"The arena is only so big, let’s cut down on the element of luck,"

Lv Bai suddenly spoke up as the two Death Fighters inside the arena were preparing to clash.

If it was just talk, these two Death Fighters, when pushed, would still use their abilities if needed.

However, what was unbelievable for them and the other Death Fighters present was that as soon as Lv Bai uttered those words,

it was as if his words had become reality. All the Death Fighters were shocked to find that the abilities they had just acquired mysteriously disappeared before they even had the chance to use them.

Those who had chosen particularly advantageous abilities couldn’t control their expressions at all.

Even with Lv Bai presiding from above, the Death Fighters couldn’t help but cry out in surprise.

This situation was beyond their imagination, something they had never even heard of before.

"Does a Mahayana Cultivator have such a power to make words become reality?"

Even faced with the facts, the Death Fighters could only suspect that Lv Bai used some special method rather than an ability.

In the end, an ability that causes other Death Fighters’ abilities to fail seems overpowered no matter how you think about it.

Lv Bai clearly had no intention of explaining, he simply waved his hand, signaling them to continue.

After all, it was Lv Bai who gave them this chance to live; no Death Fighter would dare show dissatisfaction.

Now that it had come to this, regretting was useless, it was better to focus on how to defeat their opponent.

The duel in the arena resumed in plain and direct combat.

But after this little incident, some of the Death Fighters couldn’t help but have unstable mindsets.

In some duels, those with the advantage showed flaws during the fight, which their opponents seized upon, leading to their defeat.

[Ding!]

[Points +2, Current Points: 196, Current Rank: 1/75]

As the final battle came to an end, the points that Lv Bai accumulated in this round of Deathmatch were about to break the two-hundred mark.

Of course, the points he could earn weren’t just limited to that.

In fact, the remaining fifty-four victors of the duel couldn’t find much joy on their faces.

The reason was simple: to open the third round of the Ability Pool and target tasks, twenty-five more Death Fighters needed to be eliminated.

A problem even elementary students could calculate, all Death Fighters present were well aware of.

Moreover, the Death Fighters present could put themselves in Lv Bai’s shoes.

If they were in Lv Bai’s position, they’d certainly feel that rather than expending great effort searching Xuan Province to find and eliminate the hidden ones,

it would be much easier to get rid of half the Death Fighters present right there.

The eerie atmosphere didn’t last long. A Death Fighter who had reached the Foundation Establishment Stage voluntarily stood up and said, "Boss, let us duel one more round."

"Right, it’s just another round anyway."

"We could just draw lots again, like before."

Death Fighters confident in their strength spoke up in agreement, hoping to control the possibility of survival in their own hands.

As for those who had fortunately won out in the slaughter, they had other thoughts, but unfortunately, they were clearly outnumbered and lacked a strong voice.

Lv Bai had no objection to this, letting them fight if they wanted to. After all, the remaining fifty-four Death Fighters could be neatly divided into twenty-seven groups.

He casually created a new box of lots for the Death Fighters to draw from.

Once unfamiliar but now familiar, the Death Fighters knew what to do, the whole process was seamless.

Li Mu, who thought he could rest, had to once again take on the role of host, picking up the loudspeaker to call out the numbers.

Combat resumed.

It is worth mentioning that after a round of direct combat, nearly all the remaining Death Fighters had some level of cultivation,

so compared to the last round, the battles were visibly more intense, but surprisingly, took longer to complete.

Though tedious, Lv Bai wasn’t in a hurry.

While daydreaming, he didn’t forget to seize the opportunity to collect points from the defeated side.

When the sky brightened with the dawn, the twenty-fifth group finished their duel.

Once Lv Bai activated the mana marking, a series of Deathmatch System prompts immediately resonated.

[Ding!]

[Points +2, Current Points: 246, Current Rank: 1/50]

...

[Ding!]

[Current Death Fighter elimination rate has reached three-quarters.]

[Current Death Arena target has been activated, with dual targets for this round, Death Fighters may choose.]

[One: Successfully clear the Ascension Channel]

[Two: Completely sever the Path to Immortality]

[Accomplishing either target will lead to an immediate closure of the Death Arena, with rankings settled based on current points.]

...

[Ding!]

[Current Death Fighter elimination rate has reached three-quarters.]

[Attention! The third round Ability Pool is now open for selection.]

Upon receiving these system prompts, the Death Fighters’ battles immediately halted.

The surviving Death Fighters then checked their Ability Pools for this round, though none of them seemed particularly excited.

After all, no matter what level of Ability Pool it was, with someone like Lv Bai who could nullify abilities, it was hard for these Death Fighters to muster much interest.

Lv Bai gave a cursory glance, finding his own round’s Ability Pool at the Golden Level. Uninterested in looking further, he casually selected one, just to add it to the "Discard Pile."

The other Death Fighters had only a Silver Level Ability Pool for this round. Since they hadn’t been expecting much anyway, there was naturally no disappointment.

With Lv Bai’s approval, the remaining Death Fighters each took a seat to rest.

Incidentally, there were actually two groups of Death Fighters that hadn’t fought, and in a sense, these four lucky ones were given a bye, nervously awaiting Lv Bai to make a "judgment."

Lv Bai did not specially acknowledge it, implicitly allowing these four Death Fighters to skip further combat.

Holding over two hundred points in hand, Lv Bai wasn’t particularly concerned with the lives of these four Death Fighters; a difference of four points wouldn’t matter much to him.

What truly concerned him was this target task.

Based on the task’s description, it seemed rather difficult.

The crux of the matter was that whether in clearing the Ascension Channel or completely blocking the cultivators’ path to ascension, both options involved significant events that would affect the entire Cultivation Realm.

How could the world’s changes be altered by just one person?

Such a target task left even Lv Bai at a loss on where to start.

Lv Bai furrowed his brow, pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized a feasible direction.

It was the Immortal Dao Flower attached to his Primordial Spirit, the "Node" of this world.

Remember, every Death Arena’s "Node" is an important factor capable of altering the world. To complete the target task, it indeed required starting from the "Node."