Chapter 936: The Eerie Mirror

Xiao Nanfeng's mirror image radiated killing intent. In a flash, he appeared before Xiao Nanfeng, delivering a punch that descended with all the force of a mountain.

"Die!" Xiao Nanfeng shouted, countering with a punch of his own.

The two fists collided, unleashing a fiery explosion that surged outward. Their strength was evenly matched; neither could overpower the other.

"A Golden Immortal with the strength of an early-stage Boundless Immortal? Xiao Nanfeng, you truly are an anomaly," Su Tianxin said, his voice tinged with surprise. He was watching from a distance.

Xiao Nanfeng frowned. His mirror image was far stronger than he expected.

"Hegemon's Fist!" Xiao Nanfeng cried out.

"Hegemon's Fist!" his mirror image echoed.

A flurry of a thousand fists appeared behind the two cultivators, striking each other like meteors from the heavens.

Another massive explosion sent both cultivators flying backwards.

"It can even reproduce my Hegemon's Fist?" Xiao Nanfeng exclaimed.

Su Tianxin sneered. "Didn't Blue Lantern tell you? Your mirror image possesses all the powers that you do. You'll be fighting none other than yourself."

"Die!" Xiao Nanfeng roared, charging forward.

"Die!" his mirror image echoed, meeting him head-on.

The two cultivators clashed once again, igniting waves of fire around them. Every move that Xiao Nanfeng used was mirrored flawlessly.

The fight quickly became a stalemate.

"Now, let's continue," Su Tianxin said, smiling.

More black fog swarmed around Xiao Nanfeng. Two more of his own mirror images formed around him.

"Die!" The two new mirror images shot forward.

Faced with three copies of himself, Xiao Nanfeng was quickly forced back.

The mirror images' Hegemon's Fists struck Xiao Nanfeng's body repeatedly. He frowned—despite the intense barrage, his physical body remained largely unharmed.

His Imposing Avatar of Rulai had clearly shielded against the blows.

Xiao Nanfeng frowned. His mirror images had his techniques and his strength, but their attacks seemed to lack his essence. His internal strength didn't seem to be duplicated.

He waved a hand and summoned his ten golden crows.

His three mirror images did the same. A veritable flock of golden crows surged toward one another.

"Explode!" Xiao Nanfeng shouted.

"Explode!" his three mirror images echoed.

The forty golden crows self-destructed in a cataclysmic explosion that caused even the void to ripple.

Amidst screams of agony, the three mirror images were obliterated by the explosion. Xiao Nanfeng, shielded by his Imposing Avatar of Rulai, managed to withstand the flames.

"Just as I thought," Xiao Nanfeng murmured, a smile spreading across his face. "The mirror images can replicate my abilities, but not the essential structure of my body."

Furthermore, as the shattered mirror images dissolved into heart force, the golden sapling in Xiao Nanfeng's heart quickly absorbed it all.

The mirror images had been bound by the formation, but once they were destroyed, his golden sapling could feast on their remains.

Xiao Nanfeng's eyes lit up. He had discovered how to break the formation.

As the fiery aftermath subsided, Xiao Nanfeng's ten golden crows returned to his body, fully restored.

The citizens of Tianyue erupted into cheers. "His Majesty is invincible!"

Xiao Nanfeng turned back to see his people struggling against some ordinary mirror images. He waved his hand and sent his ten golden crows to assist them.

The ten golden crows swiftly eradicated the mirror images, whose disintegrated forms released heart force that Xiao Nanfeng absorbed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the soldiers and citizens shouted gratefully.

Without pausing, Xiao Nanfeng took to the sky. Ten new mirror images of him formed to confront him.

"Kill him!" Su Tianxin roared, panic creeping into his voice.

He had realized that something was amiss. Xiao Nanfeng had discovered a way to counter these mirror images, leaving Su Tianxin increasingly desperate.

"So what if there are ten of you? Come on!" Xiao Nanfeng shouted, charging into battle.

The clash was fierce. Xiao Nanfeng unleashed torrents of fiery energy as he faced his ten mirror images. Although he appeared to be in a dire situation, his Imposing Avatar of Rulai kept him unscathed.

The mirror images seemed to possess some rudimentary intelligence. They avoided detonating their ten golden crows again and fought cautiously, wary of Xiao Nanfeng's own crows.

Xiao Nanfeng patiently endured their attacks until he found an opening. Ignoring the blows raining down on him, he grabbed one mirror image and flew up into the sky.

