Chapter 149 In ancient times, this is how XXX hunted

Crack!

Crack!

Not only did Giorno Giovanna, who had burst with blood and his arms shattered, hesitate, but even Rosinante, who had just delivered this strike, was surprised.

They hadn't expected it to be so easy—

After all, the current "Diamond" JoJo was just a 15-year-old teenager, and his Devil Fruit ability had not been developed to its peak.

And the "Diamond" that Giorno had copied... no, it should be called the "Shining Fruit" ability now, was far from the terrifying hardness that could withstand the world's number one slash in the future.

"Rosinante, get out of the way!"

The voice from behind made Rosinante snap out of it. Without dwelling on the taste of the "Diamond Strike," she swiftly dodged aside. At the same time, she dragged Giorno's arms with Third Generation Sun to inflict more damage.

Splat!

The arms bled profusely, and the wounds were deep, revealing bones!

Facing Rosinante, who had plummeted to the lowest point in terms of aura, stamina, and momentum after releasing a single strike, Giorno, with his arms severely injured, didn't care about pursuing her. Instead, he saw Rosinante, who had been seriously injured by his "Vibrating Strike" earlier, standing up again.

Tsk, these persistent Zoan users...

Gold Experience had already been sent flying in the previous battle, but Zoan users didn't necessarily need weapons. Behind Giorno, six spider-like venomous claws with blue venom rushed towards the wounds on Giorno's arms!

I see now,

The strategy was to break through the defense by the small fry of the Donquixote Family, and then this "Spider Woman" from the Marines used poison to secure victory. Not a bad tactic. But—

"Do you think poison will work on me?"

Boom!

In his retreat, Giorno's wounds suddenly erupted with blue flames.

As long as Giorno had a bit of time, he could use Marco's "Immortality Flames" to heal his wounds. What happened next—?!

Just as Giorno was calculating how to deal with these two little brats who dared to challenge his authority, a tremendous force erupted from within Giorno.

This force wasn't used for attacking but was expanding from the inside out! In Giorno's eyes, the half-human, half-spider Giorno's cracked carapace revealed numerous patterns, emitting a red glow from below, as if—

A bomb was about to explode!

Damn, was this guy planning to self-destruct?!

There was no time to switch to the copied Devil Fruit. Giorno simply let the blue flames on his arms rise suddenly and formed a shield in front of him.

"Immortal Thistle..."

But the already-charged Giorno suddenly radiated a red light from beneath his skin.

"Flesh Dance!"

Bang!

The exploding "Giorno" resembled a bomb and instantly enveloped both him and Giorno, who was retreating. They were covered in a brownish-yellow smoke.

What the—?!

"Damn, this guy with a monthly salary of millions of Beli from the Marines is going all out? Wait a minute, no—"

In the smoke, a rainbow-colored figure with both hands in front flew out, and it was Giorno.

"Woo~"

However, before he could fly too far, he suddenly fell to the ground like a bird with broken wings. With a painful groan, he couldn't help but kneel on one leg, trembling all over as if he had been poisoned.

No, this can't be...

Seeing that the self-destruction earlier was clearly an ability of Giorno's, her aura was still stable. It's just that—

Her clothes had turned into tattered rags in the explosion, revealing her snow-white, smooth skin. Unlike her previous "human-beast" form, Giorno had now completely returned to being a pure human girl.

Skin as fair as snow, hair as dark as ink, one hand covering her chest, and another hand shielding... *cough cough*, her starry eyes filled with a mix of embarrassment and urgency.

"In the ancient times, the Dragon Spider used to hunt like this!"

"Uh, I understand."

She swiftly removed the black feathered coat from behind and, turning her head away, Rosinante handed the clothes to the "Blast Suit"-clad Giorno.

So that's why Giorno looked so weird.

Looking at Giorno, who was trying to use the blue flames to "treat" herself but ended up rolling on the ground in pain, Rosinante couldn't help but smirk.

The Dragon Spider, an ancient species.

So its habits and abilities should be very similar to those of the Bird Spider.

In addition to being able to "detect living beings through vibrations" and having the "ability to dissolve living creatures with its deadly poison," the Bird Spider had another very effective means of attack:

Irritating barbed hairs!

After transforming into her "Beast-Human Form," Giorno's entire body was covered in these yellowish-brown fur.

These fur tufts were actually a weapon too: when encountering a creature it couldn't overpower, the Bird Spider/Dragon Spider would release these barbed hairs. Once these hairs landed on a creature's body, it would cause intense itching, like when a person rolled on fiberglass wool!

And these "barbed hairs" were a part of Giorno herself. They weren't poisonous or bacterial, and Marco's blue flames not only couldn't burn them, they even gave them more vitality.

Hiss—

After figuring out the connection, Rosinante looked at Giorno, who was writhing on the ground, completely lacking the demeanor of a Warlord of the Sea, and couldn't help but sympathize with her.

It's a good thing she didn't use this trick when she interacted with Giorno before.

Otherwise...

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"Huff, huff, huff..."

"You're strong, Donquixote Doflamingo."

In the midst of collapsing buildings and shattered streets, a figure stood in the middle of the street.

The burly Silver Eyes Lion, covered in crisscrossed scars from thread slashes, had several fingers severed, especially the large basin-sized wound on his abdomen, which looked gruesome!

It was Doflamingo inserting his "Surgery Strings" into the opponent's wounds and remotely controlling these threads to forcefully dig into the internal organs. The Silver Eyes Lion, like a warrior cutting off his own arm, had dug out the wound himself.

"Dof... Dof Dof Dof..."

"You're quite impressive too, Riku Doldo."

From the ruins of a nearby building, a hand reached out, accompanied by the sound of falling rubble. Doflamingo, his golden hair now stained with fresh red blood, and his chest and injuries mixed into a dark red color, struggled to stand up, draped in a gloomy pink coat.

"The outcome is clear."

The Silver Eyes Lion regretfully glanced at the youth who, despite being on the brink of defeat, still didn't show any signs of despair.

He raised his right hand. Although he only had three fingers left on that hand, it was enough to kill Doflamingo, who was already on his last legs!

"Drawing out a battle with an animal-type user is destined to be your failure."

"Dof... Dof Dof..."

"Maybe a miracle will happen?"

At this point, with their cards on the table, Doflamingo, who had already given his all, only wore a wry smile.

The "miracles" that had occurred before were all thanks to "Conqueror's Haki." But this enemy in front of him was obviously not the kind that "miracles" could solve. Was today the end of the line...

He looked up at the sky and strangely found that he wasn't filled with anger or despair.

Just a bit of unwillingness.

I wonder how Rosinante is doing over there—

In that instant, both combatants on the battlefield simultaneously sensed a drastic change in the atmosphere. They even faintly heard heart-rending screams.

What?!

"Gimmeo big brother!"

Seeing that Gimmeo had suffered a great loss, despite being calm since the start of the battle, the Silver Eyes Lion's expression changed drastically. Without hesitation, he turned and flew in the direction where the screams were coming from.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Self-deprecatingly chuckling, Doflamingo leaned against the broken wall and took a few breaths. After a few seconds of rest, he suddenly turned resolute.

"No, now is not the time to rest."

That direction... still had Rosinante's presence!

It seemed that Rosinante had made the big boss, Gimmeo, suffer a significant loss. Good job! But if she's joined by Riku Doldo—

Swish, swish, swish...

Threads danced out one after another, wrapping around his hands and feet.

"Parasitic Strings, take me there!"

Using the "Parasitic Strings" to control his own body, the heavily injured Doflamingo took a step towards that direction.

One step at a time, leaving bloody footprints.

I can still fight!

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