A New Ability Beyond Comprehension

It turns out that the power of arrows is not invincible.

Thinking of this, Diavolo's hard-won courage completely vanished.

Even though he held that arrow, which contained mysterious power, in his hand, all he could think about was escaping.

Run! Run! Run! Run as far away from Li Qing as possible!

This former Dark Emperor has finally given up his pride as a king.

As long as I can live, that's enough.

As Diavolo thought this, his legs unconsciously began to move away from the Higashikata Family.

However, before he could even take two steps, he was confronted with a face he least wanted to see at that moment.

"Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

"Since you're already here, won't you stay and be a guest?"

Li Qing strode over unhurriedly, blocking Diavolo's path.

The road was wide, but just by standing there casually, he made it seem as if an insurmountable mountain blocked the way ahead.

Diavolo's expression changed drastically, and he was horrified.

He subconsciously turned around to look, only to find that Jotaro, whose face was filled with invincibility, had appeared dozens of meters behind him at some point.

Giorno, Josuke Higashikata, Polnareff then appeared, completely blocking Diavolo on the newly repaired road where the cement hadn't even dried yet.

The atmosphere became tense and heavy, as if a storm could break out at any moment.

The foreman of the construction team frowned deeply, then said to his henchman:

"Everyone, get back somewhere further away. Something's not right here."

"And one more thing," he glanced down at his watch, "Time is almost up too."

"Yes, brother!"

The road construction workers nodded in response.

Seemingly sensing the immense, invisible pressure emanating from Li Qing and his group, they didn't even bother to pack up the remaining tools and equipment before hurriedly following their elder brother away.

No one stopped the road construction workers from leaving; it was a good thing for these ordinary people to voluntarily stay away from the battlefield.

Li Qing was vaguely concerned about these "road workers" who had once taken his murder orders in a previous reincarnation.

But realizing that they were running further and further away without stopping, to a point where they could not help but affect the war, he temporarily put these Japanese colleagues, who were living in hardship, out of his mind.

The only thing that matters now is Diavolo.

Led by Li Qing, Jotaro, Giorno, Josuke Higashikata, Polnareff simultaneously approached the center of the encirclement.

The same lineup is once again before our eyes.

Diavolo couldn't help but recall the despair he felt yesterday when he was run over and brutally beaten by Li Qing and Jotaro in front of the tram station.

"You. You"

"How did they know I was here?!"

He was so shaken that he lost his composure and instinctively asked the question that had been churning his heart.

"Hehe." Li Qing smiled without saying a word.

Just as Mr. Krabs would never hand over his Krabby Patty recipe, he would never go out of his way to explain such important information.

The tracking capabilities of the Gold Experience are simply amazing.

Now Li Qing doesn't even need to worry about Diavolo his Time Erasure and escaping—

Anyway, with those few flies around, Diavolo will be found no matter where he runs.

"Diavolo, do you regret it?"

"I was just passing by that morning."

"If you hadn't provoked me, you might still be your Dark Emperor now."

Li Qing spoke these words in a very calm tone, but they stung Diavolo's ears immensely:

I provoked you? You were the one who barged into the hotel room I stayed in!

He was simply habitually killing people to silence them and erase all traces.

But who could have imagined?

This ant, which could once be crushed with a flick of the wrist, has somehow grown so large that it has driven itself to this desperate situation.

If you calculate the time, it's been less than 12 days from that morning until now.

Why is such an inexplicable thing happening? Is fate really targeting me Diavolo?

A deep sense of despair welled up in Diavolo's heart.

"It's time to end this."

"You've been on the run long enough, Diavolo."

Li Qing slowly approached his nemesis, with whom he had a feud since the beginning of the game.

The fear and anger I once felt towards Diavolo have now faded into the depths of my heart with the passage of time.

His lifeless eyes were calm, as if he were about to casually finish a side quest that had been delayed for too long.

Jotaro, his face cold, continued to approach Diavolo, while Star Platinum was poised to strike.

He has a blood debt that Diavolo must repay.

The Silver Chariot revealed its blade, Polnareff's expression was deep and wistful.

He has a ten-year grudge against Diavolo that he wants to settle.

Josuke Higashikata and Crazy Diamond followed closely behind, their momentum equally imposing.

He wanted to banish the darkness and restore peace to his hometown.

Giorno and Gold Experience followed closely behind.

He wanted to witness the destruction of the old king and clear away the final obstacle to that beautiful new era.

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Diavolo fell silent.

He could already see his own death.

Seeing that fate that seemed inescapable forever.

Is fate truly something we cannot defy?

Diavolo once again recalled the Rolling Stones's prophecy.

He once scoffed at this, believing he could control his own destiny, but reality proved to be cruel.

His experiences over the past few days have finally made him understand what the strange sculptor said before he died: everyone is just a slave to fate, including him, the Dark Emperor.

Despair surged in like a tidal wave.

Diavolo was overwhelmed by despair and almost suffocated.

He even forgot that he was still carrying that arrow that he once regarded as capable of changing his fate.

