Conton City Tournament

Chapter 4: Semi-Finals

Hey guys, another week, another chapter.

The semi-finals were about to begin very shortly. One step closer until the new head time patroller was hired. Only four fighters remained now, each one fighting for reasons of their own. The eliminated warriors were no longer authorised to stay within the private area. Vegeta and Frieza had abandoned the arena long before, unwilling to show their faces out of shame. Android 16 had returned to Bulma and as for Hit, he had yet to been seen.

The remaining four fighters gathered as Rick returned to the stage outside. The crowd applauded as he took a few respectful towards the audience. "Citizens of Conton City, thank you for your patience! The semi-finals will begin shortly!"

"Whis, I am unfamiliar with these tournament rules," Beerus admitted. "What is happening now?"

As an angel, he had many responsibilities, one of which was gaining knowledge from countless planets. At this point, he was a walking Wikipedia. "According to traditional rules, what we witnessed was the quarter-finals. Now we're going to watch the semi-finals between the previous winners."

"And is my student among them?"

"Of course, my Lord."

Meanwhile, Chronoa was secretly hiding her relief that the tournament was going as planned. With Vegeta, Hit, Frieza and 16 eliminated, this left her three time patrollers as contestants. Goku was the only obstacle now. As soon as he was eliminated, then her worries would be at ease. For now, it was time for the next fight to begin.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the first round of the semi-finals!"

His announcement was met with cheers of enthusiasm. In a matter of seconds, the first fighters of this round walked out of the arena and towards the stage. Two saiyans, fierce and brutal warriors of their species, were about to fight. Now that both fighters had the opportunity to study their fight styles, both now possessed the knowledge on how to defeat the other.

Goku eyed the surprisingly taller saiyan who almost matched him in height. Grinning, he tightened his belt as they conversed. "I can't wait to fight! You don't meet many female saiyans! Can you go Super Saiyan?"

Marra chuckled to his enthusiasm. "Crazy to meet you someone as excited as I am. I have to say, it is an honour to face you."

This further peaked Goku's interest. "Really?"

Marra nodded. "Caulifla talks about the saiyan who defeated her in the Tournament of Power. From what I gathered, you're not to be underestimated."

By now, the two saiyans had reached the stage and moved towards the opposite ends, though they remained in hearing range. Rick was polite enough to wait for their conversation to conclude, though there was a certain limit until the crowd grew restless.

"Wait, you're from Universe 6?" Goku questioned and she nodded. "Then you must be strong!"

"Guess we'll find out," Marra replied while tightening her fingerless gloves. "Rick, we're ready."

Rick donned his microphone to greet the crowd once more. "Welcome! Both of you have made it to the semi-finals. The same rules apply as before: no time limit and win by knocking your opponent down for ten seconds, knock them out of the ring, or if they surrender. Begin!"

With the match officially declared, nothing held back the two saiyans. Without hesitation, Goku and Marra begun their battle. After studying each other's styles from the quarter-finals, both knew every move their opponent had to offer. Now it was just a matter of finding a weak spot in their style.

Goku raised her arm to block a strike from Marra. With quick speed, he ducked and performed a sweep kick to trip her. Marra fell but placed both hands down and performed a back-flip to regain her balance, recovering successfully.

Marra charged towards the more experienced saiyan, but as opposed to striking, she jumped and rolled over Goku's back. She landed on her own back before thrusting both legs forward, her feet colliding with Goku and knocking him forward. Surprised, Goku had no choice but to take the kick. That attack almost caused him to stumble out of the ring. Flipping forward, Goku placed both hands down and performed a handstand to steady his balance before flipping himself back into the ring.

Refusing to give him any breathing space, Marra charged and jumped with one leg stretched forward, unleashing a combination of kicks. Goku ducked to avoid two of Marra kicks. Leaping up, he met Marra halfway into the air. Placing both hands on her shoulders, Goku headbutted her before delivering a knee to her stomach. To finish off, Goku raised his arm and elbowed Marra to the ground, watching as the younger saiyan fell towards the stage.

