Upon seeing this scene, Dire was instantly frozen in place.
However, the guy inside showed no mercy and pulled the trigger at the same time.
Accompanied by deafening gunshots, countless bullets were fired instantly.
Dire's combat consciousness was still strong, and he quickly dodged at the first opportunity, but due to carelessness and hasty preparation, he was still instantly shot into a sieve.
"Dire!"
Straizo and Zeppeli exclaimed in unison at the sight.
However, now was clearly not the time to worry about teammates, as the others were also receiving the attention of the bullets.
Erina quickly danced with her great sword, making it impervious, standing in front of Jonathan to block this round of attacks for him, while Straizo suddenly cut off his own hair, used the ripple to strengthen his hair strands into a barrier, blocking the bullets shot at him.
After the enemy's volley was over, everyone finally had the chance to see the scene inside the castle hall clearly.
There were at least a hundred pairs of glowing crimson eyes staring at them.
They were holding various types of firearms, even crossbows. The first row of people were lying on the ground, the second row was squatting, and the third row was standing, maximizing the ferocity of the firepower.
"This... what is this..."
Even with their strong mental fortitude, everyone was inevitably shocked by this astonishing scene.
"My goodness... These vampires are not playing with Stone Mask, they're studying military tactics?" Even Fang Mo couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark: "Good heavens, the master is killed by random shots!"
"Just in the hall alone, there are at least a hundred vampires!?"
Speedwagon's face showed horror, and he couldn't help but roar: "Dio... he didn't eat these people, he turned them all into vampires. The simple villagers of the Windknight's Lot, under his control, are forced to confront us with blades, and they even learned to use modern firearms. This guy is simply the most cruel and cunning demon in the world!"
"The worst is yet to come."
Straizo's face was also a bit pale, panting heavily: "Hundreds of vampires... It will be very difficult for just a few of us to defeat them."
"No, we can't delay any longer!"
However, at this moment, Zeppeli suddenly shouted: "They are still changing bullets, we can't let them continue to use these guns... We must find a way to break the situation immediately!"
Saying this, Zeppeli immediately launched an attack.
He suddenly took a drink of water, and then sprayed it out forcefully. Under the control of the ripple power, the sprayed water droplets turned into rapidly spinning circular water blades: "Ripple Cutter!"
These water blades, spinning as they flew towards the interior of the hall, hit several vampires who couldn't dodge in time, and also destroyed a large number of firearms.
But strangely, these vampires, clearly hit by the water blades with ripple power, did not die but instead kept emitting evil laughter, chilling to the bone.
"What..."
Zeppeli was also stunned by this.
Before he could react, the vampires opposite had already launched their second round of attack.
Yes, after all, there were more than a hundred vampires on the other side. Zeppeli's interference was very limited, so many vampires managed to reload and began their second round of shooting.
However, this time Zeppeli was prepared and quickly rolled to a position beside the main door.
The enemy was shooting from inside the door, so as long as he hid in their blind spot, he would be safe. Seeing this, others also started to dodge the gunfire.
But at that moment, Erina charged forward.
"Erina!"
Jonathan exclaimed in surprise.
However, Erina completely ignored him. With her greatsword, she created an impenetrable defense, and the bullets could only spark off it as she ferociously charged into the hall.
"What the heck is with this woman?!" Straizo was dumbfounded. "Why is she so strong? She can block bullets with her body... Is she a vampire too?"
"No, Erina is said to be a demigod," Jonathan answered earnestly.
"Huh?"
Straizo was even more confused.
But Jonathan had no time to explain further; seeing his girlfriend charging into battle, he couldn't lag behind. He took a deep breath and shouted, "Silver Ripple Dash!"
Ripples burst from his blood, merging with the Nichirin Sword in his hand. Then, a circle of pale golden airwaves appeared under Jonathan's feet. Taking advantage of the moment Erina drew heavy fire, he too charged into the castle hall, attacking the vampires.
"Fiery Sun Ripple Dash!"
