Cloud Dragon

A rustle from his cuff, and Giorno looked down to see a pen thrown out.

Then, a scarlet palm slowly extended, its fingers waving in the air, bit by bit devouring Giorno's flesh and blood.

"Golden Experience!"

Giorno summoned Golden Experience, only to be horrified to find its arm riddled with holes, making effective offense impossible.

"Giorno, get out of the way."

Mista drew his revolver and emptied the cylinder, interrupting the devouring of Giorno's arm. However, the next second, Mista fell backward, spurting blood.

The Sex Pistols, flying out with the bullets, were attacked by Notorious and gradually swallowed, causing its size to increase.

Fortunately, a few Sex Pistols had not come into contact with Notorious, or Mista would have surely died.

"Mista!"

The sound of gunfire attracted everyone's attention. Narancia, filled with shock and anger, immediately summoned Aerosmith and fired bullets at Notorious on the ground.

The bullets were fast, but Notorious was faster. It extended numerous tentacles to catch the bullets, rapidly devouring them, then, with lightning speed, grabbed Aerosmith.

Pfft!

Narancia coughed up blood and fell to the ground. In just one exchange, two members of Bucciarati's team were incapacitated, with Giorno losing an arm.

Dawn extinguished his cigarette, slowly stood up, Metal Dragon flying behind him, and walked towards them step by step.

[Stand · Beyond Imagination · Emperor Engine]

A tremendous pressure washed over them, and everyone felt a massive weight rising from the depths of their hearts.

Giorno clutched his severed arm, observing the battlefield. He seemed to have discovered something.

Notorious briefly stopped its actions. Unconscious, it was barely affected.

After a moment of daze, it quickly lunged towards Dawn.

"Mr. Dawn, don't move, it only attacks moving objects!"

Relying on his powerful combat intuition, Giorno quickly discovered Notorious's mechanism and immediately warned him.

"I know. I'll send it to its demise now."

Metal Dragon suddenly grew, its massive size filling the cabin, crushing the seats out of shape.

Roar!!!

Spark plugs flickered, and a deliberately controlled flame blasted onto Notorious, instantly carbonizing and vaporizing it.

"Is it over..."

Bucciarati felt a lingering fear. This enemy had actually activated its ability after death. Caught off guard, it had severely injured three members of the team in a short period.

"No, it's not over. On the contrary, its attack has just begun."

Dawn shook his head. The thunderous sound of blood pumping had not stopped; it was even intensifying.

Notorious's "big" was immortal. It could devour any moving substance to grow stronger, possessing endless greed.

The entire plane was now being devoured by it. What entered the cabin was only a small portion of flesh and blood; the main body of the plane outside was likely covered in these scarlet flesh masses.

The plane's crash was already irreversible.

Dawn could, of course, take everyone away on Metal Dragon, but considering the possibility of Dragon Tamer's evolution, he chose to continue increasing Emperor Engine's pressure.

The powerful pressure made it increasingly difficult for everyone to breathe. Trish, the only ordinary person among them, felt the discomfort most intensely.

"Mr. Dawn?"

Giorno spoke hesitantly. This indiscriminate pressure would limit everyone's combat effectiveness, but he couldn't say much.

Mr. Dawn was rarely this serious; this enemy was likely very troublesome.

Trish, in the crowd, felt a tidal wave of pressure emanating from Dawn, forcing her to change, or she would surely be crushed, even killed!

Trish's body went limp, and she almost fell. She wanted to look directly at Dawn, but her eyes involuntarily blinked rapidly, and her gaze instinctively shifted away.

Facing this suffocating pressure, her powerful mental strength reached its peak, surging out like a floodgate.

As Diavolo's daughter, she originally possessed the potential to awaken a Stand, lacking only a sense of urgency and obsession.

The pressure from Emperor Engine caused everything to fall into place naturally, allowing Trish to awaken her Stand as in the original story, possessing the power to soften any object.

From now on, sharp attacks would no longer be effective against her.

Dawn sensed Trish's awakening and immediately retracted Emperor Engine.

With the ability to soften objects, after the plane crashed, the safety of Bucciarati's team was no longer a concern.

