Starting with Kengan beating up the Pirate King

Chapter 33 Nikaido Ren
The Kengan Zemei Tournament is held on Kenryu Island, which requires a 27-hour sea voyage from Tokyo.

A few days later, Guan Yi, Oya Ken, and Himuro Ryo boarded the "Death Ship" specially prepared by the event organizers, beginning their journey in the competition.

The second floor of the ship is luxuriously decorated and set up like a banquet hall. It will provide a variety of buffet meals 27 hours a day for the bosses and contestants to enjoy, with no limit and no charge.

"I heard there are a ton of people signing up, but most of them don't qualify directly and need to go through a preliminary round." Himuro Ryo said to Kaneki while picking through his food, "It's going to be a huge free-for-all on the lower deck."

Guan Yi said, "I can participate directly because I benefited from you giving me your spot."

“No. ‘Shunko’ Kaneki, although you only participated in two Kengan matches three years ago, you are not an unknown nobody,” Himuro Ryo said.

"...Whether you're famous or not isn't important. Tell me first what this 'Instant Tiger' thing is all about?"

"Haha." Himuro Ryo laughed, "That was the first attack you used when you fought against Ashura Tokita Ohma. With the invisible tiger's roar, you severely injured Tokita Ohma almost instantly, so people gradually started calling you that."

"Tiger's Roar?" Guan Yi said expressionlessly, "Only martial artists can feel the true meaning of my Tiger Form. At that time, only you and Tokita Ohma were present."

"Don't worry about the details." Himuro waved his hand, gesturing behind Kane: "Of the two opponents you defeated, I can disregard them, but the other one has made quite a name for himself over the past three years. In dozens of Kengan matches, he hasn't lost a single one except for you!"

"You're too modest, Hyotei."

Guan Yi turned his head and saw Tokita Ohma walking towards him, with the skinny old man Yamashita Kazuo following beside him waving at him with a smirk.

"Guan Yijun, it's been a long time."

"Long time no see, Yamashita-kun."

"Ah, you still remember my name, hahaha..." Yamashita Kazuo scratched his head and chuckled dryly.

Ten Demon Snake King Ma said, "I knew you would come to participate in this competition, Guan Yi."

"I didn't even know about it until two weeks ago."

Tokita Ohma ignored Guan Yi's teasing and simply stared at Guan Yi.

His battle with Guan Yi changed his fate. His body had been severely damaged by the use of 'possession of the demon,' and he was likely to die soon. Even his memories had become somewhat disordered due to the side effects of possession of the demon.

Originally, Ohma didn't care about those things; he just wanted to know how strong he was and who was the strongest, and fight until he died.

After being defeated by Guan Yi, he set a new goal and spent the last three years recuperating and restoring his body. He stopped using demonic possession and gradually regained his past memories and skills. His strength improved dramatically, and he has not been defeated in the last three years.

He had only one goal in mind—to fight Guan Yi again! To defeat Guan Yi!

"See you at the competition, Guan Yi." All his words boiled down to one sentence: Tokita Ohma smiled excitedly and turned to leave.

"He's not the only one paying attention to you." Himuro Ryo gestured to those around him: "Your reputation was entirely built by him, and many people are eyeing you now."

Guan Yi had noticed it long ago; there was a serious, challenging gaze, as well as malice and ill intent.

Another gaze was filled with disbelief.

"Junior brother?! You were really invited by Himuro Ryo?! Why, why did you reject all my invitations in the past three years! Oh, NoNoNo~ If you participate, what's the point of me participating?!" Jerry Tyson's voice broke down.

Guan Yi used tongs to pick up a piece of sushi and put it on his plate: "Eat more, Jerry."

……

After the preliminary rounds ended and all the contestants and their employers had arrived, the current president of the Kengan Association, Katahara Metsudo, appeared in the banquet hall and announced the rules of the Kengan Deathmatch Tournament.

It's a simple single-elimination format. The 32 contestants will be drawn to determine their order, and they will compete in pairs until a champion is determined, but the method of drawing lots is a bit special.

Katahara Metsudo set up a machine that resembled a gambling machine. After pressing start, eight numbers would scroll rapidly. Pressing once would stop the scroll. The person with the higher number would have the right to choose their position first.

