Chapter 238: THEWORLD！！！

"Mr. Sanemi." Tanjiro's voice was somewhat choked.

"Shut up!" Sanemi Shinazugawa coughed up a mouthful of blood, "Don't look at me with that expression. If you want to cry, wait until after we kill them."

Tanjiro clenched his fist, looked deeply at Sanemi Shinazugawa, then turned and rushed toward the battlefield.

In the distance, the battle between the three had already entered a white-hot stage.

Gyomei Himejima's meteor hammer in his right hand was colliding with Kokushibo's crescent moon sword qi. The metallic clang of metal striking metal rang out incessantly.

Dio seized the opportunity to attack from the side, the bone blades on his arms tearing toward Kokushibo's back like a meat grinder.

"Moon Breathing: Seventh Form, Evil Mirror, Moon Reflection!"

Kokushibo vanished from the spot in an instant, appearing behind Dio the next second. All the eyeballs on the Hollow Crying God Gone Blade opened wide, the blade emitting a strange red light.

Countless crescent-moon-like sword qi crisscrossed in the air, each one enough to tear an ordinary person into pieces.

Dio's body was shattered into pieces under the sword qi, flesh and blood flying everywhere. His right arm was severed, a deep wound visible to the bone appeared on his chest, and his abdomen was completely pierced through.

"WRYYYYY!"

Dio let out a roar, his ruptured blood vessels suddenly shooting out like living things, densely stabbing toward Kokushibo.

At the same time, scalding blood spurted from the blood vessels, carrying a corrosive aura.

Kokushibo's skin made a sizzling sound the moment it touched the blood, emitting wisps of white smoke.

"Stone Breathing: First Form, Serpentine Boulder, Dual Polarity!"

Gyomei Himejima's voice thundered like thunder in the ears.

The broad axe, wrapped in terrifying force, chopped down toward his head, while the meteor hammer swept over from another direction.

Dio wanted to dodge, but Kokushibo's sword qi blocked his retreat.

"Boom!"

The broad axe heavily struck Dio's waist, the terrifying force directly smashing his lower body into minced meat. Shattered flesh and bone fragments flew everywhere, smashing a deep pit into the ground.

Gyomei Himejima took the opportunity to shake the chain in his hand, the chain winding toward Kokushibo like a spirit snake.

But Kokushibo reacted faster, his body suddenly twisting and deforming, countless blades growing wildly from within his body.

"Clang clang clang!"

Dio's blood vessels were all chopped into pieces, the chain striking the blades with a huge sound, being bounced to the side.

His aura became even more violent, a bloodthirsty light flashing in his six eyes.

"Moon Breathing: Fourteenth Form, Ferocious Transformation, Heavenly Full Slender Moon!"

The Hollow Crying God Gone Blade drew a perfect circle in the air. Countless sword qi spread outward from him as the center, the ground being plowed into furrows by the sword qi.

"Stone Breathing: Third Form, Rock Skin!"

Gyomei Himejima roared, the chain rapidly rotating around his body, forming an airtight protective circle.

At this moment, Dio's minced flesh on the ground suddenly began to wriggle. The flesh crawled toward Kokushibo's feet like a living thing, climbing up his calves in the blink of an eye.

The flesh began to melt, seeping into Kokushibo's skin.

"This is..." Kokushibo's six eyes contracted simultaneously. He could feel his own flesh being assimilated and devoured by Dio's cells.

"Damn it!" Kokushibo roared, "Fifth Form, Moon Spirit Disaster Vortex!"

All the blades on his body trembled simultaneously, emitting a piercing sound of metal friction. The next instant, countless sword qi burst out from within his body, like a metal storm.

Wherever the sword qi passed, Dio's flesh was cut into pieces, flying outward.

However, at the moment Kokushibo was focused on clearing Dio's flesh, a scorching aura attacked from behind.

"Sun Breathing: Solar Flare Dance!"

Tanjiro gripped his blade with both hands, his figure like an arrow leaving the bowstring. The flames wrapped around the Nichirin Blade drew a crimson trajectory in the air, striking straight at Kokushibo's back heart.

Kokushibo had no time to turn around, only able to hastily grow several blades from within his body to block.

"Pfft!"

The Nichirin Blade pierced into Kokushibo's back, blood splashing. Tanjiro exerted force with both hands, flames instantly erupting, charring the wound black.

Kokushibo's six eyes widened simultaneously, pupils contracting, "Impossible, this is Sun Breathing?!"

"You dare!"

A violent killing intent flashed in Kokushibo's six eyes. His left hand reached back, countless tiny blades growing from his palm, simultaneously stabbing toward Tanjiro.

Tanjiro's pupils suddenly contracted, he could clearly see the trajectory of every blade, as if time had been infinitely extended.

