Chapter 242 Poisoning
"But now--"

"Muda!"

The world's fist slammed out and collided with the Sun Blade. The huge impact force made Tanjiro's arm numb and the flames wrapped around the blade were shaken away.

Just as Tanjiro's right arm felt numb, the world flashed to his left side.

The sturdy arm hit his temple with a sharp sonic boom, and the air was compressed in front of the fist, making a sharp whistle.

Tanjiro's pupils suddenly shrank, and at the critical moment, his nose suddenly caught something.

It was the special smell carried in the fist wind, and the extremely subtle fluctuations in the air.

"This way!"

Tanjiro felt a sense of crisis flowing through his body like an electric current, and his body sank suddenly downwards driven by instinct.

The world's fist passed by his hair, bringing up a violent wave of air.

"What?!" There was a flash of surprise in Dio's eyes. He didn't expect Tanjiro to be able to dodge the attack of the world.

Tanjiro squatted down and stomped his right foot on the ground. The ground instantly exploded and gravel flew everywhere.

He rushed towards Dio like an arrow, and his Sun Blade drew a red arc in the air.

The speed was so fast that it even left an afterimage in the air!

"THE WORLD!"

Dio shouted loudly, and time stopped at this moment.

Tanjiro's figure froze in mid-air, the red blade only a few centimeters away from Dio's cheek.

"This is really surprising." Dio walked around the still Tanjiro, "Not only has his strength increased, but his combat awareness has also increased so much."

"but--"

Dio stopped and the figure of the world silently appeared behind Tanjiro.

"In front of me, Dio, these are all meaningless struggles!"

"Mu Da!"

The world's fist blasted out, the sound of the fist tearing flesh and blood could be clearly heard, and a bloody hole instantly exploded in Tanjiro's chest.

The moment time resumed flowing, a huge impact force erupted.

"puff!"

Tanjiro spat out a large mouthful of blood, and flew out like a kite with a broken string, falling heavily to the ground.

Tanjiro gritted his teeth and tried to stand up, but his arms were shaking uncontrollably.

The wound on the chest was too big. Even with the recovery ability of a ghost, such an injury could not be healed in a short time.

"How is it?" Dio walked over slowly and looked down at Tanjiro, "This is the insurmountable gap between you and me."

Just then, the clear sound of shamisen came from a distance.

"Zheng——"

The remaining flesh and blood of Muzan began to wriggle, trying to take this opportunity to escape. Dozens of hideous blood vessels crawled madly on the ground, winding towards the darkness.

"Want to run again?" Dio turned to look at Muzan, "It seems you don't understand your situation yet."

"THE WORLD!"

In the instant that time stood still, Dio had already flashed in front of the flesh and blood. The fist of the world blasted out like a rainstorm, crushing the squirming flesh and blood.

"Time starts to flow!"

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Muzan's voice came out from his flesh and blood, full of rage, "Who do you think you are? You are just an idiot who stole my power!"

His voice was distorted with anger. "Why. Why do you have to go against me?!"

"Against you?" Dio sneered, "You are wrong, Muzan. I am just clearing the obstacles on the road. This world only needs one emperor, and that is me, Dio!"

"asshole!"

Muzan roared angrily, and his body swelled and deformed again, with more than ten thick bone spurs bursting out of his body.

The world appeared in front of Dio, and his fists blasted out like a rainstorm, crushing the flying bone spurs one by one.

At this moment, Dio's nose twitched slightly, and a strange bloody smell came from behind him.

Before he could react, a strong wind whistled behind him, and Dio turned around suddenly. He saw Tanjiro had stood up at some point, rushing towards him with the Nichirin Sword in hand.

"He recovered so quickly?" Dio's eyes flashed with surprise. He didn't expect Tanjiro's recovery ability to be so amazing.

"The sky-splitting eyes are piercing!"

Dio's eyeballs suddenly swelled, and a high-frequency liquid shot towards Tanjiro like a sharp sword.

Tanjiro raised his sword to block horizontally, and the high-frequency liquid hit the blade, making a crisp sound of metal collision.

"This level of sneak attack," Dio said with a cold look in his eyes, "Do you also want to hurt me, Dio?"

"I'll get rid of you once and for all this time!" A fierce look flashed in Dio's eyes, and a golden substitute appeared behind him.
"THE WORLD!"

In the moment when time stood still, Dio flashed to Tanjiro's side.

"Wood, big, big, big, big, big!"

The world's fists blasted out like a storm, and each punch hit the vital point accurately.

"Time starts to flow!"

Amid the intensive sound of punches, Tanjiro's body kept twisting and deforming in the air.

Blood and flesh splattered, bones broke, and the whole person was beaten to pieces like a rag.

"ended."

Dio looked at the broken flesh and blood in the air with a sneer, but the smile suddenly froze on his face.

A sharp pain came from all over his body. He looked down and saw that his body was covered with blood holes without him knowing when.

"It was from just now." Dio's pupils shrank and the scene of Tanjiro rushing towards him flashed through his mind.

At that moment, there was indeed a faint fragrance floating in the air.

"Heh, you actually used this method." Dio stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, "Do you want to trap me, Dio, with an illusion?"

