257 [257] Overwhelming Power

Bang—

Star Platinum's fist and The World's fist collided!

A standoff!

DIO squinted slightly, "Impossible... this Noble Phantasm actually materialized Jotaro Kujo? Then..."

"Ora ora ora ora ora————!!"

"Don't be arrogant with mere illusions!"

"MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA————!!"

Bang bang bang bang————

Fists clashed.

Those outside could clearly see...

The one exchanging blows with DIO wasn't Star Platinum, but—Saint Martha!

Caster's Noble Phantasm, First Folio, manifested was indeed just a Noble Phantasm. Even when activated at full power, it only had abilities comparable to an ordinary person.

Making this existence exhibit powerful abilities was impossible.

Therefore—

Jotaro Kujo was an illusion, and then—Saint Martha was clad in the guise of Star Platinum.

In DIO's eyes, it looked just like Star Platinum!

Now, only this Saint could achieve such an effect.

DIO... for a moment, he actually forgot his own abilities—

Even though it was just an illusion, if this continued... would time stop come out as well—?

DIO's face slightly darkened—

"The game is over! The World Over Heaven, end all of this—"

Swoosh—

The next moment!

The illusion was torn apart. As long as DIO wished, this Noble Phantasm could make it non-existent at any time—

In the next moment, he also saw the figure that exchanged blows with him.

"Oh—so that's how it is." DIO smiled. "Since you rushed up, don't run away—die, Martha!"

Whoosh—

A chain wrapped around DIO's arm, and another chain pulled Martha, carrying her away at high speed—

Although, in the next moment, the chain on DIO's arm had already disappeared, wiped away by him, but it still let Martha escape.

"It's useless—no matter how you struggle, it's futile!"

"Designated—"

Boom————

The next moment.

Flames ignited, flames that could easily melt even steel instantly enveloped DIO—

The few minutes DIO spent in the illusion were not wasted.

The magus had set up their positions here.

They set up a bounded field.

Although time was limited, the magus of the clone squad were all skilled fighters. In these few minutes, they had already set up a bounded field that could make Servants feel the danger—

But...

Now, even as a Servant, DIO could easily kill—

The flames disappeared.

As if it never existed, it vanished from this illusion.

But it wasn't over yet—

First was a curse—

Black keys, bombs, flames, ice, long whips, poison gas, familiars, mystic eyes, bouded field...

Countless attacks, one after another, seemingly endless, constantly attacking the place where DIO was—

"No, no—DIO has already disappeared!" A magus with a mystic eye of perspective said.

"Are you looking for—?" DIO didn't finish his words, and his body suddenly moved backward.

At some point, the place he had avoided was already filled with countless blades—

It wasn't a clear attack, but rather, blades from the space of the past.

Past-viewing, or rather, Mystic Eye of Foam —

Future-viewing saw DIO's next movements, and past-viewing had already set up traps. This was an attack strong enough to harm Servants—

"MUDA MUDA! Is this all you can do to defeat me, DIO? Too naive!"

Mutter—

The World waved its arm, and countless traps completely disappeared.

"THE WORLD! Stop time!"

The next moment—

Time stopped.

"Heh..." DIO smirked. "Indeed, generally, I can't use this ability anymore... can't stop time again."

DIO glanced around, then walked towards the two Servants again—

"One second has passed."

Arash and Enkidu—

Gilgamesh is now in the air, and he can't get there even if he stops time.

So... let's take care of these two first—

"I used my Stand to give me two seconds of real-time decrease in Stand level... so in these two seconds, I can only use THE WORLD! But it's enough. In this frozen time, even my The World won't calculate this time. In other words... the moment time starts flowing, my THE WORLD will once again become The World Over Heaven—"

"Three seconds have passed..."

DIO walked up to Arash, "I hit the chest of that Berserker earlier, but he didn't die... Now I'm not a Servant, and I don't know where your spiritual core is, so just in case—I'll smash your head!"

Bang————!

The next moment, The World's fist forcefully struck Arash's head—

"Four seconds have passed."

DIO didn't look at Arash and walked towards Enkidu, "Five seconds have passed... Six seconds have passed. I can still move! I can still continue to stop time! Haha—I, who have become a vampire, am no longer restricted by Servants! Now, how long can I stop time? Nine seconds? Or ten seconds?"

"Seven seconds have passed!"

The World's fist struck Enkidu's head, "I can still stop... so it's you next! Shakespeare!"

"Eight seconds have passed... Nine seconds... Ten seconds—! Ten seconds! I can still stop time, and now I am in perfect condition. I can still feel the power!"

Bang——!

Shakespeare also received a punch to the head.

"Eleven seconds have passed... Twelve seconds... Twelve seconds, it seems that this is my current limit. You will not even realize that you have died. You won't even know how you died!"

"Time starts flowing—"

Bang bang bang—

Three Servants were sent flying!

The World once again turned into The World Over Heaven...

This round of operations also made DIO a little tired, but the Holy Grail was restoring his body.

"Well... it seems that using this move once every half an hour is already the limit... but it's enough!"

"Archer—!"

"Enkidu—!"

"Caster—!"

"You guys—die for me—!"

The next moment! In the air, Gilgamesh unleashed his full power, completely ignoring the magus and proxies below, and roared with numerous Noble Phantasms aimed at DIO!