The power generated by Jotaro's attack made Tokikake's jaw drop.
After these powers were magnified tenfold, not to mention Jotaro, even he himself would never be able to endure it.
Being torn apart into nothing by this heaven-defying power was what fit with his understanding.
At the center of the battlefield, apart from a bottomless giant crater left behind, Jotaro's figure could no longer be seen.
"Dead…?"
Tokikake's eyes were blood-red, his breathing growing rougher and rougher, he couldn't even laugh anymore.
His strength wasn't enough to maintain this form for long. His body, willpower, and everything else were already about to reach their limit.
"He really was a terrifying opponent."
If it weren't for the power of the Devil Fruit, relying on his own strength, to defeat Jotaro, he might have had to struggle with him for a very long time.
Most importantly, he didn't even have the confidence that he could truly defeat him.
"But in the end, I still won."
Tokikake let out a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to release the complete beast form, he suddenly felt sharp pain in his abdomen.
As if someone had struck him with a fierce punch.
"Ora!"
After Star Platinum landed a downward punch, what followed immediately was a storm-like barrage of rapid blows.
Tokikake couldn't react in time, his body was lifted into the air by the ferocious punches from below.
Lowering his head, he saw Jotaro standing firmly beneath him.
"He didn't die? This… this is impossible!!!"
'Impossible!'
'Impossible!!'
'Impossible!!!'
Tokikake cried out in his heart, repeating it again and again.
The damages condensed by the Unyielding Light Sphere would only act on the one who released those damages.
And the way the damage was returned was extremely strange, no matter what, there was no way to avoid it.
He had clearly seen earlier that after Jotaro touched the Unyielding Light Sphere, cracks appeared in his pupils.
That very point showed that those damages had already surged into his body.
However…
He focused his gaze on Jotaro beneath him, his eyes were bright and intact, his body without a single wound, as if he had completely avoided those damages.
'Once damage enters his body, even stopping time is of no use.'
'He cannot clear away the damage inside his body. Once time flows again, the damages inside will still tear him apart!'
'Time stop can only delay his death!'
Tokikake spewed out hot breath, desperately holding onto his last bit of clarity, unable to understand how Jotaro did it.
Puchi!
His abdomen, just struck by Star Platinum, suddenly split open, blood spraying everywhere.
"Aoou…" Tokikake groaned, his eyes turning redder and redder. "This guy's strength is actually greater than before!"
At the start, Jotaro's Haki was only evenly matched with his, even weaker.
But now, the force coming from his abdomen shocked Tokikake deeply.
Even in his Devil Fruit beast form, he was starting to be unable to withstand it.
The technique of Haki infusion was basically the entry-level lesson for the strong in the New World.
But mastering this technique didn't mean you could compare with those top-level powerhouses.
Entry-level and mastery were two completely different things.
Even those peerless powerhouses had to put in endless sweat and effort to improve their Haki.
Yet Jotaro, in just a single moment, the strength of his Haki leapt to an entirely different level.
'Why has this guy's Haki improved so quickly!'
Earlier it had clearly been weaker than his, but now it actually surpassed his!
With a roar, Tokikake crashed into the sand, looking extremely battered.
He quickly flipped over, gasping heavily, his mood extremely anxious.
'My consciousness can't hold on anymore!'
He only knew Armament and Observation Haki, but he didn't have Conqueror's Haki.
Although Conqueror's Haki wasn't as good as Armament in terms of flowing coverage and internal destruction, at the same level, the destructive power of the former was definitely stronger.
Tokikake was very clear, if he exited the Kalydon full beast form now, his end would surely be defeat at Jotaro's hands.
After all, Jotaro not only had Conqueror's Haki, he also possessed the terrifying ability of time stop.
"Awroo, Unyielding Light Sphere!"
He roared loudly, once again drawing out the damage he had just suffered from his body, condensing it into a crimson light sphere.
"This time, the power of your attacks is even greater! That means the power of the Unyielding Light Sphere is also greater! Jotaro! Go die!!"
Jotaro's fingers brushed lightly across the brim of his hat, his pale green eyes glowing with a cold light.
"A beast is, after all, still a beast. Once it's angered, it loses the ability to think calmly."
"No! That's wrong. A beast never had the ability to think in the first place!"
Staring at the slowly approaching crimson light sphere, Jotaro didn't dodge, but allowed it to touch his body.
The moment the Unyielding Light Sphere touched him, cracks instantly appeared across his body, white light shining brilliantly, and in the next moment he was torn to pieces.
Star Platinum's power, magnified tenfold, was simply too terrifying.
BOOOM!!
Destroying one Jotaro didn't even need that much energy.
After destroying him, the overflowing power poured out, forming an energy sphere even larger than before.
The violent energy raged for a long time before it gradually calmed down.
"This time… he… he should really be dead, right…"
Tokikake comforted himself.
The reason it was "comfort" was because deep down he still felt a faint unease.
And sure enough, Jotaro didn't fulfill his wish.
"You still don't understand? If I can escape your ability once, then I can escape it a second time."
Jotaro's figure slowly stepped out from the curtain of sand.
Not only had he survived in the center of the energy explosion, but he was completely unharmed, not even a single scratch.
Pointing at Tokikake before him, Jotaro said indifferently, "And you, this ability of yours is not without limits. When you draw out damages from your body, there is a maximum limit."
"Any damage beyond that limit will remain inside you. The wound on your abdomen that hasn't healed is the best proof."
"Awooo!"
Tokikake didn't answer, instead he let out a long howl, then stomped the ground madly with his hind legs, preparing to charge.
"Yare yare, could it be after I exposed your weakness, your pride was wounded and you flew into a rage?"
Jotaro's tone was slightly helpless, then he suddenly paused.
"No, that's not it. This guy has completely lost control!"
Tokikake was like a headless fly, blindly charging everywhere.
The long duration of beastification had caused his consciousness to disperse.
Now he had completely fallen into being nothing more than an out-of-control beast.
Jotaro had no intention of paying him any more mind. With both hands shoved into his pockets, he prepared to leave.
"Forget it, just let him be. This place is desert all around, once he's done rampaging, he'll probably stop."
Compared to that, what he wanted more was to quickly return to the coastline where the Ark Maxim was docked.
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