Oden froze in place. Inside Lu Yuan's body, he was frantic. He could feel Lu Yuan's consciousness being drawn out little by little, slipping toward somewhere unseen.
Although no additional consciousness was pouring back into Lu Yuan's body, Oden knew that all his earlier suspicions had proved correct.
But that was precisely the real problem. Oden could barely stay put inside the Drowner's shell. This shell was his only refuge at present, and he could not leave it to intervene directly and protect Lu Yuan. Yet now, he had no choice but to lend a hand.
The Pathway Mutation Potion did not fundamentally contaminate people directly. Instead, it dragged a person's consciousness into another world, where a special entity contaminated their sanity. Only that could explain how this so-called Pathway Mutation Potion possessed such an outrageous effect without any detectable Contamination.
That special entity was definitely a taboo entity, however, and the so-called Aura Concealment Potion was probably nothing more than a weaker version of this stuff. What am I supposed to do? Sure, I guessed right, but what good does that do?
From what Oden had seen of Lu Yuan during their time together, Lu Yuan was exceptional when it came to sanity, outstanding even within forbidden studies. But no matter how gifted he was, his current reserves of sanity and resilience could never surpass Oden's. With his present strength, Lu Yuan would have virtually no ability to resist a Taboo.
Even Oden himself, if he faced a Taboo without any preparation, would stand no chance against it. He would not even be able to escape, let alone Lu Yuan.
But this kid was the one promising seedling forbidden studies had produced in years, the one most likely to bring the discipline back to its feet. If he fell