Chapter 43: The Power of the Final Tuffle
Last Time Vegeta went head to head against the demon known as Daro! At first, Vegeta was completely at the demon's mercy, unable to deal damage until his very pride was insulted. Vegeta's rage finally allowed him to ascend to Super Saiyan 2, turning the battle in his favor. After a hard-fought battle, Vegeta killed Daro, meaning three of the five demons remain. Will our heroes be able to win against the demon threat? Find out Now!
Elias dodged a beam fired by Jarze before returning fire himself. The last Tuffle was currently in his True Tuffle form and was having a hard time with the second in command. His power wasn't good enough against the demon who seemed to be just a bit stronger than he was.
If the Tuffle had to guess his opponent's power, he would have to describe it as above how strong Jason was in Super Saiyan 2. For his own power, he was also above Jason in Super Saiyan 2; however, he was still under the power that Jarze held.
Crossing his arms, he blocked a punch by Jarze, kicking up sand from the desert below them. The two fighters were currently battling above endless dessert that would kick up with every clash. Elias would use this sand to blind his opponent from time to time; however, Jarze was not one to fall for such a trick.
The two clashed blows creating a large cloud of sand around them. Jarze grabbed onto Elias's fist before pulling him in to knee the Tuffle in the head. Spinning from the recoil, Elias recovered just in time to avoid a kick from Jarze.
"Nicely done. I have to admit you are an interesting fighter even if you aren't a Saiyan." Jarze complimented as he floated in front of Elias.
"Thanks, but I'm not here to talk," Elias replied as he fired several beams at Jarze.
The demon managed to avoid each attack, but it soon didn't matter as Elias charged right at him and slammed his knee into his gut. Jarze countered by elbowing Elias in the face before grabbing onto his knee and tossing him into the sand below.
Elias quickly gained his bearings and flew horizontally to avoid a large beam fired by Jarze. Once he got a good distance away, he flew back into the air to re-engage Jarze. However, once he reached altitude, the demon was nowhere to be seen.
Extending his energy sense, he had barely enough time to react to Jarze's attack when he found him. It seems that Jarze had flown into the upper atmosphere and was shooting down at the Tuffle like a comet.
The last Tuffle managed to dodge Jarze's attack as the demon stopped himself just at level with Elias. The two then clashed as Elias kicked at Jarze's head, but the demon caught the kicked and attempted to break it.
However, Elias managed to stop him by spinning around and kicking Jarze away with his other leg. Jarze responded by firing a large blast at Elias, who knocked it into the sky. The two then charged and collided, both trying to push the other away.
The demon second in command head-butted Elias before firing point-blank into Elias's stomach. As Elias flew away due to the blast, Jarze caught up with Elias continuing to punch him further and further away.
But before he could get too many punches in, Elias caught his fist and threw Jarze into the sky. Elias proceeded to fire a Kaiser Flash at the demon, creating a large explosion in the sky. But that did not stop the demon as he appeared behind Elias, throwing a kick at his back.
However, Elias sensed it and hooked his arm around his leg, pinning it before spinning around and throwing him to the ground. Jarze stopped himself just before he hit the ground and shot back up, carrying a pillar of sand with him.
Holding an orb of energy, Elias was prepared for Jarze's attack as he went to strike the demon with the impending blast. But Jarze was prepared as he grabbed onto the orb and canceled it out before grabbing onto Elias's hand.
Jarze then used his free hand to grab onto Elias's head before pulling it into his knee. As Elias recoiled from the pain, Jarze battered him with several punches all over his body, not giving Elias any chance to recover.
In the end, Elias released a strong burst of energy to push Jarze away from him. Though it didn't send him far, Elias was free from his attack and proceeded to slam his fist into Jarze's chest. The two proceeded to clash as they attacked one another.
With every attack, one of them did the other countered matching up. Before long, the two separated and flew back before Elias had an idea. If he couldn't defeat Jarze with brute force, then he would need to get smart with it.
The last Tuffle shot down towards the desert below and fired a blast, causing a colossal sand cloud to fill the sky. Staring at the cloud unamused at such an old tactic, Jarze flew down and released a shockwave to disperse the cloud.
"Something like that won't work." Jarze coldly stated as he looked around for Elias.
However, much to his surprise, he could not see the Tuffle warrior. Elias had seemingly disappeared from sight, and since Jarze couldn't sense energy like Sekai, he couldn't find him. But soon, he found his answer when the ground below exploded.
