Type-Moon Assassination Fist 224

Type-Moon Assassination Fist 224

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Edited by: Tiny Fan Fiction

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Chapter 225 The Word!

Since the surprise attack didn’t kill Dio, the next step would be to launch a full-scale assault.

With a flicker of intent, Kuzuki’s black, humanoid Stand materialized beside him, swiftly throwing a punch that struck the mass of writhing, pulsing flesh that Dio had transformed into.

Black Clock, activate!

The moment the punch landed, Kuzuki didn’t hesitate, flashing backward to put several dozen meters between them in the blink of an eye.

Why did Kuzuki choose to retreat instead of continuing his attack?

It was because Dio possessed the Time Stop ability, which could pause time for around 5 seconds; Kuzuki needed to create enough distance before Dio could activate it.

Normally, with Dio’s physical abilities, creating a distance of over a kilometer would be sufficient to avoid his attacks.

However, with the Yellow Lamp Ring, Dio could fly at high speeds, far surpassing Kuzuki’s movement speed, making it impossible to evade his Time Stop attack by simply increasing the distance.

But fortunately, Kuzuki possessed the Stand, Black Clock, which could manipulate an individual’s sense of time and space.

This meant that creating distance wasn’t entirely meaningless.

“Apart from Time Stop, there’s another ability that could threaten me… Is it developed from the Light Ring? I need to test it out. Jotaro’s situation seems grim, too,” he thought, planning to use Jotaro to probe Dio’s unknown ability. However, upon sensing Jotaro’s life force, it seemed somewhat weak.

Having retreated over a hundred meters, Kuzuki watched as Dio recovered, his mind racing with thoughts.

But he didn’t have much time to think, as Dio had already transformed back into his human form and locked onto Kuzuki.

“How did you achieve such strength? You guys…!” Dio’s face was dark, his eyes filled with a hint of wariness towards Kuzuki.

Kuzuki didn’t respond, slowly backing away instead.

Dio raised his hand, pointing at Kuzuki.

The next second, a beam of energy, thick as a finger, shot through Kuzuki’s chest like a laser, penetrating the building behind him.

However, the KuzukiFigure he struck was illusory, vanishing like a Phantom (Mirage / Illusion) right there……It was a Phantom, as for the True Body’s whereabouts, Dio couldn’t detect it!

Dio retracted his finger, his expression becoming increasingly gloomy.

‘This guy possessing Strength is enough to kill me, but why…why stay away from me? Has he already figured out my Ability? Tch. Jotaro that guy is truly lucky, he’s still alive now.’

As a vampire, Dio’s self-healing Ability is already monstrous; even with only one head left, he could survive and manipulate Blood Vessels for parasitic control.

After obtaining the yellow Light Ring, using the Light Ring’s recovery Ability, Dio’s recovery Ability reached a terrifying level; for ordinary people, fatal injuries, as long as Dio activated the Light Ring, could heal in just a couple of seconds.

The only drawback is the need for a Large Number of Energy.

Not only the Light Ring’s own Energy, but also Dio’s Life energy.

Protected by the force field, Dio wasn’t killed by Kuzuki, but he undoubtedly suffered a Severe Injury.

Although Dio now appears to be Improving unscathed on the surface, in reality, he desperately needs to SupplementEnergy.

Cairo City has plenty of bread.

But the problem is Kuzuki doesn’t engage in a direct Combat with him, but instead keeps wandering around, waiting for an opportunity to ambush.

In this situation, Dio can’t SupplementEnergy.

“Do you think hiding will solve everything? Wyyyyyyy! Too naive!”

Dio sneered, the dark yellow Light flashing on his Body Surface armor, the individual instantly Rising to the Sky, accelerating to near sonic speed within just 2 seconds!

In another second, Dio would enter Supersonic state and flee the place.

But Kuzuki had already made his move, how could he let him leave.

Below, Kuzuki took a deep Breathing breath as Dio Rising to the Sky, and then struck out with a Hokuto Steel Palm Wave!

The overwhelmingly powerful Strength blast, bound by Fighting Spirit and compressed to form a massive Air shockwave, surged towards Dio like a searchlight beam shooting into the sky, its diameter expanding as it traveled further.

The Hokuto Steel Palm Wave’s shockwave, now as large as a house, engulfed Dio, covering all possible escape routes.

“Found you!” Ignoring Kuzuki’s Attack, Dio sneered in the direction of the incoming Steel Palm Wave, then spread his arms wide.

The Word!

The scene from All Things in Stillness reappeared, as if time itself had been frozen; the Air shockwave, the panicked figures below, and the dust from the Battle Produce all seemed to be trapped in a transparent amber, suspended in a state of perfect stillness.

An instant later, Complete Silence fell, and The World seemed to lose its color, freezing in a Dark State.

Dio effortlessly dodged the Hokuto Steel Palm Wave, landing on the ground like a meteor, right at the source of the shockwave.

The ground cracked and caved in, with debris flying in all directions, but the next moment, the scattered debris froze in mid-air, as if it had lost all momentum, preserving its trajectory.

Three seconds passed.

Dio swung his arm, brushing aside the dust that obstructed his Line of Sight; the swirling dust flowed like water as he moved his arm, only to freeze and solidify once it was out of his way.

But, to his surprise, there was no one in front of him.

