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

Chapter 501

The further I float down into the square-shaped hole, the more prominent the upward flow of Qi becomes.

The temperature grows slowly as I continue to fall hundreds of meters underground, watching the ladder fly by on my right side, and begin seeing a faint white glow beneath me.

The black stone that makes up the walls begin to change in composition, shifting from just regular dark stone to the same jet black material the monastery in the platinum district is made of.

I allow a finger to touch the stone to my left as I float further down, and my system flickers as my touch glosses over layers of the mana-negating stone.

The interesting thing I find when I do this is, my Soul Energy is not negated at all. Even though it is technically half part mana, the fusion of this energy with Qi has created a new source of power that is not negated by the black stone.

As I fall further down, the mana-negating material grows more and more abundant until nearly 100% of the rock surrounding me consists of this stone.

My feet gently hit the bottom of the incredibly long shaft, to the point where I can't even see the surface.

My body is flooded with dense Qi.

Nearly 20x as dense as the Qi inside the monastery, but still nowhere near the levels that the Qi density reached inside the isolation pods when we saturated and destroyed them to push their limits.

Still, as I take a step forward, I can feel immense amounts of Qi flow through me. It feels as if just standing in here could fill my core up to full in a few hours with minimal effort if it were empty.

The steel ladder stops right at the ground level where my feet have landed and the thin shaft has opened up to a medium-sized cave opening.

There are jagged black rocks on the walls, floor, and ceiling, but the faint white glow that fills the cave makes my vision extra clear.

There are small areas where white flowers grow inside the rocks, and as I walk forward and turn the first corner in this cave, I see the source of all this Qi.

Dozens of long white crystals emerge from the black rock.

More and more of the delicate white flowers grow near these gems, and as I use my Soul Energy to stare deep into the crystal stones, I can sense thousands of Qi pills worth of energy inside each one.

They each slowly disperse warm energy into the air at a constant rate, but for some reason, it feels as if the source of this energy is not dwindling even though the rate at which they let the stored energy flows out is rather extreme.

I take steps closer to the nearest cluster of crystals, and at the same time, sense my teammates floating down to follow me.

I stare at the crystals in wonder, waving my hands around in the air to push the densest form of energy around that comes directly off the crystals, even bringing my fingers close enough to the point where I'm about to touch one of the white treasures.

Monk's voice rings out and his head pops around the corner before I do.

"Wait! Just wait! Do you know what you're about to do?"

I pause and pull my hand back, turning to him as Ember follows behind him, and the sound of the others falling down the narrow hole sound in my ear.

"No... I guess not. I don't know exactly what these are, but I can make a good guess."

Monk nods while walking over, and based on his tone and expression, touching the crystals isn't a good idea. I feel no danger coming off of them, if anything it feels like I'd be able to absorb its power even faster. However, listening to whatever he has to say will most likely be a better move.