[CH399+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 474

It takes my sword slashes head-on, hardly trying to dodge, mostly just continuing to thrust its spear forward to aim for my vitals with unyielding accuracy and vigor.

I land over 15 solid hits, and shock it senseless with lightning over 20 times, but it keeps coming back for more not changing its strategy at all nor slowing its movements in the slightest.

Then, just as I get comfortable with its rhythmic attacks, and start to prepare for getting into position to send off another one of my major strikes; something changes. Its attack pattern shifts, and its spear tilts downward mid-strike.

It doesn't aim for my chest, but rather thrusts its spear into my upper thigh.

In doing so, it leaves its head wide open and I cut it clean off, even landing a second slash as I pull my sword back to cut through its torso and slice it into 3 pieces.

However, as I lunge back and it reforms, I feel a cold sensation creeping up my right leg.

Even though it stabbed right through my Greater Form's body, the damage from the attack still carries over to my real body inside the Greater form.

I feel my right quad muscles tightening up, and it becomes harder to step forward. My skin and muscles are quickly turning into the silvery icy mass just like it did before when it attacked me in mid-air in my base form.

Right now, I have no time to amputate and reform my entire limb, so I'm going to have to think of something else fast.

The Dark Guard flies forward at me again, now aiming for my heart and I barely block its incoming blow. We both fly back and it attacks my head, then back, then resets to do everything again as I continuously block its strikes.

Meanwhile, the silver ice spreads deeper into my leg.

Only one possible solution comes to mind.

I activate my mana manipulation skill, and create a barrier of pink energy beneath the infected area of skin. Without hesitation for even a fraction of a second, I tear away a chunk of my leg and propel it away from me, then use self-regeneration to stop the bleeding and restore my ripped-up muscles.

A bloody shard of flesh that hardens into a frozen crystal of silver metal shatters as it hits the desert floor beside me.

At the same time, I block another barrage of the ruthless monster's attacks.

We go on for almost a full minute, tearing up the desert, creating paths of glass and craters deep enough to build small settlements inside.

Hundreds of sword-on-spear collisions go by, over a million MP worth of mana crystals are absorbed from my item storage, and virtually no progress has been made on my end.

I land plenty of blows after powerful lightning strikes, but it heals instantly and it seemingly doesn't affect it whatsoever. Every few dozen attacks, it manages to hit my arm or leg with its spear as well.

I'm able to discard the damaged areas, but unlike this monstrosity, I have a limit to how long and hard I can fight. Eventually, I will get fatigued from using such massive amounts of mana and Qi, especially in this Greater Form.

It knows this very well, and is just waiting patiently for me to meet my end.

I attempt to send body doubles out to the dungeons, as if Ember were here, he'd be able to help me face this creature two on one. However, my doubles' weak basic forms with no qi or excess mana to drain continuously get killed before they can even escape 50 meters away from us.

It knows I'm using my copies to send for help and won't allow for it.

Ember and my other doubles are still deep within the dungeons farming mana, so sensing anything in the outside world is beyond their capabilities.