Lin Qing and Dio fought with all their might, tearing out hearts and severing heads and limbs.
Yet the person with the greatest influence on the battle before them was actually Father Pucci.
The key was Time Stop.
Lin Qing's Time Stop lasted 9.99 seconds.
Dio's Time Stop lasted 9 seconds.
A difference of 0.99 seconds would be magnified infinitely against Lin Qing, who now wielded the power of conviction. In that brief span, he might even be able to kill Dio completely!
Therefore, Dio absolutely could not let Father Pucci die!
He had to keep Made in Heaven's acceleration going.
Jotaro had already reached Pucci.
Now past forty, Jotaro was no longer the eighteen-year-old youth he had once been. His muscles had atrophied, and his mental will was a notch weaker than in his younger days.
But his resolve burned even hotter.
Jotaro was prepared to kill any enemy for the sake of victory.
He clenched his fist.
Just then, from the corner of his eye, Jotaro caught sight of a flashing blade flying away. Turning his head, he saw Dio's twisted expression as he endured Lin Qing's punch and hurled a throwing knife.
The throwing knife was headed straight for Johnny!
Under Made in Heaven's acceleration, the knife moved incredibly fast, arriving before Johnny in an instant.
In the current situation, unless Johnny had mastered intangibility, the only way to save him was Time Stop.
But the cooldown periods of Lin Qing, Dio, and Jotaro's Time Stops differed slightly.
Lin Qing and Dio were on the same level.
One was an Ultimate Lifeform.
The other had used Overwrite Reality to make his body unbelievably powerful.
But Jotaro was merely an ordinary middle-aged man who had climbed out of a hospital bed less than a day ago.
His Time