Chapter 21: "Survive!; The Universe War Begins At Last!"
First, it showed the other Kais and Destroyers exempt from the Tournament arriving at the Null Realm before the Grand Minister showed himself as did Vegetto and his team before he spoke up and then descended downwards.
"Previously on Dragon Ball Super, with eight universes going all-out in the Tournament of Power, participants from all over the cosmos assembled at the ring, located in the Null Realm accompanied by their deities and the 6th Universe."
"It's made of Katchi Katchintite, the hardest substance in the cosmos, and even stronger than regular Katchintite, an element you may already know from the Seventh. That's why the ring will do just fine."
Arak began to get more nervous as he spoke.
"Yes, that makes sense to me."
"If you're still doubting, though, you may test it."
Hearing this, they gasped at his word before the Grand Minister spoke onward.
"In fact, such an exhibition maybe just what the Omni-King and his friend need as I'm sure they're quite anxious waiting for the Tournament to start."
As they were presented with such a dilemma, Ogma tried to get out of it.
"Uh, let's not belabor this."
However, Vegetto felt otherwise as he spoke up.
"You kidding? That sounds like a great idea to me!"
With that, Kale and Vegetto got in their poses while Future Jiren and Cumber stood facing them before the Grand Minister spoke up.
"And fight!"
With that, Vegetto turned Super Saiyan Rosé before he speed blitzed toward Jiren while Kale turned Super Saiyan and went towards Cumber, who intercepted her kicks and punches before she spun above his head and kicked him in the back just as Vegetto tried to elbow Future Jiren in the gut and succeeded. Sent back from their attacks, Future Jiren and Cumber responded with a red energy ball of their own before tossing them at Vegetto, who responded with a Heat Seeker in the air with five red energy orbs before instead using Instant Transmission to teleport near Future Jiren and plunged it to the ground, setting off an explosion, urging Kale and Cumber to jump away before the dust revealed that Future Jiren was unscathed from the explosion. Meanwhile, Cumber leaped towards Kale before she intercepted him with several kicks and a punch before she fired her green energy blast at point blank range, sending him back as Vegetto countered every strike Future Jiren made before delivering a kick of his own, making Jiren dodge it before gripping his foot and slamming him to the stage while Vegetto noticed the five red orbs of energy and pulled them forward with his right hand, each of them successfully hitting him in the back and burning him, making him grimace in pain before Kale began bellowing as her green aura changed into a pink aura before she shouted, sending a light crimson aura to the sky of the Null Realm, revealing Kale's hair to have changed to a pink color while her eyes turned silver, giving Vegetto his own cue as he gave a short shout before his pink hair turned a brighter shade of pink and his silver irises gained pupils. And with that, all four began dashing towards their foes, creating multiple shockwaves around the arena, ravaging it as Anat and Iru spoke of the intensity.
"My goodness!"
"They've gotten rather out of hand."
Then, they stopped before Vegetto placed the back of his hand on his palm while charging a purple orb, Jiren charging an orb in his right hand, Cumber creating a dark energy orb in his hands, and Kale charging a blast in her hands which are raised to the air and all four of them let loose.
"Super Galick Gun!"
"Overheat Magnetron!"
"Resist Blast!"
"Désastre Cannon!"
As a result, they created a major explosion that destroyed most of the arena as the Grand Minister shielded himself with a green barrier before the dust settled, showing the four of them with their auras pulsing around them before he spoke up.
"Alright, enough fighting for now, lady and gentlemen."
With that, Vegetto began to complain about this as he spoke up.
"Aw, man! I was just starting to have fun! Oh, well..."
With a shrug of his shoulders, Vegetto turned back to normal as did the others.
Then, it showed Brianne, Sanka, and Rosa together before then showing the rest of the 2nd Universe, as well as the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Universes.
"And so, a total of nearly a hundred warriors representing each of the universes gathered atop the completed ring, ready to put forth their best efforts. When the dust settles, will Goku, Broly, and the rest of his 7th Universe allies emerge victorious? The curtain is about to rise on an unprecedented battle royale."