Next was his fight.

"Bucciarati, open a zipper to the outside. I'll go deal with this guy."

Bucciarati hesitated. Dawn urged, "This guy's main body is eating the plane. If we don't deal with it, we'll all die."

Hearing Dawn's words, Bucciarati no longer hesitated, summoned his Stand, and punched the ground.

"Sticky Fingers!"

The Metal Dragon suddenly shrank, rolled up Dawn, and drilled out of the plane along the zipper. In an instant, a surging gale swept through, filling the surroundings with clouds and mist.

A giant scarlet monster was greedily absorbing energy from the plane's engine, continuously growing stronger.

"This is what I was waiting for."

The Metal Dragon grew against the wind, transforming into a dragon over twenty meters long. Dawn grabbed the dragon's horns, his clothes fluttering in the fierce wind.

"Blast it!"

ROAR!!!

A pillar of fire continuously bombarded the notorious big, and the sound of sizzling meat filled the air. It screamed in pain.

Following the rules of its Stand, the notorious big swung its thick tentacles. The Metal Dragon didn't dodge; it unleashed a steel tail sweep, and the two collided.

Bang!

The tentacles clung tightly to the Metal Dragon's tail. Due to its hollow structure, the Metal Dragon's tail was quickly devoured, and a low, uneasy growl could be heard from its throat.

"Don't be afraid, fly up, as high as you can."

Dawn patted the Metal Dragon's horns. The Metal Dragon whimpered and swam towards the high altitude, the scarlet behemoth hanging from its tail, appearing to struggle.

The notorious big was lured away by Dawn, but the plane, unable to bear the strain, continued to plummet towards the sea.

Dawn didn't pay much attention. He glanced at it and then looked away, upwards, ever upwards.

Scarlet flesh was about to cover the Metal Dragon's entire body, but it still obeyed Dawn's command, burning its last ounce of strength to ascend.

Finally, it reached an unprecedented altitude.

Dawn felt difficulty breathing. His body was covered in ice crystals; the air here was extremely cold and thin.

"Now!"

Dawn canceled his Dragon Tamer ability. Before being completely devoured, the Metal Dragon dissolved into specks of starlight.

Man and monster hovered briefly before beginning to fall.

[Stand · Beyond Imagination · Dragon Tamer]

Dawn clasped his hands in prayer. He spread them apart, and a brand-new Dragon Egg appeared. However, the dragon shadow within was listless, not even bothering to move.

This was a side effect of continuously using Dragon Tamer.

Although it would need more time to absorb nutrients, there was ample time.

Dawn released the Dragon Egg, letting it fall with him. During this process, a large amount of ice crystals and water vapor was absorbed by the Dragon Egg, temporarily forming a cavity.

The cavity grew larger and larger. Scales made of mist and ice crystals gradually appeared on the Dragon Egg's surface. The dragon shadow within also became active, attempting to break free.

"Wait a little longer."

Dawn soothed, "Just a little longer."

The sensation of falling was terrifying, especially with a giant scarlet monster below, its fangs bared and tentacles flailing, trying to devour Dawn alive.

"Now!"

The Dragon Egg cracked, and a black mist emerged, accompanied by a deafening dragon roar. A colossal figure slowly swam across the sky.

Dawn's pupils contracted slightly. It was this big?!

How much mist could 1000 kilograms of water create?

Dawn used to have no concept, but now he knew very clearly.

1000 kilograms of water could create approximately one million cubic meters of mist.

If this mist had no life, it would just be common clouds, perhaps altocumulus, stratus, or cumulonimbus.

But what if it was a life form in the shape of a cloud?

If they gathered together to form a dragon-like creature, it would be a terrifying dragon fifty meters in diameter and hundreds of meters long!

This living dragon-like creature could freely adjust the mist and ice crystals within its body through the surging and subtle adjustments of the clouds, moving at high speed within its body.

It could even wield lightning if conditions permitted!

Cumulonimbus clouds were also clouds.

The high-speed moving ice crystals would endlessly attract the notorious big, turning into a cage it would never want to escape from!

Any enemy swallowed by the Cloud Dragon would face its most terrifying nightmare, this unkillable monster!