Lin Qing gripped the Blade of Ruin tightly.
An endless stream of crimson light flowed into the blade, making it emit a faint hum.
He could clearly sense that the power delivered through the spatial Rift opened by the Saint's Corpse was not merely the power of human faith.
It also came from the Ninja World itself.
Just as an insect curled itself up when it sensed danger.
Even a kitten with a walnut-sized, smooth brain would bare its teeth at an enemy.
The saying that all things possessed spirits was not merely a metaphor in a Ninja World that contained Jashin, Tailed Beasts, the God of Death, Natural Energy... and a whole series of surreal powers.
Somewhere beyond perception, the Ninja World had detected the threat of the Calamity God Tree and instinctively launched a crushing counterattack.
Part of that power surged into the Ten-Tails Mecha through the divine technique of Otsutsuki Shi Mei, transforming under Sasuke's control into an arrow aimed at the Calamity God Tree.
The other part merged with the power of humanity's faith and descended upon Lin Qing, becoming his trump card in his battle against Dio.
Just as Tokugawa Shingen had once told Lin Qing:
"When you want to destroy a race, one or two tough bones are bound to jump out and try to keep it alive."
Lin Qing was that tough bone, determined to smash Dio to death with a single blow.
"Impossible! Why?!"
Dio stared fixedly at the fist Lin Qing held, letting out an unwilling roar.
His success had not been accidental. It was the one and only victory purchased with the deaths of countless versions of himself across parallel worlds.
Dio had gone through immeasurable hardship and sacrificed countless lives—Dio did not respect life, but that did not mean