Jonathan infused the power of the sun into his blade and then swung it forward fiercely.
An orange hue of solar power resonated strangely with the ripples, spreading intense heat through the air, expanding like a massive burst of solar fire, engulfing over a dozen vampires.
The vampires didn't even have time to scream before turning to ash.
"Wow, Flaming Ripple Sword!"
Fang Mo was shocked at the scene: "Jonathan is amazing now, the ripple has actually evolved into a wave!"
Meanwhile, Erina was also fighting fiercely.
Unlike Jonathan's vampire-targeting tactics, enchanting the Golden Apple and a whole basket of Essence Berries almost sanctified her body. Facing the gunfire, she broke a marble pillar in the hall with her bare hands and then swung it in a sweep.
Vampires could regenerate quickly, but firearms couldn't.
So, the surrounding firepower weakened instantly. Erina, like a terrifying machine, mercilessly minced vampires one after another.
Even a single punch from her could burst a vampire's head.
"This... what in the world..."
Honestly, having witnessed this scene, Straizo was completely numb. This woman wasn't a Ripple user, and the man known as Jojo must be a Ripple user, right? But what was that move he just used?
He directly threw a ball of energy like the sun and killed the vampire.
"You call this Ripple Sprint?"
"Zeppeli!" Feeling his worldviews shattered, Straizo quickly shouted at Zeppeli, "Where did you find these disciples?"
"Didn't I tell you?"
Zeppeli said, "They are not my disciples, they are the disciples of that mage."
"Mage?"
Straizo was startled, then turned to look at Fang Mo.
"That dragon from over ten years ago, you surely haven't forgotten it?" Zeppeli reminded, "That dragon was the pet of that mage."
"It's my daughter."
Fang Mo, who also heard their conversation, corrected them.
"..."
Straizo didn't say anything this time, but his expression made it clear that he probably wanted to express something like 'then why the hell did I come here?'
"Alright, let's not idle anymore."
After saying a few words, Zeppeli didn't continue to talk with Straizo. Instead, he charged into the castle hall and attacked a vampire with his Ripple.
"Ripple Kick!"
With a loud shout, Zeppeli fiercely landed a whip kick on the vampire.
To his surprise, the vampire didn't die but instead raised its head to look at him fiercely, leaving Zeppeli baffled.
And then in the next second.
A strange sharp pain suddenly came from his leg.
"What!?"
Zeppeli was shocked, and when he looked down, he saw his leg covered with a thick layer of frost: "This... this is..."
"Hahaha! This is the Vaporization Freezing Technique taught to us by Lord Dio!"
The vampire across from him laughed cruelly, "Lord Dio already guessed it, you use the energy of blood for your attacks. So, as long as the blood is frozen... you can only wait to die!"
After saying this, the vampire raised its hand to grab Zeppeli.
But at that critical moment, a large sword suddenly flew over, spinning and cutting the vampire in front of him in half, then automatically flew back into the air.
"Mr. Zeppeli, are you alright!?"
Not far away, Erina asked with concern while fighting.
She held the heads of two vampires in each hand and smashed them together, causing their brains to burst instantly. It was clear that the vampires were also using the Vaporization Freezing Technique, but it was useless against Erina. Eventually, she even threw her sword to automatically slay the monsters, grabbing a huge vampire and smashing it down from the sky, creating a large impact.
Meanwhile, Jonathan.
His whole body was emitting the Flames of the Sun, like a walking blaze, clearly unaffected by the Vaporization Freezing Technique, looking effortlessly elegant.
"So... you've always been fighting such monsters, haven't you?"
Seeing the situation, Zeppeli also let out a wry smile, realizing he had overestimated his combat strength.
However, just as he relaxed, he saw the vampire he had chopped in half reveal a cruel smile. For some reason, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Immediately after, he noticed the vampire's eyes turn blood red.
"Erina! Jojo! Be careful!" Zeppeli shouted upon seeing this.
