Let's take a second look in slow motion to what happened a second ago, initially the healing effect of the pill actually tried to keep the body of the vice-captain together, in fact he managed to raise his arms to protect his neck and a light blue light shone from the cut parts making then start to reattach them where they originally belonged.
Needless to say, but the pain experienced by the vice-captain was real, he barely managed to not scream since the pill he took temporarily dulled his pain receptors, thanks to the poison which contained.
However just as the happiness oof having survived had started to form in the mind of the vice-captain, the cutting marks which were the only signs of him having being cut, besides his armor, intent and shield which's sliced parts were flying in every direction, that were left after the pill started taking effect, suddenly heated up to then turn into burning marks.
