All Chapters of Bow to My Power: The Rise of the Dungeon King: Chapter 11
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Chapter eleven: Predator’s Rise
Rheon stepped forward into the cavern’s widening chamber. The dungeon walls pulsed faintly, alive with residual energy from his earlier battle. Every stone, every rune, every lingering shadow thrummed in response to the Codex embedded in his chest.[SYSTEM ALERT: Host fully integrated – Codex sub-core active.][Environmental Analysis: High-tier threats detected.]A low growl echoed through the chamber, vibrating the air. Rheon’s pulse surged, senses flaring. The shadows thickened in the far corner, coalescing into something massive, something hungry.[ENTITY DETECTED: Alpha-class Rift Predator – Threat Level: Extreme.][Codex Directive: ELIMINATE.]The creature emerged. Towering on all fours, claws tipped with jagged crystal, fangs glowing with corrupted mana. Its eyes burned white, scanning him, calculating. The dungeon seemed to shrink beneath its presence, stone groaning under the predator’s weight.Rheon’s hand tightened on his blade. Bloodstorm pulsed through his veins, Shadow Ec
Chapter twelve: The Hunters
The wind carried a faint metallic tang as Rheon stepped out of the Rift ruins, his boots crunching over rubble and dust. The dungeon had spat him out — broken, reborn, and sharpened like a blade. The sky above was bruised with the remnants of storm clouds, orange and gray streaked with the first light of dawn. [SYSTEM ALERT: Host fully integrated with Codex – Status: Optimal.] [Sensory Augmentation: 200%] His senses immediately picked up movement — subtle vibrations in the ground, whispers of energy, faint heat signatures moving among the ruined remains of the fortress outside. Rheon’s eyes narrowed, pupils dilating as the Codex fed him every detail in near-real time. [HUD UPDATE: Threat Detection – Multiple high-tier entities detected: 5.] He froze. Not monsters. Humans. Former companions. Looting. His old squad, the ones who had betrayed him in the dungeon, now scattered among the ruins with reckless greed. They carried relics, stolen mana cores, and crates of dungeon spoi
Chapter thirteen: The Reckoning
Rheon Vael stepped forward, every muscle coiled like a spring, the Codex thrumming in his chest. The ruined plaza stretched before him, dust swirling around shattered pillars and relic crates, the morning sun slicing through jagged openings in the walls. His former squad froze, weapons raised, eyes wide with disbelief. [SYSTEM ALERT: Host fully integrated – Bloodstorm Energy 80%.] [Core Dominion: Environmental Awareness Active.] Rylan, the commander, took a cautious step forward, relic armor gleaming with faint divine mana. “Rheon… Kael… whatever you are now, stop. You don’t need to do this.” Rheon’s eyes glowed faint blue. “I don’t need your approval.” He advanced. Shadow Echo flickered around him, spectral afterimages predicting his every move. The Codex hummed, urging him to test, to dominate, to reclaim what had been stolen from him. [Shadow Echo: Combat Readiness 100%.] [Bloodstorm Overdrive: 65% ready.] A young squad member, Jarek, lunged first. A relic dagger in hand, h
Chapter fourteen: Descent into Madness
Rheon Vael opened his eyes to darkness deeper than any dungeon he had faced before. The world around him was jagged and alien — blackened stone that pulsed with a sickly green glow, fissures in the floor that exhaled corrosive vapor, and shadows that seemed to crawl like living things. The air itself carried a weight, a taste of decay and energy so potent it burned his lungs with every inhale. [SYSTEM ALERT: Host environmental hazard – Toxic Rift Energy detected.] [Atmospheric Corrosion: 65% – Immediate physical damage likely.] [Codex Sub-core: Stabilization Protocol Engaged.] Rheon coughed, the acrid air clawing at his throat, but the Codex responded instantly. Blue veins flared along his skin, luminous energy forming a protective sheath around his body. Every breath was siphoned, filtered through the Codex’s defensive algorithms. [Skill Activated: Core Stabilization – Relic energy consumption 12% per minute.] [Host Physiology: Reinforced against environmental toxins.] He push
Chapter fifteen: Predators of the Rift
Rheon Vael moved cautiously through the Abyssal Rift, boots crunching against blackened stone that shimmered with corrosive green light. The air hissed and burned, toxic Rift energy clawing at the edges of his protective Codex barrier. Shadows slithered along the jagged walls, alive with movement, mutating before his eyes. [SYSTEM ALERT: Environmental Hazard – Toxic Rift Energy 75%] [Core Stabilization Active – Relic Energy Consumption 15% per minute] Ahead, the ground trembled. Fissures cracked open in random patterns, exhaling corrosive vapor that corroded stone and metal alike. Rheon’s enhanced senses detected multiple energy signatures converging toward him. They weren’t human — not entirely — but intelligent, adaptive, and lethal. [MULTIPLE HIGH-TIER ENEMIES DETECTED: 6] [Threat Level: Extreme – Alpha-class Mutations] [Core Dominion: Environmental Awareness Maxed] From the shadows emerged six beasts. Each was a grotesque fusion of predator and Rift energy. Tentacles bristl
