Long ago, during his underwater battle against Biwa Juzo and Raiga Kurosuki, Lin Qing had overcome the greatest limitation of the Ripple: the need for air.
That, combined with his subsequent absorption of Natural Energy and his knowledge of Orochimaru's genes,
had allowed Lin Qing to master the "qi" within his body.
Whether or not he breathed had no effect on his ability to use the Ripple.
Besides, his heart? His throat?
For Lin Qing, those weren't fatal weaknesses either.
His fist came down. Even though the ice stopped the Ripple's power from spreading, the blow still shattered Dio's skull and sent his brains flying.
Dio's thoughts abruptly descended into chaos. Memories, hallucinations, and reality overlapped in his mind.
Driven by his powerful survival instinct, he managed to activate Time Stop.
But Lin Qing could still move.
Still gripping Dio by the throat, Lin Qing clenched his right fist again and looked at him with a calm gaze tinged with eagerness.
Dio, who had spent his entire life eating little bread rolls, knew exactly what that look meant.
"Y-You... want to eat me?!"
A mere human dared look at him with "hunger"... Wait, was the guy in front of him really human?
An undying ability to recover.
An endlessly adaptable body.
And even...
The ability to throw a punch while time was stopped.
Rather than a "human," the guy before him seemed more like a "monster"—one even purer than Dio himself!
Lin Qing's second punch came.
Relying on his final instinct, Dio raised both arms to block it. With two sharp cracks, his arms broke. A fist tore through flesh and bone, its momentum undiminished, and slammed into Dio's shattered head.
"Bwoogah!!!"
Dio's body toppled helplessly, spinning 180 degrees through the air before Lin Qing's punch drove him into the