Jayr POV - Challenge Space - ???

  Suddenly I find myself in ay white space that almost reminds me of Ehit's realm and at the same time I feel a hell lot stronger as my e to my Spiral o and Divinity are pletely restored and now I trol them however I want once more, maki out a sigh while thinking, 'Woah, I feel so free and light! I truly didn't realize just how restrained I felt until I got back the trol and use of my Spiral o and Divinity.'

  Oher side, I see Son Goza's figure as he looks at his hands in wonder as he maniputes a small ball of Ki between his hands which makes me realize that he feels the same way I do.

  While ing to that clusion about my oppo, I also immediately noticed that the barrier was still enveloping our bodies which means that even if we were transferred to the Challenge Space the challeself didn't officially start yet.

  Shortly after realizing that, I hear the cheerful voice of Culture as it says, [Before the Champions Challenge officially start, I have to ask both, my Champion and the Champion of Void, if you guys have any preference regarding the battlefield where yoing to fight.] followed by the monotone voice of Void who adds, [There are no limits to the choices avaible to you. It be as simple as a single area of a specifiet, or a whole p with some kind of hellish ndscape full of deadly natural traps to even bigger size ones like a sor system with many ps all different from oher, or even to the point where we create a whole Universe. You guys have plete freedom on your choice, the only actual limit is that the choice must be agreed by both Champions.]

  Hearing that, both Son Goza and I look at each other in silend after a brief nod of aowledgment, we both lower our heads as we fall ihoughts.

  I quickly start to think about my options, 'The first thing that came to my mind was to choose to fight in space to take advantage of the fact that a Saiyan 't survive in the void of space... but then I remember that the young man in front of me isn't simply a Saiyan, but is the Champion of Void and it seems very farfetched that he of all the people is uo survive in the VOID of space, in fact, it wouldn't be surprising if he actually bees even stronger in suviro. Moreover, if I choose something that is really so disadvantageous for him, he would surely refuse the option. Because of that I also 't propose battlefields with extreme ditions, which I know easily endure, like a P with 1.000 times the gravity of Earth that should surely slow him down if not ht crush him, or in a deep uer area where he would be uo breath and also ehe stant pressure.'

  After quickly thinking about and discarding all those options, I came up with one single clusion, 'In the end, it is useless to try to gain an obvious using the enviro of the battlefield as my oppo is surely going to refuse if the odds are too mu my favor. My best option is to try to gain some subtle advahat do not ht put Son Goza at a disadva at most limit some of his abilities or the use of some teiques.'

  Shortly after thinking that, I raise my head to look at the still-p Son Goza and propose, "What do you think if we keep things simple and easy? I propose that our battlefield is going to be a simple imitation of one of the many variations of the Milky Way Gaxy but without aient form of life this way we don't have to worry too much about i casualties, some invisible walls, and the ck of space. There is only otle detail that I want to request and that is that the battlefield as a whole is reinforced making it much more resistant than what we are used to so that it doesn't crumble and colpse right away under one of our cshes. We even start the battle on the Earth of that battlefield so that the enviro is somewhat familiar to both of us. What do you say?"

  At the same time, I think while hiding the smile on my face, 'This is the best option possible without obviously skewing the odds in my favor. As a whole, the Milky Way Gaxy isn't that big, at least not for me when Teoppa GunCraterGar is much rger in size, which makes it quite easy for me to always be aware of Son Goza's presence using both my Senses and ic Awareness without fog too mu it which means he 't get away to hide using the Ki Suppressing trick to catch his breath, or even charge a powerful Ki Bst attack. Another not-so-obvious advantage in my favor is that thanks to the "small" size of the Milky Way Gaxy, he won't be able to gee an overwhelmingly powerful Spirit Bomb. I'm not sure if he is even capable of using that teique in the first pce as only someoh a pletely pure heart use it which should make it impossible for him to use it during any Super Saiyan transformation, but if for some unknown reason he , then it won't be too powerful as it will only be able to gather the energy from the "small" Milky Way Gaxy.'

  In respoo my proposal, Son Goza thinks about it for a few moments before he looks back at me, nods, and says, "It's a good idea. I agree."

  As soon as we rea agreement, our endless pin white surroundings grow hazy and start to ge, and shortly after, I feel my feet slightly sink on the soil uhe pressure of my weight, and looking down, I see thriving and lively grass quickly growing on the soil turning the area around us in a beautiful meadow.

