The dagger stabbed through the priest robe, entering from the back and exiting through the front.
The shadow squinted his eyes.
From the moment the dagger was drawn, he unleashed all his spiritual power to capture every millisecond of change during the attack phase—if Vermilion Bird dodged, if he turned around, if he resisted...
Every change in the process was within his scope of consideration and response.
However, nothing happened.
The stab with the dagger was smooth.
The piercing was also smooth.
The sound of flames burning now sounded like water flowing, very gentle and pleasant. The shadow held the dagger with one hand, and pressed the palm of the other hand against the tip of the dagger.
The pierced priest robe transformed into flames.
Vermilion Bird himself—all turned into flame, his skin, his bones, his internal organs, every inch of his body was no longer a "flesh and blood" form, but completely elementalized!
