The Tournament of Power 9/27

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

Shortly after Gohan knocked Botamo off the fighting stage, Goku, pleased with his son's progress, decides to leave and search for another interesting opponent while Gohan rejoins with Piccolo, and then they also leave the area searching for a new target.

At the same time, I notice that one of the three remaining warriors from the 9th Universe, Clova, is about to make a move on another unsuspecting opponent.

His target is one of the warriors from the 4th Universe, Ganos, a warrior that if I remember correctily is actually the leader of his team and their strongest warrior who can increase his power every minute he struggles in battle, thus being able to improve at a fast rate due to the perilous nature of the Tournament of Power.

Ganos is a green humanoid with medium-length spiky black hair, magenta eyes, pointy ears, large brown and orange feet that are very bird-like, sporting two large black talons per foot.

He wears a dark green sleeveless vest accented with a yellow lining, black and yellow accented arm bands, large baggy pants, with a brown double belt across it with a red and yellow gem.

He sports a red beret with blue and yellow goggles fastened to his forehead with a brown strap.

Ganos is also able to transform, making him become a large bird-like humanoid with long orange and yellow hair, feathers, and a thick beak resembling that of an eagle or a shoebill.

(Image Here - Ganos/True Form)

Clova stealthily approaches his target from behind before he once again uses his Ki to create very fine and solid wires, almost invisible to the naked eye, and clings them to the arms and legs of the target.

However, this time, instead of immediately beginning to manipulate their movements at will, bending and distorting the limbs in a grotesque and frightening display of sadism just like he did the last time he used this technique, Clova simply grins evilly and continues to hide his presence while continuing to follow his victim's movement.

Seeing that scene, I already have an inkling of what Clova intends to do, after all, I have seen many threads, wires, or stings users either personally or in various animes and mangas, and more or less, they always use similar techniques and tactics.

At this point, my mind wanders a little, thinking about those users, 'There is Machi from Hunter X Hunter, a Transmutation-based Nen user who channels her aura into thread, which is capable of tracking targets and even quickly reattaching severed limbs. Lubbock from Akame Ga Kill, who used his Teigu, Cross-Tail, to effectively set deadly traps with his threads, and also used them in battle when needed. Sasori of the Red Sand from Naruto, who has tremendous skill with chakra threads, is able to suppress them to the point of invisibility, allowing him to control up to around 100 puppets. Donquixote Donflamingo from One Piece, who ate the Ito Ito no Mi (String-String Fruit), which allows him to create and manipulate string, with its application even being capable of tearing through almost anything. And let's not forget the Specter that Eri inherited from Hades, Griffon Minos, his use of Cosmic Marionette is very similar to what Clova did to Obni of the 10th Universe.)

While I'm thinking that, I notice that Clova is about to do his move as Ganos approaches one of his teammates, Dercori.

Dercori is a female humanoid with light violet skin, mint-green hair that was tied in the back for a shaggy high pointy ponytail and two long bangs covering the sides of her face, folded skins on her shoulders, exceptionally large hands and feet, and fins; along with her powered up form with a cephalopod-like impression, it is possible that her race may possess an aquatic biology, she also doesn't wear shoes.

(Image Here - Dercori)

Dercori is currently using her Ki to create energy-based talismans that she can easily control and place all around the surrounding area.

I remember that she called them Mystic Talisman and that they have the power to cause illusions, and that she stated that her talisman technique consists of 76 attacks and 129 illusions.

These talismans also have the ability to trap somebody's shadow in place.

From what I'm seeing it is obvious that she setting up some kind of trap in advance, maybe a terrain illusion to cast an illusion that can manipulate the world based on her own choosing, or a camouflage technique to camouflage herself or other talismans, or even a shadow restraining technique which is used to restrict others from movement once they are in a dark place.

However, before Dercori can finish setting up her talismans, Clova makes his move and uses his Ki Wires to suddenly manipulate Ganos' limbs, making him attack Dercori, who was too focused on setting up her trap to react.

