Upon the manipulation of Earthrender, space itself began to crumble under the naked eyes of Xu Feng, Carmen, and Crimson Heart.
"Guild Leader, did you anger the Earthrender somehow?" Carmen asked in disbelief.
Finding this as an opportunity, Crimson Heart decided to take a jab at him. "It seems like the Guild Leader is the real jinx and we might all die from the collapsing space."
"You can't be serious now, right?" Xu Feng twitched his brows.
Crimson Heart shrugged her shoulders and kindly revealed, "I just received a system prompt that I have been pardoned to do the task and can just forge an item of Yaren's choice to pass. So good luck in the remaining test."
Astonished, Xu Feng realized she was pardoned and no longer had to deal with the Abyssal Rift.
Suddenly, he had a bad premonition as he turned to Carmen.
Sure enough, when he found her distracted by an invisible space, he was positive she received a system prompt.
"Don't tell me you're pardoned as well?" Xu Feng asked, his balance shaking from the collapsing space.
With a guilty smile hanging on her face, Carmen nodded in response. "The Earthrender apologized to me for being dragged innocently and compensated me with a few items. I will also be transported out of here in a few seconds."
Although Carmen didn't question, she could pretty much confirm that Xu Feng was going to remain stuck in the environment.
After all, the space around them started collapsing once Earthrender made its declaration.
Even an idiot could tell the next scene was specifically designed for Xu Feng and only him alone.
As for the compensation for Crimson Heart and Carmen, it was clear that Earthrender wanted to isolate Xu Feng from them.
With the bountiful compensation, Earthrender created a situation that ensured they would leave the Abyssal Rift and not attempt to return to assist Xu Feng.
Time slowly went by, and with only a few pieces of concrete available to stand, Carmen and Crimson Heart started to turn into tiny particles.
And no, they weren't going to become dust, but rather, being transported out of here.
'Ugh, I should have quit from the start and not attempted to be greedy.' Xu Feng sighed softly, the tiny platform beneath him also disappeared, causing him to freefall into a void.
Upon entering the void, a wave of dizziness hit him, prompting him to nearly faint on the spot. Thankfully, his mentality was rather strong and able to withstand it, albeit with much difficulty.
After glancing at his new surroundings, Xu Feng was in disbelief.
"A realm huh." He muttered, having realized what kind of place he was in.
Similar to a dimension, a realm was operating in a different time, but the difference was that a realm does not physically exist in the Divine World. It was another dimension created by a powerful individual capable of manipulating space itself.
In other words, the realm he had been thrown into was a dimension created and formed by Earthrender's power.
To simplify, one could think of a person's internal organs. Each organ operated differently, but they all existed in the same subspace of the person's body.
At this moment, Earthrender materialized itself in front of Xu Feng, its massive size easily overshadowing the latter.
"Hmm, you are not surprised by this either." Earthrender mused. "You are certainly one knowledgeable individual. So where do you think we're at right now?"
"Is that considered the first question of a test?" Xu Feng questioned.
"Hahaha! A cautious yet proactive question."
Despite Earthrender's laughter, Xu Feng remained silent, clearly not going to talk any further until his question was answered.
Seeing the lack of reaction, Earthrender stopped laughing and shook its head. "This is merely a basic question and not a test. You can answer it if you want or not, but depending on the choice, my impression could either go high or low."
"I see…" Xu Feng rolled his eyes.
"We're inside a realm constructed by you. But if I have to guess, the passageway where me and my companion walked was already in the same realm. It's just that you conceal the aura and fluctuation of mana." He continued, revealing his conjecture.
Although Earthrender seemed mysterious and powerful from his depiction, Xu Feng wasn't ignorant enough to believe he could simply throw them into the realm without any preparation.
The collapsing space was merely an illusion, and he was never freefalling to begin with.
Everything was merely designed to cloud his judgment and probably a method to destabilize his calmness.
A few seconds of silence later, Earthrender suddenly swung its rocky tail on the ground, causing it to tremble.
Numerous craters began to appear due to the intensity of the slamming.
Despite the trembling reverberated throughout the ground, Xu Feng remained still, almost unaffected by the changes.
In fact, his eyes were closed and his expression was relaxed.
After slamming its tail a few more times, Earthrender finally stopped when he witnessed zero reaction from Xu Feng.
"How amusing!" Earthrender chuckled. "And here I thought you were trying to bluff me again like previously, but you really understood the meaning of "realm" and the things I can do."
"You jest, Earthrender." Xu Feng slowly opened his eyes, and without a surprise, the damages that were made earlier by Earthrender's move had vanished without a trace.
"Your presence looked real and even the mana shrouding you could affect my perception. But no matter how real it looked, an experienced baptized person wouldn't fail to detect you're nothing but an illusion." He calmly said and unleashed a Nether Blast toward Earthrender.
As the Nether Blast hit, Earthrender's form wavered like a reflection in rippling water. Its rocky body flickered, and the jagged scales seemed to blur and shake, revealing it was just an illusion.
The blast went right through, and the Earthrender's glowing eyes dimmed, scattering like fading sparks. Bits of its shape, like the wings and spine, started to break apart and drift away, vanishing into the air. The illusion faded, leaving nothing behind but the echo of its presence, like it was never really there.
"Indeed, you are really not present here." Xu Feng commented, lifted his chin, and gazed at the sky.