Just as Lucian ran out of the church, he heard a whistling sound from the side, and a dinosaur’s sharp claw immediately appeared before his eyes.
Lucian hastily activated his Stand ability, hardening his skin.
At the same time, he dodged to the side, but his movements were still a bit slow, and an extremely piercing screech rang out.
It was the sound of sharp claws scraping against metal.
The dinosaur’s claws tore a deep wound into Lucian’s face.
His right ear was sliced off directly by Diego, and the Saint’s right ear flew out of his body as a result.
Seeing this, Diego pounced toward the Saint’s right ear first; that was the most important thing at the moment.
When Lucian had entered the church, Diego had followed him, but then he heard several gunshots.
Thus, instead of entering the church, he transformed into a dinosaur and waited outside the church door.
No matter who came out, they would be subject to his sneak attack.
No one would be able to dodge in the face of his rapid movements.
Lucian took this opportunity to quickly pick up his ear, then rolled back into the church.
The ability of Civil War was at least not that lethal, whereas Diego’s attacks were aimed at vital points.
Heartsteel then slammed the church door shut with a heavy punch.
Then Lucian activated his ability, and his flesh began to flow, reattaching the ear to his body.
It was just a pity that Diego had successfully made off with a Saint’s right ear just now.
Bang!
The church door was kicked flying.
Having been first punched by Heartsteel and then struck by the dinosaur, the door was completely destroyed.
It spun once in the air and smashed heavily onto the ground, wood chips flying everywhere.
Diego, transformed into a dinosaur, rushed in through the shattered wooden door at this moment.
However, he did not see Lucian.
After turning into a dinosaur, Diego could hardly see stationary objects.
After realizing it was Diego outside, Lucian remained still.
Once Diego entered, he would also be attacked by Civil War.
Sure enough, more things appeared around the Diego who had rushed in.
The things he had to discard to reach his current position were naturally far more than others.
His mother, Johnny’s brother, his 83-year-old wife, and all those items he had once discarded began to surround Diego.
Seeing enemies attacking, Diego instinctively counterattacked.
Those reappearing dead made Diego feel very uneasy.
He wasn’t sure whose ability this was—Lucian’s, or if there were other enemies here.
Diego deduced that there should be another enemy here, likely an assassin sent by Valentine.
After all, Lucian had just fled inside in a panic.
But now was not the time for much thought.
Since there were enemies, he would tear them all to shreds with his claws.
These long-departed spirits could not block his determination to climb to the Peak.
The claws swung through, but upon touching the things he had discarded, these spirits were not torn apart.
Instead, they merged directly into Diego’s body.
Immediately afterward, a membrane wrapped around his wrist and began to spread continuously.
Since Diego felt no guilt, the upward speed of the membrane was not very fast.
However, more and more things began to merge into Diego’s body.
A close-combat Stand like Diego’s was naturally countered by Civil War.
Although his movements were agile and he could easily dodge these spirits and objects,
Diego, who had aggression etched into his bones, could not refrain from taking the initiative to attack.
However, as soon as he touched these things, he fell into the trap.
Greatly alarmed, Diego hastily deactivated his Stand, wanting to see how Lucian, who had fled inside, was dealing with this situation.
Since it was an attack directed at everyone, there was no way Lucian, who had entered earlier, hadn’t encountered this situation, and yet he hadn’t moved.
With this look, he saw Gyro, who was already completely wrapped up, an entirely unfamiliar nun, and Lucian, who was crouching in a corner, enduring being wrapped by the membrane.
Seeing Diego wrapped by the membrane and losing his offensive capability, Lucian finally controlled his Stand to pour the remaining half-jug of water over his head, washing away the newly stained sins.
Diego now understood why Lucian had gone to the river earlier, and he quickly shouted out:
“Easterner, you must have another water jug.
Quick, help me dispel this attack as well.
The ‘enemy’ here isn’t someone you can easily deal with alone.
Rescue me, and I’ll help you deal with him together.
Just throw the water jug toward me.”
Diego’s words were full of urgency; he was trying to negotiate to get Lucian to help him.
“Obviously, I have a better choice, don’t I?” Lucian rejected Diego’s proposal without hesitation.
If he hadn’t heard the intense sounds of battle from the backyard, Lucian would have wanted to kill Diego first; this man was a major hidden threat.
Although Diego was wrapped in a layer of membrane that affected his mobility, he hadn’t lost his combat capability.
He definitely couldn’t kill him in a short amount of time.
The primary target now was Civil War.
After taking him out, he would join Johnny and Gyro for a righteous three-on-one against Diego.
This was perhaps a manifestation of Diego’s strong luck; at least at this moment, Lucian did not strike at him.
Johnny, who was no longer lost, had drawn all of Axl RO’s attention, so Axl RO had no mind to care about the two people who had just appeared in the church.
Seeing that Civil War’s user hadn’t appeared, Lucian realized he must be pinned down by Johnny.
And now was the perfect opportunity to save Gyro.
So Lucian threw the water jug toward Gyro and fired a shot when the jug flew over Gyro’s head.
Unfortunately, he missed.
According to Lucian’s original plan, he would shoot the water jug open to let the fresh water flow onto Gyro, saving him in a cool manner.
However, his poor marksmanship meant he failed to achieve the desired result.
The water jug directly hit the statue and broke open, then slowly flowed toward the bound Hot Pants.
Her escape was now inevitable.
Lucian looked regretfully at the water jug he had thrown far away, thinking that it seemed unrealistic to kill Civil War using the same method as Valentine; his marksmanship was indeed quite bad.
Lucian realized that if he was unskilled, he needed to practice more.
He resolved to find an opportunity to practice his marksmanship again later.
Seeing Lucian waste a jug of water like that, Diego was absolutely heartbroken.
The urgent matter was still to save Gyro first, and then rely on his versatile Steel Ball to kill Civil War.
Heartsteel emerged and threw the only remaining water jug toward Gyro.
The water jug hit Gyro’s head squarely.
The lid, which hadn’t been tight to begin with, immediately detached, and the fresh water still completed the cleansing of Gyro.
The recovered Gyro saw that it was actually Lucian who had appeared here and saved him.
Although he didn’t know why he was here, now was not the time to consider such things.
Johnny must be facing the enemy alone; he had to go and help him.