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// Tournament: Destructive Battle 
// Story: Dragon Ball Super: Fate of the Multiverse 
// by Blackdrag-rose 
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Sombra and the others remained still as they stared at Jiren, Toppo, and Dyspo, the last three enemies between them and their wish to restore the fallen universes, to overturn what the Kings of All were doing to the multiverse, as they were waiting for the signal so they could start the final battle. At the same time it was clear that Toppo, at the very least, was studying all of them and was no doubt determining which of them he'd have to take on, like his team believed that they were splitting the alliance between the three of them, when in reality Sombra had a different plan of attack. Dyspo seemed overly confident at the moment, showing that he believed that he could take out whoever went at him, causing a few members of their team to glare at him for a few seconds, before shifting their gaze back to Jiren, as Sombra would inform them of who they would be going up against. He had seen their abilities since the tournament started, including a portion of what their foes were capable of, so he knew who would be best to tackle the main foes he was focused on taking out, those being Toppo and Dyspo, meaning they just needed to be patient and wait for him to start talking.

While they were doing that, however, the Kings of All noticed how much space there was in the spectator stands and told the Grand Priest about it, who clapped his hands a moment later and the stands pulled themselves together, the size of it shrinking until it was only a fraction of it's original size... though at the same time many of the gods were now sitting closer to each other, even though Sunset's portion still had space for her warriors, if any were eliminated.

"So, an alliance between Universe 7 and Universe 13," Cae, Belmod's counterpart god, commented, as now they had a chance to think about the revelation that the strategist of Sunset's universe, a being that was called Sombra, had revealed to Jiren, Toppo, and Dyspo, before he frowned, "We should have seen this coming, since Universe 13's warriors have been rushing to the aid of Universe 7's warriors since the tournament started, keeping each other in the tournament so they can battle it out when they're the only two left."

"It doesn't matter if we know their teams are united or not," Belmod stated, where he cast his eyes down at the fighting stage and focused on the remaining Pride Troopers that were standing before the alliance, which was when a smile graced his face once more, "With Jiren and Toppo still fighting, there's no way we can lose."

Sunset glanced at Belmod for a moment, wondering if he was even watching the tournament take place, since her team had overcome some great odds without using too much of their own power, before turning her attention back to her warriors, as she decided that there was no reason to even tell Belmod that he was wrong. She still found it amusing that none of the other universes that had been participating in the tournament, or their gods for that matter, had noticed the alliance between her team and Beerus' team, and now it was too late for the Pride Troopers to do much, as now they had to fight seventeen warriors. With her warriors taking over the last few fights, after Kefla was taken care of, Goku and the rest of his team had more energy than they would have had if they were forced to fight all these universes nonstop, which was all part of Sombra's plan, since he was the one that told Goku and Vegeta what to do next. In fact she, along with the rest of her fellow gods, were interested in what was coming up, as this would be the start of Sombra's grand plan, and they were all eager to see what he had planned, since there were so many possibilities when the tournament started and now he was left with only a few plans, which would all turn the tide in their favor if they succeeded.

Sombra, on the other hand, seemed to be waiting, no doubt keeping his eyes on their foes and was seeing if one of them would make the first move, not that such a thing mattered in the long run, because sooner or later he was going to have the team attack and then the final battles for the fate of the multiverse would begin at last.

"Well then, I suppose it's time we got started." Sombra said, as while simply standing there, running down the time, would have been a good idea to end the tournament, it was one that would have caused the Kings of All to erase a number of them for being boring, or potentially the entire multiverse, hence the reason he was telling the others that it was time for the final battles to begin, where he glanced at Dyspo, "Pinkie, since I know you haven't had a chance to shine since the tournament started, you can take Dyspo to another part of the fighting stage and battle him there, without having to worry about anyone else ruining your fun."

"I get their speedster?" Pinkie inquired, as she had seen that Dyspo was strong, in his own way, and she was curious as to how a battle between them would end, meaning that she was incredibly happy that she got this opponent, especially since this type of foe would usually go to Rainbow, since she was sure her new foe had called himself the 'fastest in the multiverse', or something to that effect, at one point during the tournament, "Nice. I won't let you down!"

"Rainbow, I think it's obvious who you'll get to fight." Sombra added, showing that he had paused for Pinkie to speak, as he had known she would do that at some point once he told her who he wanted her to tackle, before he focused on the Pride Trooper he was now talking about.

"Right. I get Toppo." Rainbow replied, because she and the others had learned what Toppo had to be back when the Zen Exhibition Match was going on, thanks to him fighting Goku in a fourth match, and she had to admit that she was very excited for this battle, even if her foe wasn't excited at all.

"He thinks that we'll listen to his suggestions." Toppo commented, as he was listening to what Sombra was saying and felt that the strategist of Universe 13's team was underestimating the power that he and Dyspo possessed, which was good for them since they hadn't shown their true power to any of their foes yet.

"Come on, what's the harm in playing along for now?" Dyspo asked, though at the same time he stared at the warrior that had been chosen to do battle with him, who seemed energetic and was likely to fall off the stage once they reached whatever area she wanted to battle in, "We'll both eliminate a warrior from Universe 13 and cut into their strength, making it that much easier for us to take them all out."

"Do as you wish," Jiren stated, showing his teammates that they were allowed to either go along with Sombra's ideas or stay near him and take the entire group together, though at the same time he crossed his arms for a moment as he stared at the warrior that had spoken, "either way it doesn't matter, our enemies will be eliminated in the end."

