Grey's eyes widened at the incoming red bird. But before it could crash into him, purple sparks of ethereal light burst out from his body and wove themselves together, forming a purple illusory armor around him. The armor quickly manifested, and a helmet appeared on Grey's head almost instantly.
However, the red bird did not stop. It pierced straight through the helmet without any resistance.
Grey's mind went blank as the red bird shrank in size and entered his body, immediately beginning to wreak havoc within him.
Grey suddenly coughed out a mouthful of blood. His purple armor could not withstand the intrusion and collapsed, unraveling back into countless purple threads that flowed into his body. Although all of this seemed to have taken a long time to occur, in truth, not even a single breath of time had passed since Grey's finger pointed toward the old man.