  I feel the light breeze of the wily moving my hair and the fai of the sun soothingly caressing my skin which makes me look up and see an immense expanse of clear blue marked with pure white clouds watg us from above.

  In the blink of an eye, a full, thriving world formed around us and that is just the start as through my ic Awareness, I clearly feel a whole, plete gaxy springing to life in a mere moment, an enting act of pure creation.

  I'm not ashamed to admit that for a moment I lost myself in front of suatural and pure beauty, but soon I refocused myself oruly important matter, the ongoing Champions Challenge and the start of what is likely going to be my toughest battle yet against the Legendary Super Saiyan Hybrid Son Goza.

  As I focus bay oppo and prepare my mind and body to act at the first signal and then I take the usual Pankration fighting stahe one most fortable to me as it is the fighting style I have been using since I was a 5 years old kid.

  I face my oppo with a nearly frontal stance, only slightly turned sideways, the left side of the body is slightly forward of the right side of the body and the left hand is more forward than the right one, both hands are held high so that the tips of the fingers are at the level of the hairline or just below the top of the head, and are partially open, the fingers are rexed, and the palms are fag naturally forward, down, and slightly towards each other.

  The front arm is nearly fully extended but irely so, the rear arm is more cambered than the front arm, but more extehan a modern-day boxer's rear arm. the back is somewhat rounded, but not as much as a wrestler's would be, the body is only slightly leaning forward, and the weight is virtually all on the back with the right foot, with the fro foot toug the ground with the ball of the foot. At the same time, I see that he is also doing the same as he is staring at me while taking the iic Turtle School fighting stance.

  He stands with his feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent, and arms extended forward, his fists are ched, and his body is slightly aoward me.

  And then, the cheerful voice of Culture and the monotone voice of Void decre in perfect sync, [[The Battlefield is plete. The Champions Challenge ow officially start.]]

  [May Culture be with you, my Champion!]

  [Go Champion! Show everyohe all-ing power of Void!] Immediately after that decration, I feel the barriers proteg us fade away in an instant and at the same time, Son Goza doesn't hesitate to make his move by quickly ung a volley of Ki Bsts in my dire.

  Seeing the glowing, football-sized orbs of energy zooming toward me, I calmly manipute my Spiral o to envelope my left hand in a thin yer of energy, like armor, before I casually deflect Son Goza's series of Ki Bsts toward the sky while waiting for my oppoo make his move.

  The reason for that is that this volley of Ki Bsts is a simple and basic distra tactic as Son Goza moved away shortly after ung it leaving behind an impressive and lifelike afterimage while he is currently approag me from behind.

  As I'm about to deflect the st Ki Bst, I sense Son Goza's figure appearing behind me while swinging his right leg with the clear i of kig me on the bay head perfectly timing his approad attack, but I calmly deflect the st Ki Bst and at the same time, I lower my head perfectly dodging his kick by an hair breath before I turn my body and terattack with a spinning elbow aimed at the side of his torso.

  But my elbow strike immediately gets blocked by Son Goza who uses his shin to stop my strike while making sure that his shin impacts with the softer upper arm instead of the much harder and deadly elbow showing his immense fighting experience.

  Despite being blocked, the power behind my spinning elbow was still enough to easily blow back Son Goza by a dozeers, even more so as he was still in mid-air without solid support.

  Usually, he would have flow much further but he quickly used his Flight teique to stop his momentum and safely nd on the ground.

  I look at my oppo as he once again takes his fighting stance, and with a fident smile on my face, and ask, "So? Did you learn anything from that probing strike?"

  In response, Son Goza nods and replies, "Yes... You react really fast and hit really hard... In addition to that, I 't sense your Ki at all. I feel almost like fag Beerus-sama all ain and that is a quite scary sensation. Because of that, I'm going to kick up the pace of this battle."

  Shortly after saying that, his body is enveloped by a bright, green-colored fme-like aura, and at the same time, his body and appearance gh immense ge.

  First, his hair turns into a bright green color and stands up with no loose strands, the same is true for his eyebrows, his eyes also ge as they bee yellow, then his body grows i as his muscle mass greatly increases reag the t height of 3 meters and also causing the destru of the upper part of his clothes that gets shredded as his size grows giving Son Goza a very imposing presehis is the Legendary Super Saiyan Transformation in all its glory.

  Looking at the current state and clear eyes of the transformed Son Goza, I 't help but smile wryly while thinking, 'As expected... he has full trol over his transformation.'

