Hannya looked up, the scarlet-colored sky covered with innumerable amounts of red dots. Following this, the phoenix cry resounded again and the smear of red dots aimed at his location and suddenly started to swiftly fall like meteors. In front of his eyes, these dots drew increasingly closer and became increasingly larger. Finally, the silhouette of a phoenix clearly appeared within Hannya's line of sight.

It was a body covered in scarlet fire, a small-sized phoenix about six-foot long. The speed of its descent was extremely fast, as if it was a swift and sharp arrow in flight.

The Dragons swirling in Hannya's eyes increased it's pace.. the falling meteors that was rushing towards him earlier with great speed together with the phoenix slowed down, it's not that there were change in speed it's just because of his eye enhancement he can clearly see the attack as if it was in slow motion..

"Summoning of Fear, "Invoke"....

Note: Invoke (Literally meaning "Manifestation") is the first stage of activating "Fear", and is simply an attempt to scare an opponent by exerting a frightening aura.

A palbable wall of pressure was produce in the atmosphere giving an overwhelming sense of intimidation..

"Mekyo shisui" (Soul Mirror, Deadly Water)"

Hannya's figure vanish in the phoenix vision. This technique makes the enemy unaware of the user presence even if they were looking straight at him; this allows him to shift himself towards the enemies blind spot.

Without Senbonzakura's power he couldn't defend himself.

He knows that the phoenix would attack the place where he stood so he circulated his demonic core and used mekyou shisui to confirm his theory.

If he is being monitored then...

Xiao~ Xiao~~ Xiao~~~

Numerous phoenix cries chaotically overlapped; the sharp cries seemed almost like they would tear the sky open. From the initial cry, to a group of three, to a group of seven, to a group of fifteen.. At the moment, the entire sky was filled with phoenix cries and phoenix silhouettes, just like a meteor shower that was horrifying beyond compare.

As expected they would attack all the places if they couldn't find him.

With the help of his enhanced vision avoiding this attacks is extremely easy, his figure would appear and dissappear all over the place while consecutive explosion would follow after the attacks collided with the grounds..

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom…..

Wave after wave of phoenix shadows exploded next to him. The originally flat ground had become riddled with holes and pits. It was impossible to find a single area still intact within sight..

"It's now time for the last wave..."

Several hundreds of phoenix silhouettes descended from the sky. Their bodies emitted the radiance of blazing fire, illuminating the sky in red.

Inhaling a deep breath of air Hannya sharpened his eyes and increased the speed of the dragons spiraling at the edge of his eyes, giving him a clearer view on where this phoenix would descend. He wave his left hand and a massive Iron Fan appeared, it was the item that he purchased along with the sword and never had the chance to use. He also deactivated Mekyou Shisui since it won't be able to help him with this many attacks..

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It's now all about speed, dodging skills and... Defense

The first fifty phoenix silhouettes targeted Hannya after he dispelled his skill..when it's about to connect with Hannya's body the latter vanished into dust.. only to appear elsewhere..with the help of Kyouka Suigetsu he can use his fear to lure the phoenix to another direction... it's like they're attacking his clones..

When dissappears another one would appear while his real body would go to opposite place where his fear(illusion) was located..

Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!

Some parts of land turned into a pool of lave after consecutively colliding with the phoenix silhouettes.. though he was able to dodge most of the attacks 3 silhouettes of phoenix appeared behind him not from the sky but emerging from the ground..

Xiao~ Xiao~~

He looked at the incoming attack, "Summoning of Fear, "Possess".. Dark mist covered the massive fan, Hannya adjusted his stance to prepare for incoming attack..

Bam!

Hannya took a step back on the first collision, "Bam" another impact made him take two steps back...

Xiao~~

"You missed your turn, now you're mine." He waved his fan and..

Xiao~

A crimson phoenix silhouette appeared and flew straight to the other phoenix..

Booom! Booom!

Blinding light shone, followed by intense amount of heat spread from the collision of two phoenix.

The phoenix cries had completely stopped, and there were finally no signs of the phoenix silhouettes in the sky above.

At this moment, the scene in front of his eyes started to distort to become more and more obscure. Hannya wasn't a bit surprised that he came back to the place before the trial started, maintaining his stoic expression.

Following this, a pair of golden eyes opened within the pitch-black world. The phoenix spirit's voice resounded within his mind.

"This really surprising; this is my first time encountering an unknown existence. Neither a human or a demon. What are you?"

"I am the one who dwells in the rift between human and demon; an Ayakashi." Hannya replied while acting mysterious and added:"I don't have time for this, let's continue."

"As you wish… the last trial would be the trial of Heart..I wish you success."

Her voice resounded in his mind as the phoenix spirit's eyes disappeared and the pitch-black world started to distort once more. Hannya felt as if his body had been swept up by a storm and started to float within the distorting space. He closed his eyes and expand his senses.

The moment Hannya opened his eyes, what appeared in his eyes..

What he saw are numerous stone stairways were layered in the corridor, as he went down stairs he was observing his surroundings, wall made of bricks that exuded a stench smell lingered as he proceeded heading downwards..

The lights quickly darkened. The corridor finally became flatter; instead of going deep down, it extended further horizontally. On both sides of the corridor, there were many uneven sized artificial stone racks on the wall that held up charcoal torches. The flames flickered produced a dim light in some areas.

He proceeded and look at the rooms on both sides, he could see human silhouettes clad in ragged clothes hanging in each room while locked in chains.. As he proceeded deeper, he noticed a large room behind the bars, A youngman with white hair was locked in chains, his body full of lash marks.. his dark red eyes is the only thing that shone in the darkness..

His face looks extremely familiar to Hannya, as he walk closer the man started to regress, when he reached the bars the man turned into a ten-years old child.. as Hannya observed the surroundings blood stains filled the room, although the blood already dried-out he could still see the dark-redness..

Seeing this scene caused some of his sealed memories to surged on his head, he felt like his brain is being smashed into meat-paste continously..his breathing increased..

"Have you recalled everything?" A voice filled with bloodlust made it's way to his ears..

When he opened his eyes, a handsome man with white hair appeared locked in a wooden chair..

"Hannya...."

"Say my name.."

He looked at the man, the person whom he used to be: "If I say.. your name.. I'll be.."

Before he could finish his words, his neck was grasped by the man's hand raising him up in the air..

"We may have shared the same body before but now... we're no longer the same.."

The mans lips curled into a smile; "If you're scared of me because I'm evil in nature then remember this words..

"Monsters aren't born, they're made."

The man gripping his neck loosened his hands and gave Hannya a fleeing glance before turning his back..

"Once you understand that, you will come to understand everything."

As the man dissappeared in the darkness, Hannya's eyes scelera turned dark, with a smirk.. he stood up and made a grasping motion..

Screech~~~

The illusion was split in half as the ripping sound echoed and what appeared was the place where the soul of phoenix lays..

"Young Lady, it seems like you encountered the wrong opponent." while venomously staring at the one who created of this trial while producing a heavy pressure making it seem like he's body is bigger than what it looks like..