The manipulated Ganos yells in surprise and panic as his body moves on its own and tackles Dercori to the ground before it immediately starts to relentlessly and brutally punch her face while Clova makes his presence known by evilly chuckling out loud.

At this point, Ganos realizes that he is under the influence of Clova's technique and starts to struggle to regain control of his own body, and as conseguence, his Ki becomes stronger and more relentless and the punches raining down on Dercori's face start to slow down, some even miss their target and hit the floor, but the damage is already done as Dercori is already knocked out cold by Ganos' sudden assault.

Seeing the state of his teammate caused by his own hands, the enraged Ganos transforms into his True Form, taking a larger, more muscular bird-like form before breaking free from Clova's control with a burst of Ki.

With an enraged roar, the now transformed Ganos charge toward Clova while surrounding his fist with a green aura, increasing his punching power before attacking the enemy who manipulate his body to attack his teammate, however, Clova immediately jumps out of the way and dodges Ganos' punch which lands on a nearby rubble destoying it into pieces.

At the same time, while still in mid-air, Clova once more uses his Ki to create very fine and solid wires, almost invisible to the naked eye, and clinging them to the arms and legs of the unconscious Dercori and quickly pulls her up right in front of him and then blasts her off the fighting stage with a well placed Energy Wave before casually landing on the floor with a cheeky grin on his face.

Ganos turns around and hatefully glares at Clova before he uses his Ki to create three orange energy blades in the shape of feathers; two on his left hand, and one on his right, and immediately charges toward him with great speed.

However, Clova simply chuckles before he uses his Ki to create yet another very fine and solid wire, almost invisible to the naked eye, and wrap it around a nearby rubble to pull himself out of the way while launching a barrage of Ki Blasts at Ganos with his free arm forcing the warrior of the 4th Universe to defend himself.

Then Clova takes advantage of the smoke caused by the Ki Blasts' explosions to quickly get away from the area, leaving behind only a furious and frustrated Ganos.

At the same time, I watch as the Grand Minister announces, "The 4th Universe's Dercori-san has dropped out," followed by the Zenos, who quickly mark her elimination on their GodPads while cheerfully commenting.

"Dercori... Tap!"

"Another one has dropped out!"

"One more!"

Shortly after that, I notice that the still enraged Ganos has now set his sights on one of the members of my team, the Silver Saint Perseus Algol.

As soon as Ganos locks on Algol calmly walking around the fghting stage, he doesn't hesitate to he use his Ki to create three orange energy blades in the shape of feathers; two on his left hand, and one on his right and immediatelly charges toward him while jumping from one rubble to another with much more grace that his current size and apparence would indicate.

Algol instantly notices the approaching Ganos and, without wasting any time, he immediately equips the Medusa Shield attached to his back to his arm and uses it to easily block Ganos' energy blades before quickly counterattacking with a shield bash, which pushes Ganos back, creating some distance between them.

However, Ganos doesn't stop his offense as he gathers his Ki and forms a circular saw from it and throws it at Algol before he also starts to charge toward Algol while surrounding his fist with a green aura, increasing his punching power to likely overwhelm Algol's defences.

In response, Algol simply gathers his Cosmo on the Medusa Shield to reinforce it and deflects the circular energy saw back at the approaching Ganos with a precise sweeping motion of his arm.

This forces Ganos to stop his offence and hastily dodge to avoid getting harmed by his own technique before he looks at Algol and says, "You're quite the strong warrior. Unfortunately for you, I'm in a bad mood, so I won't play around with you. I'm gonna break that annoying shield of yours and kick you out of this tournament!"

After saying that, Ganos' whole body is enveloped in electricity before he once again charges toward Algol at blinding speed, however as he closes in to deliver a powerful punch, Algol fully shows his mastery as he casually deflect his blow and taking advantage of his opponent's moment he send Ganos crashing against the wall of a nearby rubble with such force that his body creates a small crater as he grunts in pain on the impact.

