"I f*cked your mom..."
Thud!
A short knife pierced straight through the bare-chested vampire's mouth.
The tremendous force pushed him backward, pinning him dead against the wall.
But this kind of injury wasn't fatal to a vampire.
The bare-chested vampire's eyes widened as he was about to rip the knife out and lunge forward to kill.
The next second, Ryosuke's hand grabbed his face.
"Vaporization Freezing Technique"
A strand of icy frost spread along the bare-chested vampire's skin, freezing his upper body in an instant.
Ryosuke slowly exerted force with the hand gripping the vampire's cheek, and the sounds of "crack, crack" continued to ring out.
"Don't..."
The bare-chested vampire tried to beg for mercy.
Bang!
Countless shards of ice mixed with flesh and blood shattered and fell.
His head was crushed cleanly and decisively.
Nina, slumped on the floor, stared blankly at the fallen ice fragments, then looked at Ryosuke's back.
Moonlight slanted in through the window, falling on Ryosuke's profile, falling on, his bright and resolute crimson eyes.
Clearly, the other party was a vampire, yet for some reason, she felt an overwhelming sense of safety.
"You… what exactly are you?"
Ryosuke didn't answer her question. He merely brushed the ice fragments off his hands and carefully felt the power filling his body.
Dio was a vampire.
But not all vampires were on Dio's level.
The Vaporization Freezing Technique that Dio developed was unexpectedly effective.
More than that...
Ryosuke closed his eyes. The moonlight scattered around him seemed to grow old and hazy in an instant.
He sensed the Projection of the Past.
Because this was a different world, the connection was extremely weak.
But there was no denying that the Projection of the Past belonged exclusively to Ryosuke's past, tightly bound to his soul.
No matter where he went, this past would not change.
It was just that the power that could be transmitted over was far weaker than in a normal state.
Strands of ghostly divine power were transmitted over. Ryosuke raised his hand, and a trace of Ripple flowed in his palm. Scorching burn marks appeared on his hand, then healed under the mediation of ghostly divine power.
Ghostly divine power was inherently extreme yin, natural power, making it even more suitable for a vampire's physique.
Ripple plus ghostly divine power, when the two fused, it was just like when Ryosuke first evolved his physical body, making fine adjustments to his body at the cellular level.
A moment later, Ryosuke slowly opened his eyes.
Within the crimson pupils, an extra faint ring of golden light appeared.
The base nature of a vampire hadn't changed.
Ryosuke still feared sunlight, and he was still injured when using Ripple.
But he was no longer completely without options.
As long as he consumed the life energy of this body, he could endure the blazing sun, use Ripple, and fight Kars.
Conversely, once his life energy was exhausted, Ryosuke would die on the spot.
However...
Ryosuke sensed the life energy transmitted from the other's blood when he killed the bare-chested vampire.
"I can use the vampire 'bloodsucking' trait to extract life energy from others and store it in my body, replacing my own consumption."
As for whose life energy to absorb?
Ryosuke glanced at Nina, who was right next to him.
From a vampire's perspective, she looked like a delicious chocolate cake.
Sensing Ryosuke's gaze, Nina swallowed and trembled as she stepped back half a step.
She felt she must be insane to think a vampire was safe.
Ryosuke extended a finger and gently tapped her forehead.
"I don't eat people. Besides, you're just a few ounces of meat, eating you wouldn't even fill the gaps between my teeth. If I were to eat..."
Ryosuke looked at the floor beneath his feet.
"Aren't there plenty downstairs?"
Vampires all had excellent hearing.
Ryosuke could hear chewing sounds downstairs, so naturally, those downstairs could also hear the fight on the second floor, and could smell the bloody stench seeping from their companion's corpse.
All the chewing sounds stopped.
Ryosuke could sense it, dangerous gazes seemed to fall upward from below, piercing through the thin wooden floor and landing on him.
Danger?
Who was in danger?
———
There were four vampires on the first floor.
One of them, the tallest and most burly, sat upright on the sofa, elegantly holding a cup of fresh blood. Judging by the sharp knife embedded in the chest of the corpse beside him, he was clearly drinking heart's blood.
The remaining three vampires were each lying on the ground, sucking blood from the corpses.
