Having heard the elimination of his last comrades, Hit could not help but breathe a sigh.

"It's just me! Normally, I wouldn't be afraid of winning this tournament! But with Jiren still in good shape, I'm not sure I can beat him."

Then, opening his eyes, he saw Luffy, in his SNAKEMAN form right in front of him.

"Before you are going to have to beat us."

Beginning to retract his arms, he then stretched them towards Hit.

" GATLING !"

Like earlier, Hit had no trouble freezing time and disappeared from Luffy's sight.

"That ... ? "

Then, appearing near his face, Hit's foot was about to strike him. However, using the Kenbunshoku Haki, the pirate was able to capture his presence in extremis. Immediately covering his head with Busoshoku Haki, he let Hit's foot strike him with so much shock that the impact created sparks.

"What?" The purple alien wondered.

Then, surprised, he felt a fist hit his cheek. Having changed the direction of his left arm several times, Luffy had managed to catch Hit by surprise and hit him before letting Hit be able to see his fist.

Feeling his foot retreat several feet, Hit groaned, feeling a trickle of blood trickling out of his mouth. However, before he could launch any counterattack, he felt a strong heat in his back.

"KING FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!"

Turning his head back in time, Hit stopped time and positioned himself to the side, a moment later, Natsu's attack passed close to him, without doing the slightest damage.

"Lots of energy for little results."

"RED HAWK!"

Startled, Hit saw Luffy's fist go through Natsu's attack before targeting Hit. Barely having time to react, the purple alien crossed his arms in front of his face, to protect him from the attack. Feeling himself pulling back again, he winced as flames began to burn his arms.

Then standing in front of him, Natsu and Luffy smiled, seeing Hit struggling.

"In the end, you can stop time but you are unable to foresee our attacks." Natsu asserted.

"What ? "

"At first I thought you fought like Kiri!" Luffy asserted. "Nevertheless, you cannot see the future, as it does! Therefore, if you are unable to see our attacks, you cannot stop time to avoid them."

"And that's what happened earlier." Natsu assured. "You dodged my flames, because you could see them! However, my flames hid Luffy from your sight and you were unable to anticipate his attack."

Getting into a fighting position, they asserted.

"On our own we will be unable to beat you! But together we are powerful enough."

"And will you be satisfied with this victory?"

"If that saves Fairy Tail / my crew, that's fine with me!" The two men assured, before running towards Hit. "

Creating a huge fireball above him, Natsu then hurled it at Hit. Remaining calm, the killer saw Luffy hiding behind the attack, hoping he could launch another surprise attack.

Being prepared, Hit froze time. Then, rushing towards Natsu, he punched him hard in the stomach. Spitting blood, Natsu was thrown back. However, no sooner had Hit had time to strike him than he felt a hand grip his foot. Startled, he turned, to see Luffy staring at him, while his second arm was already directed towards him.

" CULVERINE JET !"

Hit in the stomach, Hit spat out saliva as he was thrown backwards.

"How could he have anticipated my move? I feel like he knew I was going to attack Salamander."

" KING FIRE DRAGON'S ... "

Appearing above Hit, Natsu had already returned to battle, and had his arms covered in flames.

". .. WINGS !"

Slamming Hit's abdomen hard, Natsu kicked him back to the ground and raised a large cloud of dust.

"Awesome!" Eyre and Rumsshi rejoiced.

"HIT!" Champa shouted, seeing his warrior disappear behind the dust.

Appearing next to Luffy, Natsu wiped away the blood that ran down his chin.

"He hurt me, that motherfucker! Hey, how did you know he was going to attack me?"

"Kiri taught me his technique to allow me to see into the future." Luffy asserted. "I saw him attack you, before turning to me to do the same! I took advantage of your attack hiding me to turn discreetly in your direction and attack Hit the moment he attacked you. "

"Couldn't you have done it before he attacked me?" Natsu roared.

"Hey, it's super hard to see the future and act on time."

"Can you see into the future? Interesting!"

Surprised, Natsu and Luffy saw Hit's silhouette, through the dust. Then walking towards them, the killer asserted.

"In the end, even if you are weaker than Jiren, you still have a chance to defeat him! You impress me."

