After speaking, a nine-colored glint flashed through Tang Xiao's eyes.
The life essence of the Supreme Blue Silver Emperor within him began to circulate frantically.
An incomparably holy, incomparably pure flame of life surged from his palm and poured wildly into Tang Chen's body through his neck.
"Aah—!"
An incomparably shrill scream came from the Slaughter King's mouth.
That scream did not sound like something a human could make. It was more like the piercing cry of some beast.
Strands of black-red mist seeped continuously from Tang Chen's pores under the searing flames of life, then dissipated into nothingness.
Inside Tang Chen's body, the phantom of a massive nine-headed bat struggled madly, trying to break free from the purification of the flames of life.
But Tang Xiao's divine power was overwhelmingly tyrannical. It was the power of a God King, something a mere parasitic soul beast could never resist.
"No! Spare me! Have mercy, Lord God King!"
The Nine-Headed Bat King begged frantically within Tang Chen's mind.
Tang Xiao remained expressionless. Not even his gaze wavered.
"Filthy beast, die."
Tang Xiao pronounced the sentence coldly.
The flames of life instantly swelled, completely enveloping the Nine-Headed Bat King's phantom.
Under the merciless refinement of the divine flames, the Nine-Headed Bat King's wails gradually weakened before finally vanishing altogether. It became the purest energy, thoroughly purified by the flames of life.
With the Nine-Headed Bat King's death, a trace of color miraculously returned to Tang Chen's once bloodless face.
The scarlet color in his eyes gradually receded, replaced by the clarity of one who had weathered countless years.
Tang Xiao released him, allowing Tang Chen's body to fall from the air and crash heavily into the ruins.
"Cough, cough... cough, cough..."
Tang Chen coughed violently, gasping for breath in great heaves.
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