  Then another small detail catches my attention as I focus on the calm state of our surroundings, 'It seems that the cepts didn't hold ba reinf the battlefield... Our previous probing exge should have caused quite a bit of destru, but instead, everything is fine. Moreover, Son Goza is currently unleashing enough power that would usually make the whole world shake quite easily, maybe even start to colpse us strain, but despite that, our current battlefield is still in a perfectly calm state. Thanks to these small details, I already calcute that to destroy this version of the Earth we have to sciously attack with around enough power to destroy a gaxy, maybe even more...'

  Shortly after I was thinking that Son Goza once again made his move, this time, he was much faster than before despite his much bigger size, to the point that I had to truly focus to follow his movements.

  Soon he is in front of me and without any wasted movements he unches a quick series of attacks.

  As I expected, this time his punches and kicks were much more difficult to dodge and hit much harder than before to the point that my body shook each time I was forced to bloe of his blows, on top of that, my own strikes are much less effective than before as he is able to easily shrug off attacks that are powerful enough to actually destroy the Earth in a single blow.

  Because of all these factors in addition to his relentless aggression, I quickly found myself forced to be more defensive while slowly retreating as I tio study his fighting style a used to his current rhythm.

  Suddenly, Son Goza finds an opening in my defenses and nds a very powerful kiy stomach, so powerful in fact, that shakes my internal ans and makes me cough out some blood as it sends me flying back toward the nearby woods, but before I actually crash into the many trees, I use my Spiral o to stop my momentum and flip in mid-air tain my bearings.

  At the same time, I also use the Dark Resurre Teique to quickly recover from any damage caused by Son Goza's kick returning to a perfectly healthy state in an instant.

  As soon as I have done all that, I immediately focus ba Son Goza and see him pg both his hands above the head with the palms fag in my dire and one hand in front of the other with the fingers going in opposite dires as he gathers an insane amount of Ki.

  Thehrusts his hands forward and calls out, "Masenko!!" firing a powerful beam of green energy that quickly flies toward me at the speed of light.

  Seeing the approag energy beam, I don't hesitate te my Spiral o and raise my right arm then as I unleash the Spiral o I just gathered, I point at the ground in front of me and call out, "Freezing Coffiing a big block of clear ice at the Absolute Zerht in front of me just before the energy beam impacts against it and explodes rising a massive cloud of smoke while actually destroying the block of ice but dispersing all it power doing so leaving me pletely untouched.

  Shortly after that, I sense Son Goza build up his Ki once more and hear his voice as he slowly calls out the name of one of the most iic teiques ever, "Kaaa... meeee..."

  Soon the smoke clears away and I see the figure of Son Goza up in the sky in a very reizable stah his cupped hands that are drawn to his side and the ever-increasing Ki is trated into a single poiween his cupped hands, "Haaa... Meeee..."

  In respoo that, I also unleash the full power of my Spiral aking a pure gold aura envelope my body while my fist starts shining and a clear blue orb of water-like energy gathers around it.

  Then Son Goza's hands are thrust forward as he yells, "HAAAAA!" shooting out a massive, streaming, powerful beam of blue energy toward me.

  At the same time, I yell back, "Tidal unch!!" shooting the small ball of water-like energy straight toward the massive energy wave with a single pung motion. In a matter of moments, the two signature teiques csh against one another, and for the first time sihis battle has started, our surroundings are actually affected by the csh as the whole world is shaken by the impact, and a few nearby mountains even ht colpse.

  Then it seems that the blue energy wave is slowly pushing back my small water-like orb about to the point of overwhelming it.

  But I smirk and do the thing that at this point became a true ritual for me as I annouhe start of the real teique by whispering, "...Boom."

  The moment, from the water-like orb g against the massive blue energy wave millions of deyed strong impacts, came oer another whistantly stopped the energy wave advand slowly but surely the small orb of energy started to push it back with every-increasing power.

  In respoo that, Son Goza yells even louder and increases the output of his Kamehameha even more in perfect Dragon Ball style in the effort of pushing back my Tidal unch reag a state of stall as he tio match the power as it increases.

  At the same time, I 't help but notice the effects that our current csh is having on the p as it is shaking more and more as unusual camities are happening all over the pce, clear signs that the p won't be able to ehis kind of csh for much longer.

  As the csh between Son Goza's Kamehameha and my Tidal unch tio increase in iy, so do the effects it is having on the phat in these few moments has already gohrough cataclysmic ges as the sky bee bright red with va eruptions, tsunamis, storms, earthquakes, and other natural camities stantly happening all over the pd growing in iy, clear signs that the p won't be able to endure for much longer and it is clearly on the brink of plete destru.