Then, Grand Minister spoke out to the teams.
"Ladies and gentlemen, quiet, please. We will now hear some words of welcome from the Omni-King and his friend themselves."
With that, they eagerly opened the waiting room doors as they spoke to the people in unison first before Grand Zeno spoke, then Sen, and finally, in unison again as the Grand Minister felt as though he heard poetry.
"Thank you, everyone!"
"This'll be so fun!"
"We've been looking forward to this very much."
"So fight well, and give us a good show!"
"The Universe War commences, now!"
First, it showed the completed stage before showing the 3rd, 6th, 11th, and 7th Universes' key fighters as Sen and Grand Zeno watched in awe before showing the Grand Minister ascending from the inside of the pillar as the whole Multiverse looked on before the Grand Minister stopped and spoke up.
"For those who neglected to pore through the rulebook assiduously, I'll lay out the basic guidelines for the battles. The competition will last 100 tacks. The column in the center will descend as time elapses, and once it reaches the ground, all fighting will officially conclude."
Hearing this, Krillin and 21 became confused before Piccolo explained the actual limit to them.
"Wait. A hundred tacks?"
"What does that mean?"
"I think it's roughly equivalent to 48 Earth minutes."
When he heard this, Krillin felt it wasn't long enough before 21 reminded him about the reason for this before the Grand Minister continued.
"Really? But isn't it kind of short?"
"In a one-on-one battle, maybe. But this is a Battle Royale. We can't forget that."
"Special techniques are allowed, but the use of weapons is prohibited as are any lethal attacks or maneuvers. However, you may force your opponents off the ring, and must do so to win. For even if someone is rendered unable to fight, they will not be eliminated unless they're out of bounds."
Upon hearing this, Trunks knew it'd be of good use to know.
"Well, that oughta give us a creative latitude on what to do."
"Energy-based flight techniques that would prevent you from falling will not be accessible to you here. However, those of you who possess wing-like appendages will still be able to fly. Lastly, regardless of how wounded you may be, the use of restorative implements is expressly forbidden. And that concludes our review of the rules."
As Quitela chuckled, the fighters chattered amongst themselves before Goku spoke up.
"Okay, enough talking. Let's get this show on the road."
Gohan, however, didn't think it wise.
"Listen up, guys. We're gonna follow the Supreme Kai's advice. We'll stick together and work as one unified team, got it? We should start out forming a circle with our backs to each other. No matter what, we'll take on the fighters in groups of two or more. Nobody fights alone."
Vegeta and Xicor didn't find it to be very helpful as far as his pride was concerned while Ize and Frieza seemed partly into it.
"Heh. A cowardly strategy."
"What happened to the old fashioned way of things?"
"It's cowardly, yes, but also effective. As long as we can win in the end, I could care less."
"Well, I should take it under advisement, for now."
Far away, Bulma could tell that the situation wouldn't go well as she knew all too well how quickly Vegeta would stray from the strategy.
"I don't think Vegeta would go for that plan. But at least I can count on Trunks. He's more dependable."
Meanwhile, Kale walked back to her team as she glanced at Akamu's teams with the ringleader himself eyeing her as she grew nervous before Caulifla spoke.
"Hey, Kale! What're you actin' all jittery for? You're gonna make the 6th look bad in front of all the other universes."
"It's just that... Xicor attacked us to kill the Legendary Super Saiyans. Just thinking about what they'd do when they find out we're still here... it's kinda scary."
"What do you have to be scared about? Killing's against the rules, so they obviously can't do that here. Besides, all you have to do is go all pink on them, and you'll win this, hands down!"
When she said this, Kale had a surprised look on her face before she smiled as she spoke.
"Caulifla, I think you just gave me an idea."
Meanwhile, Goku then walked up a bit and then turned to the 11th Universe and focused mainly on Jiren, who looked back and then gave a scoff with a grin before Goku returned the same gesture before it then showed Frieza and Ize surveying the 9th Universe's mortals.
