Bang!
Mori's pupils contracted. Before his eyes, Dio shot straight toward him like a cannonball.
"How does he still have any stamina left!?"
Seeing Dio continue to unleash a powerful aura like some monster, Mori truly began to feel a chill.
Faced with that formidable charge, he decisively chose to dodge.
But Dio had already had enough of this endless game of cat and mouse.
Killing intent flashed in his eyes, and he decisively activated an ability he had not used in a long time-Time Stop Rampage!
"The World!! Force time to stop!!"
The golden figure of The World suddenly appeared. Accompanied by a teeth-grating noise, everything around him instantly froze.
Dio had never forgotten this skill, which could briefly break through the limits of its cooldown and Time Stop's duration.
He simply did not use it often because its side effects consumed enormous amounts of stamina, making it inconvenient for fighting multiple rounds of battle in many situations.
Originally, its side effects had also included a mental impact, but under Flawless Sage's suppression, that side effect had essentially been eliminated.
However, Flawless Sage itself would gradually wear away during that suppression, so Dio usually tried not to activate this ability, lest this rare Gem be worn down too much.
But now was precisely the time to spend his stamina where it counted!
In the stopped world, Dio flashed past like a python or a venomous snake.
Holding his fingers together like a blade, he sliced Mori's entire right hand clean off.
Then he reached out like lightning, snatched the Stand Arrow Fragment, and tossed it toward the Stand in midair.
Based on his previous experience, The World would automatically absorb this fragment, after which DIO's vampiric will would be firmly suppressed by Flawless Sage.
By that reckoning, absorbing this