Chapter 34

The Elder's Prophecy is the thirty-fourth chapter of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. It is also the thirty-fourth chapter of Part I: Phantom Blood.

Summary
Jonathan notices that Zeppeli has gotten in the arena, which reassures his chances with Tarkus but he still knows that Tarkus has not shown the way he fights in the arena yet. In addition, Speedwagon has entered the arena and he thanks Poco for opening the door. Zeppeli then realizes that his prophecy is coming true! Zeppeli then flashes back to when he trained with Tonpeti…

In Tibet Zeppeli continues to train with Tonpetti who congratulates him on his progress but in addition to this Tonpeti gives Zeppeli one last warning about if he continues his training he will not escape his destiny. Zeppeli curious then asks Tonpeti about his death to which Tonpeti replies with this bizarre description:

“In a secret room filled with the smell of death…when a young kid opens the gate to release a young lion into the future you will start the fire to the wounds and will soon die a painful death.”

Back in the present Zeppeli realizes that the dangerous scenario he is in resembles Tonpeti’s cryptic sentence perfectly! Zeppeli then knows what he must do…

Zeppeli then jumps at Tarkus and spins himself around using the Tornado overdrive. However, Tarkus then dodges this by jumping and unfortunately, for Zeppeli, Tarkus’s chain wraps around his chest holding him in midair. Tarkus having both Jonathan and Zeppeli right where he wants them pulls hard on the chain and to Speedwagons horror Tarkus severs Zeppelis upper body from his lower body and snaps Jonathan’s neck by pulling him up to the ceiling completely!

Thinking that he has won Tarkus gloats over his victory but then he notices that Jonathan and Zeppeli are still breathing so he goes to finish them but then he notices Zeppeli has Jonathans hand. Just as Tarkus notices this though Zeppeli uses the “Supreme Deep Pass overdrive” to give the rest of his life energy to Jonathan.