Recovery

When Dugu Bo returned to Dugu Manor, it was already late at night. The residence was silent, with only a few ever-burning lamps casting dim yellow halos along the corridors.

Suppressing the increasingly intense pain in his body, along with the numb, itchy stinging brought by the new poison, he staggered back to his secret chamber.

Bang! The heavy stone door of the secret chamber slammed shut, cutting him off from everything outside.

Dugu Bo could no longer hold on. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blackish-purple poisonous blood, his body trembling violently. Strange dark green patterns surfaced across his skin—the sign of Ge Duo's poison clashing fiercely with his own Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor venom and corroding his body.

He collapsed onto the ground with his back against the cold stone wall, gasping heavily.

With trembling hands, he took the two jade bottles from his robes.

Reason told him that he should be more cautious, at least find someone to test the medicine first.

But the pain inside him, which seemed ready to tear even his soul apart, along with Eva's all-controlling gaze, stripped away the last of his patience.

I'll gamble on it!

He first pulled the stopper from the ice-blue jade bottle. An extreme chill immediately spread through the room, and tiny ice crystals even formed around the mouth of the bottle.

Without the slightest hesitation, Dugu Bo poured all the potion inside into his mouth.

The potion melted the instant it entered his mouth, transforming into an icy current that penetrated to his very bones. Like countless tiny ice needles, it swiftly flooded through his limbs and body.

"Urgh!"

Even Dugu Bo, who had long grown accustomed to all kinds of pain, could not help letting out a pained groan.

The potion Eva had made