I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate

Chapter 118: Chapter 118: He’s a Perfect Fit to be My Grandson-in-law

The vast sports field fell into silence.

The crowd of Dongli University students and teachers didn’t seem to have recovered from the battle.

Su Ze completing his second evolution right after enrolling was already shocking enough, but now, Su Ze had even defeated Yu Feng, who had long been famous at Dongli University!

In the several hundred years since Dongli University’s founding, nothing like this had ever happened. A new student had actually defeated an examiner in the first round of the assessment!

The examiners for the first round of the freshman assessment were all elites from the master class. Although they might not have absorbed a full three vials of extract, as top students of Dongli University’s combat department, each of their skillsets was extremely powerful. Outside the university, they could absolutely dominate other powerhouses of the same rank who hadn’t had formal training.

An ordinary new student, even if they had completed their second evolution, would stand no chance against a student from the master class.

This meant that Su Ze’s strength was considered formidable even among those in the Cocoon Stage.

And everyone at Dongli University knew that just last month, during the Battle of Judgment, Su Ze had only been a Pupa Stage evolver. In other words, right after entering the Cocoon Stage, Su Ze was already stronger than most in the same stage.

Then they remembered his age—not even eighteen!

Everyone came to the crystal-clear realization that a prodigy was about to rise in Dongli!

It was only because Su Ze’s reputation as a genius was already deeply ingrained in people’s minds that they could barely accept it. If it had been anyone else, everyone present would probably be wondering if they were dreaming.

But accepting this reality didn’t mean they weren’t shaken. The audience, whether students or teachers, were all so stunned they couldn’t speak for a long moment.

Even those young fangirls who blindly worshipped Su Ze were now looking at each other, the expressions on their faces seeming to say, ’Is our idol really this strong?’

Han Xiaoke was looking at Su Ze with stars in her eyes. Her ”admiration level” for Su Ze had skyrocketed. If it was a 10 before, it was now 100. Of course, her level for Liou Wenxin was 10,000.

Sitting in the central seat of the stands, Pei Wuhua was speechless for a while. He suddenly understood why Su Ze had been unwilling to join the combat department.

’What would be the point of coming?’

’He’d basically graduate the moment he arrived and get fast-tracked to the master class?’

’And then what? With Su Ze’s evolution speed, how long could he even stay in the master class?’

’Two years? Or one?’

’After a year, would he be able to beat me up, the director of the combat department?’

Pei Wuhua turned to a teacher next to him who had been recording the whole time and said, ”Send a copy of the battle recording to Mr. Zhou.”

He couldn’t be the only one shocked. He had to let Mr. Zhou see the potential of this monster, Su Ze.

Besides, this would also prepare Mr. Zhou to cough up a fortune. Su Ze was in the Cocoon Stage, so the reward for first place in the freshman assessment would have to be upgraded to a tier-three S-rank extract!

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On the assessment stage, the remaining candidates looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock and bewilderment.

’What are we supposed to do next? Can someone please tell us?’

The examiner had been knocked flat. How were they supposed to continue the assessment?

Su Ze scanned his surroundings, looked at the twenty or so remaining candidates, and said, ”If you have no objections, how about we just call me the first-place winner for this freshman assessment? I won’t participate in the second round.”

”Of course, if you think it’s unfair, you can all attack me at once right now. As long as you can beat me, I’ll withdraw from this freshman assessment.”

Su Ze really felt that competing in some elimination tournament with this group of freshmen was completely unnecessary. There wasn’t even a single person at the Peak of Pupa Transformation among them. Competing against them would be like bullying children, and a waste of his own time.

By now, the injuries he had just sustained in the fight had already healed. Dealing with these twenty-odd Pupa Stage freshmen wouldn’t be a problem. One Furious Waves would probably be enough to knock down a huge chunk of them.

”I have no objection!” one candidate immediately said.

”I have no objection either.”

”I think that’s very reasonable.”

”It should be this way!”

All the candidates unanimously agreed; not a single one objected.

Pei Wuhua, who was in the audience, came down to take charge of the situation, announcing on the spot that Su Ze was the first-place winner of this year’s freshman assessment.

As for ranks 2 through 8, they would be decided through one-on-one elimination matches, but that no longer had anything to do with Su Ze.

The freshman assessment was still ongoing, but Su Ze had already left early, having Mr. Ya whisk him back to the villa.

”Boss, you’re amazing!” Mr. Ya praised him sincerely, though he was dying of envy on the inside. He and Su Ze were both in the Cocoon Stage now, but he could only be ”Ya Paopao.”

Liou Wenxin had been very busy recently and wasn’t home. Mrs. Yun was dancing in the courtyard and was surprised to see Su Ze return. ”So soon? Don’t tell me you were eliminated in the first round?”

Mrs. Yun had full confidence in Su Ze, believing it was a sure thing he’d get first place, so she hadn’t even bothered to watch his freshman assessment.

Su Ze said, ”I beat up the examiner in the first round. The other candidates were so in awe of me they practically worshipped the ground I walked on and just let me be number one, so I came back early.”

Mrs. Yun: ?

’Are you speaking human? Why is it that this old lady can’t quite understand you?’

Meanwhile, Su Ze was already looking forward to it. ”I wonder what kind of extract the university will give me as a reward...”

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「Dongli University, Principal’s Office.」

Principal Zhou Wenshan watched the battle recording on his phone, lost in thought.

’This kid... he has the makings of an overlord... No, even I wasn’t this fierce when I was young.’

’But I’m a psychic-type evolver. I spent my youth doing research and wasn’t skilled in combat, so that’s normal. As for Gu Chengguang and the others...’

Zhou Wenshan thought about it carefully. Among the few existing Saint-level powerhouses in the Dongli Kingdom, it seemed none of them had achieved such a brilliant combat record at Su Ze’s age. In fact, none of them had even completed their second evolution at seventeen.

So, he forwarded the video of Su Ze and Yu Feng’s battle to a group chat named ”Dongli’s Guardian Gods.”

The group had only four members, who were precisely the four Saint-level overlords of Dongli: Gu Chengguang, Zhou Wenshan, Li Fayi, and Ning Yushen.

After forwarding the video, Zhou Wenshan broke into a comfortable smile, but then he suddenly remembered something, and the smile vanished from his face.

Su Ze had completed his second evolution and taken first place in the freshman assessment. Didn’t that mean he had to be given a vial of tier-three S-rank extract as a reward?

In all previous freshman assessments at Dongli University, the first-place winner had, without exception, been in the Pupa Stage. Therefore, although the rules stated the reward was an S-rank extract matching the winner’s evolution level, they had never once had to give out a tier-three S-rank extract as a prize.

A tier-two S-rank extract generally cost around one hundred million, but a tier-three S-rank extract cost at least three billion. That was a thirty-fold difference!

Moreover, tier-two S-rank extracts could still be bought with money. Tier-three S-rank extracts couldn’t even be found on the open market. At Evolutionary Technology, they could only be traded for points.

Although the extract would be taken from the Dongli National Treasury, it would count against Dongli University’s fiscal budget.

’Looks like we’ll have to tighten our belts this year.’

Just then, someone replied in the ”Dongli’s Guardian Gods” group chat.

To Zhou Wenshan’s surprise, the first person to reply was none other than Ning Yushen.

Ning Yushen: ”This is that kid Su Ze you all mentioned before, right? Not bad! He’s just right to be my grandson-in-law!”