"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. I am merely here to determine whether you are a demon. I absolutely will not harm you in the slightest—but that is on the condition that you are human. If you truly are a demon, I will take you down at once."
With a smile on his face, Uchiha Shin walked up to the king, stopping less than ten centimeters away.
The king's breathing grew somewhat heavy, and he was nervous as well. Although Taishang Laojun and the others had already made preparations for him, he still had his concerns.
Uchiha Shin reached out and patted the king on the shoulder. The king shuddered in fright.
Activating his power, Uchiha Shin examined the king. He found nothing unusual about him. The king seemed to be human, with the same aura and bodily structure as a human.
Even from such close range, Uchiha Shin could not detect any signs of demonhood after sending his power into the king's body.
If Uchiha Shin had not been able to see some demonic aura in the king's eyes, he might truly have suspected that this king was the real one.
It seemed Taishang Laojun and the others had come up with quite an effective method. They had hidden this king very thoroughly.
Uchiha Shin secretly took out a talisman, pressed it against the king's shoulder, and sent it into his body.
Yet the king merely trembled, and nothing else happened.
Uchiha Shin frowned. The talisman he had just used was quite powerful. Once it entered someone's body, any demon, no matter how strong, would reveal its true form. Even if it did not reveal its true form, it would still emit a dense demonic aura.
Yet none of that happened to this king.
Uchiha Shin paused,