Jotaro took a step forward, and Star Platinum tapped its fists together. The two instantly appeared in another place. The ground here was crimson, covered in rocks and gravel, and cold gusts of wind swirled around them.
Kira Yoshikage glanced at the gloomy environment and sighed,
"Although I have escaped fate to a certain extent, this world is ultimately still in the hands of fate. I still cannot stop all of this."
Jotaro, facing him, did not listen to what he said, but simply threw a punch. The power of Star Platinum behind him was terrifying; a single punch unleashed a horrifying current of air, like a speeding train. Its power was utterly magnificent!
Kira Yoshikage merely shifted his body, causing a small explosion next to him that blasted him two meters away.
A vision had already flashed in his left eye: the terrifying current of air slamming directly into Kira Yoshikage, the immense force nearly crushing him. But by seeing this vision ahead of time, Kira Yoshikage easily dodged the blow.
Immediately afterward, more scenes flashed in his eyes: Star Platinum's muscles swelled as its fist delivered an uppercut aimed at his chin, while Killer Queen: Bites the Dust punched towards Star Platinum's chest.
Both blows landed simultaneously, but Kira Yoshikage's head shattered instantly, along with Killer Queen's head. Jotaro, however, only had a hole punched through his chest, which merely tore through the outer layer of flesh and bone. After he tapped his fists together, his entire body instantly healed.
"Tch."
Watching Star Platinum and Jotaro charge toward him in his right eye's vision, Kira Yoshikage triggered another explosion beneath his feet, launching him into the air. He then flew forward, tumbling and watching Star Platinum's fist graze beneath him.
Jotaro, reacting quickly, had Star Platinum's fist follow up with an upward strike, but Kira Yoshikage grazed Jotaro's back as he landed, and before Jotaro could turn, he threw a counterpunch, aiming a left hook at his waist.
However, before the punch could land, Kira Yoshikage triggered another explosion, blasting himself away.
Sure enough, the moment he blasted himself away, Star Platinum descended from the sky with speed far exceeding his own, slamming a punch down that shattered the ground for dozens of meters around. The terrifying gale force, carrying stones, even sliced Kira Yoshikage's cheek.
Watching Kira Yoshikage's wound instantly heal as the flesh on his face wriggled, Jotaro frowned and adjusted his slightly disheveled clothes.
"Yare yare, seeing the future, huh? It works on me too. That really is a bit troublesome... But I have already seen your weakness. With the next punch, I will directly smash your head."
Looking at the placid, water-like gaze of Jotaro across from him, Kira Yoshikage quietly loosened the hand he had been clenching. Several small pebbles he had been holding dropped to the ground with a rattling sound.
"Oh, my weakness? I am genuinely curious how you plan to hit me when I can see your every move."
Kira Yoshikage stretched his lips into an exaggerated smile, but his eyes constantly darted over Jotaro, maintaining strict vigilance.
'Should I detonate his brain? No, that probably won't work. This Stand is not complete, otherwise, I would have died the moment he tapped his fists. He wouldn't need to bring me to this environment; he could just kill me directly and then resurrect the dead.
His priority isn't that high
—not higher than mine with Requiem plus Bites the Dust
—but my priority isn't higher than his either. If I want to detonate him, I would need a massive amount of Stand energy, exhausting nearly all my power.
If I only detonate a small amount, just enough to blast his head open, thanks to that damned Golden Spirit and the favor of fate, he won't die right away and might even experience a final burst of strength... And if I use all my power, by that time, the Priest would probably appear right here and kill me, weakened, unable to convert energy, and thus unable to fully activate my Stand.'
Kira Yoshikage's mind raced, constantly analyzing. He had already obtained a lot of information from Jotaro's previous movements, but it was far from enough to kill him. Every time he had intended to deliver a killing blow just now,
he would see a future where he was certain to die. Those future scenes told him that whether he used Requiem's direct detonation or punched the opponent to death, the best outcome he could achieve was mutual destruction.
Even Sheer Heart Attack's method of converting energy was ineffective. The opponent had modified some of Sheer Heart Attack's rules, virtually crippling the weakest of his three current Stand abilities; it seemed to have been directly regressed back to its original state... He was now only left with some residual pure energy. A large portion of his energy had been cut off, and the remaining bit was probably only enough to restore his entire body once or twice?
But Jotaro did not give him a chance to continue thinking. After pondering for a moment himself, he had Star Platinum lightly tap its fists together again.
Instantly, Star Platinum vanished, and Jotaro vanished as well. Kira Yoshikage's eyes immediately widened. A terrifying pressure appeared behind him. Killer Queen: Bites the Dust's field of vision allowed him to see Jotaro, who was only half a meter away from him.
A scene flashed in his left eye: Jotaro suddenly appearing behind him and delivering a vicious punch that nearly shattered his head.
Kira Yoshikage immediately intended to leap forward, but in that vision, countless throwing knives suddenly appeared before his eyes
—a wall of blades pressing toward him from the front!
Below? Star Platinum's fist was striking up from there!
Only the space above was left to escape! But would Jotaro leave such an opening?
Kira Yoshikage glared, hardened his resolve, and still leaped forward. Countless invisible throwing knives suddenly materialized, but Killer Queen: Bites the Dust detonated all of them instantly.
However, that brief delay was just enough to slow him down. Jotaro's fist struck the back of his head, slamming his face into the ground. His body flipped over, nearly breaking his neck, but he still managed to react.
Kira Yoshikage slammed his hands on the ground, using the momentum to spring up and away from Jotaro. He then threw a small car, intending to detonate it right against Jotaro's face.
But Star Platinum's fist smashed up into the bottom of the car. The car flew into the sky like a small star, where it collided with a small, round stone descending from above... The circular meteorite, whose composition was unknown, was actually harder than Sheer Heart Attack! It instantly smashed half of Sheer Heart Attack, shattering the car's face and spraying a large amount of blood, while also crushing Kira Yoshikage's left palm.
Yet Kira Yoshikage smiled mysteriously...