On the arena.
As the battle between Goku and God of Destruction Jin ended, battles of varying intensity erupted once more across every area.
Although they were intense, in the eyes of true powerhouses, they were nothing more than children playing house, unable to arouse the slightest interest.
At the same time, the other members of Universe 7 also began taking action on their own.
Goku had eliminated everyone from Universe 12, yet he had lost to a God of Destruction.
Their goal did not stop there. Not only would they knock the contestants from the other universes off the stage, they would even knock the Gods of Destruction off together!
"You just rest properly in the spectator area, Kakarot. What you failed to accomplish, I, your big brother, will accomplish in your place." Raditz clenched his fist, then shifted his gaze toward an area where auras were relatively concentrated, and where all of them belonged to powerful warriors.
There was the battlefield where the warriors of Universe 5 were located.
After locking onto his target universe, Raditz took firm, vigorous steps toward that area.
Clearly, he had set his sights on Universe 5.
As for Broly, the previous great battles had already made the Saiyan blood within him boil.
He also wanted to fight an entire universe, and take down that universe's God of Destruction!
All this time, they had constantly been growing stronger. First, to catch up with Lin Chuan. Second, naturally, to surpass the Gods of Destruction!
As for Vegeta... he had already chosen his target as well, and had begun moving ahead of the three of them.
The area where Universe 11's three giants were located.
"That guy Goku... was actually hiding such powerful strength?!" Toppo said with lingering fear.
If Goku had used that power during the preliminary battle, he would have been instantly killed, and it would have been the kind of defeat without the slightest suspense.
"The current situation is very favorable for our Universe 11. After Universe 7 lost Goku, their overall combat strength has greatly weakened. The universe that remains until the end will definitely be our Universe 11." Dyspo laughed smugly.
When the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman benefits.
They only needed to sit back and reap the rewards.
As the backbone among the three, Jiren remained silent, his mind recalling the battle between Goku and God of Destruction Jin.
Whether it was that God of Destruction or Goku, their strength was still very powerful.
Unfortunately, Goku had been knocked off the stage, leaving him no chance to personally fight him.
He would act against those Gods of Destruction at the end. Right now, the timing was still not ripe.
'Tap! Tap! Tap~!'
A crisp sound of footsteps came from behind the three of them.
Hearing the movement, the three turned around. The newcomer was none other than Vegeta.
The arrogant prince folded his arms, his cold gaze locking straight onto Jiren.
He had come for Jiren.
Jiren also noticed Vegeta. At this moment, the gazes of the two top powerhouses collided.
The atmosphere became heavy and strange.
Jiren became slightly more serious. His intuition told him that Vegeta's strength was not weak.
[Using a guy like this as this uncle's stepping stone is just right.] Vegeta grinned, a flash of anticipation crossing his eyes.
"Another Saiyan from Universe 7?" Toppo muttered to himself, carefully sizing Vegeta up with both eyes.
He did not know Vegeta, but his intuition told him that this guy would not be easy to deal with.
"Just a minor character. Leave him to me." Dyspo leaped forward and landed before Vegeta, folding his arms and staring at him with an extremely arrogant posture.
"You eyesore. Move!" Vegeta shouted expressionlessly.
He had no interest in a minor character like this.
"You bastard, you dare look down on me...!!" Having been underestimated, Dyspo immediately flew into a rage and was just about to attack, but Jiren called him to a stop.
"Dyspo," Jiren said.
Jiren's sudden words made Dyspo look toward him in disbelief.
"Jiren, you... you intend to fight?" Toppo asked in shock.
As Universe 11's trump card and hidden ace, Jiren taking the initiative to fight was an incredibly unbelievable thing.
It was also enough to prove that Vegeta's strength had aroused Jiren's fighting spirit.
"Mm!" the cold Jiren replied in a deep voice.
In the next second, he leaped from the arena and landed directly in front of Vegeta.
Seeing this, Dyspo hurriedly retreated outside the battlefield.
Seeing Jiren take the initiative to jump before him, the smile on Vegeta's face grew even thicker. "You saved that teammate of yours. Otherwise, he would have been eliminated by me in an instant!"
Jiren did not speak, merely staring at Vegeta.
In his view, Vegeta indeed had the right to say such a thing. Dyspo was far from Vegeta's match.
The two sides confronted each other. Neither was the first to act, instead sizing each other up.
Both sides had already gained a rough understanding of the other's strength in their hearts, but exactly how powerful the other was still had to be determined through actual combat.
"What is your name?" Jiren asked.