Marra braced herself midway, but not enough to save herself from injury. Barely landing on both feet, she regained her balance and looked up to see the older saiyan charging towards her with one hand stretched back. If that attack hit her head on, no way she could remain conscious from that blow. It was time to pull out her ace card, something she had hoped to conceal until the time was right. But it was now or never.

At the final second, Marra roared as her hair flamed up and outstretched her hand, catching Goku's first before performing a backwards flip to kick him away. Goku flipped mid-air and landed safely on the stage floor. With a huge grin, he felt a sense of pride to see her hair had shifted to golden blonde, longer than his own due to her natural hair length. The flaming energy surrounded her, eyes were now green and overall appearance lighter from the energy and light output of the golden aura.

"I knew you could do it!" Goku exclaimed as he stood upright.

"I did plan on saving it as a last resort," Marra admitted. "Sometimes you just need go with the flow."

Goku chuckled as tightened his wrist straps. "You're good. I know this guy you may like from Universe 11."

Marra returned a grin of her own. Her aura increased, and her hair grew slightly more while electric sparks emitted around her body, doubling the power within her ascended form. "We gonna stand around all day or are we going to fight?"

Goku dropped his amusement into seriousness, knowing he could no longer take the fight as lightly as he thought. With a small roar, he transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and charged. Marra raised both arms and blocked, countering with a kick before throwing both her hands forward to which he calmly caught and threw her aside.

As Goku threw another punch, Marra pushed her arm upwards to break his guard. Without hesitation, Marra elbowed him in the stomach, followed with an undercut and then throwing the older saiyan over her shoulder to hit the ground.

Goku fell back first, forced to move to avoid Marra's fist slamming into his face before rolling out of harm's way. Quickly, he fell forward and tackled Marra to the ground. Marra pushed him off before throwing a kick, only for Goku to catch her leg before throwing her to the ground.

Goku and Marra charged, engaging in a grip lock as they both attempted to push the other back. With a small grunt, Goku pushed her backwards. While holding Marra' wrists, Goku ducked down and begun to unleash a fury of kicks against Marra's stomach, using her restrained hands to keep himself balanced.

As seconds passed, Goku jumped forward to knee her in the stomach again. Now expecting this, Marra raised one leg to block his knee. Finally pulling one of her hands free, Marra countered with a punch to Goku's chest and then a direct kick to his hip. Within their ascended forms, they were equally matched and couldn't gain an advantage over the other. Their fighting style no doubt caught the attention of the various spectators.

Beerus eyed the two saiyans fight, taking specific note of Marra's fighting style. "Her fighting style…Familiar."

"I knew this tournament was a great idea!" Chronoa cheered. Turning towards the elderly kai beside her mockingly, she nudged him. "Well? This is the part where you say admit I told you so?"

Elder Kai scoffed. "Things could still go wrong."

Goku charged, throwing multiple strikes. She barely dodged each one as they fought, throwing her arms up in a protective manner. It was not long until Goku landed a kick to her side, knocking Marra to the ground. As he swung his leg around a second time, Marra caught his leg and retaliated with a punch to the lower torso. Studying his movements carefully, Marra anticipated a punch and caught it within her hand. Surprised, Goku did not expect his opponent to strike before throwing him to the ground.

Before Marra continued, she did not expect a sudden fist to come directly towards her face. Moving with less than a second to spare, she narrowly dodged Goku's punch. With her guard up, Marra acted on the defensive, swiftly dodging each of Goku's attacks. He fought quicker when holding nothing back, a feat which Marra had to acknowledge fast.

Briefly breaking away, Marra thrust back her hands and charged a familiar attack, curling her fingers and placed both hands together backwards, one palm of her hand against enough as she gathered her ki. She thrust both hands forward to fire a powerful blast of energy. "GALICK GUN!"

In retaliation, Goku cupped his hands and charged what little energy he could in the short amount of time he had remaining. The second his signature attack had enough ki, he unleashed his attack. "KAMEHAMEHA!"

Their two beams clashed, only sustaining for a moment until it dispersed. Had Marra been two seconds faster, her beam might have knocked him away and possibly out the ring itself. Taking a brief break, the two saiyans stared the other down intently. Their pause in fighting opened up the cheers of the crowd to their eardrums. With a small sigh, Marra dropped out of her ascended form, brushing a loose strand of her from her eye.