Several beams fired up into the sky before converging onto Jarze, who could only cross his arms as the beams hit him. The attack created a large explosion that shook the area dispersing large amounts of sand, exposing Elias beneath the sand.
Once the smoke cleared, revealing Jarze with light scrapes and bruises and before he could spot Elias, the Tuffle dug himself deeper into the ground. The demon knew that Elias was underground, so if he didn't know where Elias was, then he would destroy everything in a ten-mile radius to be safe.
Raising both of his hands, Jarze created a large ball of Ki above his head before proceeding to fly higher and higher into the Earth's atmosphere. Once he was at the perfect level, Jarze went to throw the ball down, but he was caught off guard by what happened next.
Elias had launched out of the ground and planted his fist into Jarze's stomach, preventing him from throwing the attack. Before Jarze could do anything against Elias, the Tuffle flew down and fired a Torrential Flash, shoving the demon into his own attack.
The second Jarze hit the ball, it exploded with a violent fury that sent Elias flying back towards the ground. Elias hit the sand, rolling around for a bit before stopping to look up where the explosion was.
As the smoke cleared, Elias knew that such power that Jarze put in the attack would have to have hurt him but not take him out entirely. No, in fact, he was certain that Jarze had survived and that he couldn't let his guard down for a minute.
His suspicions were proven true when Jarze appeared before him with his clothes, what little he had, were tattered and torn, and his body badly beaten. The demon stared down the Tuffle, but his expression didn't show anger but amusement.
"Interesting. That trick you pulled was clever. It's very rare that I find someone who thinks of tactics like that." Jarze smirked.
"Let me fill you in on a little secret. I am not like my fellow demons. I have a little special ability. The more I feel pain, whether it be physical or emotional, my strength grows exponentially." Jarze began shocking Elias.
"So that little beating you gave me gives me an edge in this fight." Jarze finished as his muscles grew larger to that comparable to a super bodybuilder.
Jarze then proceeded to punch at Elias, who went to block the attack, but it was far stronger than any other attack Jarze had thrown at him before. The last Tuffle was sent flying from the attack going so far that he reached the desert's edge and landed inside a city.
Elias got up and saw that a crowd began to form around where he had landed. Knowing that Jarze couldn't be too far behind, he fired a blast to just scrape a building to scare off everyone who had gathered.
Taking a quick look around, Elias wanted to get a good look at the city to determine how many people were there. He did note how cities looked on Earth, and for some reason, it all felt. Round.
Suddenly Jarze appeared before him, still hulked out, and fired a blast at Elias. The Tuffle had to deflect it into the sky since there was no other place to deflect it. But having to deflect the attack left him open to another attack as Jarze slammed his fist into Elias's stomach.
He was sent through several buildings, barely missing several people, and landing in a tunneled road hitting the back of a car and causing traffic to entirely stop. Several people got out of their cars to yell at Elias as he got up and grabbed onto a person's car in lifted it up.
"Run now," Elias stated as he crushed the front part scaring all the humans away.
"I really hope I don't have to keep doing that." Elias thought as he prepared for Jarze's next attack.
It finally came when the demon crashed through the glass ceiling and threw a kick Elias's way. Elias had to use all of his strength to block the attack, stopping it just short of his head. The Tuffle attempted to fire a blast point-blank, but Jarze stopped him by grabbing his arm and pointing it away.
Elias had to stop his attack, so no collateral damage came from it as Jarze palmed him into several cars down the tunnel. Eventually, the cars pilled up and stopped Elias's momentum, but before he could even get up, Jarze dropped down and kicked him through the floor.
The Tuffle fell from the tunneled road and hit the ground below. As he laid there, Jarze proceeded to fire a rain of Ki upon him. Once Jarze was done, and the explosions from the attack ceased, the ground below was devastated.
The attack created a large crater in which Elias laid in the middle, battered and bruised from the attack. He quickly got up and jumped away to avoid Jarze's next attack as the demon landed in front of him.
Elias fired a Kaiser Flash of which Jarze managed to power through. Once Jarze got to Elias, he grabbed onto his head and threw Elias through a building. When he went through the building, Elias was hurled out of the city before he managed to stop himself.
Before he could even catch his breath, Jarze caught up with him and attempted to uppercut him. But Elias managed to move out of the way just in time to avoid Jarze's attack. Elias then spun around and kicked Jarze in the side of his head.
The attack didn't faze the demon as he took it easily and joined his hands and slammed them into Elias's stomach. Elias was sent back into the city, going through another tunnel road and being implanted into a building.
