[CH200+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 397

With nowhere to run but up. I use two massive air-steps full of wind magic to boost myself upward, nearing the upper limits of the mana-shielded dome.

The orbs follow, but I swing my flaming crimson aura-covered sword downward as there is nowhere left to run. If I can't block this long-range attack, I might as well just forfeit now... That would be the easy way out.

If I fall below 10% health, I'll be instantly transported outside the ring and lose the match. If I allow that to happen, I won't be able to learn the secrets of this stronger version of the Lich King's soul energy.

It may be the one and only chance I get... So I have to continue.

As I swing my sword down, the two orange orbs continue to rise up at a faster and faster speed.

I can see the black-robed wraith far below me with its skeletal arms lifted in the air, somehow manipulating this energy.

Once the energies collide, a sizzling sound vibrates through the entire arena.

I put my feet backward to hit the mana-shielded wall, and an extra additional force pushes me forward to face the incoming attack.

The glowing edge of my blade sinks deep into the orbs, and the energy around them starts to bubble like a hot knife dropped into a tub of butter.

The deeper it sinks in, the more they bubble, and the closer my body gets to the approaching orbs, the more the energy is dispersed.

By the time my blade slices all the way through, both balls of energy explode into plasma that continues its upward momentum to splash against the top of the arena dome. I feel an outer layer of my red hydra's buff tear away from my sword, and every point that made contact with the orbs. But in the same instant, I see the explosion of orange energy being eaten away and dissipated in the same reaction.

I continue to fall downward and catch myself from hitting the floor with a combination of earth and air magic before I get too close to a dangerous impact.

However, my eyes still stay locked on the orbs of energy dispersing above me.

Along with the trail of red energy leaking from my blade and body, the even more fascinating part about it is the two energies destroying each other on contact.

The sizzling and bubbling reactions from before were just the two soul energies fighting and disintegrating each other upon making contact. The layer around my entire body as a whole stayed intact, but this is the first time I've seen any part of the Red Hydra's buff be destroyed.

By the time the two energies colliding above me completely eat each other up, the thin crimson layer of energy that was lost from the attack regenerates around my body and sword.

It reminds me exactly of how the Ghoul's soul energy regenerated in my last matchup. Up above me, there is still some leftover red aura stagnating in the air, but it is impossible to control just like the natural red cloud that is left behind me when I activate this buff.

Before I can think too hard about it, the activation of another two orbs of magic appear in the Wraith's open palms.

I run forward in a zigzagging pattern again, but it tracks me perfectly and throws both orbs of light at once.

I go through the same gut-wrenching instinct driven battle before the orbs of light are destroyed by my aura covered sword, but a small portion of my buff is stripped away and destroyed as well.

This time when I hit the floor and see it charging up another attack, I decide to take a different plan of action.

I've already used my buff to the point now where if I deactivate it, I'm most likely going to be out of commission until an outside force heals me.