"It's been a while since I fought in my ascended form," Marra admitted. "But it's gonna take more than that. It's time to bring out the next level."

Goku was no intrigued to see she had much to offer while he remained in his Super Saiyan 2 form. "You going to take this up to Super Saiyan 3? It's been a while."

Amused by such a ridiculous suggestion, Marra chuckled. "I was never a fan of that form, gives me a bad hair day. Allow me to show you a power that surpasses that of any Super Saiyan."

Clutching her hands tightly, she roared as her normal ki dispersed and was replaced by that of an energy few had possessed.

She began powering up, energy whirling round her till she was fully obscured, the area beginning to shake, athletics sphere of energy closed around the saiyan. Energy exploded out from around, forcing the spectators to protect their eyes. As seconds passed, the energy died down and revealed Marra, standing firm with a new appearance. Admittedly, Goku had not expected her to reach this level.

Her hair was now in a shade of red while retaining her normal style and hiding any stray hairs. Her eyes were more detailed as they turned red, her skin tone slightly pink and her overall appearance appearing younger and thinner. Even with her trench coat did not hide this feat. With a smile, the aura of orange, raging fire surrounded her. No longer was she the average saiyan, this was a feat restricted to those who are worthy, those who had trained and pushed their bodies beyond the limits. Only those with God ki could possess such power.

This was the legendary Super Saiyan God.

Beerus was just as surprised, arching one eyebrow curiously. "Super Saiyan God, now that is a legend I haven't witnessed for some time. My idiot brother would never dare to train a saiyan, then that only means…Whis…"

His attendant smiled while narrowing his eyes towards him. "Yes?"

"You never told me you were training another saiyan."

"With respect, my Lord, I never said I wasn't."

Beerus huffed as he crossed his arms, finally gaining an interest into this tournament. "This should be interesting."

Goku grinned as he observed her God appearance. "Great job reaching this form! It took me until I was middle age to reach this level. How old are you?"

"Never ask a woman her age, Goku," Marra warned teasingly. She grasped both arms against her coat and cast it out of the ring, revealing a black jumpsuit similar to the traditional saiyan outfit. "Think we should keep it even?"

Nodding, Goku released a small roar as his blonde hair dropped into red, aura switching from yellow to orange. With both saiyans in their God forms, they charged once more. Their bodies were trained to stay in Super Saiyan for as long as possible, but their God forms had a limit to how long they were sustained.

Marra hurled herself at Goku, screaming with rage. Goku jumped over Marra, who stumbled as she tried to recover her balance, then grunted in pain as she felt the impact of Goku's foot on the back of her head. She shook off the throbbing pain and swung herself around, her fist swinging directly into his face. He received the blow head on, stumbling back. Pressing her feet firmly against the ground, she charged forward and unleashed a powerful Meteor Combination, elbowing Goku away. She followed with powerful barrage of kicks and punches, ending with a heavy punch to his stomach. She threw her leg forward once more, but the saiyan smiled and raised a hand, firing a beam of energy which exploded on contact, sending Marra tumbling backwards.

Their punches and kicks were shaking the entire arena, no doubt the God energy was giving them power beyond belief. Most of the eliminated fighters were relieved to see they had not advanced forward and fought the likes of these saiyans. Anymore and they may damage the environment, barrier or no barrier.

Marra stopped herself in mid-air, breathing heavily and charged again, blind to the consequences. She launched a fury of punches and kicks, and Goku dodged left and right, walking slowly backwards as Marra's fury worsened her aim. After several seconds, Goku elbowed Marra in the neck. He followed up with a punch to the stomach, and Marra doubled over, gasping for breath. Goku kicked her away, dashing around behind her before she could hit the floor, stopping Marra's fall with his fist. In mid-air, Goku threw Marra to the floor. The saiyan groaned, trying to stand, but failing.

Her body trembled from pain, no doubt the power blows of his Super Saiyan God form were beginning to bear too much for her. As Goku advanced, she swiftly placed two fingers to her head and disappeared from the audience's eyes. Goku was caught off guard to see she knew of the Instant Transmission technique, a lesson he learned as he felt Marra wrapping one arm around his waist and the other around his neck.

