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“HRMM!” you grunt, as with Jiren doubled over your right knee draw your right arm back and fire a devastating elbow straight to the back of his skull. Ringing his bald bells and sending him sliding face-first through the arena floor, carving a trench with his face. But even that doesn't stop him for long, rolling over and landing on his feet, turning just in time to see you've closed the distance once more. Landing a quick 1-2 before he even has his arms up, staggering him back from your body's relentless pressure.

Grrrr! HAAAA!!” he roars as your attack drives him sliding back again, gathering his ki in his hand and firing a wide angle, scattershot-like blast of his energy. Which you dash straight at him through, weaving through dozens of attacks and closing in, grabbing his outstretched arm around his wrist with your left, ducking his own panicked left and pulling him into a sharp right elbow to the diaphragm. Forcing him to wheeze, knocking the air out of him as he doubles over again. Kicking off the ground into a leaping left uppercut, punch landing flush on his chin and launching Jiren into the air. Twisting around into a right backfist, sending him spinning and crashing back to the arena floor. Leaving you drifting back down out of the air, slowly falling back towards him.

Only for Jiren, from within the cloud of dust to fire a MASSIVE blast of energy. His overwhelming wave of power exploding forth, but your body already instinctively knowing to activate your Barrier. Absorbing the hit even as the powerful but unfocused blast of ki slams into your shield, sending you flying. The moment his blast ends you drop your Barrier, only for Jiren to just appear above you, launching into his attack. But your body is ready, resuming the fight without hesitation as you both fall back towards the arena. Neither of you landing a decisive blow, then as you reach the ground you both jump back from one another. Even Black Freeza hadn't pushed you this hard in this form, leaving you gasping for air. But you're not the only one gassed, Jiren's breathing much more labored than your own, his power already slowly but surely starting to wane. No longer at the same peak of one hundred percent he was before the fight had resumed. You're doing it, you can win this!

“Don't stop Karn!” Kars' voice suddenly shouts in your mind as a telltale tremor runs through your body, the power of your Supreme Instinct fading for a moment. Something Jiren clearly sees, immediately clenching his fists and drawing upon everything he's got to take you down. “Don't lose your tension now, not for a moment! Or your body's gonna give out first! Keep going!”


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