In the next second, the vampire in front of Zeppeli let out a sharp scream, like a signal. The eyes of all the vampires present turned red at the same time, followed by their irises rupturing, and a multitude of extremely fine and fast jets of water shot out from their eyes.
This was one of Dio's special techniques in the original story, called the "Space Ripper Stingy Eyes."
The principle was to use the vampire's ability to control their body, compressing the aqueous humor in the eyeball to attack the enemy like a high-pressure water jet.
In the original story, Jonathan was killed by this technique, which pierced his trachea.
However, in the original story, only Dio could use this technique, but now there were at least a hundred vampires here. Although many had been killed, there were still at least sixty or seventy left.
The sight of dozens of Dios releasing the "Space Ripper Stingy Eyes" simultaneously was a spectacle. The entire castle hall burst instantly, all load-bearing marble columns, stairs, chandeliers, floors, and walls, everything visible to the eye, was sliced apart.
For ordinary Ripple users like Zeppeli and Straizo, they didn't even have time to react. They were instantly cut into several pieces by the high-pressure water jets, and blood sprayed out freely.
Even a Ripple... a Wave Warrior like Jonathan couldn't avoid serious injuries. Although he had learned the Ripple and the power of the sun, he was still of flesh and blood. If it weren't for evaporating part of the water flow with the power of the sun, he too would have been cut in half.
The only person unharmed on the scene was probably Erina.
Erina's dodging speed was very fast, and combined with her physical strength, enduring the high-pressure water jet was painful and caused some scratches, but she was not seriously injured.
As for the commentator Speedwagon.
His luck was really good. Because he was standing behind Fang Mo, he miraculously escaped this disaster.
"What... what is this..."
Speedwagon, after seeing this scene, was so scared that he sat down on the ground: "Uncle Zeppeli, Mr. Straizo, and Jonathan... almost everyone was wiped out in an instant, what kind of terrifying attack is this!?"
"Jojo!"
Erina also exclaimed upon seeing this and quickly rushed to Jonathan's side: "Jojo! Are you alright?!"
"I... I'm fine…"
Jonathan struggled to look back: "But Uncle Zeppeli and the others..."
"Mr. Steve!"
Erina also reacted, quickly turned her head to Fang Mo and shouted: "They are not dead yet, can you please save them? Please!"
"Oh, okay."
Fang Mo nodded. These people all truly embodied the spirit of gold. It would indeed be a pity for them to die just like that, so he raised his hand and directly used the gravitational field to pull them to his side.
"Holy crap, how many pieces did you guys break into?"
Looking at Zeppeli, who only had his head and the left side of his chest remaining, Dire, who was beaten into dice, and Straizo, who was almost shaved into a human stick, Fang Mo couldn't help but say: "It's lucky that I know how to perform head-saving treatment. If it were any other doctor, just playing puzzles with your body parts would be enough for you to die more than ten times..."
"Mr. Mage, please start treating them quickly!"
On the side, Speedwagon couldn't help it and almost said with a sobbing tone: "You must not let Uncle Zeppeli and his companions die, they are all good people..."
"Okay, okay, I know."
While saying this, Fang Mo began to take out instant healing potions.
However, at this moment, suddenly a strange footstep sound came from the ruins, followed by a strange voice that suddenly rang out.
"Jo↑Jo↓..."
Accompanied by this familiar voice, the mastermind behind all this slowly walked out from the shadows.
Hearing this voice, almost everyone's gaze focused there, especially Jonathan's side, who started grinding his teeth just by hearing this voice.
But when Jonathan truly raised his head to see the other party, he suddenly froze.
He had thought he would see Dio's wickedly handsome face, but when he looked up, he found that the other party's face was actually wearing a stone ghost mask.
And for some reason, there was a strange hole in the center of the stone ghost mask's forehead.
Just as Dio made his entrance, it seemed as if even the moonlight was tainted with a blood-like scarlet. A terrible oppressive force came directly from him, making everyone suddenly feel a tightness in their hearts.
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