The morning sunlight cast shadows of figures, and a gentle breeze carrying a hint of coolness swept in, distorting the figures on the deep blue color steel shed.
“Sorry to keep you waiting.”
Lu Bai ended his call with Xu Qiang, put down his mobile phone, and summoned Long Fang.
He showed a harmless smile and said softly: “Please, everyone.”
Hearing this, the three death fighters wearing large gold rings on the scene tensed up and silently prepared to act.
To be honest, none of them wanted to face Lu Bai this early.
The third round ability pool selection was about to begin.
For such a trio, one more round of ability selection meant three more abilities, which was surely more stable than fighting now no matter what.
So they had all planned to continue lying low, but Lu Bai had come knocking.
“It’s just that when you hid here last night, a little girl happened to spot your tracks. By the way, no need to specially go revenge on her; I’ve already dealt with her for you.”
With that, Lu Bai patted the non-existent dust off himself and casually walked toward the three.
Even though he did nothing while approaching, it forced the three death fighters to instinctively retreat repeatedly.
“Alright, no struggling. Failing to execute the death sentence will be recorded in your credit report.” Lu Bai cheerfully raised Long Fang.
“Smiling Face! You’re being a bit too arrogant.”
The man with the thumb ring’s expression changed several times, then he coldly snorted and quickly formed hand seals with both hands.
The next second, translucent feathers appeared out of thin air and slowly drifted down under his control.
To be fair, this scene looked very beautiful.
Unfortunately, Lu Bai had no intention of appreciating such a sight. After all, it was a gold level ability, with some uncertainty; no need to take risks.
Soon, a large amount of ink black spread out, surging and sweeping like a tide.
It was as if a rift connecting to the abyss had suddenly cracked open in this space.
In an instant, aside from the darkness, there was no color left around.
The Long Fang raised in Lu Bai’s hand fell, and the remaining distance was crossed by [Flash Time].
The translucent feathers quietly dispersed, but the other two death fighters could not see it.
“Big Brother!”
“What is this thing?! Everyone, be careful!”
Two exclamations came from the darkness in succession.
In truth, the three death fighters had pretty good mental resilience. Faced with such a sudden change of circumstance, they all performed quite calmly.
But it was of no use.
An exaggeratedly long katana slashed through the ink black.
After the dull thud of a heavy object falling, the ink black space became utterly silent, emanating an indescribable atmosphere of killing intent.
[Ding!]
[Points +6, Current Points: 108, Current Rank 1/51]
Lu Bai waved his hand to disperse the black, looking at the ranking data on the panel with great interest.
He hadn’t paid much attention before, but hearing the mechanical prompt made him notice that the elimination speed of death fighters was abnormal.
Excluding those he had taken out during this time, nearly ten death fighters had been eliminated in this short hour.
Without weapons of mass destruction, the death fighters were still scattered throughout the urban area.
It wasn’t easy to find them one by one, let alone eliminate so many.
It absolutely couldn’t be done by one person; even five or six people probably couldn’t without suitable abilities.
He rubbed his chin and slowly walked back to the path in the alley: “Could there be another team with an exaggerated number like the Survey Corps?”
He strolled through the alleys, and after a few minutes, a series of familiar mechanical prompts rang in his mind.
[Ding!]
[Current death fighter elimination rate has reached ninety percent.]
[Attention! Third Round Ability Pool has opened, selection available]
Lu Bai stopped, turned, and entered the vacant house on his left.
He found the bathroom, went in to wash his hands with soap, then opened the ability selection interface.
[Five Immortals Seeking Bestowal (Color): Select a target as an anchor point. When the target believes in their heart that you should have such power, you will substantially gain that power. When the target believes you are weak, you will receive corresponding weakening. Both enhancement and weakening depend on the target’s imagination. Note: Cooldown to change target is one hour.]
[Little Fairy Transformation (Color): Chant the incantation to transform into a little magic fairy using Balala energy. Can release magic shocks with kinetic energy exceeding six hundred joules out of thin air, and master numerous minor magics like conjuring milk tea. Note: Transformation lasts twenty-two seconds and cannot be interrupted by any means during it.]
[Purple Cloud Divine Thunder (Color): This is heavenly punishment, harmless to the innocent, exceptionally effective against ghosts, yin, demons, and evils. After selecting a target and a period of guidance, summon a thunderbolt from the nine heavens to slay immortals and gods. Note: This lightning law consumes a great deal from the user; use with caution.]
Lu Bai almost couldn’t resist selecting [Purple Cloud Divine Thunder] right away; after all, the name of this ability sounded cool enough.
He forcibly held back and carefully read through the descriptions of these three abilities.
He had to admit, color level abilities all had great power.
Even [Little Fairy Transformation], such a color ability, was strong enough.
Of course, the power wasn’t in that magic shock with six hundred joules of kinetic energy, since a casual pistol was close to that value.
This ability’s strength lay in the note: unable to be interrupted by any means. The implications of such a mandatory rule needed no explanation.
Very useful, but too embarrassing to use. Ruled out first.
As for the remaining [Five Immortals Seeking Bestowal] and [Purple Cloud Divine Thunder].
The latter’s dominance was unquestionable, but Lu Bai felt it didn’t suit him well.
The reason was simple: this ability was clearly single-target damage with significant consumption.
But he didn’t lack single-target killing means right now.
Using [Purple Cloud Divine Thunder] on death fighters would be like using a cannon on mosquitoes—overkill.
Not that it was bad, but it had little use in the modern setting of the deathmatch arena.
Activating [Flash Time] to slash someone with a knife versus fussing for a while to summon a thunderbolt to strike them dead—results-wise, no essential difference.
But [Five Immortals Seeking Bestowal] had too wide a range of potential, with way too much uncertainty.
Keep being a gambler?
Subjectively, Lu Bai leaned more toward [Five Immortals Seeking Bestowal], since this ability could, in a sense, pair a bit with [Ink Black].
He didn’t hesitate too long and ultimately selected [Five Immortals Seeking Bestowal].
He was a bit eager to see just how much this ability could enhance him.
Anyway,