Free Web NovelChapter 393: Chapter 96: Gray-White Space (Part 2)
The reason the ’Ink Black Square’ is so named is because it was constructed using special black rock, but now the black stones have also turned gray-white.
The Black Dragon took a deep breath and stepped towards the direction of the Dragon Pool.
Along the way, it also observed the Dragon Descendant Guards and Dragon-blooded Maids walking around in the ’Black Castle’.
But they all seemed oblivious to the Black Dragon.
"It’s as if they have no souls."
Upon closer inspection, Udi suddenly found that these Dragon Descendant Guards and Maids had vacant, numb eyes, as if they were missing their souls.
However, this discovery actually made Udi feel relieved.
If they possessed intelligence and souls, that would truly frighten the dragon.
After all, with an appearance exactly like reality, possessing a soul and intelligence, what does that even qualify as?
Who is real, and who is fake?
As the thoughts continued, Udi arrived outside the Dragon Pool, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped inside.
Amid the gray-white mist, apart from being gray-white, there lay a Giant Dragon, identical in size and appearance to Udi, sprawling on the black rock.
As if it sensed Udi’s presence, the Gray White Dragon slowly opened its vacant Dragon Eyes and looked at Udi.
’It can see me.’
Udi’s expression tensed.
But before it could think of how to handle this scene, the Gray White Dragon rushed over the moment it saw it.
Udi struggled internally for a moment, but ultimately did not choose to leave this space, because for some reason, its heart seemed to also long for the opponent’s arrival.
’Let us merge as one’
’And then fully embrace your void side’
The Gray White Dragon reached the Black Dragon in an instant, its tawny and cold vertical Dragon Eyes met with the vacant eyes of the Gray White Dragon, and then — they merged into one.
The Gray White Dragon fused into Udi’s body.
The transformation began at this moment.
Within the gray-white space, the Black Dragon fell into slumber, its massive Dragon Body undergoing the deepest transformation.
Meanwhile, in the reality of the Tal Plane, within the Black Castle Dragon Pool, the Black Dragon also fell into slumber.
It was uncertain how much time had passed.
In the gray-white space, Udi awakened.
The slowly opening Dragon Eyes were no longer the pure tawny color they once were, but had a tinge of annihilative gray-white, appearing more cold and devoid of emotion.
Udi surveyed its seemingly newborn Dragon Body, then looked at the surroundings which had become clearer and more familiar, a bit dazed.
Instinctively, following a faint sense, it used a certain ability — in an instant, the black Dragon Body’s Dragon Scales turned into desolate gray-white Dragon Scales, and the pupils also completely changed to gray-white, followed by the four thick Dragon Horns and the menacing bone spurs on its back, all covered in a layer of annihilative gray-white.
At this moment, Udi’s appearance was exactly like that of the Gray White Dragon, the only difference being its pupils were lively and intelligent, whereas the Gray White Dragon’s were merely vacant.
"This space feels more real, as if it truly exists," Udi murmured to itself.
Before transforming into the Gray White Dragon, it also felt an affinity for this space, but there was still a faint barrier; before initially merging with the Gray White Dragon, Udi felt completely out of place with the world.
Now, it felt as comfortable and at ease as being in the Tal Material Plane... no, even more exaggerated.
At the thought, Udi’s Dragon Claw sank into the space.
The Dragon Body faded segment by segment into the air.
The next moment, the Gray White Dragon appeared in the Black Castle Palace, the Dragon Body emerging segment by segment from the space.
[Void Travel]
After using the ability, Udi naturally knew the name of this ability, or rather, it was an automatic derivation following its own thoughts.
Below, rows of Dragon-blooded Maids noticed the appearance of the Gray White Dragon, their vacant eyes watching it.
Among them, Udi saw a few incredibly familiar figures.
Maid Chief - Sofia
Wolf Maiden of the Wolf Tribe - Tina
At the thought, the Gray White Dragon landed in front of the two.
Being stared at by those vacant eyes, Udi was not at all nervous, as after merging with the Gray White Dragon, this had become its domain.
What owner would be afraid of a group of ’decorations’ in their own house?
In a contemplative mood, the Gray White Dragon extended its Dragon Claw towards Maid Chief Sofia, pointing a thick Dragon Finger towards the four-meter-tall maid’s forehead.
In the ethereal, Udi saw a gray-white ’line’.
Following that ’line’, Udi saw Sofia in the real world.
At that moment, Sofia was instructing a group of newly selected maids about the rules to follow in the Black Castle.
Suddenly, she appeared somewhat dazed, and then her lively eyes turned vacant.
Meanwhile, in the gray-white space, the previously numb-looking Sofia in front of the Gray White Dragon gradually showed lively eyes.
Upon seeing the enormous Gray White Dragon in front of her, Sofia was a bit panicked but quickly calmed down, as she sensed a familiar and warm aura from the Gray White Dragon.
"Master," Sofia bowed.
Her heart was quite shocked at this moment; just a second ago, she was instructing that group of new maids, and the next, she found herself in a gray-white space with many vacant-eyed maids standing around.
If not for her strong mental resilience gained over time, if it were some common Dragon-blooded maids, they would likely be extremely frightened and at a loss.