"All this palpable bloodlust I sense in the air is refreshing, like a cool breeze."
"Indeed, my son. It truly is a salve for the soul after all those wretched fairies and teddy bears."
Then, Zach took notice of Oren, Kamin, and Baby as the first two had smiled of anticipation while Baby had a sinister tone to his smile before he spoke to Artich.
"I'll handle the twins first, try to get them separated from Baby."
"Alright, that's fine. But for what he did to 21... Baby's mine."
As they prepared, Cura saw the angry glare he gave to Baby and grew confused as she spoke to Mai.
"Why's daddy so angry?"
"I don't know... but somehow, I'm getting a bad vibe on that guy, too."
With that, Xeno Goku spoke to Elder Kai, hoping that their efforts made some difference.
"Do you think that our universe actually stands a chance of winning?"
"All we can do now is hope that's the case, for everyone's sake."
Lila then spoke of the outcome of their Universe, should they fail.
"Let's hope they do. If they don't, Akamu would use his Rings if Power to create the Beast's Moon and brainwash the entire universe..."
When the group heard his, they became shocked, but not as shocked as Beerus as he spoke towards her.
"Are you nuts?! That's a thing that could happen?!"
"Sad to say, it is in the realm of possibility, now."
Determined not to let it happen, Beerus could only do the best he can in this situation: cheer his team on.
"I'm counting on you guys to win this! Go, Universe 7! You can do it! I wanna see teamwork!"
As he said this, Lila blinked her eyes on confusion before Quitela overheard his cheer and snickered.
"Come on! I don't believe my ears! How pathetic to hear you spouting out about teamwork, Beerus."
Lila only glared at him as she spoke.
"You wouldn't be saying that if you knew what Akamu would do to you..."
Hearing the anger and hurt from her tone, Quitela became frightened and looked toward him before he noticed him looking, making the mouse frightens as he stammered while Krillin spoke to 18.
"Hey, let's just try to stay close together, babe."
"You read my mind."
With that, the Grand Minister spoke outward to the Omni-King and his friend as he spoke.
"At last, Grand Zeno and Sen, it is time to begin. Are we ready?"
Sen responded first before Grand Zeno showed his ecstatic impatience.
"Yes, I'd like to see it, please!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"Very well, then. Now, if all competitors from each of the 8 universes could assume their starting positions."
Then, just as the warriors 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Universes did just that, they looked at each other with Goku chuckling while Akamu made a devilish smirk as his rings glowed before the Grand Minister raised his right hand up and spoke up.
"Let the Tournament of Power...begin!"
Immediately, the battles began all at once as Artich went after Baby as he shouted in anger while Zach engaged the twins before Oren spoke to him.
"Well, well, well. My sis and I were wondering when we could fight again, Brother."
"Yeah. Good news is, you don't have to wait anymore."
With that, Zach went toward them with a smile as Basil fired his Shining Blaster, Frost fired a blast from his hand and Kaserale fired a blast from his right hand.
As a result, the whole stage was surrounded by several explosions as Grand Zeno and Sen looked on in extreme surprise while the 7th Universe's deities, including Lila, looked on in slight shock as its fighters could hardly believe the ensuing chaos as Goku spoke of it.
"Oh, boy. Looks like it's gettin' crazy out there, huh?"
Just then, he took notice of Top coming up against Magetta as he spoke up.
"Ah, found ya. There you are."
With that, Goku dashed off toward him, much to Gohan's behest.
"Wait, Dad, come back!"
As Top was shown to be fighting Magetta on equal footing, Goku shouted towards him.
"Hey, come on, Top! Let's go, you and me, right now!"
As he attracting Top's attention, Goku began to shout again as he continued only for Ganos to get in the way and clash with Goku, making Gohan worried.
"What happened to teamwork, Dad?! Did you completely forget about our strategy?!"
To make matters worse, 17, 18, Black, Vegeta, and Broly took off as well before he spoke toward them.
