Not even Elder Storm Hawk's triumphant smirk could goad him into trying to fight her.
He saw something totally different from her harmless smirk. What he saw terrified him and made him give up on his nonsense.
He wouldn't have fought her in the past when he only had his two eyes to see and was blind to mana. He has even more reasons not to do so now that his mind has been activated and he can sense more.
He gained a spirit sense when his mind became active. He can't see physical shapes and features accurately with it, but he can perceive energy now thanks to it.
Thanks to his spirit sense, he can now see mana flowing everywhere around him. He can pull this mana into himself and refine it into his internal energy.
He can also see that Elder Storm Hawk isn't a human. She is a walking ball of lightning. She breathed in mana like a whale would while he is struggling to sip the mana surrounding him.
