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Dungeon Diver CH851

Black holes crackling with electricity open up in the wyvern’s Celestial body, and more of the smaller wyverns from below continue attacks, leaving demonic flames, earth bullets, wind slashes, and water jets deep into Seraphel’s body.

A pulse of green sparkling light pours out from Abby’s immortal Healer’s greater form, rippling through Seraphel as he’s pushed backward, with a broken wing, falling backward out of the sky while the massive Black Wyvern follows down, charging up...

Dungeon Diver CH850

Upon impact, the enormous pillar of white and silver flames reaches the bottom of the realm, and a roar echoes out far enough to shake the grand citadel and reach the far corners of the green zone.

The outline of another dragon is engulfed in the flames, making it seem as though it is entirely white and silver, the only thing peeking through are the purple eyes beneath.

Ember’s downward attack doesn’t slow, as through the flames, he still aims for the monster’s neck, with de...

Dungeon Diver CH849

[Congratulations! Rising Emperor's Domain Milestone Reached!]

[1,031,092/1,000,000 Worlds Claimed]

[New Perk Unlocked: A Light in the Darkness]

Info:

The [World Wide Connectivity System][i] for the Rising Emperor has now been updated! The [World Locator Perk][i] is now accessible.

The Rising Emperor may now borrow an additional 5% of all Base Stat Points and Mana Control efficiency from all subordinates under the allegiance of the Rising Emperor.

Members af...

Dungeon Diver CH848

Two bright yellow lights appear on opposite sides of the Great Belt of Brymia's star system.

One of the bursts is very bright and concentrated, as the ice prison on an asteroid out in deep orbit explodes, and an army of 1st Class True Cored Morvale Demons is freed.

They all immediately turn toward the red star at the center of the system, led by one head Demon that sends update messages on their situation back to the Demonic Realm, and another copy up to his family head, Lucian Mo...

Dungeon Diver CH847

Outside the Ellipsia Citadel, a very similar powered clash takes place.

Maria and Sisco collide—axe against sword.

The small figure of a woman, holding a glistening rainbow sword, exuding the powerful aura of soul energy tightly infused with an ice element, is a profound sight.

The full 4% of stats runs through her body, creating enough force to hold back the massive demon’s purple weapon.

Sisco Vermillion towers over her, tens of times larger, not using an energy ...

Dungeon Diver CH846

“It—It worked!”

“I swear my loyalty to the Rising Emperor.”

“I can see—everything—we’re all connected…”

“What is this system augmentation…?”

Whispers and even some yells start to appear in the crowds below the white and green glowing goblin queen in the air.

Small bursts of auras start to explode outward from the Lords in the stands.

They are not nearly as strong as any of the fighters in the event, as these are mostly weaker 2nd...

Dungeon Diver CH845

My soul sword grows in size with me, now over 20 kilometers long from tip to handle, sparkling with white ethereal light, yet glowing equally as bright with a crimson fiery aura from deep inside its core.

I slam it downward as my best defense, yet it collides with its target and stops like it has hit a solid wall.

The middle of my sword connects with the open palm of Miriel Vermillion. My growing Astral High Noble Form against his raw unaltered demonic flesh.

When I stare in...

Dungeon Diver CH844

The floor beneath the ring cracks and shatters so much that large amounts of the flooring break open, and even erupt upward into the air.

All of the suppression commands and safety protocols inside the dome have been overridden and forcefully deactivated.

This shockwave causes the walls and ceiling around us to break apart at their weak points too.

Some portions that have shattered to nothing but dust burst open and explode outward, while others just shift like massive compr...

Dungeon Diver CH843

The floor of the arena keeps cracking, letting more and more oozing black corruption seep up and out from below it.

The coiling tendrils of energy that look like living oil all connect to the demonic energy manifestation’s feet, making it grow larger and making the dome colder and colder as its aura grows in strength.

The cracks that push outward on the top of the dome multiply to the point where it just appears to be crushed white ether-glass. There are hundreds of millions of ...

Dungeon Diver CH842

The small black room at the central point of the underside of the Grand Citadel shakes, and tendrils of Corruption pulse outward to fill the room.

High above, in the arena where his small energy manifestation battles, the entire mood of the fight shifts.

“Too far! Andras was an exception, I allowed his death because he was disgracing the dignity of Nobles. Yet you dare to kill two more family members… What delusional plans do you believe will come true? You know nothing of the...

