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As long as the fragment bearing the stone pillar had not been completely devoured, the tournament would not end—and neither would the battle!

Jiren clutched his chest and staggered forward toward Son Goku, one step at a time. His body was exhausted, and his limbs moved with extreme uncoordination.

This was because Son Goku's massive impact had struck his brain earlier. Though he had recovered by now, he was still somewhat dazed—simply put, he was suffering from aftereffects.

Closer, closer, closer...

As he staggered forward, Jiren kept telling and reassuring himself that as long as he threw Son Goku of Universe 7 off the arena, no one left on the field would be able to contend with him.

Even though his body was exhausted now.

But a lion was still a lion. Even when utterly spent, the ruler of the grasslands was not so easily shaken from its position.

Tap, tap, tap tap...

At last, Jiren arrived beside Son Goku.

He stopped, staring in surprise at Son Goku, who had been so proud just moments ago but was now clutching his head like a child, lying on the ground and trembling.

Even Jiren, after all he had experienced, had never seen anything like this.

"Son Goku, you are a powerful opponent. I will always remember you!" He extended his palm toward Son Goku. Crimson energy surged at once, twisting together in his hand to form a spherical energy blast.

Jiren had no intention of killing Son Goku. At most, the energy blast would shatter the arena fragment beneath him, causing him to fall into the void and lose his qualification.

At that moment, Jiren's heart inexplicably tightened. An emotion he could not suppress suddenly rose within him, making the hand he held out toward Son Goku tremble slightly.

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