Goku Defeated

Thud, thud, thud!!!

Goku staggered back dozens of steps before barely managing to steady himself!

"Phew... phew... phew..."

Goku gasped heavily without pause!

"Damn it, I still can't see him!"

He quickly retreated, widening the distance between himself and Ōten!

"Haaah!!!"

With a furious roar, Son Goku's sacred blue aura erupted as a red aura rapidly covered it!

His hands immediately shone with dazzling light!

"Let's see how you dodge this!"

"Ha!!!"

The ki blasts shot out in an instant. In the blink of an eye, the entire space was filled with them!

Each ki blast hung in the air, shining as brightly as a blazing sun!

Piccolo's eyes widened abruptly!

"Th-this is..."

Piccolo had guessed correctly. Son Goku was using the very move he had used against Android 17!

Goku curled his lips into a smile. "Lord Ōten, let's see how you run now!"

Goku clenched his hand, and the ki blasts immediately surged toward Ōten!

However, he had clearly underestimated the power of Time Reversal. With six seconds at his disposal, Ōten could easily evade even such dense attacks by combining Time Reversal with Instant Transmission!

Boom, boom, boom!!!

Rumble!!!

Terrifying explosions instantly erupted across the arena!

The next second, Ōten appeared directly in front of Goku, his fierce fist slamming into Goku's abdomen!

Goku stared in utter disbelief. "How is that possible?"

"How did you do it?!"

Clutching his stomach, Goku collapsed onto the arena floor!

No one in the resting area had seen what had happened!

"Kakarot!"

Vegeta's face was filled with shock as well!

Ōten looked down at Goku. "Now you understand the gap between us, right?"

"Just surrender!"

Son Goku lay on the arena floor, groaning. "Surrender?"

"How could I lose here?!"

Beerus spoke indifferently, "Goku can't win. He should just surrender."

"Ho ho ho, Lord Ōten has already mastered the power of time. That truly is surprising!"

"It really will be difficult for Goku to win!"

Whis smiled.

Goku was even more stunned. He had never expected that Super Saiyan Blue combined with Tenfold Kaioken would not even be enough to force his opponent to transform. Had the gap between them already become this vast?

"Damn it!"

"I'm so unwilling to accept this!"

Goku slowly got back to his feet!

"I have to admit that Lord Ōten is indeed powerful. I can't even catch sight of your attacks!"

"But I won't surrender!"

At that moment, a faint white sacred energy began to spread from Goku's body. His aura had clearly changed!

Ōten's eyes widened abruptly!

"This is..."

"The beginnings of Ultra Instinct. Not good!"

A terrifying aura immediately spread outward from Ōten, and he charged toward Goku at high speed!

Time Reversal activated at once, making his attack impossible to predict. His heavy punch slammed into Goku's body!

Goku immediately felt an indescribable pain spread throughout his entire body!

"Ugh... it hurts!"

Goku reverted directly to his normal form and fell to the ground!

Whis kept his eyes fixed on Son Goku!

Beerus's voice immediately rang out!

"Whis, that just now..."

"Was that Ultra Instinct?"

Whis nodded, his expression serious. "That's right, Lord Beerus. It was Ultra Instinct!"

"I never expected Goku to have actually found a lead and displayed the beginnings of Ultra Instinct. Given enough time, he will certainly be able to cultivate Ultra Instinct!"

Beerus immediately roared, "When did you teach him that?"

"Why didn't I know about it?!"

Seeing Beerus fly into a rage, Whis smiled. "Lord Beerus, weren't you asleep?"

"Hmph!"

Beerus merely snorted and sat back down!

Ōten was also greatly surprised. He had not expected Goku to comprehend Ultra Instinct under his pressure. This was far earlier than in the original story!

It seemed that Ōten's arrival had already caused considerable changes to the plot!

Ōten glanced at the referee. "What are you standing around for?"

The referee immediately jogged over, examined Goku for a moment, then announced, "The winner is contestant Ōten!"

Ōten looked at the fallen Son Goku. "You're not bad. I hope you comprehend Ultra Instinct soon, and then we can have another match!"

Gohan immediately cried out from the resting area, "Dad!"

He then rushed onto the arena and helped Goku back to the resting area!

Meanwhile, Hit in Universe 6's resting area looked at Ōten on the stage and muttered, "That guy's speed is truly extraordinary!"

"He seems to know a technique similar to Time-Skip as well!"

"I wonder which of us is stronger?"

What Hit did not know was that the difference between their time-controlling powers was like heaven and earth!

Ōten's Time Reversal lasted an astonishing six seconds, while Hit's Time-Skip could only reach 0.1 seconds. The difference in effect was naturally enormous!

Once Time-Skip failed, one's own strength became extremely important!

At that moment, the large screen began to scroll again!

Before long, Hit's portrait appeared opposite Ōten's!

The referee immediately announced, "After contestant Ōten's victory, his next opponent will be Hit from Universe 6!"

Hit immediately stood up. His face remained cold and expressionless!

He jumped down onto the arena and stood opposite Ōten!

Champa watched the arena nervously, because Hit was Universe 6's last remaining contestant!

At that moment, Ōten and Hit stared at each other, neither revealing what he was thinking!

In the resting area, Goku woke up after receiving treatment and looked toward the arena!

"So that's Lord Ōten's opponent!"

"That guy is so calm. Even after watching the earlier matches, he can still remain so composed!"

"I can feel that he's doing his best to hide his aura, but I can still sense an aura as sharp as a needle!"

"He's strong!"

Goku muttered.

Vegeta beside him wore a solemn expression and asked, "Hey, Kakarot, what happened just now?"

"How did you get hit for no reason?"

Faced with Vegeta's question, Goku scratched his cheek. "I don't know!"

"But it felt strange. Every time I was about to hit him, he would disappear for no reason, as if time had stopped!"

"Yeah, just like time had stopped!"

Hearing Goku's words, Vegeta looked even more troubled!

Then the corners of his mouth rose. "Whatever. I definitely won't lose anyway!"

Beerus began dozing off again. "Whis, I feel like I've heard of this guy called Hit somewhere before. Do you know his background?"

Whis still wore a smile. "Ho ho ho, Lord Beerus, you're dozing off again. Don't let the Inspector see you!"

"As for Hit, I've heard he is Universe 6's foremost assassin!"

"He has never failed to take down any prey he set his sights on!"

Hearing the word "Inspector," Beerus immediately became much more alert and looked toward the arena!

"An assassin?"

"The Inspector should be fine, right?"

Amid everyone's cheers!

The referee's voice rang out!

"The match begins!"

As the match began, Hit assumed a very small stance, which piqued Ōten's interest!

Ōten beckoned to Hit!

Seeing that Ōten actually looked down on him, Hit moved at once, his speed incredibly fast!

Everyone in the arena cried out in surprise, "So fast!"