Volume 16

Battle Apprentice! (戦いの年季！) is the fifth volume of Stardust Crusaders and the sixteenth volume volume of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. It covers the second half of the ' story arc, the ' story arc and most of the  story arc.

Summary
Jotaro and the others were crossing India to Egypt, when Avdol was suddenly shot by an enemy Stand, the bullet sent from the assassin Hol Horse! Polnareff defeats his partner, J. Geil. While this is going on, something strange starts happening to Joseph's arm...!

Chapters

 * 030 (143). 
 * 031 (144). 
 * 032 (145). 
 * 033 (146). 
 * 034 (147). 
 * 035 (148). 
 * 036 (149). 
 * 037 (150). 
 * 038 (151). 
 * 039 (152).