With a collective combination, she drove her knee into his back, threw Goku over her shoulder, then as he crashed to the ground, Marra landed on top of him, driving her foot into Goku's back. She grabbed Goku's head in both hands and slammed him against the ground once. The second time, Goku countered with a fist, taking the opportunity to jump to his feet. Marra begun hurling ki blasts his way while he countered by deflecting them all away before charging forward once more.

Goku caught Marra's arm in a lock and proceeded to deliver three strikes to her chest, then a fourth to knock her down. Before Goku continued her onslaught, Marra spun on the ground with one leg stretched out. Goku was quick to dodge with a small jump, but not quick enough to avoid her second leg which struck Goku in her stomach.

As Marra jumped to her feet, Goku raised her arms to block. They commenced countering and blocking the others attack, relying solely on their martial art skills to fight. Goku side-stepped to avoid Marra fist. Swiftly, he struck to the side of Marra lower torso before kicking her in the stomach.

Marra stumbled, but quickly retaliated with an elbow strike to her his face, stunning him. She jumped up and delivered two kicks into Goku's face, knocking him off balance yet again. Unleashing a growl of brief frustration, Goku spun around behind her. She threw her arm towards him, but to her horror, her fist went straight through, hitting his image instead. A kick to her back confirmed he had used the Afterimage Technique to trick her.

Losing energy faster than he was, Marra was forced to admit she could not keep up the fight any longer. Goku was far superior to her in every way. Strength, skill, speed and overall power. There was nothing more she could do to defend herself. He hit harder, he moved faster, he was better trained and so more. The saiyans returned to the ground, Goku showing no signs of backing down while Marra clutched one arm over her stomach.

"You fought well, Son Goku," Marra praised, slouching her free arm in exhaustion. Her red hair dispersed as she returned to her base form "But it is time you finished this. Your power far surpasses my own."

Goku opened his mouth to protest, but his words would certainly fall on deaf ears. Marra was stubborn. With a small nod, Goku raised his hand and calmly shoved Marra aside. Putting up no resistance, Marra allowed herself to fly out of the ring and hit the ground with a small thud.

"Marra is out of bounds! Goku wins and moves onto the finals!"

Now that her fight was over with, Marra had no reason to stay. Her time in this tournament was over, no way of earning that title of head time patroller now. Still, not many could say they fought Goku and gave him a run for his money. As she donned her trench coat and prepared to leave, Goku stood at the edge of the stage, hand offered towards her. With a smile, she accepted and Goku helped Marra back onto the stage, waving their free hands towards the crowd.

"Nothing like a good show of sportsmanship!" Rick praised.

"You're a great warrior, Marra," Goku praised. "Keep training and someday you will reach the next level."

To his surprise, Marra appeared puzzled to his suggestion. "There's a level beyond Super Saiyan God?"

"Yeah," Goku confirmed. "You didn't know?"

Marra shook her head. "What do we call that one? "Super Saiyan God 2"? "Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan"?"

Goku chuckled. "When this over, come find me. I'll reach you more about it."

Without another reason to stay, the two saiyans departed. Rick watched them leave before grabbing his microphone once more. "Stay tuned for the next match soon!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the second and final round of the semi-finals!"

Little more than a moment later, the two fighters emerged from their hiding positions and approached the stage, greeted with enthusiastic cheers of their fans. Neither opponent cared to meet their expectations. They were here to fight, nothing more, nothing less. Admittedly, it was hard to determine who was going to win this. Kyūri had demonstrated he was powerful enough to knock down Frieza with a mere blow and this was only in his base form. Provided he too had the ability to transform, this made Kyūri one of the more dangerous opponents. The same could be said for Hadasamuidesu, too. Their match was about to commence soon.

Meanwhile, Goku took up position within the private room to spectate. As a saiyan, no opponent would ever prevent his lust for battle. Yet Kyūri gave off a sense of worry. As both a saiyan and student of Beerus, this made him the possibly the strongest mortal in all the universes, only on par with the likes of Jiren.

