My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 44 - 43: Mass Destruction

As soon as Liu Yue spoke, Ossas’s face turned awkward.

Fortunately, although Liu Yue often acted like a little punk, she still had some tact.

So she walked up enthusiastically, stood on her tiptoes, and put an arm around Ossas’s shoulder, "Don’t be nervous, we’re all buddies here."

Ossas gave her a stiff smile in return.

Xiao Xueyin gave Lv Bai a puzzled look, seemingly wondering why he didn’t cover it up.

Lv Bai had no intention of explaining, looking towards the research center, he asked, "What’s the situation now?"

After all, since Ossas didn’t even have hands, he wouldn’t pose much of a threat. Xiao Xueyin naturally didn’t need to question further and turned to start explaining the situation.

"Not long after you left, an experiment personnel escaped from the building. From what the experiment personnel said, it can be inferred that the ’Node’ has already fallen into the hands of Hui, the captain of the Investigation Corps.

The opposing side seems to have the idea of obtaining the ’Node’ and then defending the research center to the death. Several members of the Investigation Corps who entered the building confirmed this."

"An experiment personnel?" Lv Bai frowned slightly. "Where are they now? Did they say what their name is?"

"After a struggle, that experiment personnel was finally taken by Ten Blades. Is there a problem? The experiment personnel or...?" Xiao Xueyin’s pace quickened slightly at the end, clearly also realizing something amiss.

"The ’Node’ fell into Hui’s hands, and he plans to hold the research center with the Investigation Corps."

This conclusion was actually deduced by summarizing the information revealed by the experiment personnel, so Xiao Xueyin did not doubt it. Most Death Fighters believed the same.

But upon calming down and thinking it over, many doubts can be found.

The first and most crucial point, if it was an ordinary experiment personnel, how did they manage to leave the research center alive after knowing the intel?

For Hui, getting rid of an experiment personnel would be no trouble at all.

And until now, the Ten Blades who captured the experiment personnel have yet to send members into the building.

"Maybe there’s a problem with all of it."

Lv Bai shook his head. "It’s still unclear what specific methods they are using, but the Investigation Corps likely intends to eliminate all Death Fighters who enter the research center."

"While you were gone, nearly forty Death Fighters entered the research center." Zhuo Li spoke out.

The people present reacted quickly, all realizing a possibility.

"If all the Death Fighters who entered the building are eliminated, and the Investigation Corps plus Ten Blades..." The man in the hoodie voiced with some uncertainty.

Now, only just over a hundred Death Fighters remain alive.

If all those who entered the building are taken out in one fell swoop, the combined thirty-plus members of the Investigation Corps and Ten Blades would be enough to clear the area.

Certainly, the two teams couldn’t trust each other, but the remaining ragtag fighters couldn’t trust each other even more.

In the end, there is no foundation for mutual trust among unfamiliar Death Fighters.

In critical moments, not stepping on someone is already giving face.

Suddenly, scattered exclamations spread through the air.

The ’Node’ has changed locations.

Crash～

A floor-to-ceiling window on the fifth floor shattered, the freely falling glass fragments glimmering in the sunlight.

Afterward, several figures jumped out of the window one after another like dumplings.

But these people did not fall freely due to gravity; several ropes quickly shot out from them, with the ends attached to the distant administrative building, easily pulling them across.

"The ’Node’ is out, who has it?"

"Which one is Hui?"

"Hmm, trying to escape!"

Having prepared for so long, seeing the sudden change, the Death Fighters lurking in various corners were startled but not disorganized. Figures chased across the tent pathways.

But in the next second,

Boom!!!

A terrifying explosion occurred, starting from the basement of the research center and moving upwards level by level.

The glass of the entire building shattered almost simultaneously, as the building’s walls collapsed like tofu cubes in the face of the explosion.

Rumble～

The building shook violently as it collapsed, rubble and glass were thrown in all directions by the blast’s impact.

The deafening noise resembled a landslide, making one’s eardrums ache.

"Get down!"

As soon as the explosion occurred, Xiao Xueyin turned around quickly, shouting first. Realizing soon after that his voice couldn’t reach his teammates’ ears, he urgently used his hands to quickly gesture downward.

Lv Bai didn’t need a reminder, at such a critical moment, he still managed to pull a blanket over himself.

As soon as he got down, the violent impact carried a large amount of building material, sweeping in with dust flying everywhere.

Numerous tents were blown away, the heavy dust lingered for several minutes without dissipating.

...

"Tui!"

Lv Bai spat out grit that had somehow gotten into his mouth, patting off the dust from his body as he slowly got up from the ground.

He calmed down, looked around, and the sight before him was a scene of desolation.

Through the now thinned-out smoke and dust, the research center previously standing was now reduced to a heap of ruins.

[Ding!]

[Current Death Fighter elimination rate has reached 80%.]

[The current Death Arena goal is now open, this round’s goal is twofold. Death Fighters may choose freely.]

[One: Rebuild Order]

[Two: Destroy Order]

[Completing either goal will immediately close the Death Arena, with rankings settled according to current Death Fighter scores.]

...

[Ding!]

[Current Death Fighter elimination rate has reached 90%.]

[Note! The third round Ability Pool is now open and available for selection.]

To be honest, since entering the Death Arena, Lv Bai had never heard the system issue such a long string of notifications.

He glanced at the system panel floating in front of his retina.

[Current Score: 20, Current Rank 1/47]

No doubt, the explosion just wiped out more Death Fighters than just those who entered the research center.

The captain of the Investigation Corps, the so-called Hui.

Lv Bai licked his lips, brushing away some remaining grit, "Quite a commotion."

Ah～

Not far off, a collapsed tent was being lifted up, revealing Xiao Xueyin buried beneath it.

Although using a term like pitiful to describe a man wouldn’t be quite right, the current disheveled and dusty Xiao Xueyin projected an extreme sense of fragility that suggested he definitely wasn’t from an ordinary background.

He staggered up, seeing Lv Bai nearby, he slightly relaxed, his voice hoarse as he asked, "Where are the others?"

"Uh... over here, here."

Liu Yue struggled to push Ossas away, taking deep breaths of fresh air.

Ossas, in turn, silently used his elbow to brace himself off the ground, awkwardly getting up.

After waiting a while longer, there were no other signs of movement nearby.

"Are we the only ones left?" Xiao Xueyin couldn’t help but sigh.