I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate

And this stronghold of the Evolution Divine Teachings actually had so much in storage!

It seemed his guess was correct. The Silver-gray Energy was indeed a renewable resource within the Mystical Mushroom Forest, and Mutated Fungi at Tier Four and above could continuously produce it.

The Evolution Divine Teachings had mastered a method for extracting the Silver-gray Energy. He just didn’t know how long it had taken them to accumulate this silver ingot.

’This silver ingot is meant to be mine!’

Su Ze instantly decided he had to get his hands on the silver ingot, but he also knew he couldn’t be reckless.

In particular, the palm bone on the top shelf of the safe made him wary.

A bone treasured so dearly had to be a Marvel. The fact that it was clearly human made him even more cautious.

It was a known fact that at the Saint level and above, human evolvers were stronger than beasts and Spiritual Plants of the same tier. Consequently, Marvels derived from humans were more powerful than those from beasts or Spiritual Plants.

Take the Dongli Kingdom’s national treasure, the Tier Five Marvel known as the Eye of Dream Weaving. It had come from a human evolver, which was why its power far surpassed that of an ordinary Tier Five Marvel.

Su Ze guessed that for it to be treasured in a safe and placed alongside the silver ingot, the Palm Bone Marvel had to be at least Tier Five.

Su Ze couldn’t care less about the Archbishop, a so-called Saint-level hegemon. But if that Archbishop was wielding a Tier Five Marvel from a human evolver, he deserved some respect.

Moreover, the call the Archbishop had just taken was clearly from the upper echelons of the Evolution Divine Teachings. This meant their powerhouses would soon arrive as reinforcements.

One thing was certain: the experts sent by the Evolution Divine Teachings would be Venerable Powerhouses at the very least. In all likelihood, there would be more than one.

After all, the Tier Five Mushroom was dead, so the forces they dispatched would have to be stronger than it.

’This might be a good opportunity to strike, before the reinforcements from the Evolution Divine Teachings arrive... but...’

’Even if I somehow managed to defeat the Archbishop with his Tier Five Marvel and snatch the silver ingot, I’d probably be hunted down by the powerhouses of the Evolution Divine Teachings immediately after.’

He and Mr. Ya still had to escort a truck full of refugees to the Great Desert Kingdom, making it impossible to evade the notice of the Evolution Divine Teachings’ powerhouses. Being discovered and overtaken was only a matter of time.

Su Ze didn’t believe he could actually fend off a pursuit led by a Venerable Powerhouse—especially not more than one.

His previous victories against Tier Five beasts and Mutated Fungi had all relied on the boost from his Bloodthirsty skill. But while on the run, there wouldn’t be nearly as many enemies for him to kill and absorb.

’Then again, even if I give up on this silver ingot, I’ll be hunted by the Evolution Divine Teachings all the same. Mr. Ya and I are escorting a group of refugees; we can’t move fast to begin with.’

After a moment of thought, an idea formed in Su Ze’s mind.

First, he remotely unleashed two powerful streams of electricity, instantly killing the dwarf and the deformed man.

The two of them died several hundred meters from their base.

Next, Su Ze found a secluded corner and took a handful of golden gravel from his Storage Ring.

This golden gravel was none other than the Sands of Time, and the golden energy within could help him instantly digest Evolutionary Material.

Su Ze drew the golden energy from a small piece of the Sands of Time into his body and quickly absorbed it. He immediately felt a significant amount of the Evolutionary Material inside him being digested.

The Purple Bloodline Crystal he had absorbed earlier had a digestion difficulty equivalent only to a Tier Five S-rank extract. He had already digested a little less than half of it while training on the spaceship some time ago.

Now, by using the Sands of Time for rapid digestion, even consuming the entire remaining majority of the Evolutionary Material wouldn’t deplete too much of his supply.

He estimated it would only consume some of the smaller fragments of the Sands of Time; the two large pieces from the Hermit Crab Beast, at least, would not need to be used.

Su Ze had originally planned to save the Sands of Time for later, but with danger potentially on its way and his current strength being insufficient, he would not hesitate to use them.

For his own safety, to ensure he and Mr. Ya could successfully transport the refugees—who were also key witnesses—to the Great Desert Kingdom, and to seize that large silver ingot, he was willing to use some of his Sands of Time ahead of schedule.

Whether he used them now or later, they would ultimately save him time.

That’s right. Su Ze’s plan was to immediately use the Sands of Time to completely digest the Evolutionary Material in his body and then directly push for his fifth evolution!

Once he completed his fifth evolution and became a Venerable Powerhouse, he would naturally have no fear of the Tier Five Marvel and could seize the silver ingot with confidence.

Afterward, even if he were pursued by the Venerable Powerhouses of the Evolution Divine Teachings, he could handle them with ease and wouldn’t have to flee in a panic.

Su Ze was confident that once he completed his fifth evolution, even as a newly-ascended Venerable, he would be anything but weak among their ranks.

At that point, the number of people on Blue Star who could threaten him would be small enough to count on one hand—only those few Legendary powerhouses who had evolved six times.

The Evolution Divine Teachings only had one such Legend: the Pope.

As long as the Pope didn’t get involved, he had no fear of any other powerhouse the Evolution Divine Teachings might send.

’I need to hurry!’

Su Ze swiftly absorbed the golden energy from the Sands of Time.

As the small fragments of the Sands of Time faded from gold into ordinary stone, one by one, the Evolutionary Material accumulated in Su Ze’s body was also rapidly digested.

Digesting Evolutionary Material with the golden energy was an instantaneous process.

The only time consumed was in the absorption of the golden energy, so the progress was incredibly fast.

In just two or three minutes, after Su Ze had absorbed most of the smaller fragments of the Sands of Time he carried, the Purple Bloodline Crystal inside his body was at last completely digested.

At this point, Su Ze had met all the prerequisites to attempt his fifth evolution!