Suddenly, red light erupted within the Asura God's inheritance temple.
It shot straight toward Tang Chen.
Wave after wave of blood-red light surged toward him, all pouring into his body. Tang Chen felt those energies immobilize him in an instant, leaving him utterly unable to resist.
The first step now was to strip away all his Soul Bones and evolve them into God Level Soul Bones.
The blood-red light enveloped Tang Chen completely. Even the Soul Core that circulated ceaselessly within him began to slow.
At that moment, Tang Chen's spiritual power, Soul Power, and vital energy were all suppressed by the blood-red energy. He could mobilize none of them.
Suddenly, without any warning, a searing sensation came from his back. Before Tang Chen could react, a fierce tearing sensation turned into agonizing pain, making his vision go dark.
It felt as though his body were being cut open. A harsh scraping sound came from his back. Though Tang Chen's spiritual power was sealed, his senses had become exceptionally keen. Yet the keener his senses were, the more vividly he felt the pain.
The excruciating pain felt as though someone were sawing through his back with serrated teeth. After cutting through his skin, muscles, and meridians, they began cutting through the ribs in his back, deliberately working into the gaps between the bones. With a crack, a bone seemed to have been forcibly torn from Tang Chen's body.
Tearing through flesh and dismantling bones-with his senses amplified, someone else might well have died from the pain. Even Tang Chen, for all his strong will, felt every meridian in his body spasm under the agony. That unprecedented pain made every nerve inside him tremble violently.
Just then, the Asura Demon Sword suddenly blazed with red light. The radiance enveloped Tang Chen,