[CH598+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

It isn't flapping its remaining wing or using any magic to slow or change the direction of its fall.

The creature seems to have given up and is just permeating sadness as it falls into this artificial abyss.

My steps through the air are powerful, so the distance between us closes in less than a minute. However, half my mind is still in fear of the dual-wielding silver swordsman right behind me. Any lag in my downward momentum will leave me open for another attack that I can't defend.

My breathing slows, and I focus on what I have to do as all three of us plunge into the darkness at speeds exceeding anything I've ever flown before.

Every second that passes, multiple kilometers of downward motion through the crater pass.

I charge up both my swords with everything I have, pointing them forward at the dragon's core and making an all-out final push.

There's no more thinking involved; I just thrust my blades through the monster's chest.

A yellow hexagon of light is created still, as an instinctual response to stop my blades, but it's shattered instantly.

Both my swords pierce its scales and flesh, plunging deep into the bright yellow and white True Core full of Divine Light.

It cracks and explodes as my momentum continues downward through the gaping hole I create in the center of the dragon.

There's a massive burst of energy as the Earth Dragon is killed, and I feel extremely intense emotions rippling out of the monster's aura as I'm making direct contact with its flesh.

I can't tell if it's because of my mind reader perk attached to my lie detector skill, or that my telepathy link met this dragon before, or just my purple barrier relaying the message; but I'm positive that in death, this Dragon is thanking me, yet still filled with sadness.

As I burst out the other side of its body, bright trails of yellow divine threads arc and follow me deeper into the abyss, like they're attracted to my own core like a magnet.

Notifications ring in my ears, and I intuitively select yes to everything popping up in my mind's eye.

[Level Up] x517

[Use Absorption]

MCP: 49,327,920,002,556

[YES][NO]

[Use Absorption]

Stat: Defense

Points: 4515

[YES][NO]

[Use Absorption]

Skill: Combat Magic [Earth Summoning]

Upgrade: Superior

[YES][NO]

My level surges to 7012, I upgrade my earth magic, and I get a rush of new defense stats and mana control.

While it feels good, the far more noticeable thing happening to me is the same feeling I got when I killed the Director back in the Apex Region.

All of the flowing silky strands of Divine energy in its core follow me downward and tether into my greater form.

It all flows into me, through my swords, into my arms, through my body, and into my own core.

My core glows so much brighter, denser, and more potent than before; it feels as if there are two of them overlapping in my chest now.

Once the energy cycles through, it reestablishes with the rest of my limbs, skills, Soul Energy, and even mind. My next breath makes me feel like a whole new man, on a different level entirely than just seconds ago...