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

Chapter 674

A new text box where the pairing option sat before now shows up.

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All new skills upgraded to [Divine Grade] or higher using Absorption will now create unique True Core abilities for the caster.

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My eyes widen again. In the last few minutes since defeating Redgrave, my strength and abilities have grown an astronomical amount.

The overwhelming power that Demon from the Vermillion Family showed before I entered the tower is far less intimidating, and instead of uncertainty, the only emotion flowing through me as I look up at the silver statue is excitement to begin the trials ahead.

I smirk and grab my sword out from its rotation around me and press [YES] on the silver message in the sky.

The text above ripples and disappears, then new silver lettering forms and the ancient voice speaks again.

[Enter the trial area.]

A portion of the floor glows with silver light, right in front of the demonic statue at the back of the room.

The text fades, and both Ember and I fly forward, activating our Greater Forms with caution to enter the multi-kilometer wide circle before the massive silver Demon.

The circle stops glowing once we stand in the center of it, but a faint silver outline still shimmers, showing the borders as we stand in the middle, looking directly up at the towering silver masterpiece.

It speaks again.

[Rules of the Trials]

[Rule 1. You may leave any time you wish.]

As these words enter my consciousness, a floating silver textbox hovers in front of my eyes, tracking my vision.

[Leave the Trials]

[YES][NO]

I press [NO] and it fades away, but afterward I'm left in silence. The thought of the textbox wanders into my mind again, and it reappears. I press [NO] and it fades just like before, proving its point.

The voice returns.

[Rule 2. Death within the trials is final. Your body, energy, and property are forfeited to the Tower Master.]

This could have been assumed, but my mind wanders back to the time I was in Celia's construct again. Death within that pocket world was not final; entities that died were simply transported out. It seems this construct is different.

[Rule 3. The third and Final Trial will only begin once all participants have cleared the two below, have left the tower, or have died trying.]

This message conveys quite a lot of information, indicating there are three trials in total, and confirming that this third and final trial likely requires all remaining members within the tower present.

The Demon's confidence that we would settle things within the Tower makes far more sense now.

The room falls silent again as the silver text completely dissipates, but the silver energy quickly returns as the three eyes of the demon statue at the back of the room shine bright; though it doesn't completely blind me this time.

The silver light just pulses outward and ripples through both mine and Ember's bodies as if it's performing an appraisal.

The text paired with the voice returns.

[Trial 1: Body]

[Calculating Necessary Difficulty...]

The bright silver text that reads [Body] stays hovering over the Demon's head while all other text fades away.

Then, in the grasp of each of the Demon's hands, silver longswords start to form from left to right.

One by one all nine hands of the Demon form massive silver swords in their grasps.

[Difficulty Calculated: Trial 1: Round 1 of 9 Shall Commence.]

[Objective: Block The Incoming Strike.]

As this text fades, eight of the nine silver blades disappear, but one remains.

The Demon's head doesn't move, but I can feel its three silver glowing eyes staring deep within me.

Then, the kilometer-long arm holding the single massive silver blade comes swinging down toward us.

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