The azure flames continued to rise until they enveloped the entire arena. Thanks to Bulma's investment, the World Martial Arts Tournament arena is now 500 meters wide.
Gohan's aura wasn't limited to that much; it was only this much if Goku's ki barrier restricted it.
Gradually, Gohan absorbed the sky-blue aura into his body, and his pupils shone with a deep blue light as he looked at Goku.
"Watch out, Dad!"
Gohan responded to Goku by adopting a defensive stance.
"Ha!!"
Gohan stomped his foot, and a large gap was directly broken in the arena made of the hardest material on Earth. His figure left afterimages like lightning.
Gohan focused all his strength into one point and threw a punch with immense force.
Focus on one thing, and reach the pinnacle!
Facing Gohan's fierce punch, Goku wore a smile, his entire being radiating golden light.
Goku leaned slightly forward, then quickly turned around and grabbed Gohan's arms with both hands. Using Gohan's strength, he spun around in the air and then slammed Gohan to the ground with a back throw.
boom!!!!
The arena floor cracked open again instantly, sending debris flying and smoke billowing up, enveloping the entire arena.
The next second, a golden light shone through the smoke. Goku controlled the golden flames to expand instantly, and a huge gust of wind blew away the smoke and dust.
At this moment, Goku had transformed into Super Saiyan 2, and their strength was now roughly equal.
Gohan is at the Divine Power Second Realm (15/400), while Goku is at the Divine Power Second Realm (12/400).
It's not that Goku didn't want to transform into Super Saiyan 1, but Super Saiyan 2 was more cost-effective; he simply couldn't win as Super Saiyan 1.
With a difference of more than double, even the best technique is useless; you can just use sheer force to send bricks flying, okay?
Besides, Gohan was trained by him, and his fighting skills weren't bad; at least he was among the top few in the group.
Now that I have mastered Ultra Instinct, I can do some evasion and counterattacks in normal state that far exceed my original abilities, but they are still very limited and not nearly as strong as when Ultra Instinct form.
As long as Gohan's strength is no more than half of his own, his exceptional dodging skills combined with superior fighting techniques give him a fighting chance, and he might even be able to defeat Gohan.
"Ha!!"
The azure flames erupted once more, and Gohan appeared above Goku, elbowing him repeatedly toward Goku's neck.
Goku caught Gohan's attack with his palm, his arm twisting slightly with his body to deflect the force with minimal effort.
"What?"
Gohan flew out again, and came to a sudden stop just before reaching the edge of the ring.
Gohan relief when he saw that he was just a hair's breadth away from crossing the line.
The World Martial Arts Tournament has a rule that if you go beyond the boundaries of the ring, it means you have to admit defeat.
At this moment, Gohan's heart was already filled with turbulent emotions, and he was also extremely frustrated.
He could sense that Goku hadn't used much force at all; with just a gentle nudge, he was sent flying, and the force used was none other than his own.
However, Gohan's shock was only momentary, and he quickly recovered and smiled.
He understood that his father was testing him.
This fighting style was easy for me to handle; after all, my father had taught me this method.
The two collided again quickly, and then separated rapidly after each collision. The resulting shockwaves continuously impacted the air barrier, causing it to ripple in concentric circles.
Gohan waved his hand, and several yellow energy blasts, like swimming dragons, surged toward Goku with long trails of flame.
Goku's golden hair danced in the air as he swayed slightly and dodged most of the attacks with a few sideways movements. The remaining small portion was deflected by his hand chop.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The energy projectiles exploded upon impact with the air barrier, forming bursts of fireworks.
"Ha!!"
Goku unleashed his full power and charged towards Gohan, appearing before him in the blink of Gohan and delivering a punch to his head.
Gohan didn't have time to react and quickly crossed his arms to block, but Goku quickly changed his move and delivered a knee strike to Gohan's abdomen.
"Ah!!"
Goku didn't hold back; this attack used all his power, and Gohan was instantly sent flying into the air.
Taking advantage of Gohan's momentary shock, Goku Instant Transmission above Gohan, clasped his hands together, and delivered a powerful blow to Gohan's back.
boom!!!
A violent airburst sounded in mid-air, Gohan's figure plummeted downwards.
