Chapter 686: A Secret (1/2)

*Roar!*

*Schwing!*

Amidst a dense jungle, Vendrick and several large beasts were locked in a brutal combat. The beasts he's surrounded with were mutated in many ways, the few common factor they have were Large Size, Crimson Red Eyes, and a putrid Demonic Qi.

These beasts were the so called demonic beasts by the Blue Mountain Tribe. Vendrick hasn't even gone five kilometers away from the foot of the mountain yet he already had himself surrounded. Nevertheless, it's not like he's in any danger since the demonic beasts he's fighting right now were relatively weak.

*Crack!*

One domineering stomp forward, Vendrick shattered the ground he was standing on. With a single ferocious swing of his spear, the cold gleam of steel passed through several beasts, cutting them in half. Blood spurted like a geyser eruption from their bodies, the stench of blood and death were dense, it will undoubtedly whet the appetite of the more bloodthirsty demonic beasts lurking deeper in the jungle.

Nevertheless, Vendrick has no plans on retreating. A cold gleam was reflected on his pupils. His expression was calm, indifferent even. He wasn't scared nor worried about his safety, if anything he wanted to fight some more.

'Whew' He drew a deep breath, 'I nearly forgot the feeling of a cold steel weapon cutting into flesh. I should do this more.'

If anyone heard his thoughts right now, they'd probably get creeped out. In fact, they might even suspect that Vendrick was losing his sanity, and once they got to that conclusion, they'd probably pin him down or slap him multiple times to wake him up.

That can't be helped, his thoughts were a little bit extreme but it's not like he's demented. The only reason why some people would think he is, was because of the possible mind erosion of Demonic Qi.

The putrid demonic qi of Demonic Beasts has extreme properties. Those who had weaker Spirits will have their minds eroded by it, causing their thoughts to get more polluted and their actions to become increasingly violent. Once they were thoroughly corroded, they'd be no less than Demonic Beasts themselves. Add this to the fact that tribesmen were weak in the first place, it would really makes sense why the tribe has high casualties all year round.

*Roar!*

A threatening roar could be heard from all directions, Vendrick's ears twitched as he tried to gauge how far he was from the source of these howls.

”Hmm, another batch is coming…” Vendrick gripped his spear tighter and raised his senses.

And just like he predicted, another wave of demonic beasts appeared, they differed in all sorts of shapes and sizes yet it didn't matter how different they look, to Vendrick, all of them were his prey.

Turning into a blur, Vendrick charged at them, leaving several afterimages behind. Taking a deep breath, he revolved his True Essence and enhanced every sector of his body, with his sheer absurd strength wielded with an impeccable control, he slaughtered every demonic beast on his sight, causing more blood to flow and the stench of death to become even denser than before.

”…that makes this what? 50 beasts so far? All in my first day too. What a harvest.” Vendrick shook his head as he gathered all of the torn carcasses of demonic beasts to his storage bag.

He has uses for these of course. After all, Arthur and Rosa wanted to become Berserkers so he was planning on stocking-up resources from them. Of course he also has uses for the blood too, never mind that they're dirty, he still saved them up since it wouldn't be hard to purify them anyways.

Vendrick had been in deep thought for quite sometime now. He originally wanted to propagate the path of Knighthood to the tribe, well it's still viable but he ultimately decided to give the Berserker's cultivation method a chance.

Even though what he saw so far were ridiculous and extremely dangerous, it's not like it doesn't have it's own merits. For one, the Path of Berserkers is just another branch of Body Tempering Path. Meaning it ultimately focuses on one's physique, allowing them to possess undying bodies that could withstand the test of time and harness the incredible powers of nature.