The Fifth Deathmatch Showdown
The next day.
As usual, Lu Bai arrived at the school on time, checked in, and then went to the training venue to warm up.
Even though today is indeed the day for Deathmatch Showdown, no one would have any doubts about it.
After all, the work of the Assessment Department only gets a little busier near the end of the semester; otherwise, it's quite leisurely.
After working up a sweat in the training hall, Lu Bai left the hall and headed towards the Desheng Tower.
Beep~
After registering his ID on the LCD screen at the entrance of Desheng Tower, Lu Bai originally planned to choose the room he had used last time, but unfortunately, that room was already occupied.
He had no choice but to walk around the corridor and randomly choose an empty room to enter.
It's worth mentioning that, regardless of the room, unless otherwise specified, the interior decoration is extremely luxurious, with the chairs and various displays exuding an air of wealth.
He sat down on the sofa, and before he had to wait long, a sweet female voice rang out in the room again.
"Hello, Team Leader Lu, I haven't received your appointment. Are you here for Deathmatch Showdown?"
Lu Bai glanced around but couldn't find the microphone, so he simply spoke up.
"Let's make an appointment now."
A moment later.
"Team Leader Lu has made an appointment for you. I am Qu Yawen from the Internal Affairs Department. I will be serving you this time. Please feel free to ask me any questions you may have."
Thirty-six minutes remain until your Deathmatch Showdown begins. We hope you can relax and be in good form...
As the woman's voice spoke, the speakers hidden in the room began playing soft piano music in surround sound.
It's no exaggeration to say that if there are any musical requirements, as long as you give advance notice, they will even find professional musicians to play live for the deathmatchers.
However, Lu Bai didn't care much about this; it didn't matter whether he listened or not.
He closed his eyes, lay back on the sofa, and stopped talking, quietly waiting for the time to come.
Time ticked by, and the moment the clock struck, a cold, mechanical voice echoed in his mind.
[Bite!]
[The fifth round of the Deathmatch Showdown has begun.]
[Teleportation initiated!]
[Deathmatch Arena ID: 92****6327]
[Username: Clever Mephisto]
[Main title equipped: Innocent Smile (4-star)]
[Subtitles already equipped: Frenzied Slaughter (4-star), Ultimate Murderer (4-star)]
[Talent: 125.6]
[Current Points: 0]
[Current ranking: 200/200]
[Abilities:?, Flash Time, Ink Dye, Mental Time Chamber]
[Note! The first round of the Ability Pool is now open and you can select one.]
After opening his eyes, Lu Bai did not check the first round of Ability Pool. Instead, as usual, he hid the two secondary titles to avoid scaring away others with his murderous aura.
Looking around, he quickly realized he was in a rented room.
The room was fairly clean, but the musty smell mixed with the smell of laundry detergent in the air was inexplicably pungent.
A set of dark blue tracksuits lay neatly folded on the bedside table.
He glanced at the entryway; there was only one pair of shoes.
A bunch of keys was hanging on the wall in the entryway. Judging from the cheap oval buttons on the keys, they seemed to belong to a small electric scooter.
Was the assigned identity of living alone randomly selected this time?
Lu Bai nodded thoughtfully. That's fine too.
Once he confirmed that he was in a safe environment, he turned his attention back to the system interface and began the first round of Ability Pool selection.
The Deathmatch System had no delay; the instant he clicked to select, three semi-transparent Data Panel immediately appeared in front of his retina.
[Sign-in System): Every week during the Deathmatch Arena, you can check in once. Completing the check-in will grant you rewards, with the highest reward being Gold level item or ability.]
[Maoshan Daoism): After acquiring this ability, the fighter can use Maoshan Daoism to exorcise ghosts, subdue demons, and deliver the souls of the dead. It can also cure diseases, exorcise evil spirits, perform rituals at burial sites, and observe mountains.]
[Holy Lord Dragonization): Bathing in dragon blood, one gains a portion of the Holy Lord's power, transforming into a three-zhang-tall half-dragon human with dark green skin, dragon scales covering his body. He can breathe fire, his eyes can generate electricity, he is as swift as a rabbit, as levitating as a chicken, as invisible as a snake, and as strong as an ox. Please note that this dragon transformation is irreversible.]
Well...
Lu Bai subconsciously ruled out the last one, [the Holy Lord's Dragon Transformation], mainly because he found the irreversible aspect hard to accept.
Whether someone is strong or not is just a matter of one version, but whether someone is handsome or not is for a lifetime.
Moreover, becoming a nearly ten-meter-tall half-dragon is indeed inconvenient in many ways.
As for that [Sign-in System]...
Lu Bai had paid special attention to this kind of systematic capability.
In the Deathmatch System's ability pool, items like the Armory and the Sign-in System can be found in the four tiers of Ability Pool: white, silver, gold, and rainbow.
Compared to the stability of the Armory, the Sign-in System, regardless of its level, is actually not highly regarded by most deathmatch players.
The luck factor in this Sign-in System is just too strong.
If you're lucky enough to draw Gold level rewards for several weeks in a row, those rewards are indeed stronger than single-color abilities.
The problem is that the probability is too slim.
Moreover, signing in takes time, and no deathmatch fighter dares to guarantee how long a Deathmatch Showdown will last.
If it only lasts a week or two, then choosing a Sign-in System is a complete waste.
After eliminating them one by one, Lu Bai realized that the only option he could choose seemed to be [Maoshan Daoism].
Although the ability description doesn't suggest it's particularly powerful, its strength lies in its well-rounded nature.
"Select."
The moment he acquired the Maoshan Daoism, a large number of incantations and spells flooded into Lu Bai's mind.
The finger-counting incantation seemed to have become muscle memory for him; with a thought, he could form the appropriate hand seals.
He sat there and familiarized himself with each one, but to his disappointment, these techniques did not have the powerful effects described in the descriptions.
The only truly powerful one is Taishang Laojun's urgent command, but even that doesn't have any earth-shattering effect.
But,
That's enough.
Let's borrow the abilities of other deathmatchers instead.
After finishing with his abilities, Lu Bai got up and searched the room, finding an old cell phone and a bunch of warranty documents, including an electric scooter driver's license.
He opened his phone and checked social media platforms and apps related to daily life. "The identity I was randomly assigned was that of a young man who dropped out of high school, whose parents had died, was eighteen years old, and was now working as a food delivery driver to barely make ends meet."
Lu Bai's eyelids twitched involuntarily.
This time, he's once again a self-employed individual who dropped out of school early. He feels like his random identity template is about to become fixed.