Algol calmly looks at Ganos' figure and comments, "You are letting your emotions blind you way too much. All your movements are way too predictable and straightforward. At this point, it doesn't matter how fast you move or how hard you try to hit. Any barely capable warrior would be able to read your intentions and take advantage of them. Even those who are less fast and powerful than you could easily win."

In response, Ganos gets out of the crater in the wall and shouts in an even more enraged tone, "Shut up! I'll break that shitty shield of your into pieces! Then, I'll break you too!"

After yelling that, Ganos once again charges toward Algol and unleashes a barrage of attacks, trying to hit him, however, Algol easily dodges each single attack with minimal movement on his part, something that further enrages Ganos, who yells, "Why can't I hit him!?"

Seeing that his rush is not having any effect, Ganos immediately backs of with a jump, landing on the wall of one of the nearby rubbles before he uses his Ki to create three orange energy blades in the shape of feathers; two on his left hand, and one on his right and bounces off the wall flying toward Algol while yelling, "I'll tear you apart!"

Algol once again casually deflects Ganos' attack using his Medusa Shield, which again sends Ganos crashing against a nearby wall with enough force that he rebounds and crashes on the floor before Algol sighs and calmly announces, "You just won't listen. It's time to end this..."

At this point, Algol disperses a burst of his Cosmo in the surrounding area around them, generating a very realistic illusion of countless gigantic snakes attacking his opponent.

As expected, Ganos falls for the illusion as he gets up in panic and starts furiously attacking the air while yelling, "Where did all these snakes come from!? Stop! Stop it!!"

Then Algol gathers his Cosmo into his legs and jumps high in the air, and taking advantage of the distraction caused by the illusion, he focuses all his Cosmo in his right foot and hits Ganos with a powerful and devastating jump kick while yelling, "Ra's Al-Ghūl Gorgoneion!"

Algol's kick lands right on Ganos' chest and the impact is so strong that it generate a shockwave so powerful that makes the whole fighting stage shake while Ganos' body crashes through countless rubbles until it blasts off the edge of the fighting stage before he is quickly transported to the spectator stands comfirming his elimination.

Shortly after Ganos has been eliminated from the Tournament of Power, the Grand Minister announces, "The 4th Universe's Ganos-san has dropped out," followed by the Zenos, who quickly mark his elimination on their GodPads.

The situation for the 4th Universe isn't getting any better either, as I notice that another one of its warriors has made the foolish decision of biting off more than one can chew by targeting a formidable opponent, yet another warrior of my team.

The warrior from the 4th Universe currently trying to eliminate herself is the woman named Caway, who is currently using her Ki to create various weapons, in this particular case Boomerangs, and using them to attack the lone Angemon who momentarily separated from Stingmon and XV-mon to scout the situation on the fighting stage after Kale's rampage.

Caway is a humanoid female with light-green skin, blue eyes, and long pink hair.

She can be considered very beautiful, having a slender, curvy figure and delicate features.

Her outfit can be compared to that of a traditional elven princess, with her wearing an elegant fantasy-style gown with a cape and arm warmers, high heels, and a circlet around her forehead.

(Image Here - Caway)

In response to Caway's barrage of Energy Boomerangs, Angemon immediately reacts by gathering his Holy Energy to form his signature weapon, the Holy Rod, before he uses the move God Typhoon by spinning the Holy Rod and creating a tornado strong enough that it blows the Energy Boomerang away, making them harmlessly disperse.

Despite the failure of her attack, Caway doesn't give up and quickly makes her next move by jumping onto some nearby rubble, using them as platforms to launch herself even higher in the air and with even faster speed to reach the flying Angemon.

While at the same time, she spins in mid-air to gather more momentum and manipulates her Ki to form to create a massive Energy Hammer which she then uses to slams Angemon who only has the time to use his Holy Rod to block the incoming attack, but the force behind Caway's blow is still powerful enough to send him crashing on the floor with enough force to create yet another crater in the already ravaged floor of the fighting stage.

Zeno-1 also took notice of Angemon's current state and couldn't help but exclaim, "Look! It looks like Angemon is in danger!" followed by Zeno-2, who hums, nods, and agrees, "Indeed, Angemon looks in danger! His friends, too!"

