The tug-of-war continued, but Kai Ishida's stamina was gradually giving out.
Versus, clearly noticing this, followed closely behind, unhurriedly.
"Run, I'd like to see where else you can run to," Versus laughed mockingly, grabbing a sea fish. Versus bit into it, and blood flowed down his fangs and into his body.
It replenished his stamina.
Unbeknownst to them, thick clouds once again obscured the sun.
Kai Ishida was already panting heavily, relying on the buoyancy of his surfboard to float on the sea surface.
If he kept running, he might not even have the last bit of strength left.
Versus, clearly noticing this, slowly surfaced.
Standing on Made in Heaven's hands, Versus looked down and said:
"Not going to keep running like a drowned dog...?" Versus paused, then said with utter disdain, "Or are you going to fight me to the death with this dilapidated body?"
"..." Kai Ishida remained silent.
He needed to conserve as much energy as possible now.
However, just then, a dark shadow swiftly swept across the sea surface.
If it weren't for the waves changing Kai Ishida's position, even Kai Ishida would have found it difficult to detect the shadow's presence.
Almost instantly, Star Platinum let go of the surfboard and floated behind Kai Ishida.
Its arms spread wide.
"Time, stop!"
Taking advantage of the stopped time, Kai Ishida clearly saw the swiftly passing dark shadow.
Its overall color was purplish-red, with blue and white stripes on its body, and its exposed flesh resembled decaying meat.
"Finally showing yourself?!" Kai Ishida was quite excited, because this was the reason he chose this escape route.
Notorious B.I.G.
A Stand that surpasses Star Platinum's stats... a true 'King of Kings' Stand!
Even Made in Heaven, which can accelerate time, couldn't gain an advantage over it in terms of speed!
At the same time, Kai Ishida also understood why Notorious B.I.G. had only just appeared.
Nothing else, because Notorious B.I.G. is not a living creature, so it could also benefit from the time acceleration. So, strictly speaking, it had actually been within Versus's three-kilometer radius the entire time.
But it was chasing the waves.
Because neither Kai Ishida surfing nor Versus swimming exceeded the speed of the waves.
So Notorious B.I.G.'s primary target was always the waves, which were faster than both of them, not them.
Seeing this, Kai Ishida almost instantly formulated a relatively comprehensive plan.
"Time, resume!"
The moment time resumed, Versus frowned, "You, you stopped time just now, didn't you?!"
"What did you do?!"
Versus immediately became tense.
Time Stop was the only thing he currently feared. During stopped time, only Kai Ishida himself could move. Even with his time acceleration ability, he couldn't move!
But then, his tightly furrowed brow relaxed. "No matter what you did, as far as I know, Time Stop can't be used consecutively, right? So... in the time to come, are you ready to die?"
However, just then, Kai Ishida suddenly laughed, "Heh heh, do you know what the biggest difference between you and DIO is?"
"What did you say?" Versus's eyes widened.
"If it were DIO, after saying that, he would have already summoned his Stand and smashed it over. In these few breaths, the Time Stop cooldown has already recovered!"
"ZA WARUDO!"
"Time, stop!"
A mysterious ripple spread, and in an instant, the world turned grayscale, then returned to normal.
Kai Ishida, taking advantage of the Time Stop, controlled Star Platinum.
He scooped up the surfboard beneath him, completely disregarding the injury to his right arm, and with great force, hurled the surfboard in Versus's direction.
Blood spurted out, and after leaving Kai Ishida's body, it hung suspended in mid-air.
And the surfboard, because there was no inertia in the world of stopped time, stopped in front of Versus.
But Kai Ishida was not in a hurry at all.
Because he knew that after the Time Stop ended, due to the time acceleration ability, the lifeless surfboard would hit Versus at a speed he couldn't react to, sending him flying.
"Well then, I'll have to say goodbye to you!"
"Time, resume!"
The Time Stop ended, and the world began to move again.
"Bang--"
Just as Kai Ishida expected, the speed of the surfboard, which had received the time acceleration boost, was simply something Versus couldn't react to.
Almost instantly, Versus was hit by a powerful impact, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood, and then his body was carried into the sky by inertia.
Extremely fast!
However... such an injury was not fatal for a Vampire. In just a moment, Versus's wound had stopped bleeding. His face first darkened, then he suddenly burst into maniacal laughter:
"Yehahahahaha, hahahahahahahahaha--"
"You really know how to make me angry, don't you? Are you ready to die?"
As his voice fell, Versus flew up another half meter, then stepped onto Kai Ishida's surfboard.
Using the air for leverage, like a hunting hawk, he swiftly swooped towards Kai Ishida.
"I'm going to suck all your blood dry, not a single drop left!"
As his voice fell, Versus's eyes glowed red.
However, in the next second, Kai Ishida smiled.
A very relaxed smile.
"Hahahahaha--"
Then he said calmly, "If you can do it, try it. But before that, there's a guest who wants to greet you first!"
"Go, its name is..."
[Notorious B.I.G.]
As Kai Ishida's voice fell, a dark shadow swiftly swept past, blocking Kai Ishida's path.
Then, the decaying flesh on its body opened like a gaping maw, swallowing Versus's body.
Notorious B.I.G.: Thank you, Mother Nature, for your bounty!
...
Stand: Notorious B.I.G.
Ability: A Stand that can only be officially activated by its user's resentful spiritual energy after the user's death. It absorbs the flesh or Stand energy of its attack target, constantly growing. Because the user is dead, its range is no longer limited.
Power: A
Speed: ∞
Range: ∞
Durability: ∞
Precision: E