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"MAHAPADMA!"

Using one of the main abilities of Demon's Extract, concentrating, the young woman froze time, all around her. Seeing Saitama immobilized in front of her, she ran towards the bald man, sword in hand. She was ashamed to admit it, but without her ability to stop time, Esdeath knew she would have a hard time defeating Saitama. If it had been a one-on-one fight, she would have enjoyed having fun with him. Nonetheless, she knew that this tournament was going to require her to fight against several powerful fighters. She had to save her strength for later.

Aiming her weapon at the hero's throat, she slammed into it without hesitation, hitting where Saitama will suffer the most, while avoiding killing him. At worst, he will suffer horribly but would continue to live for at least an hour, preventing Esdeath from being disqualified. And even if the hero's carotid artery was affected, Esdeath could still stop time to throw him out of the arena. The rules never specified that a fighter would be disqualified if his opponent died while in the stands.

Still, surprise read in their eyes, as the sword slammed into Saitama's neck, only to shatter at his touch.

" What?! " She wondered, noticing that Saitama was still frozen. " Just what is his body made of ? "

Seeing that his attack would soon be over, Esdeath put his hands on Saitama's chest and immediately froze Saitama, so when the spell was broken, everyone could see that Saitama was trapped in a block of ice.

"What?" roared Tatsumaki. "What the hell does that idiot thing he's doing? "

"NOO! GET OUT OF THERE, SOMEHOW!" Quitela demanded from the stands, but Kuru didn't seemed to be worried. "There's no need to lose hope just yet, Lord Quitela. I believe our little friend knows what he's doing," the Supreme Kai assured his fellow Destroyer.

Looking at the body of the hero trapped in its mirror, Esdeath wondered just how she was going to eliminate him.

"Now the question is, how am I going to be able to make him fall into the void, I can't very well take myself with him. Shouldn't Wave be around to help... me...?"

A cracking noise was then heard. Turning her gaze to Saitama, she saw the ice surrounding her crack, before bursting to pieces.

"IMPOSSIBLE!"

" COLD "

The Caped Baldy grumbled, dusting the small ice chunks off his arms "If I ever catch a cold, the blame's going to you!"

" He broke my mirror like nothing had happened? " Esdeath wasn't giving another second to think

Suddenly, leaping towards her, Saitama brandished his fist to finish her in one fell swoop.

"NORMAL PUNCH!"

"MAHAPADMA!"

Immediately time froze again, allowing Esdeath to escape far enough to surprise Saitama. She had underestimated Saitama's power. Fighting him early in the tournament was a terrible idea. If she wanted to win, she was going to face him later. Besides, using Mahapadma twice in a row had wasted a lot of energy.

" Compared to before, I can use this attack multiple times in a day! However, the number of uses remains very limited! I shouldn't waste any more foolishly. "

" Now where did she go? " Wanted to know Saitama, once whatever he was trapped in had thawed. " Could she teleport or what? "

Looking for her first, he ended up peering into the stands, where Vados was thawing Botamo's body, while Champa was already berating him. Staring at his former opponent, the superhero ended up showing a slight smile, while whispering.

"Among these fighters, maybe one of them will push me to my limits! I know it!"

Staring at Jiren, while remaining hidden behind a boulder, Leone couldn't help but be anxious, as the man in front of her sat with her arms folded, unafraid of being attacked.

" Why isn't anyone paying attention to him? " Leone wanted to know, getting closer to the alien.

Finally, finding herself within three meters of him, she ended up being behind his back, ready to jump on him and immobilize him.

" This is perfect! He doesn't seem to know I'm here! Even if he's stronger than me, the surprise attack will destabilize him enough that I can eliminate him." Raising her claws, she began to leap towards Jiren, ready to eliminate him. Yet in an instant, she felt a strong atmospheric pressure rise from Jiren's body, as the fighter increased his energy.

It didn't take more for Leone to stop moving and feel her body shake a little.

" W... what? What did he just do? It's like he froze me! " That's not what actually happened. Her body had responded to the very high level of power, much like Goku had done in his Super Saiyan 3 during his first fight with Lord Beerus on King Kai's planet.

Feeling Jiren's aura, Leone felt like this man was even more impressive than Esdeath's.

" This… this guy… can we really beat him? He makes Esdeath look like nothing before we started training. " Not wanting to answer this question, by confronting it, Leone ended up turning around and preferred to leave Jiren in peace.

"Confronting him now won't do me any good."

So continuing to flee, she ends up feeling her arm being hit by a metal pillar. Wincing in pain, she felt her feet skid for several feet, before bending down in time to dodge the blade of an arm that had taken on the shape of a chainsaw.

"Looks like you have good reflexes," Gajeel pointed out. "It shows that you at least earned your place in this arena."

Sliding back to put some distance between her and Gajeel, Leone ran her hand through her hair to discover that some strands had been severed by Gajeel's last gesture.

"I highly doubt you'll be going to paradise for this."

"Don't worry! I always wanted to go to hell to face Satan."

"It's not smart to say such nonsense," Leone retorted. "I came back from the afterlife, and I can assure you that there is no Satan that exists in the Other World! Only whole days of torture will wait for you there! I know at least four people in my team who know what I'm talking about."

"Really now?" said Gajeel. "Am I to understand that your universe has resurrected people in order to form your powerful team?"

Putting himself in a combat position, he began to smile, while affirming.

"If your friends made you come back to life, it was because you must have been very powerful! Splendid, you will provide me with a perfect warm-up."

"Why do we have to fight?" Leone questioned. Then pulling her T-shirt to allow Gajeel to have a better view of her cleavage, she then began to display a sultry face.

"If you want to give up, I'll do you good," she asserted, going to her playful tactics, and lowered it, only to see the former S-Class Mage of Phantom Lord run towards her.

Dodging a punch from Gajeel, the woman heard him retort. "I'm not a pervert like Gildarts! This kind of stuff won't work with me."

"Well isn't that a pity," Leone mourned.

Taking her lioness appearance, she cracked her fists, while asserting. "I guess now's the perfect time to see if all of my training paid off!"

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