"Damn it."
Zheng Zha's Copy clutched his chest, where several ribs had been broken. After recovering through the vampires' powerful regenerative abilities, he turned into a streak of black light and flew back.
The instant the other man threw that punch, it had ignored all his defenses and the distance between them to strike him. Even he felt lingering dread at how bizarre it had been.
The exhilaration of having just killed his original self had been completely scattered.
The physical injuries were manageable. A vampire's powerful recovery would soon deal with them.
But the damage to his spirit and will was a real headache.
His head genuinely hurt...
Even before the other man had broken through to the Fourth Tier, he had been able to affect him. Now that he had broken through, the pain pierced straight to the bone.
Still, as another Fourth Tier existence, Zheng Zha's Copy naturally understood the expenditure required for such a domineering ability. Especially while the other man was wounded, he absolutely could not sustain it for long.
So he had no fear at all and returned without the slightest hesitation.
Yet the moment he returned, he and Chu Xuan both noticed that something was wrong with the other man's condition.
With such terrifying talent and aptitude, succeeding at breaking through the Fourth Tier barrier on his first attempt, and being able to wield such an overbearing and unsolvable Mind Light immediately upon reaching the initial stage, directly confronting his inner demon—none of that seemed surprising at all.
What they had not expected was that his inner demon would be so strange.
Himself?
Unfortunately, Zheng Zha's Copy had no one else to compare it to at present and had no idea whether this phenomenon was normal.
He only instinctively felt that the other