Chapter 117
Taking off the disguise masks, the four plain people who seemed to have died in the mist just a moment ago turned back into Michelle, Ivona, Anastasia, and Kieran.
"I never knew Nyxaroth could do that..." Ivona mumbled. "And were the ashes just to fool them?" she asked, feeling a bigger conspiracy. In the end, Michelle did say that she would take care of poisoning everyone in the mansion, but they didn’t see her do anything like that yet.
Michelle retracted the black mist she created using her dark element and smiled a bit. "The ’ashes’ were a poisonous substance, solidified and ground into dust. Once anyone breathes the dust in, it will react to the wetness inside their nose and airways and turn into poisonous liquid, which will seep into their organs and spirit veins, at first just ruining their cultivation slowly, and when they become completely powerless, then they will die."
"Then, how will we operate in the poison?" Ivona asked with a tilt of her head. She wasn’t worried about being poisoned, as she knew that Michelle must have thought of a way to keep them safe.
Michelle reached into her sleeve and pulled out three small bottles. She handed one to each person. "Try to drink it. It’s going to be a bit uncomfortable, but it will protect you from the poison."
Without any hesitation, Ivona poured the liquid into her mouth and grimaced as it clung to the walls of her throat, refusing to go down.
"Now, try to breathe with your mouth," Michelle said as she watched Ivona’s grimacing face.
With a slight frown, Ivona opened her mouth, the liquid sticking to its walls, and tried to breathe in, but with the liquid blocking the connection of her mouth to her throat, she ended up inhaling through her nose. So she lifted her hand to block her nose and tried again. In an instant, she felt the liquid get sucked into her airways as she was finally able to breathe through her mouth. But it felt disgusting. Slowly, the liquid coated Ivona’s airways and spread even to the inside of her nose.
Seeing the effects, Anastasia and Kieran also drank the liquid, and the same thing happened to them, making them frown in disgust, Kieran a bit more than Anastasia.