Although Bulma in the audience couldn't see Goku and Gohan's movements clearly, she could tell that Gohan was being beaten up, and Goku was hitting him pretty hard.
Bulma frowned slightly. She was determined to teach Goku a lesson tonight! Who told him to beat Gohan so badly?
Gohan's body tumbled several times in the air before regaining his balance just before crashing to the ground.
The pain made him gasp for breath, and his injuries were being continuously repaired by the Godly Aura.
" Gohan, let's settle this with one strike!"
Goku's voice came from above, Gohan looked up to see his father looking at him.
"Good!"
"Sizzle!"
Gohan grabbed the shoulder of his shirt with his left hand and ripped it off, tearing his already tattered orange martial arts uniform to the ground. He then placed his hands in a calyx shape at his waist, and blue ki began to gather in his hands.
"Kamehameha..."
Goku, watching from the sky, smiled as he saw Gohan below gathering energy.
The most depleting elements for a wave are energy and stamina, and these are the two things I have the least to lack. First, the Shenron gave me a recovery ability far beyond that of ordinary people, and then breaking through the Divine Dimension strengthened this ability once again.
The higher the Dimensional Level, the stronger the ki and physical endurance. Gohan is currently only at the King Yemma, while I'm already at the Divine Dimension. How can we compare?
The final result will definitely be that Gohan fails due to exhaustion of ki and stamina.
"Ultimate..."
Goku leaned forward slightly and placed his hands in front of him. His hands began to flash with a mixture of gold and blue light, and several golden arcs of electricity danced between them.
"Kamehameha..."
Goku moved his hands, shaped like calyxes, to his waist, and the specks of sky blue within the golden light began to grow stronger.
"Ki Gong Wave!!" ×2
"Ha!!"
The two simultaneously unleashed the energies they had been accumulating for a long time, and the two energies, mainly sky blue, collided in the sky.
The only difference was the golden light that fell from the sky.
boom!!!
Deafening explosions echoed across the sky as the two streams of energy remained locked in a stalemate in mid-air.
Although Goku's current Power Level is slightly weaker than Gohan's, it is clear that Goku's use of ki is more efficient and perfect, and the two are evenly matched in their ki-powering abilities.
The aftershocks of the collision continued to batter the ki barrier, and after several minutes, Gohan's ki and strength were clearly starting to wane.
"Ne... ne... ne..."
Gohan clenched his teeth tightly, his God Ki surging towards his calyx-shaped hands.
He knew that if things continued like this, he would surely lose, so he had no choice but to take a gamble!
"Ha!!"
Gohan channeled all the remaining God Ki into his hands, and the sky-blue energy wave instantly grew thicker, pushing the Ultimate Kamehameha back slightly.
"Um?"
Seeing this, Goku raised an eyebrow. Was this a last-ditch effort?
He then increased the energy he was outputting, and for a moment, the two energy energies were evenly matched once again.
"It seems it's over." Gohan looked on with some regret; his last struggle had been futile.
He hadn't expected that he'd only managed to force his father to unleash his Super Saiyan 2 form; the difference was truly enormous!
Before long, Gohan's ki blast gradually shrank, and then the Ultimate Kamehameha also gradually shrank.
Two energy waves, trailing long flames, disappeared into the horizon.
Gohan lowered his raised arm, his whole body heaving as he panted heavily, his originally sky-blue fur gradually turning light blue.
He's really tired now; he has almost no energy or strength left, and it's already a miracle that he can still stand.
" Gohan, you haven't let me down these past few years." Goku slowly descended from the sky, came to Gohan's side, and patted him on the shoulder.
Gohan is currently satisfied with his strength.
The arm that was patting Gohan's shoulder lit up with a light, and in an instant, Gohan's strength was restored to its original state, and some of his new wounds were repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This is Goku's Healing Technique.
Impressive, right? It was obtained by exchanging almost the same amount of air.
For Goku, preserving his life is quite good; as long as he can't be killed in one move, he's practically immortal.
" Gohan, change your clothes."
Goku was displeased with Gohan's tattered clothes, so he waved his hand and replaced him with a brand new set.
His Healing Technique cannot repair clothing; it only involves the application of qi, enveloping the clothing in qi, and then allowing the clothing to Instant Transmission.
