The Tournament of Power 19/

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

Shortly after the eliminated Android 17 and Android 18 are transported to the spectator stand right next to Krillin and the Deities of the 7th Universe, the Grand Minister calmly announces, "The contestants Android 17-san and Android 18-san from the 7th Universe are eliminated."

This, as usual, is quickly followed by the Zenos, who mark the eliminations on their GodPads while casually commenting.

"Android 17... Android 17... Android 17... Here! Tap!"

"Android 18... Android 18... Oh! Tap!"

"Holy Angemon and Paildramon did it again!"

"Yeah! They did it again! So strong!"

"There are fewer and fewer warriors!"

""So exciting!""

Of course, they aren't the only ones reacting to their elimination, as Beerus is clearly frustrated by the fact thatb his team has lost two more fighters cutting down the number of still active warriors to five, while Krillin is worried about the state of his wife, however, Android 18 quickly reassures him that she is mostly fine, just a little dizzy from taking Paildramon's Desperado Blaster.

Meanwhile, Goku continues his struggle against Kefla, who is assaulting him with a barrage of punches while yelling, "Face the facts, Son Goku. I'm on fire!"

Goku tries to create some distance by bouncing away; however, Kefla doesn't relent and charges a green ki sphere in her hand before throwing it into her opponent while yelling, "You won't get away!"

The attack zigzags during the flight, making it extremely hard to reflect, forcing Goku to cross his arms and endure the Ki Blast head-on to barely defend himself, and soon, after hitting the target, the Ki Blast launched by Kefla explodes with green energy making the Zenos and the other watching this battle exclaim.

"Ooh! A big explosion!"

"Those are my favorite!"

"Ah! Goku! That looked rough!"

"He's on his heels. This tells you all you need to know about Kefla's power."

This is quickly followed by Champa, who keeps taunting his brother, "Sorry to say it, Beerus! Goku was already overreaching, and now his stamina's being taxed even more. I don't care how good your little pet Saiyan is, he doesn't stand a chance against both of them combined!" before he cheers for his fighter, "Don't let up until you finish the job! Knock him out, Kefla!" which makes an annoyed Beerus curse out loud, "Urgh! Damn it!"

When the smoke clears, Goku has already assumed his Super Saiyan Blue form, which makes Kefla snort and exclaim, "Heh. It's about time. I've been waitin' for this."

In response, Goku smiles wryly and comments, "Speaking of time, I was trying to buy a little more, but if I hold back any longer, I'll be in major trouble."

Hearing that, Kefla mockingly says, "Took you this long to realize that? Well, better late than never! Then I guess I'll have to crank it up!"

At this point, Kefla roars and transforms into a Super Saiyan, unleashing such powerful energy that the entire fighting stage starts to shake, shocking many of the spectators who didn't expect that Kefla's power could reach such a high level.

Kefla's Super Saiyan form is a mixture between Caulifla's Super Saiyan form and Kale's Legendary Super Saiyan form, gaining a slight increase in muscle mass and a noticeable increase in definition while growing noticeably taller, almost as tall as Goku.

Her hair sticks out while turning bright green, and also still remains in a ponytail.

Her eyes also become bright green and, uniquely for a Saiyan in a transformed state, her eyes become wider.

(Image Here - Kefla SSJ)

The now Super Saiyan Kefla focuses her gaze on her opponent and with a smile on her face, she says, "This time, Son Goku, we fight for real."

As the two Saiyans stare at one other ready to resume their battle, an excited Champa exclaims, "That's it, Kefla! Go all in and blow him away!" which makes Vados cooly reminds him, "Champa-sama, may I remid you we're talking about Son Goku at Super Saiyan Blue? It might be wiser to test the water first."

However, Champa comments, "Son Goku may have come a long way, but he still hasn't recovered his full stamina from when he fought with Jiren," which makes Vados ask, "So you believe that Kefla at her lower Super Saiyan level can handle him?"

In response to her question, Champ replies without any hesitation on his part, "Oh, I do now. Her energy in her current Super Saiyan form is much stronger than I expected. Hehehe. Of course, I'm hardly ever wrong, but this was a miscalculation I don't mind at all."

