Dio Takes Action

The room was filled with the fragrance of tea, and the distant sound of gunfire gradually subsided.

At this moment, Kai Adler suddenly stood up, causing the two brothers to look at him simultaneously.

Realizing what this meant, the brothers—who had just been enjoying their tea and snacks—instantly pulled long faces.

"Let's go, your boss is no longer in the room."

"How do you know? If Dio is still in the room, we're dead."

Boingo swallowed his cake, choking and rolling his eyes.

Seeing this, Kai showed a wide smile, his eyes narrowing into slits.

"Were the tea and snacks good?"

Although he was smiling, Boingo felt a chill run from his feet straight to his head.

Boingo quickly waved his hands, "No, I mean…"

Seeing that he still wanted to argue, Kai maintained his smile, eyes fixed on him, and snapped his fingers.

Boingo trembled with fear, but nothing happened to him.

"Ah!!"

A distorted scream sounded beside him. He was horrified to see a blue light ignite on his brother Oingo's right arm.

In just a few seconds, Oingo's right hand turned to ash under the high temperature. As Kai snapped his fingers again, the flames extinguished, and Oingo collapsed convulsing to the ground.

Kai looked at Boingo, whose tears and snot were a mess from fear.

"Any more questions now?"

Boingo shook his head frantically, his whole body trembling like a sieve. He looked at Kai in terror.

This person was a devil…

Just moments ago, he had looked polite and humble, but in the blink of an eye, he turned hostile, burning off one of his brother's arms without blinking.

"Your brother won't die. Now, take me to Dio's room immediately."

The previous composure had been because it wasn't the right time. Now that the opportunity had arrived, being slow would be to disregard his own life.

He still wanted to go home with Ciel after exploring Egypt.

Boingo scrambled to his feet, not daring to delay.

As Dio's strongest Stand User, Vanilla Ice's room was not far from Dio's room. After turning two corners, there was a staircase covered with a red carpet, and at the top of the staircase was Dio's room.

Kai stood at the bottom of the stairs, looking up. The staircase extended into darkness, looking as if it had no end.

As Boingo went up, his whole body was tense and hunched, his eyes darting around, seemingly afraid Dio would pop out from some dark corner to take his life.

"Walk faster."

But now, Kai's voice was a devil's death warrant—a trace of resentment flashing in Boingo's eyes as he turned his back.

The two reached the top without obstruction.

Looking at the door in front of him, Kai looked back. The stairs were shorter than expected.

"This is Dio's room. Can I go now?"

"No."

Boingo looked up in astonishment.

"Why?"

"You still need to do something for me."

Kai smiled mysteriously and pushed the door open.

Dio's room was at the highest point of the mansion, at the top of a tower. The windows were sealed tight, no light entering.

Surrounding the room were bookshelves filled with books. In the center, a coffin rested on a platform, decorated with gold edges and a 'D' printed in the middle, looking very luxurious.

As expected of a Vampire, he even slept in a coffin.

Kai scanned the surroundings, his vision suddenly blurred, and he frowned.

Had he been distracted?

No. With his current mental strength, distractions were impossible. Only one reason remained: some power had interfered with his perception.

Dio… had made a move.

He didn't know how long the Vampires could last against Dio. He frowned and surveyed the room, soon focusing on a corner.

On the wall, a bow and arrow hung.

Kai walked over and took down the bow and arrow. After examining the intricate, complex patterns on the arrow, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

This was it—what he had seen in the prophetic vision.

"Come here."

He called Boingo, who was hiding in the corner, and handed him the bow and arrow. Then he pulled open his black robe and magician's cloak, revealing his pale chest.

"Use this to shoot me."

Boingo: ???

On the other side, Selene was hiding behind a pillar, her chest rising and falling dramatically.

Hiss.

She took a sharp breath and looked down. The outer side of her right leg was already bloody and mangled, a large piece of flesh gone. Even with the Vampires' self-healing speed, this was a serious injury.

But she felt lucky.

She looked at the ground nearby, where two severed arms lay. The cuts were incredibly smooth.

These were Danial's hands. If he hadn't pushed her just now, she would be like him—her whole body swallowed by something unknown, leaving only two arms behind.

Danial was dead. Now only she and Erica remained in the Vampire team.

It was that Stand again…

Oka had told them this Stand was a mental power invisible to ordinary people. Even though the Vampires' mental power exceeded ordinary people's, they could only barely see some blurry shadows.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have the capital to fight the opponent.

However, this time, she couldn't even see a shadow.

"Selene! Dodge at 11 o'clock!"

Erica's voice suddenly sounded amid the gunfire. Selene instinctively lunged forward to the left.

A strange friction sound rang out, like a hot knife cutting butter. Selene looked back and found a smooth circle had appeared out of nowhere on the stone pillar behind her, extending far into the distance.

Presumably, Erica had detected the opponent's attack based on this.

"Look! This guy can't see anything when he attacks—he has to poke his head out first!"

Erica shouted her discovery.

Hearing this, Selene saw a man with purple hair whose head floated in mid-air. He looked at Erica, then his head seemed to shrink into the void and disappear. The strange friction sound followed.

"Erica, hide quickly!"

Selene didn't need to shout twice. Erica saw the disappearing head, darted more than ten meters away. In the air behind her, faint circular traces appeared and vanished, approaching rapidly—a phenomenon of dust in the air being swallowed.

No, this wasn't obvious enough. They couldn't see it, let alone defeat the opponent.

They needed something to leave traces around the area—to kick up sand or dust.

A sharp light flashed in Selene's mind. She unhooked a grenade-like object from her tactical belt.

"Erica, stay back!"

Erica turned her head and saw the object in Selene's hand, eyes filled with shock and anger.

"Dead woman, if you want to kill me, just say so."

Selene rarely smiled. "I trust you."

After saying that, she pulled the pin and threw the grenade toward Erica, then darted back cautiously.

Seeing the throw, Erica cursed inwardly and crouched low, turning nearly into a shadow as she tried desperately to escape.

Bang!

The grenade exploded behind her, but there was no fire. Instead, silver light burst forth, and a sky full of silver powder drifted in the air.

Selene and Erica, at a distance, had already donned masks covering half their faces.

Since they were fighting Dio—a Vampire—these grenades released silver powder. Even the strongest Vampire would weaken due to allergic reactions in such an environment.

At this moment, silver powder drifted in the distance, and a large empty space moved constantly. It was the invisible, mysterious Stand.

Both Selene and Erica aimed their guns at that empty space.

The opponent seemed to realize they were not nearby, and a head appeared out of thin air.

"Do you think this is useful? My Void Mist… cough…"

The man's words choked off mid-sentence. Selene saw his skin visibly reddening, as if burning.

Her eyes lit up.

"He's actually a Vampire!"

Erica reacted instantly.

"Bastard! Pay for Danial's life!"

Gunshots rang out.

Selene's vision blurred suddenly.

The purple-haired man was lying far from the silver powder now. The sharp sound of a weapon piercing flesh echoed.

She instinctively turned her head, pupils constricting.

Erica beside her stared blankly.

In Selene's chest, two daggers were plunged, and blood splattered.