Alright well this chapter came a lot faster than the last one didn't it? As soon as I published the last chapter I immediately started working on this one. Some of you have a pretty good idea as to where the tournament is heading and some don't so I hope you guys enjoy what's going to happen here. Also with Dragon Ball Super set to return soon idk if I should wait until it comes back to see where it heads or simply finish the tournament and go my own route. Anyways hope you guys enjoy the chapter, let's get on with it.

Champa let out a breath he had been holding and leaned back in his seat on the bleachers. "That was a close one. We almost lost Hit. If he'd have been eliminated it'd be too big a loss for our team." The cat god said.

Vados nodded in agreement. "Luckily Naruto was able to catch Hit-san before he flew out of the fighting stage. However, our problems just got worse. Jiren is most likely going to set his sights on Naruto now."

Champa was going to respond but was cut off by a fellow God of Destruction. More specifically the clown Belmod. "Vados is right Champa. Hit is out of commission and your saiyan will be next. It doesn't matter what tricks you have up your sleeve. Jiren is a being who can't lose, no matter who or what he's up against." He finished with a satisfied smirk.

Growling in irritation Champa shot back "You better keep that same attitude when Black wipes the floor with him clown." He became further irritated when said clown simply kept the smirk on his face before turning away.

He dismissed the GoD and turned to his martial arts teacher "Do you think Black has a chance at beating Jiren?" He asked in a low tone of voice. Last thing he needed was people thinking he didn't have faith in his fighters.

"Perhaps. We haven't seen what Jiren can do at full power, but at the same time we haven't seen Naruto go all out either. It's up in the air really but I have a feeling Naruto will surprise us." She finished with a smile.

Down below back in the arena said saiyan was watching the battles from his spot while watching over a recovering Hit. "How was he able to beat Time Skip?" He asked curiously. Time skip wasn't something one could beat without having endured some of it first. Jiren however, was able to counter it from the get go. That worried him.

"I don't know." The assassin replied before holding his side in pain. "He was able to stop every attack. He was one step ahead of me the entire time, I only managed to get him due to my pure progress ability. I'm really hoping you have something up your sleeve because even his regular punches hurt." He admitted

Naruto nodded though Hit wasn't sure which part he nodded to. "Who from our universe is still in the tournament?" Hit asked hoping to hear some good news. Naruto glanced around spotting his teammates.

"Caulifla, Kale, Cabba, and Cell." He responded "We're doing good so far, as long as we can keep this up…" He didn't get to finish as he quickly grabbed the downed hitman and jumped away from their spot. A second later the giant rock they had been on was turned into dust.

"Cell!" Naruto yelled. He knew exactly who was after them. Luckily for him the android appeared seconds later with a second rate universe three warrior grabbed by the throat. "Get rid of him and take Hit away. We need him to recover his strength." Cell looked down at the damaged assassin before blasting the universe three fighter out of the arena. As soon as Cell took the man a figure walked out of the dust cloud.

The grey warrior from universe eleven stood opposite him. Similar to when Son Goku fought the man everyone seemed to stop what they were doing to watch the next big battle. Even Goku himself was watching. Having been given some energy by Frieza he found himself watching from a distance hoping to get some insight to defeating the man.

Naruto decided to transform into his super saiyan rose level two and began to walk forward until the two fighters were within a foot of each other. The two stared each other down for about five seconds before disappearing.

The two warriors appeared high in the air and began throwing punches at one another at incredible speeds. The two went back and forth neither managing to land a solid punch on the other. As they were exchanging blows Naruto quickly realized Jiren wasn't like any of the others. Hit was right, the mans punches were heavy. Even the shots he managed to block were hurting.

Jiren managed to land a punch to the saiyans face but got a kick to the face in return. To some onlookers it looked like they were evenly matched but Naruto knew otherwise. This was still base form Jiren while he was in his rose two form. This just showed how powerful the grey warrior was.

"I have to throw him off his rhythm." He thought to himself. Naruto felt a punch to the gut followed by a kick to his back and knew this was the opportunity. He quickly turned around and crossed his arms. He felt at least ten punches hit his forearms as he tried to block the onslaught. As they continued going around the arena with Jiren seemingly having the upper hand the impossible happened. As Jiren was dashing forward his head snapped to the left as he was hit by an invisible force stopping his momentum.

Naruto took this opportunity to appear in front of the man and land a quick twenty punches to the face and gut. As he landed his punches the crowd noticed multiple red sparks appear rapidly at the mans side. If the face the man made as they appeared was any indication they knew it was painful. Seeing this, Naruto finished his attack by quickly placing his hand on the warriors gut, a pink ball could be seen forming, but faster than they could blink it exploded. A red and black blur could be seen falling from the air at an amazing speeds. Everyone had to cover themselves from the shockwave that came from the impact.

