In a certain sense, Jotaro is even scarier than Kokushibo.
Although Kokushibo could slash open his body in an instant, what he used was a sword, and the damage caused was to the surface.
The injury seemed severe, but the damage to him was limited. If not for the Nichirin Blade's special function, such a wound could heal instantly.
However, Jotaro was beating him with fists. At this moment, there wasn't a single part of his body unharmed. Even if his injuries healed, they would be instantly reopened by new attacks from the opponent.
The degree of pain was not even in the same category. If the pain given by Kokushibo was a power function, then the pain given by Jotaro was an exponential function.
The explosively growing pain was about to drown him.
"Yare yare... Compared to adrenaline, rage seems to influence Star Platinum's power even more."
Jotaro's cold voice came, and looking at the miserable Muzan, there was not a trace of sympathy in his eyes.
"Although beating a drowning dog is a bit heartless... but..." Jotaro's eyes showed no fluctuations, "I feel absolutely no guilt."
"I will keep hitting you. Until you no longer have the strength to recover."
After speaking, Star Platinum's attacks became even more frenzied. Though it only had two fists, it turned into thousands upon thousands of fist shadows.
"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA..."
People without a Stand could not hear Star Platinum's passionate voice, but they could hear the sound of Muzan's flesh and blood bursting apart.
This kind of pain was something Muzan had never experienced before. At this moment, he was like a prisoner subjected to drowning torture, the suffocating feeling made him want to float to the surface, but the stone tied to him kept him motionless at the bottom.
Forced into a desperate situation, Muzan could only use his signature technique, Cell Division.
In an instant, his body exploded into countless pieces of flesh.
This time, due to his injuries, he could only divide into 1,200 flesh pieces, far less than his previous record. But at this moment, he couldn't care about that. He had to escape, escape from the side of this devil.
Muzan's body suddenly exploded, which made Jotaro slightly surprised. 'This definitely wasn't caused by Star Platinum's attack!'
'Hmph! Trying to escape? Star Platinum!'
Jotaro realized this, and Star Platinum's punching speed became even faster.
"ORA ORA ORA ORA..."
With endless fist shadows, in the blink of an eye, 700 to 800 pieces of flesh were shattered by Star Platinum.
'Impossible! This guy's attack speed is even faster than that man! No no no no no no no!!!!!!'
At this rate, even his life would be in danger.
This bastard's gaze was many times stronger than Kokushibo's, he wouldn't even let go of such tiny pieces of flesh.
Muzan was terrified and hair stood on end. How much longer would it take him to escape? If before he escaped, all his flesh was destroyed...
He might not die, but his energy would definitely suffer greatly. When the sun rises, it would all be over.
For the first time in countless years, he once again felt the threat of death, and a strong desire to survive drove him to use any means necessary.
The scattered flesh began to spray blood mist. In an instant, the blood mist condensed into droplets of blood, which then surged toward Jotaro. The high-speed movement made the blood droplets appear needle-like.
The blood droplets were like countless hidden weapons, each drop filled with endless killing intent.
Jotaro stared coldly and said, "This is your trump card?"
"ORA!"
Star Platinum's fist, carrying a powerful whirlwind, shattered all the blood droplets in front of him with a single strike, turning them back into mist.
"It's all over."
Jotaro breathed a sigh of relief. The demon's body had around two to three hundred pieces of flesh left. Before they could escape Star Platinum's range, he was confident in destroying them all.
"You really don't care about others, do you?! JOTARO!!!"
Muzan shouted in an extremely shrill voice.
"What?!"
Jotaro frowned. From the corner of his eye, he saw countless crimson blood needles, from beyond Star Platinum's range, flying toward the Kamado family.
The rage-enhanced state had increased his power, but it also made him lose control.
Unknowingly, the Kamado family had already left Star Platinum's attack range.
"This bastard!" Jotaro clenched his jaw, momentarily at a loss.
From this position, this angle, Star Platinum's fists simply couldn't disperse those blood needles. Even if some could be destroyed, the rest would still strike like sharp needles.
He had to take one more step forward. But there was no extra time to act now. If he was even one second late, those blood needles would pierce their bodies.
In this situation, he had no choice but to stop time.
He knew Star Platinum had the ability to stop time, but he hadn't yet grasped the trick. Earlier, when the demon's blood whip was about to pierce Nezuko, he had the thought of stopping time, but time did not stop as he wished.
He couldn't help but doubt, could he really stop time?
Time is invisible, intangible, yet it truly exists. Even the world's greatest scientists can't stop time. Could he really do it?
But even if he couldn't, he had to do it now. Because the blood needles had already, under the shocked gazes of Tanjiro and the others, pierced toward their skin.
Tanjiro was a brave and responsible person. In that crucial moment, he shielded his family behind him, trying to reduce the damage the blood needles would do to them.
"Yare yare daze..."
Jotaro truly respected people like that.
His eyes narrowed. He stretched out his arm and shouted with a frown,
"Star Platinum!"
In an instant, under Jotaro's vision, everything began to slow down. The blood needles that were moving at high speed suddenly slowed, moving like snails.
A strange ticking clock sound echoed, and all the colors of the world gathered toward Star Platinum.
As the distorted clock sound ended, time completely stopped. The blood needles were completely still, suspended in the air.
The feeling under the stopped time was bizarre, but Jotaro didn't have time to enjoy it. Because he knew he would reach his limit very soon.
The stopped time might only last one second, maybe even less than a second. He had to eliminate all those blood needles in that limited time.
"ORA!"
He took a step forward. Star Platinum instantly punched, the fierce wind forming a vortex, shattering all the blood droplets.
The blood needles turned into thick blood suspended in mid-air.
There were still many tiny blood needles embedded in Tanjiro's flesh. Right in front of his pupils, a blood needle was floating.
"ORA ORA ORA…"
Star Platinum's invisible hands instantly pulled out all the blood needles from Tanjiro's body.
Jotaro pressed down on his hat.
"Time, resumes!"
The dull world regained the color of life in that instant.
Tanjiro collapsed to the ground, hands supporting his weight, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.
He panted heavily, looking at his own hands in disbelief, he didn't die.
His brain lacked oxygen, everything was blurry, but the feeling in his hands told him, this was still the living world.
The shadow of death that had enveloped him had vanished in a blink.
He raised his head. In front of him stood a tall, dark figure, blurry in shape, but that silhouette was etched deep into his soul.
'Jotaro-san!'
There was no doubt, at the last second, Jotaro had saved him.
"Tanjiro!" Kie cried out, rushing forward and pulling Tanjiro into her arms.
Losing Nezuko had already been a huge blow to her. If she lost Tanjiro too...
Kie didn't dare think further, she was just glad Tanjiro was safe.
"Yare yare daze…"
Jotaro turned slightly and looked toward the wooden door, only a pile of bloodstains remained. The demon had escaped.
He hadn't expected the demons of this world to be so troublesome.
"Yare…"
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