"Aw, come on, now. You too?!"
With that, Ize and Frieza began walking away next as they spoke up.
"It would appear they did forget. And I myself would rather see action than boredom."
"Well, if everyone else is having fun, I might as well partake."
And just like that, Gohan's plan fell apart as Trunks looked to him.
"What the..? We had a plan."
"Don't worry, Gohan. I'm sure they'll remember it when they need it. Besides, it's not like we didn't see it coming."
Up on the benches, Supreme Kai, Elder Kai, Lila, and Beerus each had their doubts.
"Why did we even bother deciding a strategy?"
"Oh, good grief. What a mess."
"I guess we'll just have to adapt to this."
"I swear, if Akamu doesn't do the trick, these mortals will be the death of me, literally. I can't take anymore..."
As the war continued, it showed Narirama, Caulifla, and Nigrissi firing each blast from their hands, creating massive explosions before Narirama emerged from one of them and prepared to spin around.
"Na...ri...rama. Nari...rama."
As he chanted, Narirama began spinning around quickly and headed right for Brianne, Sanka, and Roas before knocking them away like bowling pins, much to Herez's distaste.
"Appalling! That brute attacked Brianne and the others before they even had a chance to transform, which is not beautiful at all!"
Akamu, having overheard this, spoke his two cents toward her.
"You have much to learn about war, Herez. Beauty alone will not suffice to claim victory. The sooner your fighters take it to heart, the better it will be for your Universe."
Meanwhile, Cabba and Dyspo faced a similar problem before they, too were knocked back, stunting Champa.
"That spinning move's a ditty trick, and why the heck didn't we think of that?!"
Ea didn't hesitate to boast of his advantageous moves as he snickered while adjusting his glasses.
"Super Survival Mode! What a truly marvelous tactic."
As Narirama continued making short work of a few more fighters, the only being able to evade it being a female Saiyan who ducked under and went the other way, Moscow began beeping with Camparri translating.
"Lord Mosco says 'Show no mercy. Take the other warriors out by any means necessary. Mow them down, sweep them off the edge of the platform. Now.'"
While Narirama grew closer as the Ea spoke up again in high praise to him.
"With dynamos like Narirama on our side, I'm confident that the 3rd Universe will be the ones to win."
As Mosco beeped in response with glee, Hit dashed their reason to celebrate as he had already halted one of Narirama's arms with his foot, much to Champa's relief.
"Wow, nice hit, Hit! That's how you do it!"
With that, the female Saiyan did the same thing to the other arm with determination and indifference at the end as she scoffed before Gowasu shouted.
"Ha, Ha! Wonderful! Excellent work, Leek!"
As the two jumped off of the arms, Narirama began falling onto the stage with a thud, much to Nigrissi and Ea's worry.
"Narirama!"
"What the..? Our best laid plans have gone awry! How could this be?"
While Mosco spoke with beeps in response, Champa snickered at their shortcoming.
"I guess that's what they mean by 'Pride goeth before the fall'. You got that, 3rd Universe?!"
As Akamu himself witnessed the outcome, he spoke of their flaws.
"How shameful. You claim to be the smartest here, yet you fail to recognize the superiority in other tactics. No amount of plans can prepare you for the truth, that your universe is and always will be flawed."
Meanwhile, it then showed a butterfly girl named Rylibeu fighting Basil, who quickly dodged with precise timing 5 times while coated in a blue aura, infuriating her as Basil dodged her.
"Come on!"
"You sure are pretty slippery, you mangy mutt!"
When she prepared to charge toward him again, Basil only retorted as he pridefully spoke up.
"Don't get too cocky! Just 'cause you can fly, don't mean nothin'!"
In response, Basil began jumping up, causing Rylibeu to miss before he prepared his signature move through his feet.
"Shining... Blaster!"
