Multiverse: In Little Garden, Becoming a God by Proving the Eternal Through One
The instant Qin Qi finished speaking, Caesar attacked. With Hamon empowering him, he crossed the seven-step distance in an instant.
But the next second, Hamon surged through Qin Qi, and the instant he unleashed Thunder Hamon Overdrive, it sent Caesar flying with an electric shock!
"Cough, cough. You... how? You didn't even move?!"
Caesar coughed twice and stared at Qin Qi in disbelief. Qin Qi's hands clearly hadn't moved, so how had he unleashed his Hamon?!
"Who told you I had to move my hands to unleash Thunder Hamon Overdrive? I can do it standing still."
"After all, it's my own Hamon. I only use my hands to concentrate the power and strike distant targets more effectively."
"At close range, I can unleash it from any part of my body."
"Don't tell me you thought being fast enough would let you interrupt me before I could unleash my Hamon?"
Qin Qi shook his head at the bewildered Caesar. He had long since considered the possibility of being taken by surprise and killed in an instant at close range.
So he had prepared a countermeasure early on. It was impossible to catch him off guard with speed.
"You... that's ridiculous!"
Caesar looked as if he were constipated. Qin Qi's ranged attacks reached far, struck fast, and hit hard, while his close-range attacks were fast, covered a wide area, and packed a punch.
Wasn't he a total stat monster? Wasn't he straight-up cheating?!
"Caesar, times have changed. Hamon has to change with them."
"Beyond seven steps, Thunder Hamon Overdrive is fast and powerful. Within seven steps, Thunder Hamon Overdrive is fast, powerful, and accurate."
"You have to keep up with the changing times, Caesar, or you'll become a remnant of the old era."
Qin Qi spoke.
"A-again!"
Caesar still refused to accept defeat. He felt he had been careless this time, and it definitely wouldn't happen again.
"All right, come on."
Qin Qi agreed again.
"Whew!"
Caesar gathered his strength and suddenly charged forward. The next second, he fell to the ground with a thud and stared at his legs.
"Wh-what's going on? I can't control my legs?!"
Caesar looked at his legs, which seemed to have detached from his body, then whipped his head around to look at Qin Qi. This had to be Qin Qi's doing.
"Hidden Thunder Hamon Overdrive. I take advantage of the chance that an enemy might waste time talking and quietly transmit Hamon through the ground."
"It's a technique that affects the opponent's body in an extremely subtle way, restraining the enemy and making them expose an opening."
"As the saying goes, villains die because they talk too much. If you're yapping away in a fight, you're either waiting for a skill cooldown or waiting to die."
Qin Qi wasn't a warrior, and he wouldn't abide by any rules of combat. As long as he could win, any method would do.
He walked over, reached out to pull Caesar up, and asked with a smile, "Want to go again? I'll give you a free move this time."
"No, I lost. I can't beat you in the amount of Hamon I have or in technique, and my combat experience is even further behind."
"I admit defeat wholeheartedly."
Caesar sighed. Before, he could have said he had lost because Qin Qi had more Hamon than he did, but not anymore.
Hidden Thunder Hamon Overdrive was clearly a victory in combat experience and technique. That was an irrefutable fact.
"Caesar, the Pillar Men beneath ancient Rome have disappeared. While you're out this time, make sure to gather information about them."
"But don't fight them on your own. Tell us when you find them, and we'll all gang up on them together."
Qin Qi had asked Lisa Lisa about this before. She had sent people to search beneath ancient Rome, but the Pillar Men had already disappeared.
Chapter 13: Do You Understand the Value of Magnetic Field Rotation, Where Breathing Restores Health and Mana?!
"I understand. I'm traveling the world this time not just to improve my strength. I'll also do my best to look for information about the Pillar Men."
Caesar nodded. He desperately wanted to find the Pillar Men, avenge his father, and atone for his own mistakes.
"All right, enough talk. See you again someday."
Qin Qi said goodbye to Caesar and saw him off the island. Lisa Lisa hadn't come, saying she was sick, though she probably just couldn't bear to say goodbye.
Maybe she was secretly watching from a castle window right now.
"Goodbye."
Caesar left, beginning his journey around the world and his search for the Pillar Men.
[After Caesar leaves, you continue cultivating, and your strength keeps growing. In the process, you master restoring health and mana by breathing.]
"Magnetic Field Rotation may be an all-rounder, but its most ridiculous features are its stamina and defense. They're completely unreasonable."
"Oh, wait, I'm the one cultivating Magnetic Field Rotation now. Never mind, then."
Qin Qi had now advanced to a realm where he could replenish the life energy he expended by absorbing life energy from his surroundings.
Life energy could be used to fight and attack, as well as heal injuries, and now he only needed to breathe to replenish it!
Even he found it ridiculous!
"It sounds impressive, but my absorption efficiency is too slow right now. To use a game as an analogy..."
"If my mana bar has a maximum of a thousand, then I'm only restoring one point, or even 0.1 points, per breath. In a real fight, I wouldn't be able to recover it at all."
"At most, it would just let me last a little longer."
