The Gray Age appeared behind Lu Ye and unleashed a barrage of attacks on Dio.
Faced with Gray Age's rapid A-rank attacks, Dio simply smiled contemptuously.
He flicked his finger forward, and a large hole was instantly ripped open in Lu Ye's chest. If Lu Ye hadn't already concealed his heart and other vital organs using the Gray Age's abilities, that blow would have killed him.
Lu Ye coughed up blood, but it didn't matter at this moment.
He wouldn't be foolish enough to confront Dio head-on with only the Gray Era.
The attack from the Gray Era was just a smokescreen.
Before rushing over, he used his own blood as a mark, sprinkling it on Dio's body.
This means that Lu Ye can teleport to Dio's side at any time using the Teigu.
Almost instantly, Lu Ye activated the power of his Imperial Arms.
In a mere instant, he arrived beside Dio. Before Dio could even notice him, he activated his ability, and Lu Ye instantly vanished into the cracks of the world.
In 1.5 seconds, Lu Ye adjusted his position, passed directly through Dio's body, and circled around to his right rear.
This is a blind spot in Dio's field of vision; he won't see Lu Ye immediately.
Rather, it was too late the moment he realized Lu Ye's presence.
Lu Ye bent over, tensing all his muscles, and loosely grasped his right hand at his left waist, assuming the posture of Iaido.
This time, he won't just cut Dio in half.
After the ability's duration ended, Lu Ye swung his right hand, creating a red arc of light.
That was the blade of the Mortal Blade, which followed the trajectory of his hand.
With a single, sharp cut, brilliance bursts forth.
A single, decisive strike, slicing Dio's body in two from a diagonal angle upwards.
But this is not the end.
Having learned his lesson, Lu Ye wouldn't stop there.
After the slash landed, the mark of the slash did not disappear. Hundreds of sword lights emerged from it, like flower buds blooming, forming a true sword light and shadow.
—Ashina Ryu: Isshin
This is a unique skill that Lu Ye learned from Isshin Ashina.
By fusing hundreds of strikes into a single, concentrated strike and then releasing it all, it's like a fragmentation grenade—the outer shell is merely an illusion, while the true killing intent lies within.
Hundreds of sword lights pierced through Dio, and his body was instantly torn to pieces.
Unlike being cut in half, this is truly being cut into chunks of meat.
Even for a vampire, there is absolutely no chance of recovery from such an injury.
"Is it... over?" Polnareff murmured.
Although it didn't see what happened clearly, it didn't have time to take any final countermeasures.
But the current situation is actually a good thing for them.
In an instant, Dio was dismembered.
"It's over? I don't think so!" Josuke said. "Because I can still sense Dio!"
"Watch out behind you!" Jotaro suddenly yelled.
Josuke turned around abruptly, but there was no one behind him. He then realized that Jotaro was not talking to him, but to Ruye.
Behind Lu Ye, Dio had appeared at some unknown time.
But it was clear that Lu Ye's reaction was a beat too slow.
As he turned around, Dio's palm was already aimed at his brain.
In an instant, it really was just a matter of an instant.
Even though the pile of meat was still on the ground, Dio appeared behind Lu Ye.
This is also why Lu Ye reacted a beat too slowly.
Anyone who has painstakingly dealt with the enemy's corpse would feel a sense of surprise upon hearing that the slain enemy was right behind them.
"The World! Stop time!!"
At that moment, Jotaro activated time stop and simultaneously rushed forward.
The Star of Platinum also appears at this moment.
With its left hand, it threw a knife at Dio, while its right index and middle fingers extended forward and stabbed at him in an instant.
"Meteor Finger Strike!"
The extended finger was more than ten meters away, but its target was not Dio, but Lu Ye.
Platinum Star's fingers precisely pierced through Lu Ye's collar, then with a flick of her fingers, she quickly retracted, pulling Lu Ye back along with her.
This saved Lu Ye from having his head blown off by Dio.
But Jotaro just couldn't understand what Dio's ability was.
Lu Ye was facing away from him and towards Dio. In other words, if Dio wanted to get behind Lu Ye, he would have to either flip over or go around him, but that would have meant he would be seen.
