Bone- and Marrow-Stripping was a secret technique of the Ice Silkworm Clan, one that had been used only a handful of times over countless years.
Yet now, it was being used on their once most revered Goddess.
Countless Ice Silkworms watched the scene, unable to keep the distress from their eyes. They turned their heads away, unwilling to watch any longer.
"Are we being too cruel?"
"Yes. Whatever else she might be, she was Snow Dragon Mountain's Goddess. She contributed a great deal to us."
Some Ice Silkworms who could not bear it spoke up.
But others scoffed, their faces full of disdain.
"That was before. Now, she's nothing but a lowly slave to a human."
"Exactly. She used to look so cold and aloof, yet she actually became a human's slave. I must have been blind to have revered her as our Goddess."
On the sacrificial altar.
Ice Silkworm Ruxue endured unprecedented agony, relying on her powerful will to resist the secret technique's encroachment.
She did not want her aptitude stripped away like this!
Snow Dragon Mountain already regarded her as a traitor. If even her aptitude was taken away, she would lose all value to Chu Kuangren as well.
Then, she would truly be better off dead!
I've already sent him a message asking for help. He'll definitely come!
He will. I have to hold on!
With her tenacious will, Ice Silkworm Ruxue desperately clung to a thread of clarity.
The Ice Silkworm Fourth Elder frowned slightly at the sight. "Losing consciousness amid this pain might be a release for you. Why struggle so bitterly? Do you think guarding your mind will let you resist Bone- and Marrow-Stripping? All you're doing is delaying things a little and prolonging your suffering."
He formed a mysterious hand seal, intensifying the