Click.
The hairpin had been burned black and brittle. When stepped on, it made a crisp sound like a wafer cookie breaking apart.
Lin Qing slowly clenched his fist, his gaze colder than ever as Star Platinum emerged behind him.
"Star Platinum: The World!"
In a single step, he arrived before Obito.
"Ora ora ora ora!"
Star Platinum swung its iron fists, but it was as though they struck empty air, passing straight through Obito's body.
Phasing again.
This was not Lin Qing's first encounter with Obito. During the battle that destroyed the Mizukage, he had already witnessed Obito's phasing ability.
Since his opponent had entered a phased state, Lin Qing stopped paying attention to Obito. He swept his gaze around and released Ripple Power.
The sand and dust on the ground seemed to lose gravity, drifting slightly into the air. The dust settled over Blind City Official and the Rōran survivors as Lin Qing carefully sensed whether anyone remained alive.
There was no one.
They were all dead.
Large stretches of desert had crystallized under the searing heat, indicating that the explosion had reached temperatures above two thousand degrees Celsius.
Forget ordinary people like Blind City Official—even with Lin Qing's physique, he would have been seriously injured at the heart of the explosion.
Time Stop ended.
Obito only saw a blur before Lin Qing was standing in front of him, his icy eyes fixed firmly on him. His overwhelming killing intent whipped up a violent gale, and in an instant, winds and clouds churned.
"Long time no see, Lin Qing—"
Before he could finish, Star Platinum's fist smashed toward him.
Lin Qing did not want to say a single extra word to Obito.
He had only met the Rōran survivors once, and he had known Blind City Official for