Then, suddenly disappearing, he surprised Luffy by appearing in front of him and punching him in the face, unable to use the haki, Luffy was thrown against a rock. Seeing him being thrown back, Hit remained still, even as Natsu rushed towards him, his fist on fire.

" KING FIRE DRAGON'S ...! "

However, he stopped dead, seeing Hit's face right in front of him.

"That ... ? "

Then, coughing up blood, he felt Hit's two fists strike his abdomen, throwing him also against a rock. In an instant, Hit had defeated his two adversaries, to the great joy of his god.

"HAHAHAHA! Great job, Hit! Come on, hurry up and finish this."

Hearing it, Eyre laughed.

"You are really ignorant, Champa."

"What ? "

"Don't you know that the greatest strength of fools is their refusal to admit defeat?"

At that moment, uttering a cry, Luffy ejected the rocks which crushed him, before aiming at Hit.

" BLACK MAMBA! "

Seeing Luffy's arms rush towards him, Hit was about to stop time. However, in an instant he saw Luffy's arms change direction several hundred times and hit the ground all around him.

"That ? "

Seeing dozens of fists rush towards him, however, he stopped time. Then he rushed over to Luffy, while getting into a boxing stance. Unfortunately, he barely took a step when he was punched in the face.

"What ? "

Being punched a second time by Luffy, Hit stopped time to dodge a third punch. Unfortunately, being able to predict his every move, Luffy had already pointed his fists in the direction of where Hit was going to move.

"This guy?" Hit wondered.

Then, looking around, he saw an opening, between Luffy's fists, that would allow him to escape his attacks. However, anticipating his gesture and seeing him flee, Luffy began to scream.

"NATSU!"

Dodging his arms, Hit was about to get out of harm's way, when he saw Natsu right in front of him, his cheeks swollen.

" KING FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR !"

Seeing the flames rushing towards him, Hit jumped over the attack to dodge it. But no sooner had he made this gesture than he understood the mistake he had just made. Having anticipated his move, Luffy's fists were already circling him and started hitting him like a machine gun.

Only able to widen his eyes, Hit ended up getting hit hundreds of times.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Luffy shouted as he accelerated his strikes.

Then, positioning his arms back, he then directed them at full speed towards Hit's abdomen.

" SAURIAN BAZOOKA! "

Spitting blood, Hit felt himself being thrown high into the sky, as Champa followed him with his gaze, his mouth wide open.

"Hit ...?"

"Shall I start bidding you farewell, Champa-sama?" Vados questioned.

Seeing Hit's body descend back down to the field, Natsu and Luffy jumped up to him, to finish it off.

" GUM GUM ...! "

" KING FIRE DRAGON'S ...! "

" ... KING COBRA! "

" ... ULTIMATE METEOR! "

Seeming unconscious, Hit let the two attacks strike him. However, at the last moment, Hit's eyes opened. Then, without understanding why, Luffy and Natsu's bodies froze.

"That ? "

A moment later, Hit's body vanished, before finding himself in front of Luffy. Moving his fists at full speed, he attacked him a hundred of times. Then, disappearing again, he appeared in front of Natsu and did the same. Finally, Hit appeared on the arena floor, before putting his hands in his pockets.

"You forced me to be serious."

At that moment, feeling the power of his attacks, his two opponents felt like they had been hit hundreds of times. Both spitting blood, their pupils disappeared, as they passed out. Then, crashing towards the arena, they returned to their original form, before hitting the ground.

Astonished, the gods of Universes 3 and 10 were left speechless, as their warriors were about to wipe out Universe 6.

"IMPOSSIBLE ! "

For his part, falling onto the stands, Champa sighed with relief.

"I was afraid. "

Then approaching Luffy and Natsu, Hit asserted.

"You fought really well."

However, feeling an explosion not far from him, he turned his gaze to see another fight, which would decide the fate of a universe.

Deflecting a shot from Mine with a flick of his hand, Boros then gave Seryu a palm kick in the chin to push her back.

"Anything else?" The man asked, crossing his arms. "Frankly, I'm really starting to get bored! No fighter in your universe is newsworthy or what?"

"But are you going to shut up?" Seryu roared.

