I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate-Chapter 65: Humans Are Uniquely Endowed

Su Ze and Mr. Ya were stunned numb by the impact of Thousandfold Fury. It felt as if their organs had been displaced, and blood flowed from their mouths and noses.

Su Ze even felt like the bones in his legs had cracked, but thankfully, his Regeneration Skill helped him recover quickly.

The Brahma River Crocodile’s signature skill, an area-of-effect ability combining both attack and control, certainly lived up to its reputation.

Seeing the Brahma River Crocodile’s gaping maw snap at them, neither Su Ze nor Mr. Ya panicked.

They both had aces up their sleeves.

Su Ze gripped the Head of the Wailer, about to bring it out, when he saw Mr. Ya take the initiative and throw a punch at the Brahma River Crocodile’s upper jaw. It looked like he was serving himself up on a platter.

CRACK! One of Mr. Ya’s arms was bitten off by the Brahma River Crocodile, and his blood stained the river red.

Yet Mr. Ya’s expression didn’t change as he calmly took a step back with Su Ze.

Su Ze looked at his arm again and saw it was still perfectly attached to his body. It seemed it wasn’t his arm that had been torn off.

But looking back at the Brahma River Crocodile, it was chewing on the arm with great relish.

"My skill is called ’Tail Cutting for Survival.’ What do you think?" Mr. Ya sounded a little smug.

"Pretty amazing. I suggest you open a beast farm."

Mr. Ya froze, not quite getting the joke.

But Su Ze pulled Mr. Ya back quickly, because the Brahma River Crocodile was lunging at them again.

By now, the effect of Su Ze’s Ant Power Skill had worn off. Relying on Needle Strike alone might not be enough to break a Tier 2 beast’s defense, so Su Ze chose to fall back for the time being and wait for his Ant Power Skill’s cooldown.

After using the Ant Power Skill, his body would secrete an acidic substance that made his muscles ache all over. This lasted for dozens of seconds. Only after his muscles returned to normal could he use the Ant Power Skill again.

Su Ze mentally reviewed his shortcomings. ’In the end, I just have too few skills, too few methods of attack.’

’The combo of "Ant Power" and "Needle Strike" has high burst damage, but its area of effect is too small. If I don’t hit a vital spot, its effectiveness is extremely limited.’

’Against a thick-skinned beast like the Brahma River Crocodile, poking a few holes in it has almost no major effect.’

He really, desperately needed a skill with a larger area of effect.

Next, Mr. Ya used his Water Escape Skill again to dodge one of the Brahma River Crocodile’s lunges, successfully buying them more than ten seconds.

Huh?

Su Ze was suddenly surprised to find that the after-effects of his Ant Power Skill had almost completely disappeared.

He remembered that it used to last for over forty seconds before the muscle soreness would fade, but this time it had only taken a little over twenty.

Su Ze carefully sensed the condition inside his body and immediately knew the reason.

The Regeneration Core in his mind was continuously emitting high-level life energy, dispelling the soreness in his muscles.

The evolved Regeneration Skill had a more comprehensive healing effect, claiming to be able to treat all injuries. Apparently, the after-effects of the Ant Power Skill were also being treated as a type of "injury" and healed by the Regeneration Body.

Su Ze was delighted. ’This is equivalent to shortening the cooldown time of my "Ant Power" skill!’

’I never thought the evolved Regeneration Skill would have this kind of effect.’

One shouldn’t underestimate this reduction of twenty-odd seconds in cooldown. For Su Ze at his current stage, the Ant Power Skill was the foundation of his burst damage. Shortening Ant Power’s cooldown was equivalent to shortening his output Gap Period.

Once the Ant Power Skill’s cooldown finished, Su Ze immediately directed Mr. Ya to coordinate with him for a second round of attacks.

Su Ze faced the Brahma River Crocodile directly and raised the Head of the Wailer, causing the beast to become briefly dazed from the mental assault.

