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Chapter 379 - The Tournament of Power 5/27

Jayr POV - Dragon Ball Universe, Null Realm - Age 780

Following the elemination of the warrior of the 4th Universe Majora at the hands of Krillin, the Grand Minister calmly announces, "Majora-san of the 4th Universe drops out." which makes the Zenos once more bring up their GodPads before they quickly tap on the symbol rapresenting the 4th Universe, and then on the pictures of eliminated warrior turning his pictures dark showing that they have been eliminated from the Tournament of Power while commenting.

"Swipe, swipe..."

"Let's see... Majora..."

"Boop! He's gone."

"He's gone, huh?"

"They're going out quickly, huh?"

"This is fun, huh?"

The God of Destruction of the 4th Universe, Quitela, complains about the fact that three warriors of his team were already eliminated from the tournament, while Nink and Shosa comfort the newly eliminated Majora, who is still reeling from Krillin's stench tactic.

At the same time, Krillin is exsastic and celebrates his victory, "Success!" however, Android 18 is clearly embarassed as she nurses the back of her head and says, "Yeah, but the way you won was disgusting." before her shoulders slump and she adds, "In fact, once we get home, I'll wash those shoes for you."

Krillin is way too elated for his successful elimination of 2 warriors as he raises his hand forming a "V" sign and exclaims, "Yay! Yay! Ladies and gentlemen, Krillin is in fine form today!"

At this point, Krillin is way too distracted and doesn't notice the approaching danger, and as a consequence, he's suddenly taken by surprise by Frost, who says, "That is indeed marvelous," before knocking him off the fighting stage with a swift tail attack.

After eliminating Krillin, Frost chuckles and says, "Huhuhu. Carelessness is your greatest enemy."

Upset Android tries to retaliate while 18 yelling, "How dare you knock out Krillin!"

However, Frost once again shows his cunningness as he shouts, "I will not be done in so easily," before he throws a weak Ki Blast in front of his feet, creating a smokescreen that allows him to get away and disappear from his opponent's sight.

With Krillin eliminated, Beerus shuns him but says what's done is done, and all he can do now is cheer on his teammates.

Supreme Kai Shin looks sternly down at Krillin and says that he is not disappointed, but Krillin is not reassured due to the fierce look in his eyes.

At the same time, Gohan, Piccolo, Cell, and Goza discuss Krillin being eliminated.

"So Krillin fell off."

"So what? Should we consider ourselves as being a man down, or do we think of it as still having nine people left?"

"As usual, you always try to find the good in any situation, Goza..."

"Thinking positively is a good way to focus on what one can do in a difficult moment to overcome it... I think it is way better than simply letting a few bad things stop and overwhelm us."

"Goza is right! We still have nine people. Everyone, let's pull ourselves back together."

On another part of the fighting stage, Android 17 and Android 18 both criticize Krillin for letting his guard down.

"Anyway, getting knocked off because he let his guard down is pretty pathetic."

"And you call yourself my husband! What about all that money you wasted on training equipment!?"

Krillin apologizes, and my wives calmly comment that the poor Krillin just lost all the good points he had accumulated with his wife by saving her and defeating an opponent together thanks to the combination of the embarrassing stun he pulled off with his stinky shoe and being eliminated so easily while my kids are still giggling remebering Krillin's stinky tactics and Majora's amusing reaction.

At the same time, Champa teases his brother and fellow God of Destruction Beerus, "Huhuhu. Hey, Beerus." This makes an annoyed Beerus shout back, "I don't have time to bicker with you!"

However, Champa doesn't give up and continues, "I guess not. The countdown to the 7th Universe's erasure has finally started after all!"

Then Champa notices something and exclaims loudly, "Check it out! It looks like the next victim is lined up."

At this point, I briefly focus on Vegeta, who is having trouble against Auta Magetta and Botamo's teamwork.

Under their relentless assault, Vegeta is pushed to the other side of a smoke cloud, and he is suddenly confronted by Cabba.

As Cabba walks towards Vegeta, a camouflaged Nigrissi, a warrior from the 3rd Universe, suddenly appears behind and tries to attack Cabba by surprise.

Nigrissi has a humanoid shape, large, pointed green eyes, pointed ears, and a red mouth with a grey-blue tongue.

His entire body is both grey and blue, with the exception of the glowing purple marks on his legs and near his neck; he also has gold-colored abs.

