The Final Trump Card

For Li Qing Sin, Diavolo is indeed invincible right now.

The King Crimson's power and speed were enough to stop Li Qing's high-speed offensive, turning the battle into a head-on collision and attrition.

In this head-on collision devoid of any skill, Diavolo's mental strength was far from sufficient to allow the King Crimson to defeat Li Qing.

However, he can use the "Ouroboros" to go back in time to rest for an hour at any time, so that his energy can always be kept at its peak.

Diavolo didn't need any schemes; he could have easily cornered Li Qing with his brutal, hand-to-hand combat.

These are all changes brought about by the "Ouroboros".

Now it's not Diavolo who needs to hide his true colors, but Li Qing.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Thinking about this, Diavolo couldn't help but want to burst out laughing.

If it weren't for my previous time travel to the Colosseum of Rome, where I experienced the humiliation of public execution from a bystander's perspective, I would have been completely different.

Diavolo would probably say something like his past self, such as "I am Diavolo, the king" or "I have never changed."

Now, he has toned it down considerably.

That fierce determination transformed from words into the most direct action, becoming the purest force that blasted towards Li Qing.

"Damn it. It's happening again."

"Does his skill really not require any cooldown?"

Li Qing's face grew increasingly grim during the intense clash.

After witnessing Diavolo vanish into thin air and then return fully recovered three times in a row, it was a truly horrible experience.

He finally realized that he couldn't fight this battle.

"If this continues, I'll die sooner or later."

"I have to find a way to crack that guy's ability."

The King Crimson's punches still surged like a tidal wave.

The wind howled relentlessly, sending rocks flying and reducing the shattered road to dust.

But Li Qing had to figure out a way to counter that invincible ability at the very heart of this storm.

His thoughts were in disarray.

After all, he still doesn't know what the strange ability Diavolo has shown actually is.

If you don't even understand the question, how can you possibly find the answer?

"Think, and never give up thinking!"

Li Qing clenched his teeth tightly.

In that despair and darkness, he thought of Giorno and his companions who were about to die slowly in agony.

At this moment, their lives, will, and hatred were all entrusted to Li Qing.

Li Qing must win.

He must figure out the answer.

"I've got it."

In the endless darkness, Li Qing finally grasped a glimmer of light:

"The crux of the matter lies in that explosion that changed the course of the conflict."

"That explosion was clearly a trap set by Diavolo, but it wasn't his Stand ability."

"The bombs were planted in the road without anyone noticing, and the only person who could have planted them was..."

"Those road construction workers!"

Those road workers have been working here all day; there's no way they wouldn't have noticed the bomb hidden in the road.

Li Qing also learned from a collaboration during a time rewind that these road construction workers were not ordinary workers at all, but rather underworld members disguised as workers.

Li Qing was initially puzzled as to why these Japanese colleagues had come here to build roads.

It now appears that they were clearly hired to plant a time bomb in advance.

"So, how did they know to plant a time bomb in this section of the road?"

"And how could the timing of the explosion be controlled so precisely?"

"It was purely by chance that we were able to ambush Diavolo here; he couldn't possibly have known in advance that he would be facing a fierce battle here."

"But these hired Japanese yakuza can know the time and place in advance, just like..."

"They seem to be able to see the 'future'."

Thinking of this, a hint of shock appeared on Li Qing's face:

Vanished into thin air and then instantly returned.

Injuries and energy recovered in a second.

It was a trap set by a prophet at least a day in advance.

All sorts of strange things simultaneously surfaced in Li Qing's mind.

And considering the countless time travel-themed works of art he had read before, he couldn't help but think of the most absurd, yet the only, possibility that could explain the current situation:

"Your ability is to travel to the 'past'?"

Li Qing directly told Diavolo his guess.

Diavolo, after all, was a human being.

Upon hearing Li Qing reveal the secret of his ability, his expression underwent a subtle change.

As soon as Li Qing heard his slightly accelerated heartbeat, she knew that her guess had been confirmed.

"They clearly have the ability to travel through time, but the past has not been directly changed."

"It seems you follow the kind of time travel rule that involves a 'Time Paradox' and the inability to change the past."

"Therefore, you can only look for loopholes in the past and deliberately set traps without changing the past."

Because there are so many movies and TV shows on this topic, Li Qing has a thorough understanding of the theories related to time travel.

One of the most common scenarios is that the protagonist can freely change the past, and the future will also change accordingly.

But Li Qing was certain that Diavolo's abilities were not like that.

Otherwise, Diavolo could simply go back in time and kill the weaker version of Li Qing to solve the problem.

The fact that Li Qing can stand here with such a powerful presence shows that the past cannot be easily changed.

"Enough!"

"What good will it do you even if you know?"

"Even if you understand my abilities, you still can't defeat the King Crimson!"

Diavolo's expression was not good:

He hadn't expected that Li Qing would see through his abilities so quickly.

His obvious fluctuations in physical signs, however, only confirmed Li Qing's belief in the correctness of his idea.

However, Li Qing also knew this.

Diavolo is right, what good will it do to know?

Just as the whole world knows that Jotaro's ability is to stop time, who can defeat Star Platinum?

Time travel—what an invincible ability that is!

Even if Li Qing figured out the principles behind Diavolo's "infinite power" and "instant full health" abilities, he still wouldn't be able to crack them.

