Omnidimension Neptunia: Infinite Memes

by SuperHuman200

Divergent plot, crispy memes, meta humor & references. In a world where the CPUs are subjected to tentacle hentai at the hands of ASIC, it's not quite up to our... MALE OC to save the day like so many other harem power fantasies, but it beats kicking rocks like an NPC, especially if he became a relevant character because of a weirdly shaped one. (Current: Divine Hunger Arc)

42. 42 - End of THE WORLD! Time's Up!

All rights are reserved to their respective owners. I own nothing in this piece of fiction with the exception of my OCs and the story itself.

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PIERCE!

BOOM!

IMPALE!

A lance that pierced through the stone of the divine and the will of the wicked impaled DIO just before he had burst out, retroactively freeing him only to be run through like a broken window.

SPLATTER!

His expression was absolutely shell-shocked, the polar opposite to Future Heart's who bolstered a look of determined fury as his opponent's blood was sprayed on his face which only served to make him look more intimidating.

WHOOSH!

SCATTER!

SHOCKWAVE!

The CPU Candidate bulleted through the cube, heading south as a deafening shockwave resounded as the two were gone in a violent rush.

"Electromagnetic Barrier."

STATIC SHIELD!

"Hmph."

STRENGTHEN!

Edge Heart erected a shield made out of Toki and share energy, causing the winds to not only be diverted by somewhat repelled by the nature of the shield.

Kars strengthened his barrier, the wind pressure uprooting multiple trees and pelting masses of bricks and debris from its power alone.

"They've headed south!" Taleia pointed in the exact direction.

"I know that, woman. I have perfect eyes." The Ultimate Life Form responded before he moved the floating rock after the two towards the horizon.

WOOSH!...

"Alright. Now, then." The dark-clad CPU breathed.

DISPERSE!HEAL...!

He dispelled his SP Skill, before turning to Nebula who was currently being healed, his injuries being reverted to before he even sustained them.

His clothes, or rather what remained since he was down his vest and flip-flops, fluttered and flapped slightly as he was getting rejuvenated by his godly peer.

ARISE!...

The staff and Oracle stared at his body in awe and surprise as he sat up, his injuries now being reduced to scratches and bruises in a matter of sixty seconds.

"I-Inconceivable! He was on death's doorstep or at the very least on unconsciousness'!" A guard in disbelief stated as Edge Heart moved on to the guard that had been knocked out.

WIPE!

GLOW!

He moved the blood of DIO off his face before placing his gloved hand on it. The man glowed as his eyes slowly opened, seeing his colleagues, superiors, and his savior.

"What?... What happened?" He asked.

"You were knocked out by DIO's blood. My friend here managed to bring you back to a state of consciousness. Lucky you." Nebula complimented.

"Really!? I should be saying that to you, sir. After all, you were the one who was fighting him looking like you had a foot in the grave." The security guard mentioned.

UNTIE!

"Nah, don't worry about me. I knew he'd show up... Eventually. On second thought, you might be right with how fashionably late he came." His opinion of his apparent fate was changed as he untied his scarf.

"As I said, I was only late because I was ensuring our victory. Need I remind you the entire reason these anomalies even come after Gamindustri is because of us?" Edge Heart raised a brow as the greenette caught what he said.

"WAIT, THIS WAS ALL YOUR FAULT!?" Screaming in realization, Chika pointed an accusing finger with a shocked and angering expression.

The staff was at a loss when they heard the words come out of the CPU's mouth.

"What the hell, Gris?! Phrasing! You made it sound like we're the sole purpose he's here. If you don't recall, he was hellbent on killing all 5 of us, and his superiors are planning to kill the CPUs, including all who believe in them." Nebula pointed pack at him with comical anger as the staff jolted with a frightful shock.

"That just makes it worse, to be honest." The resuscitated guard added.

WRAP!

STAND!

"I know, but the bottom line is we're trying to fix it, and stop him from doing any more harm." He wrapped his scarf around his forehead, the fabric becoming a headband as he stood up and looked at the group.

FASTEN!

"It's because we're one of the main reasons why he's here, we give it everything we have to make sure he goes back in whatever hell hole he came from. Also because we freaking hate his guts and he's taking up way too much screen time." The reasoning became meta at the end as he fished out an SP Charger from his pocket.

DRINK!

"Valid point. Before we set off, do you plan to alert the allies of our direction?" Edge Heart pointed his scythe to the floating mass of earth above them as the others looked in that direction.

"Hmm. Would be rude not to. They're our friends after all." Chika reminded the adventurer.

"Yup. Just a sec, though." Nebula crumpled the can before throwing it into an intact bin somehow, before clenching his fists as he looked to the sky.

"ACCESS DEEZ NUTS! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

PILLAR!

TRANSFORM!

A cry of dank proportions was let out before a pillar of light enveloped the blue pseudo protagonist, some stifled laughs being heard before his godly counterpart was revealed from his pillar's dissipation.

"Yare yare da. Hello humans! A pleasure to be a god amongst men once again, a savior amongst the desperate, a plot device amongst the plotless, and-"

"Flatulence within the colon, now stop wasting time and alert them, you braggart." Edge Heart cut the dick measuring segment short as deadpanned.

"Of course. Silly me."

SUMMON!

He shook his head as he accepted the roast. Upon getting back on track, the CPU summoned his flight processors before

turning to the Oracle of Leanbox as he put out his arms.

This propagated slight confusion from the lime-haired woman until the deity opened his mouth.

"You might wanna catch a lift you want to stay relevant. Unless you rather wait out the saving of Leanbox?" Brave Heart gave the options as he spoke to one of Vert's most devoted servants.

"Um, no. You're way too proud for my tastes." She acted apprehensively toward the blue CPU.

"Well, it's either my arms or the ground, because that man is not sullying his hands with bratty thot with attachment issues." A hand pointed to the dark CPU as he nodded his head in both accuracy and disrespect.

The collective gasp of the staff was heard as Chika took extreme levels of offense at the observation.

"How dare you-" She was cut off by the Lastation CPU's response.

"Come up with quite the accurate assumption." Edge Heart snorted.

"When you name yourself after a derogatory term that's used to describe basically any form of media that tries way too hard to be serious or mature, these things are kind of a given." Brave Heart gave his reasoning to his fellow deity.

Chika let out a displeased huff before folding her arms as she glared at the adventurer deity.

"Hey! I am NOT a thot. I've never even felt the touch of a man before. And I don't have attachment issues! Stop mislabelling my adoration for Vert! And I DID NOT just hear you call me a brat, you insufferable ingrate of a man!" Snapped the Oracle as she defended her character whilst venting her frustration.

"Look, if you want to deny the truth, take it up with the complaints department." Brave Heart pointed to a burning dumpster, with smoke from the trash that was piled into it through the course of the day.

Edge Heart had to fight for his composure to suppress a chortle, his situation that was being shared by most of the staff nearby if not completely shocked by the calling out and the fatal shutdown.

"But the bottom line is, either suck it up like how you suck dick for dakimakura money or feel the touch of a second man for the day like the BrattySister adult actor you portray yourself to be. Getting carried isn't such a bad experience when you realize your position." The revitalized god laid the Oracle's ego to rest before folding his arms as his smirk faltered.

"flight laugh meme-"

"look at dis dood meme-"

"seal laugh-"

Obnoxious laughter echoed from above as even the likes of Edge Heart couldn't keep the laughter within anymore from the sheer barbecue his ears witnessed.

"HAHAHA!" A hearty cackle was heard before snickers and wheezes were heard within the crowd of the staff, even her subordinates were not immune to the roast's comedy.

"Well fine! I'll stay here, you asshole!" Chika screeched.

"Did someone say something? Must be something irrelevant." Brave Heart shrugged as he ascended, ignoring the shouting of the Oracle as he was face to face with the elevated group.

"Was that the best course of action?" The dark god raised a brow.

"Fuck the best course of action, that guy pisses me off." Chika spat as she gripped her spear. Twas a miracle she didn't try to stab at the god.

"But you seem nice enough? How about giving a girl a ride to the battlefield?" She scooted up to the CPU and asked nicely with a suggestive tone.

"...There is a better chance of my mother coming back from the grave than convincing me to carry your needy self." No room for negotiation was left after his harsh and curt response as this caused Chika to huff in anger.

"We're following Vergo. Don't lag behind too much or you'll miss the fight. You got that, Kars?" An ascending tone was accompanied by his question as the CPU conversed.

"Nebula!" AL, Blinx, Cave, Domio, Lady Wac, Moru, Poona, and Taleia yelled in surprise as they saw his recovered state.

"You do not need to tell me what to do, Bravado Heart. Shouldn't you be assisting him as we speak, or have comedic hijinks deterred you?" The Ultimate Life Form assumed as he snarked with equal sharpness.

"If that was the case, I wouldn't be here to tell you anything. Give me SOME credit." Brave Heart snorted, sarcasm evident in his tone.

"AL, you wanna come with or you're staying in the friendship circle?" His attention turned to the fire user.

"You say that like I can keep up with you guys without the Satsui no Hado. Or do you want me to go back to a walking force of hatred?" The dark-skinned martial artist reminded as he gave his best friend a dull look.

"Point. Edgy, you ready to bounce?!" The meme lord looked down, yelling at his peer.

FLASH!

"Do not ever utter my name like that ever again. On your mark." Edge Heart rushed up to float near Brave Heart, moving fast enough to cause a blinding flash of light before he appeared, static coursing from his body as he gripped his scythe.

BURST!

"Heh. Ready...!" A burst of orange KI expanded from the blue deity's core as he leaned forward towards the south.

STATIC!-

ELECTRIC AURA!

Yellow sparks and a white aura of Toki were shortly mustered as the dark CPU followed suit, getting ready to auras lit up the area around them, being combined woth Kars' shield made for a brilliant light as all who stood below and floated above were momentarily exposed to a brighter environment.

"GO!"

GRAVITY FLY!

STATIC ZOOM!

WHOOSH!

By using his processors, added with the boost of his energy paired with the Attraction of the direction he wanted to move towards, or rather the air in front of him, Brave Heart tore through the sky as he flew at tens of thousands the speed of sound.

Edge Heart simply used his processors as he glowed, his temporal abilities speeding up his flight, his DNA also massively contributing to his increased speed as static trailed off him with the space around him rippling in response to his divine speed.

And Kars pushed the rudimentary spell he used to keep the floating mass of earth that his passengers called a platform to the max as the outside of the sphere became nothing more than a blur if many speed lines ss their sonic boom were loud enough to damage the Basilicom even more via slight earthquake.

The three flew to the south as they aimed to catch up to the green god and the man behind the slaughter.

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VOOM!

STAB!-

CRASH!

SHOCKWAVE!

ASH CLOUD!

DIO felt his body be stabbed across the sky, into the ground before he was covered by an enormous cloud as a booming shockwave that sounded eerily close to thunder resounded.

PULL...!

THRUST!-

He felt the lance be removed from his abdomen, but became pale when he felt the weapon move towards his face.

DUBSTEP FART!

TIME STOP!

"Za Waurdo!"

KICK!

PISTON KICK!

PUSH!

Roared the vampire before he slammed his shin into the crotch of his time-stopped opponent, and rolling onto his back and double piston kicking him in the chin before shifting his weight to behind him as he pushed off the ground and out of the cloud of ash.

SKID!...

After getting to his feet, DIO realized that they were no longer in Leanbox.

His gaze pointed to the ground as his shoes stood upon cracked obsidian, as seeps of lava were seen with the heat radiating to him despite its small quantity, before looking about.

Many cliffs made of volcanic rock were situated as heat radiated off of their bases, glowing an orangish-red as a result.

Crevasses with boiling lava gave off their heat from hundreds of meters down as they looked unstable, even in stopped time.

More lava trailed off the cliffs from a very tall active volcano as its spilling contents suspended in the air from the peak, ash causing the sky to be blocked out and become a permanent ashy grey as a result of the tectonic madness that ensued from the past hours.

"A volcano? If out of the frying pan and into the fire had an upscale equivalent, I would be adamant that this was it." DIO commented as he dug into his knife pouch before grabbing knives.

SWIPE!

SWIPE!

SWIPE!

JUMP!

SWIPE!

SWIPE!

SWIPE!

LAND!...

He threw dozens of knives, even going to the extent of jumping into the air to increase the number and space that they occupied. DIO landed on the ground with a flinch before resuming time.

"Toki wa ugokidasu...!"

TIME RESUMES!

Future Heart lurched forward before flipping back in the span of a moment from the attacks he received the attacks in real-time.

"Tch!" He winced before faceplanting onto the volcano floor, his lance being stabbed near him and through the ground in tandem.

GLANCE!

"RAH!"

WHOOSH!

Upon noticing the knife trap set up for him, a powerful omnidirectional pulse of wind was released from the CPU Candidate's body as the knives were slowed before being overpowered as the share energy drowned out the fear affinity and deflected the knives.

He quickly scrambled to his feet before pausing for a brief moment to survey the area.

'Wait... This isn't Leanbox... We're at Mount Nokia!' His eyes widened in shock.

'But it's been ages since it erupted like this!... Our fights must have caused a volcanic event. All the more reason to finish him off now!' Determined and focused fury emanated from his eyes as the CPU Candidate spat to the side.

"You've chosen such a depressing place for your grave. Despairing over the inevitability of your death? I certainly would if I had to face myself here of all places." He laughed at the perilous place his opponent chose for their death.

"..." No words were returned as Future Heart gripped his lance, his face stone cold.

"Nothing? Well, this is a surprise. Not only have I never seen you before, but you interrupt my escape and drag me to a molten wasteland just for me to wipe you off the face of the planet." DIO's smile slightly faltered as he glowed darkly.

FEAR AURA...!

BURST!

REGENERATE!

TREMOR!...

ERUPT!

A dark fearful aura took hold of the bloodsucking parasite of a villain before it violently expanded, the ground jarring in sync with its expansion as the fissure vents around them exploded with lava.

His punctured stomach regenerated as it quickly closed, his superficial and minor wounds doing the same as his major ones became only small flesh wounds as he menacingly grinned.

ゴゴゴゴ!

POINT!

"Grr...!" Future Heart snarled before he pointed his lance in a threatening manner.

THUNDER!...THUNDER!...

"You can act as posh and high mighty as you want, you knobhead! But I'll be a dead man before I let you roam free for your transgressions against my country!" The god roared as the sounds of booming thunder soon followed.

LIGHTING!

CRASH!

"You've slaughtered millions and damn near destroyed my nation. You've amassed a requiem in around 7 bloody hours! Property damage that will send Leanbox into a fucking depression and not to mention that you work with the bloody VPUs!" He continued to fume, volcanic lightning accompanying the rolling thunder.

GUST!

WINDY AURA!

BURST!

"AND YOU'VE GOT ME ROYALLY FUCKED UP IF YOU THINK I'LL LET YOU LIVE AFTER I'M THROUGH WITH YOU! EVERY BREATH YOU DRAW IS AN UNFORGIVABLE INSULT TO MY EXISTENCE AND I'LL MAKE SURE YOU SUFFER FOR EVERY LEANBOXIAN YOU'VE MERCILESSLY MURDERED!" Wind spiraled around him before being pushed away as any lava that would have fallen on them was blasted back into the air as a green spiky surge of KI appeared.

ERUPTION!

THUNDER!

"Hah! Surely you jest. Your death is assured, you blistering bellend! You said something about my breath being an insult?! WELL, I'LL SLEEP KNOWING THAT I'LL TRAMPLE YOUR SHATTERED PRIDE FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE! YOUR DISAPPOINTMENT AND REGRET WILL FOLLOW YOU TO YOUR DEATH!" Bravado became the lifeblood of his tone as he shouted his retort to the CPU Candidate.

STEP!-

"The only thing I'll regret-" Future Heart began as he took a step forward, the sound is cut out as his movement became dead silent, not even the likes of DIO with his inhuman hearing tracing his position until he spoke again.

"Wh-" The creature of the night was shellshocked by the sudden movement, no indication of his seemingly instantaneous movement, despite his superior reaction speed which made him even MORE baffled.

"Is that your burial site is only an infinitesimally small fraction of how hot the fires of Hell will be when they scorch your abhorrent soul for the rest of eternity."

IMPALE!

BLEED!

Blood exploded from the body of DIO, his chest, sternum, and spine being obliterated as half of the weapon that was inside his body was covered in his red substance from the exit wound as the green-haired deity was beside him with a face that seeped with intolerance and righteous rage.

"Now do me a favor and die like the dog you are!"

FWOOSH!

ZOOM!

Future Heart spat will animosity as he ejected the vampire from his lance, blasting him out of his aura as it was extinguished by the brute force its owner received.

"GUAK!"

SLAM!

CRASH!

DIO's eyes became bloodshot as he vomited some more blood before his back, or rather what remained of it implanted itself into the wall of a cliff before bouncing off of it as he flinched in pain.

His eyes opened just in time to see the speeding CPU rush him, the lance being enveloped in flesh-shredding winds as he approached.

"DIE!"

BFFT!-

THRUST!

EXPLOSION!

SHOCKWAVE!

A millisecond was all that was between the vampire and certain death as he evaded the attack, the CPU Candidate obliterating the cliffside, as well as the entire rock formation with the thunderous thrust.

"WRYYYY!"

JET!!

The signature sound of the Stingy Ripper Space Eyes screeched as it neared the CPU, DIO now located at his flank.

TWIRL!-

DODGE!

SPIN!

WIND MAGIC!

"Aeroaga!" Future Heart moved as naturally as he breathed, swiveling around the attack as it sailed past and exploded behind him before spinning again and throwing a terrifyingly powerful blast of wind.

SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!

WIND WAVE!

SUMMON!

GUARD!

The World made his appearance known as he appeared, guarding his master as the shredding winds came for their lives.

GASH!

CUT!

SLICE!

"?!" DIO felt his body be inflicted with large scrapes and slices, blood flying from his body as he looked back to his stand.

It was taking damage, regardless of its intangible nature since his opponent's wind was of divine proportions.

"I can't linger here! ZA! WARUDO!"

DUBSTEP FART!

TIME STOP!

FLOAT!

STAND PUNCH!

STAND PUNCH!

KICK!

The dark stand closed the gap and clocked the CPU Candidate in the nose before following up with another cross before sending a side kick to the chest.

TIME RESUMES!

"Hrk!"

STAGGER!

Future Heart faltered in his attack as he felt the pain of the blows before The World took advantage of his distracted state.

SNATCH!

SLAM!

BOOM!

By slamming his face into the molten ground, causing a cloud of ash and some lava to fly into the air from the force of impact.

GRAB!

CLUTCH!

"!" Shock filled the stand as it felt the vice grip of its target sink into his muscles, being able to stop the flow of the blood in his arm from his sheer strength.

SNAP!

BLEED!

WOOSH!

HEADBUTT!

STAB!

Leanbox's only Candidate snapped The World's arm with sheer pressure, blood splattering on his clothes and body before using the wind to bring his head into The World's, giving it a skull-cracking headbutt before ramming his lance into his chest and abdomen.

WOUND!

"AAAH!"

DIO jolted in agony as his abdominals were erased from his body, blood shooting out his back.

EJECT!

SLAM!

PUNT!

Future Heart sent the menacing phantom to its master, the two colliding as the former was absorbed into the latter as he was sent tumbling from the bloe into a crevasse.

SLAM!

CRASH!

SLAM!

THUD!

STAB!

The dark villain slammed about as he fell closer and closer to the exposed magma until he took out a knife and stabbed into the wall, not much distance left between him and the hot hazard below him.

He looked back up to see the way, but to his horror, his eyes locked with his floating opponent.

"Yes, you should fall back into whatever hellhole you came out of." Future Heart glared as he stuck out his hand.

WHOOSH!

PHASE!...

STATIC!-

CHARGE!

"What?!" DIO reacted to the spark of electric current, the static electricity of Vergo's hand being charged from the constant friction he made after using his wind as the conductor.

STAB!

PULL!

ZOOM!

STAND FLY!

HEAT UP!...

"WHY YOOOOU!" He seethed, his eyes glowing as he prepped a plasma blast from his eyes. Not waiting for an attack to hit him, the vampire rushed to escape the cramped area he was in, shooting up the crack with his stand as a booster.

FLASH!

STREAK OF LIGHTNING!

THUNDER!

Moving at speeds that paled to even gravitationally enhanced Brave Heart, Future Heart closed the gap, his and DIO's face a foot away as the bloodsucker's view was blindsided by light for an instant before the sound of lightning followed.

Thunder also made a debut once he regained his vision, only to a reeling CPU Candidate as he shouted with the volume of his appearance.

"THUNDERCLAP!"

SLAP!-

MASSIVE SHOCKWAVE!

SPLASH!

DISCHARGING EXPLOSION!

DIO's face was caved in as he was electrocuted with billions of volts of hallowed electricity with a booming shockwave echoed, stopping his heart as his body spun to the magma, splashing into it as the liquid made a large splash.

FLY!

LAND!...

As he was submerged, the crevasse's magma lit from below before exploding with static and electrically charged magma shooting everywhere as Future Heart quickly flew to the outside as he landed a safe distance away to observe.

"This is only the beginning of your retribution, you demented, callous arsehole." The god growled as he watched the scene before him.

He searched for the villain's energy signature within the crevasse in silence.

SHATTER!

"UREEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

"Bloody hell!" Future Heart roared, instinctively stepping back as a regenerating DIO, with his scorched skin and burned features had his sharp nails were ignited in heat reached for his neck.

CLUTCH!

SWING!

PELT!

"NANI!" DIO roared as he was interrupted, swung, and thrown to the base of the volcano.

CRASH!

RUMBLE!...

KICK!

TREMOR!

Before causing a slight quake as he collided with the volcano as he was indented into the base from the maneuver.

Future Heart's foot then stomped into DIO's body, causing a crater to form behind the bloodsucker as he guffawed in pain, his body recoiling from the leg as the ground shook from the pressure of the kick.

STOMP!

BOOM!

STOMP!

BOOM!

STOMP!

BOOM!

RUMBLERUMBLERUMBLERUMBLERUMBLE!

Stomping on DIO like the cockroach he perceived him to be, the Leanbox CPU Candidate repeatedly assaulted the vampire with his foot as a loud boom echoed for every stomp that was dealt, sinking the vampire deeper into the volcano as he bloodied his shoe.

STOMP!

STOMP!

STOMP!

STOMP!

STOMP!-

BFFT!

Future Heart's eyes widened before turning around, his opponent no longer being there having teleported away with his time stop.

PLASMA VISION!

EXPLOSION!

DIO fired a fully charged plasma blast, using his time stop as a medium to charge it to its maximum threshold before resuming time and having the state of matter bum rush the flank of the deity.

RUMBLE...!

The greed god smashed into the volcano before being engulfed in a bested explosion, making the geographical structure shiver from his impact.

SPRINT!

LUNGE!

REACH!