When zoomed in, Nigrissi's eyes are compound eyes, having many small ommatidia in them.

He also has green digits that are connected to his palms. He also possesses black ball joints connecting to his shoulders, elbows, possibly his wrists, pelvis, knees, and possibly his ankles.

Near his knees, he has small "tuffs"; whether this is fur or spikes is unknown.

(Image Here - Nigrissi)

Cabba notices Nigrissi's attack and easily parries it, and knocks him off the stage without even directing his attention to him before he turns into a Super Saiyan and tells Vegeta that it is time for him to drop off.

Soon, I focus on another area of the fighting stage as I notice that Hit just destroyed Narirama's body and is now threatening him, "Choose. Wither jump off the fighting stage now, or get knocked off by me."

In response, Narirama tries to use his trump card, a cannon blast from the core on his chest, but Hit uses Time-Skip and finger-flicks Narirama off the stage before he can fire the attack, making the Supreme Kai Eyre distraught at the fact that his warriors are being defeated one after another.

Looking at the overall state of the fighting stage, it is clear that what is currently happening is a clear sign that the 6th Universe is becoming more active and decisive in its attacks against the other teams.

Suddenly, I notice Kale, who is now about to attack someone from my team, more specifically, she is about to attack Koby, who has already noticed her approach thanks to his Observation Haki.

Kale is a Saiyan girl with a slender frame and average height, slightly taller than Caulifla and Cabba.

She has tanned skin with downcast eyes and grey irises, shaggy shoulder-length black hair normally worn in a high ponytail secured by a white hair-tie, while a bang hangs over the left side of her face.

Her outfit consists of a red cropped shirt exposing her midriff, matching her lower outfit, a red skirt with a brown belt attached along with a silver circular buckle, and a pair of black compression shorts underneath.

She wears a pair of golden boots with red tips, golden bracelets that cover her wrists and most of her forearms, and a pair of golden hoop earrings.

(Image Here - Kale)

Kale attacks Koby with a weak-looking punch, which Koby easily endures by using a basic Tekkai to harden his body before retaliating with a vicious blow to her stomach that knocks her out while quietly apologizing to her.

Then Koby gently picks up the knocked-out Kale and starts to walk toward the edge of the fighting stage, and once he is close enough, he throws Kale to eliminate her from the tournament.

However, before she falls, she is saved by Caulifla, who catches her in a princess carry before she gently lays her on the floor, which makes Kale regain her senses and apologize, "Ane-san, I'm sorry."

Caulifla is a short girl, slightly taller than Cabba, of slender build and fair complexion.

She wears a low-cut magenta tube top revealing her full midriff, low-set purple sirwal pants, long dark grey wristbands, and a pair of pointy dark grey shoes.

Her black hair is long, wild, and spiky, while Caulifla's eyes are narrow yet big, with large black pupils, as well as thin eyebrows.

(Image Here - Caulifla)

Caulifla tells her protégée, "It's fine. Take a rest," before she focuses on Koby, clicks her tongue, and says, "Tch. How dare you hurt my protègèe?"

In response, Koby takes his fighting stance and replies, "I apologize, but this is a tournament where the fate of entire universes is decided. I already tried to knock her out as painlessly as possible. She clearly isn't ready for this kind of battle. She is too weak to take part in something like this Tournament of Power."

Koby's words clearly upset Caulifla, who exclaims, "What!?" before she turns into a Super Saiyan and tells him, "You are the one who is too weak for this tournament! Don't underestimate us. Let's start!!"

Caulifla immediately attacks Koby with a barrage of punches however, Koby is still able to dodge thanks to the use of his Observation Haki, but it is clear that he is quickly getting overwhelmed by Caulifla's furious, relentless attacks that do not give him even the chance to retaliate.

Just as it seems that Caulifla is about to completely overwhelm Koby, he starts to burn his Cosmo to enhance his power, and at the same time, he uses another technique that originates from the One Piece Universe, a technique from the martial art known as Rokushiki, Soru.

With his Cosmo-enhanced leg, Koby kicks the ground hundreds of times in an instant, making him retreat so fast that he completely disappears from Caulifla's sight.

The next instant, Koby appears right behind Caulifla as his Cosmo explodes, and a clear Blue Aura envelopes his body.

