I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate

After killing the Tier Five Mushroom, the remaining Tier Four Mutated Fungi were no longer a threat. Su Ze could now confidently test the effects of the Silver-gray Energy.

He had already extracted a large mass of Silver-gray Energy from two Tier Four and one Tier Five Mutated Fungus. Su Ze tried compressing and solidifying this energy before finally expelling it from his body.

Then, a fingertip-sized, silver-gray object appeared in Su Ze’s hand. It had a metallic texture.

He had kept just a trace of it inside himself, and now he began to absorb that sliver of Silver-gray Energy.

The process was smooth, and the Silver-gray Energy easily integrated into his body.

’It doesn’t seem like anything changed...’

’Maybe the amount I absorbed was too small.’

However, Su Ze had been observing his body the entire time with his Perception Tentacles, so he could detect even the slightest changes. He found that after absorbing that sliver of Silver-gray Energy, his body seemed to have grown a tiny bit larger.

The increase in size was so subtle that even Su Ze himself would have had trouble noticing it if he hadn’t been observing closely.

He deactivated his ”Expansion” state, returning to his normal size, then deactivated ”Liquid Life,” reverting to his flesh-and-blood form. He immediately noticed that his physical body had been slightly strengthened.

After a moment of thought, he casually electrocuted a nearby low-tier Mutated Fungus to extend the duration of his Bloodthirsty skill.

Su Ze broke off another small piece from the silver-gray metal and absorbed it directly into his body.

Once diluted, this small piece of silver-gray metal yielded a total amount of energy dozens of times greater than what he had just absorbed.

Since absorbing the Silver-gray Energy hadn’t presented any danger, Su Ze grew a little bolder. This time, he absorbed a much larger amount at once to better observe the effects.

Soon, he had absorbed this piece of Silver-gray Energy as easily as eating or drinking, and he immediately felt his physical body grow significantly stronger!

It was worth noting that Su Ze’s physical strength had always surpassed that of others at his tier.

At every evolutionary stage, he had absorbed one more vial of extract than others, each of which enhanced his physical strength.

He had also used many treasures to improve his physique, such as coral stone to strengthen his bones and Evolutionary Liquid to enhance his body.

Within the Divine Dice, his physical strength had also been massively enhanced.

Furthermore, his ”Knowledge is Power” skill had strengthened his body multiple times at a cellular level.

As a result, Su Ze’s current physical strength was already comparable to that of some Venerable Powerhouses.

At his level, it was extremely difficult to achieve another significant boost in physical strength without undergoing his fifth evolution. There wasn’t much room left for improvement.

Reaching the peak only to try and climb higher is often the most difficult part of the journey.

But this Silver-gray Energy seemed to ignore the bottlenecks and limitations of evolutionary tiers, effortlessly elevating Su Ze’s constitution once more.

’This really is some high-grade energy!’

As his body was strengthened, Su Ze felt himself growing larger. He had gotten taller, and his frame had broadened.

He exerted a bit of control and returned himself to his original size.

Thanks to his ”Expansion” skill, Su Ze could already turn into a giant, so he didn’t want his normal form to permanently grow to a gigantic size.

Fortunately, the essence of the ”Expansion” skill was the ability to control one’s size, so he could adjust himself back to his original dimensions.

Next, he tried using ”Expansion” to grow to his maximum size. He discovered that after absorbing the Silver-gray Energy, his size limit had also increased significantly.

This increase was also proportionally magnified.

In other words, if his base form grew by one centimeter, after expanding a hundredfold, that one centimeter of growth would become a full meter.

This delighted Su Ze. The Silver-gray Energy was a perfect fit for him, far more effective than it would be for an average evolver, yielding a much greater return.

For others, absorbing this Silver-gray Energy would only strengthen their constitution and increase their size. But for Su Ze, when using his Expansion skill, size *was* strength!

The larger he became, the stronger he was.

Moreover, with an enhanced constitution, it would be easier for him to absorb extracts from higher tiers in the future.

”This Silver-gray Energy is practically tailor-made for me!” Su Ze’s eyes gleamed as he looked at the remaining Tier Four Mutated Fungi in the distance. ”You Mutated Fungi are a blight upon this world! You deserve to die!”

The Tier Four Mutated Fungi: ???

’The one that consumed humans for nutrients was the Tier Five Mushroom. What does that have to do with us?’

Su Ze didn’t immediately go to deal with the Tier Four Mutated Fungi. Instead, he turned and asked Mr. Ya, ”Did you get the Invisibility Mushroom?”

”Already killed it,” Mr. Ya said, taking out a fist-sized mushroom that had been sliced in two. ”Now we just wait for the Bloodline Crystal to form.”

Su Ze nodded. ”Once I’ve eradicated all those Tier Four Mutated Fungi, we’ll leave immediately. We shouldn’t linger here.”

Although the Pope’s clone couldn’t instantly feed information and memories back to the main body, the Pope could definitely sense its death. It wouldn’t be long before experts from the Evolution Divine Teachings arrived to investigate.

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Su Ze maintained the maximum enhancement from his Bloodthirsty skill, his combat power pushed to its absolute peak. Without the Tier Five Mushroom to protect them, the other Tier Four Mutated Fungi stood no chance against him.

He swept through them with devastating ease, annihilating all the Tier Four Mutated Fungi in the core area of the Mystical Mushroom Forest.

In the process, he harvested a considerable amount of Silver-gray Energy.

With this, the danger level of the Mystical Mushroom Forest—one of the Lianshui Rainforest’s most perilous zones—was reduced by at least eighty percent.

However, to extract the Silver-gray Energy, Su Ze had to devour all the Tier Four Mutated Fungi with his Bloodthirsty skill. As a result, the fungi’s physical materials and potential extracts were rendered worthless. It was a considerable loss, but a necessary trade for the Silver-gray Energy.