As he fired a red blast with a kick towards Rylibeu, she was quickly struggling to keep it from knocking her back as she made short screams of exertion, not knowing that they've attracted Kari's attention in the middle of her fight with Lavender, prompting her to hold off on the fight as she pushed him back with her aura-coated hands before making a slash on the ground as smokescreen as she dashed toward the scene while Basil prepared the finishing blow.
"Here, have another! Plus one!"
With that, Basil fired another Shining Blaster at Rylibeu, successfully knocking her back towards the edge of the ring as she screamed. Seeing that she was too late, Kari only shouted to her as she knew what she could do.
"Use your wings, Rylibeu!"
When she heard this, she stopped screaming and realized that she had them before flying back up to the stage, surprising Basil as she gave him a smirk while Ro spoke out in frustration.
"Hey, that's not fair! Basil had her!"
With that, Rylibeu looked towards Kari and smiled as she spoke.
"Thanks for the reminder. I needed that."
"You're welcome. Just don't forget next time, okay?"
As he saw the moment with his eyes, the Grand Minister spoke of it to Zeno and Sen.
"Ah, Contestant Rylibeu of the 10th Universe has been swiftly rescued just in the nick of time."
As Rylibeu flew off to another area, Kari glared at Basil as she got her aura blade ready.
"You're lucky your lives aren't at stake. Because if they were... your team would be eliminated first."
Basil only smirked at her as he got his feet coated in red energy before he spoke.
"Get ready to be the first one to fall!"
With that, Basil exclaimed as he lunged at Kari, only for her to summon another aura blade as she blocked the rapid kicks from the feral wild creature, much to the chagrin of Napapa, who puffed out smoke from his nostrils before beginning to perform rapid Sumo Slaps on Basil as she recognized a tag team maneuver before she jumped away before Napapa took over and Basil quickly countered his slaps with his feet and kept his smirking composure as Ro spoke out to him.
"That's it, Basil! Go for glory! Push him over the edge!"
As Beerus took notice of the intensity, Beerus shouted to his team about a matter of importance as far as he was concerned.
"Hey! Listen! Nobody from the 7th Universe drops out! Got it?!"
Just then, Champa's voice spoke to his own team as well.
"Yo, 6th Universe! Hurry up and knock the 9th out! Every last one of them!"
As Beerus grew confused at this, he looked toward Champa who smiled as he gave his reason for saying this.
"What can I say? The enemy of my enemy is my friend, even my braggart of a brother."
Meanwhile, as Cabba and Caulifla looked on, 18 crossed paths with Cocette just as Tenshi crossed paths with Dyspo before before both teams clashed with each other repeatedly while Vegeta bellowed as he was trying to break through another fighter's defenses, 17 guarded against the blast with his barrier, Black neck-chopped a fighter, knocking him out before then blasting him without doing any fatal damage, and Goku was still fighting Ganos before it then showed Artich pitifully proving himself to be no match for Baby as he countered his punches before he began teleporting randomly, to which Baby countered by firing a small blast at him, sending him back before he spoke.
"As far as Saiyans go, you seem like less of a threat. But not less enough where I won't send you flying out of the arena, of course."
While Baby chuckled, Artich gave a menacing glare as Anat gave a slight chuckle.
"Well, why don't you entertain us, 7th Universe?"
Meanwhile, the group that stayed behind were surrounded by other fighters, including Lavender, who had since moved on when Kari blinded him momentarily as he spoke to at Gohan, 21, Piccolo, Krillin, Trunks, and Tenshi.
"So, you brought a little girl along, huh? Big mistake, because she's going to be the first one to be eliminated."
As Lavender chuckled, Tenshi gave a glare while Gohan got tense before Trunks spoke to him to relieve him.
"Calm down, Gohan. You created a solid strategy. We have to set the example."
At that moment, Beerus felt hopeless about the situation before Supreme Kai gave them the good news.
"Well, that's just brilliant. They're surrounded."
"No, it'll be all right. They have each other's backs and are facing their rivals collectively. Just as we planned."
Then, Lavender laughed menacingly before yelling as he and four fighters charged toward them, only for the group to go up before Tenshi formed an energy orb in her hand and fired it while Piccolo, Trunks, Krillin, 21, and Gohan used their special move.
