Facing Vegeta’s renewed attack, Jiren remained expressionless, his aura heavy.
That gaze of his, which seemed to disdain everything, was as though he were looking at an insignificant little insect. He did not take Vegeta’s attack seriously in the slightest.
Vegeta naturally noticed the contempt in Jiren’s eyes. This made the God Ki erupting from him grow even stronger. He was determined to make Jiren pay a painful price.
And at the very instant he arrived in front of Jiren, both time and space seemed to freeze together.
Within Jiren’s enormous eyes, a deep red light flashed past. In an instant, an endless series of devastating blows struck Vegeta all at once.
‘BOOM~~!!!’
Accompanied by a heart-shaking rumble exploding through space, the divine power surrounding Vegeta collapsed, and his body was sent flying, smashing the protruding Katchin pillar into pieces.
“D-Damn it… what… what the hell happened…” Vegeta’s entire body trembled uncontrollably. The intense pain coming from his body made him feel as though it was about to shatter apart.
His mind constantly replayed what had happened in that instant when he had closed the distance.
【That guy… launched who knows how many attacks in a single instant. He was so fast that I couldn’t react at all.】Vegeta gritted his teeth, fury surging within him. His eyes held unwillingness and anger.
But more than anything, there was helplessness.
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At the same time, everyone on Universe 7’s side also noticed Vegeta’s miserable state.
“Vegeta… what exactly happened in that instant just now?!” Goku looked dumbstruck. He had never imagined that Vegeta, whose strength was evenly matched with his and who could even be slightly stronger than him in the same form, would actually be suppressed to such an extent.
That Jiren was terrifyingly strong!
“I couldn’t see what that guy did at all,” Android 18 muttered solemnly from outside the battlefield.
“In that instant, he launched countless attacks and directly shattered the energy protecting Vegeta’s body,” Android 17 calmly analyzed.
“Vegeta in Super Saiyan Blue Evolved doesn’t even have the ability to resist in front of that guy? Just how terrifying is he?!” Piccolo exclaimed with a frightened expression.
He knew very clearly that if even a powerhouse like Vegeta could be suppressed so completely, then even if Goku went up, the result would probably be the same.
Unless Goku used Kaio-ken, the gap in strength between the two sides simply could not be closed.
“It’s okay. Dad is still here after this. And even if Dad loses, there’s still Uncle Talot,” Son Gohan said with a heavy heart.
Lacking sufficient strength themselves, all they could do was rely on others.
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At the spectator stands.
God of Destruction Beerus and Angel Whis both wore grim expressions after seeing Vegeta being suppressed so thoroughly by Jiren.
In the other universes, there truly did exist powerful individuals capable of rivaling Gods of Destruction.
Fortunately, Universe 7 had kept an ace up its sleeve this time, with a super powerhouse like Talot from another timeline serving as their final safeguard.
“That guy can achieve this level with aura alone. Aside from that kid, I’m afraid no one can contend with him,” Beerus remarked.
For Jiren to receive acknowledgment from Beerus, the strongest God of Destruction, one could imagine just how powerful he truly was.
“He’s completely different from every opponent who has appeared before. The feeling he gives off… his strength is practically limitless…” East Supreme Kai felt a chill run down his spine. Jiren’s power was unlike anything he had ever witnessed.
Such absolute, extreme strength even caused a sense of invincibility to arise within his heart.
“If we absolutely had to compare him to something, it could only be a God of Destruction. Or perhaps… he has already gone even further ahead,” Whis said, giving the spectator area of Universe 11 a meaningful glance.
The level Vegeta had displayed was unquestionably at the very peak of a God of Destruction candidate. To suppress him, only a true God of Destruction should have been capable of doing so.
The strength Jiren had displayed had, without exaggeration, already surpassed Universe 11’s God of Destruction, Belmod.
However, Vegeta had not truly been defeated yet, so it was still too early to declare the outcome of the battle.
As Vegeta’s master, Whis understood better than anyone exactly what kind of state Vegeta was in at this moment.
Super Saiyan Blue Evolved was not Vegeta’s limit. Right now, Vegeta only needed an opportunity to complete his final breakthrough.
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Over at Universe 11’s spectator area.
“As expected of Jiren. He’s still as overwhelmingly powerful as ever. I thought this Saiyan called Vegeta might be somewhat troublesome to deal with, but now it seems we were completely overthinking it. Someone at this level is nothing to Jiren at all,” God of Destruction Belmod said with extreme arrogance.
“That may be so, but Jiren seems to be paying a great deal of attention to that Saiyan called Talot. It has completely disrupted the plan we made beforehand,” Supreme Kai Khai added.
“It has also been quite a long time since we last saw Jiren fight seriously. This is a perfect opportunity to let those people from the other universes clearly see just how large the gap is between them and our Universe 11,” Angel Marcarita said with a smile, her words carrying the scent of a scheme.
This battle held extraordinary significance for all the contestants from every universe present.
As long as Jiren displayed absolute power capable of defeating everyone, the contestants from the other universes would collapse without even needing to be attacked. At that point, winning this Tournament of Power would be effortless.
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