Duke More's terrifying gaze ultimately overcame Housekeeper Henry, forcing him to yield.
"Enough is enough, the Duke is after all Transcendent. He has the ability to break free from such an environment and there has never been a whisper of the Transcendent being controlled by the Illusion Realm..."
Housekeeper Henry sighed deeply and then proceeded to process a membership card for his master.
This familiar action made Duke More look at his butler with a peculiar glint in his eyes, "You rascal, you have secretly been enjoying yourself I don't know how many times!"
The two chose adjoining rooms. After Duke More entered his room, he observed the surroundings and indeed noticed the faint traces of runes on the walls of the room.
On the walls of the connected room, runes he understood and those he did not understand began to light up.
An invisible force enveloped him. He felt his spirit link to a vast and mysterious entity, but he had the ability to reject and could break free from this spiritual connection...
The young Duke More let out a long breath.
Indeed, the "Spirit Space," that old Henry had enjoyed who knows how many times, how could it be dangerous?!
The strength of this spiritual bridge was not high. Excluding the low-level Awakeners who didn't understand the use of spiritual power, the Wakeful with a slight amount of spiritual power could actively break the connection.
The possibility of being trapped in the world of Illusion Realm was nonexistent.
A thread of escalating spiritual power fully entered that vast world.
In the blink of an eye, Duke More found himself in a space shrouded in grey.
Beneath his feet was a transparent platform, not a large space. Just a dozen meters away was the grey fog. Duke More, to his surprise, found that even with his Transcendent-level vision, he could not see through the grey mist at all.
"Wait, I should be in the Illusion Realm right now, the rules aren't set by its creator. I actually mistook it for the real world."
He smacked his forehead.
Well, be it breathing, spiritual perception, touch... it all felt no different from the outside world, so it was no wonder he instinctively judged based on reality.
After hearing the butler's introduction, the moment he thought about it, a semi-transparent panel appeared before his eyes, astonishing the Duke who had not received sufficient cultural influence.
In Town West City, Gel City, many Awakeners experiencing it for the first time, even after understanding the rules in advance, would still stand in the transition area for a long time before they gradually accepted it.
By comparison, Earth's Awakeners were much more receptive in this aspect.
Who cares what the principle is, City Lord Tang is just awesome!
Duke More, being a Duke after all, had extensive vision and knowledge. It didn't take long for him to figure out the general workings of the Spirit Space.
Then, he cast his gaze towards the impenetrable fog.
After pondering for a moment, he took a few steps forward, then another few steps, and extended his fingers, gently probing into the grey fog.
"It seems... there's no change?"
He continued forward, stirring around, and yet found that the fog did not disperse, as if his palm and the fog were not on the same plane.
This made Duke More increasingly curious.
His Transcendent intuition did not warn him of any danger. So, the next moment, Duke More took a large step forward, his entire body entering the grey fog.
The view before him blurred.
Duke More's eyelid twitched, and when he came to his senses, he found himself back in the small starting room again.
As a Duke with a thirst for knowledge and in disguise merely to gain a deeper understanding of his partners, Duke More was not disheartened.
He once again connected with his spirit and entered the transition space.
Within the grey area, Duke More's presence fully unleashed. He took a deep breath and once again stepped into the grey-covered area.
In the next second, his thread of spirit was kicked out again.
This time, Duke More summoned his Blood Evil Armor, his spiritual power spreading out, enveloping every area. However, when his spiritual power touched the grey mist, he was kicked out once again.
Duke More's face was full of question marks.
After several attempts, he finally admitted defeat.
The Green Shadow was indeed more skillful.
A light tone chimed, and a pop-up window emerged before him.
[Henry (Housekeeper of Town West City Lord Mansion) requests to add you as a friend. Accept: Yes/No?]
Duke More chose to accept. He soon found that in the semi-transparent panel, in the friends' list column, an avatar appeared, the very familiar Housekeeper Henry.
The avatar seemed to come to life, with lips moving, "My lord, have you just entered the transition area? How come when I just added you as a friend, the prompt was 'the target is offline...'? What is this offline situation? I've never heard of this, have you?"
Could he say that to satisfy his own curiosity, he had been artificially going offline?
He can't afford to lose face!
After pausing, the old housekeeper did not continue to delve deeper but sent an invitation message.
[Friend Henry invites you to join the practice mode. Accept: Yes/No?]
The scene in front of him changed again. The next moment, Duke More found himself in the midst of a vast and endless prairie, with the wind gently blowing and the tender green grass swaying, a slightly pungent smell wafting in his face.
He turned his head and saw Housekeeper Henry clad in a set of resplendent equipment.
The old housekeeper said, "My lord, isn't this environment nice?"
Duke More nodded, "In practice mode, can we set the enemies and environment ourselves?"
"Indeed, but there are some conditions."
Housekeeper Henry waved his hand, and the prairie scenery instantly vanished, leaving nothing but a boundless expanse of pure white, "Initially, we are provided with this blank white space for combat. Environments like prairies, snowy lands, forests, oceans, and others, we can choose as well, but they require additional Source Crystals."