The flesh.
Then came the blood.
His veins expanded first, trying to contain it all, but they barely lasted a second before immediately rupturing.
Millions of microscopic tears spread throughout his circulatory system as pressure climbed beyond anything a biological vessel should have survived.
The blood, whose color had once been red, had its composition altered by the brewing wave of energy.
Its density and energy content rose rapidly, forcing it to change into a deep blue, resulting in fresh rivers of blue blood to flood through his tissues.
Those tissues, of course, were unused to such force and could not resist it, so the entire network simply imploded before reconstructing itself larger and stronger.
While his circulatory system slowly learned to adapt, something else began to lag behind:
His heart.
For several terrifying moments, it simply couldn't keep up, and the organ spasmed violently inside his chest, bringing a pain unlike any other.
