The circular plaza lay empty and deathly still. Only the thirty-meter-tall black, unmarked Wordless Stone Stele at its center gave off a dim glow, like a demonic eye that had existed since time immemorial, coldly watching the intruder. The instant Han Li stepped into the plaza, ripples spread across the stele's surface. The mirror image reflected within slowly turned to face him.
The mirror image looked exactly like Han Li, but its eyes were utterly different-cold, savage, and filled with an endless thirst for slaughter and an aura of destruction. The Profound Fiend Power swirling around it was also far more frenzied and turbulent, as though every suppressed negative emotion deep within Han Li and the very source of his fiendish energy had been magnified to the extreme.
"Defeat myself?" Han Li's pupils narrowed as he instantly understood the second trial. The Profound Yin Sect tempered the heart with fiendish energy and placed the greatest importance on honing one's character. This Heart-Demon Mirror Image would force him to confront his own Heart Demon and the savage nature hidden within the Profound Fiend Asura Art! Victory would clear his Dao heart and raise his mastery of the art to a new level; defeat would rob him of his mind, reducing him to a monster that knew only slaughter!
"Roar!"
Before Han Li could think any further, the Heart-Demon Mirror Image let out an inhuman roar and lunged forward with astonishing speed-faster even than Han Li himself when using Profound Yin Escape Light! A densely condensed Profound Fiend Ghost Hand, its nails black and razor-sharp, tore through the air and plunged straight toward Han Li's heart! The attack was vicious and merciless, aimed at mutual destruction!
"Come on, then!" Han Li's gaze sharpened. Rather than retreating, he advanced, bringing the Shadow Blade