Ikea instructions were trash. The images didn't look quite right, the pieces just didn't fit like they were supposed to, and the image didn't seem to follow any kind of human viewpoint. The dungeon exchanged the cheap metal for spindly strings. In other words, this puzzle wasn't getting solved quickly.
Red markings appeared on the wall. "Do you need help? I could send Dani to assist you. I understand following simple step-by-step instructions can be difficult." The dungeon taunted.
I stared between the picture and what I had made. They looked the same, but something was off. Some qi moved up through the poles and strings, but there was no resonance. And that was the point of making the 3d construct to cause the energy to resonate and receive something. The completely Euclidean geometry clued me in that whatever this summoned, it wasn't eldritch in the traditional sense. Every string had to be orderly placed in a particular pattern after the last. The limit of the puzzle frustrated me to no end.
An hour flashed by, and I was no closer to solving the puzzle. Time I didn't have was ticking away, and I gained almost nothing from it. Except that wasn't entirely true. My body was still on the mend and growing sturdier. Time was needed to adapt to my evolved spirit vessel.
Every spirit vessel was a little different. Most relied on only a single element type; focusing on only one type makes it easy to get assistance from a higher lifeform to ascend. Even duel types weren't unheard of, but I didn't want an assist. That lead me to researching types and to a mad plan. Truthfully I didn't know if collecting many elements would do the job. However, I had evidence that it was possible through bits and pieces of old scrolls from various sect cashes.
I just integrated earth, and I barely had any experience with wind, lightning, and fire. Time would help, but I needed either time to experiment or a teacher. Teacher didn't know a lot about mana, but I doubted she knew cultivation.
"Sup, I was told you needed help with a puzzle." A bratty teenage voice said.
I turned to see Dani floating a few inches off the ground. She looked different from the last time I saw her. Her skin seemed slightly softer; her black hair was replaced with white with ebony streaks. Her green eyes shined brighter than they had before, and I sensed three new cores inside of her. High-class fire and air spirit cores were added to her metal body. A lithe heart-shaped succubus tail whipped behind her back, and a hungry pink succubus tattoo glowed above her womb, half-covered by her leggings.
"No, I have it under control," I said as I redid the entire puzzle from start to finish.
"I can see that by the wasted string. Stop, or you'll have to start over again; you almost skipped a step." Dani said.
I froze and glowered at the damn thing. "Why should that matter they don't interfere with each other?" I asked.
"It's like anal; you need a lot of prep, and skipping right to the end will only lead to a split asshole. No one likes split assholes. Even guys like their partner's third eye tight, round, and sexy." Dani said.
"I'm going to fuck your third eye," I mumbled before going back through the steps before I found what I missed before.
"Oh, you promise, I haven't had anal since I died. Sam doesn't have a dick anymore." The dungeon seethed around us. "Oh, hush, you know I like you just the way you are. Besides, when will I have another chance to complain about you."
I closed my eyes sucked in a breath, and let it out. "Sam isn't a tentacle monster or something now, right?" I asked.
Dani smiled. "I'm not telling. But, maybe if you made it worth my while, I could give you a hint about the secret boss." Dani said.
I stepped out of my armor, and Dani giggled before moving aside her leather straps. Her perky succubus titties bounced out of their restraints and kissed the air. Tiny nipples peeked out from the plush succubi titty lips as Dani brushed her hair back.
She turned around and flicked her tail up, pointing the spade tip down. It was already moist when it dove down, plummeting in her ass.
The tight orifice welcomed her heart-shaped tip-in with ease as she slowly pushed it in and pulled it out. Her pink, almost orange pussy lips clenched and dribbled while she fucked herself with her own tail. Dani's hungry, clenching pussy needed to be filled.
My dick was still rock hard from the last red pills I took. However, there was no sense in holding back even if the succubus tattoo over her womb worried me. I was stronger than I had ever been, and my qi flowed through my body more efficiently than ever before. At the moment, I was topped off with more reserves than ever. My increased durability made my techniques even stronger to make matters even more favorable.
I lined myself up and pushed against her warm succubus cunny. Her walls opened for me only to crash down with every inch I intruded. A sigh escaped her lips as I pushed almost unimpeded to the base. She pushed against me, wiggling her sexy hips for every last inch of cock. All the while, her tail plunged into her ass in earnest while I moved.
"Dick is the best. I love it." Dani moaned as I pumped into her. She groaned as her plush walls pulled on me from all sides and her heat continued to rise. Before long, I came inside of her, and she cried out as if it was having the most incredible orgasm ever. Her pussy continued to clench and shake as I came. Finally, after what felt like a minute, I pulled myself free of her hungry snatch.
"And I thought centaurs were bad," I said before grabbing the end of her tail and giving it a light pull.
With a gentle plop, her heart-shaped spade pulled free. It had swollen since we began growing as big around as an apple. Dani's hole clenched wrinkling virgin tight before relaxing to gape.
"Hurry, or it will be too tight again," Dani said.
She didn't have to tell me twice as she gaped; I pushed inside. Dani moaned as our shared juices, and cum let me slip inside easily. Her bowels were hotter than hell and tightened to an almost painfully. The walls within were smooth and slick. In a way, it was better than her pussy but also worse. I pushed and pulled as she moved to her own pussy. She slicked away at her clit while I pounded her ass.
When I came, I could feel her ass sucking on me. Her body wanted every drop, and I had to push hard to get out while my dick leaked like an open faucet. She turned around quickly and caught my last few bursts on her tongue.
"Yummy," I stared down at her cum covered face while I recovered.