Dungeon Diver CH841

The entire dome around me turns dark, and the faceless gaze that points down at me becomes colder and colder.

“Demons of the Vermillion Family—no—Demons of the Five Great Royal Families do not wish for each other's downfall. You may be new to the Upper Realm, but your public insolence must still be punished. One minute. I will give you a single minute to survive with my Energy Manifestation that watches over this Citadel. Survive, and I will give you the opportunity to kneel and a...

Dungeon Diver CH840

“With minutes left on the clock to spare! That does it! Every single Demonic Beast is eliminated! Every single Obsidian Clan Berserker! All of the pre-qualifiers from last month! Every single qualifier from the Preliminary rounds earlier today! They are all gone! Eliminated! Only a single entry remains!”

The instant replay, slowing my movements down by over 1,000 times, slicing through the Griffon, shattering their pristine white greater form into thin slices with devastating demoni...

Dungeon Diver CH839

The instant my 2nd seal dissolves, the hot pressure building up in my head and around the inside of my body is instantly released.

In the same fraction of a second, I pull more borrowed stats to bring my total up to 15%, and waves of heat burst out from my body.

I feel the outer shell of ether commands I’ve been using to create a fake avatar in order to fit in while in the Grand Citadel completely evaporate too. The 5 grey crowns above my head disappear, and the suppression of m...

Dungeon Diver CH838

“The human Lord has joined the fight! He’s caused two of the Demonic Mammoths to meet their end, but all three of the Obsidian Clan’s Warriors are looking to settle the score for stealing their glory!” the Announcer yells out, zooming in on the live feeds and playing back the footage of my attack over and over.

The 230 Million Lords watching see a wave of purple and red fire fill their views of the battle.

Only one kill notification rings in my ear, as I only finished off ...

Dungeon Diver CH837

[Kill Confirmed!] x78
[You’ve Gained 1 Point!] x65
[You’ve Gained 3 Points!] x13

My points surge even higher as I make it into the zone filled with floating rings.

[Ding!]
[Avatar Buff Activated!]
[50% Increase in Fire Summoning for 10 minutes!]

[Ding!]
[Avatar Buff Activated!]
[25% Increase in All Attacks for 3 minutes!]

[Ding!]
[Avatar Buff Activated!]
[30% Increase in Speed for 5 minutes!]

[Ding!]
[Ding!]
[Ding!]

Every s...

Dungeon Diver CH836

He definitely looked my way…

Even through the countless layers of suppression commands in the air, and the fact that that was just another hologram, I could feel that Miriel’s cold vibrations were much stronger, and much colder than anything I felt while talking to him over a video call before.

I could feel them seeping into my body, and even past my 2nd seal…

Though, a grin comes onto my face as I’m certain the 3rd seal deep inside me was not affected or probed at a...

Dungeon Diver CH835

The green fighting dome starts to change color again, shimmering white, then revealing a whole new environment unlike the hundreds of biomes that were scattered about before.

The 40,000 km wide arena is split into only four parts.

One is completely empty, with only a smooth dark green floor, and thousands of kilometers of open space from the floor all the way up to the top of the dome.

Another section is filled with impossibly tall and thick trees. I can count them out, less...

Dungeon Diver CH834

The wave of energy that soaks the Citadel in a blue tint of light feels warm, yet powerful.

Many of the Lords below 2nd Class feel a similar grasp on the system loosening that they did when the rising Emperor used his Noble Form to suppress them, acting as Drako Vermillion.

“That is Seraphel…” Abby whispers under her breath, staring at the reading on the Citadel's interface, but vividly remembering a large amount of memories she was granted from her staff while climbing this...

Dungeon Diver CH833

In a matter of seconds, I edit the two 3rd Class Lords’ avatars, pulling all of the stray tracking and surveillance commands out to analyze for myself.

As the announcer starts hyping up the crowds for round 6, a large portion of my consciousness begins sifting through the recordings from these two wolfmen.

It begins on the day I left them in that first safezone, as they walk through an ether command array and are greeted by a single demonic Servant inside the crown cycle buildin...

Dungeon Diver CH832

“Really? They’re all the way over there?” Ava replies while punching through the avatar of a large, overgrown boar-like creature that has been charging around in an open plains area with tall grass.

“Yeah, 48 biomes away.” I send a mental projection of the map I see on this glass screen, and begin to see Ava instantly follow my direction.

A bright streak of green light glows visible in the woods as she borrows a small amount of stats in order to close the gap in a few mi...