And then there was Hadasamuidesu. Aside from sharing the same species as Frieza, Hadasamuidesu demonstrated he would never hesitate to hurt those who oppose them no matter who they were. His incredible strength also made him a difficult opponent. Goku was relieved to be away from the fight for now, but that still didn't make him feel comfortable watching the two.

His privacy as interrupted by a familiar voice. "Should be interesting, right?"

Goku turned his head towards the other saiyan, smiling to see her once more. "You know you're not supposed to be back here, right?"

Marra removed the fingers from her head and followed with a shrug. "Not against the rules if you don't get caught."

Goku chuckled. "Now let's watch the fight."

Stepping into the ring, the two fighters resumed their respective positions. Hadasamuidesu was still within his Final Form, no doubt unwilling to risk fighting the saiyan within his base form. If Frieza was incapable of taking a punch, then this didn't leave him with much closure. Hadasamuidesu didn't think further as the upcoming battle caught his attention.

Without hesitation, Rick threw down his arm once more. "Begin!"

The two eyed the other down intently, eyes focused and bodies positioned in their respective defence. One would advance, one would fail. Who would be the lucky winner was a mystery. Saiyans and frost demons were amongst the strongest of all reality, reaching limitless power through extensive training. Requiring more power to fight on par, Kyūri's aura extended around him as he transformed into a Super Saiyan, confirming everyone's theory once more.

Without hesitation, the boost from their respective transformations allowed them to meet halfway in the ring as they engaged in battle. Their battle begun swiftly as they a combination of punches and kicks to try and gain an advantage over the other. So far, they were equally matched. None showed any interest of gaining the upper hand. Undoubtedly, Kyūri did not expect such resistance from the frost demon.

"You're pretty good," Kyūri praised in between the punches they exchanged.

Hadasamuidesu merely grinned but could not share the same feeling. As Kyūri threw another punch, Hadasamuidesu caught him in an arm lock before slamming his head down and delivered a devastating headbutt. The force of the blow almost knocked Kyūri down. Unfazed, he lifted his head and resumed eye contact.

"That all you got?" Kyūri taunted, waving his hand back mockingly.

Hadasamuidesu frowned but kept his cool. He raised his arms and continued his assault against Kyūri. Resuming their match, the two begun to exchange punches once more. Kyūri blocked two more of Hadasamuidesu's strikes before leaping back. His current strategy was not getting him anywhere and therefore, he needed to switch up his fighting style. Kyūri begun to circle around Hadasamuidesu while studying the frost demon's fighting style. Hadasamuidesu was obviously trying to knock him out quick and was using quite a bit of strength to do so. He must be tiring himself down with those strong punches.

Now Kyūri had an idea. Risky but an idea. Hadasamuidesu get close and begun his attack again but instead of fighting back, Kyūri decided to go on the defensive. If he could just tire him down enough, Kyūri may be able to knock him out easier. Hadasamuidesu threw punch after punch after punch, but no matter how hard he hit, he couldn't break through Kyūri's defences. Kyūri was putting up a good fight and may have a chance of winning after all. His desire to win fuelled his determination.

Now he was angry. Hadasamuidesu continued his assault but this time, he was prepared. Kyūri moved to counter with a quick strike again but this time, Hadasamuidesu anticipated his movement and caught Kyūri in a armlock once more. Now that he had Kyūri in his grasp, Hadasamuidesu was prepared to finish this. With Kyūri's arm trapped in his own, Hadasamuidesu did not hesitate to snap Kyūri's arm upwards, breaking it.

Kyūri roared in agony as the bones in his arms shattered. Now distracted from anguish, Hadasamuidesu roared and pushed with all his might, determined to end this with a single ring out. Refusing to fall from such a cheap tactic, Kyūri roared as he channelled the pain into anger and fuelled his power. Without any more resistance, his hair flamed into Super Saiyan 2, giving him the brief edge to break out just in time, kicking Hadasamuidesu away seconds before he would have fallen out of the ring. With a strong tug, he snapped his arm back into place.

Beerus grinned to his student's refusal to submit. "Excellent."

