The Stand Arrow was a good thing.
Plug-and-play, with allocation on demand.
The battle between Lin Qing's team and Dio had entered its final stage.
After Father Pucci was slain, Dio was the only enemy left.
Without Made in Heaven's speed boost on inanimate objects, Dio naturally abandoned his flying-knife tactics.
Giorno decisively exited Requiem.
Lin Qing could not use the Stand Arrow alone.
Jotaro's Reversing Cause and Effect had little effect on Dio.
Thus, the Stand Arrow fell into Johnny's hands, and an incomparably terrifying pink god of war who shouted "Chuu-mimi" appeared on the battlefield—
Tusk Act 5.
Ability: an attack that transcended space and time. As long as it locked onto a target, it would inevitably strike a certain point in the target's "past," "present," or "future."
Striking the past: for ordinary people, since they had already died in the past, their existence would simply vanish.
For Dio, it would remain in the form of "hidden injuries," continuously affecting him during battle.
Striking the present: the injuries from Infinite Spin would erupt immediately.
Striking the future: because the injury belonged to the future, it would in turn affect one's current "fortune," causing misfortune to slowly descend.
A comprehensive Stand combining causality, fate, and space-based abilities.
In terms of any single ability, Tusk Act 5 was not as specialized as White Requiem, Gold Experience Requiem, or Tear Town, but it could affect and weaken Dio from every angle.
More importantly, Tusk Act 5 was a long-range attack, so there was no need to worry about Dio counterattacking.
With Lin Qing and Jotaro holding the line up front, Johnny could fire Nail Bullets with complete abandon.
Even if Dio could erase the Nail Bullets with Overwrite Reality, the overwhelming barrage still left him thoroughly harassed.
Meanwhile, Jotaro was draining