The Dimensional Book of Collapse

"This hole is probably the ability of the Sub-Earth Miasma."

Joseph looked at the perfect circle in front of him and realized how the hole was created.

The sub-spatial miasma can form a spherical devouring circle by devouring its own body and substitute, and can move at will. This devouring circle will devour everything it touches.

The scene before him was clearly that when the mansion collapsed, the Sub-sonic Miasma used its Stand ability to dig a hole to cover Dio's escape.

"What are you waiting for? Don't let Dio get away!"

Polnareff impulsively wanted to jump down, but was stopped by Joseph: "Wait! Polnareff! This is a trap!"

"Why do you say that?"

Joseph looked at the hole on the ground with a gloomy face. "There is only one passage dug by the Sub-Earth Miasma. If we jump down, we will definitely move forward along the passage dug by the other party. We will not be able to find the Sub-Earth Miasma at all. The other party only needs to ambush on the road of this passage to trap us."

“What should we do? Are we just going to let Dio escape like this!?”

"Don't worry, Polnareff. We certainly can't let Dio get away!"

On Joseph's arm, the purple hermit with ripples of electric arcs kept swaying: "Now that we have found his hiding place, then..."

"Purple Hermit!"

He slapped the ground, and the dust and rubble that covered the ground due to the collapsed buildings formed a map of the surroundings under the help of a strange force.

And on top of it there are two pieces of rubble that are constantly shaking and moving.

"This is where Dio and Vanilla are! Let's chase them!"

After determining Dio's location, the group immediately chased after him.

Kiana also shouted, and just as she was about to follow, a flash of light not far away caught her attention.

Walking over the rugged ruins, Kiana discovered that the shining object was actually a golden arrow.

"Why is there such a thing in this place?"

Kiana reached out to pick it up, and suddenly a sharp pain came from her fingertips.

"it hurts!"

Just as she was about to check on the injured finger, Kiana noticed, "Huh? Am I not wearing armor?"

The injury on the finger could not be seen through the armor. Kiana picked up the arrow carefully this time and found that only the arrowhead was left. There was a carving on the arrowhead that looked like a crawling insect, and there was a little blood on the blade.

"Can this thing actually break through the armor's defense?"

Kiana tried with the arrows, but none of them could penetrate the armor made of impact steel on her body.

"Isn't that weird? Never mind, let's go show it to Qin Mo."

Holding the place without a blade, Kiana took the insect arrow she picked up and chased in the direction of Qin Mo.

After running only two steps, Kiana felt the heaviness of the full body armor.

"Put it away first, otherwise it will be difficult to move around."

As Kiana came up with the idea, the armor on her body suddenly changed, from a full-body armor that covered her entire body to gauntlets that only covered her forearms and boot-like footgear.

"Can it still be like this?"

The lighter equipment allowed Kiana to catch up with the others easily.

"Qin Mo, Qin Mo, I found something."

Joseph was using stones on the roadside to locate Dio's position. Kiana caught up with him and handed him the insect arrow.

"Bug arrows? Where did you get them?"

Qin Mo would naturally not mistake this iconic insect arrow. He took the arrow from Kiana's hand and noticed the blood on it. Qin Mo hurriedly asked, "Kiana, were you stabbed by this thing!?"

"Yeah, I don't know why, but I was inexplicably stabbed when I took it just now. It should not be able to cut through this armor. Qin Mo, look, I turned this armor into this, isn't it amazing?"

Chapter 35: The Underground Palace

"Strange, why haven't Dio and the others moved in a long time."

The group tracked Dio who was sneaking underground, but found that the two people had been staying in the same place.

"It can't be a trap."

It’s no wonder Abdel thought so. After all, there must be something wrong when things are abnormal.

"Even if it's a trap, we have to go. Everyone be careful."

Although the group was worried that it was a trap, they had no intention of retreating. However, when they arrived at the location marked by the purple hermit, they saw a cave leading underground. The dark entrance was almost covered with the words "Luring into a Trap" on it.

"It seems that Dio has already prepared a place like this."

Joseph looked at the cave from the outside. It was obvious that this cave was not newly dug. It had been dug for who knows how long. Several people even saw uncleaned metal products on the surrounding rocks, as if there had been an iron door here.

"Has this trace been destroyed by the sub-space miasma?"

"What should we do, Mr. Joestar?"

"Um……"

Looking at the dark cave in front of him, Joseph pondered for a moment: "Even if we know it's a trap, we have no choice but to go in. It seems that Dio should be prepared to deal with us during the day. Thank you for your help, Abdel."

Abdel nodded, and the red magician appeared beside him.

Putting his hands together, a ball of fire with six corners was released from the red magician's hands.

"This is?"

Seeing that the others were curiously looking at this new ability, Abdel did not hide it: "This flame is a detector. It will react to the breath of life, the movement of objects, and the energy of the Stand."

"Abdel, can you use a few more?"

Qin Mo asked as he looked at the flames slowly moving forward.

"Hmm? The detection range of this detector is fifteen meters. We don't need too much."

Qin Mo shook his head: "That's not what I meant. Your detector cannot detect the sub-space miasma hidden in the air. The cave is so narrow that it only needs to stay on the path we must pass through, and we can bump into it without knowing it."

Abdel looked at Qin Mo for a while and said, "If that's the case."

With a snap of his fingers, the flame detector that was originally only the size of a chandelier suddenly grew larger, occupying the entire cave passage. "Although this will slow down the speed a bit, it can cover the entire cave."

