Chapter 854: The ident.i.ty of the bronze-masked man
“Phew, that was close. If Beerus or Giin had defeated one more G.o.d of Destruction, Universe 11 would have been eliminated.” Knowing the score of their universe, Belmod felt a wave of fear. Fortunately, it was Giin who emerged victorious in the battle against Beerus.
Otherwise, if Universe 7 had earned an additional 10 points, Universe 11 would have been out of the running for fourth place.
“Yeah, it was really dangerous,”
At this point, both Toppo and Dyspo had expressions of relief on their faces. Their luck was too good, all thanks to Jiren defeating two G.o.ds of Destruction.
Indeed, it was luck. If Beerus hadn’t lost to Giin, and if Bomen hadn’t intervened, allowing Jiren to escape from his battle with Xiaya, who then later defeated Giin, then as long as one of these conditions were not met – Beerus scoring or Jiren not defeating a second G.o.d of Destruction – the score of Universe 11 would have been lower than Universe 7, and the outcome would have been certain elimination!
Now there is no need to worry, Universe 11 has overwhelmed Universe 7, the top scorer of the Battle of Mortals, and even if the situation were to worsen, they would still securely be in 4th place. Xiaya, Bomen, and the bronze-masked man, representing Universe 10, Universe 8, and Universe 1 respectively, scored 5 points, 0 points, and 6 points respectively in the Battle of Mortals. At this point, adding the score of the Battle of G.o.ds, the score of the three universes would be 15 points, 30 points, and 16 points respectively.
Among the three of them, if either Universe 10 or Universe 1 is defeated, they will lose 10 points. At that time, Universe 11 would have 11 points, and there may be a chance to fight for third place. Of course, if both of the other two universes are eliminated, the score and deductions will cancel out, and Universe 11 would still be in fourth place.
While Belmod was rejoicing, he also felt grateful for having pa.s.sed the position of G.o.d of Destruction to Jiren in time.
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Just as the members of Universe 11 were reveling in their safety, some of the powerful warriors from other universes were still in shock from the battle between Jiren and Bomen. They were not shocked by Bomen’s strength, as that was no longer surprising, but by the fact that Jiren was able to withstand so many attacks from a fourth level Divine Realm expert.
Although he ultimately lost, being able to impressively withstand so many attacks was quite amazing. If it were them, they probably would have lost in two or three moves.
But soon their shock s.h.i.+fted away from the battle between Jiren and Bomen, as the battle between Xiaya and the bronze-masked man left them even more shocked.
The G.o.ds of Destruction from several universes whispered among themselves, “It seems we underestimated the strength of the G.o.d of Destruction from Universe 10. That Xiaya is also at fourth level of the Divine Realm, and his realm is even more profound than Jiren’s.”
The listeners nodded, “Yeah, when compared to them, we seem to be lacking so much. We are all G.o.ds of Destruction, how come it feels like we’re not even on the same level?”
“Can they even be considered G.o.ds of Destruction? I bet even Angels wouldn’t be their match. ” Arak, the G.o.d of Destruction from Universe 5, who was eliminated by Bomen, knows better than anyone how strong Bomen is. “So we can’t even compare to them…” he shook his head.
Heles, the female G.o.d of Destruction from Universe 2, said, “So now all three of them in the arena have reached the fourth level of the Divine Realm. Let’s see who can come out victorious.”
However, only a few G.o.ds of Destruction had such a mindset. Perhaps because they knew that their universe had no chance of winning, some G.o.ds of Destruction simply gave up on watching the compet.i.tion, such as Champa, who was now holding a lunch box and eating with gusto.
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Universe 10’s camp, Xiling and others were anxiously watching the arena, but their eyes could no longer distinguish the battle situation between the fourth level of the Divine Realm.
They asked Kusu, “What’s the situation now? Is Xiaya in danger?”
Even though they had great confidence in Xiaya’s strength, they couldn’t help but feel nervous when the opponent was an expert at the fourth level of the Divine Realm.
Kusu furrowed her brow and tapped her scepter with her fair and delicate hand. Immediately, slow-motion scenes of the battle appeared in the void.
Currently, in addition to Xiaya fighting against the bronze-masked man, Bomen had also joined the battle. Or rather, even if Bomen didn’t want to intervene in the fight between the two, Xiaya and the bronze-masked man wouldn’t let him stand idly by. The scene showed Xiaya attacking the bronze-masked man with rapid movements, the bronze-masked man dodging, and suddenly Bomen charging in with a heavy punch. Just as he succeeded, Xiaya’s attack followed closely behind and attacked Bomen.
Real or fake, sometimes it’s the real body, sometimes it’s an afterimage, the complexity of the three-way fight had even made it hard for Kusu to make an accurate judgment.
Kusu’s face turned red, and she whispered, “I can’t tell either, you should go ask Whis or sister Vados…”
At this time, Xiling’s gaze was focused on the screen in the void, she had no time to go to the Universe 7 side, so she clenched her fists, nervously cheering for Xiaya in her heart.
