Department Store, Rooftop.
Guo Mi tossed away the lady's cigarette in her hand and tiptoed to extinguish it: "Why isn't he back yet?"
"Probably delayed by that kid Peng Qi again. Yang Bo went down with him, what's there to worry about." Old Song smiled ingratiatingly.
But he shouldn't have spoken. Instead, his words made Guo Mi's expression a bit uncertain.
"Yang Bo is not as unreliable as Peng Qi."
...
Ding dong~
Lv Bai walked out of the elevator door, glanced around, and muttered, "If there's no one on this floor either, then only the rooftop is left."
After dealing with Yang Bo and Peng Qi, he searched floor by floor like this.
Along the way, he even took some time to wash his face and change clothes, just like returning to his own home.
Normal elevators certainly can't go directly to the rooftop, so Lv Bai dashed toward the adjacent emergency exit as soon as he left the elevator.
The stairway railing was somewhat rundown and old, with black grime filling the tile gaps on the steps.
When this department store was operational, the rooftop was always sealed off for safety reasons, making it no exaggeration to say it was rarely visited.
Everything seemed quite ordinary, except for... the pervasive and nauseating scent of blood!
As if a pungent cocktail mixed with rust had been heated to boiling on an induction cooker, the scent of blood was so intense it filled every inch of the passageway.
It's hard to imagine how many bodies could be the source of this bloody smell.
Lv Bai held his breath and quickened his pace.
Rounding the corner, the sight that met his eyes was fragmented flesh, bones with red ligaments, and other objects, filling the entire escape passage, with blood flowing everywhere, making it hard to find a place to step.
The "emergency exit" at his feet emitted a faint green light, making this area appear like a ghostly cavern.
Lv Bai exhaled a breath of turbid air, took two steps to traverse the space, and ran up to the rooftop.
"Who are you?" Old Song stared, dumbfounded, at Lv Bai who suddenly appeared.
After suffering before, Lv Bai didn't act carelessly.
Without another word, he first swung a sword at Old Song.
"Go!"
However, the moment Guo Mi saw Lv Bai, she swiftly lit a cigarette.
[Floating Euphoria (Silver): During smoking, can reduce its own mass to as low as one percent.]
She had no illusions, directly turned sideways, and flipped over the railing.
"But that's the tenth floor..." Seeing this, Lv Bai felt a twinge of toothache.
Although he mused that if he followed and jumped down, as long as he didn't land on his head, he should still be salvageable, the risk was indeed not small: "...No need, no need."
He turned to glance at Old Song, who was more struggling than alive, decided to go back, and gave Old Song another slash, ending his suffering.
[Points +1, Current Points: 6, Current Rank: 1/200]
A mechanical voice rang nearly simultaneously in Lv Bai's mind, a sound he'd heard many times before, quite familiar.
However, this time the voice didn't stop there.
A series of similar mechanical prompts followed closely.
[Ding!]
[Current Death Fighter elimination rate has reached sixty percent.]
[Notice! The second-round Ability Pool has been opened, selection can be made]
...
"3."
"6."
"Bomb!"
"Don't." "Pass."
"Pair of 2's."
"Damn, can you play or not? Playing this way?!"
In a reception room, three men in black suits and sunglasses sat around playing cards.
Compared to most Death Fighters who were hiding everywhere, these three enjoyed themselves like they were on vacation.
Suddenly, the three fell silent simultaneously.
After a while, a bald man looked at the man opposite him and said, "Boss, I lost first place."
"Didn't you already take out five?"
The boss raised his brows, his expression hidden by his sunglasses: "There's someone like that in the initial round? Could he also be fishing for easy targets?"
...
School building, first-floor restroom.
From a stall in the corner came an uncontrollable burst of wild laughter.
"Hahaha! Bet on it! I'm taking off! Woohoo!!!"
On this guy's ability panel, there was an introduction for an ability.
[Three-named House Slave (Silver): There is no familial sentiment to speak of, but you can justifiably become the godson of everyone.]
Just from looking at this ability introduction, to be honest, there's hardly anything more useless.
Even without this ability, if you shamelessly wanted, you could call someone else your father.
But the reason he was so excited was not because he'd gone mad.
Instead, it was because, in the second round's Ability Pool, he saw another useless ability.
[Unemployed Youth (Silver): Your parents will automatically avoid discussing you when talking to others, deliberately ignoring your existence.]
"Haha, there are no useless abilities, only useless Death Fighters! Even with only Silver Level abilities, I can use them as Color Level!"
...
"Hmm? Why is it golden again."
Lv Bai's legs hung in the air as he sat on the outside of the rooftop's railing, a gentle breeze blowing, bringing a feeling of leisure.
Although one Guo Mi escaped, dealing with three Death Fighters was still not a loss in his view.
No need to rush anyway, he might as well wait for the next round of positioning announcements before taking action.
Taking advantage of this downtime, Lv Bai thought he could ponder over what to choose as his second ability.
Like the first-round Ability Pool, the second-round Ability Pool also provided three abilities for him to choose from.
[Great Fireball Technique (Gold): Consumes a certain amount of stamina to spew a massive high-temperature fireball forward from the mouth.]
[Blood Burst (Gold): Consumes blood to boost combat capability to a certain degree.]
[Check-in System (Gold): Allows daily check-in to randomly receive rewards.]
Lv Bai had hesitated over these three abilities for quite some time.
When he first chose an ability, he did so with a mindset of skeptical acceptance, hoping it would work, but not being too upset if it didn't.
But after personally experiencing [Super-speed Regeneration] and realizing how exaggerated these abilities were, it's not that easy to make a decision anymore.
From the descriptions, these three abilities all seemed pretty good.
After much contemplation, he finally eliminated the one with excessive randomness, [Check-in System].
Lv Bai slowly rubbed his chin: "These last two both seem usable as ultimate moves, so... I'll choose this one."
No alternative, the description of [Great Fireball Technique] was too supernatural, making him vaguely feel it wouldn't be lethal.
[Blood Burst], more or less, seemed to pair better with [Super-speed Regeneration].
Lv Bai's pupils unfocused as his personal panel appeared before his retinas.
[Death Arena Number: 87****0023]
[User Initial Name: (Unavailable)]
[Title: None]
[Talent: 8]
[Current Points: 6]
[Current Ranking: 1/200]
[Abilities: Super-speed Regeneration, Blood Burst]
Compared with the beginning, this simple personal panel hasn't undergone much change.
It's unclear when that user initial name will become available.