It's worth mentioning that Katahara Metsudo's "Fang of Metsudo" Kano, representing the Kengan Association's president, was permanently assigned to position 32. Katahara Metsudo's intention was simple: whoever is confident can challenge him directly, and those who are not confident should stay far away.

After a tense and exciting round of drawing numbers, Ken Ohya drew a number starting with 7, ranking eighth among all the bosses!

"We're the eighth to choose." He nervously rubbed his hands together beside Guan Yi. "The order is pretty good, Guan Yi, which number do you want to choose?"

Tokita Ohma stood next to Guan Yi again. Yamashita Kazuo had some special abilities; he drew the largest number and could choose first.

Guan Yi glanced at Wang Ma and said, "I don't want to go on too early or too late. Let's go with number 18, the first group in the second half."

The Ten-Kishida King smiled and said directly, "Down the mountain, we'll choose number 17."

“Wang, Wang Ma-kun…”

Is it really a good idea to directly fight such a powerful opponent? But Yamashita couldn't refuse Ohma's request, especially since he had watched Ohma grow stronger and stronger over the past three years, becoming invincible.

He chose number 17.

Ken Oya glanced nervously at Guan Yi, who remained expressionless, quietly observing the selection of contestants 2 through 7: 'Compared to what I remember, there are several new faces, but none of them seem particularly strong. None of the first seven are people I particularly want to face… I'll just wait for someone to come to me.'

“Choose number 1, Mr. Jian. I suddenly find waiting troublesome and want to be the first to call.”

Ken Oya was stunned for a moment, while Kazuo Yamashita's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

No, how could you lie to me?!
After a brief moment of stunned silence, Tokita Ohma laughed: "Is that so? Indeed, it was wishful thinking on my part. That's right, if it were me, I wouldn't want to fight my defeated opponent again either. Kan-yi, then let's meet again in the final battle!"

"Keep it up." Guan Yi thought he wouldn't make it.

Because a special player soon appeared in the lower bracket—Genzai Kuroki, the Demon Gunner!
If he doesn't win a few more matches and learn from his strengths to make up for his weaknesses, Guan Yi feels that his chances of winning against him are very low now. This man is a true martial arts master, a man who strives to climb to the top of the martial arts path.

Guan Yi didn't want to fight Tokita Ohma either. He already knew how to use the Demonic Path, and if he fought again, he would at most unleash the Two Tiger Style. However, Guan Yi, who was already a master of Xingyi Quan, wasn't very enthusiastic about the Two Tiger Style.

He wants more secret techniques and ultimate skills!
Snapped--

With the selection of the 19th company, the vacant No. 2 position has finally been filled by a company – Baiye News!
Guan Yi frowned slightly and looked over. He saw an elderly man with completely white hair looking over with a dignified air and nodding gently to Guan Yi.

“It’s Takemoto Hisahisa!” Himuro Ryo whispered in his ear, “This man founded the Takemoto-ryu practical boxing style at the age of 45 and gradually became known as the God of War. He is now 85 years old! It is said that this will be his last competition before he retires. It seems that he has his eye on your reputation as a successor of Xingyiquan, a Chinese martial art.”

He wasn't too worried about Guan Yi, after all, youth is a powerful force, and the God of War was already old.

Guan Yi felt that the name was somewhat familiar. Oh, right, during the selection of a master teacher before the infrastructure construction, it seemed that Wu Benjiuan was one of the three choices!

If I choose him, I will follow Takemoto Hisahisa and learn the Takemoto style.

Thank goodness I didn't choose him. Judging by his aura, he's far inferior to my master, and he's too old. If I beat him down, he probably won't try to extort money from me.

Guan Yi's worries disappeared late that night because Himuro Ryo and Oya Ken hurriedly found him and said, "Something's not right with this competition, Guan Yi. We didn't notice that the rules announced by that old man Katahara Metsudo only prohibited contestants from privately bumping into each other on the boat. What about the non-contestants?"
In other words, if I wanted to, I could secretly defeat any contestant and take their spot in this elimination round! In these past few hours, several companies' representatives have been replaced, including your first opponent, Takemoto Hisahisa!

"Oh, who is my opponent now?"

"Sirius Clan, Ren Nikaido!"

(End of this chapter)