Chapter 697: Lightning and Thunder (1/2)

*Bzzt!* *Bzzt!*

*Boom!* *Boom!*

One lightning strike followed by an ear shattering noise of thunder, a cycle that continued at least several times before showing signs of weakening.

Every single lightning bolt struck Vendrick's body and every thunder flowed through his body. It was a painful experience but nothing he couldn't handle. It was fortunate that his body went a severe tempering early on or else he wouldn't have survived this.

Of course, enduring the pain of being struck by lightning allowed him to reap obvious benefits. To this, the phrase 'What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger' rings true. The pure lightning energy might've caused a racket inside Vendrick's body, causing most of muscles to be messed up and his blood flow to turn chaotic at the time shattering some of his bones but the sheer volume of power contained within each lightning bolt was strong enough to cause another metamorphosis on his body.

Vendrick, on his Dragonborn form, is now bathing in lightning. Crackling sounds could be heard fro, his body as if he was being fried alive, his orifices were releasing lightning serpents that wrapped his body into a curtain of brilliant light.

His scales were transforming yet again, his body was being strengthened to another level and because he directly drew lightning to himself, he got to know it up close and personal, helping him fuse it to his own Dragon's Aura. As a result, his insights about lightning was climbing at an alarming speed, catching up to his Destruction and Creation insights.

And because Lightning has both properties of Destruction and Creation, it acts as a medium to maintain the balance between these two, resulting an harmony within Vendrick's consciousness which will only elevate his insights even further.

As harmony prevailed thanks to Lightning acting as a bridge that connects the two said Laws, a hollow seed was now manifesting within Vendrick's heart. It doesn't look impressive right now but as time went on, this hollowed seed will become Vendrick's Dragon Heart.

With a Dragon Heart, Vendrick's power will undoubtedly skyrocket and killing those Hags wouldn't become a problem anymore.

As Vendrick was feeling intoxicated over the feeling of harmony with his body and mind, the tribe was freaking out.

The hideout was literally within the tribe, just now they multiple lightning bolts striking down at the same place again and again as if they were trying to destroy that place. The sound of thunder shook their souls as they stared blankly at the direction of the hideout. Even Arthur and Rosa felt scared.

It also didn't help that they could see the bright glare of light illuminating the place. Arthur and Rosa wanted to check on Vendrick but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't. There's a thin yet extremely elastic wall that prevents them from coming close to the hideout.

This caused them to feel rather dejected. They could only sit there twiddling their thumbs as they worry over their friend.

Well, they know that Vendrick is freakishly strong. Heck they never even made him go all out during their spars and he's still handing their asses over to them with one hand no less. But...he might be strong yes, but he shouldn't be strong enough to go against a natural disaster right? How can they not be worried?

Yet, if they could see what's happening to Vendrick right now, they will find out that their concerns were unnecessary, really.

All in all, Vendrick endured 21 lightning strikes before it runs out. Every bolt contains wild and aggressive energy of lightning and thunder mixed up. Currently, he's taking advantage of this time to not only refine this energies but also feed them to the hollow seed on his heart.

He encountered no problems so far, all of this were thanks to his foundations being unshakeable.

Vendrick's currently floating above the ground in a lotus position. Snakes of lightning and faint sounds of thunder can still seen and heard from his body. The longer he stays like this, the faster his insights about lightning and thunder increases.

Hours passed and the dark clouds dissolved, revealing the clear sky of dusk. The light went away and the film that's preventing Arthur and Rosa from going inside the hideout disappeared as well. The moment it disappeared, the two instantly rushed inside only to find Vendrick at his current state.

They were struck dumb by the scene. Vendrick looked like a god at his current appearance. Floating above the ground and covered with snakes of lightning. His eyes were wide open but it looked more like a torch glaring with light.