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

Gnashing his teeth and growling, Vendrick shoved the spear deeper, him along with it. He didn't mind the fact that he's practically covered with that purple blood since it doesn't have any effects on him. With one large push, he felt it.

The tip of his spear made contact with something, it was fragile, like a thin membrane of flesh which his spear easily pierced through. As the spear pierced the membrane, he felt another sensation from spear.

He was shocked since he could feel that the spear suddenly reacted strongly to something. He couldn't see it properly but the spear won't stop letting out thrumming sounds.

What shocked him even more is that, he could feel a warm current being supplied to him. It was coming from the spear. To his surprise, he found out that he can't move the spear any longer. It was stuck there, seemingly bound to whatever it is it made contact with at the core of the heart.

The warm current energized him, it was gentle and extremely nourishing. Vendrick could feel his reserves swiftly. Only a minute passed and his energy reserves were already replenished by 25%.

In addition to all of this, the spear itself was glowing with a divine light. Vendrick has no clue what's going on but he didn't stop it. His instincts stopped giving him any warnings, meaning that whatever he's doing was something safe.

*Buzz!*

Vendrick flinched, he received a transmission from the spear, something that he wasn't expecting. Through his connection with the spear, it transmitted a message to him.

”So...this thing can help you? Okay...I guess.”

The spear - well, the Brush of Wisdom, apparently made contact with something it could eat and told Vendrick to not worry. A similar thing happened before when he went to the treasury of the Ancient Elysium Sect, the brush had been quiet ever since but now it unexpectedly made contact to him.

It was confusing but there's nothing he could do about it. Besides, this is for his own benefit as well anyway so why stop it.

Time passed and Vendrick could sense that the absorption was nearly over. The diving light that was being emitted by the Spear became even more intense as time passed but now it's starting to dim. And after a couple of minutes, the light went away completely and Vendrick could feel that he could move the spear again.

He looked at the heart with a wry smile on his face. It wasn't twitching anymore, what's left of it was only a mere husk of what it previously was. All of the blood has dried out, the invisible steam stopped leaking ten minutes ago.

The heart now looked like a shriveled skin or like a rotten tree bark. The moment Vendrick pulled the spear back, the heart crumbled, turning into dust and scattering into the air. Vendrick felt bizarre, he wasn't expecting things to turn out this way.

Nevertheless, he felt at peace. He no longer has any worries since there's nothing in the Western Continent that could threaten him any longer. If anything, he more curious about the spear now.

He lifted the spear and inspected it. There weren't any large changes to its appearance other than it now has a gem embedded at the center of the spear's tip which looked like a topaz. Vendrick tried to inspect it with his senses but deflected him, something that he didn't expect.

”Uh...what happened?” Vendrick felt awkward asking the spear - well, the brush. He never really tried to communicate with it before, it's mostly just a one way conversation with the brush telling him something.

*Buzz!*

The spear buzzed and sent another transmission. It wasn't a clear message, more like a hint which he has to translate. Well, it's nothing complicated this time around. The spear simply told him that everything was fine and there's nothing for him to worry about.

As for the gem, well...the spear didn't say much about it, just that he will soon find out and that it needs some time to adjust to changes, around two weeks would be fine.

”Well...okay then. Two weeks it is.”