Mr. Ya immediately used his Water Escape Skill to bring Su Ze above the Brahma River Crocodile’s head.

Su Ze activated "Ant Power" again, and combining it with "Needle Strike," he thrust a finger down at the Brahma River Crocodile’s forehead.

A crisp sound rang out, like a watermelon being punctured, and a bloody hole appeared on the Brahma River Crocodile’s forehead. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

A sharp Qi Force churned into its brain, mixing the red and white matter into a pulp.

The light in the Brahma River Crocodile’s eyes quickly faded, and its large tail fell limp.

"We did it!"

Mr. Ya’s eyes shone with excitement. In his thirty years of life, this was the first time he had ever hunted a beast.

Although he didn’t get the kill, his support had played a crucial role.

At that moment, Mr. Ya’s live stream chat had already exploded. Viewers were frantically spamming the chat.

"I almost thought I’d entered the wrong stream!"

"Is this Ya Paopao’s stream? The style feels all wrong!"

"Ya, you’ve changed!"

"Our Ya is mainly playing support, all the damage comes from the top donor bro."

"Top donor bro is awesome! I think I just saw the red light of evolution on him."

"Top donor bro 666, killing a Tier 2 beast while still in the Pupa Stage!"

"To the guy above, you’re not giving any credit to our Ya."

"Does anyone know who this top donor bro is? What’s his deal?"

The viewers in the live stream knew that Mr. Ya had been accompanying his top donor for the past two days, but they knew nothing about the man’s identity.

After all, Su Ze had never shown his face on camera.

The hunt was a success. Next was to harvest the spoils, but neither Su Ze nor Mr. Ya had brought a portable extractor.

Mr. Ya had never had a use for such a thing, and Su Ze hadn’t bought one.

They could only use Water Escape to return to the boat and borrow an extractor from a crew member.

Mr. Ya went underwater alone to draw out the extract and harvest useful materials from the Brahma River Crocodile’s body. Su Ze didn’t go back down with him.

Su Ze stood on the deck, reviewing the battle in his mind.

’Even though I killed a Tier 2 beast while being a lower level, it was only with Mr. Ya’s support.’

’Could I have done it without Mr. Ya’s help?’

’Definitely, but it would have been extremely dangerous. I might have even had to detonate my Regeneration Core.’

’If I had one or two more powerful skills, I should be able to take it down with confidence...’ Su Ze had this confidence, but he didn’t get complacent because of it.

The Brahma River Crocodile was only a Tier 2, C-class beast, not considered one of the stronger Tier 2 beasts.

Liou Wenxin had once told him that humans were inherently a more blessed race than beasts and Spiritual Plants. The skills used by human evolvers were a level higher than those of same-tier beasts and Spiritual Plants.

Take Su Ze, for example. He was only in the Pupa Stage, corresponding to a Tier 1 beast, yet he possessed the Regeneration Skill of a Tier 2 beast. Theoretically, he should be able to crush same-tier beasts.

However, at the Extraordinary level, human evolvers hadn’t fully matured yet and hadn’t accumulated enough of an advantage. Meanwhile, beasts and Spiritual Plants were naturally stronger than humans in terms of physical size and other aspects.

This led to a situation where most evolvers held no obvious advantage against same-tier beasts.

Only a few geniuses could crush same-tier beasts, or even fight and defeat beasts of a higher evolutionary level.

’I wonder if, after I absorb four full tubes of extract during my Pupa Stage, I’ll be able to fight and defeat a Tier 2, S-class beast...’

From this battle, Su Ze also confirmed that teaming up with Mr. Ya had its merits. Their skills were perfectly complementary.

Or rather, someone like Mr. Ya would be a good support for any powerful, damage-oriented evolver.

With Mr. Ya around, one didn’t have to worry about their own safety and could focus completely on dealing damage.

Su Ze didn’t have to wait long before Mr. Ya emerged from the water with an excited expression, holding a tube of Tier 2 extract and a variety of miscellaneous materials.