Giant Shark

Under Squalo's mocking expression, Li Qing rolled around on the ground with all his might.

In just a few seconds, he had completely wiped away the puddles that allowed "Clash" to instantly teleport.

It could no longer use continuous teleportation to ambush Li Qing. Instead, it was like a salted fish out of water, struggling feebly on land.

At this point, the only place on the entire ship with a significant amount of water, where "Clash" could exist, was the glass of iced drink Li Qing had taken a couple of sips from earlier.

"Success."

Li Qing listened to the tiny ripples coming from the glass, knowing in his heart:

After all the puddles were wiped away by him, the Stand had nowhere else to go.

It could only teleport into that small drink cup, forced to shrink to a completely harmless size.

"So... did I win?"

"No, it's too early to say."

"I've basically wiped out all the 'water' on the ship, but this is the sea."

Although he currently held an advantage, Li Qing was even more nervous than when he was being passively beaten at the beginning.

He stared intently at the glass containing "Clash," carefully listening for any movement from the enemy Stand, and secretly preparing himself for a terrifying guess.

As expected...

After all the puddles on the ship were wiped away by Li Qing, with no "coordinates" for "Clash" to teleport to...

It still disappeared from the glass as silently as before.

Then, just as Li Qing had guessed, "Clash" instantly appeared on the sea.

Its Stand ability was to instantly move between water and water, and the ocean possessed an endless supply of seawater, naturally becoming its medium for instant teleportation.

And the most terrifying part was that "Clash's" size could automatically change depending on the amount of water in the body of water it was in.

So, the moment it appeared from the sea...

What emerged from the sea was no longer a small shark dozens of centimeters long, but a "prehistoric giant shark" a full twenty meters long!

Its size was so immense, so majestic.

The small yacht Li Qing was on was fully thirteen to fourteen meters long, and in front of "Clash," it looked as tiny as an exquisite life-sized figurine.

"Clash" surfaced like this, pushing through the giant waves, slowly turned its head, and opened its terrifying, abyss-like maw towards Li Qing on the yacht.

"Sigh..."

"The worst-case scenario has happened after all."

Li Qing sighed deeply.

He had no doubt that with the enemy's current size, it could swallow him and the ship in one gulp.

And "Clash" had stirred up a monstrous wave on the previously calm sea the moment it appeared, so even Andrew next to him sensed something was wrong:

"Wh-what's going on!"

"Why is there suddenly such a wave? And this ship, what's pushing it crooked?"

The yacht had already been tilted and capsized by "Clash's" immense body. Andrew could only grip the railings on the deck tightly to steady himself:

"Is it a sea monster?"

"But... but I can't see anything!"

"Haha."

Li Qing laughed carelessly:

"Congratulations, Captain, you guessed right."

"If we're lucky, we'll meet again inside the sea monster later."

"Shut up..."

"I don't want that kind of luck!"

Under the strange attack that was invisible yet tangible, Andrew was on the verge of a breakdown.

Li Qing, on the other hand, was still in relatively good spirits.

He patted Andrew's shoulder and said half-seriously, half-jokingly:

"Just kidding."

"After all..."

"I don't know if you'll die, but I probably won't."

"Huh?"

Andrew was startled by the indifferent coldness in Li Qing's words.

And at this moment, "Clash" revealed its shark teeth, as wide as a door panel, and lunged towards Li Qing and Andrew without mercy.

Instantly, the wind rose and the waves surged.

The yacht pitched and rolled in the giant waves stirred up by "Clash." Andrew, stunned, instinctively closed his eyes amidst the gale.

But Li Qing wasn't going to wait for death. He made his move—

Completely ignoring the colossal whale shark slamming down in front of him, Li Qing turned sharply in the midst of the giant waves and fierce wind, and threw a punch through the air towards the unobstructed stern:

"Sonically Enhanced Wave!"

Brilliant white light gathered on his fist like the sun, then roared out.

The direction of this Sonically Enhanced Wave wasn't towards "Clash," but towards Squalo, who was fifty meters away.

"It's you, isn't it."

"The Stand User manipulating this powerful Stand!"

There were only three people on this sea, and Li Qing had long since locked onto Squalo's position, waiting for the opportune moment to launch a surprise long-range attack with Sonically Enhanced Wave.

At this very moment, the ball of light from Sonically Enhanced Wave had successfully flown out from the stern, heading straight for Squalo.

If it hit successfully, Li Qing could use the skill effects of Sonically Enhanced Wave and Echoes Act to attack the enemy's main body directly, before "Clash" swallowed him and the boat whole.

However, a mocking smile appeared on Squalo's lips instead:

"Only thinking of attacking the main body now?"

"Too slow!"

The ability of "Clash" was instantaneous movement. As long as there was enough water nearby, no one could keep up with its speed.

Defeating it in a head-on battle was almost an impossible feat.

Therefore, enemies Squalo had encountered in the past, after learning of "Clash's" ability, would immediately search for Squalo's location, trying to bypass the Stand and attack his main body directly.

Only Li Qing, only he would think of attacking Squalo's main body after foolishly fighting "Clash" for so long.

Gazing at the rapidly approaching ball of white light, Squalo's smile grew more contemptuous:

"This must be that 'positioning light orb' the boss mentioned."

"Quite a useful ability. If we were on land, combined with his powerful perception abilities, it would definitely pose a great threat to my main body."

"Too bad."

"We're on the sea right now— this is my home turf, Squalo's!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Before Sonically Enhanced Wave could get within twenty meters of Squalo, it was blocked by a mountain of flesh.

This mountain of flesh was "Clash."

It had instantly moved to the sea behind the yacht in an instant, using its colossal, mountain-like form to easily block the Sonically Enhanced Wave positioning light orb that Li Qing had unleashed in desperation.

At this moment, it was a wall that could move instantaneously.

None of the abilities Li Qing unleashed could bypass this fleshy obstacle.

And with "Clash's" current enormous size, dealing with Li Qing would only take a single bite.

"Alright."

"Maintaining 'Clash' at this size consumes quite a bit of my mental energy."

"If I wasn't in a hurry to get back for lunch with Dichano, I wouldn't have used this move."

Squalo wiped the sweat from his brow, looking somewhat weary:

"I won't waste any more time with you."

"Attack, 'Clash'!"

Sonically Enhanced Wave couldn't penetrate the Stand to attack its master, Golden Bell Shield couldn't be used for movement without teammates, and Li Qing and Squalo were still separated by fifty meters of sea, with a twenty-meter long giant shark blocking the way.

And at Squalo's command, this giant shark, possessing the ability of instantaneous movement, finally revealed its ferocious and terrifying fangs.

From any angle, Squalo had already won.

He only needed to sit quietly on the speedboat and watch the look of despair on Li Qing's face from afar.

However.

Under Squalo's increasingly uncertain gaze, Li Qing smiled instead.

Facing the giant shark that lunged towards him, he calmly took out a lighter from his pocket and lit a cigarette:

"Sorry."

"It seems I've won this battle."