At the same time, his fist starts shining and a clear blue orb of water-like energy gather around it but it doesn't ends here as Koby's arm is suddenly clad in a black coating with light pink shades, a clear sign of Koby using Hardening the most basic application of Armament Haki to further reinforce his arm.

As soon as Koby's arm is clad in the black coating of the Armament Haki, the Cosmo energy that is gathering around his fist explodes with even more power, and soon the clear blue orb of water-like energy also turns blackish.

Seeing that, I can't help but smile proudly while thinking, 'That's brilliant! He is using Armament Haki to replace the functions of the Cloth in further refining and enhancing the Cosmo and protecting the body from the recoil of overly powerful techniques! That's something that I didn't even dare to think... Koby really improved a lot!'

While I'm thinking that, Koby launches the water-like orb straight towards Caulifla with a punching motion while yelling, "Tidal Wave Punch!!"

However, Caulifla isn't an easy opponent like the overconfident but relatively weak Napapa or the insecure and timid base form Kale; with her well-honed instincts as a Saiyan warrior, Caulifla instantly reacts to the danger produced by Koby's attack.

She turns around and with a roar she unleashes her Crush Stream, launching two energy spheres that clash against Koby's water-like orb, stalling its advance before firing a powerful red energy wave that connects at the same time as Koby's water-like orb unleashes its devastating delayed impacts.

The clash between Caulifla's Crush Stream and Koby's Tidal Wave Punch is devastating as the area of fighting stage around their clash is made of the very hard Kachi Katchin steel, cracks, caves in, and breaks under the power, pressure, and intensity of those techniques, the more time passes.

Unfortunately this situation of stall doesn't last long as Koby's Tidal Wave Punch unleashes all its delayed impacts without being able to overwhelm Caulifla's Crush Stream, and because of that, the red energy wave overpower Koby's technique and slams into the exposed Koby who is only able to barely clad both his arms in Armament Haki before he is pushed off the fighting stage and eliminated from the Tournament of Power.

The next moment, Koby is transported right next to me as he apologizes in a dejected tone, "I'm sorry, Jayr-san -Ouch!"

But before he can say anything else, I quickly flick his forehead and with a smile I say, "You have to apologize for. You already showed me just how much you have improved since I last saw you. You hold your own against warriors who could casually blow up entire planets. I'm proud of you and what you have achieved," which immediately lifts Koby's spirit.

At the same time, calmly announces, "Koby-san of Jayr-sama's Universe drops out." which makes the Zenos once more bring up their GodPads before they quickly tap on the symbol rapresenting my Universe, and then on the pictures of eliminated warrior turning his pictures dark showing that they have been eliminated from the Tournament of Power while commenting.

"Oh! Jayr's team has dropped a warrior!"

"Dropped a warrior he has!"

""The tension is rising!""

Meanwhile, Caulifla turns back to her base form before she goes back to Kale and calls her out, "Kale!" which makes Kale wake up and weakly say, "Ane-san..."

Caulifla then tells her, "Watch it or you'll get knocked off," which makes Kale apologize before Caulifla asks, "Why don't you use your real power?"

In response, Kale looks away in guilt, however, Caulifla gently nudges her head and says in an encouraging tone, "Look at me. You've got what it takes. I believe in you. Be confident. Okay?"

Moved by her words, Kale can only mutter and smile back, "Ane-san."

Seeing that her words had the effect she hoped, Caulifla changes the subject and points at Goku, who is currently fighting Jimizu from the 2nd Universe, while chuckling and saying, "Now then, let's go take care of him."

Jimizu is a Yardrat from the 2nd Universe. He has a bright pink skin tone, a large head, pointed ears, bulbous eyes, and wears the traditional Yardrat clothing.

(Image Here - Jimizu)

Jimizu teleports all around Goku while saying in a very confident tone, "No one can detect where I am."

Then, as Jimizu tries to attack Goku from behind with a Ki Blast, he is knocked off by Caulifla, which forces him to teleport away and find some other warrior to target.

Surprised by their sudden appearance, Goku asks, "Who are you two?" However, Caulifla ignores his question and asks back, "Hey, old man, they call Son Goku. You changed into a Super Saiyan color I've never seen before, didn't you?"

In response to her question, Goku asks for confirmation, "You mean Super Saiyan Blue?" which makes Caulifla demand, "Forget the name. Teach me how to do that."