"Vegeta, the prince of the Saiyans!" Vegeta spoke a title he had not used to refer to himself in many years.
"Vegeta, is it? It seems you have already prepared yourself to be defeated by me. Since that is the case...!!" Jiren's eyes widened, and in an instant, an incomparably terrifying aura storm surged out from within his body, transforming into a tornado that ravaged all directions.
This aura was undoubtedly at the tenth-dimensional level!!!
The sudden storm triggered the arena's tremors and also affected the other battle areas.
After sensing the aura storm Jiren unleashed, Vegeta was startled inwardly, but very quickly, that surprise turned into excitement.
"As expected of the opponent I've set my eyes on. Since that's the case, this prince won't drag things out either...!!" The corners of Vegeta's mouth rose, and the Bloodline Power and Evil Power within his body were activated at the same time.
'Boom~~~!!!!!'
In an instant, a beam of evil light rose from the ground, followed closely by a destructive aura that had reached the tenth-dimensional level.
Vegeta directly transformed into the Super Saiyan 4 · Ultimate Evil Ascension state!
A millionfold combat strength increase raised Vegeta's battle power to the tenth dimension!
At this moment, Vegeta's battle power was as high as 20 Gou!
The collision between two tenth-dimensional auras caused the arena to tremble, and even attracted the attention of the gods and all the contestants.
Lin Chuan's attention was also drawn over.
"Vegeta took the initiative to seek out Jiren? This battle is somewhat interesting. I wonder just how far Vegeta's power has grown over this past year?!" Lin Chuan said with slight anticipation.
The battle between Goku and God of Destruction Jin had only just ended, and now another heavyweight confrontation had arrived.
Universe 11's strongest warrior, Jiren the Gray, VS Vegeta!
...
Spectator area.
Universe 1's side.
The Evil Saiyan Cumber, who had previously fallen unconscious, resonated with the Evil Power unleashed by Vegeta and subsequently woke up.
After seeing Vegeta's current form, Cumber froze.
In this world, aside from him, there was actually another Evil Saiyan!
Moreover, the purity of this Evil Power was already no weaker than his own!
At the same time, in Universe 11's spectator area.
"Another Saiyan from Universe 7? This Saiyan does have some ability, but unfortunately, he has encountered Jiren. He is seeking his own death." Supreme Kai Kai chuckled lightly and said with a relaxed expression.
As Universe 11's strongest warrior, Jiren's combat ability even surpassed God of Destruction Belmod.
Vegeta was very strong, but unfortunately, he was still far inferior to Jiren.
"Hmph hmph hmph hmph, the ignorant are fearless. To take the initiative to challenge Jiren, should I say he is brave, or foolish?" A mocking smile appeared on God of Destruction Belmod's face.
He was looking forward to seeing Beerus's expression after personally witnessing his contestant being knocked off the stage once again.
The current Jiren was an existence who absolutely could not lose, no matter who his opponent was! This included Gods of Destruction as well.
"That being said, that Saiyan from Universe 7 also cannot be underestimated," Angel Marcarita added.
In their eyes, Vegeta's defeat was already set.
...
Universe 7's spectator area.
Beerus, Whis, Goku, Tien Shinhan, and Krillin all focused their attention on Vegeta.
"That guy Vegeta has finally started moving? And he's fighting that very special guy from Universe 11 too." Goku focused completely, staring fixedly at the battlefield between Vegeta and Jiren without blinking.
The moment Jiren appeared, his Saiyan intuition had already told him that Jiren's strength was extremely powerful, but he was not clear exactly how strong he was.
Unfortunately, he had already been eliminated. Otherwise, he would also have wanted to spar with Jiren.
"The Ki that person is releasing feels very wrong... I've never had this kind of feeling before..." Tien Shinhan carefully sensed Jiren's aura, and cold sweat had unknowingly seeped out on his bald head.
Jiren's deep and powerful aura brought him an invisible suppression.
This was Ki, the purest and strongest Ki!
It was completely different from both the Saiyans' Bloodline Power and Divine Power.
"His power... is different from anyone we've ever encountered before. That pure battle Ki makes it impossible to sense where the bottom line is." Krillin remained on guard, watching Vegeta's battlefield.
Although their realms were far inferior to Vegeta and Jiren, watching battles of this level more often would also bring them considerable gains.
Beerus revealed a serious expression.
Vegeta's strength was very powerful, but that exaggeratedly built bald man also could not be underestimated.
This battle was worth paying attention to.
