The rules of the mirror space ultimately still rest with the Mirror Grudge, and Angel found it difficult to guess out of thin air.
Since it’s hard to guess, it’s better to experience it firsthand.
Angel didn’t hesitate and directly entered the Lake Heart Island. The moment he set foot on Lake Heart Island, the Mirror Grudge standing in the center of the altar let out a furious howl.
The black flame behind him also began to grow wildly with his screams.
When the black flame was ten times larger than the Mirror Grudge, it suddenly transformed into a gigantic shadow. This shadow struggled and surged continually, as though a terrifying monster was hidden inside, trying to break through its shackles.
Angel raised his head and looked at the shadow behind the Mirror Grudge, with a pensive look in his eyes.
The energy level of the Mirror Grudge had somehow increased several times over.
At this moment, just the resulting soul pressure was enough to intimidate the vast majority of apprentice-level Transcendents.
Even if Neya were here, she might only retreat.
But for Angel, this energy level was still not enough to affect him. What he was curious about now was whether this was the Mirror Grudge’s own power, the power of the mirror space, or...
...Is it the power given to the Mirror Grudge by this altar?
The soul pressure had already reached its limit, but the size of the shadow was still increasing, seemingly trying to break through its fated confinement through expansion.
As the shadow enlarged, the howl of the Mirror Grudge also began to change. Previously, it was a loud shout filled with arrogance, but now it was more like a weak scream.
"Hmm, the soul force of the Mirror Grudge’s main body is rapidly decreasing... is the shadow behind him absorbing the soul force?" Angel thought, "A bit strange."
Angel had initially thought that the shadow was merely an ability of the Mirror Grudge, but now it seemed this wasn’t the case. The shadow truly appeared to be a creature distinct from the Mirror Grudge.
Could it be a creature once stored in the mirror space?
In that case... can the mirror space seal creatures?
While Angel was speculating, the altar underwent another change. The four heads hanging from high poles suddenly opened their mouths, and a large amount of black gas spewed from their mouths into the shadow behind the Mirror Grudge.
When this black gas entered the shadow, its struggles began to weaken, and its outline became increasingly solid.
At this time, one could vaguely see that the outline of the shadow was a massive creature, though its shape was not human.
One by one, the heads that sprayed out black gas began to wither, leaving only a thin layer of skin covering the skulls, as if their mission was completely over once the black gas was expelled.
As the heads withered, the shadow grew even more solid, even starting to coalesce an eye.
Although this eye had not finished forming, its fierce and violent energy had begun to diffuse outward.
Angel quietly watched the eye’s formation, not attempting to stop it, but his expression turned from relaxed to gradually grave.
The pitch-black eye, without any white, resembled the eye of some demons. But that wasn’t the most important thing. What shocked Angel was... this eye was observing its surroundings.
Observing with purpose, a sign of intelligence.
Completely different from the malicious eyes of the Mirror Grudge.
Why does such an intelligent creature exist in the mirror space?
While Angel was puzzled, the black gas from the fourth head on the high pole had also been expelled, and it began to wither.
However, the black gas seemed insufficient for the shadow’s forming, as even half of the eye remained shrouded in darkness.
Realizing the black gas would no longer replenish, the eye seemed to understand, glancing slightly towards the fifth high pole... which should have held Little Sam’s head, now bare.
"Useless being, daring to summon me like this without completing the sacrifice... this is blasphemy! Blasphemy!"
The enormous, angry eye slightly lowered and gazed at the Mirror Grudge kneeling on the altar.
Then it was stunned.
"It’s a soul... unexpectedly, even the physical body has perished?"
"Foolish ant!"
It kept cursing, seemingly trying to vent its anger.
Its demeanor, however, was just a strange frequency fluctuation to Angel’s ears, and he didn’t understand what was being said.
"Is that language?" Angel squinted, "The language rules aren’t in phonetics, but a peculiar kind of wave. Even a single eye can emit such waves, which is something human or humanoid creatures can’t achieve."
Angel’s voice caught the attention of the huge eye, which looked at Angel: "Hmm, a human?"
"Who are you?" Angel stared into the eye. After a few seconds, he chuckled softly, "Looks like you don’t understand the Universal Language."
The enormous eye continually emitted waves: "Are you mocking me? Damn, if the sacrifice were complete, I could have descended my will."
It disdained learning languages, as during every descent, it communicated through will.
Yet this time, it missed a move. The sacrifice was incomplete, the will didn’t descend, not even the entire observational eye was formed, and the energy was too weak even to perceive human language.
Even if it couldn’t understand, anyone daring to smile before it was... blaspheming!
And those who blaspheme a deity must atone with their lives!
It just so happened that it needed this human’s life to complete the final sacrifice!
Thinking of this, greater malice flashed in its eye, and mighty and anomalous energy began to extend from the pupil, transforming outside into countless black and red bone blades.
"Human, in the last moments of your life, witness the power of greatness, you should feel honored."
"What are you saying now? What a hassle, this non-symbolic wave can’t even be parsed by Language Analysis," Angel looked up at the giant eye, "But, there’s no need to guess what you’re saying."