Silence took over the arena as everyone watched the seemingly unstoppable Jiren go down. This was the most damage they'd seen the man take in the whole tournament.

"What's happening?" Belmod asked, his eyes wide with shock and some worry.

Even Champa who by all accounts should have been happy was watching in shock. "Vados. What the hell was that?" He asked not taking his eyes off the battlefield.

"It's a technique he's been practicing for some time now. Actually he's been doing it since the tournament started." She explained. Everyone in the arena had turned to her to listen to her explanation, including the grand priest. He of course knew exactly what was going on but wanted a bit more knowledge on how it was done.

"Basically he creates a clone of himself only it doesn't reside in our dimension. Similar to Hit-sans Time Skip he creates the clone in a parallel dimension connected to our own. The clone can then move freely and interact with anything in our dimension, but you can't sense it or touch it." She finished.

Everyone was now on edge. They all realized that he was the one eliminating everyone in the beginning of the tournament. He simply let an undetectable clone attack everyone without them knowing. What Vados kept to herself however, was exactly how the technique was done using the time ring he had on his finger.

Champa looked like he was going to comment but stopped as a strong gust of wind blew away the smoke from the impact. Jiren stood in the middle of a crater looking down at his torn uniform. The area that covered the right side of his collarbone and neck was in tatters. The man turned his attention to Naruto and narrowed his eyes before bringing his arms up to waist level.

Naruto watched in trepidation as a dark red aura surrounded him. He remembered seeing this exact aura when he stopped Son Goku before blasting him away.

Naruto tensed as he realized that Jiren was going to start taking him a lot more serious now. He was right as he was barely able to dodge the punch that he been sent his way. Jiren was faster than before. The two began moving about the arena once more as the two began their hand to hand combat. Soon lighting was generated due to the immense power the two were emitting. Blasts of lighting began striking the arena every time the two matched fists.

It was looking like a tie once more but Jiren soon got the upper hand. Naruto felt a hard punch to the face, he was sure had he not been so tense that it would have broken his jaw. Before he was able to go flying back due to the force he felt a hand grab his ankle and pull him downwards. He saw the ground quickly approaching but soon found out he wouldn't be landing. Before he could hit, Jiren landed before him and jumped up connecting his knee with the saiyan's gut.

The grey man followed that up with a hammer fist to his back forcing the saiyan to bounce hard off the floor. Jiren didn't let up as he grabbed him by the legs and began spinning rapidly and throwing him into a giant rock. He managed to regain his composure quickly enough to avoid the yellow blast that hit the spot he was previously embedded in.

He took a deep breath as he saw Jiren coming at him and ordered his clone to attack. It worked for a few seconds as Jiren was blasted to the side but quickly regained his balance and was on him once more. Seemed like he was more sturdy now than he was before as well. The two continued their battle going from edge to edge in the arena though it was clear to him Jiren still had the upper hand.

Cabba landed next to Hit and Cell as he tried to keep up with the fast paced battle. "It looks like Naruto-san is doing good." He commented as he watched Naruto land a punch.

"No." Hit replied. "If he doesn't step it up soon he'll be beaten." He commented.

Cell nods "Jiren isn't using his full power yet while Naruto is using the same form he had to use to beat Vegeta." He added.

Back with the two Naruto felt a hard kick to his stomach. Strong enough that it managed to force him to spit blood. That kick was soon followed by a chop to the neck that forced the man down to the floor. As he tried to stand he felt a foot step on his head with enough pressure to crack the ground below them.

"Damn. Toppo really had nothing on him" He thought as he felt a hand grab his neck pulling him up. As soon as he was high enough he quickly materialized a pink scythe and swung with all the strength he could muster at the moment. Luckily it was enough to break the hold Jiren had on him as he was forced to jump out of the way.

Eveyone watched as the slash was strong enough to cleanly slice a nice portion of the arena and have it begin to float away. Seeing that Jiren wasn't rushing him he released the technique and took a few breaths. The grey still had the red aura around him though it wasn't as dark as it had been earlier.

"This guy is something else. Rose level two isn't enough. I was hoping to save this for the future but I have no choice." He thinks before closing his eyes and taking in deep breaths.

Up above Champa tilted his head in confusion. "What's he doing? You don't close your eyes against someone like Jiren."

"It looks like he's steadying his breathing. Though I'm not sure exactly why." Vados comments.

"Don't just stand there Jiren attack!" Belmod yelled while pointing at the saiyan. Seeing the opportunity Jiren does so but is attacked in the side by the clone he had heard about.

