"He's here."
The Black Mirror Space rippled faintly, and Qin Hao's figure slowly appeared.
A dim light shone down through the Black Mirror Space. At its center stood a figure in black, almost swallowed by the darkness.
He stood with his arms crossed, his expression indifferent and his voice colder still.
"You're here." Qin Hao nodded.
"This time, I'll pass the Ninth Trial."
Qin Hao slowly drew the Treasure Sword in his hand.
"A Ninth-Order Destruction Sword Domain... No, Half-Step Destruction Laws. No wonder you talk so boldly." The Black Mirror Man nodded and smiled faintly. "You've broken through in cultivation, too. Eighth Layer of Saint Martial Realm. There's no need to continue this fight."
Qin Hao paused.
"Your command of the Destruction Sword Domain reached the level of Laws long ago. You lost to me before mainly because your Destruction Sword Domain was too low in rank."
The Black Mirror Man said evenly, "Now that your Destruction Sword Domain has broken through to Half-Step Destruction Laws and your cultivation has advanced, even if we both fight with everything we have, we'll be evenly matched at most."
Hearing this, Qin Hao nodded.
The Black Mirror Man's assessment was right. If Qin Hao used only his Destruction Sword Domain, he had just a sixty percent chance of defeating him.
After all, the Black Mirror Man's cultivation, Destruction Sword Domain, and command of it were no weaker than his own. The only difference might be that Qin Hao also possessed the Vitality Sword Domain.
He could not use the Vitality Sword Domain in this fight, of course.
But because he cultivated it, traces of its aura lingered within his Destruction Sword Domain.
That made the Destruction Sword Domain far more powerful.
"Let's fight anyway," Qin Hao said. "This isn't only about winning