After reconfirming that there was no danger, the group followed Abdel's flame detector into the cave.

Unexpectedly, there were no traps or ambushes along the way.

After walking for ten minutes, everyone saw some light coming from the front.

"It's finally here, the Joestar bloodline."

Behind the long and narrow passage is a spacious hall, no, perhaps it can be called a square.

This huge underground space was supported by many stone pillars. At the other end of the center, Dio was sitting on a luxurious chair, and Vanilla was standing behind him like a loyal soldier.

"When I met Jonathan Joestar a hundred years ago, I knew that he would be my destined enemy, and in the end."

He stretched out his right hand and placed it on his left shoulder: "My body was destroyed by him, but I also took away his flesh."

"The Joestar bloodline is like the stinky dog ​​shit that stands in the way of my destiny, but it will eventually be used by me, Dio!"

"And next, it's your turn."

Vanilla took two steps forward, knelt on one knee, placed her right hand on her left chest, and lowered her head in the direction of Dio. "Lord Dio, you don't need to do it yourself. I, Vanilla Ace, will bring you victory. I will bring the heads of Joestar and his party to you."

"Vanilla..."

Dio's deep and magnetic voice sounded softly: "You are a person with true enlightenment. I believe you will bring me victory, but..."

"The fate of the Joestar family is something I, Dio, must face. So, Vanilla Ace, help me get rid of the other people who are in the way!"

Vanilla Ace stood up, and the Archon Miasma appeared behind him.

"Yes! Master Dio!"

In front of the others, Yakong Miasma swallowed Vanilla in one gulp, then stuffed her feet into her mouth, then her legs, and her body, until she had completely swallowed her body and disappeared completely in front of the other person.

"Ugh, that's disgusting."

"Disappeared!"

A few people just walked into the hall and saw what happened just now. When they saw a disappearing ground suddenly appear on the ground and rush towards them, they immediately reacted: "No! Get out of the way!"

It was not known whether it was intentional or coincidence, but when the group dodged to the sides, Joseph and Jotaro were separated on one side, while the others were separated on the other side.

"I am here to take your lives under the orders of Master Dio!"

The upper body of the Archer Miasma appeared in mid-air, blocking the group of people. On the other side, Dio came to the opposite side of Jotaro and Joseph as if teleporting.

"This body comes from Jonathan Joestar from a hundred years ago, and the enemy at this moment is also Joestar's bloodline!"

"The only one who has the bloodline of Joestar is me, and I will definitely kill them all!"

As soon as he came, Dio expressed his hostility directly. Unlike others, no matter what the reason, his hatred for the Joestar clan could not be eliminated.

"Ah! Dio!"

Jotaro did not forget the purpose of his trip to Egypt. His purpose was to defeat the monster named Dio. A hundred years of hatred? The enemy of mankind? Jotaro did not care about these, but he knew that if he could not kill the monster in front of him, his mother would lose her life!

"Haha, not only did he not run away, but he also walked towards me, Dio?"

Looking at Jotaro approaching step by step, Dio's mouth corners slightly raised.

"How can I beat you down if I don't come closer?"

"Then you need to come closer."

Dio also walked towards Jotaro.

Although it was a bit uncomfortable, Joseph knew very well that he could not directly participate in this battle. He already knew the ability of Dio's stand. Compared with him, Joseph could not fight head-on.

But he still has his own way to cover from the side.

At this time, Dio did not take it seriously, but walked towards Jotaro step by step.

"Oh!"

Star Platinum suddenly appeared and punched Dio in the head. At the same time, World stood in front of it and kicked its left leg, interrupting its attack.

Jotaro stumbled and saw that his trouser legs were torn and there were some redness and swelling on his legs.

"Too slow, too slow. The World is the strongest Stand, whose strength and speed exceed your Star Platinum."

He glanced at his trouser legs that were torn from the attack just now.

"It's indeed a Stand of the same type as my Star Platinum. Although its range of motion is limited, its movements are powerful and precise."

Looking at the world that had the upper hand in the first confrontation, Dio folded his hands: "I would like to try to see how much stronger the power of the world is than your Star Platinum, but you will know it without trying."

"What do you mean by trying, is to gently caress your opponent without leaving any wounds?"

He looked at the torn trouser legs and said, "It's a pity to waste these 20,000 yen pants."

"Huh, why are the Joestars always so unwilling to admit defeat?"

Spreading his hands helplessly, "Then I will accept your boring provocation and play with you for a few more times."

The silhouette of the world emerged from Dio's body and punched Star Platinum. After the two power-type stands exchanged several punches, their speed became faster and faster.

"Want to compare the speed of continuous attack?"

The winds generated by the two stand-ins' continuous punches against each other created a huge storm in this originally windless underground space.

"Wow! Is Star Platinum's speed and strength so exaggerated?"

After a brief battle with the sub-spatial miasma, the other side was also attracted by the battle situation on the other side.

It was also the first time that Kiana saw Star Platinum attack with all his strength, while on the other side was a Stand that was equally powerful as it.

The original idea that the Stand was powerful only because of its own special characteristics and strange abilities was completely overturned.

"Kiana! Be careful!"

Chapter 36: A Substitute of the Same Type

Just as Kiana was surprised by the amazing fighting power on the other side, a round transparent object rushed towards her in the smoke and dust raised by the underground storm.