"Whis, what do you think the result will be?" Beerus asked.
"This time, Vegeta may have kicked an iron plate. However, what the final outcome will be is still unknown," Whis said.
These words caused everyone present to tremble.
Whis had actually given Jiren such a high evaluation?
Just what level had that bald man's strength reached?!
...
At this moment.
The aura collision between Vegeta and Jiren also ended.
Jiren could tell that Vegeta was still holding back.
Vegeta was the same.
The two simultaneously restrained their auras and sized each other up.
In the next second, Vegeta moved.
In an instant, he rushed before Super Jiren, gathering all his strength into his fist and swinging out an unstoppable full-power strike.
Jiren crossed both arms to form a defense before himself.
With a loud explosion of 'Bang!!!!!'
The power that erupted in this instant was truly terrifying. Even though Jiren had defended, he was still blasted away by this attack.
Pressing the advantage, Vegeta erupted with Ki and charged out, transforming into a beam of evil light as he rushed straight toward Jiren.
He devoted himself entirely to the offensive, and a destructive assault like a violent storm instantly pressed down on Jiren.
Vegeta's smooth and forceful attacks were so destructive that no one of the same level could withstand them. Even someone as powerful as Jiren showed signs of decline under this fierce offensive.
However, blindly attacking still could not inflict substantial damage on Jiren.
Jiren, who had fully entered battle mode, displayed extremely terrifying combat ability. His watertight defense completely dissolved Vegeta's offensive while launching a counterattack.
In an instant, his super-heavy punches, powerful enough to split heaven and earth, counterattacked Vegeta like a torrential rain of pear blossoms.
"What?!" Vegeta was shocked inwardly, folding his arms before his chest to form a defense.
'Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! …'
In an instant, dozens to hundreds of powerful attacks mercilessly bombarded Vegeta's body.
In the blink of an eye, Vegeta was knocked over a hundred meters away by this domineering counterattack.
His strong Super Saiyan 4 body was covered in fist marks, emitting scalding heat.
The heart-piercing pain coming from his body made Vegeta reveal an expression of enjoyment.
The battle-hungry factor within him was activated. A warm current swept through his entire body, pain transforming into pleasure, and Vegeta's whole body trembled with excitement.
"This is exactly how battle should be to be interesting." Vegeta grinned. His right hand gathered power, and emerald-green radiance converged in his palm. In the blink of an eye, the energy attack took shape.
"Sun Radiance Cannon!!!" As the words fell, Vegeta suddenly swung his right hand. An emerald-green energy beam shot from his palm, carrying an incomparably terrifying aura of destruction as it attacked Jiren.
"Hmph~!!" Jiren's expression was serious. He gathered power with one hand, and a deep-red blazing energy bullet shot from his palm, colliding with the Sun Radiance Cannon.
With an explosive sound of 'Boom~~!!!!'
The two energies instantly exploded. Blazing flames surged into the sky, transforming into a scorching energy wall that separated the center between the two of them.
"Tch~!" Vegeta's expression changed slightly, and he once again assumed a battle stance. His combat intuition and combat instinct both reached their peak at this moment.
'Swoosh~~!!'
A sound of tearing through the air rang out.
Jiren took the initiative to attack. His burly body broke through the flames and descended before Vegeta, swinging out a powerful strike.
Seeing this, Vegeta gathered power and threw out a heavy punch.
'Bang!!!' Vegeta and Jiren's fists collided, stirring up bursts of lightning, tearing space apart, and shaking the arena.
The thoughts and intentions between powerhouses needed no verbal communication. Through the collision of their bodies, they could sense what the other was thinking.
In the next second, something no one expected happened.
Jiren and Vegeta simultaneously abandoned defense and began a true hand-to-hand battle.
In the ultimate collision where every punch struck flesh, both of their attacks poured entirely onto the other's body.
'Bang! Boom! Bang! Boom! …'
Swift as wind and fast as lightning, injuries of varying degrees appeared on both Jiren and Vegeta, but from the surface, Jiren's injuries were clearly much lighter.
In terms of physique alone, Jiren's physical quality even surpassed Vegeta in Super Saiyan 4 · Ultimate Evil Ascension!
Finally, after exchanging dozens to hundreds of punches and kicks, a trace of impatience flashed through Jiren's eyes.
He displayed part of his true strength, and a heavy, forceful strike landed squarely on Vegeta's face.
After suffering a direct heavy blow, Vegeta's consciousness briefly blurred. When he came back to his senses, he had already been sent flying over a hundred meters away.