The hierarchy was strict and clear.
At this moment, the vampire boss frowned deeply, staring at the second floor.
"Has that kid gone crazy?"
He gave a look to his subordinates, and two vampires immediately rushed up the stairs.
The next second, faint thunder rang out. With two thudding sounds, two charred corpses rolled down.
They rolled all the way to the vampire boss's feet.
"Heh!"
The vampire boss slowly stood up, fixing his cold gaze on Ryosuke as he walked down step by step, then glanced at Nina following behind him.
He didn't understand, everyone was a vampire. Fighting among yourselves was one thing.
Killing each other?
Stupid.
The vampire boss drew a cleaver from his waist and said to Ryosuke as he came down, "For the sake of brotherhood, I'll make it quick later..."
Before he could finish speaking, he once again heard a burst of thunder. This time, he heard it clearly, the source of the sound was Ryosuke, the golden lightning flashing across his body.
'Golden lightning…'
'Ripple?!'
The vampire boss's pupils shook violently, his mind went blank, and reflected in his crimson eyes, Ryosuke swept through the air like a vicious ghost, killing his way right in front of him.
The vampire boss instinctively swung his blade.
Halfway through the swing, the cleaver was seized by Ryosuke's backhand.
A horizontal slash.
A massive head flew high into the air.
Just as the vampire boss had said, this cut was incomparably clean.
Cold, foul-smelling blood sprayed outward from the smooth neck stump, only to be pressed back down by Ryosuke's hand.
Life energy flowed along with the blood, pouring endlessly into his palm, where Ryosuke absorbed it.
This scene, in the eyes of the last remaining vampire, looked like the appearance of an evil ghost. He collapsed to the ground, trembling violently, "If you do this, aren't you afraid Lord Kars will slaughter you?"
"Kars?"
Ryosuke raised an eyebrow and put on a gentle smile. "Where is he?"
"Southeast, about ten kilometers away at the circular megalithic stone array. Lord Kars and Lord Wamuu are there dueling with JOJO."
A duel… which meant the entry point was at the end of the plot.
Ryosuke picked up the vampire boss's wristwatch.
It was now 5:17 in the morning. It wouldn't be long before dawn broke.
In the original story, shortly before the first rays of morning sunlight appeared, Kars would use the Red Stone of Aja to become the Ultimate Lifeform.
Ryosuke calculated the time.
With a distance of ten kilometers, it was impossible for him to reach the battlefield before Kars became the Ultimate Lifeform and seize the Red Stone of Aja first.
"Better collect more life energy first."
Ryosuke's gaze fell back onto the vampire.
According to his intel, the reason this group of vampires appeared in this small town was to use the townspeople to create another batch of corpse servants.
On one hand, this was to block the retreat route once Joseph, Lisa Lisa, and the others were defeated.
On the other hand, if Joseph had reinforcements arrive, this batch of corpse servants and vampires could stall them for a while.
"Thank you. Your information is very useful to me," Ryosuke said.
The surviving vampire trembled, forcing out a smile. "I... I'm glad I could help. I've always enjoyed helping others, really."
"Is that so? That's great."
Ryosuke's smile grew even gentler. "Then please help me once more, give me your life energy."
Rip!
Another body, burned to ash, appeared on the ground.
Holding the cleaver, Ryosuke walked out of the small Western-style house.
Ten minutes later, the town was awash in blood.
Not a single vampire escaped the slaughter. Ryosuke rode a modified vampire horse.
Thinking that dawn was about to break, he also conveniently took a wide cloak and a cowboy hat from one of the houses.
Ryosuke put on the hat, then with a whoosh, flicked the pitch-black cloak and draped it over his body.
Just as he was about to snap the reins, Nina ran over from the town.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
Ryosuke looked toward the southeast. "To kill the leader of these monsters."
"Take this."
She pulled a shotgun from her back and handed it to Ryosuke, along with a large bag of shells.
"Thank you."
Ryosuke nodded to her, spurred his horse, and charged toward the southeast, charging toward the battlefield.
"You still haven't told me your name!" Nina shouted from behind.
Ryosuke didn't respond. He continued riding at full speed, only raising his hand and giving a light wave.