While they are talking about that, Kefla makes a bit of trash talk, "Just don't get scared and piss your pants." This makes Goku calmly smile and reply, "Yeah, same to you," making Kefla shout, "Let's do this!"

Soon after that, the two resume their battle by rushing toward their opponent at the same time and clashing in the middle before starting a fast-paced exchange of blows that are literally shredding apart their immediate surroundings while the two continue to also exchange words.

"Ha! If you're struggling this much in that form, then you're clearly still running on fumes, Son Goku!"

"Even if I am, Kefla, you won't surpass me!"

"Maybe I'll turn Super Saiyan Blue myself; you want to see that?"

"Heh. If you can, go for it!"

"Oh, trust me, I will. Right after I show you who's the boss!"

At this point, their fist clash once more, generating a shockwave so powerful that the ground under their feet is literally ripped apart and blown away, creating a massive crater while forcing the two of them apart.

Kefla then charges a sizable green Ki sphere in her hand before firing another Fist Cannonball at Goku that zigzags while flying toward its target.

Goku is forced to go Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-ken to deflect it, and the blast narrowly misses Cell, who was watching the battle from a safe distance, and exclaims that their battle is worth watching.

At the same time, Beerus realizes, "Goku's obviously overextending himself in this fight. That Kaio-ken technique boosts his power in the short term, but it's a huge drain on his energy. Using it when he's run-down will cause big problems later."

This is followed by Whis, who comments, "Goku was confronted with the fearsome power of Kefla in her Super Saiyan form, and not even his Super Saiyan Blue could push her back. While he's well-aware of the dangers of Kaio-ken, he must have determined that it was his only hope to win."

I quickly focus back on the fighting stage where Goku takes his fighting stance and states, "Come on, Kefla. The real fight starts right now!" which makes his opponent reply, "Yeah. I can see that. Damn, you're awesome! I couldn't ask for a worthier challenge. This win is gonna feel great!"

While saying that, Kefla charges sizable green Ki spheres in her hands before firing yet another Fist Cannonballs at Goku, this time two of them that quickly fly toward their target in their usual zigzag pattern.

However, Goku dodges them and quickly closes the distance between him and Kefla before he delivers a single powerful punch that Kefla is then able to block, but despite that, the power behind that punch was so overwhelming that Kefla is knocked back and is forced to drag her feet into the ground to stop herself leaving a deep trail in it before exclaiming, "My arms are tingling from that punch. That's crazy! This is the sweetest fight I've ever had!"

Shortly after saying that, Kefla yells, "Freakin' awesome, man! I just keep getting more and more pumped!" before she roars and powers herself up greatly increasing the volume of the aura surrounding her body.

Seeing that, Goku says, "In that case, I will too," before he also roars and powers himself up, increasing the volume of the aura surrounding his body.

The two continue to power up, and then Kefla makes her move rushing up to Goku and launching her attack, however, much to Kefla's surprise, Goku moves much faster, so fast, that for a moment she loses sight of him and the next moment, Goku lands a clean hit sending her crashing into the ground in the distance while screaming in pain causing a chain reaction in the spectators of the involved universes as they yell.

"Yes! He nailed it! Nicely done, Goku!"

"Could that have been a finishing blow?"

"Don't quit yet, Kefla-san. You're strong! You should still have enough to get back up! You can do it!"

"I gave you those earrings, and you're still mucking it up? Don't lose, or I'll make you sorry! You hear me!? You've got no excuse! Don't waste those Potaras, or you'll pay big! I'm like a payback expert, and I'll make you pay big like no one's ever paid big before!"

Kefla emerges from the ground and yells in an annoyed tone, "Oh, shut the hell up! I'm sick of hearing your voice!" before she slowly gets up and mutters, "Urgh. That gut punch really stung, Son Goku. Savor it. 'Cause it's the last one you're gonna land!" which makes Goku chuckle and say, "Heh, heh. Now that's more like it."

Then Kefla charges sizable green Ki spheres in her hands before firing yet another pair of Fist Cannonball at Goku that quickly fly toward their target in their usual zigzag pattern, this time, however, Goku counters with a Kamehameha, but just as it seems that Kefla has finished, she appears behind Goku and kicks him hard enough to knock him aside, making him revert to base form much to the shock of those from the 7th Universe.

