"Ah!!! Hah!!" Tien Shinhan flew in from afar once more, unleashing the last of his strength. His six arms struck at Goku in an endless barrage, pummeling the air into a vacuum.
The sky was filled with the afterimages of Tien Shinhan's fists. The vibrating air formed shockwaves that burst outward in layered ripples.
Yet Goku easily weaved through the shadows cast by Tien Shinhan's six arms, leaving afterimages of his own as he dodged.
For a moment, it seemed as though Tien Shinhan was surrounded by Goku's afterimages. Goku's afterimages were like a vast crowd, and a voice rang out from within them:
"It's over, Tien Shinhan!"
Bang! Bang!
Goku's afterimages converged before Tien Shinhan and struck his chest twice.
Fast.
Too fast.
Tien Shinhan had no time to react at all.
In an instant, the fist shadows thrown by Tien Shinhan's six arms vanished. His eyes widened as his body and all six arms went limp, flying backward as he fell.
"How is this possible? The gap... is this huge?!" Tien Shinhan's face was filled with disbelief. He could no longer maintain his Three Heads and Six Arms state, and the two faces behind his head and the four arms on his back shriveled weakly back into his head and back.
He had used every bit of his power except for the killing move of his third eye, yet he still could not defeat Goku. Tien Shinhan's face dimmed as he fell backward, his gaze complicated as he watched Goku drift farther and farther away.
"Tien Shinhan." Chiaotzu used his psychic power to catch the weak and dispirited Tien Shinhan, steadying him.
"I'm fine. Goku didn't strike to kill." Supported by Chiaotzu, Tien Shinhan stood in the air, coughed twice, and rubbed his chest where his breath had