He had lost all hope; even the so-called divine power of arrows could not ignite his fighting spirit.

I'm going to die.

"In a terrifying posture that even sculpture cannot describe."

As death approached, fleeting images of the past flashed through Diavolo's mind.

He was a born devil, with no family or lover in his life. Although he experienced physical pleasure, it was all just a charade.

All I can remember is murder, murder, murder.

Even though he was about to die, all he could recall before he passed away were these things.

Isn't that rather pathetic?

Diavolo's heart, which was as cold and hard as ice, suddenly became sentimental.

Finally, in despair, he closed his eyes tightly.

Diavolo ultimately gave up on the entire world.

But surprisingly, the world did not abandon him.

Buzz buzz buzz—

In the instant Diavolo closed his eyes and awaited death

The ancient arrow he had forgotten in his pocket suddenly began to tremble violently without warning.

It leaped into the air in an instant, flew out of the pocket, and pierced straight into Diavolo's arm.

Diavolo's skin melted and pierced through the arrowhead like mud, and the sharp arrowhead sank into his body in an instant, like a swimming fish.

At the same time, an incredibly powerful energy bloomed and blossomed within Diavolo's soul.

"This is an arrow?!"

Diavolo suddenly opened his eyes.

Li Qing also immediately looked astonished.

When Yoshikage Kira awakened last time, he was focused on attacking and didn't notice.

This time, Li Qing clearly sensed the arrow flying out of the bag and disappearing into his flesh; he finally discovered the arrow's existence.

"An arrow? Diavolo already has an arrow?!"

"Oh no. Could it be that arrow in his hand?"

A very ominous premonition suddenly welled up in Li Qing's heart.

He couldn't help but think of Yoshikage Kira, and his powerful, almost unsolvable ability that seemed to have come from nowhere.

Before this, Li Qing had never imagined why this country killer would suddenly display such terrifying power.

Seeing the arrow that had mysteriously pierced Diavolo, Li Qing immediately understood:

It's an arrow, and that arrow can stimulate the Stand to evolve!

Diavolo must be stopped.

We absolutely cannot let him be knocked out of the second phase of the boss fight like Yoshikage Kira did!

But now it might be too late for Li Qing to take action himself; he can only shout for the only man who might be able to stop it all.

"Mr. Jotaro—— "

"Quickly use your invincible Star Platinum to stop time!"

"Um?"

Jotaro's brow twitched slightly.

He originally thought, like everyone else, that the battle was a sure thing.

But now Li Qing suddenly shouted a reminder to him, which clearly meant that something uncontrollable had happened.

"Star Platinum— "

"The World!"

Just then, Jotaro approached the right attack range.

After only a slight pause, he stopped the flow of time as Li Qing had suggested.

The tides of time froze like an ice sculpture, and Diavolo's shocked, surprised, and delighted expression was also completely frozen at this moment.

The duration of Star Platinum's time stop has now been restored to 3 seconds.

Jotaro immediately leaped forward, taking 2 seconds to cover the final distance leading to Diavolo.

In the final second of the frozen time, Star Platinum had already rushed to Diavolo's side.

But it was only then that Jotaro realized he seemed to be a step too late.

Diavolo appears to have activated some kind of ability.

His solid body had somehow become half-solid and half-illusory, standing there like a phantom without substance.

"We can't hit him."

"The Riot Games went straight through his body, as if it were hitting thin air."

"If this isn't time-cutting, what kind of ability is it?"

A slight ripple stirred within Jotaro's heart:

Even on his home turf, in this frozen moment, Star Platinum was helpless against Diavolo, who had entered a "hollowed-out" state.

Soon, the last second elapsed, and time resumed its flow.

Only then did everyone present, including Jotaro, realize with horror:

Diavolo's body is becoming transparent at a speed visible to the naked eye—

It's not simply about increasing the transparency to make him invisible; rather, his body is rapidly disappearing from this world in some way.

In about a second, a living, breathing person with flesh and blood was transformed into a bizarre, ethereal phantom.

Diavolo disappeared from this world.

"Where did he go?!"

Li Qing was deeply shocked.

His heightened perception could detect every fly within a hundred meters, but he couldn't detect Diavolo, who had vanished into thin air.

An overwhelming sense of shock and worry welled up in everyone's hearts.

However, this emotion hadn't even had a chance to surface.

The very next instant after Diavolo disappeared

Diavolo suddenly reappeared from the same spot.

From disappearing into thin air to reappearing, there was almost no interval in between.

It was as if he had never disappeared.

But whether it was Li Qing, whose perception was extraordinary, or the others who were just ordinary people, everyone knew that Diavolo must have just activated some kind of ability.

Because

Diavolo was completely unharmed before he disappeared.

Now, however, his flesh is rotten and torn, his bones are deformed and twisted, and his whole body looks like it has been run over by a road roller.

"This"

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat awkward.

Li Qing's brilliant mind once again encountered an unsolvable problem:

"We hadn't even made a move, and in the blink of an eye, he was lying on the ground."

"What kind of move is that??"