The spear plunged in.
Spin activated.
Though it was a void, an old universe that had already died, at this moment, it was as if the sound of rusty gears beginning to turn again echoed through it.
Fold once.
Fold twice.
Fold three times.
Forty times.
Forty-one times.
Lin Qing suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance.
He could sense the system again, sense the connection between his Stand and his soul.
Though it was very faint.
But—
"They're there."
One hundred and fifteen times.
One hundred and sixteen times.
As the folding progressed, the speed of the folds increased exponentially.
Correspondingly, the power of Spin, the Oni God, and the Dragon Vein contained within the Steel Ball was being continuously consumed.
That meant the sealing power restraining Otsutsuki Kaguya was weakening.
Kaguya seemed to have sensed the changes outside. Chaotic, immense chakra fluctuations spilled from within the Steel Ball, as though she were trying to break free of the seal.
Lin Qing paid no attention to Kaguya's little movements.
He quietly watched the distance, waiting for the system, waiting for each of his Stands to return.
One hundred and thirty-nine folds.
Seeing that there had been no movement outside for so long, Kaguya gritted her teeth and stomped her foot. Overcoming her fear that she might get beaten up after coming out, she broke free from the seal and escaped.
After emerging, Kaguya hurriedly tried to put some distance between herself and Lin Qing, only to discover that there was no concept of "space" around them at all.
She simply hovered in midair, staring wide-eyed at Lin Qing and guarding against his every move.
Kaguya could not understand what this terrifying man, who had slaughtered Isshiki, Momoshiki, and Kinshiki with his bare hands, intended to