"Explode!" Xiao Nanfeng shouted.

The resulting explosion heavily injured the mirror image. Xiao Nanfeng followed up with a Hegemon's Fist, causing the mirror image to shatter.

Simultaneously, he absorbed the flames and heart force resulting from the explosion.

The remaining nine mirrored figures pursued him, but he repeated his tactic to systematically destroy them one by one.

Before long, all ten mirror images were eliminated.

"This is impossible! The Formation of the Mirrored Heart is supposed to be invincible! How can anyone break it?" Su Tianxin screamed, boiling over with frustration Once more, black fog surged forth and produced a new batch of mirror images that shot toward Xiao Nanfeng.

Anyone else might have been stymied by the Formation of the Mirrored Heart, but Xiao Nanfeng's ten golden crows could revive endlessly thanks to the power of the Records of Life and Death. With this strategy in place, unless Su Tianxin came up with more surprises, victory was bound to be his in the end.

Su Tianxin grimaced. From the looks of it, this formation would be useless against Xiao Nanfeng—and he was even managing to absorb the scattered heart force that these mirror images left behind when they shattered.

"Su Tianxin, is this the limit of what you can do? Perhaps you should come face me yourself," Xiao Nanfeng taunted, closing the distance between them.

Su Tianxin's face darkened. He knew he couldn't defeat Xiao Nanfeng directly, especially given the latter's defensive prowess.

"Come on, Su Tianxin! Fight me yourself—don't be a coward!" Xiao Nanfeng continued.

Su Tianxin's eyes flashed. He took a deep breath and made a decisive move as he charged toward Xiao Nanfeng.

Xiao Nanfeng's eyes lit up. Despite the mirror images battering him from all directions, he shot straight toward Su Tianxin.

"Hegemon's Fist!" Xiao Nanfeng roared.

Meanwhile, Su Tianxin waved a hand. "Realm of the Cursed Mirror!"

A massive mirror framed in black appeared beside him, with dense black fog emerging from its surface. To his surprise, Xiao Nanfeng found that all the heart force used for generating the mirror images was coming from this mirror.

Suddenly, a gigantic, pitch-black hand emerged from the mirror and seized Xiao Nanfeng, pulling him into the mirror. His mirror images gave chase.

Your Majesty!" the people of Tianyue cried out.

Ye Sanshui was being attacked by his own group of mirror images, but he charged forward without a second thought.

Just then, a cultivator shouted from within Tianyue, "I am a spectral guard of Dazheng. His Majesty has ordered me to announce on his behalf that he is well! He is currently in the process of breaking out of the formation. Do not worry. Focus on protecting yourselves!"

The citizens let out a collective sigh of relief.

Ye Sanshui and the others halted. They too could see that the surface of the mirror was vibrating rapidly as more black fog emerged. This time, however, the black fog didn't seem to be under Su Tianxin's control. Another massive hand shot out of the mirror and tried to grab Su Tianxin, who barely managed to dodge and avoid the attack.

"What's going on? What's happening inside the mirror?" Su Tianxin shouted.

He punched the black hand that had emerged from the mirror. Three bronze compasses floated to his back, flaring with concentrated blue light that struck the mirror's surface. Only then did Su Tianxin slowly manage to subdue the black hand that emerged from it.

"Everyone, channel all your energy into producing more mirror images! Kill them all!" Su Tianxin commanded.

"Understood!" Deep within the formation, Su Tianxin's subordinates focused on their work.

The fog in the formation grew denser and denser as more mirror images formed.

Ye Sanshui and the other soldiers, trapped by their own mirror images, suffered heavy casualties.

Ye Sanshui's subordinates had scattered during the fighting, and Blue Jade found herself alone. She had been chased by her own mirror images into a valley. Blood streaked down her body; she had sustained too many wounds, and was severely weakened.

Suddenly, a group of mirror images found her. Blue Jade's eyes widened as she felt the threat of imminent death.

"Senior Brother, save me!" she cried out subconsciously.

Suddenly, blue light flashed by and shattered the mirror images.

Blue Jade's eyes widened in relief. She glanced at her savior, believing that Blue Lantern had come to her rescue—only for her eyes to widen in surprise.

"Su Qingchan?" Blue Jade exclaimed, astonished. Then, she narrowed her eyes, fully on guard. "Why have you captured me?"

Su Qingchan shot her a glance, but provided no explanation. She handed her a small box before flashing away, leaving the confused Blue Jade alone once again.