Rushing towards him, she lengthened the size of her claws, while gesturing her arms in all directions, in order to give him deep scratches. Remaining with his feet firmly planted on the ground, Boros only moved his torso to avoid Seryu's attacks, while maintaining a mocking air. He even kept his arms crossed while his opponent was barely able to brush his long hair.

"Um? Oh, I seem to feel a few drafts going past my face! It's quite nice."

Suddenly, seeing him almost let his guard down, Seryu positioned the palm of her hand in front of his face and an intense light came out. Using an angelic sphere of light as a powerful flash, she managed to blind him.

Screaming at once, Boros took a step back, while putting his hands over his eyes.

"AHHHHHHHHHH! Motherfucker!" He roared, attempting to hit Seryu.

Stooping in time, the former soldier clenched his fist, before slamming him hard on the left side of his face.

His feet slipping on the ground, the alien moved dangerously close to the arena, which did not escape Mine's sight. Aiming at him already, she fired her weapon many times, creating a swarm of projectiles.

Still blinded, Boros was hit by each of her attacks and stepped back further, while uttering cries of pain. Seeing this, Quitela stuck out his ears, screaming.

"Impossible! Impossible!"

"It's over." Mine asserted, creating a powerful shot.

Touched again, Boros cried out, as his body leaned back.

"Boros!" Quitela horrified.

"Well done." Rô rejoices.

However, his smile faded the instant a smile crept across Boros' face. The body still tilted back, the alien remained in this position, while seeming to appreciate being in a very dangerous position. With a mocking smile, he finally got to his feet properly, while asking.

"Did you really believe it?"

"Motherfucker!" Mine roared, throwing another round of fire at him. "Leave this land."

This time, Boros closed his eyes and waited for the shots to come at him. And despite his handicap, he had no trouble dodging them, as he rocked from side to side.

Seeing this, Seryu ran straight towards him and, while moving between the shots of Mine. Raising her leg to give her an uppercut in the face, she was surprised to feel her foot being grabbed by Boros' hand. Trying to back away, she was unable to escape the alien's powerful grip.

"Too predictable!" The man asserted, opening his eyes again.

Creating a ball of energy in his hand, he slammed it against Seryu's chest, causing hit to explode. Thrown backwards, Seryu's body ended up hitting Mine and the two fell to the ground, after multiple rolls.

"What do you think I did, in my ten years of training?" Boros wanted to know, as he slowly rose into the air. "The technique of theft; the control of ki; the detection of enemies ... all of this, I now know how to do it! I have become an overpowered being, no longer having the slightest weakness! Yes! Now I have reached a level allowing me to fight this man. "

Sneering at this, he increased his energy level, while his two opponents struggled to get up.

"Prepare yourself!" Boros roared, concentrating all his strength. " COLLAPSING STAR ROARING CANNON !

Seeing the beam rushing towards them, Mine and Seryu prepared in turn and charged their own attacks.

"You are going to know the power of my improved Pumpkin." Mine assured. "Murder-girl, don't shoot until I tell you."

"Huh? But…?"

"Do as I tell you." Mine ordered her, not taking her eyes off the beam.

"But what are they doing?" Ro horrified, seeing them stand by and do nothing. "They get sprayed."

"Mine, Seryu, do something." Sidra ordered them. "If you lose, Universe 9 is doomed."

As for her, Najenda smiled a little, while asserting.

"Go mine! Show us what you can do."

"Are you giving up?" Boros wondered, "Alright, just let it go and disappear like the rest of your universe."

Seeing his attack about to crash into them then, Mine felt the power inside her weapon increase exponentially. Immediately she cried out.

"NOW!"

And as Seryu concentrated her angelic power in her palms to launch it in the form of a huge ki-blast, Mine pulled with her Pumpkin to release an overpowered beam, which tripled in size in an instant.

Combining then, the two attacks collided with Boros's and managed to equalize his power.

" What ? "

Attacking with more rage, the two girls even ended up pushing back the breaking wave of Boros.

"But how?" Rô wondered, "Would Seryu's angelic power increase?"

"No, that's the power of Mine." Tatsumi retorted, smiling a little.

Then raising his fist in the air, while grimacing, he finally screamed.

"Go ahead, Mine."

"We're counting on you, Mine." Leone cried.

"Show us your power, Seryu." Wave encouraged her.

Nonetheless, despite having more power than he expected, Boros put on a smile as he asserted.