"Being able to travel to the past is like having an absolutely safe haven."

"The opponent's mental energy can be restored in the past, and skill cooldowns can be completed in the past."

"For someone like me who can't travel through time, Diavolo is like a monster with no cooldowns, infinite health, and absolutely invincible."

Reality is just that cruel.

It seemed like a glimmer of hope had been grasped, but that hope was shattered so quickly.

Li Qing had no idea how to break this ability.

He could only grit his teeth and deal with the King Crimson's terrifying offensive, watching helplessly as his health slowly decreased in the fierce clashes.

Li Qing's efforts changed nothing.

In the face of absolute power, strategy seems to become a joke.

"Mr. Li Qing."

Josuke Higashikata vaguely sensed Li Qing's predicament.

Despite his battered and bruised body, he gritted his teeth and said:

"Stop, stop insisting."

"We've all become a burden; you should just run away alone!"

"If you were alone, you would definitely be able to escape from that bastard."

Josuke's tone was slow but firm.

This ordinary high school student, who had never experienced a hard-fought battle, uttered such resolute words at this critical moment of life and death.

"Hurry up!"

Giorno managed to utter a soft whisper from his broken throat.

His injuries were even more severe, and his breathing was extremely weak, but he still insisted on telling Li Qing in his blood-stained voice:

"Don't worry about us."

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Li Qing fell into a deep silence.

He had once again been forced into this desperate situation where he had to abandon his companions to survive.

Indeed, his movement speed is extremely fast, and he also has the escape skill of Sonically Enhanced Wave.

Compared to the King Crimson, who has to take care of his main body, Li Qing might actually have a chance to escape if he's determined to do so.

However, escaping is not an easy task.

At least, Li Qing couldn't do it.

Companions are the only thing Li Qing values in this "game".

If he were to abandon all of this, he didn't know if he could continue the "game".

He couldn't imagine himself turning away from his companion, nor could he imagine the pain of watching his dearest friend die.

This kind of pain is more terrible than death.

"Stop talking, I won't run away!"

"Even if I die today, even if the King Crimson cleaves my head in two with a single blow, I will never back down a single step!"

Li Qing roared resolutely in despair.

Giorno calmly withdrew his gaze, his expression both helpless and relieved.

Diavolo smiled; Li Qing's pedantic and foolish choice suited him perfectly.

But Josuke Higashikata clenched his Riot Games tightly and said with a pained yet resolute expression:

"You're not being asked to leave!"

"I'll hold them off here."

He struggled to support his crippled body, which could barely walk, using the powerful mental strength that erupted from his desperate situation to keep the Crazy Diamond alive:

"Running away is indeed a very bad thing to do, but Mr. Li Qing."

I want you to leave now—

"Run away to my house, quickly take my mom with you and run away."

It turns out that Josuke Higashikata wasn't just thinking about Li Qing.

His biggest worry was his mother Mrs. Higashikata.

Mrs. Higashikata is currently at the Higashikata Family not far away. Josuke is worried that after everyone dies in battle, Diavolo take the opportunity to eliminate them all.

It would be one thing if he died, but the thought that even his mother might be implicated filled Josuke with boundless anger and resentment.

"This"

Li Qing's expression suddenly froze.

He seemed to have thought of something, so much so that a faint light appeared in his shadowy, blind eyes:

"I see."

"In that case, it seems I have no choice but to use my last 'ultimate move'."

"Ultimate move?"

Diavolo frowned, a sense of unease rising within him.

And in the next instant, under his deeply vigilant gaze...

Li Qing Sin suddenly retreated, nimbly leaping out of King Crimson's range.

He immediately turned around and ran away at top speed, instantly reaching Josuke Higashikata's side.

"Huh?" Josuke didn't understand why Li Qing had stopped in front of him.

But Li Qing scooped up his badly injured and unable-to-move body, his legs transforming into a swift and blurry blur:

What are you still standing there for?

"Run away quickly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing, carrying Josuke Higashikata, rode off into the distance.

He completely forgot about the half-dead Giorno, Jotaro, and Polnareff.

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Diavolo looked stunned.

"They... they really escaped?"

Li Qing, this guy who always talks about his comrades, actually abandoned them and ran away!

Did he not care about the lives of his three companions?

One second they were saying "I'd rather die than back down a single step," and now they've completely changed their minds?

"Something's not right." Diavolo suddenly felt that something was amiss.

Li Qing's performance was different from what he had expected.

This guy values his companions the most. What could possibly make him abandon them and run away?

Moreover, his attitude had been very firm before, but after Josuke Higashikata asked Li Qing to return to the Higashikata Family to save his mother, it suddenly changed 180 degrees.

"Li Qing of the Higashikata Family has fled to the Higashikata Family."

"What's in the Higashikata Family? An insignificant middle-aged woman?"

"Did he abandon his companions to save that woman?"

"Etc."

Diavolo's expression froze.

He suddenly realized that there was something special still in the Higashikata Family.

That thing may contain boundless power, capable of easily resolving even the most intractable predicaments.

If Li Qing can truly master the use of this thing and unleash its corresponding abilities, he will have the power to turn the tide!

"Arrow--"

Diavolo could no longer sit still.

He didn't even bother to finish off the enemy; he took off chasing after Li Qing with all his might.

"There's another arrow in the Higashikata Family!"