The moment Grey stepped into the cave, a sharp, tingly sensation spread across his entire body. Before he could fully react, pain erupted everywhere at once. It felt as though a thousand needles were stabbing into his flesh simultaneously, piercing deep and drawing blood.
The sudden agony was enough to make Grey halt in his tracks, his breath hitching as his muscles tensed instinctively.
As he paused, he noticed something horrifying, his flesh had already begun to peel away. Layers of skin shriveled and withered the moment they separated from his body, crumbling into lifeless fragments as though all vitality had been stripped away in an instant.
Seeing this, Grey forced himself to endure the overwhelming pain. Gritting his teeth, he pushed forward and rushed toward the room where he had been refining the poison.
The instant he stepped inside, he felt a drastic change.