"Impressive! So far only one person has managed to block my attack! Nonetheless, if you think that will be enough, you are completely wrong."

Using more power, he managed to increase the strength of his attack, pushing back the two opposing attacks.

"What?" The two girls wondered.

"What do you say about that? My strength has nothing to do with that of before! From now on, I have become a being worthy to compete with the gods! And as soon as our universe has won this tournament, I will fight this man again to become the most powerful man in the whole universe again. "

"Grrr! It's… what's that power?" Seryu wanted to know, feeling her feet slip on the ground.

Feeling pulling back too, Mine felt her hands shake, as fear took over.

"It's impossible! How far does his strength go?"

Seeing the attack heading straight for them, she ended up closing her eyes so as not to witness her defeat.

" It's finish ! "

'' Open your eyes. " Tatsumi shouted at her.

"Huh?" Mine said, opening her eyes.

"Mine, go ahead." Tatsumi shouted, "I know you can do it."

Raising his fist to the sky, he shouted at her.

"Remember, you are Night Raid's super sniper."

"Tatsumi?"

"Hahaha!" Giggles Boros. "A sniper? So what? Nothing can stop me from winning."

Yet he fell silent the instant he saw his attack being repelled again.

" What ? "

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Mine shouted, as her body glistened.

Absorbing this light, Pumpkin seemed to feed on it, in order to fuel its own power.

"How? What is this?"

"What's going on?" Sidra wanted to know, "I thought only fear could make this girl's power grow."

"It's not just fear." Najenda retorted. "All of Mine's emotions can increase the power of her weapon! Currently, she is using the love she feels for her family."

"Love?"

"Mine?" Seryu wondered, as her teammate used so much power that she herself struggled to maintain her balance.

"Concentrate, damn it." Mine roared. "Use all her power! We have to win this tournament and then… we'll fight again… Seryu!"

" She called me… by my first name?" "

Suddenly stopping her attack, Seryu put both hands on Pumpkin, and covered the weapon with her own power.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

"I've always hated you, from the first day we crossed paths." Seryu confessed. "And why? Because I was wrong! So please, for once in my life, let me be on the same page as you."

Absorbing the Seryu's energy was giving it, the Mine weapon made her laser beam magnify further, which pushed back Boros' destructive wave.

"Tell me I'm dreaming! It's impossible! My attack can't lose."

"Two hearts united…" Mine began.

"… are always more powerful than a single being." Seryu completed.

"Go ahead!" Shouted most of Universe 9.

Seeing the attack swirling towards him, Boros couldn't help but back away.

" I'm going to lose ? "

At that precise moment, only one image appeared in his mind: that of Saitama with his jaded gaze.

" No ! If I want to impress this person at least once, I must win! Yes ! I'm going to win ! To win ! … I will… I will… "

"I WILL WIN !" Boros roared, pushing the limits of his body.

Tripling in size, his breaking wave stopped Mine's laser beam, before pulverizing it. Then, in an instant, the attack rushed towards the duo, threatening to annihilate everything in its path. Hit violently, the two girls were quickly propelled back, before the breaking wave exploded.

"No!" Sidra said, falling to his knees. " We've lost. "

Falling back, Seryu's body was the first to drop into the void, as the mechanical parts of her body were shattered into pieces. Falling right after her, Mine half-conscious, vainly stretched her arm towards the edge of the arena despite the fact that he was already ten meters above her.

" Saara! Tatsumi! I'm sorry. " She thought, as two tears rolled down her cheeks.

Her body disappeared at that moment. Then, moments later, Seryu's body appeared in the stands.

"Seryu-san…"

Then it was Mine's turn to appear in the stands, as her nine teammates had done.

"... and Mine-san have left the field! By their elimination, Universe 9 is declared the loser! It will therefore be eliminated."

Hearing this, Mine couldn't help but plaster her hands to her face as it began to be covered in tears.

"Mine, are you okay?" Leone asked, crouching down beside her. "You don't have to worry! You've been awesome."

"You speak! I was useless! I was weak."

Getting ready to console her, Najenda ends up seeing Tatsumi pass her before dropping down next to Mine. Once done, he hugged the latter against her, before asserting.

