Chapter 68: The Egypt-Bound DIO Crusaders: Pro Max

[Xiao Yan: Right now, the most important thing for me is the three-year agreement, to go to the Misty Cloud Sect and face Nalan Yanran.]
[Xiao Yan: With Teacher's help, I originally had an eighty percent chance of success. But now, I have a hundred percent certainty that I will win a brilliant battle at the Misty Cloud Sect, return in complete triumph, and prevent the kind of events that happened in the original work from ever occurring again...]
[Chen Mo: So, will you win?]
[Xiao Yan: I will win!]
[Xiao Yan: So Chen Mo, do you really not want the Flame Mantra? Judging by the subsequent content of Battle Through the Heavens, this is also a method to become an Emperor. Are you sure you don't want it?]
[Chen Mo: This thing might be a divine-tier cultivation technique for you, but for us reincarnators, it's just a growth trap. You can buy it in the Main God Space for just an A-rank branch storyline... Still, please send me a copy anyway. Since it's a technique with a promising future, perhaps it might serve as a little reference.]
[Han Li: Please send me a copy as well, Brother Xiao. In exchange, I will also send over some of the cultivation techniques from my side.]
[Xiao Yan: No problem.]
[Xiao Yan: But why can't we just upload the cultivation techniques directly to the group files? That way, it would be much simpler for every group member to check their contents without having to ask others and go through a trade.]
[Houraisan Kaguya: Just in case.]
[Houraisan Kaguya: What if some bad guy enters the chat group? For instance, what if it's not you, but Soul Heaven Emperor, or not Mr. Joseph, but DIO? If those cultivation techniques were set in the group files where anyone could view them, wouldn't that just be aiding the evildoers?]
[Lu Mingfei: Speaking of DIO... Come to think of it, the time limit before the next mission starts should be ending soon, right? Can we form a raiding party to go beat up DIO now?]

Some time had passed since Chen Mo and Tokisaki Kurumi finished dealing with Nendor and returned to the chat group.
Houraisan Kaguya seemed unable to issue missions casually; there was a time limit and a limit on the number of times missions could be published, so they couldn't be triggered at will.
Two months had already passed in the Skyline Crisis world where Chen Mo was located. Nian Xukong's return time had been used up first, and she had departed the Skyline Crisis world. However, given the nature of the Main God, she would ultimately return to the Main God Space together with Chen Mo and the others.
More time had passed in the world where Han Li resided—the flow of time in his world was the fastest. Fortunately, as a cultivation immortal, his lifespan was quite long, so he didn't need to worry about the effects brought by this rapid passage of time.
Moreover, because the time flow in his world had accelerated, his efficiency in using the Heaven-Accelerating Vase to ripen heavenly treasures had become even higher.
Presently, Han Li was truly capable of single-handedly supporting the resource consumption of the entire chat group. Everyone had benefited from the heavenly treasures he planted and ripened.
Relying on the heavenly treasures provided by his group members, Xiao Yan's strength was growing even faster than in his original story. Currently located within the Magical Beast Mountain Range, his cultivation had long since broken through the Dou Shi stage by consuming various heavenly treasures. According to Yao Lao, who was by his side, if these heavenly treasures could be refined into medicinal pills, they would yield even greater benefits.
However, most of these heavenly treasures did not exist on the Dou Qi Continent; they were universal treasures selected by Chen Mo from the Main God Space that were adaptable to various power systems. Coupled with the fact that Yao Lao was currently left in a soul-only state, it would likely take a considerable amount of time to create new pill formulas and pills.
Lu Mingfei was also practicing the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Sutra over on his end. Since he didn't know how to guide the power within his body, he could only practice other power systems first. Aside from sending him some medicinal herbs used for cultivating internal energy, mental herbs capable of strengthening willpower and stabilizing the mind were also delivered to Lu Mingfei.
The effects of these heavenly treasures were similar to mind-focusing in Infinite Terror, acting upon the mind to enhance concentration and calmness while also boosting courage and training willpower.
The efficacy of these herbs should be superior to mental-type skills. Zhang Heng used such methods in the Infinite Terror era to overcome his hematophobia and become a reliable combatant for the China Team, so Lu Mingfei should also undergo some changes and progress.
As for the actual results, it would depend on Lu Mingfei's performance when encountering those plot events. If he still acted like a loser... then there was nothing to be done; they had truly tried their best, and he was beyond saving.
As for the group member with the most obvious change, it was undoubtedly Joseph Joestar, who had joined the group alongside Xiao Yan.

[Houraisan Kaguya: Well, it's time. I've adjusted the mission time limit and participant count, so this time everyone in our chat group should be able to participate in the mission together.]
[Joseph Joestar: That's simply fantastic!]
[Joseph Joestar: @All Members, the crusade mission against DIO in Egypt has begun! Those interested, hurry up and sign up!]

After joining the group, every member's chat group avatar appeared as their own face. Unlike the gray-haired old man he was when he first joined, Joseph's avatar now clearly displayed a handsome young man—that was what he looked like in his youth, Joseph Joestar from Part 2 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure!
The chat group was not short on herbs capable of increasing lifespan and restoring youth. Initially, Joseph had wanted to refuse, but upon learning that there were still plenty of these herbs left—and because almost no one in the group had any use for them, leaving them piled up in large baskets over at Han Li's place—he ultimately took some.
The reason Joseph, who could originally use Ripple breathing to delay aging, hadn't done so was because he loved his wife, Suzie Q. He didn't want to prolong his own youth while watching Suzie Q age alone...
However, since there were now so many items capable of restoring youth and enhancing one's combat power upon use, he didn't hypocritically refuse to use them. Learning that there were still many such herbs remaining, Joseph took the medicine, restoring his body to its prime.
In terms of sheer physical strength and power, the current Joseph was even stronger than his grandfather Jonathan, and by a considerable margin. His Ripple power had also been vastly amplified.
With the spoilers from the original manga and a massive boost to their own strength, the Egyptian 9 God Gods were nothing to worry about. Joseph and his companions swept away the obstacles along the path like a knife cutting through bamboo, advancing toward DIO's lair. By now, they had arrived near Cairo, just a step away from launching a direct assault.

[Houraisan Kaguya: Then I'll post the mission. Once it's over, all of us can take this opportunity to have an offline gathering (^ω^)]
[Houraisan Kaguya: Is everyone ready?]
[Lu Mingfei: Just finished school, no problem.]
[Emiya Shirou: No problem on my end either.]
[Xiao Yan: Me too.]
[Han Li: I am ready as well.]
[Joseph Joestar: Hehe, I can't wait to see the look on DIO's face when he sees the chat group's DIO-crusade squad! Hurry up and dish it out!]

[The Egypt DIO-Crusade Squad Pro Max, defeat the savior of villains—DIO Brando!]
[Limited mission time: Seventy-two hours]
[Mission Rating: Strong]
[Limited participant count: 10]
[Participate in this mission?]
[Yes] or [No]

[Houraisan Kaguya: Alright—let's go!]