In the void, Xiaya was concentrating, observing the surroundings carefully. Facing two powerful experts like Bomen and the bronze-masked man, he dare not show any carelessness. Suddenly, a ripple appeared in the s.p.a.ce, and under his intense indiscriminate wide-area attacks, Bomen’s figure appeared in the void.
“There!” Xiaya’s eyes flickered and his body moved lithely, then he focused his attacks on one point.
“Boom boom boom!”
An intense battle finally ensued. Bomen was closely being followed by Xiaya, so he had no choice but to take the initiative to attack, but Xiaya couldn’t enjoy it for long as a bright flower emerged from the warped s.p.a.ce, and the bronze-masked man charged over. Xiaya hit Bomen and then turned around to block the bronze-masked man’s attack.
Clang!
A loud sound shook the entire Null Realm, and the invisible sound waves spread out, causing small wrinkles in s.p.a.ce.
Xiaya’s countenance suddenly changed, and an icy look appeared on his face as he sensed a premonition of danger. He was thinking about it when the attack of the bronze-masked man arrived again.
This time, there was no way to avoid it, but Xiaya wouldn’t be able to forcibly block the opponent’s attack again.
So he turned around and pushed out both palms fiercely.
And the attack of the bronze-masked man arrived at the same time.
“s.p.a.ce-time Breaking Punch！！”
Blue and sparkling electric arcs “buzzed”, the air emitted a piercing hum and a vast electric glow burst out with a deafening sound. Crack, the mask on the face of the bronze-masked man broke, revealing the pale hair underneath and a pair of golden vertical pupils staring at Xiaya intently.
This was the first time Xiaya had seen the bronze-masked man’s appearance. Under that bronze mask, there was a wild and goat-like face.
“Klein, it’s you, you’re not dead yet!!”
Bomen appeared, and after seeing the bronze-masked man’s appearance, he exclaimed in surprise, his face showing an expression of disbelief.
The beastman named Klein sneered at the words, his body exuding a light purple light and said: “Is it that only you are allowed to live until now, Bomen? And I am not?”
Bomen’s face froze before he smiled mockingly, but he didn’t pay attention to it. Suddenly, boundless fighting intent appeared on his face.
“Klein, since you’re still alive, then come and have a good fight with me!”
“You’re so eager to die, then I’ll fulfill your wish.”
While talking, Bomen and Klein had already begun fighting.
Bang! Collision!
Boom!!
Bomen and Klein quickly retreated, and their intense attacks also dragged Xiaya into it.
From the conversation between the two, Xiaya could tell that they must have known each other before. This made him curious. Bomen was the G.o.d of Destruction of Universe 8 from three generations ago. If this bronze-masked man called Klein knows Bomen, then he must be very old as well?
However, facing the constant incoming attacks, Xiaya didn’t have time to think too much. He clenched his fist and punched them over.
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Outside the arena, the previous G.o.d of Destruction of Universe 8, Liquiir, stared at Klein who was fighting with Bomen in shock and asked the Angel Korn beside him in surprise: “Who is that masked man, and why does Mr. Bomen seem to be so careful of him?”
Angel Korn furrowed his eyebrows and said, “That masked man… no, Klein-sama is an extraordinary person…”
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“Whis, did you know the ident.i.ty of that masked man?” Myers directly asked Whis, and Beerus who had been watching the fight also perked up his ears to listen.
Whis hesitated for a moment and said, “Well, I know now.”
Then he sighed, “This compet.i.tion has really brought out a lot of big shots. Klein-sama was also a G.o.d of Destruction before, and he held the position for the longest time…”
“Could he be Universe 1’s G.o.d of Destruction from a few generations ago?” Beerus asked in surprise. Just like how Bomen was G.o.d of Destruction from three generations ago, could this guy named Klein also be the same?
Whis shook his head, denying Beerus’ guess.
He said, “Klein-sama is indeed from Universe 1, but he is not the G.o.d of Destruction of Universe 1. He… was the G.o.d of Destruction of Universe 18 from the previous generation…”
“Uni…Universe 18, isn’t that already destroyed?”
Hearing this shocking news, Beerus stuttered a bit while speaking.
Universe 18 is quite an ancient universe, it’s said that in the beginning of time there were 18 universes in the multiverse, but due to various reasons, now only twelve universes are left, and the other six universes have long disappeared in the boundless time.
“Yes, Universe 18 was erased by Zeno shortly after Klein-sama resigned from the position of G.o.d of Destruction. It is said that the new G.o.d of Destruction accidentally offended Zeno-sama… Of course, I am not very clear on the specifics, but Klein-sama was originally a lifeform from Universe 1, so after he resigned as G.o.d of Destruction, he returned to Universe 1 and thus did not get erased with the universe!”
It’s common for a lifeform of one universe to serve as the G.o.d of Destruction of another universe when there is a shortage of people to do so. Like Champa and Beerus, two brothers, they were born in the same universe, but the former serves as G.o.d of Destruction of Universe 6 and the latter of Universe 7.
So hearing that Klein came from Universe 1, Beerus, after a brief shock, also accepted this.
It is truly unbelievable that just a compet.i.tion would cause two ancient powerful beings to emerge, both of whom are at the fourth level of Divine Realm.