Toppo and Dyspo glanced at each other, as they were used to this sort of thing from Jiren and knew that the tone of his voice indicated that he might be willing to stay still and observe his group of foes while they fought the two warriors Sombra had suggested they fight. In the end Toppo nodded his head and beckoned to the side, where Rainbow grinned and leapt into the air as she followed him away from the area the rest of her team was standing in, while at the same time Dyspo sighed and ran off in another direction as Pinkie took after him. Sombra and the others, however, remained where they were standing, as it appeared that Jiren had some faith in his teammates and was willing to watch their battles before he turned his attention towards them, allowing them to keep their guards up as they waited for Pinkie and Rainbow to deal with the pair of warriors Sombra was sending them after. One thing they all noticed was the fact that the remaining Pride Troopers were somewhat arrogant in their abilities, as the three of them weren't taking into account the fact that numbers could overwhelm anyone, something all thirteen of the displaced proved when they fought Sunset earlier, and it appeared that history might even repeat itself in the near future, with Jiren as the one that would be taken down.

Pinkie followed Dyspo for a few moments, up until the point where her opponent stopped in his tracks and turned back to face her, which was where she gathered some of her power and loosed a few low powered blasts at him, only for Dyspo to jump from rock to rock as he avoided her attacks.

"Sorry, no matter what your pal was thinking, you can't beat me." Dyspo stated, where Pinkie noticed that his voice was coming from behind her, as the one thing that her foe didn't seem to care about was hiding his energy, meaning that if she focused on that aspect she could find him, "I'm the fastest in the multiverse. There is no one out there that is faster than I am, and I'll run circles around you until you admit defeat!"

"Except for Dashie." Pinkie replied, though as she said that she turned around and faced her opponent, as she knew what had happened the last time Rainbow and Dyspo had been in the same area and knew that if it wasn't for the fact that they knew Toppo was hiding something, a power that only certain gods commanded, she was sure that Rainbow would have knocked Dyspo off the stage in no time, "I mean, you may have been able to overcome her speed for a moment, but then she turned the tables on you with her Thunder God's War Cry... and let me tell you, the level of speed she commands at that point is nothing compared to what she's truly capable of. Now I know what you're thinking, you're curious as to why Sombra would pick me and not Rainbow, so allow me to tell you that I've trained with her off and on since she and Applejack returned from their adventures in Universe 7, and I've picked up a few tricks along the way, but with the various powers and abilities I gained during my own adventures... well, let's just say that I'm more than enough to take you and your precious speed down. Blue."

For a second Dyspo was confused, as he had no idea what Pinkie meant when she said the word 'Blue', though that was when he noticed that her aura had a blue coloration to it, different from the one he had seen earlier, before Pinkie shifted her stance and vanished from the area she was standing in. That was immediately followed by a fist connecting with his stomach, where he noticed that Pinkie was suddenly in front of him with the blue aura she was channeling, before he was knocked backwards by the kick that followed the first attack, where he regained himself and stared at his foe. From what he could tell she appeared to be the same as she had been moments ago, the only difference being the coloration of her aura, meaning that she must have done something that he hadn't noticed, something that allowed her to move at a speed that he wasn't used to her wielding, and all he had to do was figure out what that something was before taking care of it and knocking her off the fighting stage. After thinking about his foe for a bit Dyspo focused his mind and rushed through the space between them, getting behind his foe so he could hit her from behind and get her closer to the edge of the fighting stage, but it was in that moment that he noticed something odd, Pinkie's ears seemed to twitch, not in the same manner as his ears did against Hit, before she moved to the side and avoided his attack entirely.

Before he could regain himself, and go through a different attack, Pinkie struck him in the chest and forced him to abandon his attack, to which Dyspo landed nearby and stared at her, trying to determine how she could have known where he was when she didn't even turn her head towards him. Dyspo was sure that she didn't have the same ability with her ears, and he was positive she couldn't follow his speed with her eyes, which only made him wonder what sort of power she possessed, before deciding to go with another tactic as he rushed at her and ran in a circle around Pinkie, generating a number of images that were of him standing and staring at her. This attack was designed to confuse an opponent and force them to attack the wrong version of himself, so that he could launch his own attack while they were distracted, but he was, once more, shocked by what Pinkie did as she burst into the air and bounced around the area he was in. By that Dyspo meant that Pinkie rushed towards the first image and struck it down within seconds, before shifting her course and heading to another one, repeating the process many times over as she struck down and destroyed all of the images that were lingering around the area they were in, before shifting her stance once more as she punched Dyspo in the face, sending him flying into a rock wall.

"Red." Pinkie said, where her aura changed from a blue color to a red color, indicating to those that knew about the power she possessed that she was switching to a different one, before she bounced a few times, to stretch her arms and legs for a few seconds, before she rushed over to where Dyspo was laying.

As Dyspo went on the defensive, however, he noticed two things, the first being that the red aura had to augment his foe's already incredible strength, as the moment he dodged the incoming punch Pinkie's fist collided with the rock wall he had been slammed into and watched as it shattered into a pile of rubble, almost like it was nothing. The second thing he noticed was that there was something else that changed when Pinkie switched powers, as the blue coloration of her eyes had gotten brighter when she used her blue aura, but now a bright red color rested in her eyes, meaning that there might be a way to tell what sort of power she was using based on the color of her eyes and aura. Considering that he had no idea what sort of powers she had, since this was the first time she was actually fighting someone like this, all he could figure out was that the color blue was associated with speed and the color red was the same for strength, which meant that he now had the advantage once more. With that in mind he rushed forward and attempted to strike her while she was still recovering from missing her first attack with the red aura, only to find that she jumped into the air and avoided his incoming attack, before hitting him with the backside of her leg, sending him crashing into one of the rock walls around them, which was reduced to a pile of rubble as well.