"Damn that cursed technique." Belmod snarled.

"I believe I know what he is doing." They heard from their left. Everyone's eyes turned to the Angel of universe ten for an explanation. "He's going to use something all of us Angels have. If he does Jiren will be in danger of elimination unless he takes this completely serious." She added.

"Something we all have?" questioned cukatial.

Cus nodded "You've already seen it twice in this tournament." She replied.

"You're saying Black is going to use Ultra Instinct?" Champa questioned looking at Naruto. He noticed the mans hair was still pink. "Why isn't his hair turning white like the other two?"

His question remained unanswered as Naruto opened his eyes. His eyes looked sharper and his body more relaxed. He motioned for Jiren to strike and began effortlessly dodging all of the attacks. He dodged for two minutes straight before disappearing and reappearing behind the man.

Jiren turned his head in shock before he felt hundreds of attacks strike his body at once and dropped slightly. Seeing this Naruto was on him like a hound and began his counter attack. Jiren tried to dodge them all but found himself being pushed back. One punch managed to break through his defense and hit him square in the chest before fifty or more followed

Naruto ended his attack with a divine retribution at point blank range with such force that it sent the man hurdling to the ground hard. Similar to his own experience he dove down landing before the man before kicking him up straight through his attack and reappearing above him once more.

Seeing the opportunity present itself Naruto hammer fisted him down before repeating the process a few times mostly kicking the man around.

"It looks like Cus was right." Vados commented as she looked left to right as Naruto continued kicking the man around. "Though unlike the saiyans from universe seven it looks like his is complete."

Jiren had managed to pick himself off the ground and charge another yellow ki blast at him. Though it was ineffective as Naruto simply cut it in half with his energy scythe before charging forward. The two once again found themselves locked in hand to hand combat. Both fighters were throwing punches so fast it looked like blurs. All many people could see was sonic booms going around the area with the occasional lightning strike here and there. Amazingly Jiren was still able to block some of the punches though he was taking some hard hits. He thought he had found an opening in Naruto's defenses and tried a right kick but was caught. In retaliation the saiyan spun and kicked the man in the gut hard enough to force some blood to leave his mouth.

Jirens feet created two small trenches as he was forced back. Panting hard he brought his hand up to wipe his mouth clean. "Don't believe that just because you've powered up that means you can defeat me." Jiren said angrily. The dark red aura quickly covered his body again as he charged forward. Naruto was still able to block or deflect the punches but they were still inflicting damage. Their fists mirrored each other before the two of them shot off a pink and yellow ki blast respectively.

The two blasts collided, which resulted in a giant explosion that blinded everyone from seeing what was going on. Everyone was on the edge of their seat both figuratively and literally. The battle had been going on for well over ten minutes with both fighters taking the upper hand at some point.

"I don't know what's more incredible, the fact that we've seen three fighters use Ultra Instinct with one being able to use it fully, or that there's a mortal strong enough to keep up with it." The reptilian God of Destruction of Universe twelve said.

The Kai of his universe gave his own two cents. "I agree it's pretty amazing. Though perhaps it's because the universe six saiyan doesn't have the amount of experience the Angels have in using Ultra Instinct that Jiren is able to keep up." Most of the Gods as well as the Angels nodded their heads having similar thoughts on the matter.

Back on the ground Naruto was panting as he jumped back to create some space and watched Jiren do the same. He generates his scythe once more letting it glow bright before pulling his arm back. Jiren seeing this brought his hands up and generated a giant red orb of energy before quickly launching. Naruto made a slicing motion upwards in Jirens direction letting off a giant pink wave that was digging into the arena as it charged forward to meet the orb. Similar to last time an explosion took place as the two attacks met in the center.

The arena shook as the two attacks met. When the smoke cleared they were surprised to see that the arena had been split down the middle almost evenly. Naruto and Jiren were the only two fighters on one half while the other, which included the timer in the center, was where everyone else was.

Naruto was on one knee taking in deeper breaths than before. "Damn. I've reached my time limit with Ultra Instinct and still couldn't eliminate Jiren. This guy is damn tank." He thought as he noticed Jiren was trying to stand up from his kneeling position.

"Champa-sama." Vados said getting her student's attention. "It would be ill advised to allow that battle to continue. At the rate they're going they could possibly cause the eliminations of our own fighters. It'd be wise to play the numbers game until we don't have a choice." She informed him.

Champa looked down at the arena with an unusually serious look on his face. One that only appeared in dire situations. He glanced at Naruto before nodding. "Black!" He called out getting his attention. "Retreat for now." He ordered.

