"So-ryong! So-ryong!"

"Ryong!? Wake up! What's happening to him now?"

Just as So-ryong was about to fall into the campfire, his arms and neck were swiftly grabbed by two hands and a spider's web, pulling him back.

Hua-eun and Seol grabbed his arms while Yo-hwa shot a web to stop So-ryong's body.

Ki-shi!

So-ryong, pulled just before hitting the fire, was now gently laid back, as if he had fallen asleep.

As soon as his body was on the ground, Hua-eun and Seol examined him with alarmed expressions.

Hua-eun was the first to check his eyes. She had already examined his condition twice before he ate the white ants, both to make sure there was no poison and to understand why his consciousness had faded.

She quickly opened his eyelids and checked. His eyes were clouded and hazy.

If he had fainted, his eyes would have been rolled back, and if he had been paralyzed, his eyes would still have some life. But So-ryong's eyes, behind his closed eyelids, were empty, as if his soul had escaped.

"What happened?"

"Could it be poison?"

"No, I don't think so. I checked twice before he ate, and right now, I don't see any symptoms of poisoning."

Swift Walker asked urgently, but Hua-eun had already confirmed the absence of poison before So-ryong ate, and So-ryong himself had confirmed it too. Even now, it seemed unlikely that he had been poisoned or paralyzed.

Then, Seol, who had been checking So-ryong's pulse, grabbed Hua-eun’s hand.

With a dazed expression, Seol muttered something they had heard before.

"Beast Heart Skill..."

"Beast Heart Skill? What do you mean by that?"

If it was the Beast Heart Skill, it meant that So-ryong had activated one of the original techniques of the O-dok Returning to the Origin Art, which included the Beast Palace's mind techniques.

It reminded them of the time when So-ryong was put to sleep by the beast skill when Cho became the Heavenly Five.

"Cho! Cho! Come down here!"

Hua-eun quickly called for Cho, who was floating in the sky, to land.

She wondered if the reason for So-ryong’s condition was related to Cho growing larger recently, especially since Cho had molted. The only real suspect at the moment was Cho.@@novelbin@@

Seol also recalled that the Beast Palace leader had warned them that interacting with powerful poisons, like the Ten Deadly Poisons, could cause one’s mind to become unhinged.

With urgency, Hua-eun called Cho down. Confused, Cho flew down.

"Cho, my dad collapsed. Do you know anything about it?"

Cho froze when it saw So-ryong lying behind Hua-eun, and it cried out in shock.

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