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

Chapter 595

I finish shaking the Lich King's hand and speak again.

"So where do we begin?"

The jet-black skeletal figure ponders for a moment, staring off into the direction of the black abyss on the horizon.

"In my first life, it took me many decades to compress my core..."

He turns back to me.

"I had a teacher, but on that world, Divine Energy was far more prevalent than it is here..."

He puts his arms up in the air like he's feeling it.

"There is hardly enough red threads in this entire desert to awaken a single core. This is a dry planet far from the source... However, if there are beings like the sun god in this world, that means there are most likely more who have grown by other means than natural energy in the atmosphere. We left that strange construct, and you seemed to have farmed threads from it. The only way you might awaken a True Core is if you have enough yellow fragments to do so."

I nod, opening up a spatial magic portal above my hand to let a single yellow gem float out above my hand.

"I farmed these for quite a while... I have a few hundred."

The Lich's gaze tightens, then he responds with a sigh.

"As I said before, the only technique I know is one that takes decades to complete. Much longer if resources are limited. As you know, with a fully saturated yellow core, every fragment you consume now will give you a temporary surge, but the excess threads will leave your body and expand into the atmosphere afterward."

He pauses, then puts his hands up in the air to create a bowl shape.

"What I'm trying to say is, True Cores form over time as tens of thousands of hours training and cultivating energy are stacked on top of each other."

Inside his hands, I see the [Concealment Attribute] of his cloak and pendant activating, and a large amount of mana being channeled through his arms into his hands.

With my enhanced perception, I can easily tell this is all a facade, but I watch the illusional recreation of yellow threads forming a core above his head for all to see.

It is no more than a hologram, but he's giving me a visual representation of what he's saying so I can follow along much easier.

The threads all form together to show a slowly rotating yellow core above his hands.

"This here is what your core looks like now. Fully saturated with enough yellow divine threads to stay stable and contained; enhancing all of your physical capabilities by rooting yourself in reality to a staggering degree."

The shade of the core changes from yellow to red.

"While real Divine Energy is merely the manifestation of the force our complex minds put out into this universe, our rational thoughts must see it in its most raw and simple state. This is where it all begins: the red core."

His words make me think very carefully. Ember said something similar to it in the past, stating that this energy is split in a very rudimentary way for mortals to comprehend.

Now, with the Lich King stating the same thing, I can't tell if it makes more sense to me or even less...

He continues before it fully sinks in.

"Awakening your red core allows you to exert dominance on the reality around you with roughly two to five times as much weight. It is mostly manifested to increase the user's speed, strength, perception, and basic movements. It is the perfect introduction stage into the world of the divine."