Hadasamuidesu stumbled back, grasping his flat feet into the ground to halt. Calmly wiping a small scratch from his face, he noted the ascended transformation before him. Needing to take this further, Hadasamuidesu calmly grasped his hands together as he grew taller and much bulkier than before, contradicting his usually sleek and slim form. This was his full power, one-hundred percent of his Final Form. "Shall we?"

Kyūri grinned and threw the first punch, but Hadasamuidesu dodged to the side. He leapt over the large saiyan, landing behind him and kicking at his back. Kyūri jumped forward to avoid the attack, spinning to face his opponent and launching a barrage of brutal attacks. Hadasamuidesu parried each one, getting into the rhythm of the fight. The combatants separated before taking their fight to the sky.

Briefly pausing, Hadasamuidesu crossed bulky arms and eyed his opponent curiously. "I heard you were a student of Lord Beerus."

Kyūri's frown remained, uncertain if this was a ruse to buy time or general curiosity. "And if I am?"

"It must be a privilege to train under the God of Destruction himself," Hadasamuidesu praised. "I'm curious, what exactly did you do to earn his trust? How did you gain the honour of personal training?"

"That's for me to know and you to find out," Kyūri responded defensively.

"Touchy, are we?" Hadasamuidesu noted with a small, amused chuckle. Throwing his right arm forward, he formed ki into a piercing energy blade around his hand, preparing to unleash a Sauzer blade.

Engaging once more, Hadasamuidesu charged forward and swung the blade with rapid speed, determined to win this fight. Hadasamuidesu remained on the defensive, knowing one touch from that blade could cost him dearly. These were strong enough to cut through his flesh provided it was a dead-on attack.

Meanwhile, Chronoa noted his blade and turned towards her close ally for advice before making a certain decision. "Trunks, you have more experience with battles than I do. Aren't weapons banned?"

Almost immediately, Trunks shook his head. "He used his energy to form a blade, it's no different than using any energy attack. It's not against the rules, Supreme Kai."

Kyūri continued to back away from his blade, timing the precise moment to counter. All he needed was one block, a perfectly timed defensive to strike. Too early and he would miss. Too late and he would be struck. Focusing on the blade alone, Kyūri jolted his hand forward and caught the blade, leaving a surprised Hadasamuidesu frozen. With a gentle squeeze, he crushed the blade into pieces before slamming his foot into the frost demon's stomach, knocking him a small distance away.

Hitting the barrier, Hadasamuidesu almost lost balance to fly. Swiftly, Hadasamuidesu rushed Kyūri, who vanished, appearing behind the frost demon and elbowing him in the head. As he tumbled away, Hadasamuidesu dashed forward and attacked, but Kyūri blocked all his punches and then rammed his knee into Hadasamuidesu's stomach.

Hadasamuidesu was forced to endure the attack, but not enough to prevent him from blocking a punch to his chest, jumping up and backwards. He began to charge energy in one of his hands but thinking about this he momentarily lost track of his opponent. Kyūri appeared above him, using both fists to hammer him downwards. Hadasamuidesu hit ground hard, denting the stage ever so slightly. Growling, he jumped up to continue.

Hadasamuidesu lunged at Kyūri, but the saiyan stepped out of the way, painfully grabbing wrenching Hadasamuidesu's arm and twisting it almost to breaking point as a means of payback. Hadasamuidesu swivelled around, pulling his arm out of the hold, and fired a full-power energy blast at point-blank range. The explosion vaporized his opponent, practically deafening Hadasamuidesu. As the smoke cleared. Kyūri stood there, almost unharmed, clothing ripped in a few places, but essentially unaffected by the attack.

"Not bad," Kyūri noted. "I don't understand why your kind are feared. Saiyans will always surpass any species."

Hadasamuidesu scoffed as he lowered his arm, waiting for the tinnitus to pass. "All this talk of mighty race and saiyans makes me sick to my core. You want to see my true power?! FINE!"

Releasing a roar of anger, flaming, unbalanced purple aura surrounded the frost demon as he charged once more, his speed increased ten-fold. Unexpecting such an increase in power, Kyūri receive a strong punch to the gut before

Cupping both hands together, reeling back and then slamming his fists against the saiyan. Kyūri smashed into the ground, inflicting further damage. Admittedly, he was surprised the frost demon had landed a successful blow against him. His ascended form powered up and took the sky, throwing his fist towards his opponent.

