One Piece: Kaido's adopted son, starts with the Eight Gates Formation.

This direct challenge, naming names, caused the atmosphere, which had just eased, to tense up again.

Red-haired Shanks, one of the Four Emperors of Universe 13, slowly opened his deep eyes. He glanced at the battle-ready Vegeta, a meaningful smile appearing on his face.

"Can."

Without uttering any unnecessary words, he handed the famous sword Griffin to his companion, then took a step forward and gracefully landed on the ruined arena.

Upon seeing this, the High Priest simply smiled and made the announcement.

"The third match, from Universe 13, Shanks with Red Hair, versus Universe 7, Vegeta."

"The match begins!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the immense energy belonging to the Saiyan prince within Vegeta erupted without reservation!

"Drink it all!"

Boom!

A dazzling blue divine aura soared into the sky, dyeing the entire Boundless Realm a deep blue. A violent shockwave spread wildly in all directions, causing the clothes of those watching from the distant stands to flutter wildly.

Super Saiyan Blue!

Vegeta hovered in mid-air, his body wreathed in fine blue arcs of electricity, looking down at the red-haired man on the ground who hadn't even raised his ki.

"Don't think you can win with some tricks. Let me show you the true power of the Saiyan Prince!"

Faced with this terrifying aura that would make even ordinary gods tremble, Shanks simply drew his sword calmly.

Griffin.

There was no earth-shattering arrogance, no devastating energy fluctuations.

But the instant he drew his sword, an invisible, terrifying aura, as if it were a supreme ruler commanding all things to submit, instantly enveloped the entire arena!

On the viewing platform, Kaido's enormous dragon eyes narrowed slightly.

"Oh ho ho ho... Shanks is getting serious now."

On the arena.

Without another word, Vegeta vanished from his spot in an instant!

A blue flash streaked across the sky, and the next second, he appeared in front of Shanks, delivering a powerful punch enveloped in the aura of a blue god, carrying the force to shatter planets, straight at the opponent's face!

However, a horrifying scene unfolded.

Faced with this attack that exceeded the speed of light, Shanks didn't even swing his sword; he simply tilted his body back very slightly and turned his head to one side.

That fist, powerful enough to shatter a planet into cosmic dust, grazed his nose and slammed into empty air!

"What?!"

Vegeta was greatly alarmed.

When his first strike missed, he immediately changed tactics, unleashing dozens of attacks in an instant, each one incredibly fast and each one containing terrifying destructive power.

But it all came to nothing!

Shanks' figure was like a fallen leaf drifting in a storm.

His movements were incredibly small, and every dodge was perfectly timed. He could always evade Vegeta's attacks at the last second, with minimal movement and in the most effortless way.

Vegeta's attack was like hitting a phantom that didn't even exist!

"What... what's going on?" Krillin stared in disbelief. "His speed... he's clearly not as fast as Vegeta!"

"No, that's not right." Piccolo's expression was more serious than ever before. "It's not a matter of speed. That red-haired man, he seems... to know in advance where Vegeta is going to attack!"

"Foreseeing the future?" Son Gohan also noticed something amiss.

In the spectator stands of Universe 7, Whis tapped his scepter lightly and explained with a smile.

"Hehe, it's not as simple as predicting the future."

"It's a special ability that comes from tempering one's spirit, or rather, 'will,' to the extreme. He can clearly sense his opponent's attack intentions, and even detect the flow of breath and the contraction of muscles in advance."

"It's a very sophisticated technique."

On the battlefield.

Vegeta's pride was greatly insulted when his relentless attacks all failed to hit him.

"All you do is hide and hide! You piece of trash!"

He roared, and his attack became even more ferocious!

However, Shanks seized the opportunity the moment he made a tiny mistake due to anger.

He did not retaliate, but instead gently and silently extended the scabbard in his hand forward.

Snapped!

The scabbard struck Vegeta's rapidly swinging wrist with perfect precision.

A strange, vibrating force flowed through the sword sheath into Vegeta's body. He felt a sudden numbness in his wrist, and the gathered power was instantly dispersed!

"hateful!"

Vegeta staggered backward as if electrocuted, creating a distance of hundreds of meters between himself and Shanks.

His arrogant face was now filled with ferocious rage.

If physical attacks are ineffective, then I'll use energy to evaporate you along with the entire arena!

Vegeta raised his arms out to the sides, palms facing each other, and a dazzling golden energy began to gather and compress wildly between his hands!

"Go to hell!"

"Ultimate... Flash!!!"

A terrifying energy, powerful enough to wipe out an entire galaxy, is rapidly taking shape.

The entire Realm of Nothingness began to tremble violently due to the convergence of this energy.

However, just as the energy reached its peak and was about to be launched!

Across from Shanks, the red-haired man's eyes, which had always been calm and unwavering, suddenly flashed with a terrifying light!

A Conqueror's Haki ten or even a hundred times stronger than before, an incomparably powerful aura, transformed into a tangible mental shockwave that crossed spatial distances and slammed into Vegeta's will!

Om-! ! !

Vegeta's body jolted violently!

He didn't feel any physical attack, but his mental world felt as if it had been hit hard by a huge meteorite falling from the sky!

It was an impact that cannot be described in words!

It was as if a voice was roaring wildly in his mind: Kneel down! Surrender!

That was absolute suppression from a higher level of life! It was the crushing of the will of mortals by the emperor!

Under the impact of this unreasonable will, Vegeta's consciousness went blank and dazed for a full 0.1 seconds!

And the "Ultimate Flash" in his hand, which required extreme energy control to maintain, was completely out of control due to this momentary mental lapse.

The immense energy, like a flood bursting its banks, instantly dissipated and vanished without a trace.

In a battle between masters, victory or defeat can be decided in an instant.

In that brief moment when Vegeta was in a daze and his energy dissipated...

Shanks appeared before him silently, like a ghost.

The famous sword Griffin, shrouded in jet-black Armament Haki, its cold blade already silently pressed against the Saiyan prince's throat.

The deadly sharpness instantly jolted Vegeta out of his daze.

He stood frozen in place, not daring to move an inch.

He could sense that if the opponent's sword advanced just one more centimeter, his proud Saiyan God body would be easily sliced ​​open.

The arena was deathly silent.

Shanks looked at Vegeta, whose face was full of disbelief, and spoke calmly.

"You've lost, Saiyan prince."