Kefla looks at the unconscious figure of Goku lying on the ground and says, "I woulda liked to keep going for a little longer, but you're obviously spent. You know what that means. It's time to take the plunge, Son Goku."

Right as Kefla prepares to eliminate him, Goku's figure stirs and slowly struggles to stand, exclaiming, "No. This isn't over yet, Kefla." which makes Kefla chuckle and ask, "Heh, heh. Still want to go at it, huh?" before she shouts, "Well that's okay with me! Just remember you asked when you're choking on my power!"

Kefla then creates multiple green energy spheres on top of her hands and throws them at Goku, but when the energy barrage is about to hit Goku, the Saiyan suddenly deflects every attack, having regained the Ultra Instinct Sign, much to the shock of Kefla, who exclaims, "That was a fluke! Just blind, stupind luck you hear me?"

After saying that, Kefla shakes her head and then she says, while once again creating multiple green energy spheres on top of her hands, "And I guarantee you won't be so lucky this time around. When I drill these right into your skull!"

Then Kefla launches the multiple green energy spheres at Goku, who easily dodges them all with his eyes closed and minimal movement on his part, shocking the young and brash Saiyan once more, "What? How did he do that?"

Suddenly, Goku opens his eyes sporting the silver-colored irises and visible pupils of the Ultra Instinct Sign state while at the same time, the complex silver, purple and blue aura consisting of rippling, fire-like energy, complete with sparkling particles traveling upwards lits showing to everyone else that he has truly attained the Ultra Instinct Sign state once more.

"His... his eyes!"

"No way!"

"Look at the form he's taken... that glow!"

"It's incredible! Just like when he fought Jiren!"

"Yes, it's unmistakable."

After hearing the reaction of everyone around him, Whis calmly comments in a serious tone, "And once again, he's shattered his own limits. I never thought he'd achieve this divine feat again in the Tournament. That we would have the pleasure of seeing it twice."

This is followed by a very interested Beerus who stands up and says, "Well, this time I'll make sure to soak it up. Heh. Autonomous Ultra Instinct!"

Meanwhile, Kefla looks clearly concerned about Goku's new form as she mutters, "Damn you. What is that power?"

In response to her question, Goku jumps on top of a nearby boulder behind him and with a mighty roar he powers himself up so much that he unleashes a massive pillar of energy generating a literal storm in the fighting stage that almost blows his opponent away before he focuses back on Kefla and says, "You need to face the facts, Kefla. You cannot stop me now." which makes Kefla smile and reply, "I'll be the judge of that."

At the same time, the storm generated by Goku's energy is so intense that parts of the fighting stage start to break further and fly around, crashing nearby some of the other fighters, interrupting their battle, including Vegeta and Top, who also stop and focus on the ongoing battle between Kefla and Goku.

Zeno-1 feels that Goku's current state is somewhat familiar and asks in an excited tone, "Is that it? Oh, my. Has Goku really found it again?" which is followed by an equally excited Zeno-2 who exclaims, "His energy is feeling like 'Boom Boom Whoosh Bang Bang Pow'!"

This makes the Grand Minister smirk a little and agree with them, "Yes, like, 'Boom Boom Whoosh Bang Bang Pow' indeed, your Majesty."

Shortly after, Saori also calmly comments, "Feeling his energy in this state again, I somewhat have the feeling that this state is somewhat equal to somewhere in between the 8th Sense and 9th Sense of our universe. It indeed has a touch of the Divine in it, but it still feels off." This is followed by Eri, who guesses, "This is likely because Goku-san doesn't have full mastery over this state, yet."

At the same time, Whis speculates that Goku once again attained the form due to being pushed into a corner by Kefla's power, which rivaled the Spirit Bomb that broke through Goku's limits, and hearing that, Champa is worried and orders Kefla to beat Goku before he masters Autonomous Ultra Instinct.

Kefla, being the closest to Goku, feels the incredible power he is unleashing and instead of being scared by it, she exclaims in an excited tone, "Hell yeah! You really are cookin' now, Son Goku! I can feel the heat your body's churning out all the way from down here! Is that your 'Autonomous Ultra Reflex' thing or whatever?" which makes Goku calmly correct her, "It's Autonomous Ultra Instinct."

