Chapter 174 Kale Erupts, Five Pride Troopers Eliminated
Kale was trapped in the dimensional barrier, unable to escape.
The four Pride Troopers immediately ganged up on Caulifla.
Kahseral said: "As a warrior, I'd rather not fight this way. But there's no choice! Zoire, finish her!"
Zoire acknowledged and again turned into a tornado, charging at Caulifla.
Trapped in the barrier, Kale screamed: "Sister!"
"Kale, I'll protect you!"
"Sister!"
As the tornado approached, Caulifla punched it furiously.
But her punches had no effect, and she was sent flying.
The other team members also started blasting Caulifla with energy attacks.
Seeing Caulifla being brutalized, Kale couldn't hold back her tears again.
"Sister! I just cause trouble for Sister! I'm so useless! I hate myself!"
"Kale, you can do it! Transform! I believe in you!"
"Really, I can?"
Kale was doubtful, afraid of losing control again.
Caulifla continuously encouraged her.
Finally, Kale gathered her courage.
Kale roared, her Ki surging again. Green-golden light exploded from her.
Her powerful Ki instantly shattered the dimensional barrier trapping her.
As the barrier broke, powerful green Ki surged from Kale, wave after wave of destructive energy rippling outwards.
However, this time Kale did not lose consciousness.
Nor did she look like a muscular barbarian like before.
Though still slender, her Ki was even stronger than before.
Kale looked at her hands in disbelief.
"Is this really me?"
"Do you recognize me?"
"Yes!" Kale replied excitedly, finding she could control the transformation without losing her sanity.
"Great, Kale! You did it! You can control your emotions yourself! Kale, you're amazing!"
"Really? I didn't go berserk! I'm controlling my Ki completely on my own!"
Caulifla smiled: "I knew you could do it yourself!"
"Sister!"
Just then, the four Pride Troopers gathered.
Kahseral shouted: "Don't be scared. She just changed her hair color. Attack together!"
They struck some dancing poses.
"Combined Justice Stream!"
Four differently colored energy waves shot at them.
Caulifla yelled: "Together, Kale!"
"Okay!"
They both fired energy waves.
A golden and a red energy wave met the four beams.
Normally, you lose a beam clash against the Son family.
But others having a beam clash with Saiyans? That's like an ant trying to shake a tree.
The two blocked the beams from the four. Kahseral shouted: "Maximum output!"
Instantly, the four's energy beams surged.
They started pushing back Kale and Caulifla.
Caulifla encouraged again: "Kale, do it! We can win!"
"Ha..."
Kale roared.
Her muscles instantly swelled, and powerful red, black, and green energy rippled again.
Her pupils vanished again. Her energy wave turned from gold to a denser green.
Caulifla exclaimed: "Kale, you're explosively strong! I won't lose to you either!"
With that, Caulifla also opened the throttle.
She roared, her energy wave also growing thicker and larger.
In an instant, their two energy waves merged, a spiraling red and green beam that shot towards the four.
The four's energy waves were pushed back, reaching them in an instant.
Seeing this, Cocotte immediately used her dimensional barrier to protect herself.
The entire large dimensional barrier was blown from the inside out, and the other three were pushed off the stage.
The Pride Troopers lost three more members.
Zeno excitedly tapped his controls.
"Zoire! Kettle! Kahseral! All out!"
"Three from Universe 11 out!"
The barrier shattered. Kale and Caulifla walked out.
"Sorry to make you worry."
Kale said: "We knocked out three!"
Goku gave a thumbs-up: "Awesome! But her transforming like this... is it okay?"
"Yes, this time she completely controlled that top-level energy. Impressive, right?"
As she finished speaking, Kale relaxed and returned to her normal state.
Goku said: "It seems her training is still insufficient. Becoming that strong for a short time puts a strain on her body. She needs more training."
No.18 said: "You should take her to rest."
"Okay."
After speaking, Caulifla carried Kale off to rest.
Just then, Cocotte, still inside her dimensional sphere, laughed.
"Ahahaha! Staying inside here is safe. You can't attack me."
As she finished, No.18 lifted her, sphere and all.
"Then I'll take the whole thing."
After speaking, No.18 threw her, sphere and all, off the stage.
Belmod was shocked: "Five Pride Troopers eliminated at once?"
Marcarita reminded: "Four left. Oh dear. One was also knocked out earlier by that long-tailed beauty."
Supreme Kai said: "Perhaps now is not the time to be conserving strength."
Zeno: "Cocotte is out!"
"Let me do it, let me do it!"
The Grand Priest said: "It seems the positional battle is over. Next will be the top-tier fights. The battle will become increasingly intense."
"Can't wait!"
"Super excited!"
At this point, Universe 7 still had all its members on stage.
Zeno exclaimed: "Goku's universe is amazing! Not a single one has fallen off!"
"Yes, yes! As expected of Goku!"
The Grand Priest smiled: "It seems Universe 7 truly has a concentration of powerful fighters. Not a single one is just making up the numbers!"
"If they had more talents like this, their universe's level wouldn't be so low, right?"
The Grand Priest looked again at Universe 7's average level.
"Huh, it's become 3.19. A one percentage point increase in recent years."
He looked into the specifics.
A playful expression crossed the Grand Priest's face.
"It's because Aaron's talented children in recent years, and many people on Earth have also increased their Power Level significantly, raising Universe 7's average level. Unbelievable."
Zeno was stunned: "What? Having children can increase the average mortal level?"
The Grand Priest said: "Because Aaron's children are all very talented. And he has a considerable number of them, over thirty."
"The level of his children is far higher than that of other humans. This is the result."
"If you consider only the average level of Earth's humans, it seems to have reached over one million."
"Oh! So amazing!"
"So, what Goku said the other day about Aaron liking to get married and have children… maybe he's doing it to raise his universe's level too."
The Grand Priest smiled faintly: "Perhaps."
The other Zeno suddenly said: "How about encouraging inter-universe marriages?"
"But only for the strong. That would raise the mortal level of all universes."
"Mm. Then in just a few hundred years, we could raise the average mortal level of all universes above 7, and we wouldn't have to worry about erasing unnecessary universes!"
The Grand Priest nodded: "Seems like a good idea."
One Zeno suddenly asked: "By the way, we just erased one universe. After this tournament, should we erase the other seven losing universes?"
The other Zeno scratched his head: "I don't know what to do. Wouldn't not erasing them violate the principle?"
The Grand Priest smiled: "Universe 9 was erased. The other universes must be treated equally. However, maybe there will be a miracle."
"Miracle?"
The other Zeno said: "Mm, I hope so... If not, then those eight universes truly have no reason to exist."
...
All universes had lost about half their members, except Universe 7, which hadn't lost a single one.
This made the other universes have strange thoughts.
Heles had been watching Universe 7's progress.
'It seemed their universe truly had extraordinary combat power, not a single rookie.'
She was three-tenths closer to believing No.21's claim that their universe could win.
Champa looked at Universe 7's results, then glanced at Beerus, his expression strange too.
He didn't expect Beerus's universe's warriors were that strong.
'But even being that strong, they still stole two of our powerful warriors. Damn them.'
Champa knew Beerus would revive their universe.
But he was very unwilling to owe Beerus a favor.
Because of that Earth matter, he couldn't act as tough anymore when they met.
If his entire universe was revived, he'd have to be humble.
Now, Champa both wanted them to win and didn't...
After all, he knew the weight of his own universe.