Central battlefield.
A pitch-black sphere of energy, large enough to blot out the sky, descended.
Momoshiki's wild laughter echoed.
Sasuke unleashed Ninjutsu Nullification.
Lin Qing charged through the black fragments exploding across the sky, rushed before Momoshiki, and hurled the steel ball in his hand.
Along with Isshiki's despairing roar.
Everything happened too quickly. It did not resemble a continuous scene, but rather a series of frozen manga panels—brief and forceful.
Now, the center of this manga panel focused on the thrown steel ball.
Setting aside the mystical nonsense surrounding the Golden Spin, purely in terms of its effects—
The ability Lin Qing had gained upon reaching Lesson 3 was enemy detection.
And Lesson 4's ability, put simply, was—
A 100% super armor break and super critical hit.
Momoshiki's eyes widened, and his entire body stiffened. He could not move at all.
It was not that he did not want to move. He simply had no idea which direction to flee.
Momoshiki could not observe the path of the steel ball advancing along the Golden Spin's trajectory.
He imagined countless escape routes in his mind, yet every outcome ended with his chest being pierced through.
It was as though someone had used a paralysis technique on him. Momoshiki froze in midair.
"Roar!!!"
A furious roar rang out as Kinshiki charged back. The crimson light in his hand shifted, forming a heavy shield that stood before Momoshiki at the final moment before the steel ball could blow him apart.
Boom!
The dull collision reverberated, spreading outward at the speed of sound and shattering every cloud in the sky.
Kinshiki lowered his head slightly, hunched over, and retreated all the way back before finally withstanding the steel ball's impact.
He grinned—
Crack!
A crack appeared in the nearly half-meter-thick crimson shield.
Kinshiki's