Using his moment of turnabout, the bloodsucker rushed for the downed deity, closing in for the killing combo.

BURST!

THRUST!

CLEAR!

Parting the ashen clouds, a thrusting CPU Candidate rammed his lance ahead, hoping to get the vampire off guard into another brutal wounding as he looked visibly more damaged with some burns on his skin and fabric.

JUMP!

SPRING!

CATCH!

THROW!

SMASH!

Not on this occasion, as DIO hopped onto the lance before springing off of it, causing it to stab into the ground before he was caught and thrown in a spinning motion by his stand, tenderizing his enemy's cheekbone with a saucy spinning hook.

STEP!

CRACK!-

SNAP KICK!

BLOCK!

GRAB!

SLAM!

Future Heart staggered before stepping hard on the ground causing lava and obsidian to fly, as he swung the same foot ot the side of DIO's temple.

It was blocked by The World and was soon grabbed before swinging him overhead and battering him onto the floor with one throw, making his body recoil from the force.

KICK!-

GUARD!

BOOM!

TWIRL!

It follows up with a kick that was barely blocked, sending Future Heart spinning laterally as he was catapulted from the impact.

PAUSE!

PHASE...!

REAPPEAR!-

SWIPE!

But not for long, before he paused in the air, his aerokinesis saving him the trouble of tumbling before using his speed to get on top of the bloodsucking villain and swiping his hand.

SPARK!

ABLAZE!

BURN!

"Ignition Incision."

"IT BURNS!" The creature of the night cried out in pain as he was inflicted with burning as he writhed in agony. His opponent had used the friction of the wind and his wind as the fuel to ignite and project his heat as flames escaped.

"Well get used to it, you blasted cunt!"

THRUST!

BRIGHTEN!

Future Heart shouted as he thrust his lance, making a force of wind travel from the weapon and augmenting the fire as it became an inferno.

RECOVER!

SMOKE!...

DIO screamed louder before using his fear energy to stifle the flames of the attack, his skin still smoldering from the maneuver.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

SHOCKWAVE!

A Hellish Holler from the CPU Candidate sent the smoking vampire ripping through the air as he was blindsided by the sudden move.

VANISH!-

ELBOW!

VANISH!-

BICYCLE KICK!

VANISH!-

AXE KICK!

VANISH!-

STAB!

Future Heart quickly dematerialized and rematerialized behind DIO to slam his elbow into the bloodsucker's back (Or what remained of it) before vanishing again to kick him up by smashing his foot into the villain's chin before sending him back down with an ax kick to the back of the head as he vanished and appeared again, to reappear back in the ground before stabbing the dark monster in the collarbone with his weapon as it gored him like a raging bull.

CHARGE!

BURST!

EJECT!

A lime green ball of energy was charged in the CPU Candidate's hands as he shot the vampire into the air before he yelled out its name.

"Limelight!"

TOSS!...

EXPLOSION!

SMOKE...!

His classics, the Leanboxian god threw his green blip before it expanded on contact with the body of his target as a large green explosion covered the sky before it expanded as a dome, smoke taking its place shortly after.

PLASMA BREATH!-

EVADE!

EXPLOSIONS!

PLASMA FIRE!...

A beam of ionized energy shot from the cloud as it hit the ground and raced towards the CPU Candidate, who barely dodged as devastating explosions work with ionic fire was left in its tracks as he was out of harm's way.

PLASMA BREATH!

DODGE!-

FLY!

PLASMA BREATH!

A scuffed DIO, his pants being ripped to his thighs with few fabric pieces remaining from the knees down opened his mouth again as another white blast of plasma energy escaped his mouth.

The trajectory itself was dodged by Future Heart, but he took to the skies to dodge the next mouth blast as it trailed him, quickly approaching him as he dodged by the skin of his teeth.

PLASMA SWEAT!

EVADE!

MANEUVER!

DODGE!

Ionized sweat drops that tore through the ashen skies raced towards the CPU Candidate as he rolled, dropped from his altitude, disappeared, and reappeared and even some near misses grazed his skin as he flew away from the projectiles.

"COWERING FROM ME IS USELESS! MUDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

PLASMA STORM!

SPREAD!

DIO heated up and ejected sweat from his glands, causing millions of ionized projectiles to escape from his body as they spread throughout the landscape moving at incredible speeds, closing in on the CPU as it expanded the area it took up.

EXPLOSIONS!

SPLASH!

ERUPT!

BLOCK!

Future Heart guarded with his arms crossed, feeling the plasma graze and explode on contact as he took considerable amounts of damage as he grit his teeth in infuriating pain.

The stray blasts littered the volcanic wasteland, exploding in lava lakes, obsidian, and molten rock formations, even striking the volcano itself as it erupted from the external force that pushed it to another eruption.

WIND SPHERE!

REDIRECT!

He wasn't one to take damage he could evade for long as he summoned a barrier of wind that encompassed him in a spherical manner, causing any plasma blasts to simply pass around him, as they harmlessly flew by which let the CPU Candidate catch himself.

"Urgh... I gotta stop that impromptu danmaku he's devised. Sorry, Terrance. I gotta borrow one of your moves, bruv." Future Heart apologized as he began to move.

VANISH!-

AFTERIMAGES!

Tens of Future Hearts appeared and disappeared as they all circled the vampire with their positions shifting constantly, never staying in one place for a very long moment as they always popped up from a blur of lines and faded out as one.

BFFT!-

SUMMON!

RUSH!

SUPER PUNCH!

The World made its return, to give in on the exact position of the Leanboxian CPU Candidate, pulling its first back before throwing it with unseen power as it broke through countless sound barriers as it neared the god's face.

COMPRESS!-

REDIRECT!

But even as his fist managed to put pressure and make the barrier fold in on itself, even its ghostly grip was averted by the barrier, creating the perfect opening.

"Are you alright, mate?"

BURNING STRAIGHT!

CLASP!

FIERY EXPLOSION!

"BUSTER WOLF!"

The afterimages disappeared before he asked the question to the open stand, before throwing his fist which was ignited by the sheer friction, causing his barrier to burst in flames before he landed a painful straight to the liver with his burning fist.

He then took advantage of the staggered stand before putting the handle of the lance in his mouth, grabbing his arm with the other and sending an explosion of fire that incinerated the ghost.

INCINERATE!

EXPLOSION!

FART!

COMBUSTION!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!-"

He added to the already intense flame session by somersaulting into an obscenely loud pass of gas, making a powerful tornado be shot from his bum and not only greatly enhanced the potency of the Buster Wolf, but also made the fumes smell god awful as the stand was sent into the shadow realm from the flames as DIO screamed shortly before being annihilated by the transcendent toot.

FWOOSH!

GRAB!

LAND!...

RAISE...!

Upon witnessing his opponent be scorched to ashes, the CPU Candidate landed in the burning ground after grabbing his lance out of his mouth, deoxygenating the area he landed as the fire he stepped on was snuffed out.

He raised to look around him as he saw green flames that littered the ground as they gave the area into a fluorescent green glow to the red, causing an aurora-like effect as he felt something approach him.

"?!" Future Heart looked to the skies as he felt multiple energies approach him. He tensed up in caution as if he had another bout that was incoming but relaxed shortly after.

"Oh. It's them." He sighed in relief as he started in the general direction he felt his energy before seeing them approach.

FLASH!

ZOOM!

WHOOSH!

"We have arrived at our destination." Edge Heart looked around as he overlooked the area, his arrival being the first.

"Alright, GrisPS. Where's our green junior?" The blue CPU looked around. Another annoyed growl escaped the CPU edge lord as he acknowledged and showed disdain for the nickname.

"...! There." Kars pointed a finger, locating the position of the CPU Candidate as he stood in a sea of green flames.

Future Heart stood, somewhat scratched and injured as he glared down at the group as his eyes pierced into the hearts of the weaker-willed members.

ドドドド!

"T-That's Vergo?!" Domio regressed into his stuttering, from the stare that he gave them, full of unforgiving fury.

"Yeah. He's givin' us a look that's not synonymous with his character though... Might wanna avoid eye contact, kiddo." AL said as he glared back, a dull gaze being returned.

"He's akin to a more fearsome Lady Vert." Cave voiced her observation of the new CPU that stood before them, bearing eye-catching similarities to their patron goddess.

"Could it be...!?" Taleia's eyes widened, realizing who this mystery man before them truly was, her eyes becoming white with surprise as her redhead colleague noticed the change in demeanor.

"That guy's good... R-Right?" Domio regressed to his stuttering for a moment's notice as Future Heart's glare messed with him, hiding behind AL for a feeling of safety.

"..." The martial artist remained quiet as he glared back, a dull variation staring into the CPU's windows to his soul.

"Lady Vert! That's gotta be her!...!?" Moru's assessment of her focus was swift but questioned before she sniffed, his scent having slight differences as she felt the wave of intimidation.

"That's not her, Moru. Firstly, he's taller, muscular, and looks rather harsh to be our loving and fertile goddess." Lady Wac specified.

"He's really scary looking too...!" Poona cowered, holding Lady Wac as she was being scared out of her wits.

Future Heart stood as he hardened his gaze for a few more seconds before immediately smiling as he beamed at the group.

"Oi! Took ya long enough! I just shat on this bellend! Ya should've seen it! That's why being fashionably late is really, hard to not balls it up, y'know." He put a first to his waist as the fires moved around less rapidly and burned at a constant pace.

"Vergo! Didn't know you gripped the tec before we could show up. Been a CPU for a few minutes and already doing a godlike job in the battlefield." Brave Heart compliments his fellow CPU.

"Yes. Although I do have to ask, have you. destroyed DIO? We wouldn't want him to return even stronger than before. His habit of doing that once defeat is evermore a thorn in our side." Edge Heart made it known to check for the vampire's remains to discard them at once.

"It would be a fine shakeup if he were to revive at this very moment. Would really set the mood for the last stand." Kars hinted which made Vergo narrow his eyes at him.

"The bloody hell do you mean by that? Why would you want the annoying muppet to come back? Or are you trying to get us all killed, including yourself?" Future Heart interrogated the Ultimate Life Form.

"I will be just fine. You, on the other hand, are in a world of hurt if he manages to recover from the defeat he was served in mere moments before we arrived-"

DIM...!

The area became a darker shade once more as the flames died down.

WHOOSH!

FEAR ENERGY!

RUMBLE...!

"You just HAAAD to jinx it!" AL fumes at the alien warrior as he glared daggers at the taller fighter.

"Jinx? AL, you of ALL people should know his regenerative capabilities after you pushed them to the limit in your bout. To assume that he was defeated before all of you even had a chance to fight him at once is simply preposterous!"

"INDEED!"

SHINE!

INFERNO!

WINDWAVE!

The fire was absorbed into a certain area within the air before it exploded back out as an inferno of natural-colored flames spread everywhere as an inferno, a blast of wind only furthering the area they reached.

The male gods steadied themselves as they guarded while Kars maintained his shield.

The wind died down before the cause of it floated.

"You all are fools for believing this green gnat could have spelled the end for I, DIO!" The revitalized vampire floated as he made his spontaneous return, his stand floating beside him.

But something was different.

SHINE!

For starters, his headpiece was gone. Instead, his silver hair was now glowing white, heat radiating off of it constantly akin to if it was on fire. In fact, that was technically the truth since his hair was now superheated into plasma, but maintained the structure of its previous solid state as it flowed brightly.

GLOW...!

AURA!

He also had a faint glow on his streamlined body, as it was encompassed by a dark gold aura of fear around him, giving him the stature of a pseudo-divine existence with dark intentions. His veins were present as he flexed his muscles, causing a short spike in power.

But most noticeable was his stand. Its purple skin had now become luminescent, glowing an amethyst hue as its eyes became a glowing white instead of its usual blood red. The red accents on it also shined as its blood-red shine complemented the other glowing component of the phantom.

CLENCH!...

"So what if you've become a living lightbulb, still doesn't make you any brighter than you were before, you wrytard." Brave Heart snarled as he gripped his fists.

"And your repugnant existence still continues to toll my peace of mind. This disinclination of death you lot possess will not prolong this fight any longer. Before the sun rises, THIS PLACE SHALL BE YOUR MOLTEN MAUSOLEUM!"

FLARE!

"Tch. The drivel of the vile never leaves me uninterested." Edge Heart grimaced before staying on his scythe.

GRIP!

"Why won't you die!" Future Heart yelled, voice full of scorn as he gripped his lance, ready to assault the antagonistic bloodsucker.

"Do you ask a fish why it swims?" DIO sniggered, a grin spread across his lips.

"Maybe you'll ask your aquatic associates when we send you to the bottom of the ocean, you power bottom!" The blue deity snapped.

"Bold of you to assume he possesses any power in this situation. The only factual segment of your quip was the direction he'll face when he lies in his grave." Another roast escaped the lips of the dark god as he braced himself.

"Face down, arse up. Just like his ex-wife before she told him his Willy Wonka had to file for bankruptcy." The time-traveling CPU Candidate spat with a merciless tone.

"For that one, you three are dying without bullocks." DIO's stand was T-posed before his course of action was initiated.

DUBSTEP FART!

TIME STOP!

"Za Warudo."

SPRINT!

Time ground to a halt before the creature of the night rushed for the green god, moving at speeds that were noticeably superior to his previous state.

SWING!-

CLASH!

DOUBLE PUNCH!

GUARD!

SKID!...

But even a speed of Mach 65,000 was not enough to surpass the black-clad god, deflecting the blow with his weapon before he and Brave Heart drove their fists into the gut of the villain.

He only barely managed to use his stand to block the blow, the force causing him to skid back before he snarled at the pair.

STEAM!

FLEX!

"You forgot we could move in your stopped time, didn't you?" Amusement was in the tone of the CPU as his body slightly bulked, returning to his watered-down Under Pressure state as his spandex was spared as steam escaped through his exposed skin.

STATIC!

"As I mentioned before, in character for someone who can't even go for 5 minutes without screeching akin to a frustrated pterodactyl." His dark colleague reminded as his scythe let off some electricity.

"WRYYYYY!"

FLOAT!

The World flew from its master's side, moving towards the blue deity that braced himself for the blow knowing that it would be a powerful attack to sustain.

BLOCK!-

SHOVE!

SHOCKWAVE!

Brave Heart felt himself being pushed aside before a loud crash was heard as he looked to the side.

Edge Heart seethed as he blocked a punch from the enhanced stand with the pole of his scythe as it rattled with the strength of its user and contested the power of its opposer.

"Go after DIO! I will finish my bout with the more troublesome individual." He growled as the stand narrowed its eyes back at the black CPU.

"Don't have to tell me twice! This nightcrawler's gonna get his lights knocked out!" Brave Heart shouted as he charged the bloodsucker.

DASH!

GRAB!

"Your bravado will be your downfall!" DIO grabbed the extended fist before gripping it tightly.

"Look who's talking, 'God'!" A quick retort was emitted from the CPU as they soon moved from the area.

VANISH!-

Edge Heart looked back to the shaking stand before shoving it off of his weapon.

PUSH!

SKID!

SLIDE!

Causing the two to slide back as they stopped their movements.

'He has become dramatically stronger since our last skirmish. I can tell by our clash alone. And that would be a cumbersome issue if the same couldn't have been said for myself!'

AURA!

ZOOM!

SLASH!

In a burst of electrifying speed, Edge Heart closed the gap between the two of them in a charged burst of energy before swinging his blade from the side going up diagonally.

BLOCK!

EVADE!-

JAB!

The World had different plans from being struck, blocking the swing with his forearm before pushing the scythe aside as he winded back his fist.

GASH!

STEAM!...

A moment of foresight crossed the CPU's eyes before he moved his head out of the trajectory of the punch, barely escaping a painful attack as steam escaped the wound he sustained as a near miss from its sheer velocity.

HEADBUTT!

FRONT KICK!

POINT!

"Flash!"

An explosion of electricity was inflicted on the phantom menace from a point of the fingers after he was slammed in the face by Edge Heart following up with a rattling front kick.

SMOKE!

SLASH!

LIGHTNING ARC!

"Static Slash!"

DISCHARGE!

A slash of electric energy was gone t9 the smoke cloud as the CPU kept up with his retaliation. The attack crashed into whatever was within the clouds, creating some discharge within the area.

FWOOSH!

BEND!-

HOOK!

BOOM!

Another vision into the future speed the good as a hook to the jaw as he dodged the first by bending back as The World bulleted to his position with a whooshing punch, ready to crack skulls.

So much so, that even though he missed, the wind pressure around his fist still created a loud intimidating gun sound.

HANDSTAND!-

HEEL KICK!

GUARD!

ASCEND!

But before he could follow up his previous attack, The World guarded against a powerful handstand heel kick that sent him into the air as its body recoiled from the blow as it flew up.

Edge Heart got back to his feet before aiming the scythe towards the stand's position.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

Rounds of electrically charged shots were fired through the top of the scythe's pole as Edge Heart's Static Shells closed in on the guarding stand as it saw the incoming attacks.

KICK!

ELBOW!

BICYCLE KICK!

STRAIGHT!

It deflected the rounds, however, upon realizing their course as it neutralized the threats to it as the attacks flew towards the ground.

CHARGE...!

"Electro Shot!"

BLAST!

But a white beam with yellow static that moved incredibly fast, faster than the speed of light from its previous usage zoomed from the scythe as The World would have a much harder time dodging that attack.

ZOOM!

GASH!

The unexpecting stand was wounded as it felt a cut across its face as its head moved away from the beam of light that struck it.

VANISH!-

EXPLOSION!

Edge Heart also dodged, his evasion much more successful as he got out of the way of his deflected attack as it exploded where he was after he already moved.

REAPPEAR!

"Static Gigaslash!"

And soon found himself behind The World with his scythe raised, yelling the attack before he set it loose on the dark phantom.

TWIST!

SWING!

X-SLASH!

SHOCKWAVE!

The stand was not to be taken for a sitting duck, as it swiveled and swung at the CPU just as he released the attack, causing the opposing forces to connect and resound in a mighty shockwave.

CLASH!...

PUNCH!

SWING!

SHOCKWAVE!

The two contested each other's strength before winding back and swinging at each other once more, causing another shockwave to emit from their clash.

SHOCKWAVE!

'Even now, our powers are still considerably relative even as I grow stronger throughout the battle!' Edge Heart realized as he swung for a second time.

REEL!...

...RUSH!

BLUR!-

The World reeled its first back as its body turned before channeling its strength through the legs and throughout its person before throwing its third punch.

Edge Heart's perception of time slowed once again as he saw the direction of the punch with his foresight, being a dead ahead cranium cruncher.

Knowing that dodging was out of the question, he counteracted the move.

STATIC SHIELD!

SHATTER!-

PAUSE!...

An Electromagnetic Barrier was created in silence as it spontaneously bursts into existence from the point where The World was going to hit its target.

When it fully formed, it was immediately shattered by the destructive force of the stand, not having time to truly stabilize and reinforce itself.

But even so, as a result of destroying the shield, the dark phantom's fist halted right in front of him.

PARALYSE!

The World's eyes widened as it realized that it was effectively stuck as it had been paralyzed by making contact and destroying an unstable electronic construct.

'The same cannot be said for our wit, however!' Edge Heart took his golden opportunity as he reeled.

SWING!

SLICE!

"URAK!" DIO gargled on his blood as he felt his throat almost be cleaved off completely as a large gash wound was formed, to the point that it severed his esophagus and most of his neck.

WOUND!

"Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku!"

GRAVITATIONAL SPIN KICK!

DECAPITATE!

The vampire's pain was only further intensified as his head was kicked clean off by a beautifully executed spin kick from Brave Heart, taking advantage of his distracted self.

CRASH!

LAVA EXPLOSION!

"HADŌKEN!"

BLAST!

After sending the head of the villain into a parasitic cone of a nearby volcano, the CPU fired a quick blast, being a gravity-enhanced Hadōken the size of a house as it was released from his hands and snagged his opponent's headless body with it.

WOOSH!

EXPLOSION!

WINDWAVE!

SMOKE!

Causing an explosion that annihilated several volcanoes in the direction he fired it, as a bright blue blast caused a strong gust of wind before going up in smoke.

DASH!

"He's far from defeated. Better check to see how's his out-of-body experience. Hope it's worse than last time." Some animosity was heard as the deity rushed towards the smoke.

PLASMA BLASTS!

Flurries of plasma blasts were shot from the confines of the smoke.

PHASE!

REAPPEAR!

Their path was easily dodged by the CPU as he reappeared in another area as he closed the gap.

PLASMA BLASTS!

EVADE!

PLASMA BLASTS!

VANISH!

REAPPEAR!

More blasts came after the blue adventurer, but Brave Heart made his way around each group of plasma attacks, be it through jumping over them or moving away at very high speeds.

HEAT UP...!

STEAM!

The god took a deep breath, steam escaping his mouth as he heard the heating up of the vampire's body.

SLIDE!-

PLASMA VISION!

DISPERSE!

Brave Heart slid in the molten ground, ducking under the CSPE right before it was fired as it cleared the smoke clouds from the previous explosion.

DIO had reattached his head to his shoulders and was firing a fierce blast from his eyes as he looked straight at where his wretched opponent was last seen as the god approached him from below.

JUMP!

BLAST!

When the gap was closed, a Bakuhatsu orb was created in the palm of the deity as he thrust toward the face of the vampire.

"WRYYYYY!"

HEAR UP!

DIO noticed the surprise attack though and ceased his laser vision before going for a plasma roar to incinerate the CPU where he slid.

"Bakuhatsu!"

THRUST!

PLASMA BREATH!-

EXPLOSION!

TIME RESUMES!

The blast was shoved into the mouth of DIO, causing the breath to explode within his mouth, catching Brave Heart in the blast from his proximity as the both were enveloped in a large orange explosion, the duration of the bloodsucker's time stopped coming to an end.

WINDWAVE!

"...!" Future Heart was the first to catch on, as he felt his element be blown in his face, before being redirected as he diverted the forces of the wind.

"Time was just stopped," Kars explained as the rest turned to him. "If you plan to be of use in this fight, I suggest you find a way to circumvent his effect of stopped time." He told the future warrior.

"...Got it."

FLY!

WOOSH!

CLUTCHED!

The brother of Vert responded before zooming ahead and grabbed his lance as he did, aiming it ahead as he raced to where he sensed DIO.

"Will they be able to beat him now that they have him outnumbered, and know his arsenal?" Taleia asked the alien life form.

"You may not like the answer to that question." Kars snorted.

"What do you mean by that?" AL memed, and interrogated as he sent a dull look.

"You'll see." The Ultimate Life Form shut himself up and watched the fight.

"We should not waste time being here if we know their victory is not assured. Have the shield lowered at once." Cave did not trust the vague answer her partner received from Kars.

"No." Domio, of all people, spoke.

"What?! What are you saying, child? Do you not see your friends potentially being in danger?" Lady Wac tried to talk some sense into him.

