My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 45: Borrowing Strength

Perhaps because Lu Bai always had a warm youth-like smile on his face, always giving people the feeling of being harmless to humans and animals.
So when he suddenly spoke up to question, that sense of contrast inexplicably made people flare up with nameless anger.
It was just like a little sidekick that anyone could bully, and one day seeing him actually dare to curse at someone proactively.
“Oh? You have an opinion?”
The black-suited boss’s complexion darkened as he walked up to Lu Bai, deliberately leaning his upper body forward, trying to create a sense of deterrence.
However, Lu Bai had no intention of dodging, still looking straight at the other with a smile on his face, saying as if joking: “The Survey Corps hasn’t arrived yet, and you’re already having internal strife?”
“Internal strife?” The black-suited boss laughed angrily.
“Your behavior like this is very dangerous.”
Lu Bai nodded as if it were a matter of course, adding: “To put it simply, some good things on me, like my patience, politeness, and morality, are about to disappear.”
While speaking, his face still carried a kind smile, making it really hard for people to feel that he was threatening.
“Then we’ll wait until those good qualities of yours disappear first before we talk.”
The black-suited boss was not prepared to yield.
In fact, he was well aware that it was impossible for these death fighters present to unite wholeheartedly.
Under the premise that the Survey Corps could appear at any time, there was no time to let them negotiate slowly.
With a tough attitude, pinching these surviving death fighters into a loose alliance and grasp the dominant position among them was also a good choice.
In other words, even if Lu Bai hadn’t refuted him, he would still pick a weak guy to establish authority.
Coincidentally, Lu Bai was the type that seemed weak and bullyable in his eyes, and everything felt so natural.
Yes, until his head fell to the ground, he still held this idea.
Xiao Xueyin: “!”
Liu Yue: “!”
Yan Zhiquan: “!”
Bald Man: “Boss!”
No one saw clearly what had just happened.
Everyone had a bewildered look, their memories like fragmented pieces after blacking out from a hangover, no matter how hard they slapped their foreheads, they couldn’t piece them together.
From others’ perspectives, the black-suited boss’s head was chopped off by Lu Bai with a sword, and this process was very abrupt.
Yes, just abrupt.
They didn’t really see Lu Bai swing the sword, but they could confirm that Lu Bai made the move from the fact that the Eight-Sided Han Sword he was holding was stained with blood.
It absolutely wasn’t because the speed was too fast to see clearly; if they had to find something to describe it, that scene should be more like stop-motion animation, or extremely low-frame stop-motion animation.
“What was that just now?” Liu Yue’s words sounded like sleep-talk.
But her words did make the black-suited Bald Man react.
He clenched his fist and smashed toward Lu Bai; during the movement, his fist gradually turned pitch black like ink, emerging with a metallic sheen.
Since he didn’t know what this ability was, Lu Bai had no idea of trying it out.
The screen once again showed a brief freeze-frame; without seeing the sword light flash, the last remaining member of the black-suited trio was also decapitated.
[Ding!]
[Points +2, Current Points: 22, Current Rank 1/45]
Seeing this scene, Yan Zhiquan exchanged glances with his other several students.
Then, he clapped his hands and laughed heartily: “Good, good, good, well done. We’ve long been displeased with those three guys. Now our team’s purity has also been elevated. Shouldn’t we discuss how to deal with the Survey Corps?”
“A bit impulsive, isn’t it?”
Xiao Xueyin sighed, but had no intention of pursuing it, turning his head to shout around: “To the remaining friends, if you also plan to settle accounts with the Survey Corps, please come over here.”
Lu Bai had no objection to this.
He stood in place, silently experiencing the feeling of using [Flash Time].
He used [Flash Time] several more times in succession silently; although the intervals were all more than one second, he could vaguely sense the danger contained in this ability.
He didn’t even need to specially count the time in his mind before using it again.
Because the closer the usage interval approached the one-second limit, the more he could feel an indescribable terror.
……
While Lu Bai was exploring this ability, four more death fighters gathered over one after another.
None of them paid attention to the two fresh corpses on the ground; after all, it was better a fellow daoist than oneself who dies.
The so-called settling accounts with the Survey Corps was just a high-sounding reason; essentially, it was these remaining death fighters huddling for warmth.
These death fighters present chatted a few words with each other, barely getting familiar, before getting to the main topic.
“Tell us, what do you plan to do?” A lone death fighter inquired of Yan Zhiquan.
This death fighter had the standard engineer image: classic buzz cut, square-framed glasses, thin face plus tall stature, practically grown according to this formula.
Yan Zhiquan didn’t rush to speak, turning his head to look at Xiao Xueyin.
The latter had already sorted out his thoughts by now and spoke fluently: “The fact is, after the Survey Corps joined forces with the Ten Blades, their numbers hold an absolute advantage, so I don’t recommend direct fierce fight. We can try to weaken their overall strength first.”
“You mean still hide first?” Yan Zhiquan raised an eyebrow.
Before Xiao Xueyin could speak, he was interrupted by a rumbling sound.
Everyone present looked toward the direction from which the sound came; it was a troop rushing over from the direction of the settlement.
Two armored vehicles with military camouflage on the outer shell led the way, and behind the vehicles followed two rows of fully armed soldiers.
A rough glance showed roughly hundreds of people.
Seeing this troop, Xiao Xueyin said: “Perhaps we should consider borrowing the power of the natives.”
The research center surroundings had all turned into ruins under explosions, making Lu Bai and their group of over ten people a very conspicuous gathering.
This troop naturally rushed directly near them; the gun-holding soldiers behind the armored vehicles quickly surrounded them with rapid actions.
“Get down, hands on head.”
Zhou Zongming jumped down from the armored vehicle and immediately noticed Lu Bai mixed in the crowd, waving at him: “You boy, come over here.”
“What’s up?” Lu Bai asked despite knowing.
“You’re still asking me what’s up?!”
Zhou Zongming looked at the ruins in front of him, fuming: “What exactly happened? Who caused this explosion?”
“Company Commander Zhou, a group of people tried to subvert the temporary shelter. The explosion at the research center, including your previous attack, were all done by this group.” Xiao Xueyin concisely answered on behalf of Lu Bai.
Speaking of which, this Company Commander Zhou had originally gone to gather troops to return and suppress the chaos. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the temporary command center in the settlement, the explosion happened at the research center.
He made a decisive decision, quickly drawing troops, and rushed over in a hurry; otherwise, it would have been impossible to arrive at the scene at this moment.
But without a doubt, just these hundred or so people were already the manpower squeezed out from the “frontline” temporarily abandoning the attack action.