The abilities acquired from each round of the Ability Pool might, for one reason or another, fail to exhibit the expected effect.

This is not an uncommon occurrence.

But for an ability to be inexplicably deprived, that’s absolutely unprecedented.

Faced with such a situation, the suited man nicknamed "Yapi," despite having gone through several deathmatch duels, still found it difficult to control the disturbance in his heart. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

He instinctively wanted to go over and inquire with the other Death Fighters.

Whether the abilities of all the Death Fighters present were ineffective, or only his and his companion’s abilities were impaired.

The meanings represented by the two answers are completely different.

He and the girl wearing a bow hairpin hurriedly pushed through the crowd to reach a white-collar man with the title "Swift Horse" on his head.

The Death Fighters mingled in with the crowd, appearing tense like ordinary civilians, but in reality, they were stealthily observing the surroundings.

Noticing that two Death Fighters were approaching, Swift Horse immediately tensed up, ready to act at any moment.

"Friend, don’t get nervous, we mean no harm."

Yapi briefly reassured him, then straightforwardly asked, "Can you still use your ability normally?"

"What do you mean by that?"

Swift Horse did not relax.

However, after hearing Yapi’s words, he couldn’t help but glance at his system interface.

Yet, when he saw the information on his personal interface, even though he knew he shouldn’t show any weakness in front of unfamiliar Death Fighters, he couldn’t control the slight change in his expression.

Swift Horse’s change in facial expression was so obvious that Yapi didn’t need an answer to know.

"As expected."

Yapi did not hide his heavy mood and solemnly said, "It seems our abilities have all been stripped away by some strange force."

Swift Horse didn’t bother hiding it anymore and asked, "Your abilities too...?"

Yapi nodded, glanced around, his gaze sweeping across every Death Fighter mixed in with the evacuating crowd, and finally fixed on Lv Bai standing on top of an armored vehicle.

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

Swift Horse followed his gaze to Lv Bai, his mind in chaos: "This, in this situation, how is this possible? Could a single Death Fighter really do this?"

They couldn’t be blamed for being emotionally unstable.

After all, they were experienced Death Fighters who had been through several deathmatches, and even when entering the crime scenes of psychopathic serial killers, they could remain composed.

To be so panicked was purely because it was the first time encountering such an unbelievable thing; no matter how deep-minded, one couldn’t remain indifferent.

If there indeed was an ability that could banish other Death Fighters’ abilities.

The effect would be excessively overwhelming.

What difference is there from a system administrator stepping in?

Even the Clones shouldn’t be able to reach this level, right?

Yapi exhaled deeply: "Let’s find a way to confirm it."

...

"Have they noticed?"

Lv Bai glanced at the place where the three Death Fighters had gathered, raising an eyebrow slightly.

He was sitting cross-legged on an armored vehicle, able to easily observe the surrounding situation.

The gathering and conversation of those three Death Fighters seemed particularly conspicuous to him.

Perhaps they noticed their abilities had been read and were now verifying with each other.

However, even if he guessed this possibility, Lv Bai didn’t pay much attention.

Because it wasn’t necessary.

Once he acquired the Load ability, a Black-Level ability, deathmatches, for him, no longer posed a threat from those Death Fighters.

Death Fighters or Clones, none could threaten him.

Based on this, when faced with Yapi’s gaze, he calmly met it, even returning a smile full of goodwill.

When their gaze finally ended, he no longer focused on these incapacitated Death Fighters but turned instead to continue searching for new ones.

[Meng Jiangnu’s Sorrow (Golden): When the user wails in agony at a wall, it will gradually begin to collapse, the more intense the cries, the faster the wall crumbles.]

[Power of Cupid (Golden): Summons an ornate bow, consuming stamina to draw the bowstring. Two arrows of love will form on the bow. The affection between two targets hit by the arrows of love will increase tenfold.]

"Ugh."

Lv Bai sighed and rubbed his forehead helplessly.

Golden-Level abilities are generally complete supernatural powers, at most slightly weaker in effect compared to Color-Level abilities.

Unlike Silver-Level abilities, which have obvious flaws or can only work wonders in specific situations.

But exactly because of this, forming a powerful skill set from Golden abilities is naturally not as easy as with Silver-Level abilities.

At least, the nearly thirty types of Golden abilities Lv Bai had read over time didn’t combine as effectively as hoped.

Vehicles from the operations department drove through the city streets with loudspeakers, continuously broadcasting emergency evacuation messages.

Thanks to the official promotions, Lv Bai’s image as a Guardian God was widely recognized.

Some optimistic citizens would wave to Lv Bai or take pictures with their phones upon seeing him.

Of course, this was also because the situation was not yet too critical.

The evacuation of the city’s residents was merely a precaution.

The flames and smoke rising from the Ke Mountain Art University, along with the roaring explosions, didn’t cause any panic among the road workers and citizens; the evacuation was proceeding in an orderly manner.

In such a tense yet orderly environment.

A grenade suddenly exploded on a crowded street.

The citizens, who were relatively calm before the explosion, were thrown into intense panic upon experiencing such a close-range detonation.

Truth be told, the grenade’s damage radius was limited to a small range in such dense crowds.

Sadly, as chaos ensued, the trampling and pushing among the crowd caused the casualty numbers to soar.

Captain Mao, who had been napping in an armored vehicle, couldn’t sit still anymore. He stormed out of the vehicle, face livid with rage: "What’s going on?!"

Yet, as soon as he yelled, before his voice had died down, he saw another grenade tossed from the site of the initial explosion.

Seeing the rapidly descending grenade, Captain Mao’s mind raced before he finally let out a hysterical shout: "Get down!!!"

The next second, under the gaze of many citizens, Lv Bai’s figure suddenly appeared mid-air.

And that descending grenade suddenly ascended at a speed faster than it had fallen.

Bang!

A loud explosion followed; the grenade detonated several meters above ground, releasing shrapnel that fell like spectacular fireworks.