He stomped hard with his foot, the ground instantly cracking. His whole body drifted to the side like a fallen leaf, the blade net almost brushing past his clothes.

"Sun Breathing: Sixth Form, Flame Dance!"

Tanjiro adjusted his figure in midair, the Nichirin Blade drawing a graceful arc.

"Clang!"

Kokushibo raised his right hand, the Hollow Crying God Gone Blade precisely blocking this fatal blow. Sparks burst out.

"This reaction speed..." A hint of surprise flashed in Kokushibo's six eyes, "Transparent World. And this mark on his forehead."

"Are swordsmen of this era all this strong?"

"But!"

Kokushibo suddenly shouted violently, all the blades on his body beginning to tremble, emitting a piercing sound of metal friction, "This level is far from enough!"

"Eighth Form, Moon Dragon Wheel Tail!"

Countless crescent-moon-like sword qi burst out from within Kokushibo's body, sweeping across the entire space like a rainstorm. The air wave kicked up dust all over the sky, the ground instantly being plowed into furrows.

Tanjiro gripped the Nichirin Blade tightly with both hands, flames surging on the blade. "Sun Breathing: Sixth Form, Blazing Sun Red Mirror!"

Crimson flames formed a circular barrier, blocking the sword qi coming head-on.

"Boom!"

A loud sound came from the side. The ground suddenly exploded, Dio's figure darting out from the crack, his right fist wrapped in terrifying momentum smashing toward Kokushibo's face.

"Too slow." Kokushibo snorted coldly, the Hollow Crying God Gone Blade drawing an arc in the air.

"Moon Breathing, Envious Moon · Eclipse!"

Sword light flashed, and Dio's body was instantly torn into pieces. Flesh and blood flew, scattering through the air.

But at this moment, Dio's fragments of flesh suddenly accelerated, spurting blood shooting backward like bullets.

Countless fragments of flesh and blood rushed toward Kokushibo at an astonishing speed, covering his entire body in the blink of an eye.

"What?!" A flicker of panic crossed Kokushibo's six eyes, and countless blades grew from within his body, attempting to sever these pieces of flesh.

"Vaporization Freezing Technique!"

Bone-piercing cold air erupted from the blood, instantly covering Kokushibo's entire body. Ice crystals grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, and cold air condensed into white frost in the air.

"Damn it!"

Kokushibo gritted his teeth, the blood and qi within his body surging wildly, trying to resist this cold. But the erosion speed of the cold air was too fast, and his movements began to become sluggish.

"Right now!"

Gyomei Himejima let out a fierce shout. He gripped the Broad Axe with both hands and plunged down from the air. The axe blade split the air, emitting a sharp whistle, striking straight at Kokushibo's nape.

At the same time, Tanjiro had already appeared in front of Kokushibo. He gripped the blade with both hands, and his feet suddenly exerted force, his whole body shooting out like an arrow leaving the bow.

The Nichirin Blade slashed upward from below, flames dancing on the blade.

"Useless!"

Suddenly, several blades grew before and behind Kokushibo's neck, like a steel Wall blocking the attacks of the two.

"Cut it open!" Tanjiro roared, the scar on his forehead turning crimson.

The Nichirin Blade suddenly emitted a scorching crimson light, the blade becoming scalding, radiating terrifying high temperature.

"This is Haganezuka?!" Kokushibo's six eyes contracted simultaneously, watching the blade in Tanjiro's hand in Disbelief.

At this moment, Gyomei Himejima's Meteor Hammer fell from the sky. The heavy Iron Ball smashed heavily onto the back of the Broad Axe, transmitting huge force onto the axe blade.

"Boom!"

The huge impact was transmitted downward, and the Broad Axe and Nichirin Blade almost simultaneously slashed at Kokushibo's neck, blood splattering.

Kokushibo's Skull was chopped off, spinning in the air. His six eyes were full of disbelief.

"Impossible!!"

Kokushibo's Roar was filled with rage. His body suddenly erupted with a terrifying aura, and his six eyes simultaneously glowed with blood-red light.

"Form Five · Moon Spirit Disaster Vortex!"

Countless Sword Qi erupted wildly from within his body, sweeping in all directions like a violent rainstorm.

Every strand of Sword Qi contained enough power to tear steel; the air was torn, emitting piercing whistles.

"Careful!" Tanjiro shouted loudly.

But it was already too late. Sword Qi instantly tore through the air, Gyomei Himejima's right arm was cleanly severed, blood spurting.

Tanjiro hastily raised his blade to block, but the power of the Sword Qi was too terrifying. The huge impact directly sent him flying, crashing into the Wall in the distance.

The flesh and blood Dio had attached to Kokushibo's body were also torn into pieces by the Sword Qi, flying in all directions.

Kokushibo's headless body stood up unsteadily, the severed section of his neck beginning to wriggle.