"We gotta see why they're in danger. I don't like sitting here and doing nothing either, but we can't just jump in without knowing when's the perfect timing." The Loweean explained himself.

"... Makes sense to me." Moru shrugged.

"That seems reasonable... I think." Poona questioned her agreement on the stance.

"But will we be able to tell, let alone do ANYTHING when that time comes?" Blinx spoke up, the group watching him.

"We better, or else more than just us will be doomed." Taleia gave her piece. "We stay. But if it even looks like one of them is about to croak, lower the shield." She stared down at the alien.

"..." A silent agreement was made by the rest of the group as they looked toward Kars.

"I was never the one to deny someone's death wish. I'll enjoy this chaos of a match-up more than I ever imagined." The Ultimate Life Form looked on to where Vergo left as the left followed suit.

GRIP!...

"Ouch...!"

STEAM!

Brave Heart winced, steam escaping his mouth as he looked at his hand, the glove being almost completely blasted off, only the mouth of the clothing accessory being left alongside a burned hand.

His gravity wasn't enough to completely nullify the effects of the heat anymore.

BFFT!

"YOU'RE OPEN!"

CLAW!

The CPU was scratched across his chest as he spun to the floor and fell right into a pit of lava before recoiling off the ground.

DIO, with no wounds, came out of nowhere using his stopped time to inflict the blow as he called out to the deity.

SWING!

GUTSHOT!

"UAK!"

Brave Heart guffawed as the creature of the night got another blow, his fist covered with fear energy as he slammed it into his abdomen, causing blood to escape the god's mouth.

HEAT SWIPES!

HOOK!-

CROSS PUNCH!-

UPPERCUT!

GRAB!-

SLAM!

ROUNDHOUSE KICK!

Fingernails became superheated as the vampire assaulted the CPU with relentless swipes and slashes of his claws before punching him with each fist, sending a blitzing uppercut and grabbing his foot, slamming him back on the ground and letting him bounce up before smashing his shin into the spine of his enemy, sending him flying.

VOOM!

TUMBLE!

SLIDE...!

Brave Heart flew before stumbling through some lava puddles and stopped himself by grabbing the ground, slowing his movement to a halt.

PUSH!

ZOOM!

SHINE!

ATTRACTION!

GRAVITATE!

He then got up and rushed towards DIO, his fist glowing with share energy as he used his Attraction to increase the speed and gravity to increase the power of the punch he had waiting for the vampiric villain.

"UREYYYYYYY!"

BFFT!

HEAT PUNCH!

FEAR ENERGY!

His target closed the distance with another teleport time stop, before throwing a speeding punch of his own, the first being heated to the point his entire hand was white, with black and purple effects trailing off of it, an indicator of fear energy.

SWING!

THROW!

BOOM!

RUMBLE!

DISTORTING SHOCKWAVE!

The opposing forces of energy collided once again, causing the same distorting effect it did last time as it collaborated with an earth-shaking crash.

FEAR AURA!

BURST!

WHOOSH!

Their auras resurfaced, orange and blue crashing with black and gold as their fists didn't budge, only destroying what was around them with extreme wind pressure and scattering debris.

ERUPT!

SPLASH!

Geysers started to erupt around them, even to the point that cracks in the ground near them shot up some molten rock from the pressure of their clash.

CHARGE!

SHINE!

"You're stronger than before if that isn't obvious enough! But you're still gonna lose, DIO!" Brave Heart told his opponent as his aura brightened and grew.

"I commend you for your sense of humor, but a molten deathbed is all but assured!"

ENLARGE!

DARKEN!

DIO retorted as his aura increased. Their increased power output served to intensify the destruction around them as it could be felt around the landscape, from the sheer force concentrated between their knuckles.

HEAT UP...!

Pupils and saliva heated up as the supervillain prepped to release a close-range plasma assault on the occupied CPU as he became aware of his predicament.

"WRYYYYYYYYYYY-"

PARALYZE!

CEASE!

"?!" Yellow static that was unnatural to the vampire's power set suddenly appeared, causing his aura, eyes, mouth, fist, and facial features to halt as he was effectively paralyzed on the spot.

BYPASS!

PUNCH!

IMPALE!

CLENCH!

Brave Heart realized this and took the opportunity to move around DIO's depowered fist and ram his own into the bloodsucker's chest, punching through it and grabbing his heart before crushing it in the palm of his hand in one motion.

PUNCH!

IMPALE!

"Jūryokugan!"

ERASE!

Another fist punched through his lower abdomen before the deity launched his attack, using collaborative attractive, and repulsive forces within the vampire's body, between his fists to cause a microscopic singularity to be created and sustained for a few seconds.

This was enough to completely destroy DIO's body, to the subatomic level as his very quarks and gluons were wiped from the material plane. Only above his neck was spared as the creature of the night was ahead once more.

GRAB!

RAISE!

"Don't get too ahead of yourself, now. We still have to go head to head for that W. But I suppose butting heads will show us who really has their head on their shoulders." Salt was rubbed in the one wound as Brave Heart grabbed and held DIO's head to eye level.

"...C...C..." A single syllable came from the vampire's lips as he regained his ability to move.

"Cat got your tongue? Then again, no voicebox." The CPU reminded himself.

REGENERATE!

"Oh shit!-" Brave Heart yelled in surprise, his adversary fully regenerating, pants and shoes and all.

"Clench your teeth, Nebula." DIO uncharacteristically gave some advice, only serving to confuse his target.

"Wait, what-"

BFFT!

HIGH KICK!

RELEASE!

His sentence was interrupted by a shift high kick through stopped time that caused him to release the vampire.

SPIN!

BFFT!

BACK KICK!

WHOOSH!

Another use of his implementation of temporal combat proved effective as he landed a spinning back kick on the CPU, giving him some space.

"Damn pest." Annoyance bled through his words as the villain got ready to pursue the CPU.

"Stormy Ratnapura!"

"?!" DIO recognized the voice, being Future Heart as his eyes shifted to the side.

FLURRY OF STRIKES!

BFFT BARRAGE!

For each thrust the future CPU Candidate threw, his opponent stopped time, dodged, resumed time, and repeated the process for each strike that was thrown his way.

"You've slowed down. Maybe you've even stopped completely? But I doubt you'd know the answer to that question.

"BE SILENT!" Anger peaked as Future Heart sent his final stab towards the center of his opponent.

BFFT!

DEFLECT!

"?!" His previous rage became shocked as his lance was now moving back awkwardly instead of shooting forward as he was the open one.

PALM THRUST!

COUGH!

"USELESS! MUDA!"

FEARFUL PLASMA WAVE!

DIO sent his hand into the plexus of the god, causing him to cough up a gob of blood before blaming him away in a black wave of plasma energy that completely enveloped him.

LARGE EXPLOSION!

ERUPTION!

Directly into the base of Mount Nokia, causing the volcano to spill some contents before erupting more violently.

"Godslayer does sound like a rather fearsome epitaph in hindsight." The bloodsucker liked rhe sound of the title he'd gain if he managed to kill the gods he faced before kicking off the ground to rush Future Heart.

BOOM!

CRASH!

"Argh!" Edge Heart yelled, having been slammed onto the ground from a mighty blow from The World.

ZOOM!

BOLT OF LIGHTNING!

SLAM!

BOOM!

The dark stand went for a ground slam, and it would have landed too, if not for the CPU seeing it coming and becoming a bolt of lightning, making the phantom miss as he obliterated the area, creating a large crater when his target transformed.

SOLIDIFY!

"Pulsar Grenade!"

SPARK!

Edge Heart became solid before throwing a spark at the stand.

STRETCH!

ACCELERATE!

EXPLOSION!

Before stretching out his hand and making the attack become faster due to his temporal ability, causing it to almost blindside the stand from the sudden increase in speed as it was struck.

SPARKS!

EXPLOSIONS!

SMOKE!

More explosions soon followed as more Pulsar Grenades were launched from the deity as he moved around to maximize the smoke.

VANISH!-

-AFTERIMAGES!

Before creating numerous afterimages of himself, all surrounding the cloud as they spoke in unison.

"Let us see if your namesake can hold up to its antithesis. A world-ending event!" The dark god shouted before commencing his electrifying attacks.

"Static Slashes!"

"Static Shells!"

ARCS OF LIGHTNING!

BOOMS!

ELECTRIC EXPLOSION!

The after images switched between blasting and slicing St the cloud of smoke, sending countless lightning arcs and electric rounds that created a large discharge that kept increasing in power and size as it started to suck the surrounding rocks and lava into it.

"This is the end! STATIC GIGASLASH!"

"Not a trace will be left! ELECTRO SHOT!"

X-SLASHES!

BLASTS!

EXPAND!

SHINE!

The after images sent X-shaped slashes and beans of light and lightning towards the explosion, causing it to dramatically increase in size as it caused their entire side of the volcanic biome to be covered in bright yellow light.

ZOOM!

Edge Heart rushed into the blast, his clothes slowly being vaporized as he remained within.

As he went to the center, he saw The World, damaged but not defeated, blocking as he tanked the attacks and even withstood the explosion he was in now.

"YOU WILL NOT SURVIVE!" The god roared as he went for a hefty swing.

SLASH!-

BOB!

HEADSHOT!

The stand dodged the swing before clicking the CPU in the teeth, causing him to recoil from the blitzing blow.

LEFT HOOK!

RIGHT HOOK!

GUTSHOT!

UPPERCUT!

ELBOW!

BICYCLE KICK!

FRONT KICK!

His flinch was utilized as more brutal blows followed along as a pair of hooks slammed the CPU before a body blow into an uppercut that opened his core for an elbow set up his lurched chin for a kick that sent him looking for his dead mother, before receiving a bone-breaking kick right below the collar bones.

"Tch!"

SWING!

DODGE!

BIFF!

SLICE!

EVADE!

WHAM!

SLASH!

WEAVE!

KNEE!

Edge Heart retaliated but his slashes were easily dodged and punished as The World passively took damage from being within the electrified dome of energy.

'I am taking more damage than I should. I must find a way to end this quickly! BLASTED POLTERGEIST!'

GUARD!

AURA!

The dark CPU's aura came to him as he blocked with his scythe, ready to endure the next attack that the stand sent his way.

SUPER PUNCH!

GUARD BREAK!

INDENT!

VOMIT!

Edge Heart vomited blood as he felt The World's first dig into his chest cavity, the indenture of his punch being seen from his back as some bones were broken, just like his guard as he was completely lambasted by the blow.

TRANSFER!

SLOW!...

The stand felt its godlike speed be slowed, to a point that it felt it moved at a snail's pace in comparison as its body decreased in movement speed.

G-GRAB!

This was excellent and planned by its opponent, however, who then grabbed onto its extended arm with severe strain as he gave a victorious smile.

"...Fulguration."

The World's eyes slowly widened, quick enough for it to remember what happened to DIO when removed was used on him before the surrounding energy became unbearable.

KA-KOOM!

DISCHARGING EXPLOSION!

SHOCKWAVE!

OBLITERATE!

Edge Heart's dome became unstable before violently exploding as electricity rolled off the yield alongside a massive shock wave that destroyed the nearby mountains and smaller volcanoes that were unfortunate enough to be nearby.

SMOKE!...

STATIC...!

CLEAR!

A topless and injured CPU blew the smoke away as he surveyed his surroundings for the ghostly opponent. That being some remaining static on a molten wasteland.

"Its presence feels akin to being diminished. I would not be surprised if this did not kill the demented spirit, but I have bigger problems." Edge Heart breathed as he finally let himself focus on the more pivotal fight at hand.

FLASH!-

VANISH!

Before leaving for the central problem in a flash of lightning.

BFFT!

JAB!

BFFT!

CROSS!

BFFT!

HOOK!

BFFT!

HOOK!

BFFT!

STRAIGHT!

CRATER!

DIO slugged Future Heart into Mount Nokia as he cornered and bombarded the CPU Candidate with punch after punch.

A double jab into a double hook sent the deity further into the volcanic structure before he fell out of the hole he was dug into, causing the last blow to cause a huge crater with numerous spider cracks.

CHARGE!

TACKLE!

BOOM!

Leanbox's CPU Candidate used that falling motion to his advantage, slamming into the bloodsucker as they both crashed into the ground with him on top.

PUNCH!

PUNCH!

PUNCH!

Future Heart pinned and punched the vampire on the ground in the face multiple times, using his position to his advantage as he doled out some knuckle sandwiches as a counterattack.

SWING!

BFFT!

JAB!

BFFT!

DIO regained his senses and started to dodge the blows as the CPU Candidate struggled to land a hit.

WOOSH!-

BFFT!

SMASH!

JET!

"FUCKIN' HELL!" Future Heart swore harshly as his finishing punch was dodged and ended up being struck by a single SRSE right above his eye as he was damaged.

GRAB!-

BFFT!

SLAM!

FRACTURE!

BFFT!-

BIFF!

SHATTER!

"UOK!"

His opponent used his pain as a window of opportunity, choke slamming the CPU Candidate into the volcano which caused some broken vertebrae before sending his fist into his chest, breaking a couple of ribs.

'H-His speed... It's like he's moving instantly...! I need a way to beat that...!-'

BFFT!-

CLOCK!

"Hrnk!"

The brother of Vert was interrupted as his head bore a hole within the crater as it was rubber-banded into the wall by a monstrous heavy jab.

HOP!

"This is where you die, Future Heart!" DIO roared as he jumped back, ready to send a grievous blow.

'VERGO! MOVE! NOW!' The mental projection of Brave Heart's voice roared within the younger god's mind as he snapped out of his punch-drunk stupor.

WHOOSH!

The air around the CPU Candidate yanked its user up as he quickly grabbed his lance whilst this was occurring.

"Oh, no you don't! You will not-"

"JŪRYOKU BAKUHATSUKEN!"

Brave Heart cupped a glowing pale orange orb with blue and white sparks as he held it in his hands, tearing through the air as he approached the vampiric foe.

"I have no time for your interference, you blue bastard!"

HEAT UP!

FEARFUL STATIC!

DIO's eyes, mouth, and hands brightened from their heat, black static with purple outlines being generated around him as he prepped his counterattack.

"WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

FEARFUL PLASMA WAVE!

GUST!

From the aforementioned parts of his body, the bloodsucker sent a black surge of corrupted solar energy as it was projected from his entire body as it approached the CPU, blowing away volcanic debris as it did.

BLAST!

ZOOM!

Planeptune's male CPU let the attack loose as the orange beam rushed towards its challenger.

The techniques were about to collide when suddenly-

RUPTURE!

BLOODY EXPLOSION!

FLINCH!

Blood exploded from the body of DIO as he jarred unnaturally, his internal and external organs spurting the red liquid as he was momentarily staggered.

"Urk! What? HOW?!" The creature of rhe night was flabbergasted as he struggled to move.

ENGULF!

WHOOSH!

Brave Heart's beam completely overcame DIO without effort as he was unable to apply the pressure to give any resistance.

ENGULF!

GUARD!

Luckily for the villain, he was able to block the onslaught of share energy and KI that overwhelmed his attack.

EXPLOSION!

SMOKE!...

ERUPTION!

The Hadōken variation exploded on the volcano, disturbing it to the point that a massive eruption escaped from its vent, the lava shooting up high enough to become unseen through the ash as its contents ascended in the air.

DODGE!

"Oi! Nokia's trying to melt me bullocks with that one! Bloody volcano on a ranking ting, fam. No wonder this blasted rock vent cooled off in my time." Future Heart's accent switched up a bit towards the end, but still conveyed his caution as he got away from getting a faceful of molten rock.

"But that attack... If Nebula didn't interrupt, I most likely would be in a casket." The CPU Candidate admitted aloud as he looked down to the smoke cloud below him.

BFFT!

ELBOW!

"!-"

SHOCKWAVE!

"Would you now? Let's make that a reality, shall we?!" DIO roared as he appeared above the deity and smashed his elbow into thr base of his neck, causing a shockwave as the green god fell.

CRASH!

CLEAR!

"Vergo!" Brave Heart yelled as he saw the smoke clouds as lava and obsidian flew from where his friend crashed down from.

BFFT!

FOOTBALL KICK!

WHOOSH!

DIO reappeared by the recoiling CPU Candidate and punted the bloke with a powerful kick that dug into the ground before escaping and slamming into the side of the god, sending him flying.

SPIN!

UPRIGHT!

"Damnit!" Future Heart cursed as he rapidly twirled from the momentum of the kick before setting himself straight as he continued to go in the direction he was struck.

GRAVITATE!

"We have to stick together. 1 on 1 isn't gonna cut it anymore." Brave Heart told his fellow CPU as lance and fist were raised in unison after locking on and moving towards the brother of Vert after seeing him get catapulted by the kick.

"Don't need a fucking doctorate for that conclusion, lad!" Was the coarse answer that the blue-haired god received as they looked towards the vampire.

LUNGE!

RUSH!

VOOM!

DIO pounced from his previous position as he closed the distance in a couple of seconds as their banter continued.

"Bravado and Twat. You two will wish for death when I'm through with you!" Irritation surfaced as the vampire roared as he snarled at the pair.

"Bring it on!" Fighting words were exchanged as the duo narrowed their eyes and gripped their weapons.

BFFT!

DOUBLE KICK!

SLAM!

BOOM!-

SLIDE!

"Urgh!"

"Argh!"

Teleportation ensued as two feet, one for each face stomped into the gods' mugs before being shoved into the ground and dragged through the obsidian as he used their skulls as volcanic skis.

GRAB!

SHATTER!

STAB!

YANK!-

EJECT!

CPUs we're never fit to be losing for long, as Brave Heart grabbed and broke the shin of the bloodsucker before Future Heart capitalized on the flinched villain by running him through the lung, which allowed the older deity to pull down the vampire further into the melee weapon before being shot into the air by the lance.

BFFT!

HEEL KICK!-

GUARD!

BFFT!

STOMP!

STOMP!

SWIPE!-

BFFT!

STOMP!

"UHK!"

DIO returned with an instantaneous kick to the ribs for Brave Heart, which was barely blocked before teleporting again and stomping on the groin of the god and repeatedly doing so until he was interrupted by an Ignition Incision.

It was quickly dodged and ended up with Future Heart having his windpipe being crushed afoot by the vampire's shoe as he guttered painfully with whatever contents in his mouth being spat out.

WHAM!

SLAM!

SMASH!

BOOM!

JUMP!-

ROLL!

BFFT!

CRASH!

BLAST!

Leanbox's CPU Candidate was sledgehammered into the ground, the third time being enough to straighten his body and send him tumbling with the rigidity of the spokes on a bicycle wheel.

DIO used the god's body as a platform to jump into the air, Planeptune's fighter CPU rolling away in hindsight before the ground he slid on was stomped on with enough force to blow him away.

Brave Heart fired off an orange beam of energy from his hand towards the vampire when he missed.

BACK PUNCH!

DEFLECT!

RUMBLE...!

PLASMA BEAM!

EXPLOSION!

DIO deflected the blast with his fist, a faint explosion in the background before firing one of his own, the CPU being instantly engulfed in the attack as his gravity barrier mitigated only some damage as he was covered in smoke.

REAPPEAR!

SPHERE OF WIND!

Future Heart dived back into the fray, with an attack waiting for the vampire as he held back a sphere of spiraling razor-sharp wind blades as he closed in on the enemy.

"Ventus Sphaera!"

STRETCH!

SHOVE!

ABSORB!

Upon hearing the shout, DIO did not even give the green CPU Candidate the time of day, stretching out his hand and nullifying his attack with his hand as it seemingly did nothing upon contact.

INTERNAL EXPLOSION!

BLOODY EXPLOSION!

CRIPPLE!

"NANI?!"

Until his arm exploded indiscriminately from within before graphically exploding in a mess of muscle and bone as he turned to the missing appendage in shock.

POINT!

"Aeroaga Superiorem!"

WIND MAGIC!

Capitalizing on his perceived slight, Leanbox's remaining CPU launched a more advanced wind spell from the tip of his lance, sending blades and bursts of wind akin to a danmaku match as the projectiles were summoned by the hundreds and closed in on the bloodsucking pest of a villain.

GUST!

"Rapid Rapture!"

BLAST BARRAGE!

And a semi-shirtless Brave Heart cleared the smoke and launched his own projectile choked technique as the two deities sent numerous amount of attacks to the now sandwiched vampire as he looked to both sides to see what was going on.

FLASH!

"Static Slashes!"

"?!"

But his situation became grim as a third voice was heard from above as he looked up and saw Edge Heart appear and launch hundreds of lightning arcs towards him from the ashen skies as he was virtually cornered.

EXPLOSIONS!

RUMBLE!

The attacks detonated on the vampire's position, DIO being consumed by the combined might of the trio of deities, putting what they could muster to keep the villain pitted in the blast zone.

EXPLOSIONS!-

"UREEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

FEAR BURST!

"!" The trio simultaneously reacted. A dark gold sphere with purplish-black static expanded from the epicenter of the blast some as the attacks bounced off and back onto their caster/user as it quickly expanded.

SLAM!

"Urk!" Brave Heart guttered.

"Ack!" Future Heart shouted.

"Uff!" Edge Heart yelled.

PUNT!

The gods were struck and sent flying by the some upon contact, heading in three separate directions from the attack as DIO went to work once his dome subsided.

DISSIPATE!...

BFFT!

ROUNDHOUSE KICK!

BFFT!

DROPKICK!

BFFT!

BICYCLE KICK!

BFFT!

DOUBLE PISTON KICK!

PLASMA VISION!

"Waugh!" Future Heart screamed, after being combo'd by a blitzing DIO before he used an eye blast that sent the CPU Candidate hurling towards the shield.

BFFT!

BFFT!

BFFT!

BFFT!

BFFT!

BFFT!

DIO moved on the Brave Heart, instantaneously moving around him in an attempt to disorient the fighter.

"?!" Which was working, as even an individual who could perceive his stopped time was having trouble as the vampire's target was struggling to locate his exact position.

BFFT HOOK!

BFFT UPPERCUT!

BFFT STRAIGHT!

BFFT KICK!

BFFT PLASMA BLASTS!

EXPLOSIONS!

BFFT GRAB!

THROW!

"WRYYYYY!"

PLASMA WAVE!

This gave the creature of the night the perfect chance to abuse his misdirection as he then started to attack upon the resumption of time instead of waiting for time to fully resume to make contact.

He started with a right hook, into an uppercut before striking the CPU in the stomach and side kicking him in the abdomen, then firing plasma blasts in stopped time before resuming it and letting them connect, and grabbing his shin before digging his nails into the limb for some payback and launching him towards the shield with a plasma beam as some insurance if he still had enough energy to move after.

BFFT!-

GUARD!

DIO went to the last CPU before he had to endure a scythe swing from the dark-clothed deity.

"If you truly believe your stopped time will be enough to snuff out my fighting spirit, you are sorely mistaken!" Edge Heart shouted as he swung again.