This time around Dyspo, thinking about how ashamed Jiren would be if he was eliminated by such a weak opponent, burst out of the rubble and rushed towards his opponent again, though this time around he engaged in an exchange of punches and kicks with his foe, where the collisions of their powers caused the area to shake a little, but even then he could tell that Pinkie's attacks were strong and that he might need to use his trump card to win this fight. As the two of them moved around the area they were in the rocks walls and rock pillars were the ones to suffer, as the power of their energies colliding either blew them apart or Pinkie's attacks, when she missed Dyspo, would reduce them to rubble in a few seconds. One would think that Dyspo had the advantage, thanks to his speed, but Pinkie proved him wrong by actually combining both her red and blue auras together, after saying 'Red-Blue', making half of it red and half of it blue, with the same happening to her eyes, but instead of only giving her half of the power of each state it gave her the full power, meaning her speed was far greater than his and her strength remained at it's intense state. Even when he increased his own speed, to get back to being on top, Dyspo found that it was more like he was playing catch up with Pinkie's speed, only it ended with Pinkie's fists connecting with his chest and knocking him around like he was her plaything, which annoyed him more than he was willing to admit, before she swung her leg and kicked him onto one of the few remaining rock walls near them, collapsing the entire thing into a pile of rubble.

Pinkie remained where she was standing, patiently waiting for her foe to get out of the rubble so she could continue their fight for a few more minutes, before finally bringing it to an end, but she raised an eyebrow when Dyspo pulled himself free from the rubble and didn't do anything but stand where he exited the pile of stones.

"Damn... I didn't think I was going to need this power against someone like you." Dyspo said, though at the same time he focused on pushing his ki to the maximum, causing a purple flame-like aura to wrap around his body as he turned his attention back to his opponent, "Now you will see why I am called the Sonic Warrior!"

With that said Dyspo burst through the space between them and went on the offensive, because whatever powers his foe possessed couldn't measure up to his Super Maximum Light Speed Mode, a form that increased both his speed and his power to the point where he overpowered the Red-Blue state that Pinkie was in. This time around his attacks struck where he intended them to strike, without his foe being able to move out of the way like she had done multiple times over the course of their battle, and it seemed like Pinkie understood that there was nothing she could do as he punched and kicked her around the area they happened to be battling in. Dyspo, despite knowing that Belmod had been worried about his chances for a moment, noticed that his Destroyer God was pleased with him and was waiting for him to drop Pinkie off the fighting stage, making him the first one to take someone from Universe 13 out, and he grinned as he spun around and kicked Pinkie right into one of the rock walls, letting it collapse on her for a change. Just to be on the safe side, since he didn't want any nasty surprises, Dyspo also loosed a number of blasts at the pile of rubble that Pinkie was buried in and blew the entire thing to pieces, as he was sure that this would result in his foe being too weak to stand up and would make her even easier to throw off the fighting stage.

What he wasn't expecting was for the smoke to shake for a few seconds, showing him that Pinkie did have some sort of trick up her sleeves, before his foe burst out of the smoke and landed in front of him, which was when the trick was revealed as five more beings jumped out of the smoke... where he noticed that Pinkie stood on the left with two copies of herself, one yellow colored and one blue colored, while a dark Pinkie, with blood red hair that was straight down, stood next to the original with a red and green colored Pinkie standing near her.

"The Six Paths of Eco are in attendance!" Pinkie stated, though at the same time she and her manifested powers each took up their own battle stance as they faced their foe, who was absolutely shocked by what she was doing, and she could tell that the majority of the gods were surprised as well.

"The Six Paths of Eco?" Dyspo asked, as he was surprised that this was his foe's trump card, a technique that split her powers into six different versions of her, which sounded like the technique that one of Universe 7's warriors had used before he was eliminated, but if this was how his foe wanted to go out, by weakening herself, than he was going to take full advantage of her stupidity and knock her off the fighting stage.

"The word I was sent to, for my adventure, had six energies that everyone knew about, six types of Eco, and there were only a few people in the world that could tap into this power." Pinkie explained, as she knew that her foe had no idea what she was doing and was trying to figure out what she had done, hence the reason she was going to give him a quick run down before they got started, "The six energies were identified by their coloration, hence one of the reasons that the people of that planet called the energies Red Eco, Blue Eco, Green Eco, Yellow Eco, Dark Eco, and Light Eco, where each one possesses it's own powers and abilities. People who can channel one type of Eco, after years of study and practice, are referred to as Sages and are respected as the wisest beings on the planet, even though there are only a few who can do such a thing in the first place, and then there are the rarer people who can wield all six of them, like my brother, Jak, who is no doubt still testing the limits of his own powers. This ability allows me to manifest all six types of Eco as their own being, with me containing the power of Light Eco, hence the reason it's called the 'Six Paths of Eco'."

"Just because you've separated your powers like this doesn't mean you can defeat me." Dyspo stated, where he shifted his stance and faced his foe, because he honestly didn't care too much about whatever power she was using and knew that he could smash it in due time, especially since Pinkie had cut her power into six fragments.

