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

Chapter 549

Then, chatter fills the stands again with a very different tone.

"It's real..."

"His mana control increased by over ten times in a few seconds... I've never seen anything like it..."

"Just like the Apex Region girl in the first round! It's replicable..."

"It looks real... Even if this is an artifact, I must have it!"

Cracks and twangs erupt through the ring as Ember's fists collide with Nat's daggers.

I secure a telepathy link between both of them so they can coordinate their attacks.

In the last matches, when I gave Natalie enough mana control to win, she only managed to do so by overpowering her opponents with brute strength and a large perception increase.

Now, I want to give her the chance to get used to fighting with these heightened powers for longer periods of time while managing her MP output and increasing the density of her mana shielding to the proper level.

Even now, with perfectly matched mana controls, I can see that her daggers are being batted away by Ember's bare fists.

The timer hits 1:45 remaining, and I increase her control and buffed stats to 2%.

Ember matches it immediately, and the intensity ramps up even further.

The flames that fill the arena grow darker, and the waves of mana that seep out into the crowd are far more deadly than anything any of these Regional Directors are even capable of producing.

I smirk while watching Nat's blades clash with Ember's fists with more confidence now.

In just a few dozen exchanges and a rapid telepathic conversation between the two of them, her technique improves with every exchange.

Every 10 to 15 seconds, I increase her output by 0.5-1%, bringing them to about 6.5% of my mana control by the time the timer hits the last 30 seconds of the match.

By this time, the radiation of mana bursting out of the dome is overwhelming for some visitors.

All of the Regional Directors watch in awe, and even the guards that stand at the back of the display box here take a step forward to witness the incredible exchange taking place before them.

I send another wave of telepathy into their minds.

"Alright, that's enough. Wrap it up."

By now, Natalie is far more accustomed and confident using these extreme levels of power; so her flash training exercise is complete.

Now, it's time to follow out the strategy to finish up this tournament.

I smile and cross my arms while red flashes of light reflect off the glass in front of me onto my face from a distance.

Ember's perceived mana control output begins to dwindle and it appears as though Nat is landing more and more hits on him than she did in the beginning.

As the seconds tick down, their apparent gap in strength grows wider.

Ember throws himself around the ring while Nat lands attacks from long and short distances, throwing crescents of flames his way.

The last 10 seconds are the most brutal. It's almost hard to believe they're acting, which is perfect.

As the timer hits zero, Ember is still standing; but his concealment cloak portrays a battered and beaten hunter from the Bedrock Region that collapses on the ground without any flames left to burn on him.