"Mine… I'm so proud of you! Thanks to you, Night Raid was able to show his power for the very last time! You don't have to cry for something you don't have to regret."

"Tat… Tatsumi!" Mine sobbed, burying her face against his chest.

Seeing this, with nothing happening, Najenda turned to Esdeath to see her completely still, her gaze turned towards the field, so that she could admire the last moments of the fighting that she could see.

"You're not going to do anything? Or have you finally figured out that Tatsumi is something you could never have?"

"Tsss! Shut up!" Esdeath ordered her. "Anyway, what's the point of following a utopia?"

Then, staring at the field, she looked at Frieza, who, hearing the elimination of her universe, began to look at her, while waving his hand, accompanied by a mocking smile.

"Frieza ... we'll meet again."

"Bye bye!" The two Zenos said, using their destructive power.

At that moment, each member of the team felt his body light up by the action of the zeno's. Sensing that she only had a few seconds left to live, Najenda wanted to know.

"Esdeath, if we are reincarnated in another universe, do you still want to kill Night Raid?"

Smiling weakly, Esdeath answered.

"I think I'm annoyed by the murder now! And then, those ten years with you… it wasn't so bad. "

Disappearing at that moment, she was soon imitated by Najenda who exhaled a last puff of smoke, as well as Susanoo.

Then feeling his hand get caught, Wave turned to Kurome, who was smiling at him.

"Even in nothingness, nothing will make me forget you, Wave."

"Me too, Kurome." The boy had just enough time to say, before the couple disappeared, as did NT Destroyer.

"Let's stay in this position, and hope that we can still feel this love," Tatsumi whispered, still hugging Mine against him, before the two of them vanished in turn.

"Kije! Logue! I was pitiful today." Bols muttered. "Sorry I couldn't do anything for you."

Suddenly feeling a hand slap his back, the man turned to see Leone smiling at him before asserting.

"Idiot! If a love is powerful, it will be able to face any test! Wait to be reborn and to find your family, even if for that, you will have to wait until our universe is rebuilt."

"This will surely seem like a long time to me." Bols sighed. "But hey, for them, I'll be patient even for eternity just to see their faces again."

Hearing the two companions then disappear, Sidra heaved yet another sigh, before affirming, turning to Morito.

"I might have been an evil god of destruction not knowing how to handle the situation! But know one thing, I don't regret trying to give every mortal in our universe a chance at survival."

Hearing him, while Rô gave a last cry of dismay before disappearing, Morito finally confessed.

"I feel like you learned a lot more in an hour than in the past few millennia! I wish you had done this sooner."

Nodding, knowing this very well, Sidra remained silent, before disappearing.

With his back, so as not to see a new universe disappear, Gildarts ends up hearing.

"I would not be joining your guild."

Turning around a bit, he could see Seryu whose body was about to disappear.

"Even if you manage to resuscitate me, my place is not in your universe, but in mine! Whatever happens, if someone gives me this chance, I will right my faults by trying to know and understand the true justice, so that my world may know peace. "

Disappearing then, she left Gildarts motionless, before the mage began to smile.

"You understood your lesson, Seryu! If you had accepted my offer, you would have acted cowardly, thus preferring to run away from the problems you created instead of facing them! By wanting to protect your world, while changing, you show as well as you are ready to fight harder than you have done so far!

"What do we have here?" Boros sneered suddenly, advancing nonchalantly towards him. "Are you talking to yourself now? Or is it the fear of suffering the same fate as those whippersnappers that makes you lose your head?"

Hearing him snicker, Gildarts still ended his face towards him, showing only anger.

"A word of advice! Don't look for me, I'm not in the mood."

1 = Universe 3 (8): Luffy, Katakuri, Kaido, Kizaru, Teach, Akainu, Shanks, Doflamingo (8)

2 = Universe 7 (15): Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, C-17, Frieza (5)

3 = Universe 4 (11): Saitama, Boros, Blast, Garou (4)

4 = Universe 10 (5): Natsu, Gray, Laxus, Gildarts (4)

5 = Universe 12 (6): Midoriya, Bakugo (2)

6 = Universe 11 (1): Jiren, Top (2)

7 = Universe 6 (7): Hit (1)

8 = Universe 9 (7): Eliminated

9 = Universe 2 (3): Eliminated