He got himself out of the building and flew up to avoid Jarze's attack as the demon's fist went through the building's wall. The demon smirked as he fired a blast through the building, causing the building to begin to fall over.
Elias had no choice but to hold it up, which in of itself was no problem, but he had to also be wary of Jarze. However, he didn't get attacked by Jarze directly. Instead, the demon opted to fly to the other side of the building and push it down on Elias.
"Guess he isn't the second in command of demons for nothing! This is sadistic." Elias thought as Jarze laughed at his struggle.
Soon Jarze put more power into his push putting Elias and the building closer and closer to the ground. As this happened, Elias could see the humans falling and lying on the glass in front of him, which threatened to break at any moment.
He had to come up with an idea fast, or else he would be crushed by the building, and the people within will most likely die. As Dende explained, with the Dragon Balls being inert, there would be no way to bring them back for a while.
"I'm still not going to let that happen. I can't just let an Ex Machina fix the problem of a bunch of people dying on my watch!" Elias determined.
Elias put his plan into action with his resolve set as he slowly took his left hand away from the building and aimed a finger at Jarze. He charged as much energy as he could in his pointer finger and proceeded to fire a small beam through the building and through Jarze's stomach.
Jarze coughed up blood as he was pushed away from the building covering up his wound. Now that Jarze wasn't pushing against the building, Elias was able to place it down gently and get everyone out safely.
Though he was happy that the people inside were okay, he was worried about the fight going forward. As Jarze explained, the more pain he was in, the stronger he got. A double-edged sword for sure, but it could still basically guarantee victory for him.
His worries were proven true when Jarze broke through the building's topside and hit the ground, looking at Elias through a window. The demon was now a little taller and even more muscular, and before he could even react, Jarze let out a surge of energy that eviscerated the area.
Thankfully everyone had cleared the area affected, and Elias managed to avoid too much damage by flying away. When he flew up, he saw a clear crater in the city that looked as if it had touched the sun itself.
Thankfully it seemed Jarze concentrated the energy there in hopes of killing Elias, so the rest of the city was spared. However, Elias could see that the people were evacuating from the city, which was good, but Elias was going to try and turn the fight away from the city.
But it seemed the demon wasn't going to let that happen as he appeared behind Elias and kicked him back into the city. Elias crashed into several buildings before landing on the roof of a house. Acting quickly, Elias got to his feet and bet backward to avoid a kick by Jarze.
When Jarze landed, Elias proceeded to sweep him off his legs, then flipped over and kicked him into the house. He didn't want to damage the city, but if Jarze was going to keep them here, he had no choice.
Besides, they could always rebuild after all humans were resilient and wouldn't let something like this put them down. For the most part, at least. Elias shot into the sky as Jarze burst through the roof of the home to follow.
For the moment, Elias had decided to run away for a moment to think of a plan. At the moment, Jarze now easily dwarfed him in power, and only Jason could take him out with no problem. But Elias was far from his power now, unlike when the fight first started.
Sadly he didn't get too much time to think as Jarze caught his leg and hurled him into a street. Before Elias could pick himself back up, and planted his foot on Elias's chest, pinning him to the ground.
"You've been an interesting fight. Not many can survive this long when I'm powered up as such." Jarze complimented as he pressed down harder.
"This just makes the whole trip more worthwhile," Jarze smirked as Elias attempted to lift his leg off of him.
"What is the point of all of this? Why are you and the other's even here?" Elias questioned.
"Because why not?" Jarze replied.
"Us demons are a violent and dark race that makes those Saiyans look like saints. But since our realm has only the Grimm and us there, I think you can imagine what can happen." Jarze began.
"Fights, wars, and genocide are commonplace before a king was named, and a sort of peace came about. Though even so, the damage was done for my realm." Jarze continued.
"It's dying, and all the life energy is diminishing, meaning that eventually, we'll just cease to be. But this universe, as well as many others, are filled with it. So when a chance to come in and take some for ourselves comes well, we'll just have to take it." Jarze explained.
"Plus, it's in our nature to destroy, so it's a win-win. Fighting extraordinary fighters such as yourself makes everything worth it." Jarze smiled.
"Don't think for a second that the people of this planet will let that happen. I'm sure they already pulled that device out of the ground." Elias replied.
"Even if they did, it wouldn't matter," Jarze stated.
"How so?" Elias asked.
"Because we aren't stupid, we brought more than just one. If they take one out, we'll put two more onto this planet." Jarze explained.
