Chapter 197.4 - Mentor

"Just endure this for as long as you can."

Before either of them could process the meaning of those words, it hit.

A force unlike anything they had felt before.

An unbearable weight crashed down upon them.

Ethan barely had time to react before his knees buckled under the sheer magnitude of it. His breath hitched, eyes widening as an unseen force crushed against his body, sending waves of pain through every fiber of his being.

"Urghk—!" A strangled gasp escaped his lips, his body instinctively fighting against it.

And then—cough!

Blood splattered onto the polished floor.

Ethan's body convulsed slightly as he hunched forward, his arms trembling as they barely held him upright. His vision blurred at the edges, the sheer pressure making his bones feel like they were grinding against each other.