The worn-out clothes had already ended up in a special trash can for recycling old clothes.
Gohan smiled upon seeing this, then looked towards the audience seats.
"I lost!"
Gohan really didn't want to say those three words, especially since Videl was watching from the audience.
He also wanted to win a championship, but he didn't have the ability. Sigh!
" Gohan, you go back to the stands first. I'll wait for your grandpa in the ring."
After the host announced the results, Goku looked at Gohan and said...
"Um!"
Gohan nodded and Instant Transmission back to the audience seats.
The surrounding audience didn't seem too surprised, as they were already used to it.
Their understanding was being fiercely challenged by Goku and his friends time and time again, making it no longer so easy to reach the G-spot of excitement.
In other words, only the bigger can excite them.
Goku stood quietly on the arena, waiting for Bardock, his eyes closed as he rested.
The moment Bardock stepped onto the ring, Goku opened his eyes.
His father was the strongest besides himself, after all, he had cultivated for the longest time, even nearly ten years longer than him.
Currently, his father's strongest strength has reached the Divine Power Third Realm (11.25/1000).
The embarrassing thing is that, among all her forms, even the one closest to Bardock's strength, Super Saiyan Rosé has reached the Divine Power Third Realm (15.625/1000).
The gap was more than one-third, not to mention that his own fighting skills were slightly better than his father's, which made things somewhat awkward.
She wanted to save face for her father in front of everyone, making it seem like he had met his match but narrowly lost to her. However, the problem was that her father, given his personality, would definitely not agree to her going easy on him.
So it's not that he wanted to appear as a loving father and filial son in front of so many people!
" Kakarot! I know what you're thinking, don't hold back!" Bardock, standing opposite Goku, looked at Goku with a serious expression.
He knew perfectly well that this was something Kakarot was capable of doing.
It seems pretty good on the surface? But my Saiyan and fatherly pride won't allow me to accept it!
The audience was astonished as they watched the two contestants on the big screen, because the two looked so alike.
Aside from the clothes and the scars on their faces, they are almost identical.
Could they be father and son?
(Such a large arena, 500 meters wide, how could a normal person possibly see it clearly? Therefore, using high-tech methods to film and project it onto a large screen is not a problem, right?)
"Ha!!"
As the match began, Bardock placed his hands on his waist and gave a soft shout. His inner energy instantly began to expand, and he transformed into Super Saiyan 4 Limit Breaker in an instant.
The flickering crimson God Ki was like that of a god or demon, even causing the energy barrier that Goku had left behind to tremble constantly, as if it would collapse at any moment.
Goku looked up at the air barrier above him and sighed.
A deep blue God Ki began to dance around him, his hair flowing freely, gradually fading from black and turning into sky blue.
Goku opened his palms, palms facing upwards, and a ball of azure Godly Aura slowly floated into the sky, merging into the original energy barrier.
After doing all this, the aura surrounding Goku gradually turned Super Saiyan Rosé, and his pupils gleamed as he looked at Bardock.
There are no pictures of Goku in his Super Saiyan Rosé form, only Goku Black. Please bear with it.
The two figures vanished instantly, and the ground cracked open.
The fists collided in mid-air.
boom!!!
The ground crumbled into scattered fragments of small stones, and waves of air surged and swept the fragments away in all directions.
In an instant, the entire arena shattered into countless fragments that flew into the air. The Super Saiyan Rosé God Ki and crimson Godly Aura collided continuously, causing most of the fragments to float directly in mid-air.
For a moment, the scene appeared incredibly magnificent and spectacular.
After dozens of collisions, Goku pushed hard, and the two were briefly separated.
The arena below Goku, now in a terrible state, let out a soft sigh.
Bulma will have to pay for the ring repairs again, although that amount is nothing to her family.
But seeing my property being destroyed by myself always makes me feel uneasy.
This can't go on. The arena still has some foundation, at least. If we keep holding back in the fights, we might lose even that foundation.
Even though her father didn't approve of her turning a blind eye, she would still turn a blind eye a little, as long as her father didn't notice.
He was suppressed but not completely suppressed, and there seemed to be room for a counterattack. After so many years of letting him off the hook, Goku had already mastered a set of superb acting skills.
It's time to end!