Pinkie smiled as Pinkamena and the others neared her, using their hands to touch part of her back as she pulled in the Light Eco for a moment, though as Dyspo started to move she clapped her hands together, unleashing the Light Freeze technique she and Jak had learned so many years ago. What happened was that everything slowed down, like time itself had slowed down all around them, and they could see Dyspo slowly charging at the area they were standing in, to which the six of them separated from each other and took up their positions in the area around their opponent. When time returned to normal a few moments later, as Pinkie had discovered that she could end the technique whenever she wanted to, Dyspo looked confused as he came to a stop, since in his eyes his foes had been there one second and weren't there a second later, before the six of them went on the offensive. Green, being the only one of them without any real combat abilities, stayed back and observed the battle as Pinkamena charged at Dyspo, who found that the dark Pinkie's abilities were far greater than he expected them to be, as her speed and power easily matched his own, which shocked him since he was using his greatest technique against his foe. Dyspo also wasn't expecting to trip on something as he dodged his foe's attacks, something that turned out to be a green vine that Green had summoned while he was distracted, and that opened him up to a combined assault from both Red and Pinkamena, who knocked him into the air and forced him to collide with a group of yellow Eco blasts that Yellow sent his way.

Of course both Pinkie and Blue were waiting for Dyspo to be blown out of the air, and he was after taking Yellow's attack like that, so before he even had a chance to land the pair rushed forward and went on the offensive, where they discovered that Dyspo couldn't handle their attacks, meaning he wasn't used to fighting two people like this, and knew that they had him on the ropes already.

One thing that Dyspo discovered was that each of the different Pinkies seemed to have their own fighting style, ones that seemed to work well with the styles the others were using, meaning that they could work in perfect harmony with each other and overcome the weak point of this technique, the splitting of her power. There was, of course, a flaw in his thinking, as one of Pinkamena's punches had the same power as one of Red's punches, and he knew that since he had taken a few attacks from both of them, and that fact held true for the other versions of his foe that were running around the area they were fighting in. It was almost like he was fighting six different warriors that had the same level of speed and power, six different Pinkies that worked like a team and took down whoever they were fighting in a way their foe couldn't see coming, as while he was thinking about this Pinkie and Pinkamena prevented him from seeing the glob of green energy that rolled under his feet, which acted like a grenade that blasted him into a nearby rock wall, all while his two foes had taken no damage from the attack. That told him that he had to be careful around Green as well, as he had no idea that she had attacks like that, but even then there wasn't much he could do as the six Pinkies knocked him to the floor and watched as his trump card flickered, showing that he was losing to them and wouldn't be able to fight for much longer, not unless he tried to take them out with him.

As Dyspo started to get back up, however, Pinkie went on the offensive and commanded his attention as he blocked the incoming attacks to the best of his ability, since she was also aided by four of the five copies she had called into their battle, before she knocked him into the air with a powerful uppercut. That was when he realized where the final Pinkie, the dark one, had wandered off to, as she was in the middle of the air with a dark purple orb in each of her hands with lightning dancing between them, before it slammed into his chest and knocked him off the fighting stage, causing the group of Pinkies to smile as they got near each other.

"Good job girls." Pinkie said, as she expected that the six of them would turn the tide of battle against Dyspo and she was pleased to find that she had been right in her thinking, especially since this wouldn't reveal her true power, as she was keeping what she could really do a secret for the battle with Jiren, "And well done Pinkamena, for the well positioned Dark Strike that knocked Dyspo off the fighting stage."

Pinkamena smiled for a moment, something that generally sent chills down the spines of those that witnessed such an event happen, before she and the others glowed for a few seconds as they reverted back to their Eco states, allowing them to merge with Pinkie once more, returning their powers to a single body as she prepared for the final battle. At the same time, however, she glanced back up to the stands and found that Dyspo wasn't very happy about the fact that he had been eliminated, though both of his gods didn't seem to mind, showing her that they believed that Jiren was all they needed to win the tournament, meaning they were in for a rude awakening... once Rainbow was done with Toppo and knocked him off the stage as well.

"Well, it looks like Pinkie won her battle." Rainbow commented, though at the same time she dodged an incoming punch and jumped backwards, once more putting some distance between her and Toppo, who had to be getting annoyed with her and the fact that she was moving away from him.

"Dyspo botched up again..." Toppo replied, showing her that this sort of thing must have happened on a regular bases or something, as Toppo actually seemed a little frustrated that his teammate had been knocked off the fighting stage, by someone he deemed to be an easy opponent, before he turned back towards Rainbow, "I won't make the same mistake that he made, and I'll be sure to avenge him once I'm done with you."

Rainbow grinned, as her foe had no idea what was coming his way, as she turned around and loosed a volley of ki blasts in Toppo's direction, who stood his ground and took them without much happening to his body, save for a few minor cuts to his attire, which was what she wanted him to do. Thanks to the atmosphere that the Grand Priest created, to keep the warriors breathing and not suffocate in the World of Void, she could tug on some of the energy and mix it with her own, allowing her to mold a clone in her image, which had been white colored at first and looked a little fluffy, like a cloud, before it took on her shape and coloration, making it identical to her. This was her Cloud Copy technique, where she usually took a cloud and molded it with her ki to create a clone of herself, one that would confuse her opponent and open a weakness that she could use against him, but she could work with what she had and sent the copy out to distract Toppo while she moved into position. All she had done since she first ran off with Toppo was remain on the defensive and attack when absolutely necessary, since he started chasing her after some time, and now that they were on the other side of the fighting stage, since they had gone by the central pillar, it was time she put her plan into action, as all of this was designed to draw out her foe's hidden power, the one she had been told about. The reason she kept all of her powers and energy to herself was because she was trying to get Toppo to show his hand, so she could see just how strong he actually was, and she was sure that he'd bring it out at some point during their battle, she just had to be patient and make sure her foe didn't catch her first.

