>>5485181“OH SHI-!” you exclaim as his attack consumes you. The blast is tremendous, power burning away at you as it launches you. You don't try and resist the surging might, instead letting the blast carry you higher and higher into the atmosphere. Then, as the gravity lessens, you're able to roll off the beam, allowing it to blaze past without taking further damage. “Haaah, haaaah. So much for not taking another hit.”
Shaking your head to refocus on the goal, you once more lock on to Soba's energy. But before flying down, you have an idea. He isn't able to sense the divine energy you gather from everyone across the universe who believes in you, so you decide to set a trap for later. Just in case. Focusing your might you create an orb of ki twice the size of your own body, radiating with the unusual-feeling divine power and you leave it there in the air. Then you blitz back down towards the ground, slamming down on your feet, right knee, and right hand palm-down. Raising yourself up to your full height you smirk at him, wiping your mouth with the back of your hand.
“Okay, that one was clever, I'll give you that.” you say, lowering your slightly bloody hand. “But I'm still going to win this.”
“N-No way.” he says, you realizing he's still panting, clearly still recovering from firing off his attack. Looks like he was banking on that one to finish you off.
“Did you really think a little attack like THAT would be enough to stop me?” you tease, getting your first taste of fear from him this fight. He'd not been very worried up until this point, confident in his training to overcome you. But now that faith has been cracked, you getting only a whiff of fear from him. But it's enough to feel good, fueling you to further break him. “If that's all the power you can muster, you'd be better off simply surrendering.”
“Like hell. I'll quit.” he says between heaving breaths, clearly intending to continue despite his powerlevel being sharply cut. He may have cut your own energy with his power reversing trick he used earlier, but now his power's dropped by more than your own. He then crosses his arms, you sensing his power changing. You know what's coming, he's about to turn giant.
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