[260] The True Use of The World

"....Tsk—no way. I can't fully unleash the true power of my The World Over Heaven here. Hmm... is it something like a restraining force? Or is it not?"

DIO wasn't entirely sure, after all, he wasn't originally a resident of this world. He only had a bit of understanding of the world's structure.

"Jotaro—! I'll admit it. You are my greatest enemy. If I don't kill you thoroughly, I won't truly be at ease... Only then will my The World be truly complete! True peace... that is when I'm at my strongest, and it's the moment my The World truly reaches its peak. And you! You're the obstacle!"

Sizzling—

"What is this—?"

Barthomeloi Lorelei looked around.

The World began to change.

One by one, the Heroic Spirits that DIO had released, including Siegfried and others, began to disappear.

In the next moment—

The World changed!

It turned into a purple world—

The ground was purple, with ripples flowing on its surface, like waves on water, but without falling. The sky was also purple, with numerous stars, meteors...

"Is this... a reality marble? No! No, this is—"

Barthomeloi Lorelei looked at the sky in disbelief. "This is... the outer side of the world?"

The outside of the world, beyond its appearance.

In the outer part of the visible world, it could be considered outer space, while the inner part was the Earth's core.

Unlike the world inside the boundary, in the reverse side of the world, there were the Inner Seas of Stars, places where phantasmal species resided. And in the outer part of the world...

Barthomeloi Lorelei, the Queen of the Clock Tower, couldn't help but feel amazed. Here... she could even sense The Root!

However, she knew it was false.

It wasn't that this place had already approached The Root. It was undoubtedly closer to The Root than anywhere else she had felt before, and reaching The Root from here was simpler than in ordinary places—

"No, this isn't the outer side of any world," DIO waved his hand, saying, "This is a more special place, very close to a certain location. But, it's still not close enough... Haha, my The World Over Heaven is also storing its limits slightly now. I still can't reach that place, but— as long as I absorb all your souls, the souls of you sinners who oppose me, I'll be able to reach it, reach that place—reach... the place carried by the Boundary Record."

"The Boundary Record... the Throne of Heroes, huh..."

Kujo Jotaro mentioned the information he had been told by Kazuya.

In that case, DIO's goal was already exposed. By absorbing the souls of everyone, all those who opposed him, he would surpass all existence. He would become a complete existence. The advancement of strength wasn't addition, but multiplication.

Afterwards... if he swallowed the Boundary Record, was he planning to devour that thing too?

"It's troublesome..." Kazuya, along with Kujo Jotaro, almost said simultaneously.

"Do you have any ideas?" Kujo Jotaro looked at DIO and said in his heart.

"Well... I do have some methods—what about you? Have you mastered Over Heaven's usage?"

"Although... it's a bit difficult, I've managed to grasp it after watching so many times... Now, DIO's fists can't truly harm me anymore. However, it's just a recent mastery, and there are limitations on the soul. I still can't reach the level of DIO."

"But... isn't it already enough?"

"Ah—yes! It's already enough!"

Kujo Jotaro said as he walked step by step toward DIO.

"Oh, even after seeing such a scene, you still have the will to fight? Facing me, DIO, you must be cleared, Joestar's bloodline must be eradicated without any mercy!"

"Whether to kill you or to use the true power of 'The World Over Heaven'—"

Saying that, the atmosphere around intensified, and when Kujo Jotaro regained his senses, DIO had already appeared in front of him—

"Ugh ahhhhh—"

"Disappear along with all existence! Jotaro!"

The World Over Heaven directly pierced through Jotaro's chest—

"Ugh ahhhhh!"

"Is it over—?"

Watching the scene in front of him, others couldn't do much. This space seemed to have a strange gravity, especially for the Servants; they could even sense that there was something pulling them from somewhere.

That wasn't DIO's attack but the inherent attraction of the Throne of Heroes itself.

Relaxing at this moment would truly be pulled back!

This was the most important reason why DIO chose to fight here—

"My hands will surely reach the truth—" DIO opened his arms with his back to Jotaro. "The so-called 'truth' of those 'who don't exist.' Hm?"

DIO slowly turned his head, and Jotaro... still stood there. Normally, he should have completely disappeared by now, including his existence.

But—

"ORA—!" Star Platinum suddenly appeared, and with a punch, DIO was sent flying, while also rewriting a certain truth on DIO's body!

"What... what is this—?" Instead of being surprised by being blown away, he was more surprised by something else: "Is this Over Heaven? Did Jotaro, this Joestar descendant, actually learn to manipulate my 'truth' so quickly? Impossible... impossible... could it be... could it be—same! The same type of Stand? Is The·World and Star Platinum the same type of Stand? He actually learned my 'truth'—Joestar, you are the one who should be killed first in any world—Jotaro!"

"Truth, huh... I see—"

"Gil? Adapted?" Enkidu looked at Gilgamesh, who was standing up, and said.

"Well, I am the King of Heroes after all." Gilgamesh smiled and said, "Let the farce end here—so, your ability is to rewrite reality? Hmm... indeed, it's a troublesome ability even for me. But—"

"An obstruction—!"

DIO waved his hand.

In the next moment, everyone except Jotaro and his companions disappeared from this space!

"Now there's no time to deal with you guys! Jotaro—no matter what, I must kill you! One person who has mastered the truth is enough for me—!"