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

Raven's silver blades swing upward to block the incoming white threads.

Her greater form activates at the same time, and a reality-bending ripple of divine energy shakes the white mansion.

All of the statues, walls, floor, and ceiling shake, but somehow they all withstand the intense pressure of two true Cores colliding.

The thick forest outside, however, is not so resistant to the energy waves.

Kilometers of forest outside the mansion are vaporized, and even further out, the shockwave uproots trees even more tens of kilometers away.

Lingering portions of this attack ripple far out to vibrate through the 8 Great Regions to the east.

The bulk of the shimmering strands are stopped dead in their tracks by the silver blades tethered with divine energy, but on contact, they splash outward, multiplying into hundreds more.

They're both graceful and terrifying as they shimmer and bend to flood the room and avoid Raven's upward slash.

The movement of the threads is unpredictable, acting as if they'll shoot down in one direction but spinning and twisting off into multiple separate unexpected angles, while multiplying into more in some directions and consolidating back into single strands in others.

Raven twists her body out of the way, lunging toward the open doors at the exit of the mansion, but more and more threads burst out from the strands she just dodged.

An elaborate, constantly moving prison of threads fills the room, and she yells out loud while more blood trickles out from her nose and mouth.

"You can't do this... It's against the code. If you kill me here, you will be punished by the others. We cannot fight until the throne has awakened—"

As she yells out those words, more volatile white threads come shooting her way from all angles.

There's no way to block them all, so Raven uses her True Core's hidden defense ability, and at every contact point that the shimmering threads hit, small portions of her body disappear from reality, allowing the white threads to phase right through.

She scowls and changes her positioning again, taking a lunge toward the open exit doors, but a violent burning sensation pulses through her body, and the ringing in her ears intensifies.

The sudden jolt of pain disrupts her movements and makes the portions of her body that are in her divine stealth-empowered pocket dimension phase in and out of reality.

Even as she lunges out of the way at full force, a few dozen of the white strands still manage to sink into her flesh, planting their roots in her right shoulder and left leg.

Dense streams of True Core's divine energy surge through the strands from the source at the back of the mansion, and the distorted laugh of insanity echoes through the large open room again.

"Raven, my dear. You are making my masterpiece even more satisfying. You have yet to see, you are already dead."

The white strands of energy start to glow with a yellow light as more divine energy is channeled into them, surging into the points that have already taken root in Raven's body.

As the divine light builds up, the hundreds of internal wounds all over her body pulse and burn brighter, making the ringing in the silver sword wielder's ears grow louder and louder.

Even through the pain, she doesn't hesitate to reactivate her stealth ability but comes to the horrifying realization that it won't be enough.

As her entire body disappears from reality, the two collections of white strands still stay connected.