The next moment, the black-robed figure had already arrived before Ye Tian and smashed a fist toward him.
Amid a tremendous boom, the lava churned madly around them. The Northern Darkness Flood Dragon and Ye Tian were both forced back a hundred zhang before finally stopping.
Within this extreme environment, Ye Tian kept the Northern Darkness Flood Dragon at only a dozen or so zhang in size, without allowing it to fully stretch out. At this moment, the flood dragon's coiled body slowly unfurled, revealing Ye Tian within. His expression was grave as he looked toward the other side.
The black-robed figure stood opposite him, staring at Ye Tian expressionlessly.
But Ye Tian's face suddenly showed immense shock and disbelief, as though he had witnessed the most impossible thing in the world.
Although he was currently within Earth's core lava, enduring the tormenting scorch of terrifying heat, Ye Tian felt his heart turn colder than ever before, as if he had fallen into an abyss.
Because the black-robed figure opposite him had a face identical to Qin Zhen's!
Even the black robe it wore was exactly the same as Qin Zhen's.
The sole difference was that this "Qin Zhen" wore no expression, his gaze dull and vacant, like a puppet.
Noticing Ye Tian's gaze upon him, this "Qin Zhen" actually opened his mouth and let out a meaningless roar, sounding exactly like a spirit beast.
"Qin Zhen, what is going on?" Ye Tian hurriedly asked.
"I do not know either, but I can be certain that this is not a true human cultivator. He merely possesses an appearance exactly identical to mine." Qin Zhen flew out from the top-grade spirit stone. His slightly illusory voice drifted through the sea of lava beside Ye Tian as he looked gravely at the