>>6150193“Tch!” you exhale as you slide your weight to your back foot, taking your fighting stance. Left arm up perpendicular to the floor, hand open to grab incoming or close into a fist as necessary. Knees bent, ready to leap forward or back, right arm pulled back to your waist, fist clenched and readied to deliver a powerful blow. Only for the treasure chest monster to suddenly leap off the ground at you, spinning clockwise and firing a heel kick at your chest! Which you stop by stepping into the strike, redirecting it up and over your head with your left forearm. Closing in, twisting your upper body counter-clockwise and firing a right uppercut straight into its emaciated frame. “HAAAAA!!”
Your fist lands flush, tearing straight through its frame. Ripping the creature in two, causing it to flop to the ground. Its legs fall dead, but it's upper body reaches for you again, grabbing your ankle and trying to pull you into its mouth. However, you plant your other foot, twisting and tearing your leg out of its spindly grasp. Continuing the movement you twist, taking another step back to avoid its wildly-swinging clawed fingers. For a few seconds it swings wildly, then quickly tires out as its powerlevel plummets. You then dash in, left drawn back and swinging down. Smashing straight through its wooden exterior, the creature groaning out as it dies.
“Guuh-aaaaaaah!” it cries as its body perishes, dissolving into motes of white light. However, instead of disappearing all the lights coalesce into a trio of items laying on the ground where it died. First is a single-handed sword with a needle-like blade, the basket hilt shaped to resemble a spider with the blade it's silk. A fitting gift for when she's older, perhaps. But the second item is one that draws your attention, a seemingly-unassuming white staff. You reach down and carefully pick the staff up, and curiously channel a whisper of ki into it. Causing the light around you to shift and distort, and when the effect ends, you at first don't notice anything. That is, until you look down at yourself, and no longer see your own body. Instead, you seem to be hovering over a small ceramic pot the size of your torso, you stepping back in confusion. Only for the pot to move with you, causing you to realize immediately what this is.
“An illusion? A disguise? Interesting.” you mutter, setting the staff down. Immediately that effect ends, the distortion once more disorienting you a moment. You step back forward, reaching down and grabbing the small pendant-like object, holding it in your palm. It looks to be some sort of hair pin, appearing emerald in the light of your aura. It could be different when you're no longer in your aura's light but the more clarifying light of your ship. So you gather up the items, expanding your ki sense again. Caulifla and Lottus' energies are still hidden, so with a sigh you release your Champion power, reaching out to the Saiyan guarding the entrance.
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