She did, however, keep her grin on her face as Toppo emerged from the smoke that her last attack had caused and stared at her Cloud Clone, no doubt thinking that it was the real Rainbow and not a fake, which was confirmed when he fired his Justice Flash at it, causing the clone to dodge and fight back in the area Rainbow had picked out.

"Come on, you can't hit me with that kind of power!" the clone taunted, no doubt confusing the gods of Universe 11 with what she was saying, as Rainbow could design the clones to either fight like her or just dodge and taunt her foe until she was ready to attack, though for the most part she generally let them duke it out with her enemies, meaning that this was one of the few times she went with a taunting type.

"I've had enough!" Toppo stated, to which a red aura burst into existence around him for a moment, showing that he wasn't too happy with his foe, before it disappeared as he gathered his energy and pointed his hands towards his foe, as he felt that it was time to end this foolishness, "All the justice that remains within me, I shall now fire it at you!"

Rainbow watched as Toppo fired a beam of red energy that raced towards where her clone was standing, though as that happened she kept her power low, as she did that whenever she created a clone, and moved out to an area behind her foe, just as the attack struck her clone. As the explosion happened, and Toppo was distracted by thinking he had knocked her off the fighting stage, Rainbow brought her hands together and started to charge her own Kamehameha, an action that caused her foe to realize that she wasn't where he thought she was. Before Toppo could raise his guard, and defend himself, Rainbow gave him the chance to turn back for a moment, just to see that she was near him, before firing her attack, which slammed into her foe's chest and surged by his body for the most part, but it was a direct hit and that was all that mattered in the end. A few moments later she stopped her attack and studied her handiwork, as when the smoke cleared she found that she had done more than ruin a section of Toppo's uniform, the entire upper body part of his attire had been wrecked by her attack, as stripes of it remained on his chest, only to fall off as he stared off into space, no doubt wondering what she had done to him.

"That was my Cloud Copy technique, where I basically make a clone of myself to distract my opponent," Rainbow said, though at the same time she noticed that Toppo was definitely thinking about something, but she was hoping that he was thinking about his hidden power, as that was what she was waiting for, "it only works against a foe once, as most of my enemies are quick to figure out the differences between the real me and a fake, so I find that it's best to use the clone and create an opening to weaken my foes. Oh, and I'm sorry about wrecking the uniform you took so much pride in wearing, since you're a warrior of justice and everything... I honestly didn't mean to ruin half of it with my attack."

"Worthless. Justice... is worthless now..." Toppo commented, though his tone told Rainbow that she might be getting what she wanted since Sombra told her to battle him, even if she had to accidentally ruin his prized uniform, which was followed by Toppo focusing his energy as a faint dark purple aura appeared around his body, one that she recognized almost instantly, "I've made up my mind!"

Rainbow backed off and landed nearby as Toppo started to gather his energy, which caused some of the gods to gasp in shock when they realized what sort of warrior Belmod had brought to the Tournament of Power, but at the same time neither her father or Sunset, or their fellow gods from their universes, were concerned. A bright yellow light started to shine from where Toppo was standing, while at the same time the rubble around them started to float thanks to the power of his aura and blue lightning flashed all around them, but what interested her was the fact that Toppo's eyes took on the same coloration of his aura, meaning this was a different technique from what she had. Not even seconds later both his arms and his bulked up, adding to his muscle mass, before a massive beam of yellow burst out of the area he was standing in and soared towards the reaches of the sky above them, disappearing into the World of the Void, but Rainbow focused on the pillar and her foe. As the light started to die down she noticed that Toppo's skin tone had darkened, while his former body, which had been disproportionate, was now balanced out and even seemed slimmer than it had been a few moments ago, and he gained the symbol that was on his Destroyer God's sash, that being a large circle, followed by a pair of smaller diamonds, and then a larger diamond, showing her that he was the candidate for being the next God of Destruction for Universe 11.

This brought a smile to her face, as she had been waiting for this since the moment she was told that there might be a warrior in the tournament with the power of a God of Destruction, even if that warrior was still in training, and she was happy to see that the tales had been true.

"It... it can't be..." Krillin commented, as he knew that type of power anywhere, especially after having seen what Rainbow and Beerus had done with it in the past, and he was sure that the rest of his team was shocked by the fact that Toppo had control over this power as well.

"Yes, it's the power that only a God of Destruction can wield!" Belmod replied, as he was pleased to see that one of the warriors that had been eliminated knew about this type of power and was shocked by it, as it meant that the rest of Beerus' universe might follow suit and surrender, even if Beerus seemed calm about this development, "And Toppo is a candidate to become the next God of Destruction for Universe 11... making him no different from the rest of us, now that he's made up his mind and taken on this power! I'm sorry, Sunset Shimmer, but you might as well accept the fact that you're about to lose your first warrior at long last!"

"YES!!!" Rainbow declared, showing her excitement for the upcoming battle, causing the smile that had appeared on Belmod's face to disappear as a look of confusion replaced it, something that was mirrored on some of the other gods that were watching the battle unfold, "I've been waiting for this moment since the Tournament of Power started! Come, Toppo, show me the power you command in this form and I'll..."

