Chapter 717: Heart, Destroyed. (1/2)

Killing the Vampiric Serpent was easier than he initially thought and it was mostly thanks to the unique circumstances that it was in.

Destroying the heart on the other hand, was a different matter...

With the Vampiric Serpent's death, it's body dissipated into dusts, much like what happens whenever Vendrick kills other demonic beasts using his lighting. To his surprise however, he saw that the heart was unscathed even with all of that.

It was a strange sight if he was being honest. The heart, which still occasionally pulses from time to time, looked like it's made out of flesh but not even a scar could be seen on its surface. Vendrick knew that the Tribulation Lightning definitely struck the heart, he saw it happen with his eyes. So seeing it unscathed after an attack of that caliber when the Vampiric Serpent easily died due to it, was surprising.

Vendrick still feel ill at ease. He couldn't bring himself to just leave this thing alone. At first he thought that his instincts were wary about the prospects of letting the Vampiric Serpent become a god but now that it died, he realized that he was unconsciously wary of the heart, not the serpent.

Why is it so? The heart technically didn't anything to him, well at least not yet? So why in the world would he feel this subconscious threat from it. This is something that he can't answer but he knew what he had to do.

The heart needs to go. It can't remain in this land, it has to be destroyed. Leaving it behind like this is something that Vendrick can't possibly allow to happen.

Having thought of that, Vendrick summoned all of his strength. Literally everything that he could squeeze out of his entire being, he fused it with his spear. He stomped forward, his foot causing the ground to cave-in from the sheer strength he has.

He gripped the spear tight and made a mighty swing aimed at the heart itself.

*Boom!!*

The explosion could be heard all over the Western Continent. Dozens of demonic beast were startled, they looked up to the general direction of where the explosion happened, feeling a bit apprehensive. The wiser beasts started moving farther from the impact, some even hid underground, hoping to escape the upcoming calamity.

A huge cloud of dust blurred Vendrick's vision. This much didn't hinder his ocular technique though. He saw the results as clear as day and to say that he dissatisfied would be understatement.

Not even his 100% was enough to completely destroy this heart. At most it was just damaged. There was a large and ugly gash on its surface, but it wasn't deep enough, not at all.

The heart was pulsating greatly though. Copious amount if purple blood was leaking through the gash, additionally, there were also that invisible steam which is now leaking out. Thankfully, the invisible steam cannot pass through the dome, Vendrick knew that this much was enough to infect several dozens of demonic beasts nearby and he wouldn't want distractions now, especially considering the fact that the wound on the surface of the heart was healing.

Vendrick didn't stay idle. All of this were mostly contained for now but he can't say for how long.

Summoning large amounts of Tribulation Lightning and Thunder, Vendrick unhesitatingly poured everything he has on the healing wound, preventing it from closing up. He could see that the heart was twitching violently now, it's as if it was on the verge of exploding anytime soon. Nevertheless, Vendrick pressed-on. This thing needs to go, it has to.

Vendrick wasn't focused on doing more damage to the shell of the heart, he already knew that such a thing would be a useless effort. If the shell is to thick, then he just have to make sure he destroyed it from the inside, which is what he's doing right now.

The lightning and thunder tribulation energy penetrated the wound which was now growing larger as time passes on. There is something that is preventing it from penetrating any deeper but the destructive element of the lightning was intent on pushing its way through. It lingers and consistently did more damage inside, this goes on for as long as Vendrick could hold out.

More and more of that purple blood was leaking through the wound, it was sizzling due to the lightning but Vendrick didn't care. As for that invisible steam, it basically filled the entire dome but he's immune to it so he ignored it.

Vendrick was sweating though. Even though he could channel the power of tribulation lightning, it doesn't mean that he could do it forever. He could only hold out for some time since his energy reserves were spent earlier.

As he controlled the flow of energy finely while driving the spear deeper into the heart, Vendrick gritted his teeth and endured. He summoned all of his strength to support him so that he could extend the time he could hold on. He's close, he could feel it. He's very close.