Hadasamuidesu raised his hand and caught Kyūri's fist, applying a heavy squeezed that crushed his bones. Kyūri groaned and threw his knee up to break free, but he was thrown away before he could make contact. Now it dawned on him that the frost demon was finally demonstrating his true power. After nursing his hand briefly, he charged and swung his foot around, only to miss a Hadasamuidesu sidestepped.

In counterattack, he begun circling around the saiyan and utilized the Afterimage Technique once more to create multiple illusions of himself. Moving at such incredible speed, Kyūri had difficulty anticipating where the frost demon would strike. His energy was moving to rapid to sense which one was real. Without warning, the multiple afterimages closed in and begun a fury of punches and kicks, most of which were false. However, the real Hadasamuidesu begun striking, his enhanced speed and sharp strikes throwing the saiyan off guard.

Hadasamuidesu backed away, continuing to circle around the confused saiyan. "Too fast for you?! Would you like me to tone it back a little?"

Kyūri growled as the mocking frost demon continued to circle around him, relying on a cheap yet effective tactic to throw him off guard. Dropping his Super Saiyan form briefly, his eyes flashed from green to red very briefly, aura flaming highly. Roaring, he thrust his arms and legs outwards and unleashed multiple ki blasts in all direction from his red aura. The various blasts hit through the afterimages, including the real Hadasamuidesu who hit the barrier with a small whelp.

Brushing off the minor blast, his mouth dropped in awe to see Kyūri standing hovering before him, his hair new in the shade of red, skin tone slightly pink and ranging fire the aura of orange surrounded him. Crossing his arms, he grinned and waved one back towards the frost demon. "I too have the power of a God."

Despite this transformation multiplying his power beyond that of Super Saiyan 2, Hadasamuidesu remained unfazed by this. After all, any student of Beerus would have God ki. "So, you changed your hair, big deal. Perhaps I too should tran-ARG!"

His speed was short-lived as Kyūri ducked below, fist pressed tightly into the frost demon's stomach, winding him despite his large and bulky appearance from his form. Without hesitation, he spun around and unleashed a roundhouse kick, knocking the frost demon towards the ground. Catching himself mid-air, he charged towards the saiyan, refusing to allow any transformation to subdue him.

Kyūri struck the first blow, his fist crashing into Hadasamuidesu's head and knocking him back. Hadasamuidesu recovered his senses and dodged to the left to avoid Kyūri's next attack and swung his tail towards back of his opponent's neck. Kyūri caught his tail in mid-swing, twisting around to face Hadasamuidesu. While keeping a hold of the frost demon, he slammed his fist repeatedly into his face, the power of the God denting his face with ease.

Finally snapping his tail free, Hadasamuidesu followed up with a kick to the side, which Kyūri raised his arm and blocked. Hadasamuidesu moved to the attack again, fending off a volley of feet, fists, and strikes with the coordinated attack. Even with max power of his Final Form, his body was incapable of striking the saiyan any longer.

Kyūri broke away, flying around behind Hadasamuidesu, who turned to face him. Kyūri was on the offensive now. After a few seconds of perfectly-timed strikes and blocks, one of Kyūri's attacks got through Hadasamuidesu's guard, knocking the wind out of him. Kyūri grabbed Hadasamuidesu by the shoulders and started flying straight down towards the ground.

The fighters hurtled towards the floor, but mere meters from impact, Hadasamuidesu swung around and forced Kyūri into the ground instead, hitting the ground with a sickening thud. Kyūri, surprised by the sudden interference, endured the attack, his God form protecting him from any damage. Hadasamuidesu took advantage of the distraction, striking devastating blows to Kyūri's stomach.

Hadasamuidesu prepared to deliver the final blow but discovered too late that Kyūri was only faking incapacitation as the saiyan pushed him away, blasting Hadasamuidesu at point-blank range with his God of Destruction's anger, releasing small yet deadly yellow energy wave from his fingertip. The impact knocked the stamina out of Hadasamuidesu, falling through the air as the burning sensitization hit him hard.

