Rumble...!
The arena let out another groan, unable to withstand the burden.
Although Krillin had withheld 99.9% of the power in his Serious Punch, the pure pressure from the fist still swept outward like a storm.
Goku, using the momentum of the Ki blast from his feet to charge downward, was actually stopped mid-air by the sheer force of the wind from the punch.
It was like a waterfall crashing into a giant boulder rising against the current.
"Hyaaaaah!"
Goku gritted his teeth as veins bulged across his forehead. His signature spiky hair was blown backward by the powerful wind.
He could clearly feel that Krillin wasn't using much Ki in that punch, but the pure physical force behind it was unbelievably massive.
"Get... down!"
Krillin shouted, increasing the force of his punch again.
Bang!
Like a fly swatted by a giant hand, Goku was blasted back into the sky even faster than he had descended.
In an instant he shot into the clouds, shrinking into a tiny black dot.
"He... he flew out?"
The Announcer craned his neck and even pulled out a pair of binoculars.
"Contestant Goku has been knocked into the clouds! Will he fall out of bounds?"
The entire audience held their breath.
A few seconds later, the tiny black dot rapidly grew larger.
"Flying Nimbus!"
A shout echoed from high above.
A golden cloud appeared out of nowhere and steadily caught the falling Goku.
"Foul! Foul!"
The Crane Hermit, who had returned at some unknown point, was jumping and shouting below the stage.
"You can't use items during a match!"
The Announcer scratched his head awkwardly. "This..."
"It's fine, let him use it."
Krillin waved his hand calmly, his voice carried through Ki and echoed across the venue.
"The Flying Nimbus is part of his strength. It doesn't count as an item."
Goku stood on the Flying Nimbus and didn't descend immediately.
He rubbed the arm that had just clashed with Krillin. It was already red and swollen.
"It hurts, it hurts!" Goku blew on his arm.
"Krillin, are you really not made of iron? Or did you secretly hide steel plates under your clothes?"
"This is muscle. Pure, natural, pollution-free muscle," Krillin patted his chest, producing a dull thumping sound.
"So, do you still want to fight? Your hands should be shaking by now."
Krillin quietly opened the System panel and glanced at Goku's status.
[Goku]
[Stamina: 65% (Rapidly decreasing)]
[Status: Minor bone fracture (Right arm), Extreme hunger (Stomach cramping)]
"Gurgle... gurgle..."
Suddenly, a loud sound echoed through the entire venue's speakers.
It was so loud that it even drowned out the sound of the ocean waves.
Everyone froze.
Goku awkwardly clutched his stomach, and the serious expression on his face instantly collapsed into pure misery.
"Ah... I'm hungry. That move just now used too much energy. It seems the grilled fish I ate this morning is already digested."
Krillin's lips twitched.
Is this really the protagonist of a hot-blooded battle manga?
To lose focus in the middle of a life-or-death fight just because he's hungry?
"Then how about... we pause and go eat first?" Krillin asked tentatively.
"Really?!" Goku's eyes instantly turned into stars and he almost started drooling.
"I want whole roasted sheep! And those really, really big buns!"
"Rejected!" The Announcer shouted with black lines across his forehead.
"This is the finals of the World Martial Arts Tournament! It's being broadcast worldwide! Can you two please take this seriously!"
Goku lowered his head in disappointment.
"Sigh... what a cheapskate."
But he quickly lifted his head again. His eyes sharpened, though now there was also a sense of urgency in them.
"Since I can't eat, let's finish this quickly! Once I win, I can go eat!"
"Exploding with power just for the sake of food..." Krillin shook his head helplessly.
"That's such an enviably simple motivation."
"Take this! This is a new move I just thought of!"
Goku leaped down from the Flying Nimbus.
This time he didn't charge straight forward. Instead, he began circling Krillin at extremely high speed.
His speed increased more and more, until dozens of Gokus appeared across the arena, forming a giant tornado with Krillin trapped in the center.
"The Afterimage Technique again?" Krillin frowned.
"No... it's not just afterimages!"
Dozens of Gokus spoke at the same time, their voices overlapping into a strange echo.
Immediately afterward, every afterimage took the stance for the Kamehameha.
"Multiple... Kamehameha!"
Dozens of blue beams shot toward Krillin simultaneously.
"Fake."
Relying on his Genius Intellect and Beast Intuition, Krillin instantly judged that only one beam was real while the rest were illusions created by the afterimages.
However, just as he prepared to block the real beam, something bizarre happened.
The other dozens of "fake" beams suddenly curved during flight.
They all converged together and merged into the real beam.
The energy beam that had been the thickness of a bowl suddenly swelled to the size of a water bucket, its color shifting from deep blue to a blinding white.
"What?"
For the first time, Krillin showed genuine surprise.
This isn't scientific!
How could afterimages contain energy?
[System Prompt: Detected Goku using the "Qi Retention" technique. While moving at high speed, he left small portions of Ki at the locations of each afterimage and detonated them simultaneously. This represents an extremely advanced level of Ki control.]
[Talent: Goku's Battle Instinct Analysis — 8%.]
"So that's it... leaving Ki inside the afterimages."
Krillin was stunned internally.
This guy's battle brain might actually be better than Einstein's.
Facing this unavoidable attack from every direction, Krillin took a deep breath.
Since he had been outplayed in technique, he would break through with absolute power.
"Serious Series: Normal Consecutive Punches!"
Krillin didn't punch toward the energy beam.
Instead, he threw hundreds of punches into the air in front of him within a single second.
Each punch compressed the air and formed high-pressure air cannons.
Da-da-da-da-da-da!
The dense air cannons collided with the massive Kamehameha like a Gatling gun.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The collision between compressed air and Ki triggered a violent explosion. Dust instantly swallowed the entire arena.
Rubble flew everywhere, and the shockwave even blew the wigs off several spectators in the front row.
"Cough... cough..."
The dust slowly cleared.
Half of the arena had completely vanished, leaving behind only a few lonely stone pillars.
Krillin stood calmly on one of the pillars. His clothes were slightly torn and there was some dust on his bald head, but he was completely unharmed.
Meanwhile, Goku clung to the edge of another pillar, gasping for breath.
His training uniform was shredded, but the light in his eyes only grew brighter.
"Hehe... Krillin, you really are strong."
Goku wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and slowly climbed up.
Krillin looked at Goku's current status.
[Goku]
[Status: Approaching limit. Saiyan bloodline is activating deep potential.]
The more he fought, the stronger he became.
The closer he was to defeat, the more reckless he became.
"Goku," Krillin brushed the dust off his clothes. His gaze became gentle... yet slightly cruel.
"If you can take my next move, I'll treat you to an entire roasted dinosaur."
"Really?!" Goku instantly looked like he had recovered all his strength.
"Really."
Krillin lowered his stance slightly, pulling his right fist back to his waist.
This time, he wasn't going to rely purely on brute force.
He planned to imitate the technique Goku used earlier, combining it with the power of his Serious Punch.
"I just learned this."
Blue Ki began gathering around Krillin's fist.
Within the blue light, faint red electrical arcs flickered — plasma created by pure friction between his physical power and the air.
"This is!" Goku's eyes widened.
"Kamehame... Serious... Punch!"
Krillin fused a Ki blast with the overwhelming pressure of his punch, creating a strange hybrid move.
But the power of this bizarre technique made the entire Papaya Island tremble.
"Come on! For the roasted dinosaur!"
Goku roared, squeezing out the last bit of Ki in his body and charging forward.
The final collision was about to begin.
...
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