No One Could Stop Him

Gunshots rang out again.

A storm of metal was born amidst flames, smoke, and light, sweeping towards Diavolo like an apocalyptic tsunami from a disaster movie.

This is an attack that cannot be stopped by human power alone.

Diavolo was like a small boat caught in the flood, unable to move freely.

"King Crimson, delete time!"

He had no other choice but to use the brief Time Erasure for the third time, almost without rest, to transform himself and the King Crimson into special beings that bullets could not penetrate.

A mere second later, the bullet struck the ground in vain, sending sparks flying.

Diavolo had already rolled away and disappeared, hiding behind the heavy, sturdy armored vehicle.

"They've disappeared?!"

The soldiers were slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but feel horrified by Diavolo's disappearance.

Including the previous instances, this strange situation seems to have occurred three times already.

The strangely dressed terrorist seemed to always manage to disappear silently into another place when they weren't paying attention.

"It's just like a horror movie."

Everyone was terrified by this supernatural phenomenon, but the officer managed to remain calm in time:

"Calm!"

"Although I don't know how he did it, he definitely couldn't have escaped very far in such a short time."

Killing terrorists is a rare achievement, and this officer is not so easily frightened by so-called supernatural phenomena.

He squinted and carefully examined the empty road ahead:

There's nowhere to hide here.

"Let the convoy move forward and carefully inspect the back of those armored vehicles."

"Yes!"

The roar of the engine resumed.

The convoy, armed with guns and armor, slowly began to move forward, aggressively crushing everything in its path.

Thirty meters. Twenty meters. Ten meters

The distance between the two sides closed rapidly, and Diavolo, who was hiding behind the wrecked armored vehicle, was about to be exposed.

Diavolo's face was very stiff, and he was on the verge of a breakdown.

He wasn't afraid of the American soldiers, but rather terrified and furious at his damned fate:

"Why."

"Why is the whole world against me?!"

He had several opportunities to kill Li Qing, but Li Qing always managed to find a way to escape by sheer coincidence.

That damn seagull this morning, that damn cruise ship, that damn military air traffic control, and now this group of American soldiers who have to show up and get in the way at this crucial moment.

"Is this the fate that cannot be changed?"

The series of setbacks dealt him a heavy blow.

However, Diavolo was ultimately a Dark Emperor who stood at the pinnacle of power for over a decade with an invincible presence.

This frustration and humiliation quickly brought him back to his senses from that suffocating despair:

"We must not give up thinking!"

"If I give up here, I'll really be like that damned sculptor said, riddled with bullets into pieces that can't even be carved out of stone."

The brain is working at lightning speed:

"That's right, I still have a chance!"

"Judging from the speed of that locating light orb and the time interval between Li Qing activating the second stage of his displacement ability, he didn't fly very far at all!"

That is indeed the case.

The nearby urban area had long since become a death zone, with hardly any living creatures that could be located by the Sonically Enhanced Wave.

In order to minimize the flight time of the Sonically Enhanced Wave and activate the Echoes Act escape as soon as possible, Li Qing chose a target that was actually only a few dozen meters away, separated from the road by just a building and a few walls.

He didn't go far. He didn't go far.

Diavolo muttered to himself, a stubborn thought rising in his heart:

Although he knew that Li Qing, who could use the Sonically Enhanced Wave again in seven seconds, would be hard to catch up with, he absolutely could not give up as long as there was even the slightest chance of making amends.

Because Li Qing's potential for growth is simply too terrifying.

If we can't take this opportunity to eliminate Li Qing, then the next time we meet, he'll probably be the one who has to run away.

Moreover, he has already revealed his whereabouts here.

If the problem cannot be solved in one go, once Li Qing and his companions reunite, they can immediately use Abbacchio's Moody Blues to replay their true appearance.

"We must kill him today!"

"If he escapes once, I'll find him again!"

Diavolo's conviction hardened, but he also became somewhat delusional.

At this critical juncture, many things that used to worry him are now insignificant.

For example, making an enemy of the world's number one gangster boss.

A cold glint flashed in Diavolo's eyes.

Just as the menacing American soldiers were about to roll over him in armored vehicles, he suddenly emerged from his hiding place, displaying an intense killing intent without hesitation:

"King Crimson, let time fly!"

Time is "split in two" at this moment.

The US Military. soldiers operating in that deleted timeline continued their advance in a daze, completely oblivious to Diavolo, who had emerged from his hiding place.

