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

While standing in the center of the tower, using advanced ether commands to stay within the walls, I turn my gaze around in a circle to take in their true appearances.

I put up my purple barrier, and suppress all of my ether and mana control so that I can take a small lap around the center of the room to personally welcome each general eye to eye.

The visualizations from the lower realm were one thing, but opening my eyes and perceiving the real thing is far more awe-inspiring.

Raven stands rigid, yet aware, as though she's still in battle.

Her physical appearance has not changed much since the last time I saw her. The only difference is her true core being far larger and luminous; a hot aura resonates from the outside of her body that feels very similar to Zashen's when he was sleeping.

Arie, on the other hand, looks far more mature than when I last saw him come out from the Abyss on the human world to help fight in the war for the throne.

He's begun using divine energy, consolidated a saturated true core, and even ranked up a third time since I last saw him.

He's grown almost a full 10 centimeters, and his eyes shine white with a faint ether glow even when none of his buffs are active. His skin is smoother, hair darker, and the strength and maturity of thousands of demonic beasts seem to be emanating off of him.

This archer gives off the presence of a demon, but another aura is mixed in that makes him feel similar to Raven and Zashen... though it feels older, wiser, and more strange.

Memories of the surveillance footage where he bonded with the bow of an ancient elf that was turned into a lich and experimented on by Noble Demons come to mind... but even as I filter the memories of the two Vermillion Demons in the back of my mind, none of them have ever come into contact with elves... or know anything about them.

Not a single one is present on the Ellipsia Citadel, and the only mention of them other than that was Seraphel's history lesson mentioning that there was an Overseer before the Wyverns that was an elf.

Though... considering the fact that once the system ruler falls to another race, no more planets holding their spawn ever connect to the system again, the appearance of an elf is even more strange.

My eyes turn to Abby next. Her green eyes and hair shimmer far more vibrantly than I've ever seen before. Other than that, her physical appearance looks very similar to what she looked like before compressing her true core and ranking up again.

However, her Soul Energy and the strength emanating from her being have undeniably grown.

I remember Ember sparring with her in the desert before I claimed the throne, as he was trying to push her Immortal Healer's Form to a new level. Even once they were done, and she could stack up against his full dragon form's blows, he did not look satisfied.

There were data reports of her odd cultivation methods within the moon base, and her withstanding the destruction of Kelfar and its moons. However, now, I truly begin to understand why.

Her physique is not normal... not at all... Only one other time have I sensed anything like this before, and it was not long ago.

Beneath the pressure of the sea of corruption, when I broke the last seal keeping Seraphel's true body and High Noble Vibrations bound, a Celestial Grade Physique showed its full power to me.

While it was thousands of kilometers under a blanket of corrupted protection, it was still an awe-inspiring sight... Without witnessing its existence, conceptualizing rules of reality unfolding in front of me, my own High Noble breakthrough never would have manifested.