“What…not here?” Dio’s expression changed, and he crouched down, then jumped up to a height of several dozen meters.

Four seconds passed.

With his vampiric vision and the extraordinary sensing Ability granted by the Light Ring, Dio searched for targets within a hundred-meter radius in a mere second.

Yet, he still couldn’t find anyone.

Five seconds passed, and the Time Stop Boundary was reached.

The next moment, Time began to flow once more, as if the dull, gray world had rapidly transformed back into its normal state, with all objects resuming their original movements.

The ground erupted with a “bang,” blasting open a pit, debris flying everywhere.

At the same time, the dust swirling on the ground moved restlessly as if a fierce wind had swept through, spreading outwards.

And Dio’s figure had already vanished!

The strength of the Light Ring can influence and utilize the fundamental forces of the universe, including electromagnetic energy, gravity, radiation, heat energy, light, and explosive shockwaves, theoretically even encompassing energy from other dimensions.

During the time stop, after failing to locate Kuzuki, Dio immediately chose to take the same action as Kuzuki, which was to hide himself.

In the last second of the time stop, he temporarily rendered himself invisible by diffracting the light waves around him, hoping to evade Kuzuki’s ambush.

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Rewinding time 6 seconds, one second before Dio activated the time stop… 2 seconds in Kuzuki’s perception.

As Kuzuki unleashed a punch with the Hokuto Steel Palm Wave, he immediately retreated, blending into the distance like a ghostly shadow, while simultaneously activating the Stand [Black Clock]’s ability to disrupt Dio’s sense of time and space.

However, in the next second, Kuzuki suddenly felt that the Stand ability he had exerted on Dio had failed!

No, it wasn’t a failure.

The ability of Black Clock had been successfully used, but in an instant, it was as if Kuzuki had voluntarily stopped using the ability, and [Black Clock] ceased to function!

‘Stop…’

Soon, Kuzuki realized the reason behind it.

‘Did Dio stop time? Although I had anticipated it, as expected… When Dio activates the time stop ability, I can’t perceive it; I can only judge it through Dio’s movements and changes in position.’

‘Moreover, the tricky part is that once Dio activates the time stop, even [Black Clock]’s ability will stop. Trouble…’

Due to the auxiliary effect of Time Stop, when Dio is in the Time Stop state, even the Abilities that are currently in effect will stop, such as Kuzuki’s Black Clock, including but not limited to “Illusion”, “Hypnosis”, and “Mind Control”!

Any Ability that requires time and is continuously effective will be [stopped] during the Time Stop period!

In other people’s senses, time is continuous, and there will be no difference between before and after Time Stop, but for Dio, it’s not the case, when he activates his Time Stop Ability, except for himself and his Stand, everything in the world is in a Stillness State, and Kuzuki’s Stand Ability, Black Clock, is no exception, and once it stops working, its Ability will naturally disappear!

Kuzuki watched as the air shockwave from Hokuto’s Steel Palm Wave shot up into the sky and dissipated into the atmosphere, confirming that Dio had used his Stand Ability.

“Without any obstruction or destruction, this punch was like hitting the air, and with the abnormal cracks and dust swirling on the streets, it’s likely that Dio activated his Time Stop, he landed on the ground, and not far from where I was, is he trying to find me?”

“Previously, the user of the Green Lantern Ring, Hal, showed the Ability to perceive enemies in a wide range, does Dio’s Light Ring not have this Ability, if it does, I should have been attacked, or perhaps Dio can perceive others but doesn’t have the Ability to identify a specific target…”

This is the center of Cairo, with a population of at least tens of thousands, although many people have fled due to combat, there are still many people remaining in this area, Dio should not be able to pinpoint Kuzuki’s location, so he’s taking a stealthy approach.

Kuzuki glanced at a certain empty spot in the air, pondered for a moment, and decided not to expose Dio’s trick for the time being.

Simply relying on the tactic of evading with Light to hide one’s location in front of a formidable Martial Artist, a Human Immortal who has mastered the Martial Way to the point of being on par with a True Expert, is as laughable as covering one’s ears to steal a bell.

However, this can’t be blamed on Dio, as Kuzuki’s overwhelming Intelligence advantage is a decisive factor in this level of battle, where asymmetrical Intelligence translates to asymmetrical Combat Power, much like the difference between a Hero and a mere Adventurer in the world of Orario.

Above, Dio continued to move slowly, attempting to pinpoint Kuzuki’s location, much like a Master searching for a hidden Servant.

Below, Kuzuki had already utilized obstacles and shadows to move to the location where Jotaro was previously, showcasing his skills as a seasoned fighter, akin to those of a seasoned Adventurer navigating the Dungeon.

“Dio was hit by my previous attack, and although he recovered, it’s clear that he must have consumed a large amount of Energy; the Strength of the Light Ring isn’t infinite, and if it were just the Light Ring’s Strength, Dio should have been defeated by me already. The problem lies in Dio’s Stand, [The World], and its Ability, Jikan Teishi, which is too overpowered – its sheer versatility surpasses all the Abilities I possess. If Dio is allowed to use this Ability freely, it will be troublesome, so Jotaro… cannot die,” Kuzuki thought to himself, his mind racing like a strategist in a high-stakes battle, much like those depicted in the tales of the Fate series.

Jotaro lay amidst a pile of rubble, his condition uncertain, much like a fallen Hero in need of rescue.

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