Chapter 97: The World
"What?" Li Qing was shocked for a while.
It was as if he suddenly lifted the quilt on an unheated southern winter morning, and his hair stood on end, chilling from the inside out.
It wasn't until this time, when it was time to be reminded by "Dio", that Li Qing suddenly discovered:
He just...
Two steps back!
"How is that possible... How is that possible..."
"I'm obviously taking a step forward, how can I be further away from 'Dio'?"
"Am I subconsciously scared?"
"No... No way, I obviously didn't have a trace of fear for this man! β
Li Qing fell into a huge panic.
In this almost frozen air, he finally thought of something:
"It's... Stand-in attack?! β
There is no doubt that he has just been hit by the enemy's stand-in attack.
Looking back now, that feeling was actually somewhat similar to the one in the morning when he encountered the Crimson Kingβ
Just by being careless, he has already experienced things that he doesn't feel at all.
But...
"Unlike the Crimson King, time hasn't been cut away..."
Li Qing listened attentively to the rotation of the second hand of the watch:
The second hand is not jumping abnormally, but moving normally.
Although his body did not know when he completed the "backward" action, the time was still running normally from the previous second.
Unless the other party changes the dial for himself by the way when attacking, the stand-in of "Dio" cannot be the same type of existence as the Crimson King.
"And what exactly is his stand-in ability?"
"Teleportation? Spatial transposition? Manipulating the ground? β
"Damn..."
"I didn't pay much attention to it just now, and now there is no way to analyze it!"
A thin layer of cold sweat oozed from Li Qing's bald head, and from a distance it looked like a boiled egg that had just come out of the pot.
And the fake phantom who called himself "Dio" stood there so unhurriedly, quietly admiring the embarrassed appearance of Li Qing, Giorno and others.
When the silent fear slowly spread in the hearts of everyone, he laughed wickedly again:
"Bald, don't you understand..."
"Actually, you're shaking... Isn't that tantamount to fear? β
"Maybe you thought you had to step forward, but because you were so scared, your body unconsciously retreated."
"Impossible!" Li Qing gritted his teeth tightly:
"There's a lot of confusion about it, but the only thing I know for sure is... There is no fear in my heart! β
"Stop talking nonsense! I'll definitely see through your stand-in ability and beat your fake back to its original form! β
"Really?"
"Dio" pursed his lips and swept over everyone with a gaze as cold as the Arctic ice wind:
Except for Fuge, who couldn't help but shiver, no one else showed any intention of retreating.
"In that case, there is no way to do it."
"Everyone, please die!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a golden humanoid double suddenly appeared around "Dio".
The double, known as "World", was clad in golden tight-fitting armor and a half-overlaid golden helmet, with muscles overflowing like inflated balloons and limbs as strong as steel-cast iron.
In terms of size, it was a full two laps taller than all the humanoid stand-ins Li Qing had ever seen.
To put it mildly, it's different from the art style of other stand-ins.
"It's so strong."
Just perceiving the silhouette of the other party, Li Qing inexplicably sensed the vigorous power on its body.
He exchanged a look with Giorno, Bugarati and the others beside him with a solemn expression.
Without verbal communication, these battle-hardened stand-in messengers quickly reached a consensus:
"You have to be careful when you fight that kind of guy head-on, you have to find a way to test the enemy's stand-in ability as soon as possible."
The first action was Naranga.
Hand-to-hand combat is extremely risky, and an aviation smith with long-range attack capabilities is undoubtedly the best choice to act as a probe.
Almost at the same time that "Dio" summoned the golden double, Aerosmith had already emerged from around Naranga's body.
"Fire!"
Aerosmith burst into the sky at full throttle, and two miniature cannons erupted in blazing fire.
Bullets rained down in the firelight, raining down from the air to the ground.
The targets of these bullets are not "Dio" and his double, but the most crucial figure in the fight, Willie as the main body.
"Cut."
The Phantom, who inherited the name "Dio", snorted in displeasure.
Obviously, he was very unhappy with the fact that Willy had to be protected as a waste body.
But he's just a stand-in for Willy after all.
