>>5484871“Nice trick.” you comment, crossing your arms and gathering your power. Then you unleash it out of you from all sides, your Explosive Wave blasting out from you and consuming the dozen or so images instantly as you throw out your hands with a roar. “HRAAAAA!”
The illusions are consumed, every trace of Soba's energy vaporized as your wave blows the fakes away. But the instant you end your technique, Soba reappears crouched in front of you with his right hand to his forehead and his left coated in his energy.
“Too slow.” Soba says, slamming his ki-clad fist square into your guts. It hits far harder than you'd expected, knocking you off your feet and sending you flying back. Flipping back once you land on your feet, sliding to a stop just in time to sense him reappear behind you. But as he does, again his illusions reappear surrounding you. Once more you cross your arms, preparing to fire off your Explosive Wave once more, but then you take another explosive heavy blow to the back. You're sent tumbling across the ground, getting your hands and feet underneath you then springing off the ground and taking to the air. But then the illusions below all disappear, reappearing around you once more.
“HYAAAAAH!” you roar again, once more firing off an Explosive Wave. The illusions are all destroyed, but this time Soba reappears a few feet above and off to your left side while firing a concentrated wave of ki directly at you. With only a moment to react you can't dodge, instead forced to cross your arms and block the heavy beam. It slams into you with tremendous power, scorching your body as it pushes you back. He keeps the beam going for several seconds, then when the attack finally ends Soba is gone once more. The next moment another dozen illusory Sobas reappear around you as you come to a terrifying realization: your power is dropping! “What the-?”
“Have you finally realized what's going on?” Soba says, his voice coming from somewhere behind you and sounding rather smug. You focus on your own energy instead of his, and realize that your power has been cut down. Not your Super Saiyan energy, but the divine power running throughout your body. It has been cut by nearly a third! And what's more, that energy you can feel fading away as it leaves the planet you're on, going off into space. “With every hit you take, I'll continue cutting your power down until you can no longer fight back. You can't win.”
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