>>5347488“I will not let you destroy him.” you had declared, stepping between the two of them. “You will have to go through me!”
“Oh? So you would defy a god, and risk your own existence over the life of a single Saiyan?” Beerus had asked, clearly expecting you to back down. But you'd surprised him by remaining steadfast.
“No. Not over a single Saiyan. But for my friend.” you'd replied, and ascended back into your Golden form defiantly. “For his life I would defy even you. Until my last breath.”
You remember that fateful day as you face down your friend once more, clenching your fists while raising your power up to its pinnacle.
“SHYAAAAAAAAAAAA!!” you roar, golden light enveloping you as you ascend to your strongest form once more. Your body strengthens as you take on your Golden form once more, spreading your arms wide down by your sides as your aura's blazing light begins to fade and reveal your form to them. “Now then, Karn. Seeing my true power, do you still underestimate me?
“Woah. You've really been working hard.” he comments with a grin, his eagerness to test his own power against you once more shining in his eyes. “Alright, I'll admit that I WAS underestimating you. But not anymore! Don't you hold back either! HAAA!!”
In a burst of power he explodes up into his familiar Ascended Berserker form, towering over you and the two deities. But he's not done yet, in fact he's only getting started.
“HRRRRRYAAAAAAA!!” he roars, veins bulging on his forehead as his emerald aura blazes wildly. You can sense his power increasing exponentially by the second as his hair starts growing out and down his back, proportionally to his increasing power. “HRRRAAAAAAAA!!”
The entire oddly-shaped planet begins trembling as he once more takes on his god-defying power. Both Beerus and Whis stare intensely at your friend as he continues roaring, strength reaching heights you wouldn't have believed just a few short years ago. Then with a final, pained roar he finishes his transformation.
“GRRRRRYAAAAAAAAAAA!!” he bellows, disappearing in a flash of emerald light as his transformation finishes. The blinding light quickly fades, leaving you facing down Karn in his strongest form. “RRRAAAAA!!”
After his roar Karn immediately charges forward, right held back as he readies a wild swing. You take a moment to smirk, remembering back to your first and second duels with him, where he opened the same way. Oh, how far you've come, how far both of you have come over the years.
