The Long-Eared God was weaker than the Martial Might God, while Shen Mo was even stronger than when he had slain the Martial Might God two or three hundred years ago. After only a few exchanges, he successfully brought it under control.
Clatter, clatter...
Iron chains engraved with divine patterns tightly bound the Long-Eared God's limbs and neck, leaving it unable to move.
Whenever the Long-Eared God tried to wield divine power, the divine patterns on the chains lit up, siphoning away that power like parasitic vines and converting it into binding force. The chains tightened further and further, until they cut into the Long-Eared God's flesh.
However, these chains had been forged from immortal-path spiritual materials. They were highly compatible with spiritual power and true essence, but they could not withstand the erosion of divine power for long. They would likely be completely ruined in three or four days.
Shen Mo sliced open his finger with a sharp blade and pressed the fingertip against the Long-Eared God's glabella.
Like a red-hot branding iron falling onto ice and snow, amid a burst of sizzling sounds, Shen Mo's blood corroded a bloody mark into the Long-Eared God's glabella.
The Long-Eared God struggled in agony, but Shen Mo paid it no heed. His fingertip began to move downward, and the crimson trace spread with it.
Before long, every inch of the Long-Eared God's skin had been carved with crooked, mysterious, blood-soaked patterns.
Watching from the side, Chen Mengze and Jiang Yingying took out booklets recording divine patterns. After comparing them, they discovered that Shen Mo had inscribed three fifth-layer divine patterns, eleven fourth-layer divine patterns, and dozens of third-layer divine patterns upon the Long-Eared God.
There were divine patterns that suppressed and extracted divine power, patterns that maintained blood vitality, patterns that