Muscle and bone reorganized at a speed visible to the naked eye, a new Skull slowly growing.

"I won't die!" Kokushibo's voice came from the growing Skull, filled with violent killing intent, "An injury of this degree simply cannot kill me!"

His Skull completely regenerated, but completely different from before, the entire Skull twisted and deformed.

Sharp horns grew on his forehead and lower jaw, his originally handsome face becoming hideous and terrifying.

Black horns spread from his neck throughout his entire body, and beneath every scale grew sharp blades.

"We must stop him!" Tanjiro seized the opportunity, suddenly exerting force with his feet, "Sun Breathing: Burning Sun!"

Gyomei Himejima also gritted his teeth, swinging the Meteor Hammer with one hand: "Stone Breathing, Flowing Rock · Swift Conquest!"

The two attacked Kokushibo one after the other. Tanjiro's Nichirin Blade was entwined with scorching flames, Gyomei's Iron Ball carrying a howling wind.

"Moon Breathing, Form Sixteen · Crescent Moon!"

Blade light flashed, so fast only a silver arc could be seen, Tanjiro and Gyomei Himejima almost simultaneously felt a chill in their abdomens, blood spurting out.

"Cough!"

Tanjiro knelt on one knee, covering the wound on his abdomen.

Gyomei Himejima also staggered backward, a wound deep enough to show bone splitting open on his chest.

At this moment, the scattered flesh in the distance suddenly began to gather.

Dio's body rapidly reorganized in the air, flesh wriggling, bones growing, and in the blink of an eye he had restored his human form.

"Not good!"

Dio's Face Change. He had already seen that Kokushibo's current state far exceeded imagination; an attack of this degree of his could not cause fatal damage to him at all.

Dio suddenly turned around wanting to escape. But it was too late.

"Die!"

Kokushibo's figure disappeared from the spot, and in the next instant had already appeared in front of Dio.

He simultaneously swung all the Great Swords on his body, every sword fast as Lightning, Blade Light weaving in the air into an impenetrable net of death.

"Clang clang clang!"

Sword Qi instantly cut Dio's body into countless pieces, flesh and blood flying.

"This degree..." Dio's consciousness began to blur, he finally realized the true Danger,

if every part of the body were cut into extremely fine fragments, even a Pillar Man would be killed on the spot.

The Shadow of death enveloped his consciousness. The fragments of flesh drifted in the air, no longer able to gather. Dio felt his life slipping away bit by bit.

"No impossible..." Dio's consciousness struggled in the darkness, "I, Dio, how could I die here!"

The desire to live exploded within him. It was an obsession bordering on madness, an absolute denial of death.

His spirit reached an unprecedented peak at this moment.

A power never before seen awakened within Dio. A powerful will dominated every one of his cells.

"WRYYYYY!"

Dio's Roar shook the entire Ground.

At This Moment, a blurred humanoid figure flickered in and out of sight within the Blood Mist. That figure gradually solidified, emanating an Oppressive Feeling that made one suffocate.

"THE WORLD!!!"

"Hum!"

An invisible ripple instantly swept through the entire underground Space. Time seemed to Freeze at this moment.

The blade swung by Kokushibo stopped in midair, and even the dust drifting in the air remained motionless.

The Blood Mist drifting in the air suddenly began to rapidly coagulate. Countless tiny fragments of Flesh rushed toward the distance, scrambling to gather and reform into a human shape.

Time flowed once more.

"Swish!"

Kokushibo's blade edge sliced through the air, cleaving the void.

"What?!"

Kokushibo's six eyes narrowed simultaneously, and he abruptly turned his head to look toward the distance.

"What is this." Kokushibo's voice was low, "Instantaneous movement? No, just now in that instant, what happened."

"This is." Dio sensed an unusual aura behind him. He turned his head, his Pupils suddenly contracting.

A golden humanoid figure quietly stood behind him. It was a robust humanoid Creature, its appearance extremely similar to Dio.

It wore a headdress covering most of its face, shaped like the red crown of an Egyptian pharaoh. A small diving oxygen tank was mounted on its back, connected to the mask via double-spine-shaped tubes.

A mysterious feeling surged into his heart, and Dio instantly grasped the essence of this Existence—this was a Stand, the materialization of his own soul's power.

A Stand named "The World".

"I see." Dio curled his lips into a fanatical smile, "This is my power!"

The Hollow Crying God Gone Blade in Kokushibo's hand trembled slightly; even though he could not see the Stand, he felt the eerie ripple emanating from Dio.

All the blades on his body vibrated, emitting a sharp whistling sound. "Moon Breathing · Form Sixteen · Chaotic Change · Heavenly Full Slender Moon!"

"Useless useless useless useless!" Dio let out a howl at this moment.

The World instantly appeared before him, the Stand's fists raining down like a storm, each punch precisely striking the Sword Qi.

(Chapter End)