In the moment when Willy is terrified by the bullet, "Dio" disappears from the spot with his double and teleports to Willy's side.
Including Li Qing, everyone was watching with full attention.
They wanted to see how "Dio" would respond to Aerosmith's attack, and to see what he might be able to do with his stand-in.
However...
"No Boat, No Horse, No Horse!"
"No Boat, No Horse, No Horse!"
The stand-in named "World" has no ability to activate at all.
It just stood there unhurriedly, adjusting its posture and exerting its strength, blasting out a fiery fist like a storm at the rain of bullets.
The fist was fast and powerful, both in strength and speed, beyond human comprehension.
Although the roar of "wood big wood big" is reminiscent of Giorno's golden experience, the murderous aura that erupts when the "world" swings his fist is far from being able to achieve the gentle golden experience.
The shadow of the fist cleared the rain of bullets, and the "world" itself was unscathed.
And the body of "Dio" stood behind his avatar unharmed, chatting with Willy very leisurely.
He reached out and touched Willy's forehead, like a king canonized as a knight.
Willy fell to his knees humbly, like a courtier receiving an award.
The crowd couldn't hear what they were saying, but they could clearly see that "Dio" was at ease.
"What..."
The fear that Naranga had pressed in his heart exploded completely:
"I bounced all the bullets off with my fists alone..."
"What a terrible power... My aerosmith, unexpectedly... Can't even force his stand-in ability? β
"Calm down!"
"Keep the fire!"
Apaki bit his blood-stained lip and strengthened his will with pain:
"Let my melancholy blues help you, he won't be able to handle it!"
Although the injury is serious, he still insists on doing his part for everyone.
As soon as he finished speaking, the blue humanoid double reappeared beside Apaji.
Melancholy Blues is certainly not a stand-in for combat.
But the impermanence of soldiers and the impermanence of water, as long as you know how to use it flexibly, even a gentle flow of water can turn into a killing blade.
At this moment, the melancholy blues that seems to be "not good at fighting" is actually the existence with the strongest attack power here:
"Melancholy Blues, replay that piece of meat from half a minute ago!"
"Fast forward, twenty times faster, play!"
Melancholy Blues' figure inflated like a balloon.
But in the blink of an eye, a bloated, massive lump of flesh could easily be reproduced in this cramped alley.
It slammed into Willy and "Dio" ahead at twenty times the speed of "itself" half a minute ago, following the trail of its past travel.
"Oh?"
"What an interesting attack."
Looking at the piece of meat that was like a speeding train, "Dio"'s casual expression finally became more serious:
"In that case, let me show you... That's enough power to dominate the world! β
"The World!"
Clickββββ
The next moment.
The next moment in the truest sense of the word.
Even the physiological reactions of "a flower in front of my eyes" and "a stunned mind" did not appear, in the eyes of Li Qing and others...
Willy and "Dio", who had been standing on the trajectory of the meat block, were gone.
They stood in a shadow not far from them, and in the same place they were, and it was...
"Naranga!!"
There was a burst of exclamation.
Naranga's figure somehow crossed a distance of several meters, "teleporting" in front of the piece of flesh.
There was no time to react, and there was no time to rescue.
The melancholy blues replay of the "meat bullet chariot" crashed into Naranga's body without reservation.
He couldn't even scream, and his body was like a high-speed cannonball, flying out under this terrible impact.
Eventually, Naranga flew all the way to the depths of the dead alley, dozens of meters away, and smashed a crack in the hard, thick wall.
He vomited blood from his mouth and fell to the ground weakly, and no longer had the strength to get back up.
"Naranga!"
Shocked and anxious, Bugarati rushed over to investigate Naranga's injuries, but was overwhelmed by the momentum of "Dio", who was blocking in front of him.
"Huh."
"Solved a fly."
The apparition, named "Dio", looked at them playfully like this:
"I've already given you two chances."
"So, do you understand my Dio's abilities?"
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PS: Stand-in panel
Stand-in name - "The World"
Ontology β Dio Brando (pseudo)
Destructive power: A
Speed: A
Range Range: C
Persistence: A
Precision of action: B
Growth: B
Capacity: Stop time, up to five seconds.
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