"Hakai." Toppo said, taking a brief moment to raise his right arm and point the palm of his hand at Rainbow, before charging a sphere of Energy of Destruction, one that enlarged when he said the word, that he fired not a few moments later, showing Rainbow that he intended to end the battle before it truly began.

Rainbow remained where she was standing, making it look like she had lost her mind or something, as the sphere of destruction slammed into her body and consumed her, before expanding into an even larger form as it's power tried to weaken her to a point where she'd drop out of the tournament, and she even gave a couple of minor screams like she was in pain, before deciding that she might as well get serious. As she focused her mind and power towards awakening her own true power, however, she felt the Energy of Destruction that she was trapped in pull back, as if recognizing what she was doing, and that made her keep her smile on her face as she let her power rise to the surface. Her ki quickly rolled over her body and caused her gi to glow for a few moments, though that was followed by a pair of golden bracelets appeared on her arms, near her wrists, and a golden pair of circular bangles accompanied them, only they appeared on the upper part of her arms. Her shirt changed form and became a set of white wrappings that wrapped around her chest, the part near her neck to be exact, before a familiar collar, the same the Destroyer Gods wore, appeared around her neck, while at the same time her pants became the baggy pants that her father wore, minus the shoes since they couldn't fit over hooves without ruining something. After that a sash appeared in front of her baggy pants, the type a Destroyer God would wear, and a golden earring appeared in her left ear, the same one that her father had in his ear, before she snapped her eyes open again and her power reacted to Toppo's power, pushing against it until the two energies detonated.

The result of that was a rush of energy that was unlike anything the spectators had felt so far, and they even had a barrier to protect themselves as the Grand Priest joined the Kings of All, and when that all died down the sky of the World of the Void shifted once more, taking on a more purple coloration to reflect the powers that had battled each other... and, at the same time, the part of the stage they were fighting on broke off of the rest of the stage, effectively splitting the entire fighting stage in half.

"Im... Impossible!" Belmod said, as he was so sure that Toppo had the upper hand, with all the training that he and Marcarita had given him, and would be able to take out one of Sunset's warriors in no time, only to feel a new source of god ki coming from Rainbow as she made herself known once more.

"It can't be..." Cae commented, though his eyes were locked on Rainbow as she floated down to the floor of the section of the fighting stage that she and Toppo were standing on, as he was trying to make sense of what he was seeing at the moment, "Is that..."

"An Avatar... or more specifically the Avatar of Destruction." Beerus replied, to which a smile appeared on his face as he stared down at Rainbow, as it felt good to see both Belmod and Cae, not to mention a number of the other gods, acting surprised by the sudden arrival of Rainbow's power, especially since an Avatar like this was incredibly rare, "You said that Toppo was a candidate to become the next God of Destruction for Universe 11, and he even gained a form that allows him to tap into our power, but Rainbow isn't like him... she's destined to become the next God of Destruction for Universe 13, and her power is more than enough to deal with Toppo and his power."

Rainbow glanced down at her form for a moment, where she found that the coloration of her baggy pants had kept the blue coloration that her father's pair had, and the stripes on her collar matched her father's as well, before she turned her attention to her foe, who was looking at her with some interest in his eyes, or at least that was what she hoped she was seeing at the moment.

"So, you survived because you were keeping a power that's similar to mine hidden." Toppo stated, as if he felt that their powers were identical, even if he didn't gain the attire of a God of Destruction when he accessed his full power, though at the same time he stood on a floating rock and stared at her, "Regardless, I will be the one to drop you from the fighting stage, and then I can assist Jiren in taking out the rest of your team."

"Is that what you think?" Rainbow asked, because it felt like being in this mode, a God of Destruction Mode, was making her opponent more arrogant than he had been and he seemed ready to tear the area apart, all while his mind was likely focused on saving his universe, before she sighed and entered the battle stance she used when she accessed her full power, "Very well then, I accept your challenge."

Toppo, instead of using his Justice Flash move like he normally would, burst into the air and raced towards the area that Rainbow was standing in, where he was a little surprised that his foe didn't move at all, though when he reached the area in front of her he raised his right arm and threw it towards Rainbow's face. Rainbow, however, was expecting something like this to happen when their true battle started and rolled her body to the side, like she was dodging the attack, before catching Toppo's fist with her left hand, allowing the collision of their powers to flatten the area around them, much to Belmod's surprise. As Toppo realized what was going on, that his attack had been caught, Rainbow spun around and kicked him in the side of the head, sending him flying into a rock wall, one that collapsed on top of him, even though he used a Hakai to reduce the pile to a burst of particles that faded from existence. Rainbow then charged at the spot her foe had been thrown towards, where Toppo picked himself up and started firing a barrage of ki blasts at her, once more using his Justice Flash technique, but Rainbow dodged them before they could hit her and put some distance between the two of them, just so she could study her foe for a few seconds before resuming the fight.

While she did that, however, Toppo raised his other hand and she noticed his aura flicker briefly, showing her that he was charging his power once more, and he loosed a large sphere in her direction, no doubt trying to use his Energy of Destruction to weaken her and knock her out of the tournament. From the brief glance she got of her foe, when he was creating this attack, Rainbow could determine that he wasn't as versed in using this power like an actual Destroyer God was, as it took him some time to actually charge the attack, but even then she would need to deal with the destruction aura that he was using to protect his body from harm. As she thought about that, and what she might need to do to counter her foe's powers, she leapt into the air and swung her fist at the sphere, allowing her own Aura of Destruction to form around her, which gave her an interesting result as she punched her way through the sphere and dispelled Toppo's attack immediately, as no damage happened to the area around her. Toppo, despite thinking that his attack would have hit something, didn't stop his attack as he charged at his foe and started swinging his fists at her, only to find that Rainbow switched to dodging every punch he threw in her direction, as if she could see where his attacks were and was simply letting her body avoid him.

