At the center of the battlefield, a circular domain rapidly expanded from Uchiha Ying Yue, instantly spreading across the entire field.
In an instant, everything—the swirling dust, the howling wind, the enemies' movements, and the combined ninjutsu about to hit—stopped in midair.
The whole world seemed to have been pressed to a halt by an invisible hand, turning black and white.
Time had stopped.
Uchiha Ying Yue stood in this frozen world, sensing everything around him.
His heart tightened as he realized that the ocular technique he had awakened possessed such immense power—it could stop time!
That wasn't all. Uchiha Ying Yue also felt a powerful force gathering behind him.
He turned to look. A gigantic figure had appeared behind him—a mighty, statue-like Stand whose powerful aura enveloped the entire frozen space.
"So this is my ability..." Ying Yue murmured, sensing the power of his Stand, "The World." In an instant, he understood the power he had acquired.
"So I awakened Dio Brando's 'The World'!"
Uchiha Ying Yue had no time to think it through. He had to seize this precious moment while time was stopped and act at once.
With a thought, he moved swiftly alongside his Stand, "The World."
He easily pulled Hyuga Ayane and Yamanaka Chinatsu out of the path of the incoming combined ninjutsu attack, moving them to a safe area.
All of this happened while time was frozen. The whole process was so quick it seemed to take only an instant.
Then Uchiha Ying Yue and his Stand stood together in a corner outside the enemies' line of sight, waiting for time to resume.
He looked at the enemies frozen in midair. Their expressions were fixed in place—their surprise, their confidence, their smugness at being on the verge of victory—all were frozen before his eyes.