Seeing Goku blink his eyes in confusion, Caulifla adds, "Teach me, and, as thanks, I'll change into that Blue thingy, and beat you up." which makes Kale shout in panic, "Ane-san, that's not a thanks!"

It seems that Koby thinks the same as he comments, "Huh? What kind of gratitude is that? If he teach her how to transform into that blue form she will beat him up as thanks? She is crazy..." which makes me smirk and explain, "Well, you're kind of wrong here... Usually, Caulifla's approach won't work, but Goku and Vegeta are pure Saiyan who breathe and live for exciting battles. For them, Caulifla's proposal is actually worth consideration."

While Koby looks at me with a face that screams, "Are you kidding me!?" Goku is obviously considering Caulifla's proposal as he crosses his arms and mutters, "Hmm... What should I do..."

Seeing Goku's hesitation, Caulifla taunts, "What's this? You scared or something?" However, Goku calmly explains, "No. I just don't think you're ready for Super Saiyan Blue yet."

Caulifla is angered at this and exclaims, "What!? Tch. You must be mocking us!" before she turns to her protègèe and says, "Hey, Kale! Transform! Transform already! Let's take that joker out!"

Kale tries to transform, muttering, "My back... Tingly-like..." but fails, making Caulifla sigh and mutter, "Ahh... So much for that."

Disinterested and unwilling to waste any more time, Goku asks, "Uhm... Can I go somewhere else now?" However, Caulifla tells him, "H-Hold on! I'll show you an amazing transformation! Prepare to wet yourself!"

Shortly after saying that, Caulifla shouts and transforms into a Super Saiyan Third Grade before asking, "Check it out! You scared?"

In this form, Caulifla's hair remains the same as a Super Saiyan, but her body becomes considerably taller and her frame much bulkier.

Impressed by Caulifla's talent, Goku comments, "You're pretty interestin'."

At the same time, Caulifla tells her protègèe that she believes in her before she challenges Goku, "Let's go one-on-one, Old Man!" which makes a now eager Goku reply, "Sure, c'mon!"

Without wasting any more time, Caulifla charges at Goku and starts to attack him, however Goku is easily able to dodge and trip the now much slower and less agile Caulifla who not knowing the drawbacks of the Super Saiyan Third Grade form can't help but ask out loud, "Why'd I miss!?" which makes Goku calmly explain, "You sacrificed speed for power."

Hearing that, Caulifla tries to get up, but her bulky body makes it much more difficult to the point that she is forced to return to the base Super Saiyan form.

At this point, Goku adds, "One more thing. That form ain't good for long fights. So I wouldn't recommend usin' that transformation. The form you should be aimin' at for now..."

Suddenly, Goku transforms into his Super Saiyan 2 form as he concludes the sentence with a roar, "... Is THIS!"

Caulifla is fascinated by the Super Saiyan 2 transformation as she mutters, "That form..." which makes Goku calmly introduce it to the young Saiyan, "This is Super Saiyan 2!"

Without hesitation, Caulifla rushes up to Goku and grabs his Gi before exclaiming, "That's it! I did it once but haven't been able to do it well since!"

Goku is a little surprised and stunned by Caulifla's enthusiasm, but then she asks, "Is it all about the back? Making it all tingly-like?" which makes him reply, "Somethin' like that."

Suddenly, an annoyed Beerus yells, catching Goku's attention, "Hey, Goku! Why are you wasting time? Just beat her up already!"

In response, Goku yells back, "Don't be like that, Beerus-sama. Things are just gettin' interestin'!"

While Goku is focusing on Beerus, Caulifla steps back and mutters, "So if I try to recreate that..." before she starts to roar while powering up her Ki, and suddenly she succeeds in transforming into Super Saiyan 2 and exclaims, "Yes! I did it!"

Impressed, Goku praises and tells her, "Huh. Not bad. You might actually reach Super Saiyan 3 in this fight," which makes a very interested Caulifla ask, "There's a Super Saiyan 3!?"

Goku quickly confirms and explains, "Yeah. But you should master Super Saiyan 2 first," before he jumps back and says in an excited tone, "Okay! Let's do this!"

Caulifla also creates some more distance between herself and Goku, taking her fighting stance after exclaiming, "Bring it on!"