What came as a surprise to him was the moment where Rainbow ducked under his outstretched arm, as she avoided another of his punches, and then delivered her own punch to his chest, stunning him for a moment, before she spun around and kicked him in the side, knocking Toppo away from where he had been standing.

"She's strong... stronger than Toppo seems to realize." Liquiir commented, causing a few of the gods near him to turn towards him, all while he kept his eyes on Rainbow, as this just proved his earlier thoughts about the other universes being wrong about considering Universe 13 to be full of weaklings, especially now that they were starting to show their power to the last of their opponents, "She's also smarter than he's giving her credit for, as it seems like she's already figured out how to deal with Toppo's Aura of Destruction and is using that information to hurt him."

"Indeed she is." Beerus said, though he was happy to see that some of the other gods were starting to realize just how powerful the warriors of Universe 13 are, as they weren't to be underestimated and that was what their foes had done up until this point, and he was even happier to see one of his daughters wipe the smug look off of both Belmod and Cae's faces, now that Toppo was losing, "Since Toppo is wearing his Aura of Destruction at all times, to stop ki blasts and other attacks from hurting his body, Rainbow is dodging his attacks and is throwing her own when she's ready to attack, though she's also using her own Aura of Destruction to cancel out Toppo's, allowing her arms and legs to remain undamaged while she hits her mark."

Sunset could tell that many of the gods, regardless of their station, were shocked by Rainbow's power and the fact that she possessed one of the two Avatar states a mortal could achieve, if they were destined to become a god one day and replace the current one, which showed her how rare this event actually was. At the same time, out of all the gods that were watching the fight unfold, Beerus was calm, collected, and, if his tone was anything to go by, extremely proud of the power that Rainbow commanded, as she was showing that their training was being put to good use. She had also noticed the fact that Beerus had spoken about, that right before Rainbow attacked Toppo, with either a punch or a kick, she would surround that area of her body with her Aura of Destruction, protecting her from her foe's aura and canceling it out at the same time, allowing her attacks to move forward and hit her foe before he realized what was happening. Many assumed that Rainbow was more like a brute, that she just fought for fun and didn't think about what any of her foes were doing, but she had learned to observe her foes and make her own decisions, showing that she could think things through and not become overwhelmed by her desire to fight, and right now Toppo was at her mercy, as he couldn't hit her at the moment and that had to be annoying him.

In fact, while they were talking, Rainbow was avoiding the next series of attacks that Toppo was sending her way, as in punches and kicks, where she determined that she might have picked up the knowledge that Beerus had on Ultra Instinct, based on her movements, and it wasn't long before she knocked Toppo back once more... sending him right into another rock wall, one that collapsed on top of him and was reduced to particles when he loosed a Hakai at it.

"Is this really all your transformation is good for? Throwing Energy of Destruction around?" Rainbow asked, because while she was still excited for this fight, and had been giving it her all the entire time they had been trading blows, she felt that there wasn't much to Toppo's power up, as in Belmod must have wasted their training time and didn't teach him anything about truly wielding this power.

"Justice is too weak to save our universe, only destruction can save us." Toppo stated, showing her that he had slipped into a whole new mindset, where his focus was using his Energy of Destruction in whatever manner he wanted, even if there were better ways to wield this power, before he shifted his stance again as he faced her, "Either way, I'll drop you from the fighting stage."

"So you have been telling me." Rainbow replied, though at the same time she sighed as she focused on what she was going to do next, which was when her own Aura of Destruction formed around her body, like she was mimicking what Toppo had been doing, before she decided that it was time to deal with her foe.

Toppo reacted by raising his hands into the air and formed a large sphere of energy above his head, his normal red energy and not the Energy of Destruction, before he threw it in Rainbow's direction, who simply gathered a bit of her own power into her right hand and loosed a tiny marble sized ki blast, made from her aura, that destroyed the attack the instant it collided with the sphere. Toppo, somehow still surprised that he wasn't the only non god that could wield the power of a God of Destruction, left himself open for a few seconds and Rainbow took advantage of it, where she burst through the space between them and started punching her foe in the chest, pushing him backwards with each hit. Belmod seemed shocked that she was overpowering one of his greatest warriors, though she believed that the god should be ashamed of himself, as the power boost that Toppo gained in this mode was nothing compared to the sheer power that the Avatar state gave her, and more evidence to back that up came when she punched her way through the series of ki blasts that Toppo sent at her, after managing to put some distance between them. At this point it didn't matter if the blasts were made out of normal ki or Energy of Destruction, as Rainbow was punching her way through all of them, before she reached her foe and loosed an uppercut that knocked him into the air, followed by a powerful spinning kick that knocked him into the side of a rock wall.

In fact that was the moment Rainbow went on the offensive for real, as she smashed her way through all the blasts that Toppo was sending her way, this time around sticking to using Energy of Destruction, and forced him all over the area they were fighting in, before kicking him in the side of the head and sent him flying into a rock wall, but this time her mind was made up and she was determined to end this battle.