Indeed, Angemon isn't the only one who is struggling, as XV-mon and Stingmon are currently doing everything in their power to dodge Auta Magetta's Lava Spit while counterattacking whenever possible, however, their attacks have no effects whatsoever because of Auta Magetta's astonishing durability.

At the same time, looking at my Digimon Partners' state, I can't help but nod and think, 'As expected at the Adult Level, my Digimon Partners aren't able to keep up with the warriors of the Dragon Ball Multiverse as they can barely be considered Planet Busters at their current level. The only reason why they were able to eliminate so many warriors until now was that they worked together with seamless teamwork and took advantage of the fact that all three of them are able to fly using their wings with great speed and agility. However, it is evident that currently they are among the weakest warriors on the fighting stage. I think it is about time for them to evolve to the next level.'

While I'm thinking that, Angemon gets up and walks out of the crater before he looks at me and yells, "Jayr! I think it's time to kick up a gear and evolve to the next level!"

Hearing that, I also look at XV-mon and Stingmon, who met my gaze and nod back, agreeing with Angemon before I smile, nod back at them, and yell back, "Then let's do it!"

After saying that, I grab my D-Ark and start to manipulate my Spiral Cosmo, inputting it into the D-Ark as I yell, "Go, Angemon! Super Evolution!"

I feel the D-Ark absorb my Spiral Cosmo and Emotions and transform it into Data, sending it to my Digimon Partner through our bond, and in response, Angemon's body starts to shine in the light of evolution and grow bigger as he calls out, "Angemon, evolve...!"

Soon after that, the lights fade away as my Digimon fully evolves to his Perfect Level and calls out the name of his current form, "... Holy Angemon!"

Holy Angemon retains many aspects of Angemon but there are also many differences, the two pairs of wings have become four, he is also equipped with a purple helmet that is much larger than the one that Angemon uses, he has a protector on his left forearm, and a sword in his right golden bracer.

In addition, he has a golden ribbon wrapped around his torso that bears an inscription in Digimoji, which corresponds to the words Digital Monster.

The Zenos look at the newly evolved Holy Angemon with shining eyes as they cheerfully comment.

"Angemon transformed again! So cool!"

"Holy Angemon! Amazing!"

Then my smile grows bigger as I inject even more Spiral Cosmo into my D-Ark, but this time, Stingmon and XV-mon's Digicores start to sync up with each other as I call out, "It's not over yet! Let's do this! XV-mon! Stingmon! Jogress Evolution!!"

At this point, the bodies of Stingmon and XV-mon start to shine and get attracted to each other as they call out.

"XV-mon...!"

"Stingmon...!"

""... Jogress Evolve!""

Soon after that, XV-mon and Stingmon merge into one, single, more powerful body whose power and presence are much more than the simple addition of the two parts, and the new Digimon calls out his name, "... Paildramon!"

Paildramon is a fused form of XV-mon and Stingmon, combining features from a Dragon and Insect type.

He wears the latter's exoskeleton as armor on the thighs, arms, and torso, and the "X" symbol can be partially seen.

His face is concealed by a red and black helmet with a crest around the eyes, and he has two pairs of wings, and the "Desperado Blaster" cannons are located on his lower midsection.

Shortly after Angemon evolved into Holy Angemon, and XV-mon and Stingmon Jogress evolved into Paildramon, Caway, who in the meantime landed back on the ground, manipulates her Ki to transform her Energy Hammer into an Energy Spear before she charges toward the freshly evolved Holy Angemon without any hesitation.

Seeing the approaching Caway, Holy Angemon simply raises his right arm and from it, he extends his energy sword Excalibur before he calmly waits for his opponent to fully commit to her offense.

Soon Caway reaches Holy Angemon and immediately thrusts her Energy Spear forward with the clear intent of inflicting enough damage to take her opponent out of combat, making it easier for her to eliminate him, however, she forgot that her opponent isn't the Adult Level Angemon anymore, her opponent is now the Perfect Level Holy Angemon, who calmly reacts and with a casual swing of his energy sword, he easily cuts Caway's Energy Spear, making it disperse into motes of pink light momentarily stunning Caway.

