Crouching down, Han Shuo pressed a hand against the man's back and secretly examined his condition. Word that Han Shuo had treated Kamelita two days earlier had long since spread throughout Shadow City. Otherwise, Geluxi would never have dared let him do as he pleased.
Han Shuo's palm rested against the man's back, while Geluxi faced him, making it impossible for Geluxi to see clearly what he was doing.
Demonic Essence slipped slowly into the man's body like tiny, invisible, formless snakes, seeking the source of the disorder within him. Han Shuo knew the ingredients and effects of the Whirling Jade Potion inside out. With the miraculous properties of his Demonic Essence, he soon understood the situation.
"Something's wrong!" Han Shuo frowned and declared in a low voice, "What's actually causing his spasms is an ingredient from another potion. I guarantee that no such ingredient exists in the Whirling Jade Potion I made. Did he take another potion?"
"No... I didn't..." The man struggled to speak, his voice terribly weak.
"You're not trying to shirk responsibility, are you?" Seeing his nephew's certainty, Geluxi immediately shouted. Clearly, he trusted his nephew more.
"Impossible!" Han Shuo snapped coldly. "That ingredient absolutely cannot be in my potion. Something must be wrong!"
"S-sir!" Just then, another Divine Guard rushed over.
"What is it?" Already furious, Geluxi impatiently slapped the flustered Divine Guard, sending him staggering.
By the time he finally steadied himself, a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, but he still hurriedly reported, "A Divine Guard was accidentally injured in the training grounds and took the Vitality-Recovery Potion from Young Master Geligao, your cousin's son. Not only did his injuries fail to stabilize, he died immediately!"
Han Shuo's expression changed at those words.
Geluxi flew into a rage and