Kefla casually shurg it off and says, "Yeah, yeah. Well, I gotta give you props. It sure is one hell of a look, but on the other hand..." before she jumps on top of a boulder on the opposite side of the one Goku isstanding on and further powers herself up to the point that electrical sparks constantly surround her body as she concludes, "... I won't be outdone by anybody. I'll just have to up my own game, too!"

Then Kefla yells loudly as her energy spikes and she fully transforms into her Super Saiyan 2 form, that once again appears as a hybrid between Caulifla's Super Saiyan 2 form and Kale's Legendary Super Saiyan Controlled form, while unleashing her own massive pillar of energy that generates its own storm that quickly join forces with Goku's increating the intensity to the point that some of the closest structures start to directly crumble.

After that, an ecstatic Kefla exclaims, "Haha! Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about! My power just keeps rising. It's incredible! I gotta say, it's a real privilege to be born a Saiyan!"

Hearing that, I can't help but smile wryly while thinking, 'You can say that again... The Saiyan are truly one of the favorite races of this Multiverse and even in the Omniverse as a whole, their standing is still pretty high because of their basically limitless potential.'

While I'm thinking that, Kefla further exclaims, "Go on, power up more, I dare ya! No matter how high you climb, I'll follow and leave you in the dust!"

Gohan and Piccolo are shaken by their power, with Piccolo commenting that while one's power increases, that in turn incites the other's power to increase, and then, Piccolo also speculates that Kefla's Super Saiyan 2 power surpassed Goku's previous use of Ultra Instinct Sign that was used against Jiren.

At this point, Kefla creates multiple red energy spheres on top of her hand, and then the energy spheres mix up, forming a spinning disc of Ki in her fist as she laughs and says, "Hahaha! I can't get over how awesome this feels! I've got so much power flowing through me that I could, if I really wanted, I could rip your whole universe apart with a single blast!"

In response, Goku disperses the energy pillar and takes on a battle stance, making Kefla ask, "Done already? Sure you don't wanna try charging up more?" which makes him calmly reply, "Nah, I'm good. I think this is all the power I need."

Hearing that, Kefla chuckle and says, "Heh, heh. You think so? All right. You're gonna be sorry when I blow you away!" before she moves with such force that the boulder under her feet crumble and prepare to slam Goku with the red Ki Blast charged into her fist, however, Goku to easily dodges making her attack miss and the Ki blast fly into the distance disappearing into the endless space of the Null Realm.

Upset that Goku dodged that attack, Kefla turns around and again attacks Goku, who then easily dodges all of Kefla's attacks from behind, along with every other direction, making the spectators from the 6th and 7th Universe comment.

"He's dodging everything!"

"Yet Goku's barely moving from his spot... His precision's unbelievable."

"If he can anticipate Kefla's every attack like this, her enormous power-up won't matter!"

"This is bad! She can't even lay a finger on him!"

"Kefla! Step it up! I didn't give you those earrings to miss!"

"She has attained a level of strength and speed few in the Multiverse have ever known. But against Goku's reactions, it seems she will still fall short."

The intensity of their fight even causes Fuwa to abandon his usual meek disposition and show a more aggressive and determined demeanour as he cheers Kefla on, "Bwah! Kefla! Smash that stinkin' punk to pieces!"

Beerus is surprised by such unexpected change to the point that he asks, "Uh, Champa? Is something wrong with your Supreme Kai?" which makes the God of Destruction of the 6th Universe calmly explain, "That's just his passionate side. He usually represses it in public." quickly followed by Fuwa who roars, "BWAAAH!!"

While Goku continues to dodge Kefla's attacks, Vegeta, who is watching the fight, realizes that Goku's body is reacting on its own, remembering what Whis told them during training: to learn how to have each of their body parts react on its own as their speed is severely limited when they think before they act.

At the same time, Kefla still cannot land a single hit on Goku, she even tries to overwhelm him with a barrage of Ki Blast, but Goku still is able to dodge every single one of them with apparently no effort until he jumps down from the massive boulder they were fighting on and starts to casually glide down one of it sides while eyeing a pursuing Kefla upside down, managing to knock her away with a double fisted strike sending her crashing through many obstacles.

