Chapter 226 Old Monster
The battle inevitably began.
The 500 billion treasure has already intensified the conflict between the two sides to the extreme, and the enemy's despicable behavior has completely destroyed Li Qing's desire for peace, which was not so serious to begin with.
Whether it's Li Qing, Giorno or Bucciarati, they have come all the way here to change the world, not to go along with the old world.
The spirit of gold cannot tolerate darkness, and now the two sides have no choice but to fight.
But of course Li Qing did not rush forward mindlessly.
When the battle started, the first thing he did was to put the box containing his boss's inheritance into his pocket.
The enemy did not take direct action.
Bessie just tightly grasped the "fishing rod" in her hand, manipulating the fishing line to continue to go deeper into Li Qing's body, while carefully waiting for Li Qing's body to age more seriously with time.
The enemy did not move, so Li Qing took the opportunity to try his best to sense and detect the environment, thinking about how to crack the enemy's stand ability.
Fortunately, he has a pair of good ears that remain extremely sharp even after aging.
These ears helped him quickly find clues amidst the chaos:
"Carrot head."
"Everyone in the station has aged rapidly due to your companion's abilities, but your heartbeat and breathing are still as strong and powerful as ever."
"Why haven't you been affected by aging?"
Li Qing used an unfriendly tone to attack Bessie indirectly:
"Could it be that your companion deliberately controlled his ability so that you would not be affected by it?"
"No…definitely not."
He was like a famous detective in a TV show, using confident and powerful reasoning to put pressure on the criminals step by step:
"If your companion's Stand ability can accurately control whether it is effective on a certain person, then there is no need for him to launch such a large-scale Stand attack."
"Even if we don't care about the lives of ordinary people, maintaining such a large range of stand attacks will cause a lot of unnecessary energy consumption."
"If it's just to deal with me, this scene is too big."
"So, Carrot Head..."
"You, who are not affected by aging, must be hiding a secret that can unlock the abilities of your companions' Stands."
Bessie's heart immediately skipped a beat.
His mentality was unstable and his will to fight was not strong, so much so that his heartbeat would uncontrollably accelerate when Li Qing told him a little bit of the truth.
For Li Qing, who can monitor the enemy's physiological activities with his extraordinary hearing, Bessie's thoughts are as vivid as an uncensored high-definition video.
“It is so.”
Li Qing verified his idea effortlessly.
He suddenly realized that the enemy combination he encountered this time was actually very similar to Psycho and Jocrat he encountered the day before.
The reason why Sai was not afraid of his companions' abilities was because he was protected by soil-derived fungi. And now this carrot-head could ignore aging, it must be because he had something special in his body.
"So…"
"What's in your pocket?"
Li Qing immediately noticed that Bessie's figure was a little strange:
The pockets of his shirt and trousers were bulging with stuff, and he looked like a child whose pockets were so full of candies during the Chinese New Year that they could not be filled any further.
If you stuff any more in, the pocket will burst.
The things in this pocket are obviously very important to the opponent, otherwise he would not have to stuff so much into his body during the battle.
"There is the sound of water dripping..."
"Your pockets are dripping."
Just when Bessie was still flustered by Li Qing's reasoning, Li Qing unexpectedly said the correct answer at an unexpected speed:
"Ice cubes, that's ice cubes in your pocket, right?!"
"If I'm not mistaken, the key to resisting your companion's ability is ice."
"So…"
Li Qing calmed his mind and kept his senses firmly locked on Bessie's heart.
He began to take advantage of Bessie's rookie mentality to extract information:
"Is it simply because of the ice, or is it because of other effects caused by the ice?"
"For example... body temperature drops."
Bessie's heart began to beat like dumplings boiling in a hot pot.
The answer was determined so easily.
"That's right, it's because the body temperature dropped--"
"As long as the body temperature is slightly lowered to below normal levels, the physical aging caused by the stand can be temporarily alleviated."
