't feel this way, but he was still quite unhappy that the strongest fighter wasn't him. So, Goku shouted, "Hey, you must be very strong. You'd better show your full strength from the beginning, or you won't be my match."
Lavenda was furious and smiled sinisterly, "Hahaha... I hope you can still be so confident later."
After saying this, Lavenda opened his mouth and sprayed poison onto his hands.
Two purple smokes instantly coiled around his hands.
Goku was startled at first, then realized, "Oh, so you use poison. I don't often see this kind of attack."
As the Grand Priest shouted "Begin," Lavenda immediately waved his hands and attacked Goku.
Especially with the poison-coated hands, every move was aimed at Goku's eyes.
Goku dodged and weaved, especially now that he had initially grasped the Ultra Instinct, and none of Lavenda's attacks landed on him; he dodged them all.
After adapting to Lavenda's attacks, Goku said, "Now it's my turn to attack." Then he turned and charged towards Lavenda.
No matter how Lavenda tried to dodge, Goku's punches landed on him.
Under Goku's barrage of punches, Lavenda fell with a loud crash onto the arena.
Goku watched as Lavenda stood up again and said, "You should go all out. With your current strength, you can't beat me."
Lavenda wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "Don't be so smug. My strongest power is yet to come."
After saying this, Lavenda opened his mouth and spat out purple poison ki blasts, quickly spreading across the entire arena.
Then, Lavenda concealed his ki and began to sneakily attack Goku.
The Supreme Kai of the ninth universe shouted from the spectator stand, "Hahaha, this is Lavenda! His enemies call him 'Poisonous Lavenda,' as poison is his most powerful weapon."
"Now your fighter is surrounded by poison, unable to see clearly, while our fighter can inherently conceal his ki. So, you're bound to lose..."
But before this guy could finish boasting, he heard the two King Zenos on the stand say without any expression, "We can't see the fighters' battle, so boring!"
"Yes, so boring!"
The words of the two King Zenos startled the people from the ninth universe. The Supreme Kai of the ninth universe quickly replied, "King Zeno, Lavenda's attack method is poison. If he doesn't use poison, wouldn't that be against the rules of fairness?"
Just as King Zeno was about to speak, a new development occurred in the arena. Goku roared and transformed into a Super Saiyan.
Golden flames burst from Goku's body, dispersing the poison that had covered the arena.
At this moment, Lavenda had just sneaked up on Goku and was about to launch an attack, but he didn't expect Goku to transform.
Seeing his cover was blown, Lavenda could only resort to a full-on assault, trying to smear the poison on Goku's face before he could react.
Goku leaned his head back, then lifted his hand to grab Lavenda's wrist and followed up with a knee strike to Lavenda's abdomen.
Several knee strikes sent Lavenda reeling with painful roars.
Lavenda roared in pain and spat poison at Goku.
Goku had anticipated this and quickly erected a protective barrier in front of him, blocking Lavenda's poison attack.
With Goku's rich combat experience, Lavenda's poison attack was futile.
If the poison attack failed, Lavenda would lose half of his fighting power.
Goku vigorously shook Lavenda off and sent him flying into the air, then unleashed a Kamehameha wave.
Lavenda was also very angry. He roared and fired purple poison ki blasts from his mouth, trying to counter Goku's ki blast.
Lavenda didn't know the opponents who had fallen to Gohan's hands; otherwise, he would never dare to counter Goku's ki blast.
The blue ki blast collided with the purple poison ki blast.
However, the spectators clearly saw that Goku's ki blast was significantly thicker and stronger than his opponent's. Lavenda couldn't hold out for long.
Seeing that his opponent didn't dodge or evade, Goku was thrilled and shouted excitedly. Then, an even more massive ki blast soared towards Lavenda.
Soon, Lavenda couldn't withstand Goku's ki blast any longer. The combined force of the two ki blasts quickly pushed Lavenda out of the arena.