Chapter sixteen: The Abyss Beasts
Rheon Vael’s chest burned, veins glowing with the Codex’s energy, as he stepped into the next chamber of the Abyssal Rift. The air was thicker here, almost viscous with Rift corruption. Toxic energy seared at the edges of his protective barrier. He breathed deliberately, letting the Codex filter and stabilize every molecule of air, every spike of radiation, every mutating pulse of ambient energy. [SYSTEM ALERT: Host survival threshold – 82%] [Core Dominion: Environmental Control Active – Maximum Efficiency] The chamber floor trembled violently. From the fissures below erupted two massive forms — Abyssal Leviathans, their serpentine bodies twisting impossibly, armored with shifting crystalline plates that reflected the green toxic light. Tentacles bristled with spikes and hooks, each movement precise, calculating, adaptive. [ENTITY DETECTED: Abyssal Leviathans – Ultra Alpha-class] [Threat Level: Critical – Extreme Combat Required] Rheon’s eyes narrowed. Reflex Amplification flare
Chapter seventeen: The Lost Expedition
Rheon Vael stepped cautiously into the winding tunnels of the Abyssal Rift. The air was a corrosive haze, tinged with green and black energy that threatened to eat through even the strongest metals. Every step sent shards of rock clattering across the jagged floor. His eyes glowed faintly blue, reflecting the dim light, veins of Codex energy tracing intricate patterns along his arms and chest. [SYSTEM ALERT: Host survival threshold – 85%] [Core Dominion: Environmental Control Active] [Bloodstorm Energy: 75%] The voices of the survivors echoed faintly from somewhere ahead. They were weak, trembling, and clearly terrified. Rheon could sense their life energy, scattered and erratic, but alive. His Codex pulsed as he locked onto the human signals, highlighting each survivor with faint blue markers overlaid on his vision. [SYSTEM ALERT: Human host detection – 4 survivors] [Survival Probability: Low] [Core Dominion: Predictive Pathing – Active] The tunnels shifted unpredictably. Wal
Chapter eighteen: Guardians of the Rift
The corridor ahead narrowed sharply, its jagged walls dripping with greenish corrosion. Rheon Vael’s eyes glowed faintly blue, veins pulsing as the Codex hummed in anticipation. Behind him, the survivors followed hesitantly, trusting his every movement. Every step he took was calculated, every breath filtered and stabilized. [SYSTEM ALERT: Environmental Hazard – Toxic Rift Energy 88%] [Core Dominion: Environmental Manipulation Active] [Bloodstorm Energy: 80%] A low, vibrating roar echoed from the shadows ahead. The air seemed to ripple, thick with energy. From the darkness, it emerged — the high-tier guardian. Towering, humanoid in shape but impossibly large, its body armored with black crystalline plates that absorbed light, eyes glowing a deep red. Its limbs were jagged, clawed, and each step crushed the floor beneath it. [ENTITY DETECTED: Rift Guardian – Omega-class Alpha] [Threat Level: Catastrophic] [Environmental Hazard: Corrosive Rift Energy – Maximum] Rheon’s pulse acc
Chapter nineteen: The survivors
Rheon Vael led the group through the winding corridors of the Abyssal Rift. The air was thick with corrosive green haze, dripping from jagged walls, and every step echoed off twisted stone. Behind him, two survivors staggered forward — weak but alive, eyes wide with fear and awe. One was a young woman, her hands trembling as she clutched a tattered cloak. Her aura radiated faintly warm energy. A healer, Rheon realized instantly. The other, a man taller and broader, moved with precision and control, even while exhausted. Weapons scars and a disciplined posture marked him as a seasoned warrior. [SURVIVOR STATUS: Organic Host Detected – Vital Signs Stable] [Organic Anomalies Detected – Parasite Contamination 87%] The Codex pulsed urgently in his mind, the warning sharp. Parasite contamination. The Rift’s mutating energy had already infiltrated them. If left unchecked, they would not survive the next layer. [CORE DOMINION ALERT: Environmental Hazards – Parasite Infestation Risk 87%]
Chapter twenty: The Rift Stalker
The corridor twisted unnaturally, walls pulsating with the Rift’s energy, and the faint green haze thickened, curling like sentient tendrils around the group. Rheon Vael’s eyes glowed faintly blue, veins pulsing as Codex energy rippled through him. Behind him, Mira and Thane moved cautiously, stabilized but tense, ready to react to any threat. [SYSTEM ALERT: High-tier Rift entity detected – Omega-class Tracker] [Threat Level: Critical – Host and companions under direct surveillance] [Bloodstorm Energy: 90% – Fully Active] The floor trembled violently. From the shadows, a massive Rift entity emerged — a towering, chitinous figure with multi-jointed limbs ending in jagged claws, black crystalline plating absorbing ambient light, and eyes that glowed with malevolent intelligence. Every step it took shattered stone beneath it. [ENTITY DETECTED: Rift Stalker – Omega-class] [Adaptive Combat Analysis: Host Group Targeting Initiated] Rheon’s Codex flared, projecting predictive movement