Putting aside the pile of flesh, even someone with eyesight as sharp as Star Platinum couldn't see how Dio got behind Lu Ye.
At this point, time stopped at its limit.
Although Platinum Star's finger hasn't fully returned, Lu Ye is safe.
"Time has begun to flow... What?!"
Just then, Jotaro opened his eyes wide.
Because Lu Ye wasn't the only one who returned with Star Platinum; Dio was too!
Dio is currently grabbing Lu Ye's left arm and heading this way!
"Damn it, when did this happen...?!"
Jotaro was not given time to think.
It was too late to dodge.
Facing Dio, who was charging towards him along with Lu Ye, Star Platinum quickly threw a punch.
"Eurah—!!!"
As her right hand fingers flew back, Star Platinum's fist also struck Dio.
Jotaro didn't hold back at all when he threw that punch.
But the next second, warm blood sprayed onto Jotaro's face.
"Dad, what are you doing?!" Jolyne roared in confusion.
"what?!"
Jotaro visibly began to waver.
It was not Dio who was gripping Lu Ye's left arm tightly, but Josuke Higashikata.
Zhang Zhuwa coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Even though Lu Ye protected his vital parts, he still took the full force of Platinum Star's attack. Not only was his chest pierced, but all the bones in his body were also broken due to the enormous impact.
Josuke's eyes still held a hint of confusion.
He didn't understand why he was there, nor did he understand what was going on.
Josuke's eyes slowly dimmed, his head drooped, and his hands, which were holding Lu Ye, lost their strength and rolled to the ground.
Josuke Higashikata... exits the stage here.
"Josuke-sensei!!" Jolyne roared.
"That's great! I wanted to see that expression on your face, Jotaro!" Dio's voice rang out again from afar, right where he had been attacked by Lu Ye earlier. "How does it feel to kill your uncle with your own hands? I heard you met him in the Japanese countryside in 1999. Judging from your expression... you and he weren't just related by blood, were you? Your expression right now is just like the one you had more than twenty years ago when you came to Egypt with Polnareff and Kakyoin, after I drank that old bastard Joseph's blood! It's just too wonderful!"
"You bastard..."
As Lu Ye saw Josuke lying on the ground, anger and fear gradually spread through his heart.
Even if you can kill Dio by any means, he will always "resurrect" in another way.
No, maybe he didn't die at all, and everything before was just an illusion, a trick of the trade...
Lu Ye started thinking about it at high speed.
Although it was only for a moment.
But he did catch a glimpse of that scene just now.
When Dio was struck by Isshin's sword light, he did not activate his Stand ability, but instead touched himself with his hand.
Although this seemed like an instinctive reaction of the human body after being suddenly slashed, touching the wound.
But this is strange for Dio.
How could someone who can scratch his temples raw just by scratching an itch touch his wound after the first slash?
It's because of doubt...
Or... no, it must be like this.
"No... there's no heartbeat anymore..." Jolyne's voice was slightly cold.
She lay on top of Josuke, who was already lifeless.
“Mr. Jotaro, I have a general idea of Dio’s abilities…” Lu Ye said in a low voice, “They are his hands.”
"So...is that really how it is?"
"You knew?" Lu Ye asked, somewhat surprised.
"Do you remember the watch? Our time jumped forward, or fast-forwarded by two hours, but due to the circumstances, we didn't notice it immediately. Dio moved slightly just now, though only slightly, but when Star Platinum took you away from him, he touched your left arm... Although I don't know why just a touch could have such an effect, pay attention to what Dio's hands touch."
"Hmph, it seems... you've guessed my ability..." Dio chuckled, and his familiar golden humanoid Stand appeared. "Fine, I'll tell you. As the saying goes, people strive for higher places, water flows downhill. After reaching Heaven, one will naturally surpass Heaven. But to truly achieve this, one needs a 'trial,' and the bloodline of your Joestar clan is that trial! This 'trial,' along with your 'despair,' Jotaro, will become the ladder for me, Dio, to surpass Heaven! To 'overwrite' everything 'truth,' that is my ability, my Stand, 'World Beyond Heaven'!"
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