Boom!
Arena, or what should have been the stage of the huge arena, had been shattered into floating rocks by the attacks of the three people.
Amidst the shattered rocks, Lin Chen awkwardly leaped onto another floating rock, panting heavily.
Then, he suddenly bent his arms, protecting the sides of his face.
Bang, bang!
Goku and Jiren attacked from the left and right almost simultaneously.
Although Lin Chen managed to block their attacks smoothly, his own arms almost collided with his face, leaving him slightly dizzy.
"Ahhhh!"
Lin Chen roared loudly and energy erupted out from under his feet.
But before this energy could affect them, Goku and Jiren, relying on Ultra Instinct, preemptively sensed the danger and instinctively dodged.
"We are winning! Looks like Lin Chen has reached his limit!" exclaimed a contestant from Universe 11.
"After dealing with Lin Chen, we can deal with Goku! Although he's been helping Jiren quite a bit this time, it's still necessary!" Toppo chimed in.
"Hehehe, in a one-on-one situation, besides Lin Chen, Jiren fears no one. Both possessing Perfected Ultra Instinct, it's natural for the stronger Jiren to be more formidable!" Belmod added.
It seemed like they had already concluded that Lin Chen would be defeated.
But is that really the case?
As both Goku and Jiren dodged, giving themselves a rare moment to catch their breath, Lin Chen stopped using Super Kaio-ken, maintaining only the most basic Ultra Ego state.
Without the effect of Kaio-ken, the aura around him dimmed instantly.
"Huh? Brother Lin Chen, why did you stop using Kaio-ken? Jiren, be careful, it might be a trick!" Goku shouted.
"I know! But Goku, now is not the time for us to retreat. Let's give him the final blow!" Jiren said.
"Got it!"
Goku nodded, ready to take action, but he suddenly noticed a gleam in Lin Chen's red eyes.
With a smirk that was difficult to comprehend, Lin Chen raised the corners of his mouth.
"Wait!" Goku immediately yelled, stopping Jiren who was about to act.
"What's wrong, Goku?"
'What's with Brother Lin Chen's smile? Why do I suddenly feel afraid?'
Goku, seeing the confident smile on Lin Chen's face, suddenly felt apprehensive for no reason.
He didn't understand; does Lin Chen still have some hidden cards up his sleeve?
"Goku! What's going on?"
While Goku was still assessing, Jiren was getting impatient.
Upon his urging, Goku had to say, "Jiren, be careful, I suspect Brother Lin Chen has some trump card up his sleeve!"
"A trump card?"
Jiren looked carefully at Lin Chen and also found it suspicious.
However, regardless of the situation, staying still would not lead to defeating the opponent.
"Goku, let's go!"
"I understand!"
The next moment, Goku and Jiren charged towards Lin Chen simultaneously.
This time, just before they were about to get close, Lin Chen suddenly clenched his fists, and the deep red aura around his body expanded outward twice as much.
Seeing this, Goku and Jiren immediately focused, muscles tensed, guarding against being disrupted by Lin Chen's red aura.
But even as they approached, it seemed like nothing special was happening.
Amidst their vigilance, they had already arrived in front of Lin Chen.
One from the left, one from the right, they launched a pincer attack.
"Got him!"
Just as Goku and Jiren simultaneously exclaimed in their hearts, the next moment, they suddenly found themselves flying backward!
What's going on?
What just happened?
In the spectator stands, most people were equally puzzled.
"What... what just happened?"
"I have no idea, I didn't see anything. How did Jiren and Goku get attacked?"
Even the Gods of Destruction were perplexed.
Beerus, for example, couldn't grasp what had just happened.
"Whis, did you see clearly? What exactly happened?"
On the Grand Priest's side, he was faced with the same question.
"Grand Priest, what happened just now?"
"Yeah, I couldn't see clearly! What did Lin Chen do?"
Surprisingly, even the Grand Priest's face was filled with shock.
At Zeno's shouts, he finally snapped out of it and said, "Zeno-sama, check the GodPad in your hands; it has a replay function."
"Replay? Where is it?"
"Here, here!"
Future Zeno tapped the screen, and immediately, a scene appeared in front of the two Zenos.
At the same time, in the spectator stands, others also gathered around their respective universe's Angels. These Angels were using their scepters to replay the fight that had just happened.
Only then, everyone finally understood what had happened earlier.
It turned out that just as Jiren and Goku were about half a meter away from Lin Chen during their pincer attack, Lin Chen, who had been motionless all this while, suddenly moved.
It was neither like the dodging of Ultra Ego before, nor it was evasion akin to Goku and Jiren's Ultra Instinct.
Lin Chen actually launched a counterattack before Jiren and Goku's attacks could take effect, pushing them both back!
"This..."
Although this time everyone finally saw Lin Chen's movements clearly, they couldn't understand how Lin Chen managed to do it.
"That was..."
On the other side, Goku and the others also got back up, their faces equally puzzled.
"That must have been a fluke. Goku, let's try again!"
Hearing Jiren's proposal, Goku nodded and was the first to take action.
He instantly teleported behind Lin Chen, aiming his attack at Lin Chen's back.
Almost simultaneously, Jiren's attack also came.
This coordinated move meant that whether Lin Chen turned to face Goku or moved forward to confront Jiren, he would inevitably be attacked by the other person.
Logically, his only choice was to defend comprehensively, as he did earlier.
However, this time, something strange happened again.
Just as Goku came out of the Instant Transmission and targeted Lin Chen's back, suddenly, a fist swept over.
Goku's stomach caved in.
Using the recoil from attacking Goku, Lin Chen, even faster than Jiren, arrived in front of Jiren.
Jiren, sensing Lin Chen's attack, tried to dodge with the help of Ultra Instinct but was too late.
Lin Chen's elbow directly struck Jiren, sending him flying like a cannonball.
Boom, boom!
Following two consecutive thuds, Goku and Jiren landed on two separate pieces of arena.
Goku quickly got up again, ready to use Instant Transmission once more.
But this time, he appeared next to Jiren.
At the same time, Goku clasped his palms together, assuming the Kamehameha stance.
While, Jiren also began gathering aura between his hands.
"Jiren, it seems we thought of the same thing, huh?"
"So this is cooperation? Hmph! Goku, this Lin Chen is too weird. At this moment, we can only use energy blasts to knock him down! He can teleport, so I'll go first, and you aim for the opening when he dodges!"
"Got it, I understand!"
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