"You want to destroy my attacks that badly?" Rainbow asked, though at the same time she focused on her ki and her aura flared to life, as she had one move in her arsenal that would take Toppo out and knock him off the fighting stage, even if she had to break the entire area around them to do so, "Fine, I'll give you one of my strongest attacks!"

With that said Rainbow brought her hands together and formed a triangle in front of her chest, where a small sphere of energy started to form in the space that she had provided for it, though both her team and her friends from Universe 7 understood what technique she was about to reveal to the gods of the other universes. Toppo, seeing that she had something planned for him, got back onto his feet and gathered his own power, where he generated an orb of Energy of Destruction in front of his left and right hands, which shattered the area behind him thanks to the power he was pulling into his attack, before he forced the two orbs together and created a bigger one between his hands. He kept it there for a few seconds, allowing it to grow until it was slightly larger than he was, and locked onto the area that Rainbow was standing in this time, where it enlarged once more and cracked the floor that they were standing on, though as he did that he noticed purple bolts of lightning flashing around the area they were fighting in. At that moment he glanced at his foe and watched as Rainbow pulled her hands apart, allowing the sphere she had been building to stretch and take on the shape of a lance, one that was purple colored and had a dark purple aura resting around it's frame, meaning that this had to be one of her signature attacks.

Once the lance was ready Rainbow pulled her arm back and hurled it through the air, where Toppo did the same with his attack and let the two of them collide with each other, which was where the observers could see the tip of Rainbow's lance digging into the center of Toppo's sphere. The two attacks seemed to struggle against each other for a moment or two, which was to be expected since they were both were using Energy of Destruction at the moment, though it wasn't long before the lance dug into the sphere more than it had been seconds ago and pushed the attack backwards. Toppo struggled against the power that Rainbow had thrown in his direction, as his sphere continued to move towards him and even when he increased his pressure it didn't stop at all, making him wonder just how strong his foe was and if he actually underestimated her. Of course that was when the lance seemed to disappear into the depths of his sphere, like he had managed to absorb it and would soon be on his way to where Rainbow was standing, before a look of confusion appeared on his face as his attack shattered and the lance burst out of the wreckage, where the aura around it canceled out his own aura and let the tip strike his chest, detonating the payload it was carrying.

Rainbow smiled as a massive explosion, one rivaling the strongest one she had generated in the past, rocked the area that they were fighting on and blasted a gigantic hole into the section of the fighting stage they were standing on, and kicked up a powerful gust of wind that rivaled the wind a hurricane generated... and when everything was said and done, and the section was reduced to a number of large floating pieces, she watched as Toppo was flung off the fighting stage, only to reappear with the rest of his team.

"Wh... What in the world was that?" Belmod asked, though his tone, and the sweat that rolled down the side of his face as Toppo joined the defeated Pride Troopers, betrayed his emotions, as whatever attack that was had shocked him and he knew that if he took one like that it might seriously wound him.

"The Lightning Lance, one of Rainbow's signature moves, and it was infused with Energy of Destruction," Beerus said, though he was happy to see that he wasn't the only one that was terrified of that attack, as he had felt it's power when Rainbow still didn't have proper training in the art of wielding this energy, so he could only imagine how devastating such an attack could be if she wasn't holding back.

"Incredible. Simply incredible." Liquiir stated, because this just proved that the warriors of Universe 13 were strong and they needed to be taken seriously, though it was far too late for Belmod to do so, especially now that Jiren would be facing off against all ten of Sunset's greatest warriors, before a thought occurred to him, "Grand Priest-sama, might I ask something before the final battle starts?"

"Of course." the Grand Priest replied, as the Kings of All were incredibly happy with the battle that had taken place between Rainbow and Toppo, especially since they were both candidates to replace their current Destroyer Gods, and he knew that anything one of the observers suggested would be in the attempt to make things more even more entertaining for the Kings of All.

"Since everyone will be using their full power against Jiren soon, would it be alright if Sunset returned Sombra's blades to him, since they're the keys to his true power?" Liquiir inquired, surprising Belmod once more, as he was getting sick and tired of the other gods thinking that Sunset's universe was so great and had the best chance of beating Jiren, even if Jiren could overpower him and the other Destroyer Gods in a battle.

The Kings of All glanced at each other for a moment, taking into account the fact that Sombra's blades were weapons, which they had banned from the tournament, leading the Grand Priest to tell the two of them that all Sombra had to do was release their power, so he wouldn't be using them as actual weapons. Sunset could tell that Belmod was sweating, as this decision could shift the tide of the coming battle if Sombra had his full power, before the Kings of All raised their hands into the air and cheered, exclaiming that they wanted to see what sort of power Sombra had with his blades released, causing the Grand Priest to nod his head as he relayed the message. Once that was done Sunset turned to the side and picked up the blades that had been sitting by her the entire time, making sure to give Liquiir a thankful smile as she faced him, before she tossed the two Zanpakuto into the air and watched as Sombra's aura wrapped around them, followed by them flying through the air as they returned to their partner. Sombra would be pleased to have his weapons back in the game, especially since they would allow him to tap into his true power at long last, and she couldn't help but wonder what sort of battle was going to unfold next, as it was going to be beyond anything they had seen so far.

Soon Jiren, not to mention the gods of his universe, would see why it was unwise to underestimate Universe 13 and leave all of their warriors in the tournament, and both she and her fellow gods were eager to see if Jiren, the mortal that was stronger than the original twelve Gods of Destruction, could be brought down... but regardless of what happened next she knew that the fate of the multiverse was about to be decided, they just have to watch the next fight and see which universe emerged as the victor.