Ring 1 was set on a desolate, rocky planetoid floating in the vacuum of space. The ground was made of indestructible cosmic quartz, and the 'sky' was a swirling nebula of purple and gold.
Heimdall was back in his golden armor, looking much more confident. "Match Number Twenty-One! The Prince of all Saiyans, Vegeta! Versus the God of Thunder, the Prince of Asgard, Thor!"
The Royal Greeting
Vegeta hovered a few feet off the ground, his arms crossed over his white-and-gold battle armor. His hair was a flickering, aggressive blue. "A 'God,' you say? I've spent the last decade surpassing gods. You're just another obstacle on my path to being the strongest. Kakarot isn't here to save you, Asgardian."
Thor stood on the quartz floor, his red cape billowing in the solar winds. He gripped the leather handle of Mjölnir, sparks of lightning dancing across the hammer's head. "I have fought for eons, little prince. I have faced the Midgard Serpent and the Mad Titan. If it is a struggle you desire, I shall grant it. But know that you face the son of Odin!"
The Cosmic Clash
Vegeta didn't waste time. "HAAAAAA!" He vanished, reappearing inches from Thor's face and unleashing a barrage of punches. Thor raised Mjölnir, the hammer absorbing the impact of the blows, but the sheer force sent a tremor through the entire planetoid.
Thor swung Mjölnir in a massive arc. Vegeta ducked, the wind from the hammer nearly taking his head off, and countered with a point-blank Big Bang Attack.
BOOM!
The blue energy flared, but Thor flew straight through the explosion, his eyes glowing with white lightning. He slammed Mjölnir into Vegeta's gut.
The Final Flash vs. The God-Blast
Up in the booth, Deadpool was wearing a Viking helmet and eating a bowl of rice. "It's a literal battle of the egos, tum! One guy thinks he's the peak of evolution, the other guy is literally worshiped by Vikings! The property damage alone is going to be seen from the next galaxy over!"
Vegeta wiped a streak of blood from his lip, his smirk growing wider. "Not bad... for a circus performer! Let's see how you handle the pride of a Saiyan!"
Vegeta soared high into the nebula, his hands stretched wide. Purple electricity crackled around him as he gathered every ounce of his energy. "FINAL... FLASH!!!"
The massive yellow beam roared downward. Thor stood his ground, raising Mjölnir high. "For Asgard!" He unleashed the God-Blast, a beam of pure divine lightning.
The two energies met in the center of the ring, creating a star-bright sphere of power. For a moment, it was a stalemate. But Vegeta, pushed by his sheer obsession with winning, pushed further. He tapped into Ultra Ego, his eyebrows vanishing as his power spiked into the realm of destruction.
The Final Flash consumed the lightning. Thor was blasted backward, losing his grip on Mjölnir as he hit the ring boundary at ten times the speed of sound.
"Match Twenty-One winner... VEGETA!" Heimdall shouted, the arena's atmosphere finally stabilizing.
Up in the booth, Deadpool tossed his rice bowl aside. "The Prince takes the crown! That's 21 winners down, 30 matches to go in Round One, tum! We're nearly halfway through the madness!"
Match 22 (Ring 12): Hisoka vs. The Joker. (The Killer Clown Convention. Bungee Gum vs. Joker Gas!)
Match 23 (Ring 9): Gon Freecss vs. Izuku Midoriya (Deku). (The Battle of the Green Proteges!)
Match 24 (Ring 4): Jotaro Kujo vs. Kenshiro. (The ultimate "Ora Ora" vs. "Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru"!)