The Explosive Grenade

The abilities gained in each round of the Ability Pool may not be able to exert their intended effect for various reasons.

Such occurrences are not uncommon.

But to have one's abilities inexplicably stripped away is absolutely unprecedented.

Faced with this situation, even after several rounds of Deathmatch Showdown, the suave, sophisticated man in a suit still found it difficult to control the shock in his heart.

He instinctively wanted to go over and ask the other deathmatchers.

Was it that all the abilities of the fighters present had failed, or was it only his and his companions' abilities that failed?

The two answers represent completely different meanings.

He and the girl with the bow hair clip hurriedly pushed through the crowd and ran to the side of a white-collar worker with the title "Swift Minion" on his head.

The fighters mingled in the crowd, appearing as tense as ordinary citizens, but in reality, they were all secretly watching the surrounding movements.

Noticing two deathmatchers approaching, Swift Minion immediately tensed up, ready to strike at any moment.

"Friend, don't be nervous, we mean no harm."

After a brief reassurance, the suave young man cut to the chase and asked, "Are you still able to use your abilities normally?"

What do you mean by that?

Swift Minion did not relax.

However, after hearing the dandy's words, he couldn't help but glance at his system interface.

However, when he saw the information on his personal interface, even though he realized that he shouldn't show weakness in front of unfamiliar deathmatchers, he couldn't help but slightly change his expression.

Swift Minion's change in expression was so obvious that the dandy already knew the answer without needing to reply.

"Really."

The suave young man didn't hide his heavy heart, and said solemnly, "It seems that our abilities have all been stripped away by some strange power."

Swift Minion decided not to hide anything and pressed further, "Your abilities are also...?"

The dandy nodded, looked around, his gaze sweeping over every fighter mingling in the evacuation crowd, finally settling on Lu Bai atop an armored vehicle.

Without turning his head, he asked, "Brother Ma, who do you think is behind this?"

Swift Minion followed his gaze to Lu Bai, his mind in turmoil. "This... this situation is impossible, right? Could a deathmatch really have done this?"

It's not fair to blame them for being emotionally unstable.

They were all seasoned fighters who had gone through several rounds of Deathmatch Showdown, and they could remain calm even when walking into the crime scene of a psychopathic killer.

The reason for such panic is simply that this is the first time I've encountered something so unbelievable. Even the most calculating person would find it impossible to remain calm.

If there really is such an ability, it's the ability to disable the abilities of other deathmatchers.

The effect is perhaps a bit too overpowering.

How is this any different from what happens to a system administrator?

Even Replicant shouldn't be able to reach this level, right?

The suave guy let out a long sigh of relief, "Let's try to confirm it."

"Has it been noticed?"

Lu Bai glanced at the spot where the three deathmatchers were gathered, raising an eyebrow slightly.

He sat cross-legged on an armored vehicle, allowing him to easily observe his surroundings.

The fact that the three fighters were talking together seemed particularly out of place to him.

They probably noticed that their abilities were being read, and they're currently verifying each other's abilities.

However, even though he had guessed this possibility, Lu Bai didn't pay too much attention to it.

Because it's unnecessary.

After he acquired the Black-level ability [Save/Load], his opponents in Deathmatch Showdown were no longer those deathmatch fighters.

Neither the Deathmatchers nor the Replicant could pose a threat to him.

Based on this, when faced with the dandy looking at him, he calmly met his gaze and even returned a friendly smile.

After the eye contact ended, he stopped paying attention to these powerless fighters and turned to continue searching for new ones.

[Meng Jiang Nü's Lament (Gold): When the user cries out in anguish before a city wall, the wall will gradually begin to collapse; the more heartbroken the crying, the faster the wall crumbles.]

[Cupid's Power (Gold): Summons a magnificent bow. Consuming a certain amount of stamina allows you to draw the bowstring, conjuring two arrows of love. The two targets struck by these arrows will have their mutual affection increased tenfold.]

"Tsk."

Lu Bai rubbed his temples helplessly.

Gold level abilities are basically complete supernatural powers, at most they are slightly weaker in effect compared to color-level abilities.

Unlike the Silver level, it doesn't have obvious flaws or only work wonders in specific situations.

However, precisely because of this, it is naturally not as easy as Silver level abilities to assemble a sufficiently powerful skill set.

At least, the nearly thirty golden abilities that Lu Bai has acquired over this period have not yielded ideal results when combined.

The vehicles of the Action Department drove back and forth through the city streets with loudspeakers blaring, repeatedly broadcasting emergency evacuation announcements.

Thanks to official promotion, Lu Bai's image as Guardian God is widely known.

Some more optimistic citizens would wave to Lu Bai or take out their phones to take pictures of him when they saw him.

Of course, this is also because, for the time being, the situation is not too critical.

The evacuation of residents from the city was merely a precautionary measure.

The flames and smoke rising from Keshan University of Arts, along with the accompanying roars, did not cause panic among the staff and citizens on the road, and the evacuation work continued in an orderly manner.

It was in this tense yet orderly environment that...

A grenade suddenly exploded on the crowded street.

The residents who were initially relatively calm around the explosion were suddenly thrown into a state of intense panic by the explosion at such close range.

To be honest, with such a dense crowd, the kill radius of a grenade explosion is actually limited to a very small area.

Unfortunately, once the chaos erupted, the trampling and shoving among the surrounding crowd caused the casualty figures to skyrocket.

Captain Mao, who had been dozing in the armored vehicle, couldn't sit still any longer. He jumped out of the vehicle, his face full of anger. "What's going on?!"

However, no sooner had he uttered the curse than he saw another grenade being thrown from the spot where the explosion had occurred.

Noticing the rapidly falling grenade, Captain Mao's mind raced with conflicting emotions, which ultimately coalesced into a hysterical shout, "Get down!!!"

The next second, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lu Bai's figure suddenly appeared in mid-air.

The grenade, which was falling, rose rapidly into the air at an even faster speed than it was falling.

Bang!

With a loud bang, the grenade exploded dozens of meters above the ground, scattering fragments like fireworks.