  Then the very st deyed impay Tidal unch arrive and it is so powerful that it not only pletely overwhelms Son Goza's Kamehameha but also pletely destroys this p blowing into tless pieces.

  At the same time, the resulting shockwave is so powerful that it also sends both my oppo and me flying into space while causio bnk out for a few moments.

  I quickly regain my senses a few moments ter finding myself floating in spaewhere near Venus, sidering how close the Sun actually is, in fact, I am much closer to the Sun than the p as I feel its gravity trying to pull me in.

  The first thing I do is use my ic Awareo check my oppo's state and location and quickly find him also floating in space but he is somewhere near Jupiter and ign some bruises on his body, he is mostly fine only a little disoriented.

  Then I check my state and unlike Son Goza, I'm not pletely unharmed by the aftermath of the csh between our teiques and the p explosion as I have got a couple of broken bones, some bruises, and many serious burns, and my left arm and right leg are pletely gone.

  The reason for my current state is that different from Son Goza who was in mid-air during our csh and so he was simply blown out of the stratosphere crashing against a few asteroids at most on his way, I was standing firmly on the p's surfad the st shockwave geed by the st deyed impact further amplified by the force of the Kamehameha sent me directly into the ground making me pletely pierce through the entire p as it exploded, and that wasn't a nice experience especially when I pierced through the exploding core of the p.

  I quickly urge my Spiral o and run the Dark Resurre Teique and in a few moments, my leg and arm grow bad all the other wounds on my body pletely recover bringing me back to a pletely healthy status.

  After doing that, I let out a sigh while thinking, 'As expected without Crateris my body is much more vulnerable, to the point that even my own teique actually harm me if I'm not careful... Well, there is also the fact that usually, the Tidal unch doesn't resolve so close to my position as the target is pushed further back the more impacts it receives. Oh well, with Dark Resurre such wounds are mostly negligible as I pletely recover as long as I have Spiral o, and I produ infinite amount of Spiral o as long as my willpower is strong enough.'

  Shortly after thinking that, I teleport to Son Goza's location who immediately notices my presence, looks at me, and excims, "Even after that explosion you are still pletely fine!?" before he focuses once again and decres, "In that case, I 't hold baymore... It's time to go full power!!"

  After saying that, he quickly turns his head, unfolds the brown tail ed around his waist, and stares at the nearby p, Jupiter, more specifically at the 95 moons that orbit around the p.

  As soon as I realize what he is about to do, his Ki spikes tremendously to the point that it even pushes me back as he lets out an animalistic roar, and the moment, he unleashes a blinding golden aura that forces me to y eyes for an instant.

  When I open my eyes, what greets me is the sight of a pletely ged Son Goza which makes me mutter in awe, "Here is it... The coolest Saiyan Transformation... EVER! The Super Saiyan 4!!"

  In this form, Son Goza's hair color returns to his inal bd it grows and bees wilder identically to Goku's aa's when they went through the same transformation, he also has his bang back.

  A red fur appears c the upper part of his body and the same goes for his tail, on top of that he also possesses a shadow trim around his eyes and over the eyelids of a crimson color.

  More importantly, he also retains the increased size of his Legendary Super Saiyan Transformation which gives him an even more imposing appearand aura.

  (Image Here - Son Goza LSSJ 4)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]The Legendary Super Saiyan 4 Son Goza then stares at me with a very wild gaze and says in a much colder tone pared to before, "Be careful... I'm still somewhat not used to this form and because of that, I'm proo lose trol from time to time... So, if I bee too brutal, I apologize in advance."

  After saying that, Son Goza rushes toward me at a speed faster thahe speed of light giving me barely any time to react as he appears before me and throws an overwhelmingly powerful series of punches.

  Thanks to my experieh such speed, I'm able to defend myself using my arms to block his attacks, but eae of his strikes is so powerful that my bones break uhe impact f me to stantly use the Dark Resurre Teique tee them, but this puts me on the back foot even more.

  Because of that, my oppo finds another opening in my defense and nds a very powerful puny abdomen, so powerful that his fist breaks through my skin and painfully sinks into my stomach making me grunt in pain before he mutters, "It's over..." unleashing a powerful Ki Energy Wave within my body that disies most of my whole body in a matter of a few instants.

  Odyin