My Ability Pool is Superior

The effective lethal radius of an ordinary fragmentation grenade is roughly ten to fifteen meters.

The height at which Lu Bai threw the grenade flying was sufficient to ensure that even if the grenade exploded, it wouldn’t pose any life-threatening danger to the civilians below.

After resolving this man-made attack, Lu Bai, still airborne, fell back onto the top of the armored vehicle in a free-fall posture, his face still bearing his usual kindly smile.

“‘Smiling Face’ ability is still there.”

The Swift Minion mixed in the crowd pursed his lips, stuffing the remaining grenade into his crotch, his muscles tensing all over, his feet slowly retreating.

In his view, even if there really existed an ability that could ban Death Fighter abilities.

But such a perverted effect should also uniformly ban the user’s ability, otherwise, what would the other Death Fighters play at?

But the screen of Lu Bai appearing in mid-air like a flash proved that only their abilities were banned.

This situation is very bad…

The Dandy’s gaze flickered, unable to accept this fact.

The girl wearing the bow hairpin lowered her head, not daring to look towards Lu Bai’s direction anymore.

She lowered her voice and said, “Should we continue probing?”

Hearing the inquiry, the Dandy imperceptibly shook his head: “No need. Now we can conclude that the ability ban is the work of that ‘Pure Smile’.”

The girl wearing the bow hairpin glanced back at the Swift Minion: “Then what about us now?”

Probably too embarrassed to blatantly run away, the Swift Minion decided to find a reason for himself.

“After this commotion, I reckon the other Death Fighters should also have noticed their abilities being banned.”

He looked around left and right, adding: “They definitely won’t act like nothing happened. Let’s observe the situation first.”

Before the Dandy could reply, he heard several abrupt crow caws.

In an instant, the street, which had been exceptionally chaotic after the explosion, fell into deathly silence.

The orderly procession of vehicles driving away on the road also gradually came to a stop.

Caw~

No one found this cry amusing; that sound, as if rising from the depths of the soul, made everyone present feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

Caw~ Caw~

The crow’s cries were drawn out, yet carried a thick scent of decay.

Civilians with some understanding of Anomalies already had tears of utter horror uncontrollably streaming down their faces.

When fear reaches its peak, most people find it very hard to shout; only whimpers and groans emerge from their throats.

It was impossible to judge the direction from which the crow’s cries came.

Many were stiff all over, unable or rather… dared not to search for the source of these crow cries.

But no matter how much people buried their heads in the sand like ostriches, it wouldn’t stop its approach.

Lu Bai stood on the armored vehicle, scanning the surroundings, soon locking his gaze on the intersection leading out of the city.

There, a figure wearing a black hat and a black trench coat was slowly walking over.

The material of that trench coat looked like linen or canvas, seemingly waxed, with some subtle sheen.

But the most eye-catching was still the bird-beak-like mask worn on its face.

Just this appearance alone was enough to send chills down one’s spine.

Seeing this figure, Captain Mao’s fingers turned ice-cold, each word he spoke seeming squeezed out from between his teeth: “Sequence 06, Plague Doctor.”

The Plague Doctor held an oil lamp in its left hand, the small flame on the wick flickering as if it might go out at any moment.

It held the oil lamp just like that, elegantly and slowly advancing towards the crowd.

“Please don’t panic. I hear many people wailing. Do you need help? Oh~ I mean, I am a doctor.”

Its tone was gentle, like a choir’s chant in a church.

However, as it drew closer, the nearby civilians, Action Department personnel…

Everyone’s faces visibly turned green at a speed the naked eye could see.

Yes, this is a literal description.

Not the green representing health or vibrant life, but a sickly ink-green.

As the ink-green deepened, many people’s faces even began to rot gradually.

Some wanted to move, wanted to escape…

Regrettably, it was just a thought; those people couldn’t even scream.

Like bedridden elderly persons in their dotage, even twitching a finger seemed to require all their energy.

Boundless shadows enveloped everyone’s hearts, including the Death Fighters present; all eyes showed despair.

Facing such an Anomaly that was utterly impossible to resist, the Death Fighters who had lost their abilities were no different from Natives.

“So Anomalies can be attracted over in specific ways?”

Lu Bai thoughtfully rubbed his chin.

Probably the only one at the scene who could remain calm was him.

At this moment, with all his attention on the Plague Doctor, his facial smile became even brighter instead.

“Ma… Master Lu, do you have a way?”

Captain Mao stiffly turned his neck to look towards Lu Bai.

Among humanity’s known means, none could deal with high-sequence Anomalies like the Plague Doctor.

Whether Action Department personnel or ordinary civilians, all they could do was pray.

Captain Mao’s idea wasn’t unique; countless civilians at this moment all cast their gazes towards Lu Bai on the armored vehicle.

At this point, only Lu Bai could still bring them some hope.

But this hope was also very slim, even for the “Guardian God” in official propaganda.

Facing Sequence 27’s Abomination, it could only turn tail and run; against the even more dangerous Plague Doctor, what could it do?

The gazes of thousands of civilians around, looking towards Lu Bai, were all filled with hope.

Lu Bai somewhat headache-ily pressed his temple.

Frankly speaking, he actually wasn’t sure if he could deal with this kind of Anomaly.

“Whatever, I’ll give it a try.”

He slowly stood up, smiling as he said to Captain Mao: “Trouble you to bring over the things from the box and set them up according to the method I taught you before.”

It was worth mentioning that for Maoshan Daoism to fully exert its effect, an altar setup with a town object was required.

But it was too cumbersome to arrange; against Anomalies like the Drowned Ghost, it was completely unnecessary, and against Anomalies like the Abomination, they didn’t eat Maoshan Daoism at all.

This was why he had never set up an altar.

But that didn’t mean setting up an altar was useless.

Lighting incense and setting up the altar, even if just using Palm Thunder, would have a stronger effect than usual.

Lu Bai was willing to act; in Captain Mao’s view, that meant there was still hope. He naturally wouldn’t hesitate at this time, taking the suitcase out of the armored vehicle at his fastest speed in life and quickly setting it up.

“Not sure if the Plague Doctor eats this set.”

Taking advantage of the setup moment, Lu Bai raised his hand to form a seal: “Heaven Gate unopened, Earth Gate shapeshifting…”