SLASH!

"Urgh!"

BFFT!-

BLOCK!

KICK!

"Fuck!"

BFFT SWIPE!-

GRAB!

PULL!

ELBOW!

"Ptoo!"

The Lastationite deity proved this point by hashing the vampire across the chest, before moving through his stopped time faster than the natural speed of the villain to block his next move before kicking him away as it resumed.

DIO tried to attack him as he did with Brave Heart, but the CPU caught his remaining wrist and pulled, before smashing his elbow into his opponent's face as some teeth were knocked out from the impact.

"You dare?!" The shirtless monster beckoned with hatred, a heated glare to the troublesome divine being.

"Might that be a serious inquiry, DIO? Your wrytardation knows no bounds." Edge Heart was insulted as he broke his wrist.

SNAP!

"Tch...!" DIO grumbled as he suppressed the urge to scream another expletive as he put down his surprise card.

SUMMON!

"Then die."

"!" A glimpse of foresight played in the deity's vision, but was cut off when-

"MUDA!"

SMASH!

He was sucker-punched by The World who was resummoned by DIO, which also had his voice being projected from the dark stand as he sent the CPU to the shield in one fell swing with his terrifying speed and monstrous strength.

The group within the magic shield was in horrific awe of what they were witnessing, even worse yet as their peanut gallery was at risk of being destroyed.

"He's destroying them!" Blinx yelled as he observed in fearful shock.

"Is this what you meant when you said that we would not be pleased with your answers?" Cave side glanced to the Ultimate Life Form as he responded.

"My words were left to interpretation for your reactions to be all the more genuine. But yes, their chances of victory were dwindling from the moment DIO returned from his temporary crematorium." Kars revealed to Taleia's chargin.

"So you just let it happen?! Why didn't you lower the damn shield and let us help them if you knew this was the outcome regardless of the amount of time that would pass!" RRoD's elf hybrid shouted in outraged emotion.

"Because he's Kars." AL sighed. "Remember, he's here for a fight, not a resolution. The fact of the matter is he'd draw out the confrontation for his amusement rather than the salvation of Leanbox. We're lucky he has no animosity to the nation or he'd go out of his way to make its smoldering ruins the arena for this shitshow." The martial artist explained as he glanced at his childhood friend.

"So that just means that Kars is in it for himself, and it's a good coincidence we're even in this shield right now?" Domio summed up the situation.

"Precisely, feeble child. Seems the hot head's brain doesn't overheat after all." The Ultimate Life Form poked at AL's intelligence.

"Hey! I'll have you know I graduated high school as a valedictorian and minored in psychology and literature in community college!" Mr. Mūten's grandson fumed at the alien.

"All those qualifications and you still weren't cut out to finish the job with killing DIO. Your ineptitude knows no bounds." Kars made fun of the human's prowess.

"You speak as if you could do it yourself. Surely someone of your tone and ability could take him down rather efficiently?" Lady Wac questioned why he had taken no action.

"Because what use is a circus if there exist no clowns within? I'd much rather prefer watching the champions of this world for my reasons than sully my hands with one who up to now still would be defeated by my hands." Kars gave his reason for only observation.

"So you think this whole thing is a joke?" Taleia was reaching her limit with the alien's responses.

"Oh, please. Jokes are humorous. This is... Admittedly depressing. How I was defeated by Edge Heart is something that is beginning to baffle me." The alien warrior cupped his chin as he wondered.

"Are they... Coming towards us!..." Poona realized as the trio was heading towards them, that the conversation was interrupted.

"They're gonna crash right into us!" Moru saw their flight path as she tensed in anxiousness.

"Be at ease. The shield will simply deflect their limp bodies." Kars snorted.

"Oh, ok. Wait, WHAT!-" AL and Blinx were interrupted, their eyes comically large saucers.

CRASH!

SHATTER!

EXPLODE!

"AAH!" The group excluding Kars, AL, and Cave screamed.

Untrue to the alien's word, the speed with the trio came into contact with the barrier, alongside the attacks that most of them had with them were powerful enough to obliterate the magical defense as it broke on the spot in a bright explosion.

CLEAR!...

"Deflect us, eh?... That's not very nice of you, Cosmic Vroom Vroom." Brave Heart groaned as he got to his feet as the smoke cleared.

"Cosmic- Brave Heart, that attempt at humor was more sorry than your performance against DIO, you comedically bankrupt ass," Kars grumbled as he shot back.

"That sounded like it smarts more than the ass-kicking we just received." Future Heart, using his lance as support spoke as he leaned on the weapon.

"Cut down on the banter, for now, here he comes." Edge Heart got the group back on track as everyone looked to the vampiric menace.

BFFT!

"The Three Stooges and their cavalry. Well, the peanut gallery is a more apt descriptor but at least a select few of you in there gave me a challenge." DIO mocked as he stuck out his stump.

RAISE!...

REGENERATE!

"That's better." He moaned in relief before regenerating his lost appendage. "Have you come to terms with your demise? Or should a final demonstration be needed to show you the door to the underworld?"

"How about I demonstrate shoving my foot up to your ass." AL harshly stated as he stepped up to the group, standing beside a wounded Brave Heart.

"The same method I demonstrated while shoving my hand through your chest? Likely story." DIO downplayed the martial artist's capabilities, as he was no longer in the form he used to do combat with.

"Hey! Don't talk to my friends like that, you big bully!" Domio shouted with a fist raised as he stood up to the bloodsucker.

BFFT!

"!"

"Or what." DIO went face to chest with the child as he looked down on him, in a symbolic and literal sense as his fear energy permeated his presence. This induced the same effect Citadel had on the boy, although to a much, MUCH lesser extent.

This was a good thing, as even though Domio still felt his willpower drain from him, he mustered back his courage to the vampire as he looked up at him.

"Because... B-Because...!" His moment of weakness was bad to the point he even regressed into his scattering from the influence of the fear.

"Stop wasting my time, brat."

FEAR AURA!

The Loweean almost dropped to his knees from the spike of fesr that DIO emitted, but soon found a way to combat the agents of the negative emotion he felt.

With his anger.

CLENCH!

"Because...! BECAUSE I WILL MAKE YOU PAY DEARLY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO THEM!" Domio snapped as his faint white aura appeared as he defended himself.

BFFT!

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That child really thinks he can defeat me?! How preposterous. Your mother performed awfully at teaching you about how to talk to your superiors." DIO insulted the boy's dead mother.

TICK!

"THE FUCK DID YOU SAY TO ME, YOU BLOODSUCKING BITCH! SAY THAT TO MY FACE AGAIN, YOU DOMESTIC ABUSE STATISTIC! I SHOULD DIG UP YOUR MOTHER'S CORPSE AND TAKE A PISS ON THE FUCKING CUNT!" Wrath bled into his speech as he vehemently cursed at the villain for taking a shot at his dead mother, which got several gasps and shocked expressions from his allies as a tick mark formed.

"You dare speak with such words to me, DIO?! I'll defecate on your father's gravestone for that disrespect you blasted twit! Fucking retarded waste of sperm! Your mother should have aborted you, you half-brained disappointment to society!" The aggravated creature of the night snapped back as he rubbed salt into the wound.

"Grr...!"

FREEZE!...

ICY AURA...!

Domio's ice armor returned, freezing his body from the feet up to his neck in a chunky mass before shattering into what it looked like the first time he utilized the defense.

RAISE!...

TREMBLE!

His hair slowly flared and rose as his aura became cyan and visible as it glowed off of his shaking body, brimming with intolerable anger towards the interdimensional villain in front of him.

JUMP!

LAND!

RISE!

FREEZE!...

GLOW...!

Prompting him to jump next to Edge Heart, landing in a crouch before his mask materialized as he rose before he stood up fully as his helmet was back in top shape.

His eyes glowed an unnerving blue, features becoming indistinguishable as the effect was enhanced, the lad speaking in an esoteric tongue.

"Meine hände mögen von deinem blut getränkt sein, aber meine seele wird über dein leiden lächeln." Were the strange and off-putting words that came from the preteen's mouth as he put his fists to his chin.

STANCE...!

With his knees being bent and his upper body borough forward and down, an instinctual unorthodox boxing style was mained as the boy was ready for gladiatorial combat.

"Whatever you said, kiddo!" AL agreed with the strange death threat before going through a breath-stopping transformation of his own.

"Hm..?" DIO looked towards the fighter as his interest was now directed to the flaming warrior.

BURST!

CORRUPTED ENERGY!

"GRAAAAAWR!"

RUMBLE!...

AL screamed as the dark aura returned and spiked, his hair becoming an interesting and familiarly vibrant shade of red and orange as his eyes became purple in hue which signified his consciousness was still being retained.

ABLAZE!

DARKEN!

He manifested his flame armor, the flames being a darker shade like before as they burned with malignancy.

BULK!

CRASH!

"Final round..." A deep and throaty voice resurfaced from AL's vocals as he stomped, cresting a booming effect. His voice echoed as he spoke, adding the extra layer of intimidation.

"Now that our friends have gotten up to speed-" Brave Heart cut himself off as DIO's eyes glanced at him.

BULK!-

SHRED!

STEAM!

BURST!...

"I do believe some karmic retribution is in place, my dear punching bag." The slightly deepened voice made a comeback as Under Pressure in its unsuppressed state came for its second bout.

Clothes were shredded, muscles were expanded and steam was released and exhaled as the CPU stared down the reeling vampire.

"He should have rudimentary knowledge on the saying. But those fated to die should not concern themselves with Taoist ideologies." Edge Heart piped in as DIO looked in his general direction.

"What are you going to do, electrocute yourself like a child near a power outlet?" The vampire started to guess the transformations.

STATIC!...

STATIC!

STATIC ELECTRICITY...!

"Well yes, but also no." The Lastation CPU replied, electric charges dancing around his body more and more frequently until he was the equivalent of a positively charged telephone tower in a lightning storm.

LIGHTNING BOLT!

FLASH!

A bolt of lightning struck the CPU from above, passing through the ashen clouds as its origins were even above them, due to it being the god's power.

Upon contact, it blinded the villain and the group as even the stoic Edge Heart went through a pseudo transformation.

STATIC!

VIBRATION!

His hair became more fluid, but the structure of it was altered to become black lightning that followed the general shape of each strand of hair as the electricity danced on his head, never in one spot for long.

Onyx irises gained electric trails as they zapped constantly from the current the CPU produced when he went into the state.

Black electrical currents sped around his figure, leaping into existence and jumping back out as no less than two sparks were present at one moment as he stood.

And his scythe had all three lights charged, meaning that his EXE Drive was now fully charged from the moment he went into the form.

"Divine Neuronic Acceleration: Godspeed." Edge Heart stated, his eyes narrowing as sparks flew from the movement.

"WHAT?!" DIO shouted in awe.

TWIRL!

STATIC!

PROP!...

"I pity the fool who thinks another set of invisible hands is what stands between him and victory." Lastation's male CPU talked smack to the vampire before as he twirled his scythe and placed it on his shoulder.

"Agreed." Future Heart nodded to his peer's words.

BURST!

CHARGE!

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

GUST!

SPARK!

An incredible roar escaped the CPU Candidate's lips as he powered up as high as he possibly could, his green aura bursting to life and flaring up as winds spiraled around the group of five as natural static raced around the gusts.

"But scum like him deserves no pity. Those who revel in malignant destruction and pestilence on his caliber without as much as a second thought are only fit for ABSOLUTE ERADICATION!"

FLAP!

CONSTRICT...!

SPIKE!

Future Heart's hair flapped wildly from the winds as his pupils shrunk. His power heightened from his previous matchup as he had done combat and gotten used to the form a bit more, equating to his increase in power as his aura became rigid.

Five warriors stood, their motive and power aligned to the single threat before them.

Even as they were now silent, as a team they had one single motive.

Defeat DIO.

"Your speeches are very grandiose, but you still cannot defeat me! You were never able to and YOU NEVER WILL!"

FEAR AURA!

GEYSERS!

EARTHQUAKE!

DIO screamed in denial as the cracks in the earth spurted superheated rock as the ground shuddered under his power. His evil energy skyrocketed as his anger at their persistence aided his growth.

"Nothing of substance escapes your mouths! Only accursed drivel! Not one of you has the power to defeat me and never will, not even after the end of time!" He continued, a vein forming in his head as he shouted.

TECTONIC RUMBLE!

The volcanic landscape wasn't the only area to feel the shaking, as it extended to all of Leanbox as the neighboring cities and the entire island shakily moved in an unstable manner as buildings fell and people screamed, being crushed under the collateral damage from the gargantuan earthquake.

"He's killing civilians from powering up alone, I can feel the energies of neighboring cities being snuffed out by the thousands!" Brave Heart alerted.

"WHAT?!" The rest of the group in the circle screamed in horror.

"No! DAMN YOU!" Future Heart shouted with unfiltered fury in his voice as he got ready to charge.

"Yes! I'll SEND EVERY LAST ONE OF YOUR PRECIOUS CITIZENS TO HELL BEFORE I BEAT YOU LOT INTO THE GROUND AND SEND YOU OFF WITH RADIATION CANCER!" DIO screeched as he summoned his stand.

SUMMON!

PAT!

"?!" Future Heart looked to the blue-haired CPU.

"Don't get too angry. That's exactly what he wants. Just stay mad enough to rip out his vocal cords." Brave Heart advised as he did something else when he patted the Leanboxian's shoulder, unbeknownst to his knowledge.

The CPU Candidate nodded before they looked back to the vampire before he charged, the others following his lead.

"Together!"

"RAAAAAH!"

ZOOM!

WOOSH!

FLASH!

SKATE!

BOOST!

"ZA WARUDO!"

T-POSE!

DUBSTEP FART!

TIME STOP!

Time face planted as it stopped entirely, the motions of the group, and the expressions of the angered supporting cast froze as the vampire made his move.

"You're up first, pretty boy!" DIO yelled as he lunged at the CPU Candidate.

STAND JUMP!

Edge Heart and Brave Heart would get ready to move ludicrously fast but witnessed something that made even him widen his eyes in shock.

PLASMA CLAW!...

SWIPE!-

DUCK!

Future Heart dodged the plasma swipe that the bloodsucker prepped for him in a single moment, moving THROUGH HIS STOPPED TIME-

STAB!

"Uok!"

"HAH!"

EJECT!

CRASH!

"Bloody bastard...!" Grumbled the CPU Candidate as he spat in distaste before becoming still and slightly faded, having pierced into the abdomen of the vampire before ejecting him into a large rock.

SUSPEND!

"Hmph."

FLASH!

Moving at a third the speed of light clocking in at over Mach 290,000, the god's figure still occupied where he once stood with the black static trailing off of his body akin to a certain superhero was visible when he raised his scythe over his head after closing the gap.

RAISE!

SWING!

THUNDERCLAP!

TIME RESUMES!

Slamming his weapon into the bloodsucker, the resulting sound effect mimicked the sound of booming thunder as the sheer force from the velocity of the swing forced the resumption of time manually as the effect was heard.

"UOH!"

FLASH KICK!

"Argh!"

SIDESTEP!-

VANISH!

"Shoryuken!"

UPPERCUT!

"Uff!-"

REAPPEAR!

"Aeroaga!"

"Arctic Bolt!"

EXPLOSION!

DIO felt his body get its ribs reduced to dust by the kick he received from the lightning deity before Domio and Future Heart vanished, as a double uppercut from Brave Heart and AL connected at the spine with the powers of dark fire and hallowed gravity combining for a massive spike into the air before the two reappeared, firing their ranged attacks as a magical explosion made the sky brighten.

PLUMMET!

BURST!

WOOSH!

ICE SPELL!

Future Heart immediately dived after the falling vampire with his lance propped for an impaling blow, his face molded with seething anticipation.

Domio used a nameless ice spell to propel himself to the vampire as he closed in on the bloodsucker alongside his friend for some more double smackdowns.

TIME STOP!

HEAT UP!

The creature of the night paused time right when the heroes closed the gap, charging his eye beam to severely injure the duo as it resumed.

FLASH!-

BLOODY SPURT...!

COOL...!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Until Edge Heart flashed over, already messing the villain with a shockingly quick slash to the face that cut his eyes to the point of complete blindness as he screamed in agony.

"Pulsar Grenade."

TOSS!-

THWACK!

"Blargh!-"

EXPLOSION!

TIME RESUMES!

Following up his blind status, he was hit but the backside of the scythe as the smaller blade dug into the back of his head before he made contact with a setup attack and exploded as time's resumption was in effect.

"Static Strike!"

THUNDERCLAP!

"Yah!"

FREEZE!-

LEAP!

SHATTER!

The CPU Candidate of Leanbox used his statically charged technique to send the vampire hurling even faster to the ground with a solid slap that echoed.

Lowee's youth touched down on the ground as he used his Frigid Boxing and created an ice gauntlet before jumping and sending a glove-breaking punch to the cheekbone as DIO twirled from the blow's force on his flinched state.

VANISH!

REAPPEAR!

"Jūryoku Hadōken!"

"Static Gigaslash!"

COMBINED ATTACK!

Brave Heart moved from AL to Edge Heart as they both charged an attack before firing it down towards the ascending bloodsucker, the X-shaped blast zooming towards him.

"Nenshō Gōuhadōken!"

While the martial artist fired a dark red variation of the blast on his own, the two attacks approached to sandwich the opponent as they raced to their enemy.

SUMMON!

GUARD!

CATCH!

DIO summoned his stand to his rear as it stooped his ascent before turning around and facing the combined attack to guard, its master placing his hands in front of him and catching the flaming dark KI attack.

"Take this!"

INFUSE!

BLAST!

ENDURE!

EXPLOSION!

RUSH!

The World withstood the technique, a powerful detonation occurring before rushing through the smoke clouds and heading towards the duo of CPUs, as its master infused his plasma into the attack before firing it back down.

"!"

EXPLOSION!

"AL!" Brave Heart yelled, before being struck.

BODY SHOT!

"Hnng!" Spit with traces of blood flew from his mouth as he recoiled from the horrifically fast blow he received to his stomach that put him in a winded state.

"Nebula!" Edge Heart yelled as he moved to assist his comrade.

FLASH!-

GRAPPLE!

"What?!-"

HOOK!

"Argh!-"

STAND BARRAGE!

Before being gripped by the neck during his movement and slammed in the jaw, followed by being beaten to a pulp by a continuous set of jabs that didn't let up.

"You'll pay for this!" Future Heart roared after witnessing the beating the two were receiving.

"You should have remembered what I told you...!" Domio snarled.

"No, I don't think I will. And I should have? I don't care to remember such lies!" DIO responded as he raised his arms.

RAISE!

WHOOSH!

LEAP!

"ZA WARUDO! Tomare yo tokio!"

DUBSTEP FART!

TIME STOP!

The lower-lying duo saw the motions and went to stop the bloodsucker, but was too late as the villain got off the time stop.

"DAMN BRAT!"

DROPKICK!

CRASH!

SUSPEND!...

"WRYYYYYY!"

RUSH!

Using his temporal stasis to his advantage, he dropkicked the child to the floor, resulting in lava and obsidian being flung into the air from the impact before rushing for Future Heart.

KNIVES!

THROW!

He kept his distance as he threw his obsidian knives around the CPU Candidate, surrounding him with hundreds of the weapons knowing that when he resumed time, he'd be virtually trapped.

VANISH!

"?!"

"STORMY RATNAPURA!"

But unfortunately for him, his opponent's speed outstripped his own enough to escape his trap and run him through with a technique of his own.

STAB BARRAGE!

IMPALE BARRAGE!

"AAAAH!"

DIO was run through several, SEVERAL times as blood exploded from his wounds as the Leanboxian god used his opportunity to inflict as much damage as possible.

WOUNDS!

"!"

This was mirrored onto The World as well, as it stopped wailing into the Lastationite deity as its abdomen exploded with holes and blood.

"There! HRAAAAAAH!"

ATTRACTION!

SLAM!

Brave Heart saw the opening and used his gravity to smash his fist into the back of the stand's head.

GRAVITY BARRAGE!

"ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!"

Fists flew as the Planeptunian CPU continued to assault the staggered phantom, using his gravity to increase the weight and enhance the blows he gave furthermore than Under Pressure would provide alone.

CLENCH!

"SEI!"

UPPERCUT!

FLASH!

Edge Heart used the stand's distracted and damaged state to break free from his hold with a clenching uppercut that sent its head facing the sky as he distanced himself.

ZOOM!-

SLASH BARRAGE!

Before joining his fellow god as the two unloaded their attacks on The World, electric slashes sieged its front and gravitational punches assaulted its flank.

"BAKUHATSUKEN!"

"Voltaic Slash!"

Brave Heart and Edge Heart finished the combo with a technique of their own, an orange beam being fired from the brawler god, and a black arc of electricity with a yellow outline was sent from the lightning deity as the two collided with the stand in the middle.

MIGHTY EXPLOSION!

SHOCKWAVE!

Causing an explosion that instantly evaporated The World.

BLOODY EXPLOSION!

"DAMNIT! NOT AGAAAIN!" DIO screeched as the blood from his stand being destroyed greatly wounded him a second time, which gave Future Heart the perfect opportunity to-

KICK!

TIME RESUMES!

CRASH...!

Send a jump kick so powerful that it resumed time, broke some teeth, and pelt the vampire into the side of Mount Nokia simultaneously.

"RAAAAAAAH!"

DARK BURST!

SPRINT!

AL cleared the smoke cloud, his body more damaged but his stats raised from it as he ran to the volcano.

"I'LL KILL YOU!"

SCATTER!

SKATE!

Domio broke out of his pile of rubble before his instincts led him to where DIO was located before he skated at top speed to his position.

"They've got him on the ropes! C'mon, let's help them finish him off!" Blinx yelled as he got ready to use his Sweeper and Crystals.

"But are we even strong enough to make a difference? I don't want to be cannon fodder to them." Poona told the cool cat as she looked at him.

"Any amount of assistance we can offer is enough. May it be fighting or support." Cave assured the Commander.

"That's right! Let's roll, you guys!" Taleia shouted as the group of six set off to the volcano.

MOVE!...

"The show is reaching its climax. A closer view is best for these moments."

SPROUT!

Wings sprouted from Kars, but from his back instead of his arms as the dark feathers made him look akin to a fallen angel.

FLAP!

FLY!

From there, he took to the skies even as the CPUs saw his ascent, before focusing on the biggest threat at the moment.

FEAR BURST!-

VOOM!

"YOUR HEADS WILL BE ON PIKES!" DIO screamed, healed as he rushed towards the two humans that ran/slid up the volcano to face him as his aura rolled off of him.

CLASH!

SUMMON!-

CLASH!

Domio slammed his forearm into the vampire's as the impact echoed, as AL went to attack his exposed side before The World was resummoned to guard as he clashed with the dark martial artist as well.

BARRAGES!

FREEZE!

CROSS!

BLOCK!