Goku then lands on the ground and looks at his fist with a somewhat confused gaze while Kefla then regains herself and jumps out of the rubble, burying her, saying. "Hahaha. You didn't really think that punch would hurt me, did ya? You may have awesome reflexes, but your attacks when you're like this are just pathetic! Come on, Son Goku. Don't disappoint me! You can do better, can't ya?"

In response, Goku stops looking at his fist and replies, "Yeah. I'm starting to get a handle on it. I can do much better. Behold the power of the Ultra Instinct."

Hearing that, Kefla cracks her knuckles and taunts him, "Ha! Well, it does look like you've turned it up another notch, but you still haven't shown me that you can use this upgrade to pack a decent punch." Then after a few moments of silence, she adds, "Ooh, is your silence supposed to scare me? All it really does is make me wanna kick your ass! So get ready!"

Goku ignores Kefla's taunting, immediately charging behind her and knocking her away with a barrage of fast punches that end with a single precise kick that makes her crash onto the ground, creating a crater.

Then Goku chases after and attacks again. This time, Kefla reacts and blocks his attack before retaliating with a swift kick; however, Goku dodges Kefla's attack and kicks her away, making her crash through many rubble.

Immediately after that, Goku, with his precision and strength augmented by his Ultra Instinct form, delivers a powerful punch that launches a massive shockwave from the vibrations of his fist.

The shockwave is capable of crossing great distances upon execution and quickly reaches its target, further knocking her back until she crashes against another mountain-like rubble, obliterating the top and rising a thick cloud of dust.

But soon Kefla let out a roar and blew away the dust, revealing that she is still in fighting condition, much to the shock of many of the people from the 7th Universe who comment.

"How is she still on her feet after taking all those attacks?"

"Is she invincible? Or what?"

Whis then corrects them and speculates, "Hardly. There is no doubt that Kefla's fortitude and fighting spirit are commendable. However, Goku's strikes are not nearly as potent as they should be, considering the extent of his power. Perhaps he has still not adjusted to the new way his muscles work through Autonomous Ultra Instinct, and how to command them for attacks. This wasted effort is costly. If he cannot defeat her with his next attack, I fear his strength may give out."

Goku silently thinks this same thing, before he declares, "I'm gonna finish this right now." which infuriates Kefla and her energy begins to swell even more as she growls, "Damn you! No, you won't! I'm nowhere close to done!"

Kefla decides to power up and use everything she has, "If that's what you want, then I'm gonna throw everything I've got into this next attack!"

With a roar, Kefla powers up her aura to maximum capacity and releases it continuously in several laser-like beams that fire in all directions.

Each beam's cutting power is great enough to easily slice through the Tournament of Power stage's debris, and they are extremely fast, even for Ultra Instinct Sign Goku, who is barely able to dodge them.

Still, Goku dodges the lasers; however, when Kefla creates claws and swings her hands to cut through her opponent, a couple of them manage to graze him.

At this point, Goku dodges Kefla's lasers yet again, and he begins charging a Kamehameha while moving closer to Kefla and continuing to dodge all of her energy attacks by jumping from place to place.

After dodging another barrage of lasers, Goku gets close enough and with a single move he jumps toward Kefla who notes that Goku cannot dodge in mid-air before she gathers all the energy she was unleashing into several energy spheres that then mix up forming a spinning disc of Ki in each hand before thrusting her arms forward and firing two massive spiraling red and green energy waves.

When Kefla fires her lethal energy beam, Goku skates on top of it with his Kamehameha to catch Kefla off-guard, and fires the attack, sending the fused Saiyan crashing into the fighting stage and sending her flying out of bounds.

While she is hit, the Potara shatters, and Kefla separates back into Caulifla and Kale as they reappear on the sidelines.

Kale apologizes to Champa and Fuwa as Caulifla curses Goku and swears she'll beat him next time, while the Grand Minister announces, "The contestants Kale and Caulifla of the 6th Universe, known collectively as Kefla, are eliminated from the tournament."

Shortly after the Grand Minister's announcement, the Zeno-1 picks up his GodPad and starts to mark down the eliminated warriors, commenting, "Bye now, Kale and Caulifla."