My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 133 - 132: Third Round Deathmatch Duel

Under the direction of the faculty member holding a megaphone, the waiting students began to enter the venue in an orderly manner.

The students present had already gone through two rounds of death duels and were no longer as boisterous as in the previous rounds.

The Tri-Use Conference Hall wasn’t overly quiet, but not far from it.

At most, some hushed discussions could be heard.

Amidst the discussions, a commotion erupted at the entrance.

A team wearing Zudian uniforms walked in.

They all had nameplates on their chests, each with a different expression, but none showing any timidity.

"It’s 05A."

"Du Jingshan, Wu Yunqiu... and the Yang Sisters, there are many impressive ones in our batch."

"Tch, don’t be fooled by the number of people in Class A, only a few can be considered elite."

A male student walked into the hall standing out like a crane among chickens. His looks were merely handsome, but his demeanor was confident and composed, exuding an aura that seemed to affect those around him.

"Yue Jun!"

"Yue Jun from Class 05A."

"I heard he achieved third place in the last round, and even at other campuses, he’s definitely considered a prominent figure?"

"Wait, are you forgetting someone?"

"Are you referring to?"

"The one from Class 05B."

"Has he arrived? Where is he?"

Lv Bai sat in a corner on a small stool, resting his chin in one hand, listening with a smile to the praises being sung about him.

"Lv Bai, this way."

Not far away, a strikingly attractive female classmate waved at Lv Bai.

Lv Bai returned her wave with a polite smile, without getting up.

He didn’t know the girl’s name, just vaguely remembered she was a classmate.

Anyway, their relationship was merely at that level, and he wasn’t inclined to engage further.

Sss...

A sound of inhalation came from nearby.

This is that Lv Bai?

The people gathered around unwittingly dispersed.

Indeed, the overall performance of the Zudian Campus this year was poor.

But even in a poor school, there are top students, and even in a better school, there are poor ones.

Zudian Campus certainly wasn’t all like Fan Ding, and there were quite a few elites who made it to the top ten in the death duels.

Among these elites, the most eye-catching was Lv Bai.

The students present all subconsciously glanced towards the corner, wanting to see what made him so strong.

Achieving first place once could be attributed to luck, but getting first place in two consecutive rounds wasn’t that simple.

No one would be jealous; there wasn’t even enough time to cling to such a high-potential stock.

The faculty member saw Lv Bai sitting in the corner, hesitated for a moment, but did not forcibly order him to move to the designated spot.

For a genius, having some privileges was too normal.

The faculty member quickly convinced himself, and after counting the number of students, he quickly left the venue.

Bam~

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

Acting Director Liang Fuzhong sat on the podium, saying the formal words with an air of propriety.

Without making everyone wait too long, as the second hand reset to zero,

the third round of death duels arrived as scheduled.

A mechanical prompt sounded in everyone’s mind.

[Ding!]

[The third round of death duels has begun.]

[Teleportation starting!]

...

[Death Arena Number: 87****4328]

[Username: Rename26LB (temporarily unchangeable)]

[Primary Title: Innocent Smile (Two-Star)]

[Secondary Titles: Mad Slaughter (Four Star), Ultimate Killing Demon (Four Star)]

[Talent: 38.4]

[Current Points: 0]

[Current Ranking: 500/500]

[Abilities: Flash Time, All Ink]

[Attention! First-round Ability Pool has been opened, selection available]

Lv Bai did not have time to observe the surroundings and immediately hid the two secondary titles, restraining the dense killing intent emanating from his body.

It wasn’t that he thought flaunting three titles was too ostentatious; he just didn’t want to scare others.

The experience from the second round taught him that if he displayed all three titles, he would find it hard to encounter a Death Fighter.

He opened the ability pool selection for the first round.

Three semi-transparent data panels immediately filled his retinas.

[Late-Stage Expert (Golden): Upon selecting abilities in the third round, directly obtain three abilities from the pool.]

[Titan’s Determination (Golden): In combat, for every attack received, gain a 4% damage increase, up to twenty-five layers, resets after disengagement.]

[Wine Kill (Golden): Drinking alcohol increases the damage of the next attack, with the increase depending on the amount of alcohol consumed.]

Golden Level, huh?

Having [Flash Time] and [All Ink], his demand for the ability pool wasn’t very high; even if he drew three useless abilities purely by chance, he could accept it.

Of course, it would be better to add icing on the cake.

Speaking of, the three abilities offered in this round’s ability pool are neither particularly bad nor particularly good, more like mediocre.

[Titan’s Determination] requires getting hit to increase attack, and at most, doubles the damage.

Lv Bai disliked torturing himself, so he immediately ruled out this option.

As for [Wine Kill], honestly, how much can a normal person drink, even if they drink openly?

His stomach wasn’t a bottomless pit, and after drinking, there’s only one powerful attack, not much use.

The last one, [Late-Stage Expert], seemed promising from its description, but thinking a bit revealed that it wasn’t as excellent as it seemed.

Normally selecting abilities across three rounds would result in obtaining three abilities.

Choosing [Late-Stage Expert] might initially sound like ending up with five abilities, but in reality, only four could be used.

Moreover, the third-round ability pool’s level isn’t fixed; the three abilities might not even be useful.

Should the third round’s ability pool turn out to be at the Color Level, sure, it would be a win.

But what if it’s Silver, or even White?

Not only would the lack of any early boost be incredibly dangerous, but the unstable gain alone is enough for any reasonable Death Fighter to abandon this choice.

So Lv Bai decisively selected [Late-Stage Expert].

After all, he wasn’t a normal Death Fighter.

...

While selecting abilities, Lv Bai kept glancing at his surroundings out of the corner of his eye.

There were no neon lights, cars, or skyscrapers.

Not even wooden shacks were in sight.

All he saw was a verdant forest radiating a dark green aura.

The ancient, robust trees were staggered and dense with vegetation. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Rotting and collapsed tree stumps had a few withered wild mushrooms growing on the edges.

Isn’t this round of the Death Arena set in a modern backdrop?

Lv Bai looked up, the dense foliage allowed only scant sunlight through, barely enough to judge that it should be afternoon.

He randomly chose a direction and walked forward through the underbrush, intending to see if there were any signs of human activity.

He hadn’t wandered long before he suddenly heard what seemed to be an indistinct and unintelligible... murmur near his ear?

He couldn’t comprehend it, or rather, there was nothing to comprehend.

But he was sure it wasn’t some mountain wind.

He immediately stopped and looked around,

and quickly found the source of the murmurs.

It was a dark serpent coiled on an ancient tree.

Its pair of reddish-brown vertical pupils were fixed on Lv Bai with a gaze full of human-like intent...