In the Starship Troopers world, on a desolate planet amid the stars, the eighteen members of the Central Continent Team were transported here by the Main God.
"Begin!"
Ignoring the teammates around him who were watching for entertainment, Zheng Zha spoke to Zhang Jie, Chu Xuan, and Zhan Lan.
"Alright."
The three nodded.
Then Zheng Zha opened his Fourth-Stage Gene Lock and pushed his power to its utmost limit.
In an instant, black lightning coiled around Zheng Zha's body, his pupils were engulfed in blood-red, and an intensely sinister aura spread from him.
Immediately afterward, Zheng Zha flashed forward and, without hesitation, threw a punch at Chu Xuan, who was closest to him.
Terrifying power surged forth, condensed within a tiny space under Micro Control, carrying the dreadful might to shatter space and time.
However, the punch did not hit Chu Xuan.
Even as he launched his attack, Zheng Zha was consciously suppressing his Inner Demon.
At the same time, Chu Xuan activated Emotion Mastery to suppress the excessively rampant killing instinct within Zheng Zha's cells. Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie used their Mental Power abilities to help Zheng Zha stabilize his mind and awaken his will to resist the Inner Demon.
An Inner Demon grew alongside a cultivator's strength.
Without anyone's help, Zheng Zha would likely have continued recklessly unleashing his power until he exhausted it and stopped moving.
That would be of virtually no help in overcoming his Inner Demon. It would merely waste time, and he might even squander too much power and die in some minor accident.
But with two Mental Controllers and a suitably targeted superpower helping him, Zheng Zha could retain a measure of clarity while facing his Inner Demon, try to fight it, and gradually wear it down and suppress it.
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