Clone Ascension

Instructor Stone had been forcibly dragged away by FangBro,

leaving the three Linhaven Noble Academy students stunned and panicked.

But Adrian Talbot quickly regained his composure.

He reassured his two junior classmates:

“Teacher Stone is far stronger than that filthy Rovanian.

We don’t need to worry about him.”

Then he turned to Evan, smirking.

“So your companion left you behind because he thinks you can handle the three of us alone?”

Evan shook his head seriously.

“No, not at all.”

Adrian sneered.

“At least you know your limits.

Forget three—

I alone can crush you.”

Evan corrected him calmly:

“My companion didn’t leave because he thinks I can handle you three.

He left because he thinks I can beat the crap out of you three.”

Adrian froze—

then burst into laughter.

“You must be from Dongli, right?

Your uniform looks like their military academy gear.

You backwater kids always think you’re geniuses.

But if you came to any Linhaven academy,

you’d realize you’re not even worth a fart.”

The short‑skirt girl, half her teeth missing,

mumbled through her swollen face:

“Adrian… kill him… make him beg…”

The male student added mockingly:

“Even among Cocoon‑tier evolvers, there’s a difference.

Senior Adrian is from our Master Class.

You’re nothing compared to him.”

Evan sighed.

“You three talk way too much.

You sound exactly like villains who are about to get slapped.”

He was worried about FangBro,

so he wanted to finish this quickly.

Adrian handed the Treasure‑Seeker Rat’s chain to the male student.

He was preparing to fight personally.

He opened his mouth to taunt again—

but Evan had already lost patience.

Evan charged forward with Bull Rush,

fist raised.

To Adrian’s credit,

he actually caught the punch.

Evan’s eyes lit up.

“Impressive!”

Adrian spat blood immediately.

He had used a defensive skill—

and still got smashed hard enough to vomit blood.

Evan’s praise felt like the cruelest mockery.

“You insult me after I compliment you?”

Evan kicked him into the tunnel wall,

embedding him in the dirt.

“I don’t have a mom,

but even so,

you’re making me angry.”

The two junior students were stunned.

The girl’s mouth hung open—

the missing teeth clearly visible.

She seemed too shocked to even feel pain.

Evan hadn’t used a single skill—

yet he had crushed their “genius senior” instantly.

What kind of monster was this?

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Evan raised his fist again.

Adrian tried to block with his enlarged arm—

CRACK.

His arm snapped in several places.

Adrian screamed,

then roared in desperation.

Black fur sprouted across his body,

his frame expanding into a massive black bear.

He swung a huge paw at Evan.

Evan calmly activated Gravity Dust.

Golden particles spread beneath his feet.

The black bear’s movements slowed instantly—

as if an invisible force was dragging him down.

Evan punched again,

this time using gravity to amplify his strike.

The bear’s remaining arm shattered like glass.

Adrian howled,

reverting to human form,

and immediately used Earth‑Dive to escape.

But Evan had been waiting for this.

He knew someone in their group had Earth‑Dive—

and since Instructor Stone hadn’t used it earlier,

the skill had to belong to Adrian.

The moment Adrian sank into the ground,

Evan stomped down and unleashed Raging Myriad Tides.

The tunnel shook violently.

The shockwave blasted through the soil.

Underground, Adrian coughed blood

and fell into a stunned state.

Evan manipulated gravity,

dragging Adrian out of the earth

and smashing a fist into his forehead,

knocking him unconscious.

He had originally planned to kill him—

but then reconsidered.

If Instructor Stone survived,

killing these three would cause massive trouble.

Their families and Linhaven Noble Academy

would hunt him down.

And if FangBro was captured,

these three could serve as hostages.

So Evan spared Adrian’s life.

The remaining two students panicked and fled.

But they couldn’t Earth‑Dive.

The tunnel was short—

they hit a dead end instantly.

Evan didn’t bother talking.

A Gravity Chain shot out,

dragging both of them back.

He slapped each one across the face,

knocking them out cold.

“Where’s the Treasure‑Seeker Rat?” Evan muttered.

He searched around

and found only a broken chain.

The rat had escaped.

“Forget it.

I heard they’re hard to raise anyway.

A hundred ways to die.”

He shrugged and began looting.

As expected from rich Linhaven brats—

they were loaded.

He found two relics:

On Adrian: a Tier‑2 relic, a sharp claw the length of a hand

On the girl: a Tier‑3 relic, a leaf from a spirit plant

He didn’t test them.

Some relics had side effects,

and he needed to stay in peak condition.

He then searched their backpack.

Inside were:

multiple Tier‑1 and Tier‑2 extracts

beast materials

and several bottles of sweet‑smelling liquid

Evan opened one and sniffed.

Evolution Honey from Honey‑Pot Ants.

So they were the ones who scammed Old Hank.

Or at least part of the group.

Evan confiscated everything.

After finishing the looting,

he realized a problem—

He couldn’t leave.

He didn’t have Earth‑Dive.

Digging up eight hundred meters of soil

was impossible.

He could wake Adrian

and force him to take him up—

but Adrian would definitely try to escape.

So Evan decided to wait for FangBro.

He trusted FangBro’s survival ability.

While waiting,

he resumed digging the black soil.

He had already carved out thirty centimeters—

just a little more to reach the wooden earring.

Before long,

FangBro burst out of the ground.

Evan exhaled in relief.

“You’re finally back.

Where’s that old bastard?”

FangBro’s face was pale,

but his eyes were shining with excitement.

“Fed him to the spiders!”

He grinned proudly.

For the first time in his life,

he had defeated a same‑tier evolver—

with the help of a swarm of cave spiders.

He explained the battle:

He dragged Instructor Stone underground.

Stone attacked him repeatedly,

breaking the Earth‑Dive early.

But FangBro used his new S‑grade defensive skill,

Twin‑Shell Tortoise Armor,

to tank the hits.

Then he dragged Stone straight into the cave spider nest.

Once the spiders swarmed,

FangBro used Limb‑Shed Survival

to escape the webs

and watched Stone get poisoned, wrapped,

and turned into food storage.

Evan gave him a thumbs‑up.

“Awesome. FangBro, you’re insane.”

Then Evan’s expression hardened.

“Since Instructor Stone is dead,

we need to kill the three students too.”

FangBro nodded.

“I’ll handle it.

I’ll toss them into the spider nest.

They’ll die to beasts, not us.”

Perfect.

Evan resumed digging

while FangBro disposed of the unconscious students.

An hour later—

Evan finally reached it.

A black wooden earring

fell into his hand.

FangBro rushed over.

Both of them felt the powerful evolution energy inside.

“A storage artifact!” FangBro gasped.

Evan focused his mental power

and sensed a two‑cubic‑meter space inside.

A Heaven‑Earth Wood artifact.

And judging by the design,

its original owner was likely a woman.

Even better—

there were items stored inside.

“Let’s get out of here and divide the loot.”

Evan stored all the stolen goods

into the earring’s space

and followed FangBro to a safe underground cave.

They dumped everything out.

A wave of musty air hit them.

Inside were:

old clothes

rotten food

expired evolution medicine

dried herbs

and—

A box containing seven or eight extracts.

One of them glowed bright green.

A Tier‑4 extract.

FangBro trembled.

“I’ve never seen a Tier‑4 extract in my life…”

Evan, more experienced, stayed calm.

“Tier‑4 extracts don’t expire,

but after hundreds of years,

we should test them with instruments.

And the price varies a lot.

Low‑grade Tier‑4 extracts can be cheaper than high‑grade Tier‑3.

But if this one is B‑grade or above…”

He grinned.

“Then we’re rich.”