The full power of Bites the Dust was unleashed, guided by the insect arrow, gathering in one place. The terrifying force that should have directly blown up the entire world's time was concentrated on the Mountain God.
The Mountain God realized something was wrong. The entire mountain instantly transformed into a giant python. The python's body continuously expanded to tens of thousands of meters long, roaring as it tried to rush towards the ground, extending its body to anchor itself. Its roar shook the heavens and the earth. It was the Mountain God; its power came from the land and the mountains.
In the air, the Mountain God was powerless; most of its divine abilities could not be used. But as long as it made contact with the ground... there was still a chance to turn the tables!
However, it was already too late. Just as its tail slowly lengthened and was rapidly pushed towards the ground, and a glimmer of hope appeared in the Mountain God's eyes, Bites the Dust completely enveloped it. The sacred beetle-like arrow statue waved its limbs, roaring out a cry.
Instantly, the giant snake vanished. All the power that would have blasted time was applied to the snake, and the snake was directly reversed by one second, instantly teleported into the past.
Meanwhile, on the ground, Kira Yoshikage also used the power gained after Killer Queen merged with Epitaph to return to one second in the past, reversing his own time by one second.
Reduced to ashes and light, his body slowly reassembled and pieced together. A complete human form reappeared, but this time Kira Yoshikage was incredibly weak, weaker than ever before. His entire body, which had been robust from training, became as thin as a stick.
His skin caved in, bones became brittle, and his eyes were deeply sunken, eyeballs dry and shrouded in shadow within their sockets. He looked as if he could die suddenly at any moment. He opened his mouth, as if to say something.
But he found he didn't even have the strength to speak, collapsing directly onto the ground. Under the terrifying radiation, his remaining strength could not allow him to have his Stand possess him, causing his DNA to be violently bombarded.
But, fortunately, he still had his second bomb... Watching the small car creakily crawl into the distance, then explode, and feeling the immense energy surge into his body, after a series of twisting pains, Kira Yoshikage finally felt a bit better.
"Cough, cough, insect arrow, you almost killed me! Didn't you say it would be fine as long as I gave you all my power? Why do I feel like you almost finished me off?"
Leaning against the wall, Kira Yoshikage propped himself up. With continuous healing from pure energy, his DNA was slowly twisted back, and his body began to inflate and recover like a blown-up balloon, but the weakness in his soul and spirit was hard to hide.
His words were filled with gritted teeth and anger. After the insect arrow told him about the Mountain God, it made him realize that as a mortal, he could not defeat the Mountain God, so he listened to the insect arrow's plan... The result was that he felt he had truly almost died. But the insect arrow was unmoved; the arrowhead twisted and emerged from his arm, the sacred beetle looking at him as if it were only natural.
"I told you, it requires all your power, which, of course, includes your life force. And if you had died, it would only mean you didn't have the aptitude or qualification. But since you survived, it means my choice was correct."
Listening to the sacred beetle's hissing, Kira Yoshikage almost couldn't resist pulling out the arrowhead. He touched his back; when the full power erupted from his back and tore him apart, his soul felt like it had ascended to heaven... Fortunately, he had left his father's photo in Texas beforehand, otherwise his father would probably have just disappeared. But looking at the insect arrow, Kira, no matter how angry, was helpless, and finally just slumped onto the ground with a muffled grunt.
"Hmph, so is that problem solved now? Is that Mountain God dealt with?"
But the sacred beetle shook its head and hissed twice, as if it were only natural, "How could it be? How can a god be so easy to deal with?"
"It is currently only one second in the past. However, as time flows, the past will also continuously advance. Time will always be one second behind the present. It just cannot reach the present, just like two identical stones dropped simultaneously; the lower one will always be lower than the higher one."
The sacred beetle made a comparison. Kira Yoshikage thought about it and roughly understood. 'Isn't this Kars's state? Forever banished outside the world, but he still has his own time, so he's relatively free.'
"...However, stones will eventually fall to the ground."
Kira Yoshikage's eyes narrowed, seemingly understanding something, and his tone became unfriendly, "So you mean I gambled my life just to make it temporarily harmless, is that it?"
"More or less, but you don't need to worry. As long as you obediently listen to me, I can help you ascend to godhood. Once you become a god, you won't need to fear this so-called little Mountain God."
"However, I advise you not to worry about this small matter for now. Haven't you noticed? Time has accelerated again."
Hearing this, Kira Yoshikage was stunned. He casually picked up a stone and threw it into the air. With a 'snap,' the stone instantly fell to the ground. Time had indeed accelerated.
"No, this is impossible! I saw Higashikata Josuke's path clearly; he doesn't want a new world. He couldn't possibly accelerate the world! He should be burning away evil. How could he accelerate time?!"
Kira Yoshikage's eyes narrowed to pinpricks. And his guess was correct. Higashikata Josuke, whom he had just tricked into cooperating and used as a punching bag.
At this moment, looking at Florida, which had been completely bombed in the distance, his eyes were filled with awe. Behind him, a vast golden inferno had ignited on the sea, the flames spreading across the ocean, now covering the entire Earth... He had hidden beneath the sea, avoiding the fatal blow of the nuclear explosion, but looking at the scene after the nuclear blast, he was still filled with shock, gaining a new understanding of America's inhumanity. But then he suddenly noticed something was wrong, "Why are the waves so big?"
"No! The waves are getting faster! The clouds in the sky too, everything is speeding up, the ocean currents are pushing me! Time is accelerating!"
Higashikata Josuke and Kira Yoshikage almost simultaneously realized the problem. He felt his ability to accelerate time suddenly vanish. This wasn't because The Messenger of Justice's ability had run out; rather, the power was directly pulled back... And the logic by which The Messenger of Justice gained power was very simple: if enemies were burned to death by his ability, the ability would return to him... If that was the case, then it meant... "The priest isn't dead yet, no, has he resurrected?!"