"Take this!"
"Special Beam Cannon!"
"Galick Gun!"
"Destructo Disk!"
"Kamehame...Ha!"
With that, all of their attacks collided on them before the group landed back on the stage. However, as the smoke cleared, the group grew surprised as the fighters remained snickering before 21 spoke up.
"Well, that didn't work. No wonder they're in this arena."
Seeing a hint of doubt, Piccolo tried to rid them of it as he spoke before Gohan replied.
"Stay on your toes. We have to be ready for them."
"You got it."
Meanwhile, Ro shouted to Basil a warning.
"Basil, look! Right behind you!"
Fortunately, Basil turned just in time to notice Napapa's attack and managed to hop out before he could get a hold on him, provoking him to retaliate with a backflip behind Napapa, followed by a Shining Blaster.
"Chew on this, fat boy!"
With that, Basil fired two red orbs at Napapa who only prepared to contain them as he held his hands out.
"Come on! Dosukoi!"
As he began holding them back one by one, Basil prepared another blast, much to Kari's worry as she took notice of it.
"This is the end of the line for you! Down you go!"
As Basil fired a third blast from his feet, Kari sliced it in half before it exploded, giving Napapa enough time and energy to toss them aside as he spoke.
"Dosukoi!"
As the blasts scattered out of the arena and exploded, Gowasu spoke his relief before Rumush reminded him of his rank.
"All right, Napapa! Way to hang in there!"
Gowasu shouted before Rumush gave a bold chuckle.
"Well, of course he hung in there! Napapa is a renowned Dohyodor Yokozuna with a reputation for being an absolute wiz at the edge of the ring."
As Napapa did a sumo stomp with his left leg, Kari turned and spake unto him with a smile before raising his right hand and then speaking after her.
"Nice work, Napapa. Keep training like that, and you'll end up being Rumush's next Destroyer."
"Ah, much respect."
Hearing this bizarre title, Sen and Zeno tried to pronounce it at the same time but to no avail.
"Dohyodor, wha..?"
Fortunately, the Grand Minister is fluent in their speech.
"A martial art indigenous to the 10th Universe. And a Yokozuna is the most powerful of the Rikishi, possessing great skills as we've just witnessed."
Hearing the fact for themselves, Sen and Zeno were easily impressed.
"Wow! That's really neat!"
"Yeah, Zenny! It's so interesting!"
Meanwhile, Dyspo and Kaserale were descending downward to perform an attack as Black moved in while everyone else was busy fighting the same fighters from before as Goku reflected the energy bullets as fast as he could before Ganos then took off, realizing he's outmatched, puzzling Goku before he gave a slightly annoyed groan as he turned to Top firing his move.
"Justice Flash!"
Top shouted before firing energy bullets from his fingers before Goku spoke to Top.
"Yo, Top!"
"Ugh. Goku, again."
"Behind you!", Goku warned before Top turned and then saw Mulithim headed right for him before Top managed to block out the incoming attack before being pushed back, allowing Goku to finally notice Akamu, who stared assassin's daggers at him before Sen noticed him and became nervous.
"Oh, no... it's him, isn't it?"
As Zeno noticed him he became protective of Sen as he held her hand.
"You stay away from Senny, you meanie!"
Meanwhile, as Goku and Akamu looked at each other, the latter spoke up with a grin, confusing Goku as he went on.
"Today is the day you all lose."
"What?!"
"Before you even face my acolytes, every last one of you will fall from the arena, your will and bodies broken. But fear not. Your eternal reward awaits..."
Suddenly, a large green warrior grabbed Goku and trapped him in a hold, surprising Beerus while Supreme Kai and Lila panicked as Elder Kai acted as if it was normal.
"Oh, no!"
"Goku!"
"For goodness' sake, he dropped his guard again. That boy'll never learn."
