Chapter 31
Ruins of the Knights (騎士たちの遺跡, Kishitachi no Iseki) is the thirty-first chapter of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. It is also the thirty-first chapter of Phantom Blood.
Summary
Elsewhere in the graveyard, Poco attempts to tell two thugs about the zombie knights; unfortunately, due to his reputation as a liar, they do not believe his story. The two proceed to threaten to tie up the frightened Poco with a rope by knight's graves. Before they can actually do this; however, one of the thugs steps on something. When he looks down, he sees the distorted faces of melted zombies underfoot. The three of them are approached by Tarkus and the thugs run off in fear, leaving Poco to his doom at the hands of Tarkus.
Jonathan promptly comes to Poco’s aid along with Zeppeli and Speedwagon. An unfazed Tarkus strikes the earth with his sword and makes the ground under Jonathan and his allies feet shift and erode to show the old knights training ground. All of them stand stunned at the sight, but Zeppeli wonders where Tarkus has gone. No sooner does Zeppeli ask this question does he spot Tarkus on a tall rock formation with the two thugs that bullied Poco earlier. Then, to demonstrate his power, Tarkus starts crushing the two boys’ bodies. Jonathan shields Poco's eyes from the sight while Tarkus holds the bodies over his mouth to drink their blood, crushing their bodies into pulp. Rejuvenated, Tarkus then proceeds to charge his adversaries.
Cornered, Jonathan tries to think of an escape plan. He suddenly notices leaves on the ground. Having also seen them, Zeppeli tells Jonathan to use the “You-know-which” Hamon and the two of them proceed to use the Life Magnetism Overdrive to form all of the leaves into one giant leaf which Jonathan, Zeppeli, Speedwagon, and Poco use to escape Tarkus.
