XXIX
"Stop it, Piccolo! You're going to erase us both!" Diamao cried within his own mind while fighting off half a dozen other ki blasts at once. His gi was in shreds and his power was draining rapidly. His left arm was almost completely useless now, shaking wildly under Piccolo's control.
"I don't think so, Diamao. I'd rather be erased then let you beat the others. It ends here. It ends now!"
"Fool!" Diamao raged, his fear beginning to grow as the final flash grew closer, the distance between them closing rapidly. "Stop Piccolo! Once you're erased, that's it. There's no more! There's no coming back!"
"Didn't you hear me? I already told you, it's over. If I'm going down, you're coming with me, bastard. Now shut the hell up, I don't want my last moments to be spent arguing with you," Piccolo recited calmly, blocking Diamao from his mind.
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"Die, namek!" Vegeta screamed, sending another mind shattering pulse towards his opponent, pushing the wave closer. The entire continent was shaking under the power being generated by the titans, but the damage to immediate area was intense. The entire city was flattened into the marsh, but sometimes the ki would pull up bits and pieces of concrete and brick from the pit, only to be vaporized time and time again. The air crackled with intensity, and the clouds covered the sky, rolling thunder, which could barely be heard against the roar of the ki waves.
Tien sent another Shin Kikoho at Diamao, crushing him again. His ki shield was nearly gone by now, the steady supply of energy draining his reserves much faster then he had hoped. His body was being contorted and stretched as the kaio-ken took a massive toll on his body. In fact, his ki was already dropping tremendously. He felt his kaio-ken level drop dramatically a few levels, causing his ki shield to totally disperse, to weak to sustain that and his geritsoudan. The attacks slammed into his body, scorching his muscles and turning his green skin a sickening shade of red and black as it burned away parts of it. Green blood oozed from the openings, but was instantly vaporized by the white-hot ki.
"Aaaaargh!" he yelled in pain, kicking up his energy again. "That's it Piccolo! You're gone!" He raged in his mind, shutting the other namek out. Piccolo was shunted to the side, losing all control. Diamao regained his composure and brought his left arm back up to meet his right, feeding energy back into the ki struggle.
"Kaio-ken x32!" he commanded, his energy flaring up even further. His muscles screamed in protest as his chest and limbs swelled to the point of bursting. But his ki shield was reconstructed and he had enough energy to throw back at the other Z Warriors. The blasts went straight up through the other's attacks and burned their hands furiously, causing Krillin and Yamcha to stop their offensive immediately, already weakened from the earlier encounter. Goten, Gohan and Trunks pulled back for a second, but resumed their agenda within a few seconds. Tien hadn't been firing anything at Diamao when the blasts were sent out, so he didn't take any damage. But firing multiple Shin Kikohos drained his body of most of it's energy, as the kikoho called on one's own life force to fuel. He was nearly drained and could probably only sustain the energy for one or two more blasts.
Vegeta was having a hard enough time by himself, the power of Diamao's kaio- ken x30 had been overpowering him alone, but now that the namekian had an additional x2 added onto it, he was losing ground rapidly. The air around them sizzled with energy as the battle raged on into higher fits of fancy, the likes of which hadn't been seen in this universe for millions of years. The final flash gave way as the geritsoudan over powered it, pushing it back rapidly towards Vegeta. It was mere seconds away from impact when the Z Warriors heard the most beautiful sound they could have imagined.
"Super kaio-ken!"
"Stop it, Piccolo! You're going to erase us both!" Diamao cried within his own mind while fighting off half a dozen other ki blasts at once. His gi was in shreds and his power was draining rapidly. His left arm was almost completely useless now, shaking wildly under Piccolo's control.
"I don't think so, Diamao. I'd rather be erased then let you beat the others. It ends here. It ends now!"
"Fool!" Diamao raged, his fear beginning to grow as the final flash grew closer, the distance between them closing rapidly. "Stop Piccolo! Once you're erased, that's it. There's no more! There's no coming back!"
"Didn't you hear me? I already told you, it's over. If I'm going down, you're coming with me, bastard. Now shut the hell up, I don't want my last moments to be spent arguing with you," Piccolo recited calmly, blocking Diamao from his mind.
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"Die, namek!" Vegeta screamed, sending another mind shattering pulse towards his opponent, pushing the wave closer. The entire continent was shaking under the power being generated by the titans, but the damage to immediate area was intense. The entire city was flattened into the marsh, but sometimes the ki would pull up bits and pieces of concrete and brick from the pit, only to be vaporized time and time again. The air crackled with intensity, and the clouds covered the sky, rolling thunder, which could barely be heard against the roar of the ki waves.
Tien sent another Shin Kikoho at Diamao, crushing him again. His ki shield was nearly gone by now, the steady supply of energy draining his reserves much faster then he had hoped. His body was being contorted and stretched as the kaio-ken took a massive toll on his body. In fact, his ki was already dropping tremendously. He felt his kaio-ken level drop dramatically a few levels, causing his ki shield to totally disperse, to weak to sustain that and his geritsoudan. The attacks slammed into his body, scorching his muscles and turning his green skin a sickening shade of red and black as it burned away parts of it. Green blood oozed from the openings, but was instantly vaporized by the white-hot ki.
"Aaaaargh!" he yelled in pain, kicking up his energy again. "That's it Piccolo! You're gone!" He raged in his mind, shutting the other namek out. Piccolo was shunted to the side, losing all control. Diamao regained his composure and brought his left arm back up to meet his right, feeding energy back into the ki struggle.
"Kaio-ken x32!" he commanded, his energy flaring up even further. His muscles screamed in protest as his chest and limbs swelled to the point of bursting. But his ki shield was reconstructed and he had enough energy to throw back at the other Z Warriors. The blasts went straight up through the other's attacks and burned their hands furiously, causing Krillin and Yamcha to stop their offensive immediately, already weakened from the earlier encounter. Goten, Gohan and Trunks pulled back for a second, but resumed their agenda within a few seconds. Tien hadn't been firing anything at Diamao when the blasts were sent out, so he didn't take any damage. But firing multiple Shin Kikohos drained his body of most of it's energy, as the kikoho called on one's own life force to fuel. He was nearly drained and could probably only sustain the energy for one or two more blasts.
Vegeta was having a hard enough time by himself, the power of Diamao's kaio- ken x30 had been overpowering him alone, but now that the namekian had an additional x2 added onto it, he was losing ground rapidly. The air around them sizzled with energy as the battle raged on into higher fits of fancy, the likes of which hadn't been seen in this universe for millions of years. The final flash gave way as the geritsoudan over powered it, pushing it back rapidly towards Vegeta. It was mere seconds away from impact when the Z Warriors heard the most beautiful sound they could have imagined.
"Super kaio-ken!"