“Perfect! Unlike that imposter behind you, you are a true descendant of the Joestar clan. If we can get rid of you, Lord Dio will surely be very happy, won’t he?”

"If you can do it, give it a try!"

Suddenly, a fist made of blue threads appeared behind Jolyne and punched the blue one-eyed creature.

"Useless! My Stand is a remote-controlled type. This eye has no physical form; it's just used to monitor your 'status'! Now it's my turn! Jolyne Kujo!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the Blood Shark launched another attack, throwing a powerful punch at Jolyne.

"Freedom of Stone!!"

Jolyne also summoned her Stand, preparing to fight.

Jing quickly exclaimed, "Be careful! That thing is incredibly strong and fast! Don't engage it head-on!"

But it was too late.

Stone Freedom was instantly at a disadvantage in the exchange of blows. He was struck in the shoulder, and Jolyne's right shoulder visibly caved in rapidly before he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Hahahaha!"

"With your 'Stone Freedom,' you can't break through my attack. My Stand can easily handle two Stands at the same time!"

Watching the Stand stop moving and wrap itself in its tentacles.

Jolyne struck again with Stone Freedom.

However, this defense made of tentacles is impenetrable.

Instead, her fingers bled quite a bit because of the suction cups on the tentacles.

Jing hurriedly said, "No, it's no use, Sister Jolyne. This Stand is very strong. Although it can only attack for a short time, it will use its tentacles to protect itself during that time. It's impossible to break through its defense!"

At this moment, the Blood Shark with Frenzied Touch resumed its movements.

It charged toward Jolyne with such speed that its movements were impossible to see. It had memorized the scent of Jolyne's blood, and could find her even if she were invisible.

Stone's freedom was caught off guard.

The Stand punched Jolyne right through her chest.

Brison grinned smugly.

"This means... the Joestar family will be one less bloodline member!"

However, Jing clearly saw that blood did not splatter from Jolyne's body. Jolyne had managed to conceal the lines on her chest and had not suffered any real damage.

Attack complete.

The tentacles enveloped his entire body once more.

Brisen also noticed that Jolyne was not actually injured.

The tentacles on the ground began to converge on Jolyne.

"Hey, go over to the railing and find your companion. Don't get caught in the crossfire."

"What about you, Jolyne? These tentacles are dangerous; they can parasitize your body and then break free!"

"Whatever, of course I'm staying to defeat this guy!"

Brison scoffed: "Arrogant fellow, playing some nonsensical tricks. If you had died like that, it would have been easier... Once you're entangled by these tentacles, it'll be quite a miserable experience, you know?"

These tentacles had already climbed onto Jolyne's feet and were beginning to ascend.

Jolyne ignored the tentacles.

With a determined gaze, she stretched out her left hand forward, her fingertips instantly transforming into blue threads that wrapped around the Stand protected by tentacles.

Layer upon layer of silk threads wrapped around the Stand's body, and Jolyne's body gradually disappeared as a result. Her entire left arm almost turned into lines, and there was a faint tendency for it to extend to her shoulder area.

"Hmph, you think you can trap my substitute with silk threads? Waiting for the other two to arrive? Don't you even know what's wrong with your body... Wait, what's going on?!"

Bencher Brisson's tone suddenly turned terrified.

Because the tentacles that had been crawling on Jolyne had fallen to the ground at some point, shrinking into a large circle, as if they had been dried out, and indeed there were many water stains on the ground.

Brissen was taken aback.

How did this guy do that?

These octopus-like tentacles are extremely tough and resistant to impact, but now they lie motionless on the ground like withered branches.

The [Berserk Blood Shark], wrapped in Jolyne's threads...

Although the interior is not visible, it is clear that a continuous stream of pale red liquid is seeping out from the threads, and the Stand itself is shrinking at a visible rate.

"You bastard! Attack her!"

However, the Blood Shark, wrapped in silk threads, did not react in any way.

Brissen felt a chill creep into his clothes.

The waiting time should have passed by now, so why is it not moving?

Looking at the confused and panicked single eye, Jolyne said coldly, "What? Don't you understand?"

“Through the power of the silk threads, I heard the fighting inside the mansion from the very beginning and knew what was happening inside. In other words, I have been gathering intelligence.”

"Intelligence?"

“That’s right. After gathering enough intelligence, the next step is to verify it. The punch I threw at the Stand just now was intentional, just to confirm whether it was a ‘real’ tentacle.”

"What...what have you done?!"

