As the equipment James had asked for was commonly used by doctors, they were all prepared in just a few minutes.

The staff handed the poison each party had concocted to the other.

James took his portion.

It was a transparent ceramic bottle. Some white powder was clumped inside.

James opened the bottle and poured some onto his hand. Then, he gave it a cursory sniff.

Seeing this, Jonathan laughed. “Based on what we agreed on, we don’t have time to examine the poison. However, since there’s no cure for my poison, I’ll give you some time to analyze it. Not like it’d make a difference in the competition’s outcome.”

As he said that, he took out James’ poison. Without even looking at it, he handed it to Lucas.

Lucas was a medicinal expert. He had been dealing with medicine for decades. All this while, he had been researching herbs and experimenting with their effects on himself. As his immunity to medicinal side effects was strong, no ordinary poison could harm him.

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