[CH399+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 443

Ember's Soul Energy-imbued flames cover the orange sword that plummets down at us, but as the beast follows through with its swing, the massive blade disintegrates away in an instant.

All I feel is a huge gust of wind left behind in its wake, but as we swoop upward, and I see the rest of the flames flow down the monster's arm, eroding away the Soul Energy Shielding around it, a plan comes together in my mind.

I may not be able to puncture its shielding myself at my current strength, but I sure can cut through its flesh with an invisible attack if I'm given the opportunity.

A flap of Ember's black glossy wings brings us higher into the air, moving up past the monster's eye-line almost 40 meters off the ground now.

I deactivate my mana skills and channel Qi into my sword again, just like I did before to take off the monster's left arm. White hot energy flows from my core and oversaturates my sword again, residue trailing below as our ascent increases in speed.

Before, it was still a test; now I'm sure it will work.

My gaze locks on the evaporating layers of orange shielding that creeps down the monster's arm while Ember's Flames of Cleansing begin to die down too. They have their limits too, but it seems the limit to their power is going to be just enough for me to set off an attack.

I swing my blade downward, aimed at the thinnest portion of its defenses in the elbow joint of its right arm where the majority of flames have accumulated and begun to die out.

Orange energy seeps in from its core to fill the exposed portions of shielding, but it's too late.

Another blade of Qi flies downward, and Ember and I fly up.

The sound of a ferocious roar fills the air, followed by a thud as half of the beast's last remaining arm hits the desert floor.

I smile inwardly but keep myself composed in full battle mode while restoring my MP and taking another Qi pill, leaving just 2 more in my storage total.

I open my telepathy link with Ember as he stabilizes us in the air and swoops back down at the beast, now manifesting two arms from pure energy and regrowing the long sword.

"We need to aim for its vital points. The head or heart will be the only way to take it down."

"Understood."

Ember swoops down and tries to attack the monster from behind, releasing a blast of Soul Energy imbued flames at its head.

However, it seems this beast won't fall for the same trick twice. It turns its body the moment it sees the attack coming and uses both of its manifested arms and sword to block the wave of fire.

The same scenario as before happens; its sword is melted away, and the energy that makes its arms melts away too, but it manages not to let any of the dangerous flames hit its real body this time around.

Ember swoops around it with impressive speed and agility, but the giant angry eye continues to track us through the air without fail.

I grip my sword tightly, using my perception skills to their maxed-out potential, trying to find any kind of opening I can.

Ember releases another wave of fire. At the last moment, it's blocked again.

The Colossal's sword and arms are disintegrated away, and some of the shielding on the stub of its right remaining arm is burned away too up to its shoulder. I could land another hit. However, wasting my entire Qi stores on a non-lethal attack right now is not a good idea.

I open my link again.

"We need to slow it down. This creature is too quick and battle-seasoned to allow us to pull another fast one on it."