"What of the innocent people you'll kill when you do this?" Elias questioned.
"Not my problem. All I care about is doing what's best for me. If that means playing as the right-hand man to the Prince of the Demon Realm, I'll do it. If it means wiping out all life in a universe, I will do it. If it benefits me in my life, I will do it. Plus, it's fun." Jarze answered.
"So if you had to kill your very own comrade because it would benefit you, would you do it?" Elias asked.
"Without hesitation," Jarze smirked.
"You are a monster!" Elias hissed, disgusted at the demon who pressed his foot upon his chest.
"I won't deny it, but so is every other demon. If anything, you're lucky that I am here. Otherwise, many would enslave the people of this universe and create an empire over you. If anything, what we're doing here is a mercy." Jarze replied as he pressed down harder.
Elias screamed as the pain he felt in his chest increased to the point where he felt two of his ribs break. He felt like he was going to blackout, spelling certain doom for him. However, the last Tuffle wasn't going to give up that easy because he couldn't allow the Tuffle race to end like this.
He had too much to live for, and if he, the last survivor of the Tuffle race, died like this by the hand or foot of this demon. It would be a besmirch on the Tuffle name. To survive, the Saiyans slaughter of his people just to die from another monster attempting to strip people of their home.
Elias had the memories of Talon, and seeing the pain that had befallen his fellow Tuffles, he wouldn't want that for anyone. So it wasn't going to end like this because the Tuffle race would survive with him, and he wasn't going to let this demon hurt anyone.
With all his might, he pushed on Jarze's foot, moving it off of his chest. Soon with a burst of energy, he threw the demon off of him. Getting back up to his feet, Elias stared down Jarze breathing heavily through his own pain.
"Impressive but pointless, what more can you do in this fight? You're no Saiyan because from what I hear when they come from the brink of death, they get stronger." Jarze smirked.
"Even if I was a Saiyan, I would need to be fully healed for the power up to take effect. But I don't need to be a Saiyan to defeat you. I'm something just as great." Elias informed.
"And pray tell, what are you exactly?" Jarze inquired.
"I am Elias Plant, and I am the last of the Tuffles! So hear this demon, I will defeat you because I will not die here." Elias declared.
"Besides someones waiting for me back home," Elias stated as Amber came to his mind.
Elias had spent so much time with Amber over the past couple of years that he developed feelings for her. Though he has yet to tell her how he felt he wanted to and refused to die before he did.
"If…no when I survive this, I will tell her." Elias thought as he stood up straight.
"Alright then, Tuffle, just try it," Jarze smirked, knowing that there was no way Elias could close the power gap.
The demon slammed his first into Elias's stomach sending him through several buildings, causing them to collapse. Ignoring the searing pain from his broken ribs, he stopped himself saw Jarze shooting towards him like a bullet.
When he got to Elias, the Tuffle flew upwards to avoid him and fired a blast to send the demon towards the ground. Jarze didn't go far as his increased power has numbed him to most of Elias's attacks, and could withstand it.
Once he recovered, the demon shot back towards Elias, who just managed to dodge his attack. This continued for a while as Elias focused on finding the pattern in Jarze's attacks. But none could be found as Jarze finally grabbed onto Elias's head and threw him towards the ground.
As Elias hit the ground, he had to act fast and roll away from Jarze's follow up. When Jarze slammed into the ground attempting to crush Elias, but the Tuffle soon swept him off his feet. Elias attempted to attack Jarze more, but the demon was too strong and punched him away.
"Dammit, I can't deal any damage to him, nor can I concentrate enough power to harm him. Even if I did, it would only make him stronger if it wasn't an instant kill." Elias thought.
"The only thing I could do is…" Elias thought before Jarze appeared before him.
The demon kneed Elias in the chin sending him through a building before into the sky. Elias was then slammed back down straight through the top of a building to the ground floor before the building collapsed on top of him.
Jarze slowly descended to the ground, standing on top of the wreckage of the building. Since he couldn't sense energy, he had to make sure that Elias was dead. But just before he could make his move, the ground broke open, and Elias came out, slashing Jarze in the chest with a blade made of Ki in his right hand.
The blue blade cut the demon's chest, drawing blood before Elias kicked Jarze a few feet away. Jarze was confused at what had happened. He wasn't surprised that Elias was alive, but he was astonished that he could hurt him in any capacity at this point.
"I don't particularly like using this move since it was my brother's favorite, but I have no choice," Elias stated as he stared at Jarze.