STRAIGHT!

GUARD!

SWING!

JAB!

SHOCKWAVE!...

The two dark combatants traded fists as countless booms were heard as the boy and vampire simultaneously boxed beside them.

Domio threw a cross and a straight that was blocked before closing fists with a hook that caused a shockwave that shook the ground beneath them.

ICY BARRAGE!

GRAB!

PUSH!

He then threw a bombardment of punches that we're grabbed and deflected as the creature of the night redirected the punches that came his way with moderate difficulty.

CLASH!

CLASH!

GRAB!

Domio then threw his fists, colliding with DIO's before they grabbed each other's hands and pushed as blue eyes glared into red, snarling and growling present.

FLINCH!

BIFF!

CRACK!

SMASH!

POW!

AL began to lose, being pummeled as his agility was being surpassed by dimensions from the ghostly entity, his power rising but reaching its limit as he still had no way to directly oppose such a gap in speed as blood was being spilled from each hit.

BLOCK!-

SUPER PUNCH!

GUARD BREAK!

STAND BARRAGE!

Even blocking was useless, as The World sent a bone-breaking punch that broke the warrior's defense before punishing him with a flurry of kicks and punches.

HEADBUTT!

HEADBUTT!

SHATTER!

"Uah!" Domio yelled in pain, his forehead bleeding as his helmet was shattered by the vampiric menace as their headbutting match was cut short from the injury.

"I'm sure your mother must be proud of your paltry performance-"

"ICY FRACTALS!"

"?!" DIO reacted as the gauntlets he gripped shattered before rushing towards him as icicles, rushing to his neck and face.

DUBSTEP FART!

TIME STOP!

PLASMA BLAST!

SUSPEND!...

A plasma blast was suspended in front of the raging preteen's face as time was halted.

FEAR FIST!

PUNCH!

CRACK!-

INDENT!

Adding to the setup, DIO smashed his fist into the chest of the child, cracking his armor with the nature of the fear energy alone, much less his physical force which served to dent it as it lurched the icy user forward.

FLOAT...

...GAZE!

AL's eyes shifted to the side as he saw The World move away from him as it winded back its fist.

"This will teach you to disrespect me, boy!" DIO crackled as the stand got ready to donut the child.

'No...! Not him too!' Concern crept into his hatred-induced state as he was going to view his young ally be gravely injured.

SMOKESCREEN!

"FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE! HIM TOO!?" The vampire was at a loss for words as yet another person moved in his world of stopped time, as he clouded the villain's vision.

"He can move in his stopped time?!" Edge Heart was also extremely surprised. "But how?!" He asked aloud. Future Heart shared the same reaction as he used an ounce of his movement to make a shocked expression.

Brave Heart was also taken aback but remembered back on the convoy what he bestowed on his best friend.

His face went from shock to pride as he realized his words still held.

JUMP!

'I only have so long, so I must end this quickly...!' AL thought as he lunged to the plasma controlling problem.

SPIN KICK!

RESOUND!

CLEAR!

VOMIT!

A booming spin kick to the solar plexus momentarily winded the blinded vampire as the stand flinched in unison, as the martial artist targeted the weaker opponent to ensure its effectiveness was at its peak.

FADE...!

"SHIT!" DIO vomited blood as he flew towards the peak of the volcano as his stand flinched and faded as well, giving the fighter the opening he needed to execute the move.

WHIRLWIND KICK!

TWISTER!

"Tenshou Kaireki Jin!"

CONNECT!

MASSIVE SHOCKWAVE!!

AL used the Tatsumaki Zankyukyau to clause the distance as his movement created a giant twister before kicking the vampire in the lower abdomen as a huge shockwave resounded from the hit.

The symbol of heaven was displayed behind DIO as he tried to move but found himself stuck.

"Accept death! The other side awaits!"

KICK THROUGH!

BIFURCATE!

TIME RESUMES!

A voice of anger screamed as the martial artist kicked the supervillain in half, his pain causing the resumption of time as the creature of the night's body plummeted to the ground. AL landed right near the vent

"Urk!-"

EXPLOSION!

"Agh!" Domio screamed in pain as his setup trap came to pass as he was tumbled down the volcano at breakneck speeds.

TUMBLE!

ROLL!

TWIRL!

SLAM!

RAGDOLL!

"Domio!" The trio of gods yelled in remembrance as they looked at the damaged child.

SKID!

GRAB!

CROUCH!...

STOP!...

They breathed in relief, however, when the preteen regained his bearings and stopped himself by the base of the mountain.

Conveniently right by the Commanders and the agents, plus the temporal cat.

"Did he... Just defeat DIO?" Lady Wac was astounded by the feat AL pulled off.

"I'm not getting my hopes up yet. Not again." Blinx shook his head in refusal.

"Good, because I doubt it. If there's bodily evidence, the hurensohn is still alive." Domio spoke, his stuttering completely gone as the mindset he was in dismissed any speech impediments for the sake of the destruction of his object of infuriation.

"He looks pretty dead to me." Moru pointed out.

"I've seen him come back as from a pile of blood. Trust him, he's not dead." Taleia advised as the catgirl took her word for it.

THUD!...

DIO's upper half fell face-first to the ground as his lower half landed further up the volcano, near AL as it lifelessly laid in front of him.

"Fucking bloody brilliant, AL!" Future Heart congratulated.

CHARGE...!

"Save the compliments for after the battle has been won. Destroy his remains at once!" The senior fighter instructed as he charged an attack to finish the legs of the supervillain.

"Don't have to tell me twice! HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

BURST!

SPIKE!

Brave Heart shouted as he began to power up. His aura spiked and expanded as he channeled energy for his EXE Drive.

"Time is of the essence!"

AURA!

TWIRL!

LIGHTNING STRIKES!

Edge Heart raised and spun his scythe, causing lightning from the skies to spontaneously strike his weapon over and over again, overcharging his EXE Drive as his white aura returned and shined brighter than ever before.

"This is for everything you've done to my people!"

POINT!

BURST!

GLOW!...

...WHIRL!

Future Heart roared as he pointed his lance upwards, the blade glowing as his lime aura vested to life as the weapon glowed and began to spin on its hilt, becoming a divine drill.

"Fabelhaft...!" Domio commented as he awed the gods above him.

"This looks like the end for DIO, friends." Cave dipped her toes into the waters of assurance as she saw no movement from the body parts.

"It only took three R63 CPUs, a demon inside a man, an abuse victim with unnerving anger issues that make him a terrifying force, and the entire military alongside casualties in the millions if not billions to do it," Taleia noted as she held her grip for assurance.

"...I don't buy it." The Loweean told the group. "He's too still." His eyes narrowed.

"Huh?" Poona stared at the body.

"Now that you mention it... He has been motionless." Blinx pointed out.

As they observed, DIO grit his teeth as he silently grimaced.

'Struck down by that burnt carcass!... Damn it all! And those three upstart deities yelling platitudes and clichés that make my disemboweled stomach turn in disdain!...' Infuriation made its expected return as the vampire was not pleased in the slightest with his current position.

'But this is not the end! I still have my trump card!'

SLAM!

PROPELL!

"!"

HEAT UP!

All eyes, above and below looked to the moving half of DIO as his eyes charged.

"UREYYYYYYYYYY!"

"Scheiße! Frozen Fortitude!"

MAGIC CIRCLE!

ICE WALL!

PLASMA VISION!

Domio knew what would happen if they did nothing and the menace to society got off the attack, so he took initiative and created a wall of ice to block the plasma blast that headed right for them.

CHARGE...!

RIPPLE!

"You guys! DIO, you piece of rat shit!" Brave Heart snarled as he cupped his hands. The energy within started to ripple in space as the gravitational energy mixing with KI on that magnitude made for a dangerous combination.

EXPLOSION!

SMOKE...!

"ARGH!" The group screamed as the attack hit and caused another obnoxiously cloudy mass of smoke to form.

"...?" Edge Heart's eyes gazed to the side as he saw the taken-up AL focusing on the commotion forgetting to take into account that the legs near him were glowing an ominous yellow.

"ALISTER, BEWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS!" The CPU yelled in realization as he felt the pair of legs' energy skyrocket.

"?!" AL himself looked down and saw the glaring appendages and wasted no time trying to obliterate them before he could find out what would be the result of waiting too long.

"Gōhadōken!"

BLAST!-

FEAR DETONATE!

NULLIFY!

The fire user's eyes widened upon firing the blast, seeing that the legs exploded and are up to his attack completely, nulling it as it approached him.

ENGULF!

DE-TRANSFORM!

Shock was evident as the blast consumed the pyro warrior, On top of his Burning Fever being stripped from him as he was caught in the blast zone.

SUMMON!

"See you in Hell!" The World screamed in DIO's voice before moving in for the kill.

IMPALE!

All feeling was drawn to the incomprehensibly painful sensation of not only his chest but spine and everything in between the two, including his heart being run through by the fist of the world as a hole the size of a fan was now present in the body of the warrior.

"MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!"

STAND BARRAGE!

Pain overwhelmed the martial artist as the dark stand wasted no time battering the fighter as he made the last moments of the target feel like absolute torment, screaming how useful his attempts at beating him were as he did.

DANGLE...!

After the last punch was thrown, the arrow he kept was beaten out of his possession, the object in front of him as his blurred vision barely picked up on it.

'T-The arrow... I... Should have...!' His mental voice barely got out before he lost track of the item.

CLUTCH!

STAB!

'!'

AL's internal monologue was interrupted as the bone-shaped arrow was lodged in his neck, more blood flying as his eyes went white with pain and surprise.

"MUDA!"

SKULL HOOK!

SPLASH!

ERUPT!

"AL!" Future Heart yelled in dismay.

A hook to the skull sent the man spinning into the mouth of the volcano, the natural structure erupting as the smoke from the other's end cleared.

CLEAR...!

"What's the situation!"

"What's the matter?"

"What's wrong?!"

Cave, Taleia, and Domio shouted to the CPU Candidate respectively, as the boy's wall had a large open area where the plasma beam went through, his armor smoldering as the others were only mildly injured from the debris.

"It's AL, He's... Tch! Damn you-" Leanbox's CPU Candidate held back his emotions, eyes welling up with frustration and guilt before being cut off.

"DIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

INTENSIFY!

STEAM!

Brave Heart did NOT take well to the implications of what he had witnessed, his tears not even being able to form as they evaporated, only serving to make him more fierce as his aura flared and flailed wildly in tandem.

"Oho? Somebody's feeling despair. What happened to your quips and jokes? Or did they fall short like your overcooked comrade?" Rubbing salt on the wound, DIO taunted the emotionally distraught enemy.

"YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP! I'll MAKE SURE THIS ATTACK KILLS YOU FOR GOOD! YOU'LL SUFFER FOR WHAT YOU DID TO HIM, EVEN IF IT GODDESSDAMN KILLS ME!" The genuinely angered CPU screams at the top of his lungs as he aimed to kill.

REGENERATE!

"Then I implore you to fail miserably and do my job for me, Bluster Heart." A snigger made its way to the vampire's face as he stood on two newly regenerated legs.

"He won't talk as much when you're reduced to atoms, you bloody bellend!"

SPIN!

WHIRLWIND!

Future Heart's lance spun with enough speed to create a powerful twister as he verbally attacked the bloodsucker.

"Likewise, if I'd want to sully my eyes with the sight of your abhorrent carcasses-"

SHATTER!

BOOM!

"!-"

Domio had skated up the volcano in silence, his ice gauntlets being summoned before clocking the supervillain in the back of the in a satisfying moment of consequence.

"That was for AL." The boy seethed as he clasped his hands, ice reforming.

FREEZE!-

SLEDGEHAMMER!

Before smashing the vampire in the base of the neck, sending him to the ground as he continued.

"Another person who has the decency to treat me like a human being is dead. And because of scum, just like YOU!"

"How did you-!"

HOOK!

SHATTER!

"FUCK!" DIO vehemently swore as his looking back got him a cold hook to the jaw that sent him spinning back on the floor, shocked and disoriented by the sudden appearance of a threat thought destroyed.

"AND I REFUSE TO LET THE MAN WHO FREED ME FROM THAT HELLHOLE'S DEATH BE MOCKED BY SOMEONE LIKE YOU!"

PUNCH!-

SWING!

SLAM!

SHATTER!

Domio screamed with rage as he floored the enemy with a punch that sent his head to the ground, his fist still making contact even after completely shattering not only the gauntlet, but the ice armor of his hand as his palm bled from the force he gripped it with whilst shouting his refusal to allow his friend to be made fun of.

"We're right behind you, Domio!" Blinx yelled, aligning feelings being shown as he and the rest of the army personnel showed up near him as they stopped.

"Hold him off, young Domio! Until we're done charging our EXE Drives, all you have to do is survive his retaliation!" Edge Heart yelled as the CPU saw the first greed light become black.

GLOW!...

"Allow us to assist you!" Taleia and Cave said in unison, drawing their weapons as they stood by the boy's side.

UNSHEATH!

AIM!

"We're with you, kid." Lady Wac and the other Commanders stepped beside him as the group was reformed.

BFFT!-

HIGH KICK!

BFTT!...

DIO noticed the child with a kick amid time stop, resuming right before he connected before repeating the process to gain some distance.

"Domio!-"

"I wouldn't worry about the miniature twat. Since your deaths will follow shortly after his."

POINT!-

WAVE OF FEAR!

The surroundings became faded for a brief moment as the burst of bone-chilling fear energy spread, reaching the heroes below as the vampire pointed.

"I won't be willed into submission by you! Not after what you did to AL!" Courage found its way into the Loweean's heart as he stuck out a hand.

OUTSTRETCH!

ICE BEAM!

"Blizzaga Burst!"

As he sent an SP Skill to hit the vampire, the ice beam rushed at him.

DEFLECT!...

ICE SPIKE...!

DIO backhanded the attack, to see that it froze an isolated area with no consequence to him. Domio snarled as his attack was fodderized in an instant.

"Normally, I would tear you all to shreds with my stand, but this insufferable brat deserves to be ripped limb by limb with my bare hands!" He decided as his stand was put away for the sake of a more hands-on approach.

FADE...!

"Just try it!" Taleia said as she stood beside the boy, blade drawn as she glared at the glowing-haired creature of the night.

"I do not try. I succeed."

BFFT JAB!

WOOSH!

Pain overwhelmed the elfen soldier as she was suddenly sent tumbling from the light jab that easily punted her down the volcano.

LEAP!

ROUNDHOUSE KICK!-

DUCK!

DIO saw Cave attempting to kick him in the side of the head with a roundhouse, only to be evaded as the bloodsucker crouched under her move.

GRAB!

SWING!

CRASH!

"Urgh! Domio grunted as the boy caught the soldier, directly after she was grabbed by the shin and swung like a helicopter blade before being pelted in his general direction as the two tumbled.

"Here goes nothing!" Blinx yelled as he pulled out a green diamond-shaped crystal and held it up.

SHINE!

CLONE!

A green holographic version of Blinx appeared as Domio rested Cave back on her feet as Taleia returned to the battle with a bloody nose that was bent awkwardly.

CRACK!

"Shit. Damn vampire." She cursed before looking at the scene before her.

"A pussycat thinks he can defeat me with a rusty vacuum cleaner? How insulting." DIO underestimated the cat as he got ready to send the green clone stopped in its tracks.

DANCE!

"Hit me if you can, ya big bully! They should probably call you DIE-O since you're gonna be doing that real soon, garlic breath!" The clone mocked as it danced around and pulled its bottom eyelid while blowing a raspberry.

"Insolent little pest!"

ST-!

STUMBLE!

"N-Nani?"

DISAPPEAR!

He went for a stomp, but almost trip when he realized that he couldn't interact with the green cat as it was no longer present, miffing the vampire.

LUNGE!

FREEZE!

SMASH!

STAGGER!

A fist of ice found its way to the vampire's stomach as his slight was capitalized as Domio sunk the punch as far as he could, opening him up further.

ICY BARRAGE!

"Hit him, NOW!" Lowee's youth yelled as he doled his shots into the abdomen of the vampire, distracting him from any support he could get from his allies.

"Flame-Bon!"

WOOSH!

Poona used her magic and created a Bon-Bon that was on fire and cast it towards the villain as it burned a fiery orange.

JUMP!

AXE KICK!

COMBUST!

Domio jumped and kicked his target in the back of his head with an ax kick from behind that lurched him forward to collect the attack in his face.

"DAMN YOU, GREEN HARLOT!" DIO swore as he held his face in pain.

"Malicious Heaven!"

WIND SPELLS!

Summoning spheres of wind from her fingers, the soldier sent the attacks to the supervillain's writhing position as they closed in on him as the youth moved out of the way.

DASH!

GUST!

ELEVATE!

SET ABLAZE!

The spells created a green whirlwind that tore at the bloodsucker's body as he was raised before reaching its climax, his fire spreading to the rest of his body, and the entire SP Skill as a flamenado was created.

DARK AURA!

"Black Sabbath!"

BEAM!

Taleia returned to her darker state as her eyes became a darker purple and the black aura returned to her as she unsheathed her other sword as she pointed and a dark beam rushed to the firestorm.

DARKEN!

EXPLOSION!...

Causing the flames to become dark purple before exploding from the instability of the dark energy.

FEAR BURST!

"ENOUGH!"

DIO screamed as his fear energy cleared the explosion, pushing everyone back as he revealed himself with minor burns to the face that were slowly healing as they observed.

"YOU DIE FIRST, ANNOYING CUNT!"

BFFT!

HIGH KICK!

Upon shouting, he teleported to the half-elf before high kicking her in her chin, sending her flying into the air as she was silenced by her clattering teeth.

BFFT!

DROPKICK!

CRASH!...

Before sending the agent back down on the ground as obsidian flew, her body recording as she became silent from the impact.

BFFT HOOK!

ROUNDHOUSE!

PLASMA CLAW!

EXPLOSION!

"AAH!" Domio yelled, being struck immediately after as he was blitzed with a fear energy hook before a roundhouse struck him in the temple, and a plasma claw exploded on contact, sending him in the distance.

BFFT!

SLEDGEHAMMER!

SHOCKWAVE!

"Urk!-"

PLASMA BLAST!

EXPLOSION!

Then moved on to Cave with a teleporting sledgehammer before blasting her with a plasma palm blast that exploded on her staggered form, sending her into the air in a smoldering mess.

"Bon-Bon Barrier!"

BARRIER!

Poona tried to shield her remaining allies before DIO could teleport again by encapsulating them in a barrier like back on the convoy in hopes to protect them.

SWEAT...!

PLASMA BULLETS!

EXPLOSIONS!

CRACK...!

CRACK!...

SHATTER!

But DIO had other plans, as he sent his plasma sweat to bombard the shield, cracking it with each blast connecting until it shattered, knocking the green-haired girl back as her allies called for her.

"Poona!" Lady Wac and Moru yelled in frightful concern.

"I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT HER IF I WERE YOU!"

PLASMA BLAST!

EXPLOSION!

"Kyaaaa!"Another plasma attack sent the trio flying as blood, fabric, and obsidian flew into the air as they followed as the vampire screamed in contentment.

BFFT!

THROW!

BLAST!

BFFT!

ELBOW!

BFFT!

EYE BLAST!

"Aaaagh!"

SMASH!

CRASH!

TUMBLE...!

DIO teleported to Lady Wac before bringing his hand to her stomach and blasting her insides with some plasma as she was launched.

He then appeared by Poona as she was elbowed in the face by him as he moved right after laughing at her suffering.

And finally, he sent a low power beam from his eyes, frying Moru as the catgirl screamed in pain before all three smashed into each other and fell to the floor as they tumbled down the volcano.

"They're dropping like flies!" Future Heart lowered his drill lance, ready to save his friends from further former.

"We can't lose them too!" Brave Heart brought back his hands as he was ready to fire.

GLOW!

"No, you two! We must attack in unison!" Edge Heart stopped them from helping as the second light on his scythe turned black.

"But we can't just stand here and watch this!" Leanbox's male CPU argued.

"If we interfere, all of this would have just been pointless posturing! The only way that fiend is utterly decimated is if we launch the attack in perfect sync!" The elder CPU retorted.

STEAM!...

"Tch...!" Brave Heart held his position as his eyes continued to steam from his emotion.

"He's beating us so easily...!"

GLARE!

Blinx took in the slaughter-fest as he hitched his breath once the vampire took notice of him as he pulled out his blue and orange Time Crystals.

TIME STOPS!

FAST FORWARD!...

SLIDE...!

Luckily enough, he manage to get off the activation of his crystals as he rushed dot the strongest person there, being Domio as he slid down the volcano at top speed.

STOP!

He halted his sliding once he got to near the base of the mountain, where he saw the shirtless, severely damaged, wincing child as half his armor was shattered, only his leg armor remaining.

TWITCH!...

LOOK BACK!

"This is bad!" Blinx commented before looking back to see that DIO had moved slightly based on what he heard before he looked, his finger having slightly curled.

"I gotta fix him back up before that guy can move completely in my stopped time!" The temporal cat got to work as he pulled out a purple cross crystal before having it make contact with the armor of the Loweean.

TOUCH!...

...REWIND!

FREEZE!

When contact was made, the armor started to freeze, its damage being undone as it reconstructed itself from the waist up, even his helmet was being rebuilt in a matter of seconds.

After 3 seconds had passed, he was back in top shape armor-wise, but the cat didn't risk touching Domio himself, lest he be rewinded to a weaker point in times which would spell the end.

"Now for you to get an advantage." Blinx pulled back out his blue crystal as he touched the middle of his ally's eyes.

TOUCH!...

RAISE!

HACK!

Domio's eyes widened as he coughed blood that didn't leak through his armors, but the cat could sure smell it.

"Where am I?... How did my armor-" He asked the cat. The world around him looked like a faded blue, as everything was suspended.

"In stopped time. I fixed your ice armor, but we don't have long, only a few more seconds, so you gotta hit DIO while you still got time! I'll count down as you go! Now go!" He said at a faster rate than usual, which put off the preteen but still have him an idea of what he needed to do.

"5!"

SKATE!

"4!"

JUMP!

"3!"

REEL!

"2!"

"Kältenkatastrophe!"

"1!"

WAVE OF COLD!

SHATTER!

TIME RESUMES!

MASS FREEZE!

Domio used his EXE Drive as he closed in on the vampire to a point-blank degree before time resumed so that DIO would be face to face with a world of cold, which he inevitably was.

"!" The trio of gods was shellshocked by the sudden movement of Domio as he was blasting the bloodsucker to an icy prison.

"You did it!" Blinx cheered as he smiled.

"Did he teleport?" Future Heart pondered.

"No, he moved in stopped time." Edge Heart revealed.

"But how? DIO-"

Brave Heart was cut off when the trio looked at the Time Sweeper, his hand holding a blue crystal.

SHATTER!

FEAR SPHERE!

"WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

"?!" The ice user was at a loss of words as his move was overpowered, fear energy expanding as a some as the ice was completely broken without a second thought.

"YOU INSUFFERABLE INSECT!"

CHOKE!

"ACK!"

SLAM!

He didn't even have time to process how his opponent broke through before his neck was grabbed and slammed into the middle of the volcano as the surrounding rubble tumbled down.

PUNCH!

"I've!"

STRAIGHT!

"HAD!"

FEAR FIST!

"ENOUGH!"

PLASMA FIST!

"OF!-"

FEAR PLASMA FIST!

CRATER!

"YOU SHIT!"

DOUBLE FIST!

SHATTER!

DIO held the child by his neck before smashing his fist into his face, again and again, each time more powerful than the last as he was truly infuriated with how he refused to die with each attempt, the last attack with his stand shattering his face armor.

GUARD!

SMASH!

SHATTER!

An attempted guard was shattered as his forearm armor was sent to the shadow realm with a single attack as he felt his forums almost snap under the pressure of the first.

"You gotta pull through, kid!-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

EYE BLAST!

EXPLOSION!

DROP!

Blinx's words of encouragement were silenced as the creature of the night sent a one-eyed plasma beam that struck him down the volcano side as smoke came off of his body, causing him to drop the Time Crystal.

"BLINX! Scheiße, Frozen Fortitude!" Domio yelled in dismay before cursing and activating the defensive spell, summoning a sphere that covered his body in ice with some breathing room.

"NO DEFENSE CAN PROTECT YOU FROM ME! MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!"

PLASMA BARRAGE!

TREMORS!

ERUPT!

DIO smashed his fists into the shield after enhancing them with heat, chipping away at the defense the bit had erected to defend himself as the ground shook from the sheer severity of the blows that caused another volcanic eruption.

CRACK!...

CRACK!...

CRACK!...

CHANNEL!

Inside the dome, Domio desperately tried to maintain the structural integrity of the spell by pouring SP into it, but he only had so much on too of the vastly superior opponent wailing down on him proved his efforts ultimately futile.

PUNCH THROUGH!

DIO's first bore through a hole as his glowing fist was seen as it illuminates the inside of the shield before his other hand pushed itself in and the two grabbed each side of the opening.

RIP OPEN!

Before destroying the shield with one swift movement.

"DIE!-"

HUM...!

HALT!

DIO's ears picked up the sound of loud mechanical noise, or rather a loud group of them as he halted his beatdown.

His eyes looked to the sky before seeing that a fleet of military aircraft was approaching the battlefield, all in an offensive formation as they flew towards his position.

"Is that... a fleet of jets?" Brave Heart's voice was unsure as he asked the stupid question in hindsight since any commercial airlines weren't a thing as yet.

Somehow.

"The Air Force. I've only seen them at online concerts and ceremonies." Future Heart gave exposition as he enlightened his senior CPU.

FLICKER...!

"They have been boasted by Green Heart herself to be the strongest aerial military force in all of Gamindustri proper. But I fear not even their militant might will even phase the vampiric menace." Edge Heart cautiously spoke as the third light on his scythe flickered black.

"You woes are justified, false god! For their presence means nothing more to me than a flock of sacrificial lambs encased in metal traps!"

PLASMA BLAST!

STAND GLIDE!

JET!

"DOMIO!" The three CPUs yelled before looking up to see the vampire on the berated their appearance before attacking the exposed Domio with a hand blast before jumping off the ground with his stand helping him ascend as he fired an SRSE beam.

EXPLOSIONS!

One sweep of his eye blast made tens of jets explode with their pilots unaware of their situation until they had long after departure from the material plane, the smoking remains of their ships the only evidence left.

"NO!" Future Heart screamed in despair as his people were smoked in an instant.

"HAHAHA! Two down and a fun minigame in the middle! My destiny is finally coming together as the conqueror of all!"

EVA!-

PLASMA BULLETS!

EXPLOSIONS!

Hundreds of plasma bullets were volleyed as they either sailed past or hit more aircraft as their evasive maneuvers were irrelevant to their survivability.

RUMBLE!

Mister Chief, Avery, Betty, and some other soldiers were standing over the hatch of their dropship as it shook from the previous damage it took.

Modded in a futuristic bodysuit, the master petty officer was modded in the Mark VII variant of his armor as the green monster of a body armor module menacingly listened in the artificial light of the room, as he stood in silence, looking out at the carnage below him as he held his inactive weapon handle as his rifle and pistol were equipped on him.

Avery and Betty, however, had something a bit more unique to their situation.

Their armor was something called the ARS, short for Augmented Reaction Suit. Its components were created from a carbon-nanite-based textile as this gave it an array of abilities, furthermore boosted by magic enhancement.

They held some high-grade laser weapons as Avery went with a plasma shotgun as Betty possessed twin laser SMGs.

The rest of the soldiers were either in ARS or Mk VII modules as they grouped around the three with their load-outs as a message was announced, making all look to the origin of the sound.

"The ship's auxiliary rear thruster and primary right thruster have been compromised! Engineering staff is ordered to begin immediate battlefield repairs!" The pilot shouted on the intercoms as everyone looked at the speakers.

"Alright, soldiers!" 343, fitted in her own black Mark VII module said through her suit, her voice being slightly modified as it passed the communication of her armor as she was now the squad leader of the group that the three were situated under.

EXPLOSIONS...!

LASER FIRE!

"WRYYY!..."

"DIO's terrorizing our forces in the air and picking us off one by one! We've been sent to eliminate him and save Gamindustri from his potential reign of terror!" She shouted as more ships were being destroyed and his voice could be heard through all the chaos.

On the bright side, they began to retaliate by firing back their weaponry at him as the jets, began to engage in aerial combat.

"We jump and try to hit him from the air from those with long-ranged firearms. Once we land, we provide a diversion for the Air Force to strike him down. Our plasma shields and armor shields are enough to take hits from their lasers, but do not say in an open area where laser fire is common." 343 continued, her strategy explained.

"Keep moving, so that DIO can't focus on you, and we shall prevail! I cannot assure your safety, but I will promise you that your sacrifice will be remembered! Fear not death, but strive for salvation for if we fall, the nation is soon after!" The dark-skinned general finished as the soldiers responded.

"Ma'am, yes, ma'am!" The voices of the valiant were heard as she motioned her hand.

"Then move out!"

LEAP!

JUMP!

LUNGE!

She roared as her group bailed from the ship as everyone began to descend from the air as they saw the reason for their deployment.

"Military planes hope to strike me out of the sky? Impossible! Their technology could be 10,000 years ahead of mine and I would still effortlessly triumph!"

PLASMA VISION!

ENGULF!

DIO got off another plasma eye beam, full power as it ate up multiple jets that tried to fly out of the way, only to be mercilessly fried in flight.

"Fire at will!" 343 yelled as she, with the rest of the squad unloaded their lasers on the creature of the night.

LASER FIRE!

SUMMON!-

DEFLECT!

Their attempts were blocked by The World, who manifested as soon as DIO's ears picked up the approaching laser fire.

DEFLECT!

DEFLECT!

DEFLECT!

"The lasers! They're missing their target!" Leanbox Super Soldier #17 shouted.

"Keep firing! He can't retaliate if he's being bombarded by constant laser fire!" 343 told the soldier as the group kept firing their guns.

LASER FIRE!

REFLECT!

SNIPE!

CRASH!...

A super-soldier in the ARS was shot out of the sky as the laser was reflected by the stand and sent him hurling to the ground.

REFLECT!

REFLECT!

REFLECT!

CRASH!

Lasers were bounced back from seemingly nothing from the soldiers' view as they backtracked and struck multiple soldiers as they were pelted to the ground.

"We're getting. our asses handed to us!" Avery shouted as he looked at his falling comrades. He held his shotgun in frustration knowing that he was way too far to do anything useful with his weapon of choice.

LASER BARRAGE!

DEFLECT!

"No shit! None of my shots are even hitting!" Betty shouted as her laser SMGs harmlessly were redirected to hit either the hull of the ships or the ground.

"Your weaponry is useless! MUDA! MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!"

BLAST!

BLAST!

BLAST!

BLAST!

BLAST!

EXPLOSIONS!

DIO repeatedly screamed as he threw plasma blast after plasma blast, pulverizing soldiers that were directly hit, and incinerating the ones near them as their numbers dwindled as affected ships were destroyed in the air.

SPREAD!

Mister Chief slowed his fall as he positioned himself over DIO and his stand, after watching his squad get wiped by the disastrous assault of energy.

EXPLOSION!

The carrier ship exploded as another auxiliary engine was compromised by a stray plasma blast, debris falling from the ship as the squad looked up in horror.

TOSS!

"The dropship!" Betty shouted as she shielded her eyes from the flash before pushing aside a smoldering price of the hull.

"Not so determined to defeat me anymore, are we?" Mocked the vampire as he pointed toward the blonde.

HEAT UP!...

His finger heated up as the index glowed with temperature as he aimed to erase the woman before him.

"Betty!"

LASER FIRE!

BUCK!

PROPELL!

Avery yelled in fear of what would happen as he used the buck of his weapon to push himself forward, the laser round acting as propulsion as he moved towards her.

But he wouldn't make it in time, the medium of attack far surpassing any option he had for getting his team member out of the tight spot she was in.

PLUMMET!

PUNCH!

The World looked up after hearing the sound of something falling to see that a large piece of burning metal was above it, and made no hesitation to obliterate the scrap.

ACTIVATE!

PLASMA SWORD!

STAB!

"WHAT!-"

PUSH!

PLASMA BEAM!

EXPLODE!

Upon the burning metal hull being punched into fragments, Mister Chief revealed himself by activating the plasma sword through the metal as it was being destroyed, stabbing an unsuspecting DIO who was more than surprised as this caused him to slightly sully his aim as Avery reached Betty in time to push her out of the way before it could be fired, exploding another aircraft in the process.

TWIST!

BURN!

FADE...!

"HOW DID YOU!-"

SMASH!

"FIRE!"

LASER FIRE!

343 yelled as everyone fired their weapons, regardless of weapon type as they all exploited the opening given to them by Mister Chief, as he shut up the bloodsucker by slamming his fist across his face.

SMOKE!

"WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

CLEAR!-

SHOCKWAVE!

PUSH!

DIO attempted to escape the precarious position he was in as he screamed, his voice projecting a powerful bellow that blew away just about everyone else that was the person stabbing into him as the smoke from the laser fire cleared, revealing his relatively unharmed body.

EQUIP!

S-SHOVE!...

LODGE!

BOOM!

STOMP!-

CRASH!

The elite super soldier took out his laser pistol before using the grip he had on the sword to pull himself to the bloodsucker's push before shoving the barrel down into the back of his throat and firing.

This caused DIO to hack, not expecting an attack internally as a foot smashed into his face just before he hit the ground, Mister Chief using the impact to concentrate as much damage into the vampire's body as he landed.

"Bloody 'ell! The bloke didn't get 15 games for nothing!" Future Heart commented as he saw the dropkick that the soldier landed before they were covered in dust.

"Mister Chief's fighting experience is great and all, BUT WHEN ARE WE GOING TO LAUNCH OUR FUCKING EXE DRIVES! AL IS DEAD, AND THE MILITARY IS GONNA BE NEXT IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING!" Brave Heart fumed, wrathful at their inaction.

GLOW!

"We must wait for the perfect opportunity. If we fail now, then his death and the subsequent deaths of everyone before him will be in vain." Edge Heart reminded.

"DAMNIT!" The adventurer god swore as the trio looked towards the storm cloud.

LAUNCH!

TUMBLE!

ROLL!

SKID...!

Master Chief was thrown from the cloud as he ragdolled, rolled, and finely got a hand to grip the ground, slowing his tumble as he found himself next to 343.

PULL!

"Get up, Chief! You still have a job to do!" She shouted as she pulled up the super-soldier, the two looking to the clouds alongside the three CPUs.

GUST!

ZOOM!

GRAB!

DIO rushed from the clouds, appearing behind both of the soldiers before clutching the necks of the soldiers, the duo not even realizing what had occurred.

SHOVE!

PUNT!

DRAG!

CRASH!

But as they did, they were now sliding on the floor, their bodies being pelted down the volcano before crashing into the base of it as they were thrown down by the vampire as he looked down below.

SUMMON!

'I can deal with the ones below. My stand will exterminate all above. This will be no problem.' DIO told himself mentally as The World was brought to his side before floating up to its next victims.

FLOAT!

DIVE PUNCH!-

EXPLOSIVE CHAIN!

Before flying through a line of ships, explosions lit up the sky as the vampire only looked more malicious under the overhead illumination.

ゴゴゴゴ!

BFFT!

CLEAR!STOMP!

"AGH!"

343 screamed as she felt her chest under the pressure of DIO's foot, his shoe cracking and indenting the armor effortlessly as his eyes glowed under his already intimidating visage.

"Death awaits!" The supervillain roared as he got ready to blast the general to kingdom come.

STAB!

"Tch!" A growl escaped the bloodsucker's lips as his abdomen was run through by the plasma sword as Mister Chief had gotten up, and stabbed him while he was occupied.

ELBOW!

CRASH!

BLAST!

EXPLOSION!

Slamming his elbow into the exposed portion of the power suit, DIO sent the chief flying before shooting him with a plasma blast as he crashed into a volcanic cliff causing it to explode, Mister Chief was caught in the blast.

"Chief!" The general called in dismay as DIO cackled heartily at his destruction.

HEAT UP...!

"Your knight in aluminum armor is as heroic as he is melted." He laughed before winding back his fist, glowing with energy.

"NO! YOU CAN'T!" Brave Heart yelled as he got ready to jet as he recognized the voice, about to rush in.

"She will be a causality if we act now, Nebula!" Edge Heart warned.

"But DIO will surely finish her if we do nothing!" Future Heart reminded, remembering how he felt when he was in the future.

"...!" The adventuring god scowled, having to watch another consequential causality happen before him, powerless to do anything without unpleasant consequence.

343 looked the first in terror, knowing that her time was near.

LASER!

COMBUST!

DIO felt the back of his head being pushed forward, setting him off before his back exploded in flames as he reacted.

"FUCK! WHO KEEPS HITTING ME!"

EXPLOSIONS!

He roared before turning around, his anger peaking as more ships were decimated from above.

Fury became awe as he witnessed not only the other soldiers return to battle, but the likes of Poona, Lady Wac, Moru, Cave, Taleia, and Blinx being held up as they returned to battle.

"Good shot." Betty congratulated Poona.

"You were pretty accurate, yourself." The Commander returned the gesture.

"Let's take this guy DOWN!" Taleia yelled before swinging her swords in an X shape, sending an arc of water and shade toward him.

X-ARC!-

BFFT!

"SHUT!"

BIFF!

SWING!-

BFFT DROPKICK!

"THE FUCK!"

GUARD!-

BFFT!

"UP!"

JUMPING SIDE KICK!

DIO roared as he dispatched the two guards after dodging Taleia's slash, stuffing out the left with a punch that broke through his helmet and crushed his skull into a human paste before evading a swing as he moved to send the other soldier to the afterlife with a stomp that crushed his heal to the point his body recoiled in response.

LAUNCH!

FRACTURE...!

He finally moved on to a guarding elf soldier as he kicked the point where both swords connected in the guard causing the blades to crack from the strike, almost reaching the other side of the edge as she was launched from the blow.

"Agent Taleia!" Cave shouted in concern before nodding to the soldiers that held her up.

TOSS!

WHOOSH!

Before they three her high into the air, prepping her for her next move.

"YOU BASTARD!" 343 yelled, having gotten to and fired her submachine laser at the vampire as the rest of her squad matched her initiative.

LASER FIRE!

"Please! I was born from wedlock you uninformed twat!" DIO smirked at the attempt of an insult before realizing against the squad as the light show did all but cause him to slightly flinch.

"WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

PLASMA BREATH!

INCINERATE!

EXPLOSION!

And with a single blast of the mouth, the squad's numbers had been cut in two without so much as a smidgen of meaningful impact to the vampire, an echoing explosion hammering in the fact.

"That was half our team!" Avery shouted in horrified shock.

"No shit, private!" The general yelled back before looking at the vampire, test brewing in her heart.

"We don't have much time before he does that to us! Anybody got a plan?" Blinx asked, desperate for salvation.

"Just give me a minute! I have something that can defeat him!" Poona shouted the fear put into her heart as she scrambled to collect herself after what she saw.

"You don't mean...!" Lady Wac's face widened in shock.

"But that's big enough to destroy the island!" Moru told her.

"We have no other choice!" The green-haired Commander told them before she nodded to the one that held her up.

THROW!

"YOU ACT I'LL BE STUPID ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU THAT TIME!" DIO roared before slowly raising his hands.

"We have to act now!" Future Heart, sick of doing nothing told his fellow gods.

"But the consequences-" Edge Heart was cut off.

"BUT NOTHING! WE'VE FLOATED HERE AND WATCHED PEOPLE DIE FOR THE PAST 10 MINUTES, AND I WILL BE DAMNED IF I SEE IT HAPPEN ONE MORE TIME, GRIS! I DIDN'T GO BACK TO THE PAST JUST TO SEE HISTORY BLOODY REPEAT ITSELF!"

BURST!

WHOOSH!

The time-traveling deity had enough of their idle commentary and blasted off to the battle.

"FINALLY!"

ZOOM!

Brave Heart readily took action after his friend rushed the vampire, ready to destroy him for what he'd done.

"...Alright. We have remained idle long enough!"

FLASH!

Edge Heart saw the two fly off before following them in a burst of speed.

DIO extended his arms fully before shouting his legendary phrase.

"ZA!"

"WAAARUDO!"

DUBSTEP FART!-

TIME STOP!-

FLYING KICK!

TIME RESUMES!

"!"

Future Heart sent a gruesome flying kick to the side of the vampire's head, causing him to crash to the ground as time resumed.

"That's enough out of you!" He shouted angrily, pointing to his windy drill.

"Do whatever attack you said you were! We'll hold him off then add our own to the mix!" Brave Heart yelled to Poona as the Commander nodded.

STAB!...

"Your time is nigh, abhorrent scum." Edge Heart snarled, lodging his scythe into the neck of the bloodsucker as the evil target growled.

"Send him to me!" Cave yelled, falling from the air as she got the attention of the trio.

"Right!" The three CPUs yelled.

KICK!

STOMP!

DOUBLE KICK!

BICYCLE KICK!!

Using their legs, Lastation's edgelord kicked the spinal cord of the vampire, forcing him up as his scythe was removed, before the future's godsend stomped his face as which caused him to rapidly spin and combined their efforts to punt him with a high kick before the pseudo protagonist volleyed his body with a brutal bicycle kick.

"Damn deities!" The supervillain screamed as his body erupted in pain.

"Black Label!"

BULLET HELL!

FLIP!-

SNAP!

EXPLOSION!

Cave spun around, sending thousands of energy projectiles that all hit DIO simultaneously, piling up the damage on the already staggered vampire as all who were below watched with awe.

She then slid her finger up her exposed midsection before backflipping and snapping it, causing the vampire to be caught in a large explosion.

SUMMON!

SUMMON!

SPIN!

BULLETS!

Cave resume her spinning once she summoned two bee robots to aid her, the three sending even more bullets to damage her opponent.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

FORMATION!

LASERS!

EXPLOSION!

She finally grabbed the robots as they turned into a sort of weapon before firing two massive lasers, that slowly closed I. on each other, creating a massive explosion that caught the creature of the night in the blast as everyone sans the CPUs and the Commanders blocked.

LAND!

"Awesome!" Moru shouted with amazement as the RRoD agent landed on her feet.

"It's not over yet!" The redhead told her as she looked back, to see the smoking vampire already starting to heal.

"That was pathetic!" DIO spat as he shook with fury from the embarrassment he was subjected to. "And you have the gall to twirl like a ballerina whilst doing it!" He roared before rushing for her.

"I'll KILL YOU, BITCH!" He roared as he was about to zoom ahead.

CLEAR...!

SHINE!

"Not if we do it to you first!" Poona shouted as the clouds cleared, the source of what she had been doing shining down on all.

She was floating, and above her hands which she held up high was a giant ball of glowing destruction, that housed energy capable of destroying the island if it missed.

Even the faces of the CPUs were awestruck that a rather meek girl held so much power, it reminded them of another divine person they knew that was like that.

"WHAT IN THE-" A flustered and off guard DIO almost lost his shit completely after seeing the attack.

"Armage-Bon-Bon!" She yelled her EXE Drive as she threw the attack down, mimicking a certain alien as it raced to the vampire's location.

BFFT BARRAGE!

"You'll never hit me with something so predictable!" Regaining his senses, he began to teleport all over the place to confuse the girl as to where he was.

"It's not gonna hit him!" Betty shouted.

LASER!

EXPLOSION!

The bloodsucker tumbled as he was hit with a large red laser that caused him to halt his blitz, as he looked to where it originated.

Mister Chief, holding his side with one hand fired the laser with the other as his armor was relatively fine due to the regenerative qualities, the laser smoking from its round being fired.

FLASH!

KICK...!-

BFFT GRAB!

STOMP!-

BFFT GRAB!

Edge Heart rushed the staggered villain with a kick, but only ended up with his legs being grabbed, stopping all leg moment.

HEAT UP...!

"Did you honestly think such sleepy movements could get by me?" A resharpened DIO asked as he held both legs, his eyes glowing.

POKE!

"ACK!"

CROSS!

The CPU poked out the villain's eyes at super speed before crossing his arms.

"You fell for it, fool!" Edge Heart roared to his fellow gods as he swung his arms, crackling with black lightning.

"THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTA- Apologies. Volaitc Maelstrom!"

REEL!-

"DAMN IT, DIRE!-"

BLACK DISCHARGE!

PARALYZE!

PUNT!

The outfoxed vampire was then struck with Edge Heart's actual EXE Drive, causing him to be stabbed before electrically exploding with black lightning coursing through his body before he was paralyzed and sent towards the ball of destruction.

'SHIT!' DIO internally cursed as he was sent flying.

"Let's go, Vergo!" Brave Heart called Future Heart nodded.

"Roger!" Very's brother nodded before the two blasted into the sky.

FLY!

FLY!

Green and Orange streaks of energy rushed to the vampire as the others watched, even gathering the attention of a nearby child.

FREEZE...!

"!... I have to help them!" The person got to their first before channeling magic through their fist.

"SHINKU HADŌKEN!"

BLAST!

BEAM!

A pale blue mass of energy escaped Brave Heart's hands as he launched the beam toward the stunned vampire as he regained his senses.

DUBSTEP FART!

TIME STOP!

"Za Warudo!"

DIVE!

"As if!" The arc's villain shouted. DIO shouted, free from his paralysis as he stopped thr beam right when it was upon him before going for the blue CPU.

GRAB!

"Fat chance!"

DRAG!

SIZZLE!

