Third-Round Deathmatch Showdown

Under the direction of faculty members with megaphones, the waiting students began to enter in an orderly manner.

The students present had already engaged in two rounds of Deathmatch Showdown, and were no longer as boisterous as they had been in the first two rounds.

The Multi-purpose Venue was, to say the least, eerily quiet.

At most, you could hear some hushed conversations.

Amid the murmurs, a commotion arose at the entrance.

A procession dressed in ancestral worship uniforms walked in.

They all wore name tags on their chests, and each person had a different expression, but none of them showed cowardice.

"It's 05A."

"Du Jingxian, Wu Yunqiu... and the Yang sisters, there are quite a few impressive guys in our class this year."

"Tch, don't be fooled by the large number of people in Class A; only a handful can be considered elites."

A young man walked into the venue like a crane among chickens. He was only considered handsome, but his demeanor was confident and composed, and his aura seemed to infect those around him.

"Yue Jun!"

"Yue Jun from Class 05A."

"I heard he got third place in the last round, which would definitely make him a star even in other campuses, right?"

"Wait, did you guys forget there's one more?"

You mean?

"That guy from Class 05B."

"Are you here? Where are you?"

Lu Bai moved a small stool to a corner, rested his chin on his hand, and listened with a smile to the people's flattery.

"Lu Bai, over here."

Not far away, a hot female classmate suddenly waved at Lu Bai.

Lu Bai politely returned the Smiling Face without getting up.

He didn't know the girl's name, but he vaguely remembered her and knew she was a classmate.

Anyway, that was all there was to their relationship, and he couldn't be bothered to pursue a deeper connection.

Hiss...

A gasp was heard from the side.

Is this Lu Bai?

The people gathered around unconsciously dispersed.

Indeed, the overall academic performance of this year's Zudian Campus was very poor.

Even the worst school has top students, and even the best school has poor students.

The Zudian Campus is certainly not full of useless people like Fan Ding. There are quite a few elites who have made it into the top ten in Deathmatch Showdown.

Among these elites, Lu Bai is undoubtedly the most remarkable.

The students present all glanced into the corner, seemingly unintentionally, wanting to see what made him so good.

Winning first place once can be attributed to good luck, but winning first place twice in a row is something that can't be simply attributed to luck.

No one would be jealous; faced with such a high-potential stock, everyone would be too busy trying to curry favor with it.

The faculty members saw Lu Bai sitting in the corner, hesitated for a moment, and did not force him to come to the designated spot.

It's perfectly normal for geniuses to have a few privileges.

The staff member quickly convinced himself to leave after counting the number of people.

Bang~

"Ahem, everyone, please relax and stay calm..."

Acting Director Liang Fuzhong sat on the stage, making polite and perfunctory remarks.

Without keeping everyone waiting too long, as the second hand reached zero,

The third round of the Deathmatch Showdown arrived as scheduled.

A mechanical prompting tone echoed in everyone's mind.

[Bite!]

[The third round of the Deathmatch Showdown has begun.]

[Teleportation initiated!]

[Deathmatch Arena ID: 87****4328]

[Username: Rename26LB (Cannot be changed at this time)]

[Main Title: Innocent Smile (Two Star)]

[Subtitles: Frenzied Slaughter (4-star), Ultimate Murderer (4-star)]

[Talent: 38.4]

[Current Points: 0]

[Current ranking: 500/500]

[Abilities: Flash Time, Ink Dye]

[Note! The first round of the Ability Pool is now open and you can select one.]

Before Lu Bai could even observe his surroundings, he concealed his two secondary titles and immediately suppressed the intense killing intent emanating from his body.

It's not that I think having three titles is too flashy; I just don't want to scare people.

His experience from the second round taught him that if he displayed all three titles, it would easily lead to him not encountering a single deathmatch for a long time.

Open the first round of Ability Pool selection.

Three semi-transparent Data Panel were immediately projected onto his retina.

[Late-stage Expert (Gold): Upon reaching the third round of ability selection, you will directly acquire three abilities from the Ability Pool.]

[Titan's Resolve (Gold): During combat, gain a 4% damage bonus for each attack received, stacking up to 25 times. Stacks reset upon exiting combat.]

[Drunken Kill (Gold): Drinking alcohol increases the damage of the next attack; the damage increase depends on the amount of alcohol consumed.]

Gold level?

After all, having [Flash Time] and [Ink Dye], his need for the Ability Pool wouldn't be too high. Even if he had bad luck and got three useless abilities, he could accept it.

Of course, it would be even better if it could enhance the overall effect.

That said, the three abilities provided in this round of Ability Pool are neither bad nor particularly good; mediocre is a more appropriate description.

[Titan's Resolve] only increases attack power when attacked, and at most, it only doubles the damage.

Lu Bai disliked torturing himself and was the first to abandon this option.

As for [Drunken Kill], honestly, even if a normal person drinks freely, how much can they really drink?

His stomach isn't a bottomless pit, and after drinking, it only provides temporary relief, so it's hard to say how much use it really is.

The final [Late-stage Expert] seems promising based on the description, but a little thought reveals that this ability isn't as outstanding as one might imagine.

By normally selecting three abilities, you will gain three different abilities.

I chose the [Late-stage Expert] class, which sounds like it would give me five abilities in the end, but in reality, I can only use four of them.

Moreover, the level of the third round of Ability Pool is not fixed, and not all three abilities may be useful.

If you encounter a third round with a colored-level Ability Pool, you'll definitely make a huge profit.

But what if it were silver, or even white?

Putting aside the danger of not having any progress in the early stages, the unstable returns alone are enough to make a normal deathmatch player abandon this option.

Therefore, Lu Bai decisively chose [Late-stage Expert].

He's not a typical deathmatch fighter.

While choosing his abilities, Lu Bai kept glancing at his surroundings out of the corner of his eye.

There were no neon lights, cars, or skyscrapers.

I didn't even see any wooden houses or tiled roofs.

Before your eyes lies a deep, dark green forest.

The gnarled and ancient trees are arranged in a pleasing, orderly fashion, and the vegetation is lush.

Several withered wild mushrooms have sprouted along the edge of the rotten, collapsed tree stump.

Isn't this a modern-day Deathmatch Arena?

Lu Bai looked up; the dense foliage allowed only a few pitiful rays of sunlight to penetrate, barely enough to make it clear that it was afternoon.

He randomly chose a direction and walked through the weeds, hoping to find traces of human activity.

He hadn't wandered around for long when he suddenly heard what sounded like a vague, incomprehensible... mumbling?

I couldn't understand the content, or rather, there was no content at all.

But he was certain it wasn't a mountain breeze.

He immediately stopped and looked around.

He quickly found the source of the rambling.

It was a Pitch-black Snake coiled on an old tree.

A pair of reddish-brown vertical pupils were staring at Lu Bai with an extremely human-like gaze...