"THE WORLD!"

At the moment when time stood still, Dio immediately held his breath and retreated rapidly, soon opening up a distance of dozens of meters. Dio quickly rotated his wrists with his palms facing outwards.

The violent airflow instantly swept through the entire space, blowing away all the remaining smells in the air.

Dio's vision became clear again, and at this moment, he saw countless bone spurs attacking him from all directions.

"world!"

The golden substitute instantly appeared, punching out like a rainstorm. Each punch accurately hit the bone spurs, shattering them completely.

"Wood, big, big, big, big, big!"

The broken bone spurs exploded in the air, turning into countless fragments.

At this moment, when time resumed flowing, something strange happened.

"what?!"

Countless spheres of flesh and blood suddenly appeared in the void, densely covering the entire space.

Dio's eyes narrowed, and before he could react, the balls of flesh exploded at the same time.

"Pfft!"

Blood-red spikes instantly spurted out from it at an astonishing speed.

Even Dio didn't have time to dodge completely, and dozens of them pierced through his body in an instant.

What’s even more terrifying is that these thorns begin to grow wildly after piercing the body.

The excruciating pain of his flesh being torn apart spread throughout his body, and Dio could clearly feel these things spreading wildly in his body.

At this critical moment, a figure suddenly shot out from the smoke and dust.

“Now!” Tanjiro’s eyes turned red and he rushed out like an arrow.

He held the needle specially made by Tamayo in his right hand, and the blood in his body was boiling. This was his only chance. Once he missed it, he would never be able to stop Dio again.

Tanjiro concentrated all his strength and aimed the needle directly at Dio's heart.

"Oh, naive!"

Dio suddenly sneered. The blood vessels in his body suddenly swelled, and a piercing chill burst out from his body.

"Vaporization freezing method!"

The extreme cold instantly swept through his whole body, and the spikes inside and outside Dio's body became fragile in the low temperature.

The sound of "crackling" came one after another, and all the spikes collapsed in an instant.

"world!"

The golden stand instantly appeared in front of Tanjiro, and its sturdy arms blasted out with terrifying air pressure.

"I won't let you succeed!" Tanjiro clenched his teeth and the blood in his body surged wildly.

He blocked with the knife in his left hand, while the needle in his right hand continued to stab forward.

"boom!"

The World's Fist collided with the Sun Blade, and the resulting shock wave caused the surrounding rubble to tremble.

But what was even more terrifying was the force that came along the blade. Tanjiro only felt a sharp pain in the base of his palm, and the bones of his left arm groaned under the heavy burden.

At this critical moment, the other fist of the world had already hit Tanjiro's right wrist.

"boom!"

The sound of bones breaking was clearly audible. Tanjiro's wrist was shattered under this terrible force and the syringe flew out of his hand.

But before Tanjiro could even scream out in pain, Dio's right hand had already grabbed his throat.

"Since you want to die so badly," Dio lifted Tanjiro up, "then let me enjoy your blood!"

Dio dug his fingers into Tanjiro's neck, warm blood trickling down his throat.

As the blood continued to drain away, Tanjiro's body gradually shrank and his skin turned pale.

But at this moment, a strange light flashed in his eyes.

Dio was immersed in the pleasure of sucking blood when he suddenly felt a burning breath rising from his body.

It felt like magma was flowing through my blood vessels, and every inch of my flesh and blood was burning violently.

"This is.!"

Dio suddenly loosened his grip and retreated backwards, but it was too late, the burning sensation had already spread throughout his body.

Tanjiro stood up shakily and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

A triumphant smile appeared on his face. "Ms. Tamayo's special toxin, the kind that targets you."

"when.?"

"I knew from the beginning that it was impossible to inject blood into your body." Tanjiro panted slightly:

"But given your personality, you will definitely choose to suck my blood. So just now, I injected the toxin into your own blood vessels."

Dio's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Is that why you appear so vulnerable? You deliberately let me suck your blood. Ha, interesting."

"However, with this level of poison." Dio's blood vessels bulged, trying to expel the poison from his body. "Do you want to deal with me, Dio?"

But this time, his body, which he was so proud of, did not react at all. The poison seemed to have merged into his flesh and blood and could not be separated.

"the! world!"

Dio shouted loudly, and time stopped at this moment.

His figure disappeared from where he was and appeared behind Tanjiro. The world's fist had already hit the back of Tanjiro's head.

But just as the fist was about to hit, Tanjiro suddenly turned around, and the Nichirin Sword accurately blocked the trajectory of the fist.

"clang!"

Sparks flew as metal clashed and Tanjiro used the force to slide backwards, leaving two deep grooves on the ground.

"This is impossible!" Dio's pupils shrank sharply, "How can you be in time stop? No, it's the toxin that affects the duration of the time stop!"

He finally realized something was wrong. He could stop time for 3 seconds, but now he couldn't even stop for 1 second.

The JOJO body that had been completely integrated with his own began to vaguely feel a sense of rejection.

"Next," Tanjiro took a deep breath, a flash of blood in his eyes, "Let's make this a conclusion, Dio!"

(End of this chapter)

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