Qin Qi shook his head. Restoring health and mana by breathing looked impressive, but his current realm was too low and his absorption efficiency too poor for it to be particularly effective in actual combat.
But as he continued to advance, it would grow stronger and stronger. Eventually, he might even become an unkillable HP tank!
[In the blink of an eye, a long time passes. When Caesar returns, he brings a boy with him-a boy named Joseph Joestar!] [They tell you about their encounter with the Pillar Men, as well as the poison rings implanted in Joseph's body.] [They also say they want to undergo deeper training and become even stronger.] [To help them, Lisa Lisa hardens her heart and throws them straight into the Hell Climb Pillar, leaving them to break through their limits or die inside.] [Meanwhile, you spend money hiring people to investigate the Pillar Men's whereabouts after their departure, while spreading word that the Super Aja Stone is here.] [The battle is about to begin.] [A month passes quickly. One night, you detect someone approaching.]
"Turn on the lights. It's time to welcome our guest."
Qin Qi spoke.
The next second, countless ultraviolet floodlights installed in the castle all switched on at once, shining down on Esidisi, who had come alone to gather information.
Caught completely unprepared, Esidisi was enveloped in ultraviolet light in an instant. He was startled.
"An ambush!"
"That's it. The news about the Super Aja Stone was probably bait they deliberately put out, and the ones behind this trap must be those Hamon warriors!"
"I was careless!"
Esidisi immediately realized he had fallen for a trap and thought of who might be behind it. He at once raised his hand, preparing to smash through the ground and escape the light.
But before Esidisi could do anything, a bolt of lightning as thick as a log-sized thigh kicked his head apart in an instant.
Esidisi, the wisest of the Pillar Men, was eliminated just like that, without a struggle or any resistance.
His death didn't cause a single ripple!
"H-he was eliminated just like that?"
Caesar walked over to Qin Qi's side, a hint of bewilderment in his eyes as he looked down at the Pillar Man who had been eliminated.
The enemy he had pursued all his life, the monster that had caused the deaths of his father and friend, the Pillar Man who had left him powerless to fight back, had been eliminated just like that.
At that moment, Caesar suddenly felt that the monster that had left him helpless and afraid was actually this fragile!
"They were in the open, and we were in the shadows. On top of that, we had information and had prepared in advance. It was only this easy because we set a trap for an unsuspecting enemy."
Qin Qi shook his head as he looked at the dead Esidisi. At the very last moment, Esidisi had understood what was happening and acted without hesitation.
But it was still too late. If Esidisi hadn't been so arrogant as to charge straight in at the start,
and had tested the situation some other way instead, he wouldn't have died so easily.
"Of the three Pillar Men, we've dealt with one, so there are two left. It's four against two-we're sure to win!"
"But you blew his head straight off! What about my antidote?!
"Oh my God, am I going to be poisoned to death like this?!"
Joseph had excitedly said they were sure to win, but the next second, he suddenly remembered that there was still poison in his body.
The antidote was on that guy, and now he had been blown apart. What was Joseph supposed to do about his antidote?!
Chapter 14: Kars: I Can't Beat You, but Can't I Outlive You?!
"You don't need an antidote. I can just force that little bit of poison out of you. It's pretty simple."
Qin Qi reached out and used Life Magnetic Field Rotation. In an instant, the poison in Joseph's body was forced out by the power of the magnetic field.
"Th-that took care of it?!"
"Are we really practicing the same thing?!"
Joseph looked at Qin Qi's Hamon, then at his own, and suddenly felt as though he was practicing some kind of garbage!
"Keep working hard, and you can do it too. Hmm, probably."
Qin Qi patted... Joseph's arm. It couldn't be helped. He wasn't exactly short, but compared with the Joestars, who were generally 1.9 meters tall, he was a head shorter.
"All right, let's not give the enemy a chance to catch their breath. We'll go on the offensive and take them out before they can react!"
Qin Qi had already found Wamuu's location. The three Pillar Men had split up to search for the Super Aja Stone more efficiently, giving them a chance to pick the Pillar Men off one by one.
"All right, let's leave at once."
Lisa Lisa and the others immediately followed Qin Qi to look for the Pillar Men.
[You, Lisa Lisa, Caesar, and Joseph go to a mountain, where there is a villa.] [Caesar prepares to go straight in and fight, while Lisa Lisa and Joseph try to persuade him to wait.] [In the end, a conflict breaks out between Caesar and Joseph, while Lisa Lisa asks for your opinion and thoughts.]
"JoJo's right. Kars has lived for who knows how many years, and they've spent their lives fighting sunlight."
"There's no way they haven't guarded against it, but I understand why Caesar's anxious too."
"So, after weighing everything, I've decided we should attack just like this."
"Whether you agree or not, I'm going."
Qin Qi looked at the sealed-up house not far away. After thinking for a long time, he finally decided to charge straight in.
"Oh my God, has the cold frozen your brain?!"
Joseph reached out to feel Qin Qi's forehead, then his own. He wasn't running a fever, so why had he started talking nonsense?
"From what I know about you, the option you'd most likely choose would be to blow that place flat with explosives!"
"Not rush in recklessly! What on earth is wrong with you?!"