Chapter 367: How to Break an Organ
"I must say, it’s been underwhelming so far," Xeno muttered.
"Yeah… but something about it gives me the creeps," Hannah replied, eyes narrowed.
Xeno had drawn the aggro first and was still untouched, soaring through the air with ease. Hannah, flying beside him, was focused entirely on reading the monster’s movements. Yet the Corroded Elder Dragon had only unleashed its corrosive breath so far, easily avoided by retreating into the air. Its lumbering motions were slow, almost laughably so.
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Diniel’s arrows pierced bone with pinpoint precision, while Leleia’s Spirit magic engulfed the Dragon’s body in flames. But even under this assault, the creature showed no reaction. Instead, a thick, dark-red ichor began to ooze from its bones. The liquid flowed freely, undeterred even by fire, gradually staining the Dragon’s entire body in a sickly, blackened hue.
Then, something changed.
"What is that…?" Korinna whispered.
As the blood swirled around the Dragon’s left breast, she heard a steady, pulsing throb. It was not one of her usual hallucinations. It was no phantom echo conjured by her sensitivity to death. This was real. The Corroded Elder Dragon’s hollow chest now housed a beating heart.