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

Chapter 569

It feels like the harder I focus on staying conscious, the more my mind is forced to concentrate on less and less around me.

At the same time, the pure physical pressure of the air high up in this sky here forces my aura to shrink down the higher I climb.

My whole body inside my greater form is sweating and shaking to push onward, and I can see Ember's wing movements are severely slowing as well.

The pure gravity alone that pushes down on me feels almost 50 times heavier than it did in the atmosphere down near the top of the tree.

It's causing pain to move even a single meter forward.

However, we do, for multiple hours longer, nearly making it a few more kilometers and hitting a mental wall once we make it to roughly two dozen kilometers away.

The force pressing down on us is so great that even my telepathic link with Ember is taking longer than usual to bounce back and forth.

I continue to consume yellow fragments and fruits on our way up too, as it gives me an extra few seconds of less intense mental and physical attacks, but it just comes back even harder once the effects wear off.

It gets to the point where it feels like I'm making more progress by not eating extra gems because I have to constantly get used to the extra pressure once they wear off. Bearing the constant stress and pushing through feels more doable, and fewer excess fragments are wasted too.

Ember's voice comes through our link, giving his thoughts.

"This may be our limit. With less than a week remaining inside this construct, I don't believe it's possible for us to make it any further..."

I stare up at the unmoving expression of the green serpent and let out a frustrated yell just to make the pain on my mind and body lessen for a moment so I can concentrate to calmly reply back to Ember.

"We only have one chance to make it to the top, don't we? You said it yourself, opportunities like this are not common."

Even now, staring up at the eyes of a higher lifeform, there are seemingly infinite tendrils of purple energy even higher in the sky that make up this entire construct.

Before, I felt like its curious gaze was pointed right at me, but the longer I stare into the snake's enormous eyes, I realize it is just looking down at the entire construct as a whole. I'm as interesting to it as any of the other lizards in the forest, insects jumping on chains, or birds flying up cliffs in this small world.

I'm positive that this serpent isn't the end, but just a gatekeeper to hold back weaker beings like us.

Ember grins at my remark, takes a moment to pause and think, then replies again.

"I do have an idea that may get its attention... However, I cannot predict how it will react afterward."

I want to turn my head to look toward him, but the air pressure and strength used to do so would not be worth the hassle. So, I respond through our link again while airstepping forward another meter while absorbing the MP from handfuls of mana crystals.

"What is it? We either try it or give up... And I really don't want to have come all this way to just turn back now."

He responds as the pink gems dissolve in an instant and he flaps his wings again to match my air-step's travel distance.

"I'll have to use energy from my immortal core."

My eyes widen as all the vague images of him using silver and golden energy these last few weeks come rushing back to me.