At this point, Holy Angemon takes advantage of Caway's stunned state to start his counterattack as he immediately rams his opponent with the shield equipped on his left arm, sending her crashing against a nearby rubble before he chases after her.

While Caway painfully rebounds against the wall of the rubble, Holy Angemon doesn't give her the chance to retaliate as he sends her flying up in the air with a single kick before he again flaps his wings and flies to chase after her.

As Holy Angemon is flying after the still rising Caway, his whole body glows with holy energy before calling out the name of his move by yelling, "Soul Banish!" unleashing a powerful kick that generates a massive shockwave and blasts Caway out of the fighting stage in an instant dropping her off from the Tournament of Power.

Soon, the Grand Minister once again announces the elimination of the warrior from the 4th Universe, while the Zenos mark the eliminated warrior on their GodPads, making Quitela, the God of Destruction of the 4th Universe, scold their warriors for being eliminated in quick succession.

At the same time, the newly evolved Paildramon uses his Special Move Desperado Blaster to fire a barrage of energy waves from the two organic cannons that extend from his waist, which quickly clash against the streams of lava fired by Auta Magetta with his Lava Spit.

For a moment, Paildramon's Desperado Blaster and Auta Magetta's Lava Spit seem to be equally matched, but soon the constant stream of energy waves starts to be unleashed by the Paildramon to overcome the stream of lava fired by Auta Magetta until the lava stream is completely blown away.

Then the constant stream of energy waves advances toward Auta Magetta, causing a massive explosion upon impact that generates an equally massive cloud of black smoke.

At first it seemed that Paildramon's Desperado Blaster was able to actually harm Auta Magetta to the point that even Champa, the God of Destruction of the 6th Universe couldn't help but ask out loud in a worried tone, "Wait! Don't tell me that Auta Magetta was actually harmed by that strange creature!?" followed by the Guide Angel Vados who lightly says, "Who knows... Since those two creatures fused into that single one, their power and abilities increased massively."

However, shortly after that, the sound of very heavy and metallic footsteps echoes and soon after the figure of a completely unharmed Auta Magetta walks out of the could of black smoke making me whistle out loud before I comment in a truly impressed tone, "Wow, Auta Magetta's durability is truly out of this world. The current Paildramon is easily able to output enough power to destroy an universe, but despite that Auta Magetta is still able to walk out of his Desperado Blaster completely unharmed."

My wife Tio nods in agreement before she adds, "Hrm. That is truly impressive. Even in my Dragon Form I'm not fully confident in taking Paildramon's Desperado Blaster head-on..." followed by Robin who comments, "The body of that Metalman must be on a whole other level compared to the other species of this Multiverse..."

At this point, Saori analyzes, "However, it is also very clear that the Metalmen's seemingly invincible body isn't without disadvantages. The most obvious one is that they lack the mental strength to go along with their powerful bodies, as I clearly heard that a small, almost harmless insult is more than enough to make them immediately lose their will to fight. Another one I noticed is that the Metalmen seem completely unable to use Ki and their derivative techniques, and can only use their natural magma as an energy source instead. That may be a fatal disadvantage."

While they are talking about that, Paildramon decides to use a different approach to deal with the seemingly invulnerable Auta Magetta.

Paildramon takes advantage of his superior agility to move around Auta Magetta, forcing him to constantly turn to follow at ever-increasing speed until Auta Magetta actually becomes a little bit dizzy from all that turning around.

At this point, Paildramon takes advantage of his opponent's careless mistake to use his move Wire Punch, where he extends his fingers on cables that wrap around Auta Magetta's body before he starts to fly off, lifting the over 1,000-ton body in an impressive show of strength.

Then, Paildramon carries the still dizzy Auta Magetta over the edge of the fighting stage before he unwraps his fingers from his opponent's body, making him fall into the abyss, thus eliminating Auta Magetta from the Tournament of Power.