They were unable to escape under the influence of Gold Experience Requiem.
The Grateful Dead and Green Day were both sustained, area-of-effect attack-type Stands. The longer one remained within their range, the more damage they suffered.
Not to mention the black light Dio had bestowed upon them.
Madara Uchiha reacted immediately, unleashing Susanoo to protect both himself and his nearby companions within it, cutting them off from contact with the mold and aging gas.
At the same time, Madara clapped his hands together.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence."
The ground split apart as tree trunks and branches appeared from thin air, threatening to create an entire forest in mere moments.
Madara Uchiha had no intention of using Deep Forest Emergence to attack. Against an opponent whom even Lin Qing had to stop thinking to deal with, Wood Release alone was useless.
He merely wanted to muddy the waters and take the opportunity to leave the battlefield first.
However—
Everything returned to zero once more.
Deep Forest Emergence and Susanoo both vanished into thin air.
The mold and aging toxins invaded their bodies. Hot Pants began coughing violently, and when she spread open her hand, she saw that one of her teeth had simply fallen out.
Using the blood in her palm as a mirror, she saw that in that brief instant, half her hair had turned white. She now looked like an old woman in her fifties or sixties.
With Hot Pants's mental fortitude, she would not have feared an enemy slashing her with a blade.
But aging was different.
It was what women feared most.
Hot Pants instinctively threw away the fallen tooth.
As the tooth fell, The Grateful Dead's mold activated. Before it could hit the ground, it was corroded away in midair and vanished.
The sight was