The energy broke into thousands of smaller streams as it flowed to each part of the body. Although it didn't stop the process of cell destruction, it made it much easier to bear as the pangs of pain were reduced by a lot and the process became much more bearable.
Also, with this method; Ray was able to absorb more energy. Therefore, he asked Aurora to increase the rate of absorption to the maxi as he said,
"Aurora increase the rate of absorption,"
"Are you sure? Your body could barely handle the current rate. You know what? I refuse. I can't increase it anymore since you are already at your limits and any more would kill you," Aurora said as she outright rejected Ray's request.
"Aurora trust me. I can handle this," Ray said as he tried to convince her to increase the rate of absorption.
"I won't," Aurora stayed stubborn and continued to deny his requests. After all, she didn't want her host to die, Ray was too important to her.