Future Heart yelled, grabbing the vampire by his face with his free hand before flying back to the tip of the beam, dragging his face on the way.

SHOVE!

GRAB!

SWING!

SLAM!

TIME RESUMES!-

ENGULF!

Once they reached the edge, Leanbox's CPU Candidate grabbed the leg of the vampire and swung it down, causing the villain to crash into the top of the beam so hard that time resumed, engulfing him in the beam.

CLASH!

As he was carried and smashed in between the two EXE Drives, stuck in the middle of annihilation.

"YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT ME! I REFUSE TO BE BROUGHT DOWN BY MEAGER MONGRELS!"

FEAR ENERGY!

FEAR BARRIER!

A golden sphere was projected around the vampire as he struggled to not be completely meshed in between the two attacks, Poona and Brave Heart pushing with all their might to close the gap.

"We have to destroy the shield!" Edge Heart bellowed as he charge his scythe.

CHARGE!...

"You heard the man, fire like hell!"

LASER FIRE!

Mister Chief raised his sign before the rest of the army let off their lasers, trying with everything they had to damage the barrier as he reloaded his laser cannon.

NULLIFY!

But the nature of the shield prevented any lesser from doing anything more than fizzing out on contact.

"Your laser pointers damage me as much as the number of neurons in your brain." DIO insulted.

"Screw you!" Lady Wac shouted.

"You wish somebody did that to you, hm?" The vampire snickered.

A growl escaped her lips before she looked to Poona.

"You sure you can't push it anymore!? Moru asked the two.

"His shield is sapping the attacks' power! We're deadlocked!" Brave Heart responded for the girl as he looked to the side.

"Not if we have anything to say about it! Do it, Vergo!" Edge Heart yelled as he saw the CPU Candidate rush in.

LIGHTNING STRIKE!

ELECTRIFY!

THRUST!-

IGNITE!

"DRILL OF DELIVERANCE!" Future Heart screamed as he raised his weapon, causing lighting to strike and charge it before thrusting his weapon forward, as it combusted with electronically charged flames being heightened by the razor winds as it was a moment from making contact with the shield.

"Voltaic Shot!"

BLACK LASER!

LASER!

SHATTER!

Mister Chief and Edge Heart both fired their weapons, a red and a black laser respectively firing ahead, all three attacks hitting the same point as it shattered the fear barrier from the concentrated force.

"NANI!-"

EXPLOSION!-

GUST!

IMPALE!

IMPLOSION!-

EXPLODE!

DIO was shocked before being shot by both lasers, only for the smoke to be sucked into the impalation wound before exploding again as the CPU Candidate was blasted away.

"I got the bastard!" Future Heart fist-pumped his attack landing, breathing heavily from the effort exerted to pull it off.

"OR DID YOU?!"

PLASMA VISION!

IMPALE!

CLUTCH!...

"!" The transformed bloke coughed blood as his right lung was pierced from the surprise attack as he held the wounds, DIO was revealed to be severely injured, but still held back both attacks with his hands, saturated in fear energy.

"HE SURVIVED?! COME ON!" Brave Heart shouted in exasperation.

"That is bullshit!" Blinx for the first time since his arrival cursed, fed up with the turn of events.

"Oh, but it isn't, walking allergen! I, DIO, am simply superior in battle and tactical prowess compared to the lot of you insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential, irrelevant, out of place-"

"ARKTISCHER ZERSTÖRER!"'

BOOM!

SHATTER!

FREEZE!

"Halt deine fresse!" The Loweean screeched. DIO felt the words be pushed out of him as he received a body-breaking blow, as he was encapsulated in ice by the shattering of a fist the size of a house from Domio, who had transferred the magic concentration that made up his armor into what would have been the standard Subzero Smasher.

CRACK!

DISLOCATE!

BLEED!

CLUTCH!...

PLUMMET...!

"Argh...!" Domio held his broken and dislocated shoulder, blood having exploded from the arm as every bone broke, every neuron being damaged as well which numbed the pain but not before he received a short spike of what could have been perpetual agony as he fell.

CATCH!

"Gotcha, Dom!" Said Taleia as she held the boy in her arms.

"Thanks...!" The boy gave his gratitude to the woman as he looked back up with her to the scene before them.

CLASH!

BRIGHTEN!

RUMBLE!

WAVES!

DIO's frozen body was smushed between attacks before they collided, immediately becoming unstable as the two EXE Drives exploded with such a magnitude that it completely outshined the entire area as the island and surrounding waters vibrates from the magnitude of the reaction.

Everyone there saw the color fade into white and black before their vision was blocked by the sheer light that emitted from the epicenter of the attack.

GRAND EXPLOSION!

...

...

...

...

...

"...?" Future Heart, the one closest to the explosion grumbled as he awoke.

His body was smoking, and most of his spandex burned from his proximity as he was barely clothed from his thighs, gloves, booths, and sections of his top.

He got to his feet before looking around, the scenery has changed.

The ash clouds were gone, the night sky on the verge of brightening as enough time had passed. Craters and cracks littered the landscape as many scars of battle were imprinted on the earth.

"Is it... Is it... Really...?" The time traveler couldn't even bring himself to say it, as another finished for him.

"Over?" Edge Heart bridged the sentence, his form also dated by his relative distance as he sustained some more burns.

CLENCH!...

"...I want to believe it, but my heart won't let me." The CPU Candidate gripped his 'gloved' hand.

"We have lost too many for even our victories to be genuine. It feels we have lost, although, in reality, we have triumphed." Spoke the elder CPU as he looked into the sky.

"Even those who were with us from the beginning."

The two gods turned to the third, a somber Brave Heart as he held a heavy heart. The meme lord's eyes finally let tears well at the corners as he talked.

"..." They all looked down, silently mourning the unexpected demise of AL.

SNIFFLE...!

EMBRACE...

"I... I-I didn't know that he was g-gonna..." Domio sobbed, returning to his normal self, barely holding it together as was held close.

RUFFLE!

"We have to remain strong for him. It's what he would have wanted." Taleia told the child as she held him close.

"On the bright side, at least we're still alive to tell the tale. But how do we even know DIO's dead?" Mister Chief raised his sign as he walked to the group.

"I'd hate to have to fight him again after we used so much energy just to finally beat him." Cave appeared as she limped to the group.

"I don't sense him... But that doesn't really put me in a calm mood." Future Heart admitted as he looked around.

"Last time that was the case, I was sent flying into the Basilicom courtyard." Brave Heart reminded of another set of voices that were heard.

"I'll have my soldiers search the parameter. We cannot afford for him to be alive." 343 told the group, as she walked towards them.

"I'm already really tired from the Armage-Bon-Bon... I need too much time to make another one...!" Poona admitted as she was being carried by the general, a testament to her fatigue.

"I'll use my nose to help! It's the least I can do!" Moru sniffed as she still had her animal instincts active.

"You can count me in as well! I need to find my Pause Stone too." Blinx rubbed the back of his head as he waved to the group, approaching with the catgirl.

"He might be gone, but that pterodactyl scream will never leave my mind." Lady Wac shook her head as the catchphrase was still fresh in her mind.

"You take the north, I'll take the south," Avery told Betty as the two walked to the group, the remaining soldiers beside them.

"You take the north." She rebutted.

"Why?" The private asked.

"Because I said so, also because I want to flex my higher ranking." She explained.

"...Really?" The soldier sighed as he obeyed the corporal, too mentally tired to put up a rebuttal.

LAND!

"Excellent battle. Though it moved around rather much and was drawn out, good show nonetheless." Kars made his appearance as he landed from his silent observation.

"Piss off." Vert's brother growled.

FLOAT!...

"You guys sort things out. I'll join you when I get my bearings." Brave Heart said as he flew.

FLY!

"Where are you!-" Blinx shouted, 343 close behind him with her stretching out as her mouth opened.

BLOCK!

Edge Heart put his scythe in front of the two, shutting them up immediately as he spoke.

"He will be more productive if he gets this through his system." The dark CPU stated.

"AL was HIS best friend after all." Taleia and Future Heart both spoke, causing them to turn to each other with startled faces.

"Wait, how do you know that?" Her eyes narrowed, becoming suspicious of the CPU.

"Uh-"

LAND...!

Planeptune's male deity touched down on the edge of the volcano's vent as he looked down into the bubbling lava.

"..ou..." He mumbled.

"You can't be dead dead, right?" Denial slipped into his voice as he talked to the pit.

"C-C'mon. We've been friends from the beginning. From toddlers to top martial artists. T-Through thick and thin." He croaked.

SNIFF!

"This can't be where it ends? We haven't even hit 30! We h-haven't even gotten to the halfway point of the fic...! You can't do this to me, AL!" He sobbed, slightly louder than before as this caused the volcano to react.

BUBBLE...!

BUBBLE...!

BUBBLE...!

"We still gotta save the CPUs! Make fun of Gris' edginess!"

"I heard that!" Edge Heart's voice echoed.

"Find out how much Domio has to improve! Help Vergo out with his whole schtick! Please, don't let it end like this-"

EMERGE!

"!" Brave Heart gasped.

"IMPOSSIBLE!" Kars denied it with a developing face of surprise.

"NO FREAKIN' WAAAAAAY!" Domio screamed with bubbling joy.

"THE MADLAD!" Future Heart shouted with rejuvenated jubilation.

"AL!" Taleia shouted with tearing happiness.

"Bruh." Blinx's jaw dropped as complete shock filled his face.

"FOOLS!"

WAVE OF FEAR!

The shock and joy of the surviving cast were wiped off the face as thr area became greyish as the lava dripped from the revealed figure of DIO!

POINT!

STEAM...!

"You thought that AL would be the one to emerge from the jaws of death, but it was I, DIO!" The vampire with glowing plasma locks that went down to his lower back as his body was steaming from the temperature he emerged from as only his pants and bracelets remained, shouted triumphantly as he pointed to himself with a thumb.

"This is bringing back some unpleasant memories." The Ultimate Life Form admitted, remembering what happened when he was triumphant by a volcano.

"It can't be... H-How...! You were reduced to atoms in that blast!" Taleia was at a loss as he explained himself.

"You truly are as dull as your blades. But you all are ignorant to the circumstance, so I shall explain myself." Condescendence radiated from the revived bloodsucker as he smiled.

"Wipe that bloody smirk off your!-"

PLASMA BEAM!...

THUD...!

"Vergo!" Edge Heart, Taleia, Domio called Cave, 343, and Mister Chief all came to his side."As I was saying-" DIO contained after striking down the future deity with a finger blast as Brave Heart looked back in bubbling fury before locking vengeful eyes with the vampire as he began.

ASCEND...!

"-In my bout with AL, he ripped out my spine. He beat me with it, mocked me with it, and most likely kept it in his possession after my 'defeat.' But what he didn't know was that I was able to not only keep a secret connection with my severed body parts, but also transfer my regenerative catalyst from any part of my body, and since the fact that it innately has fear energy running through its skeletal structure, it was able to resist being melted and provided the perfect way for me to come back to life!" He rejoiced, floating from the vent as he raised his hands for emphasis.

SOFT GLOW...!

HEAL...!

"So he had a backup plan, even if we somehow beat him?... Damn it all!..." Edge Heart grumbled as he liberated some of the lighter injuries from the future CPU Candidate's body with his temporal healing.

"I knew that feeling I had... Wasn't just a monkey on my back...!" Future Heart wheezed, his lung wound still present.

"He's most likely even stronger than before. We don't have the manpower nor energy to fight with him a second time...!" Cave admitted as she realized her guns were out of ammo.

"My arm...!" Domio looked to his disabled appendage, knowing that he was at a clear disadvantage in a straight fight.

GLOW!

HEAL...!

"...?" He looked to the dark CPU, his healing aura also extending to his arm.

"He's going for broke. If you manage to defeat him here, it is almost guaranteed it shall be for good." Kars analyzed the situation. He then looked up as the vampire prattled.

"I'd love to stay and torture you all, but it seems time is almost up. But no matter, since I already plan to defeat you all in one, singular move!" DIO shouted from above as he was now in the sky, looking down on everyone.

"I don't like the sound of that at all." Blinx gulped.

"What do you mean?! One move?" 343 asked in perplexed shock as the bloodsucker continued.

"The next time I call upon my stand... That will be the final time that I stop time! And after it resumes, this place will be no more!"

"...WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN! FIRE!" Avery roared after holding his side for a bit, as he shot his shotgun, the rest of the soldiers letting off shots like no tomorrow.

LASER FIRE!-

BFFT!

REFLECT!

PIERCE!

The offensive of the military was reflected as a moment of stopped time sent the lasers back at the soldiers, the brave being shot with their lasers as wounds spanned from serious to fatal as the return speed was much faster than when they were shot.

"Ack!" The private yelled before he fell to the floor, another laser wound in his leg.

"Urk!" Betty shouted as her stomach was pierced through by the faster-than-light reflection.

"Damn it!" 343 groaned as she held her midsection, a wound being present.

LASER!-

DEFLECT!

ZOOM...!

The Spartan Laser was fired as Mister Chief used the weapon he had, making the area red before it was slapped up by a ghostly hand, causing its color to ascend as the beam harmlessly escaped the planet's atmosphere.

"Oh, shit..." A sign was raised, with a poop drawing being the substitute for the swear as it was raised after the laser ran out of ammo as well.

"LIKE HELL YOU WILL! UAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

BURST!

ZOOM!

Moving at Mach 80,000, Brave Heart reignited his burning will as weeping became wild fury as he flew towards the vampire. The cries and screams of the soldiers snapped him out of his inaction as he rushed.

"Worthless-"

HEATING REEL!-

GRAVITATIONAL SWING!-

"SCUM!"

CROSS COUNTER!

DIO berated as he struck the rising deity in the center of his face with a plasmatic fist, just as he was clocked in his chin from a gravitational upper as a super-powered cross counter was exchanged.

BREAK!

CRASH!

"Nebula/Brave Heart!" Those who were affiliated enough with the CPU screamed his name, as the rest simply became shocked with a sprinkle of horror.

"Damn...!"

STEAM...!

Planeptune's male god held his nose in pain as he breathed out steam, the part of his face twisted awkwardly from the impact with some smoke coming off of it from the contact point as he bled from his nostrils.

SHIFT!

"Fuck! Still smarts...! No matter." The floating bloodsucker cursed before groaning, manually shifting his broken neck bone due to his healing factor he wipe the blood from his mouth, some still on his chin.

GRAB!

THROW!

ATTRACTION!

DODGE!

The World took a knife from the vampire's pouch before throwing it into Brave Heart's position.

Luckily enough, the pseudo-protagonist used his gravity to pull himself to the group, using each person present as an attractive singularity, boosting his speed which gave him the edge needed to escape unscathed.

CATCH!

He slowed himself, before being cushioned by Mister Chief, who received his thanks.

"Thanks, Chief."

THUMBS UP!

"Why won't you die! WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS COME BACK, TIME AFTER TIME! WHAT IS YOUR GOAL! TELL US! WHY?!" Edge Heart yelled, reaching his limit of tolerance.

ゴゴゴゴ...

"Because..." Hands were raised.

ゴゴゴゴ...!

"I want..." Eyes shrunk with anticipation and drive.

ゴゴゴゴ!...

"To rule..." Phantoms T-posed.

ゴゴゴゴ!

"THE WORLD!-" A mighty scream echoed through the volcanic landscape.

DUBSTEP FART!

TIME STOP!

DIO responded, pausing time after shouting his catchphrase for the first time without saying it in weeb, as time screeched to a halt.

'He stopped time!' Brave, Future, Edge Heart, and Domio all reacted as they never heard of the invention for his ability in this manner.

STAND GLIDE!

ZOOM!

The supervillain shot into the sky, tearing through the paused air as suspenseful silence was the only thing that filled the air.

"We have to prepare!" Edge Heart moved as he looked around for anything useful with the window of time that had within the temporal stasis.

"With what?! He could come back any second!" Beave Heart made his presence known as he too moved.

'I'll communicate mentally until he returns, so I don't waste my limited movement. I'll also establish a link with Domio since he doesn't know telepathic communication.' Future Heart notified as the three individuals heard his voice.

'...Hello?...' A child-like voice was heard.

"We can hear you, kiddo." The blue CPU responded.

"The connection has been established." A nod was given from the dark deity.

'There ya go, lad.' A warm tone was heard from the unmoving CPU Candidate as his smile could be felt.

'Thanks, Vergo. Gris, Blinx's Pause Stone is somewhere on the volcano. It allowed me to move in stopped time and lets Blinx stop it, so if you use it, then it might be able to help us a ton!' Domio's pubescent voice sounded as the god quickly responded.

"It will be found, young one."

FLASH!

Edge Heart gave his word before disappearing to find the item.'Nebula, remember your Graviton Gigadrive?' Future Heart asked the CPU as his eyes shifted to thr blue god's person.

"Yes, I remember my move. What about it?" Brave Heart responded as he looked back at him.

'I have this SP Skill I was thinking about utilizing. But I figured using your gravity would make it exponentially more powerful. I need you to make the gravity of the skill as powerful as possible.' Leanbox's CPU Candidate.

"For what reason?" A sharp eyebrow raised as the feeling of interest was shared with Domio.

"Because if we pull this off, we're gonna give that sparkling tosser a point-blank hydrogen bomb."

"What?!"

Brave Heart and Edge Heart screamed. The former because of the revelation.

The latter...

ABSORB!

GLOW!

The dark CPU found the Pause Stone where it had been knocked from the temporal cat.

The issue wasn't the duration he spent. He found it in a few seconds.

The problem was, upon contact, it sunk into his hand before making him glow a soft light blue. Edge Heart unwittingly took the stone in the most permanent way possible and had no idea what it gave him as a result.

"Fuck! I'll have to tell them the detestable news."

FLASH!

He decided before he could spend any more time complaining.

APPEAR!

"You're back quick."

GRAVITY...!

Brave Heart commented as he was concentrating thr gravitational pressure into his entire arm instead of his fist to maximize the force that would be utilized once put into action.

"I always arrive with punctuality. What are you doing?" He asked his fellow CPU.

"Preparing a hydrogen bomb. How did the Pause Stone errand go?" Planeotune's male CPU quickly summarized?

"You- Wha- Alright. I found the stone but it was absorbed into me before I could gain a new ability." He explained to the group.

'Oof.' Domio sulked.

'Rats. Well, since that failed, I guess you can look out for DIO. Since your movement in his time stop is virtually unrestricted, you have the most leeway and by proxy the most versatility besides Nebula, who's helping me out.'

STAND!

RAISE!

Future Heart pointed out through observation as he got to his feet before raising his hand into the air.

VACUUM!...

...DIFFUSE!

He then began his part of the plan by creating a vacuum, due to pushing out all the air in the space above his hand before concentrating hydrogen atoms from the scare areas they inhabited in the sky.

PULL...!

While simultaneously attracting some deuterium from Loot Lake, his range increased exponentially due to being in his CPU form.

PULL!...

He also pulled tritium from the upper atmosphere, where it would be most abundant, especially due to it being even more scarce than the aforementioned hydrogen.

With these three isotopes being concentrated, the chance of them interacting with one another was a flat zero due to time being halted.

Using this information, Vergo attracted as many natural isotopes as possible to ensure their activation would grass any living and I'm living trace of the vampire.

'I'll help you out, Gris. You'll have to carry me, though.' The Loweean admitted as he stood there, being hugged by Taleia.

"Tis, not a problem, young one."

PICK UP!

GLOW!

Edge Heart took the boy and slung his frozen body over his shoulder, before making him glow as he passively extended his healing aura on him, continuing the process.

FLASH!

And in a flash, they were at the volcano's vent.

"Freeze the vent so we have some footing that's less awkward." The CPU directed.

'Alright.'

FREEZE!

ICE SPELL!

In a fraction of a second, the boy froze over the lava at the top of the volcano as well as some feet down, his armor returning right before he did so.

'My armor! It's back!... Again...!' Domio cheered internally at the return of his ice armor.

"Surprisingly excessive, but excellent nonetheless. This will ensure that even if we are pushed back, magma will not lick our boots." Edge Heart thought ahead.

"MAGMA WON'T, BUT HELLFIRE SHALL!"

"!"

'!'

The four fighters immediately jumped at the exclamation, as all looked

above.

PLUMMET!

FEAR ENERGY!

DIO, in all of his terrifying and magnificently malignant glory with the assistance of The World, carried a Bismarck-class Bismarck battleship, painted black and purple as his fear energy radiated off of the massive vessel.

'Is that... A Bismarck?' Domio questioned.

"Yes... But how do you know that?" Edge Heart looked at the child.

'How do YOU know that...?' The Loweean youth asked back.

"Because German science is the world's finest!...Or something of the sort." A hand was raised as a familiar pose was made.

'You utter fool... Germany doesn't exist here!' A sweatdrop formed on the boy's head, through his helmet in a comical manner.

"Touché. Then why do you speak it-" The meta-discussion was cut.

"YOU TWO WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP ME! MY STAND POWER IS NOW EONS ABOVE YOUR BATTLE PROWESS, THANKS TO MY REVIVAL! AT THIS VERY MOMENT WITHIN MY STOPPED TIME, YOU WILL BE CRUSHED ASUNDER BY THIS BATTLESHIP! AND EVEN IF YOU MANAGE TO ESCAPE ITS PRESSURE, WITH MY ENERGY COURSING THROUGH IT, THE SHIP WILL SIMPLY BECOME AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE CAPABLE OF SHAKING THE ENTIRE WORLD, UNDOUBTEDLY DESTROYING THIS PATHETIC ISLAND!" DIO sped through his dialogue as he shortened the entire explanation in the next sentence.

"IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORNERED!"

His voice boomed across the landscape as the ship headed towards the volcano.

"Create a platform that can hold the ship from the place where you froze the volcano to the ship's position. I will make sure it falls no further." Edge Heart instructed the Loweean battle mage.

MOVE!

FREEZE!

"Verstanden!" Domio began his job as he stuck his hands out before ice began to manifest.

CROUCH!

FLASH!

CLASH!-

DISTORTION!

EARTHQUAKE!

FISSURES!

BLACK DISCHARGE...!

Edge Heart met the ship with his scythe as the resulting clash caused a distortion powerful enough to shake the entire island and crack the vent of the volcano, the damage spreading through the biome as black static sped through the air.

"The first fool makes his move! But you cannot hope to overpower my might!" DIO yelled from above.

"MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!"

STAND BARRAGE!

ELBOW BARRAGE!

SHOCKWAVES!

Fearsome retaliation began as The World and its master assaulted the ship's stern as the pair pushed the ship down with their continuous assault.

"UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH! ATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA!"

SLASH BARRAGE!

BLACK STATIC!

DISTORTED SHOCKWAVES!

Edge Heart slashed away at the hull as distortions projected each time the scythe blade made contact, static constantly being discharged from each contact point as he roared his battle cry over and over, buying the time the boy and by extension his fellow CPUs needed.