"I didn't do anything, I just rushed to take a salt bath before entering the mansion."

"Salt, salt bath?" Jing was taken aback, then her eyes lit up as if she understood something.

"Could it be...?"

“That’s right, you’re quite clever, little girl…” Jolyne looked at the blue-eyed girl, “Even Jing knows, and you still haven’t realized it?”

Jingjie explained, "Although marine life lives in seawater, the salt content of seawater is limited. Extremely high salt concentrations can cause mollusks like octopuses to dehydrate rapidly..."

"Yes."

Jolyne continued:

“Living in saltwater is completely different from being out of water and covered by a high concentration of salt. Pure salt is a terrible thing—because it draws water from everything, dehydrating tissues to the point where they can’t function.”

"Human skin can resist salt, but aquatic animals and terrestrial mollusks such as slugs and snails have no such defense. Most animals living in saltwater have developed biological systems that depend on water with a certain salinity and pH value."

Many invertebrates have intentionally porous skin, allowing water to enter their bodies to help with their metabolism and biological needs. This is also why most saltwater organisms cannot live in freshwater, and vice versa.

"By the way, do you know about microvellus skin? It's the skin structure of cephalopods. Although the skin looks flat, it actually has folds under a microscope—a lot of folds. This increases the surface area of ​​the skin, thus increasing its contact with the marine environment."

If you could smooth out these tiny wrinkles, you'd be amazed. An octopus skin the size of a quarter-coin stretched out would be larger than a dinner plate. Its surface area in contact with salt is much larger than what's visible on the surface, which is why these tentacles dehydrate so quickly when they touch me or the threads.

"Even the upper part of your Stand... the shark part, will be affected by salt."

Sharks belong to the class Chondrichthyes, and their body fluid concentration is slightly higher than that of seawater. To maintain a certain osmotic pressure in their bodies, they excrete excess salt through their skin and kidneys to maintain ion balance. However, once a shark's skin is covered with salt, things become very difficult..."

After listening to it, I was very impressed:

"Sister Jolyne knows so much! No wonder you were soaking wet and a little swollen when you first arrived."

"Yay ya yeah... I just went to the salt factory near the sea not far from the mansion, and transformed my body into lines to absorb enough salt."

Besides, what can I do when my dad has a PhD in oceanography and has even beaten up a vampire? When I was bored as a child, I would flip through these books.

Besides… even a daughter wants to give a vampire a good beating herself after being beaten up by her own father!

As she spoke, Jolyne revealed a proud expression.

"Damn it! Don't, don't be so arrogant!" Brisson roared.

Jolyne said coldly, "It's no use. A toothless dog can't scare anyone no matter how much it barks."

“I’m going to return that to you verbatim!” Brison’s voice was practically choked out. “Dehydration takes time and a process. Your body is almost half gone, it’s practically up to your heart! Can you hold on until then?”

"This is a contest. When my threads are exhausted and my body disappears completely, you will be the winner."

Jolyne said without fear, "But I will win, because even if you can control the Stand, you won't feel anything coming back from the Stand... because the body you're in is dead!"

"Take a closer look. What exactly happened to the body you possessed?!"

Brisson looked with his one eye and his heart skipped a beat.

Ideg's body was rapidly dehydrating, gradually shriveling up, and would soon become a dried-up corpse.

“I remember… you said before that a Stand is a manifestation of spiritual power, and spiritual power depends on the physical body. Once the physical body is severely damaged, even if there is still a soul inside, the Stand will also disappear.”

Jolyne stared coldly at that large eye.

"So in this battle... I won."

The instant she finished speaking.

The lines surrounding the "Crazy Blood Shark" have loosened and fallen to the ground.

Because everything inside has been completely destroyed.

The blue, one-eyed creature gave Jolyne a deep, sinister look before slowly disappearing.

Afterwards, Lu Ye and Zhang Zhu arrived.

The two confirmed the location of the basement.

After that, everyone went to the basement together.

There are indeed blood transfusion machines inside.

But Dior... has already left.

Fortunately, judging from the traces at the scene, he had only been gone a short while.

So everyone quickly gave chase.

However, the moment they stepped out of the mansion,

Behind them, a double appeared silently, as if wearing a straitjacket. Its head was shaped like an exposed pink brain, and the clothes had many pockets and numerous stitches extending to the brain.

On the roof of another building not far away,

Bencher Brisson watched all of this through his binoculars.

"Hmph, you'll never catch up with Lord Dio! Enjoy the pain of losing your memories!"

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