Forced to his knees, the man's face had flushed nearly crimson, and his whole body trembled. Deep-purple spiritual flames spread outward from within him, gushing through the tears in his shattered skin and muscles.
The Divine Appearance Power inside him saw no way to escape, so it was trying to destroy this vessel and break free of its restraints.
But besides the light surrounding him like a great sun, a powerful force field also enveloped him. Chen Chuan's platinum Spiritual Fire had seeped into his body, mingling and clashing with his own Spiritual Fire, leaving him unable to rupture his body for the moment.
Chen Chuan felt a force swelling outward from the man's head, preventing his palm from exerting its full pressure. His eyes flickered. He lifted his hand, curled his fingers slightly, and aimed them at the man's face. Then he wrenched downward. With a ripping hiss, he tore off the man's entire face!
The shock made the man scream in maddened shame and fury, even forcing the surrounding force field outward.
Had only the face of this body been torn apart, it would not have affected him. But the Aspect of the Gods was suppressed inside it, and the two remained one. To him, this was a very real humiliation.
After tearing off his face, Chen Chuan took advantage of his violently surging emotions to step back. With a flick of his blade, he knocked the Cross Longsword in the man's hand aside, then stepped forward again, gripped the hilt with both hands, and delivered a straight downward slash!
A sweep of blade light instantly split the man in two, blasting the purple-gold spiritual radiance inside him out to either side. At that very instant, a faint, ethereal wisp of divine appearance light slipped out, desperate to