He had always hated using the same techniques as his siblings since it only reminded him of their mistakes and his own. Elias also wasn't proficient enough in swordplay he could make a significant mistake.
Jarze simply smirked at the new development and resumed his assault on Elias. The Tuffle warrior blocked with his Ki Sword and parried by slashing the demon. However, while it did damage, it also served to increase Jarze's power.
Just one look at the demon saw that he was much stronger than before as he grew larger and muscles more defined, making him look more like a hulk. When Elias sensed his energy, he could tell one hit would be death.
Elias decided to ignore that and decided to focus on evading Jarze's attacks and putting more energy into his blade. But due to this, Elias was unable to cut into anything too crucial for the demon.
That didn't stop him, however as Elias kept hacking and slashing anywhere and everywhere, he could, knowing that Jarze's body had to have a breaking point. However, this seemed to be taking too much time, and Elias was running low on Ki.
Thinking quickly, Elias stabbed Jarze in his right leg before cutting at the back of his neck. Before Jarze could land a hit, he flipped over the demon and flew away. Jarze flew after Elias, who sliced at the demon's eyes, but Jarze blocked with his left hand only to lose two fingers.
In a rage, Jarze fired off several beams at Elias, who cut through or deflected each one with his sword. When Jarze finally caught up with Elias, he attempted to pierce him through, but Elias blocked with his sword burning the demon's flesh.
When Jarze reeled from the pain, Elias used the chance to stab his right shoulder before kicking him away. The demon retaliated by breaking a nearby building in half and throwing it at Elias, who used his blade to safely cut his way through the building.
As the building crashed into several others behind, the Tuffle Jarze sped towards him. He barely had enough time to dodge the attack seeing what damage it could have done as the sheer force of the attack caused a shockwave that crushed a portion of the city and a mountain.
Jarze then released a burst of Ki to send Elias into a building while destroying many others in close vicinity. He followed after Elias entering the building only to not see him there. Slowly Jarze floated through the building looking for Elias but found nothing.
Suddenly, Elias came up from behind and cut off Jarze's left arm before flying away and cutting a support beam in half. As Jarze screamed at the pain and the anger of losing his arm, he noticed that Elias had cut several more beams in half prior to the most recent.
Soon the building collapsed on Jarze as Elias watched from up high outside. Now that Jarze was down an arm, it would be somewhat easier to fight against the demon. Elias had a plan in mind for if demons worked like most living beings, then there could only be so much pain he could go through before he goes into shock.
"RRRAAAAGGGHHHH!" Jarze screamed as he blew himself out of the rubble that was on top of him.
Once again, he was much larger than he was before, standing over ten feet like a monster on steroids. The demon flew up towards Elias swinging his remaining arm at Elias, who easily dodged. It was then that Elias noticed that he had gained an advantage.
It seems that the bigger Jarze got, the slower he was as Elias now had an easier time reading his moves. But even then, it was not too easy as if he got too close, it would give the demon more opportunities to land a hit.
That being said, he occasionally shot towards the demon for a quick blitz. However, Jarze suddenly fired a large beam at Elias, who had to stop himself and block with the sword. The beam split in two due to the Ki sword, but Jarze inched his way towards Elias.
Before he got too close, Elias was forced to drop down from the sky to avoid the beam and Jarze's attack. But as he got to the ground, Jarze fell down in front of him like a comet and punched Elias.
Acting quickly, Elias blocked with the blade of his sword, cutting into Jarze's fist, lessening the force of the punch but still sending him away. The attack broke another rib and knocked the air out of his lungs, causing Elias to pause for a moment to catch his breath.
Elias looked over at Jarze, who once again was bigger but was looking more feral than usual. It seems that all the pain and energy that was going through Jarze's body was too much for his mind to take. But even with that, Elias knew that he was still dangerous.
"His body may be on the verge of collapse, but I am no better. I'm running on fumes here as well, so I need to end this here." Elias thought as he recreated his Ki sword.
"The last of my Ki, I need to put everything I have in this. So I guess that means no flying." Elias sighed as he focused all of his remaining energy into his blade.
The new blade was as long as his upper body, but with the energy he had to supply it, he could no sustain flight nor use it to make his body more durable. So his next attack had to be his last, or else he would die.
Elias stood yards away from Jarze, who stared at him with a wild gaze. The demon charged right at Elias, who, in turn, ran towards him. Using Jarze's missing arm to his advantage by slashing him on his bad side.