Naruto was going to reply but was stopped as Hit and Cell landed next to him. The former tossing his right arm around his shoulders before dashing off.

Belmod noticed Jiren narrow his eyes and prepare to give chase but stopped him as well. "Stop, Jiren." He ordered making the man look at him. "Take a breather. When the time comes you'll finish the job" The man didn't look happy but didn't comment. He simply turned around and headed towards where he sensed Dyspo was.

The spectators couldn't believe the battle they had just witnessed. They thought Goku and Vegeta having their incomplete Ultra Instinct was amazing but this was something else entirely.

"I don't want to be a debbie downer but do you have anything else hidden? Because it looks like Jiren can still keep up with you. I'd bet he's still hiding more power." Cell commented as they watched everyone else resume fighting. Not that there was much left mind you.

Naruto simply nods but doesn't speak, instead trying to catch his breath. He was thinking to himself what kind of beast the man was. To keep up with him with Ultra Instinct was nothing short of amazing. At this rate he'd have to use his trump card and if that didn't work they'd be screwed.

Cabba landed besides them at that moment, parts of his armor completely destroyed and looking beaten. "Naruto-san why didn't you use the form you used against Toppo?"

"Because he was clad in Hakai energy. What mine did was simply cancel his out to let us get to him. If I had used it on Jiren I'd have gotten disqualified. Plus I wouldn't be surprised if Jiren could stop it." He replied before taking a look towards the bleachers. He noticed many Angels but not that many gods or contestants. From the looks of it only Universes 3,6,7 and 11 were still in this.

Universe three was at the brink of elimination and so was eleven with only two fighters left.

"Looks like our team is doing pretty good. At least we're fighting cautiously" He said with a small smile knowing their team was fighting with smarts.

"Ah actually about that…Caulifla-san and Kale-san decided to pick a fight with Son Goku a couple minutes ago." Cabba admitted reluctantly. Naruto felt his face drop as he and the rest turned around to see the man was already in his red form completely out classing the two females.

"Caulifla! Kale! Use the potara now!" Champa yelled from his seat. If he hadn't been close to a heart attack during the Naruto and Jiren battle he was now. He could tell Son Goku was getting closer to eliminating the two. If they didn't fuse they'd be done with.

The two women looked at each other and nodded before pulling out two green ear rings and placing them on opposite ears. A bright light covered the arena as the two women fused into one. As the fusion was going on Frieza took the opportunity to sneak behind the universe six warriors and wrap his tail around the neck of the weakest link, which in this case happened to be Cabba.

The boy made a choking sound and soon found himself being shot out of the arena. The saiyan, hitman, and android turned to see Frieza already jumping away from them.

"Hohoho my apologies but he was open and the chance was too good to pass up." Hit was about to give chase but was stopped by Naruto.

"It's unfortunate but I'm still not up to full power. Cell is definitely strong but if Jiren decides to return he won't be enough to fend him off until I get my strength back." He told him. Hit gave one more glance towards where Frieza left and returned.

"He'll be dealt with soon." The assassin said in a firm tone. He watched as the new warrior Kefla was flexing her muscles and talking about how great she felt. If he were in her position he'd simply just attack while he had the chance. She was young, it was to be expected.

"Oi! Goku! Vegeta! Catch!" Beerus yelled as he too threw something into the arena. Goku opened his palm to see what had been thrown. "Vegeta! Get over there and and fuse with Goku or I'll destroy you myself." He ordered.

Naruto watched as the two saiyans bickered for a few seconds before conceding. The two warriors followed suit and put the ear rings on. Similarly to Kelfa a bright light came over the arena before a new fighter was introduced.

"Damn. Kefla is strong but him, what did he call himself? Vegito? He's in a different league then her. I need to recover quickly or this is going to go south very fast." he thought to himself. Suddenly a thought came to mind. He looked at Kefla, then to Vegito before glancing at Kefla once more.

"Hey Hit, you think maybe you and I should try to fus…" He didn't get to finish his sentence as the Hitman cut him off with a resounding 'No'.

"Yeah alright then." He finished lamely. He hoped Kelfa could pull through, though he doubted it. If he was right, by the time he regained his power, universe six would be down to three fighters.

"I just need to get rid of Jiren. Once he's out of the tournament the rest is easy." He thought to himself. Little did he know the grey warrior was thinking the exact same thing.

Alright that's it for this chapter. What did you guys think? Hopefully it's to your liking. Anyways I'm pretty sure the next chapter will probably come in a few weeks hopefully you guys can wait that long. Anyways if you guys have any suggestions or comments leave them in a review or PM me. Later.