Kyūri followed him, throwing his fist toward to which Hadasamuidesu ducked straight under. Hadasamuidesu twisted to the side, dodging between the punches, and raised his hands above his head, generating a large energy ball. In one final, desperate attempt to grasp factory, he threw the ball forward before following with a barrage of blasts.

To prevent the Focus Flash from colliding, Kyūri avoided the large ball before swatting away the smaller blasts with relatively ease. In his previous form, those blasts may have scorched his arm, but the power of Super Saiyan God prevented such injury. He carried on moving through the light, grabbed Hadasamuidesu by his throat and headbutted him. Hadasamuidesu fell away, clutching at his face.

Hadasamuidesu hadn't quite recovered when Kyūri smashed into him, his fists, feet, elbows and knees finding their targets with cruel precision. Already injured as he was, Hadasamuidesu couldn't stand more than a minute or two under the onslaught and soon his defenses dropped. Kyūri held up his limp body and rammed home a few more punches before hurling him towards the ground.

Barely stopping at the last second, Hadasamuidesu narrowly avoided the ground, his feet a mere foot from touching the outside of the ring. Panting in exhaustion, his muscles grew thin as his full power dispersed, rendering him thin once more.

"No!" Hadasamuidesu barked as he raised his hand and fired a single blast. "I will not lose to the likes of you! My power far surpasses yours!"

Kyūri calmly deflected the blast before cupping his hands and moving them to the side of his torso. As the raging fire of the Super Saiyan God increased, his inner energy channeled into a single spot. "Ka…Me…Ha…Me…"

Hadasamuidesu bellowed and unleashed his Focus Flash once more, firing his main blast towards the saiyan while the smaller blasts scattered in every direction. One, just one blast needed to hit him and throw him off guard.

"HA!" Kyūri's roar shattered the arena itself as he thrust both arms forward, unleashing his Super Kamehameha.

The gigantic energy blast consumed Hadasamuidesu's perfect attempt of an energy blast and hit the defenseless frost demon whole. At the last second, he desperately thrust his hands forward to catch and possibly deflect it back, but it was no use. The blast hit him directly into the ground, shaking the entire arena upon impact. Shortly afterwards, Kyūri released his wave and allowed it to disperse.

The smoke cleared, revealing the unconscious Hadasamuidesu within a large crater of the ground. Rick jumped out of his covering position once the area was safe and placed two fingers against the frost demon's pulse. He grasped his microphone and called to the ground once more. "Hadasamuidesu is out cold! Kyūri wins and will face Goku within the finals! And, uh, someone call a medic!"

"And fix the ground!" Chronoa added.

With the match officially over, Kyūri calmly walked out of the ring as if nothing had occurred. His aura dispersed and hair dropped to normal black. Just before he was away from the audience' sight, he froze as a familiar voice spoke up.

"Kyūri!" Beerus called, catching the attention of his student. While his eyes narrowed, his mustered a small grin. "Well done."

Kyūri responded with a respectful nod before leaving elsewhere. The semi-finals were now officially over with only two fighters remaining: himself and Goku. He would gain the honour of battling Son Goku, the legend himself who had saved countless lives and continued to grow stronger. If he could defeat him, he would claim the title of strongest saiyan. This would a battle like none other before.

Chronoa wasn't exactly pleased with this outcome, shaking her head in frustration. "Great, now I only have a fifty-fifty chance of getting my head patroller. I hate you, old man!"

"Don't give me that look!" Elder Kai countered. "That's the student of Lord Beerus himself, a candidate to become the next God of Destruction! He won't lose!"

"And you're forgetting that's Goku," Chronoa reminded. "This is the same mortal who saved the universe on multiple occasions. Heck, he was the first mortal to obtain Ultra Instinct! How can you be so certain Kyūri will win?!"

Elder Kai shrugged. "Pure chance, I suppose."

Before tension caused another fight between the two, Trunks stepped in. "Let's just all relax here. There's no point trying to decide, all that matters are these two are going to fight one way or another. Now let's just all relax. The match will be soon."

And thus, the semi-finals have concluded and the pathway towards the finals is upon the horizon. Tune in next week for the finals.