The Last Tuffle cut into Jarze's left side before jumping over the demon and cutting into his left shoulder. Jarze's body was a bloody mess and was becoming more deformed as his power grew. Finally, Elias went for the kill aiming for Jarze's neck, but the demon grabbed onto the blade with his misshaped hand.
Slowly as it cut through his hand, Jarze made his way to Elias's arm before crushing it, causing Elias to scream out in pain. As the Tuffle Warrior fell to the ground in pain, Jarze cackled above him. His energy sword disappeared as his concentration was broken with his arm.
Jarze lifted his foot to crush Elias, but Elias moved out of the way using what little strength he had. Elias slowly crawled away from Jarze, who inched towards him. There was one last hope for Elias as he returned for base form.
He had to put his trust that Jarze could succumb to shock due to everything his body had gone through. Focusing all of his energy into a ball, Elias was preparing to use it against his enemy. But Jarze soon got in front of him, stopping Elias in his tracks.
"T…is….attle….o…er." Jarze gargled, barely able to form a proper sentence.
However, unknown to him, Elias was already in place for his plan as he looked at the building behind Jarze. The energy he had in the ball was nowhere near enough to damage Jarze in the slightest, so he would resort to something else.
When he had enough energy, he fired but not at Jarze but the building that was behind him, causing the bottom to explode. The building began to fall, and before Jarze could move, Elias grabbed onto his leg with his left arm.
"You're not going anywhere," Elias stated as the building collapsed on top of the two.
As the dust settled, only rubble remained, and neither the demon nor the tuffle could be found. That is until Elias pushed himself out of the rubble, gasping for breath and looking around for Jarze.
Soon he appeared as he burst through the ground with metal beams that had punctured him through the stab wounds courtesy of Elias. Jarze limped towards Elias, his eyes vacant and empty while the only noise that could be heard where his joints breaking and the beams scratching the ground.
Elias could only watch as Jarze made his way towards him, having no energy left nor strength to escape. But once Jarze got to him, he froze and ceased to move entirely in front of him. With a quick sense of energy, Elias gave a sigh of relief, knowing that Jarze was dead, and this fight was over.
"You look like you went through hell," Tien said as he landed next to Elias.
"Yeah, but at least I'm not dead," Elias smirked as Tien handed him a Senzu Bean. Elias ate it and got up, standing next to Tien.
"So I take it you and the other's removed the pole?" Elias inquired.
"Yeah, it hurt a lot, but we got it done," Tien answered.
"Sadly, it's not the only one they've got," Elias replied.
"You're kidding?" Tien asked.
"Nope, so let's help out with the rest of them so that they don't get a chance to use it," Elias said as he retook his True Tuffle form.
"Alright, let's do this!" Elias exclaimed as he flew off with Tien following close behind.
Two more demons remain as the Z-Fighters begin to converge with one another. However, Elias has learned that they hold more than one of the energy absorption device that would devastate the solar system! Will, our heroes, be able to stop the demons from using the devices, and will they be able to come out victorious? Find out Next Time!
Author's Note:
Hey guys, sorry for the wait, but I am back! I've been working with school and stuff, so it's been hard writing, not just this but also my other fics. But I've managed to get this done, and I'm very happy with how it turned out.
Fun fact originally, I had planned to increase the power of Elias's True Tuffle transformation, but I decided not to go that route. Since that's a staple in Dragon Ball is just to give a character a new transformation, I decided against doing it.
Also because I basically did just that last chapter with Vegeta. So this time, I had Elias use his brains more than brawn. To those who are questioning why Elias could use the Ki sword technique like Kiran could, it's because Kiran could do it that he could.
Both are clones of Talon, so both should be able to use the same techniques, especially if Kiran figured it out with them. Again the reason why Elias never used it is one because he didn't like using his brother's techniques, and two, he was afraid that he might make a mistake or not be able to use it efficiently.
If Kiran was against Jarze with Elias's power, he would easily be able to cut him in half due to his better practice. Plus, the reason why the sword could cut him is the same reason why the Kienzan could have killed Nappa and how Damian cut Kiran in half.
If you are wondering why I always explain myself in my author's notes, I do it so that I can preemptively get rid of most reviews that would question about this. Also even though it is a bit early it has been one whole year since I started this story starting this Saturday! I can't believe it's been a whole year since I started this journey and I couldn't be happier with how it's going! Either way, I'm done rambling hope you guys enjoyed, and I'll see you next time!