Dungeon Diver CH831

Ember’s body glows with a dense white light, manipulating the ether commands around him and the ceiling above while giving one last nod to the Warlords.

He points to Zashen. “You, come with me. We have one last thing to do before leaving…”

He smiles, sensing a vibrating transmission table at the top of the Central Tower.

The automated cloaking commands on the Berserker’s avatar activate once exposed to the outside air, and he too is enveloped in a cloud of white mi...

Dungeon Diver CH830

I look around the massive white holding room, and everyone but myself and Ren are 1st Class Lords.

I see some recognizable races, like a snow-white serpent coiled up at the back of the room, staring me down with icy blue eyes.

A few emerald green-colored Lizardmen stare at us from the other side of the room, and I see two brown rock golems as well.

There are a few large cat creatures, humanoid ogre variations, and a strong-looking dark-skinned High Orc.

However, all of...

Dungeon Diver CH829

I am still only using a single buff, my Greater Energy Form.

The second seal holds back the full activation of my Noble Human form, but letting my first seal dissolve releases the surface-level restrictions on both my demon core and soul energy core.

After completing my training beneath the Sea of Corruption, even without my Noble Form activated, weaker vibrations still ripple off me.

Dense mana and demonic energy pour out from my body with these waves of vibrations, making ...

Dungeon Diver CH828

We fly through the air in jagged patterns, passing over other biomes and destroying them with shockwaves just the same as we did the forest we started on.

The sharp-toothed grin on this monster grows with every clash, and I have to continuously add more and more borrowed stats to the point where I’ve already doubled the output I used in my finishing move against the mammoth.

The Berserker Giant is either getting stronger with every blow, or still warming up and testing its limit...

Dungeon Diver CH827

I quickly scan the nearby mountain range, and the few surrounding biomes. There are only a handful of 2nd Class Lords left around here; any actual threats are all far deeper in the Arena.

The blank-faced elf walks toward me but stops as I nod with approval and speak up.

“You can survive on your own for a few minutes, right…?”

My eyes track up to the sky and read the number left in this tournament. “21 minutes at most… if worst comes to worst I guess you could selec...

Dungeon Diver CH826

As I look around I see the 10th ranked beast at [2,008 points], with the head of a lion and a massive muscular body covered in red fur, less than 1,000 kilometers away—just three biomes to my right.

To my left, the 1st Ranked Berserker Giant now holds [9,451 points], and the second-ranked black stone golem holds [7,971 points].

In between, filling my view, are the exact coordinates of the rest of the top 10.

The [Move On to Main Event] button is now fully lit up in my visi...

Dungeon Diver CH825

As I turn my head, a bright white greater form bursts out from Ren’s avatar.

It’s made of pure ether, and its outer walls have the same unreadable outer layer as the body of this elf’s avatar the last few times I’ve tried to scan through it.

It works like a seal, but it’s seamless, unlike the many layers and millions of twisting commands and threads of ether and divine energy I unraveled from Seraphel and placed on myself. It feels natural, like it’s alive…

I s...

Dungeon Diver CH824

Red and white streaks of aura light up the sky, and biome-shaking shockwaves fill the air as my massive spiked club collides with the mammoth’s tusks, and every few attacks I manage to collide with its main body.

Ripples of fiery aura leave marks in its greater form, but the attacks are never strong enough to break all the way through.

I have to use less power to not shatter my new soul weapon, and dodge out of the way to not put Ren in danger from getting hit by the mammoth’s...

Dungeon Diver CH823

[You’ve entered the challenge!]
[1/15 Slots Filled!]
[2/15 Slots Filled!]
[3/15 Slots Filled!]

Notifications ring in my mind as I fly forward through the pillar again, clashing my spiked mace against the massive mammoth's tusk that is easily ten times as long as my greater form.

This beast, myself, and Ren on my back have all entered this challenge pillar that has been strategically placed by admins crafting an entertaining show.

Without using any borrowed stats o...

Dungeon Diver CH822

“Would you look at that! A new entry managed to break their way into the top 100 with a combo kill! An ingenious move there, using the gift checkpoint as a high ground and striking once the reward spawned in!” the Demonic Servant yells out to all that are listening, pointing at the massive spiked Soul Weapon wrapped in red fiery aura breaking through three Premium Grade 1st Class avatars.

The Demon zooms in further, showing my face and entry number at slot 97 on the leaderboards, an...