In the separate timeline created specifically for Diavolo, he and the King Crimson ran past the US Military's armored convoy as if no one else was there, rushing like a whirlwind towards the unnoticed rear of the convoy.

Final.

Diavolo climbed into the last armored vehicle in the convoy and sat in the passenger seat.

The King Crimson raised his arm high, pointing the "blade" at the soldier holding the machine gun on the vehicle.

Time Erasure is over!

"Well?"

The soldier driving the car suddenly found himself with someone next to him.

The soldier who was in charge of firing suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

The next second.

Diavolo snapped the driver's neck.

The machine gunner's back was cleaved through by the King Crimson's single blow.

Before the other soldiers even noticed the unusual changes inside the vehicle, Diavolo effortlessly seized control of the armored vehicle.

"Kill them!"

Diavolo, his eyes red, grabbed the steering wheel and slammed the accelerator to the floor.

At the same time, King Crimson gripped the machine gun handles tightly with both hands and mercilessly pulled the trigger before the soldiers could even react.

Bullets rained down, bursting into a cloud of blood mist.

The soldiers never expected the enemy to suddenly appear behind them and seize an armored vehicle in that instant.

They didn't even have time to think about fighting back before they were brutally killed by machine gun fire.

That's all.

Diavolo is like an American in a movie, taking on an entire division by himself, without even getting shot.

"Anyone who stands in my way shall die!"

After suppressing the opponent with a burst of gunfire, preventing him from raising his head, he immediately glared with his bloodshot eyes and turned to look in the direction where Li Qing had disappeared.

At this point, after dodging gunfire, seizing a vehicle, and suppressing the enemy with gunfire, the situation was under control.

Diavolo has wasted more than ten seconds here.

The cooling for the Sonically Enhanced Wave should have been fixed long ago.

"Did he already use his Stand ability to escape?"

"Not necessarily. All living things around here have died out long ago, so he might not be able to find the next target that can be located using the 'orb of light' so quickly."

Diavolo felt a pang in his heart.

The agonizing feeling of opportunity so close yet so unattainable made his blood boil.

"But that guy also has very good hearing."

"Even if he hasn't used his Stand ability to escape far yet, if he hears me chasing after him, he'll definitely figure out a way to escape before I do."

"Therefore, I have to approach him without him noticing!"

Diavolo gritted his teeth, a resolute glint in his eyes:

"King Crimson - Let Time Leap Forward!"

Ignoring the consumption and exhaustion, he squeezed every last bit of his mental energy and did his best to restart the Time Erasure technique.

During that deleted time, everyone except Diavolo could only perform dull, repetitive movements according to the thoughts in their minds at the last moment before the deletion.

Under these circumstances, Li Qing could not possibly detect his approach, nor could he use the Sonically Enhanced Wave to escape.

Diavolo, on the other hand, needs to find his target as quickly as possible within the Time Erasure he can currently maintain.

This is the last chance.

Diavolo slammed on the gas.

He cannot attack living things while he is Time Erasure, but he can move objects.

The armored vehicle, half-reddened by the blood mist, immediately sped off along Li Qing's departing path with unwavering determination.

Under the near-madness of Diavolo's control, the armored vehicle sped faster and faster, reaching another road just a few dozen meters away in a matter of moments.

He still couldn't find Li Qing's whereabouts, but at this point, he couldn't give up.

"Persist in."

"Hang in there a little longer."

Although it was uncertain whether the target could be found, the armored vehicle continued to charge forward madly, and the King Crimson was still doing his best to maintain the Time Erasure.

Including the consumption from using the brief Time Erasure repeatedly before, Diavolo's mental energy had been almost completely exhausted.

But he persevered.

He was like the protagonist in a shonen manga, unleashing extraordinary power in a moment of crisis.

Finally

The dawn of victory has arrived!

After passing through two short alleys, he finally saw Li Qing was dozens of meters away, on the third street.

The final Time Erasure was not yet over, and Li Qing was still completely unaware that Diavolo was chasing after him in his car.

He just kept running forward, completely unaware of what was happening.

"It's a success!"

"Your destiny will change here!!"

Diavolo's eyes turned completely red.

He slammed on the gas pedal, letting out a roar to vent the complex emotions that had been building up inside him for so long:

"No one can stop me, Diavolo —no one!"

As soon as he finished speaking

The earth trembled violently.

Mount Vesuvius roared loudly.

Mother Earth sneezed, and the sky was filled with fire.