"Is sex with succubi normally like that?" I asked.
"No, don't be silly. I lost almost all of my succubi powers when I died. If I was at full power, you wouldn't have a drop left inside." Dani said.
That was concerning. I stepped back into my armor and returned to the steps. After each successful step, I drew closer to summoning something I wasn't sure I could handle. Dani seemed just as cheerful as ever and constantly pushed against my body. She made a habit of wrapping her tail around my leg and rubbing her ass against my armor. It was becoming a concern.
"What are you doing?" I finally asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about." She said as she stopped in front of me and rubbed her ass against my crotch.
"That is what I'm talking about," I said.
She flipped her hair to the side. "Old instincts die hard. You filled me up so well more than a normal human should be able to, and I want more. So why don't you forget about his nonsense and fill me up a few more times?" Dani asked.
The copper possessing spirit laid on her back and spread her legs, revealing the thin strap of leather barely concealing her pussy. Her tail lifted from between her legs, the heart-shaped tip still swollen.
This was getting dangerous, and I had already eaten too many red pills. My dick was already hard again, and my balls ached for release.
If not for my suit constantly cultivating for me, I would be in worse danger. But, instead, I was in danger of getting my balls drained by a horny ghost. So there was a fourth core hidden from my spirit sense at first.
A high-class desire core kept the other cores in her body in orbit. I hadn't noticed it before. But, unfortunately, I didn't want it, and she didn't have any other cores I needed.
"The secret boss, you said you would tell me about it," I said.
Dani bit her lip. "You should give up winning a fight against it. Fighting it at all is a bad idea. Confronting it means you're going to lose something, and if you return, you'll feel like you lost." Dani said.
"So fighting it is out; what about making a deal with it. Is there anything it likes, or does it like games?" I asked.
"Not many people talk about their experiences with it. Your teacher lost something precious to her and hasn't forgiven the dungeon. If she can't get one over on it, then you can't. The prizes that the dungeon drops have nothing to do with the boss." Dani said.
I attached the last strings forming a pyramid shape. The power radiating from the metal poles resonated, and I could feel a door opening.
"Shit, I need to get out of here before they come." The dungeon's presence vanished with the door behind us. A deathly wind gathered, and Dani pressed herself against me. The sounds of bells began to toll, and thunder boomed. A different kind of qi leaked into the room.
"I thought this was a secret boss of the dungeon. It feels like we're leaving the dungeon." I asked.
"Remember there is no winning, only surviving or making deals. Sam was supposed to teleport me out of here right before you solved it. I can't even feel my link to the dungeon now." Dani said.
"Can you answer something for me then? Is Sam the original or just a copy?" I asked.
If this was real, she might answer me truthfully, but if it wasn't, I thought she would lie without a second thought. That was my thoughts on the matter.
"I want her to be a copy. Sam would be better off if she was just a copy instead of the ghost of a lovesick human man." Dani said.
"Did you love him, or was he prey?" I asked, knowing I might be overstepping myself.
She shook her head. "One of us isn't getting out of here, so my secrets are safe with you. He was my first and a virgin. I loved every second I drained him and couldn't bring myself to let him disappear. We were friends for a long time and worked our way up to sex. I sipped him a little at a time; it was magical until he ran dry. I was left with a dried-up husk and no friend. The love doll was a gift from my sister moved what was left of his mind to it. Whether it was him or a copy, I can't really say for sure. But after that, our family fell out of favor, and we've had bad luck ever since." Dani said.
This was getting more complicated. I didn't like Dani's answer. The sister made him into a sex doll, and they have had bad luck ever since.
I filed that information away for later.
There were still some last-minute preparations. I took out the high-class dark core from my inventory and absorbed it. Another cornerstone of my spirit vessel formed, and I could no longer ascend without light, metal, and water. But at the same time, I felt a rush of power greater than ever before. The depths of my power had increased once again, and the wall separating me from ascending looked flimsy.
"The differences of the physical and ethereal no longer apply. You have entered a realm where the pain of the spirit and flesh are indivisible." A woman said.
The voice belonged to a woman gilded in splashes of molten steel. Her lower body ended in a gaping cunt attached to a chitinous spider body. Barbed iron wrings held the massive labia open while hooked chains hung out of the gaping uterus. Every spidery step was capitalized by a flash of lightning. Parts of her body reflected the flashes of lightning from the hardened steel, replacing flesh. A long metal chain extended from her body into the darkness.
Creatures poured out from the shadows; some were gaping maws held within bodies of shapely feminine skin. A set of lips split the skin from navel to chest ending between two smirking breasts and a mouthless face that gazed at us with glee in its eyes. The same chain that extended from the speaker also pierced them.
A worm-like creature with a tight labium for a mouth almost looked like a living fleshlight as it slithered forward. Riding upon it are a black chitinous woman with pale breasts and no eyes to speak of, only to open toothless maws and extend tongues shaped like clits. Long metal rings hung from their nipples, raw and dripping blood that froze everything it touched, leaving ice forming on the worm's back. Bits of frost-bitten flesh fell off the worm as it slithered forward. The same chain attached to the others extended from this behemoth
Lizard creatures covered in spikes moved in their long whip-like tails ending in sucking toothless maws. They made their way with the crowds while avoiding the gaze of the ringleader. The chain hooked into them above their tails, extending into the dark.
The original speaker approached with the sound of booming thunder and rattling chains echoing each clack of her spider legs. Her pleasure juices dripped from chains sparking on the ground. It seemed her love juices were electrifying.