"Thank you so much, Carrot Head."
"It was your poor performance that made me come to the answer so quickly, so..."
Li Qing took a step forward calmly:
"Now I just need to grab the ice from you and this tragedy will be over."
"I…"
Bessie's face looked extremely ugly.
He could hear the barely concealed mockery in Li Qing's voice.
What’s even more infuriating is that Li Qing’s mockery was not wrong at all. He really acted like a cowardly and incompetent loser.
"Asshole!"
Bessie held the premonition tightly in her hand, and her cabbage-like hair trembled in shame and anger:
"You know what..."
"If you spend so much time talking nonsense, your body will be too old to look good!"
"Damn old man!"
He swung the fishing rod with all his might.
The extraordinary wrist strength was transmitted along the fishing line to the fishhook ten meters away, and finally poured out on Li Qing without reservation.
But Li Qing is old now.
His full muscles gradually shriveled, his ruddy face was covered with wrinkles, and even his head, which was originally round, shiny and bright, now had layers of ugly wrinkles.
This person looks very much like a dancing old man in the park, but not at all like a strong and combat-capable monk.
However…
Facing the force transmitted from the fishhook...
Li Qing's old body only trembled slightly when being pulled.
"How, how is it possible?"
Bessie's expression changed immediately:
"Why do you still have this kind of power?!"
"A normal person wouldn't even be able to walk after being aged by Big Brother!"
"Normal people? Haha..."
"I have long surpassed the limits of human beings!"
The intelligence the assassination team has is actually a bit outdated.
When Diablo publicly issued a wanted notice for Li Qing, Li Qing's physical fitness could only be considered as an Olympic champion, but three days later he was as strong as a US captain.
Superman is still an old Superman when he gets old.
Although Li Qing's physical fitness has declined due to aging, it is still much stronger than that of ordinary people.
Previously, Bessie and Prosciutto thought that Li Qing would be easy to bully as long as he got older.
They may not know what it means for a 70-year-old to beat a 20-year-old.
People usually only use two words to describe this kind of person: weirdo!
Back then, Huang Hansheng was able to fight Guan Erye for more than a hundred rounds at the age of 60. Now, it is no problem for Li Qing to defeat two young men with his 70-year-old body.
"If this is the only power your fishing stand can exert..."
"Then you probably can't stop me!"
Li Qing suddenly tensed all the muscles in his body.
The muscles that had looked dry and shriveled due to aging were unexpectedly condensed into the appearance of steel and iron again under this explosion.
Then, Li Qing bent his body to accumulate strength and suddenly stepped on the ground.
His figure shot out like an arrow, and even after the discount, his speed was still as fast as a track and field champion.
The distance of more than ten meters between the two sides seemed so short at this moment.
Bessie was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat.
“Damn it…”
"Don't come over here!"
He pulled the fishing rod desperately, trying to stop the old monster from approaching quickly.
But Bessie's fishing rod substitute named Beach Boy was not known for his destructive power. His wrist strength, which was not much better than that of an ordinary person, could not stop Li Qing's swift figure like a tiger descending from a mountain.
The distance between the two sides quickly shortened at an astonishing speed.
No matter how hard Bessie tried to hold back , Li Qing's fist was approaching him at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Bessie's hands were shaking so much that he could hardly hold the fishing rod:
“Brother…Brother!”
"Come and help me!!"
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PS: Stand-in panel
Alternate name: [Beach Boys]
The Body - Bessie
Destructive power: C
Speed: B
Range: B (fishing line length 50 meters)
Sustainability: C
Movement precision: C
Growth: A
It looks like an ordinary fishing rod.
Ability: Can attack enemies through objects, the hook will drill into the enemy's body and attack the vital points, and the attack on the fishing line can be rebounded from the hook. If the attack includes the ability of a stand, the ability effect will also be emitted from the hook. It can also sense the number of enemies through their breath.
