Instead of selling the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament video as Le Huizhen suggested, Tengfei's planning department directly sold the live streaming and rebroadcasting rights to forty-six media outlets worldwide.

Each media outlet had to pay ten million US dollars. In other words, before the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament even officially started, Shen Dong had already earned four hundred and sixty million US dollars, recouping all his costs.

The following morning, in the arena of the luxury cruise ship, top fighters from around the world began testing their strength on the stage.

"Bang"

A large, burly boxer slammed his fist, the size of a sandbag, onto the force gauge, producing a loud bang.

A series of numbers immediately appeared on the big screen: 438 kilograms.

The scene erupted in uproar.

"Who is this Oakes? I've never heard of him in European or American boxing rings before."

"He seems to have come from a training camp in Siberia."

"I remember that the highest record for the best boxer right now is only 462 kilograms."

"A casual strike, 438 kilograms, that's incredible."

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Oakes seemed somewhat dissatisfied with the result, raised his arm, and gave the force gauge another hard blow.

With a loud bang, the force gauge showed 468 kilograms, surpassing the highest record held by European and American boxers.

Only then did Oakes reveal a satisfied smile.

He raised his arms to show off his muscles to the audience, which earned him a round of enthusiastic applause.

The second person to come on stage was a Muay Thai fighter named Narupong.

He threw twelve punches at the force gauge in succession, each punch carrying a force of about 400 kilograms.

The audience was once again stunned.

Twelve consecutive punches, each weighing 400 kilograms—such endurance is truly terrifying.

As contestants took to the stage one by one for the test, the atmosphere became very lively.

Finally, the twenty-eighth contestant unleashed a punch with a force of 500 kilograms, instantly bringing the atmosphere to its climax.

In the VIP room, more than a dozen wealthy people from Hong Kong Island looked out the window at AUX on the stage, and they were all full of admiration.

Li Zhaoshan said in a deep voice, "They are all masters among masters."

Li Ka-shing said, "Such a heavy punch would kill an ordinary person instantly. Who knows how many people will die in this World Martial Arts Tournament."

Li Zhaoshan said, "Mr. Shen is going all out this time. It's not just the people on the ship who are gambling; I heard that even the casinos in Las Vegas are involved."

Li Ka-shing said, "I really don't understand why Mr. Shen would organize this world-renowned boxing match. Mr. Huo, you and Mr. Shen are very close friends, has he ever mentioned this issue?"

Huo Yingdong took a sip of tea and said, "I asked him before, and his answer was that it was to promote Xia Kingdom Kung Fu."

Li Ka-shing nodded and said, "I guessed so. If it were just for making money, Mr. Shen really wouldn't need to expend so much effort."

There were a total of 284 participants, and each person could complete the test in a maximum of half a minute.

Except for one contestant each from the United States and the United States who failed to meet the standard, all other contestants achieved a punching power of 300 kilograms.

"Clap clap clap clap clap"

"Waaaaah"

When the last contestant took the stage, the audience erupted in enthusiastic applause and cheers.

Because the person who came on stage this time was Shen Dong, the organizer of this World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament.

"Bang"

Shen Dong reached out and gently punched the force gauge.

The force gauge showed a reading of 308 kilograms.

"Holy crap, that's it?"

"With a gentle swing, it weighs 308 kilograms. That's amazing."

"Mr. Shen is known as the number one martial arts master in Hong Kong. I wonder how many kilograms he can hit with a full-force punch."

"My biggest worry right now is that Mr. Shen will die in the boxing ring."

"That's impossible."

The crowd was buzzing with discussion.

In less than three hours, all 284 contestants had completed their tests, and 282 of them were granted entry.

After the test, Cheng Yutian led eleven referees out.

"Hello everyone, I am Cheng Yutian, the chief referee of this World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament."

"Next, I will read out the competition procedures for this conference."

"Due to the large number of participants, we will hold five consecutive knockout rounds."

"After five elimination rounds, nine players advanced to the semifinals."

"Nine contestants will accept challenges from other contestants, and the winners will fill the vacancy."

"Please note that each of these nine contestants will only accept one challenge. In other words, if many people want to challenge him, only the strongest among them will be chosen."

"After the top nine are determined, they will compete in groups of three, and all the winners will advance to the top three."

"Then, the three of them will compete against each other, and the one who wins two matches will be the champion."

"There may be some unreasonable aspects to this competition process, so the contestants need to make wise choices based on their own abilities."

"For example, you know you are no match for your opponent. To avoid getting injured and affecting your ranking, you can choose to give up."

"The rules of the competition are very simple: no weapons allowed, you win standing up, and you lose lying down."

“Every contestant must sign a no-liability waiver with the organizer, which is commonly known as a waiver of liability.”

"But that doesn't mean you can kill weaker experts at will."

"No one may take action once the other party admits defeat or loses the ability to fight again."

"The World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament will officially begin at 2 PM today."

"To ensure fairness, we will randomly select audience members to draw the two opponents for the match."

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After the procedures and rules were explained, everyone went to the restaurant for lunch.

At 1 p.m., the ultra-luxury cruise ship, Soaring, slowly departed from the port.

After sailing for about half an hour, a modern destroyer, two frigates, and two cruise ships appeared in the vicinity.

"Holy crap, what's that?"

On the deck, a wealthy American pointed at the destroyer and exclaimed in surprise.

"It's a modern-class destroyer from the Great Bear Country."

"And the European frigates, although some are old, still have amazing combat capabilities."

"What do you mean? Are you going to wipe us all out?"

The wealthy people's expressions all changed.

Jimmy quickly explained in English, "Don't panic, everyone. This is a warship we've called in to protect our cruise ship. After all, we're in international waters, and if we encounter pirates or something, it would be a huge problem."

Upon hearing this, everyone was relieved and began to praise him.

"That's quite a generous gesture."

"Mr. Shen, I imagine it would cost a lot of money to use warships for escort?"

"You know nothing. These are naval warships of the Tenglong Mercenary Army founded by Mr. Shen."

"Didn't you see the people protecting us? They're all armed. They're from the Tenglong Mercenaries."

"I see. I really want to go up and visit the warship."

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