[179] Time Stops

Not only the Purple Haze, but also the Hierophant Green.

In front, there is a flame forming a framework, the framework has eight edges, pointing in all directions.

As long as someone or a stand enters the flame within a radius of fifteen meters, they will be discovered!

However, Vanilla Ice's stand, Cream, cannot be found.

"Found it—over there!" Looking at the glowing part of the flame, Kakyoin and Polnareff immediately pointed: "It's that one pillar over there!"

"Muda muda muda muda muda——————"

Boom boom boom boom—

One by one, the pillars were shattered by Star Platinum, the stand of Jotaro Kujo!

Afterward—one of the pillars revealed a person inside, hidden among the pillars, and hadn't even started the fight before being knocked unconscious.

Around them, the maze-like terrain returned to normal, turning into a regular room.

"Success... we did it. Now, let's go upstairs. Dio should be upstairs!"

"Well, sorry, but I can't let you pass through here." Just then—a person walked over.

The man wore a purple robe, a black undershirt, and a purple heart symbol printed on it.

Terence T. D'Arby!

That's the man's name.

"Do you... know where they are coming from?"

"YES, YES, YES, YES, NO."

"What—?" Terence T. D'Arby's face changed color. Why did Joseph say NO? No time to worry about that—

"Abdul! Don't let him continue asking questions! Act quickly!"

"Ah, I know—Magician's Scarlet!" Abdul said and immediately used his stand.

The flames rushed toward him.

Terence T. D'Arby's face looked ugly, but he still asked his question: "Do you know Dio's true stand ability?"

"YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!!!"

"You really know!!! Ah ah ah—————" Terence T. D'Arby had just finished speaking when he was engulfed by the flames!

"So it seems that they indeed have some way of seeing the stands... Not only D'Arby, it seems that even I and Dio's stand abilities are completely exposed. I must convey this information to Dio!"

"Hmm? Look, what is that—?" Following Kakyoin and Polnareff's direction, everyone looked over and immediately saw a figure resembling a head emerging from the ceiling—a man!

"Vanilla Ice!"

"Do you really know my name... and my ability is clear to you too. You've set up everything so neatly, but—knowing it, what can you do!?"

Boom—

He entered his own stand, Cream, and passed through the ceiling to the next floor!

"We're going up! Chase him! But don't forget to watch your surroundings. He might pretend to run away and actually be lurking nearby! Purple Haze! Kakyoin, you too! Make the barrier denser! If that stand captures us, it's over!"

"Ah, I know, Mr. Joestar, and Hierophant Green!"

...

"So it seems that you've seen through it... Even my Dio's stand ability is completely known now... This complicates things a bit! But! Dio's ability is not something that can be stopped just by knowing it!"

Dio Brando lifted his neck, revealing the scars on it, and said, "Ice, look at the wounds on my neck. If I suck the blood of one more person, this body, which still hasn't fully adapted to Jonathan Joestar's flesh, will become completely mine. The wounds will heal completely, and I'll be able to confront Joestar and his group with my full strength. Ice... Are you willing to give me your blood?"

"Yes, I am honored." Vanilla Ice's tone was firm, without hesitation!

He took a nearby pot.

"Please accept it!" Saying this, he used his stand to cut off his own head!

Blood gushed out from his neck and flowed into the pot in front of him!

"Cutting off your own head, truly beautiful. However, Vanilla Ice, I won't accept your blood like this. I'll use someone else's blood to heal myself. You don't need to die. Wake up with my blood. With this determination, you won't lose, right."

"Dio... Lord Dio..." Vanilla Ice touched his neck and stood up.

"The body is still the most familiar. Adapted in an instant. Next, Vanilla Ice, I will go into battle with you two. How about it?"

"Yes, honored, Lord Dio." Vanilla Ice said, half kneeling, with a slight trembling of his body—

What an honor this is!

Lord Dio wants to fight alongside him. He must... show his strength to Lord Dio, let him know that by his side... there is only him, Vanilla Ice!

"Enya!"

"Yes, Lord Dio, the preparations are complete." In the corner of the shadow, a short old man with two right hands, looking sinister, said: "This time, we will kill all of Joestar's group without leaving anyone!"

"That's right, let's go!" Dio said, pushing open the door. "Let Joestar's bloodline be completely cut off here!"

...

"Hmm? This is... It's Cream!"

Kazuya, watching the flames of Abdul engulfing Abdul, and the unknown objects of the Purple Haze and the Hierophant Green, immediately shouted: "Everyone, scatter!"

Swish swish swish—

Click click click—

In an instant!

Time stopped.

Silent and soundless, time was frozen!

"Ugh..." Dio descended from the stairs, and something like a spiritual entity appeared behind him, that was his stand—The World!

He had just stopped time!

"Jotaro Kujo, so this is your ace in the hole?" Dio said with a slight smile. Just before Cream could descend with the deadly miasma, the four of them vaguely placed Jotaro in the middle, protecting him!

"But, the matter has already come to an end! Starting with you—die, Joseph!"

Saying that, he closed his fingers, and, like a hand blade, slashed at Kazuya's neck!

"Oh, you old man is quite cunning, huh? Could it be... you've already spread Hamon throughout your whole body now? Well, should I kill Jotaro first?"

"Tsk, time is running out." Dio said, hiding in a place where Joestar's group couldn't see. Now was not the time for him to appear.

Just like now, watching them in secret, looking for an opportunity to stop time!

Dio didn't notice... there was a person trying to move his fingers within the frozen time, and... using his eyes to stare at him!

Time began to flow again—

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