As the exciting battles continue all around them, Caulifla and Goku prepare to fight as they stare at one other with a smile on their faces.

The one to make the first move is Caulifla as she launches a Ki Blast at Goku who quickly responds by launching his own Ki Blast that clashes with Caulifla's generating an explosion and a thick smoke that covers them both blocking our sight, however, with my senses I can easily continue to follow the battle.

Caulifla doesn't give up her aggression and charges at Goku before throwing a punch that is easily blocked by Goku, making both of them smirk.

At this point, they fight an equal battle as they quickly exchange blows after blows while moving out of the thick cloud of smoke, and soon, their exchanges grow in intensity as every single one of their strikes generates small shockwaves as they zap all over the fighting stage.

Suddenly, Caulifla blocks a ferocious kick that sends her flying back right in front of Kale, who tries to console her, "Are you all right? I-I'll transform right away."

However, Caulifla completely ignores her as she is having too much fun fighting Goku, thus Kale can only watch as Caulifla and Goku resume their battle.

After a few moments, Kale tries to support Caulifla, firing a blast at Goku, but Goku asks her not to interfere.

Kale apologizes before she meekly asks Caulifla if she is a bother, but Caulifla disregards her question, which sparks Kale and causes her to cry.

But soon her sorrow turns into animosity, and she gains a hatred for Goku, which makes her Ki suddenly spike, making me smirk while muttering, "Aah... She snapped... Now the Tournament of Power is truly about to kick up its pace drastically."

Goku and Caulifla stop their fight, distracted by Kale's sudden power up while Kale glares at Goku and growls as her body starts to quickly buff up and she becomes taller, "You took my ane-san from me! I won't forgive you, Son Goku! Son Goku!!"

After that, Kale lets out a mighty roar and her Ki spikes even more as a familiar green aura bursts out of her body while her hair spikes uu, turning into a lime green color, she loses her ponytail, and doesn't retain visible irises, having pure white eyes instead.

(Image Here - Kale LSSJ)

Looking at the transformed Kale, Caulifla happily praises her, "You finally did it! Well done, Kale!" followed by a surprised Goku who exclaims, "Oh crap... She is a Legendary Super Saiyan, and she has clearly lost all control."

At the same time, the nearby Vegeta and Cabba also stop their battle, distracted by the sudden surge of Ki, making the latter exclaim, "Kale-san transformed!" followed by an exasperated Vegeta who mutters in disbelief, "This sinister Ki is so familiar... There is no doubt. It's another Legendary Super Saiyan! This is already the third one! What the hell is going on!? Wasn't the Legendary Super Saiyan a being of legend that it was said to appear once every thousand years!? Why the hell does a new one spring up every now and then!?"

The now berserk Kale immediately attacks Goku; however, the impact of her charge almost knocks Caulifla off the stage, but she is saved by Hit, who comments, "Honestly. You managed to wake up quite the beast."

Caulifla realizes Hit used Time Skip to save her and thanks him, "That was your Time Skip! Thanks a million."

Goku, clearly already very familiar with the Legendary Super Saiyan form, casually approaches Kale, calls her out, and prepares for her eventual assault.

As expected, Kale directly attacks Goku with a relentless series of ferocious attack, who give Goku little no chance to fight back before she launches a point-blank Ki Blast that forcefully breaks Goku's defenses giving her the opportunity to grab Goku's leg and repetedly slam his body on the floor in perfect Hulk style until Goku powers up and breaks free from her hold.

At this point, Goku retaliates with a kick to the face, but Kale completely ignores his attack and starts throwing Ki Blasts, forcing Goku to back.

However, Kale quickly chases after him and hits him with a clothesline, pushing him through some nearby rubble before sending him crashing against another rubble in the distance.

After Goku is knocked away, he transforms into a Super Saiyan Blue and charges a Kamehameha as Kale walks towards him, however, it is clear that he held himself back too much, as Kale easily shakes off the blast and continues to walk forward, roaring Goku's name in her rage.

At this point, Piccolo who has a very vast experience in dealing with a Legendary Super Saiyan outbursts thanks to Goza comments that Kale cannot control her power, and soon after she gives in to her rage and powers up even more, sending a number of Ki Blasts throughout the entire stage and in the process causing even more damage to the fighting stage that was already quite a bit beat up by the ongoing battles while the Zenos are obviosly enjoying the ongoing spectacle.

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