Despite the Akamu's presence, the only thing that could make Quitela happy was the fact he got Goku cornered. Underhanded as it was, a win's a win, and at the very least, it'll keep his mind off of Akamu for the time being.
"Get a load of how ridiculously strong Nink is! I mean, look at those biceps!"
As Goku struggled to break free, Nink chuckled before Anat spoke of the situation.
"Ironic. The mastermind behind this entire tournament will be the first one eliminated."
While Goku continued struggling against him, Beerus tried to encourage him.
"Goku, are gonna just let him handle you like a sack of potatoes?! You've got more power than that! Unleash the fury!"
Eventually, Goku was able to get his arm grew and land a punch, but alas, it didn't work as he laughed and clenched harder on him.
"I love strong you more than weak you! Ha, ha, ha. The more you fight, the more I love you!"
With that, Nink got Goku screaming for mercy as Quitela laughed before he started walking over to the edge of the ring.
"Hey, wait, are you crazy?! You're gonna fall off, too, y'know!"
"Oh, that's okay, as long as I've got my strong little buddy with me!"
Seeing the event, Beerus easily understood how it's going to go down while Elder Kai commented on this.
"Oh, great! He's diving over the edge and taking Goku!"
"Not a bad way to take out another team's best fighter. Wish we had thought of it."
As they got closer and closer to the edge, Nink spoke to Goku who tried in vain to break free, forcing him to use his Azure trump card.
"Come on, friend. Let's go to Other World together! Next stop, Other World!"
"You can go there... all by... yourself!"
With that, Goku turned Super Saiyan Azure, sending him back off with only Nink falling off as he screamed, much to Beerus' fears and Champa's confusion and Sen and Zeno's worry as Akamu raised his eyebrows curiously.
"Oh, no! Goku!"
"Did Goku fall out?!"
Fortunately, Goku was shown to be hanging in there (literally) as his hand clutched the edge of the ring before lifting himself up and then landing back in the ring before powering down to base form.
"Whew, that was a close one, huh?"
In spite of this close call, Beerus was not pleased.
"What is wrong with you, Goku?! If you could overpower him with Azure, then why didn't you do it sooner?!"
"Sorry for giving you a scare, Lord Beerus! I was just tryin' to save my energy!"
This time, Whis was in favor of Beerus' opinion.
"That's all well and good, but if you lose because you're holding back, then what's the point of saving it?"
At the same time, Nink appeared above the spectator seats and then fell on a seat before he gave his two cents on his elimination.
"That didn't go the way I saw it goin'."
In response, Quitela repeatedly kicked him in the head as he shouted viciously, although there was no agonizing response from Nink.
"You think?! All you did was cost our team a man, you clod!"
Seeing the events unfold, the Grand Minister related them to Sen and Grand Zeno.
"Contestant Nink of the 4th Universe has officially been eliminated. Omni-Majesties, it is now time to turn to your godPads."
With that, Sen and Grand Zeno received their godPads before the latter went to the 4th Universe and took Nink out of the picture.
"Tap, tap. Where's Nink? Where's Nink? Oh! Boop! Nink goes bye-bye."
As Sen tapped on Nink herself, she looked out to the stage with worry, knowing Akamu has something up his sleeve.
"I wonder who'll get knocked out next..."
Next, it showed Kari glaring at Basil as Lavender joined in and snickered while surrounding her, along with a couple of fighters from the 9th Universe as well before Zamasu landed beside her with his back behind hers as he spoke.
"Shall I assist you, Kari?"
"That'd be appreciated, yeah."
Then, it showed the Grand Minister, the Grand Zeno, Sen, the spectators, and the fighters before it showed Zamasu, Lavender, Basil, Kari, and Goku looking towards the silhouette of Akamu with red eyes before it showed the stage seemingly getting smaller.
"With the 8 Universes competing, the Tournament of Power is at last underway. Which contestant will be the next to fall? And in the end, who will be the last warrior standing? The Tournament of Power has only just begun. 47 Earth-minutes remain until time is up! Next time on 'Dragon Ball Super'!"