IMMENSE GRAVITY!...

RIPPLE...!

SHUDDER!

"Hnng... How much longer!" Brave Heart struggled to keep his hand up, the appendage now weighing over 1,000,000,000 pounds as the space around it rippled within stopped time, its owner barely able to keep it in one place.

"Not too much longer now! This is doing extremely well holding DIO off, but we shouldn't make him work past his limit!" Future Heart commented as he moved to the next step.

OXIDIZE!

PRESSURIZE!...

STRETCH!

By pressurizing the vacuum space with oxygen, another component of his wind, he added it to the equation before stretching his hand over to his friend.

"Use the accumulated gravity and convert it into a compressing force around the area I made into a vacuum!" Future Heart guided Brave Heart.

S-STRETCH!-

CONVERT!

COMPRESS!...

"Done!" The brave heart shouted as the space in between both hands now rippled as the center was unaffected, its atomic contents being compacted to the fullest extent.

"We have to superheat the contents within! To an unbelievably high degree. But I won't be able to use my Ignition Incision in stopped time effectively...!" A problem arose as the time traveler admitted a chink in his plan.

"Hm..." Brave Heart used his enhanced mind to run through all the possible ways he could generate heat, before using the filter of being in stopped time.

Then it hit him.

BURST!

"Use KI! It still burned DIO when you ground his face in the last time so its heat property is still active, rendering it the most useful thing right now!" The solution was given through orange energy being created at the size of the concentration, as Future Heart's eyes widened, the god's explanation continued.

"It'll already be superheated to detonation by the moment time resumes, making it go from collection of components of nuclear fusion to a magically created, martial art enhanced hydrogen WMD!"

BURST!

Lime KI was added as the object held in their hands was just about complete, the first Level 2 EXE Drive of the two CPUs, as the yellow blip of energy housed an explosion that could no doubt create an explosion that would be felt around the land, much less kill the supervillain before them.

"What should we call it?" Brave Heart asked.

"Really. That's your concern?" Future Heart arched a brow.

"This is LITERALLY our first Level 2. We gotta name it." The adventurer stressed.

"Fine. I'll tell you mentally right before we toss the war-ending attack." Sighed the time traveler in amused defeat as they turned their attention to the battle at hand.

FREEZE!

"THERE!" Domio roared, having created an ice structure stemming from the vent of the volcano which now grew to cover the entire park of the land structure, as the other end of the ice formed a hand that held the ship, constantly being maintained by the boy.

"It's done! We just have to wait for the others for the bomb!" Shouted the Loweean mage, as he looked up.

FLASH STRIKE!

FLASH STRIKE!

FLASH STRIKE!

FLASH STRIKE!

FLASH STRIKE!

"Brilliant! Keep maintaining the structure and we'll have him deadlocked!" Edge Heart roared as he moved around, attacking the exposed areas of the ship through the cracks of the ice fingers as DIO responded.

FEAR BURST!

"WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

PLASMA VISION!

DOUBLE BARRAGE!

Before firing his plasma from his eyes, the aura of unadulterated fear and power flowed through and from him as the two of them wailed on the back of the ship as even more pressure was added.

"He's pushing back!... Argh!" Domio strained as he felt the immense pressure, the aid from the Laststionite CPU being drowned by sheer resistance.

...CRACK!-

COUGH!

"!" The duo below reacted, rhe hand gaining a giant fissure from the corner between the index and middle fingers as Domio omitted blood from the strain.

"Domio!" Edge Heart yelled as he tried with all his might to ease the stress on the boy.

GLOW!

SPEED BOOST!

"Voltaic Slashes!"

BLACK ARCS!

EXPLOSIONS!

Using his temporal aura, he increased his speed to half that of light and spammed the use of his SP Skill, black arcs in mass production being sent to thr exposed areas as a desperate gambit to protect the child below him.

...CRACK!

...FRACTURE!

SPIDER CRACKS...!

...PART!BLEED!

"UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Domio screamed bloody murder, his blood-spewing through his armor as the frost hand began to deconstruct under the pressure of the vampire's assault.

"DOMIO!" Brave Heart, Edge Heart, and Future Heart yelled in frightening concern as they watched the boy crack under the pressure... Literally.

"We have to throw the bomb!" The boy's foster father told his future student.

"But he'll dodge or counter! We can't afford any sort of retaliation! The shot has to be infallible! We can't risk a failed attempt!" Warned the CPU Candidate as they watched, virtually helpless in the face of the boy's suffering.

"I already lost AL! I can't lose Domio too!" Feelings of dread came from the god as he couldn't bear watching the boy being killed.

"IT IS TOO LATE! HIS FATE WILL BE SEALED, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE RIFF RAFF! YOU ALL WERE BEYOND UTTER FOOLS TO CHALLENGE ME! YOUR DEATHS WILL BE ONLY A TASTE OF THE OBLIVION THIS COUNTRY WILL SUFFER!" DIO bellowed from above as he winded back his fist.

WIND BACK!

"DIE!"

SHATTER!

FALL!

Domio saw his creation shatter, along with his stamina as he fell back. His best attempt at helping the black CPU was cut short by the severe gap in power.

"Verdammt...!" He regretted his fate.CATCH!

Until it was changed.

His body was caught, suspended in the air. But it wasn't being held by anyone he remotely knew.

Even the ice hand itself was broken differently than how he expected. It wasn't destroyed from above.

It was from below.

BOOST!

SMASH!

CLASH!

PUSH!

MASSIVE SHOCKWAVE!

Lava was pushed and suspended, ice shards flying as a figure boosted through the ice, pushing against the ship just as DIO dealt his blow, causing a massive shock wave as the deadlock was achieved once more.

"IMPOSSIBLE!" DIO screamed in denial as his attack didn't make the ship budge.

"YES, I AM!" The person shouted as he beamed, his hands sinking into the hull as his voice was instantly recognizable.

"AL!" Everyone sans Domio who was in complete shock just looked as the flaming man made a surprise revival.

The not-so-dead martial artist was fitted in baggy black pants, his feet fitted with black tabi boots with white outsoles and midsoles, and the shin wrapped in red leg bands.

He now sported a band that was orange in color, whilst donning glowing orange prayer beads on his wrist as he wore a fiery piece of fabric that looked similar to the bottom half of a trench coat ripped from the waist with black, red, and orange flames as the design.

His chest was fully exposed, and relatively fine as all previous injuries were miraculously healed! The fire user's neck now donned massive glowing prayer beads as well, as his body became even more streamlined as his body temperature was now as hot as the flames he controlled.

But arguably the most noticeable change was his face. His hair was now a flaming orange as even the shape was more flame-like than his simply raised form previously, even down to his eyebrows became a fiery orange. His eyes now gained pupils within their embers, as the direction he looked at was now able to be distinguished.

"How are you alive!?" DIO demanded.

"How do you look different?" Edge Heart questioned.

"How did you get so strong?!" Future Heart inquired.

"How is Domio being carried by two dislocated arms?" Brave Heart asked.

"PUNCH NOW, QUESTIONS LATER!"

BARRAGE!

MELT...!

AL roared, his fists blitzing the hull at Mach 100,000, a tremendous jump from his previous power. His punches proved powerful enough to not only dent but melt the hull even past the fear energy, a true testament to his newfound strength.

"I feel like I've become over a thousand times stronger! Faster! More durable! MORE POWERFUL!"

SWING!

"Molten Knuckle!"

ECHOING BOOM!

The SP Skill, immensely more powerful than before, completely bent the hull, cratering the hull as DIO's fist was blown back from the sudden shock of resistance he received.

"He's pushing the ship back!" Future Heart pointed.

"LES GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Steam of joy escaped the CPU's eyes as Brave Heart shouted, his morale peaking.

"NO! GO BACK TO HELL WHERE YOU BELONG! MUDAMUDAMUDA!"

DOUBLE BARRAGE!

The struggle for dominance began once more as the supervillain vampire resumed his push with his stand.

LOWER!

"Huh?" Domio questioned as he was lowered.

"?!" His confusion was then met with shock as he took a good look at what had just put him down.

Floating at 6'2", a ghostly figure with a black flaming skull for a head with white glowing teeth, eyes represented with yellow dots staring into the soul of the boy as its body was comprised of an obsidian frame with shoulder, chest, abdominal, back, thigh, and hamstring plating as its hands were solid flames and the feet in obsidian boots.

"Down you go, ya little shit." A voice that was harsh in tone and somewhat similar to AL's was heard from the spirit, unknown to the bit as he was randomly placed down.

CHARGE...!

"Is that an enemy stand...?! A fire elemental?... But how!?" Brave Heart got ready to attack the figure, his free hand raised and charging energy.

"Wait!" AL shouted. "Don't attack it! It's my stand! 「Fighting Fire With Fire」!"

FLOAT!

"Hurry and give me some orders, ginger." F2WF sniggered as it held its fist, coming to its master's side.

"Shutcho Ghoul Rider ass up and help me out here. Use your power and compromise the ship's structural integrity." Ordered the fire user as the stand went on the opposite side of the ship's hull.

CLENCH!

BURN!

"SORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORAAAAAA!"

STAND BARRAGE!

CRATERS!

...MELT!

AL's stand began hammering on the hull, causing craters to form as its fist was melting the ship's outer layer through constant exposure to the heat that its fist contained.

"Now for me! Molten Barrage! ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!"

FIERY BARRAGE!

INDENT!

MELT...!

Punches from the revitalized warrior melted the hull as well, as his SP Skill's flames were much hotter than they were in his previous state. The shape of his fist was indented with each blow as the two warriors contested with the vampire and his dark stand.

"We'll hold him!" AL shouted as he focused on his task. "Just lighten the load a bit, if you catch my drift?" Asked the pyro warrior.

"I will see what I can do."

FLASH!

Edge Heart responded as he flew towards the vampire.

"I'll help you-"

SLOW DOWN!

"Out...! I'm... Slowing... Down...!" Domio realized as his movement had come to an end.

"Not if I can help it!"

STRETCH!

GRAVITY!

Brave Heart shouted as he created a gravity barrier around Domio, mimicking the process in the convoy.

"Whoa!"

SPEED UP!

The Loweean inspected himself. He was moving again!

"We don't have much time left! If DIO's time stop ends, this baby explodes and we're all goners! Help Gris out while you still can!" Planeptune's CPU yelled as the bit nodded.

"Right!"

JUMP!

DASH!

Responded Domio as he super jumped to the vampire's position, landing on the side before sprinting across to gain as much speed as possible, wanting to help the assassin as much as he could.

FLASH!

Edge Heart appeared, to see the vampire barraging the backside of the ship with all his might, laser eyes and all as The World did all but assist his cause.

'It will do me no good if I go in for a swing right about now. But instead...' Plotted the CPU as his fingers danced with static.

STATIC...!

POINT!

"Flash!"

"NANI!-"

EXPLODE!

Using his technique, the god managed to stealth kill the vampire just as he noticed his presence as he was unable to use any form of medium to protect himself before being exploded.

RAGDOLL!

FADE!...

DIO shot from the top of the ship as he was now seriously injured, the attack doing much more damage than he thought as his body trailed his blood as the pain was stinging him from the waist up. The World also faded from being staggered by the hit.

"RAAAAAH!"

FREEZE!

REEL!...

Domio created another ice gauntlet as he got ready to swing at the stunned villain, using what time he had left.

"WRYYYY!"

GLOW!

CROSS!

SWING!-

BOOM!

DENT!

SHOCKWAVE!

DIO snapped out of the pain and threw a plasma punch right when the ice user swung, creating a boom that caused the side of the ship to crater as a shockwave boomed from their contact.

SHATTER!

FRACTURE!

FALL!...

"Scheiße!" Cursed the preteen as his fist was now completely broken, his opponent's body so much stronger than a single exchange utterly screwed his hand.

He felt as if the energy expended in the clash sapped the kinetic energy he was using to ascend the hull.

STAND GLIDE!

DIVE!

ZOOM!

"DIE!" DIO roared as he moved in for the kill, rapidly closing on the boy.

ICE SPELL!...

...SUSPEND!

An attempt at stopping the bloodsucker was null and void due to the nature of time's ceasing of movement.

SWAT!

This was revealed as Domio's nameless spell was simply backhanded as it couldn't move too far in stopped time due to the physics behind it.

BLOCK!

With no options left, the boy simply cross-guarded and hoped for the best.

OUTSTRETCH!

DIVE PUNCH!-

REPULSION!

SMASH!

Until DIO suddenly found himself being smashed into the hull as he looked around to see who did it.

"Ain't no way, boy." Memed the CPU as his hand was now outstretched, using his Repulsion to stop the vampire in his tracks, using his remaining arm to drive the vampire further into the ship.

"YOU! I'll FUCKING MURDER YOU!"

FLASH!

"Surely you jest!-"

SLASH!

DIM...!

"DIO!" Edge Heart yelled, having slashed the ship's side to the point where it was losing its fear energy glow. Also cut into the vampire's body, leaving a large gash from his hip to his trapezoid as blood gushed before being suspended.

ICE SPELL!

LAND!

DASH!

SKID!...

Now with the knowledge of the physics of time stop, Domio used it to get himself to DIO's position by shooting a spell that propelled him to the hull before landing and running on it, stopping by the two.

"THE PATH IS CLEAR! THROW THE BOMB!"

"THE WAY'S CLEAR! THROW IT NOW!"

Edge Heart and Domio both respectively shouted as Brave Heart and Future Heart looked at each other.

"Ready?" Asked the time traveler.

"Ready." Answered the adventurer.

"Alright! HAH!"

"SORAAAAAA!"

DOUBLE SMASH!

The fire users slammed their fists into the ship, causing it to stop falling completely and slightly fly up before suspending, as the output of momentum had been stopped completely.

BOOST!

FLOAT!

"This is where it ends, shitface!"

DOUBLE STOMP!

INDENT!

"Urgh!" DIO cried out as his face was mashed on by the two pyro kinetics as they moved to his location before attacking him and moving to the other two opponents.

"You think you've won...? Heh. Such insolence! My time stop is about to end!" Revealed the supervillain.

!

"NO!" The group shouted. F2WF simply dropped his jaw in a show of stand physiology.

"YES! And when it does, you'll have no time to throw your blasted attack if it even manages to move far enough to hit me, and I'll simply regenerate and use my stand to escape the blast radius with a short burst of time stop! Out of the 60 seconds I now possess, you all have three seconds before death! HAHAHAHAHA!" DIO laughed at their predicament, blood floating from his mouth as he spoke, victory in his grasp.

Faces of despair and defeat were now beginning to show on the mugs of the fighters.

They tried so hard to win but were about to lose thanks to the inner workings of their enemy's stand ability.

Edge Heart's face then lit up in remembrance as he absorbed the Pause Stone.

'We do not have any more time! Please, help us!' He pleaded with the stone as he concentrated on its whereabouts within him.

"3!" DIO started, his smile beaming despite his pain.

"We can't give up now! Not when we're so close!" Brave Heart refused to let this be the end.

"Not after all these 11th Hour Superpowers! But... What can we do?" Future Heart looked desperately to his senior CPU.

"2!"

"I don't wanna die, AL! Well, for real in your case!" Domio's voice became wobbly as he conveyed his fear of death.

"I know! I JUST CAME BACK FROM ALMOST DOING IT!" AL shouted in frustration.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

STOMP!

F2WF stepped on the vampire's exposed sternum as he attempted to halt the countdown, but the vampire endured as he wheezed the last digit.

"1...!" DIO croaked before his voice was stomped out by the agitated stand.

STOMP!

STOMP!

STOMP!...

The dark CPU closed his eyes as the others were drowned out.

Edge Heart dove deep into his being, trying will all his might to utilize the Time Crystal he absorbed to help them win the battle at hand.

He and his allies could not afford such a tragic outcome and he'd make sure of it.

'If you can hear me... Lend me your strength!' Internally shouted the CPU as he awaited ANY form of response.

'Channel your aura...' A voice, identical to his echoed back.

'?!' Edge Heart almost jumped from the voice's appearance.

'...Focus and direct it to your core. With that, you shall find the answer you seek...' It hinted before fading back into his inner corners.

GLOW...!

FLEX!

"...?" Domio, amid his anguish, looked over to the black-clad CPU. His hair rose as a white glow surrounded him as his body tightened its muscles in power.

"Time has resumed to its original state...!"

"Chrono Trigger: The World!"

TIME RESUMES-!

REVERB FART!

TIME...!

...STOPS!

DIO roared with his remaining strength, betting on the reception of time to screw his enemies over as he grinned madly.

But Gris yelled just before DIO screamed, using the Pause Stone's ability that he absorbed to halt the flow of time once more, ultimately rendering the action of resuming linear time irrelevant.

"WHAT!-"

"SHUTCHO BITCH ASS UP!"

SUMMON!

GUARD!

F2WF went to silence the vampire again, but The World made its appearance known as it guarded against the stand's stomp.

"Time was supposed... To... Re... Some..." DIO spoke, his voice getting slower as his time stop movement was running out.

"MU...DA!"

PUNCH!

DODGE!

"SORA!"

CLOCK!

In his final moments of movement, he aimed to donut the flaming stand but was evaded before being decked in the jaw by F2WF's fist as the vampire's head jolted up before it completely froze.

"Fucking scuba diver bitch." Grumbled AL's stand as it glared at the frozen stand.

"Gris... Did you just...!" AL realized that time was still standing at a standstill as he looked to the CPU.

"Indeed." Edge Heart opened his eyes as he looked at the two gods.

"THIS IS OUR CHANCE! THROW IT NOW!" He roared below, not knowing how long his time stop would last.

"R-Right!" Future Heart still shocked at the turn of events, regained his composure.

"Let's do it!" Brave Heart shouted as he readied himself.

SPRINT!

The two rushed as they ran towards the ship, closing the space in between them as they shouted.

"BY THE POWER OF TEAMWORK!" Leanbox's CPU Candidate yelled at the top of his lungs.

"AND SOME OTHER DISCREET PLOT DEVICE!" Planeptune's memer bellowed after him.

"Hydrogenii Felis!"

LAUNCH!

The two CPUs shouted the name of the EXE Drive as they sent it flying, the yellow ball of energy soaring into the air as it beelined for DIO's position.

"We gotta jet!" AL said as the attack headed their way, its target right beside them.

"No worries."

FLASH!

And within a moment's notice, all four of them were a reasonably safe distance away, by the other CPUs as they watched the attack head for the stuck vampire.

'This can't be how it ends! I've gotten stronger than event thought possible and it all means nothing in the face of a temporal turnabout! Just like the brat, Jotaro! DAMN IT!'

SLAM!

SMASH!

ASCEND!...

The EXE Drive forced its way into DIO's body as he was sent through the ship before flying up into the sky.

'I REFUSE THIS OUTCOME! THIS CANNOT BE HOW I LOSE! BY A GROUP OF MULTI-COLORED FALSE GODS, A PREPUBESCENT TWAT, AND A CORPSE WITH A STAND! I AM DIOOOOOOOOO!-'

TIME RESUMES!

EXPLOSION!-

DETONATE!

Time resumed once more after what seemed like 10 seconds, before the ship that was busted through exploded violently as a bright explosion was seen above the volcano.

"AHH!"

"!" Everyone who wasn't aware of the past 70 seconds screamed as to them, a random explosion just occurred.

ENORMOUS EXPLOSION!

BRIGHTEN!...

DEAFENING BOOM!

TREMORS!

But their shock was replaced with widespread awe and slight fear when an explosion rivaling that of a hydrogen bomb exploded above their heads that were almost blinding, making the entire sky yellow as they covered their ears before they went deaf, the ground shaking uncontrollably from the event.

"I AM DIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!..."

A voice was heard from the skies as the last the heard of DIO was being screamed out before he was reduced to an atom in the blast yield, the sound of the explosion being heard from all corners of Gamindustri.

The sun rose as a beautiful orange hue returned to the sky as the attack's effects subsided, the presence of DIO completely eradicated from the face of the world.

"What in Green Heart's tits was that!" Avery shouted, flabbergasted at the turn of events.

"I dunno, but it was loud, fast, and explosive." 343 described the scenario.

"So, me on the toilet last night," Betty commented, earning some snickers.

"DIO... That was him screaming..." Blinx was able to hear the cries of the deceased villain, despite his covered ears.

"Did he die? Or is he just going to return?" Cave asked.

"It's getting bright out so if he's back, he'll have to hide out." Taleia thought about it.

"Not that he could." AL folded his arms as his stand flipped off the last place the vampire occupied.

"AL!" The group shouted as he smiled at the mention of his name.

"You're alive!" The half-elf couldn't believe her moist eyes.

"It was a surprise for us as well. But he was a decisive part of our triumph." Edge Heart gave a hearty response as a soft smile spread on his lips.

"But did you actually defeat him?" Lady Wac questioned, still apprehensive.

"Please let it end already...!" Poona couldn't take the constant fighting much longer.

SNIFF!

"I don't smell him anymore." Moru gave her two cents, with some effort of locating the bloodsucker's presence.

"I doubt he's even there." Kars looked to the sky, trying but failing to sense the presence of DIO.

"That won't be necessary." Domio smiled and raised his broken fist, unable to relax due to its state as blood seeped from it.

"How come?" Mister Chief raised his sign at the boy.

"Because..." Brave Heart closed his eyes with a wide grin as he motioned his hand to the CPU Candidate.

"It's over... We've won." Future Heart looked back, his eyes welling with tears of joy.

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A/N:

Heya there, reader!

If you're seeing this, this is a rewrite of the chapter, just to correct some repetition, fix some spelling errors, and improve the spelling quality, especially in the earlier chapters.

So remember, italics and bold is going for gold.

...Wait you read all this? Wow, uh, great job! 34,000 words are much so I'll refrain from doing this for a while. But it's been over a month since I last posted, so I think this essay of a chapter makes up for it.

But Happy New Year! This was gonna be a holiday present, but that went out the window pretty quickly with the time I'm releasing this. Again, sorry for the wait but I really do hope you enjoyed the chapter as I spent a while writing it. If you did, tell me in the comment section and I'll happily respond to you in the following chapter. if you didn't, list your constructive criticisms and I'll try to improve on them.

AND now since the arc is over, we can finally return to canon. Somehow. At least Leanbox is still standing, although suffering from trillions in collateral damage, millions of casualties, and not to mention the amount of mind-controlled persons remains unknown. But by the power of the plot, they find a way to minimize the hopelessness of the situation. Well, either that or they just pull a Deus Ex Machina.

The number of references that were crammed into this chapter was way beyond what I was expecting, but if you found them then be free to tell me about them! I'd be happy to see what you found!

Now that DIO has been defeated, how will our heroes go about the following steps? Will the country be able to be pulled from the depths of its darkest hour? What lies ahead when all is said and done as they make it back to their main mission? And will we finally see the Candidates and the other Makers in the next chapter?

Only my posting schedule will tell!

Arrivederci.

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