85: Ye Xiao's final choice

Ye Xiao was not surprised to see the option prompts appear before him.

This had happened in previous years on the Path of Exile.

There were also relevant introductions in the school textbooks.

Actually, Ye Xiao didn't have any particular thoughts about the three choices.

To put it bluntly, the first, the Undying Colossus, purely tested the Professionals' damage, which naturally had an inherent advantage for pure damage professions.

The second, Dragon's Sigh, tested the Professionals' defense and protection methods; most who chose this mode were support professions.

The third, Deadly Phantom, actually tested the Professionals' adaptability and speed, making it more suitable for high-agility professions like assassins and archers.

Especially assassins, who naturally possessed stealth skills like Shadow Step.

They had an absolute advantage in evading pursuit.

This was also considered the Path of Exile's way of balancing the various Professionals.

As for how to choose the one that suited them, that required some wisdom.

However, among the ten thousand people who could enter this final stage at this time, some were lucky ordinary people, but seven or eight out of ten of the remaining were elites from various Novice Zones.

Even if their Talent wasn't SSS-rank like Bai Xiaoxiao's, it was definitely not something ordinary people could compare to.

Don't think that just by looking at this, there are many Professionals with S-rank or higher Talents.

But you should know that the number of newcomers entering Eternal World each year is in the tens of millions.

With such a large base, S-rank was already a one-in-a-thousand existence.

Not to mention SS-rank and SSS-rank above that.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them one-in-ten-thousand.

And the true combat power of these elites could not be viewed with ordinary eyes.

Therefore, generally at this stage, the choice of any mode was full of unknowns.

If they didn't choose well, they might miss out on the leaderboard.

For this reason, in previous years, some clever individuals would choose to plunder a large amount of points in the Path of Exile maze as much as possible.

However, in this final mode, they would choose not to bet points.

This way, at least in the final chosen mode, if it wasn't their forte, they wouldn't lose a large amount of points due to failure.

Instead, they could rely on their original point advantage to ensure they entered the top thousand on the leaderboard.

After all, as long as they could make it onto the list, there would be rewards.

It was just a difference between good and better.

And if the chosen mode happened to match their abilities, they would undoubtedly be able to cope more calmly.

Sometimes, even if your true combat power was only average, you might still be able to achieve first place by this means.

Someone had once taken first place on the leaderboard this way.

Therefore, how to choose the mode and how many points to bet heavily tested each person's analytical ability.

And just as Ye Xiao was deep in thought, the screen before him had already changed.

It had turned into three vertical pillars, each representing a different mode.

At the same time, a temporary chat box appeared next to this screen.

Soon, someone popped up in the chat box.

#614 Novice Zone - Silent as Smoke: "I am Qin Bing of the Qin Family, all Professionals, vote all your points for the Undying Colossus."

His opening statement was incredibly domineering.

Yet, surprisingly, below it was a series of unified replies.

"Boss Qin, received!"

"Alright, Boss Qin, received!"

"Must support Boss Qin, received!"

...The next moment, Ye Xiao saw that the pillar representing the Undying Colossus displayed 104832 points.

Clearly, it was the rallying power of Qin Bing.

However, at this moment, a discordant voice appeared in the chat box.

#325 Novice Zone - Beiming Youyu: "Heh! The Qin Family is quite arrogant. This isn't entirely your Qin Family's territory. I am Qi Bai of the Qi Family. I choose to vote for Deadly Phantom. Anyone who dares to object and is discovered by me will bear the consequences."

As Qi Bai's even more arrogant remarks appeared, Ye Xiao immediately noticed that the pillar belonging to Deadly Phantom also began to jump wildly.

Immediately after, quite a few well-known individuals jumped out, starting various forms of persuasion and coercion.

Ye Xiao watched for a while.

Those who were extremely active in speaking all had one characteristic: their surnames, without exception, came from the Eight Great Families.

Everyone was already accustomed to their arrogant words.

And almost all of their respective Novice Zones supported them unconditionally.

These were just newcomers who had just begun to show their prominence this year.

Ye Xiao had somewhat initially experienced the dominance of the Eight Great Families.

However, one person among them caught Ye Xiao's attention.

That person was named Zhi Zi Jiu, and from his name, he should be from the Zhi Family.

The reason he paid attention to this person was, first, his name was a bit peculiar.

Second, it was his statement.

By this point, six of the Eight Great Families, led by Qin Bing and Qi Bai respectively, had made their choices.

Their chosen modes were therefore almost identical.

As for the second mode, Dragon's Sigh, its points were relatively behind.

Therefore, both sides, to ensure their choice would win, began to actively court Zhi Zi Jiu's team.

However, Zhi Zi Jiu simply said lightly, "I am just an ordinary disciple of the Zhi Family, and I cannot influence the thoughts of others. Let them choose for themselves; I can accept anything."

Although he wasn't as arrogant as Qin Bing and Qi Bai, and even somewhat humble.

But Ye Xiao always felt that there was a faint, inexplicable confidence in his words.

And finally, when Qin Bing and Qi Bai relentlessly demanded he make a choice, Zhi Zi Jiu, quite uncharacteristically, invested all his points into the second mode, Dragon's Sigh.

This unexpected choice stunned everyone.

However, it also left both Qin Bing and Qi Bai speechless.

Thus, after a moment, Ye Xiao found that although the points for the three modes were constantly fluctuating, currently, the number of people and points choosing the Undying Colossus was clearly a bit higher.

And Dragon's Sigh had the fewest points, but perhaps because of Zhi Zi Jiu, many support Professionals who originally saw no hope quietly put their points into Dragon's Sigh.

Therefore, although it was still behind, the difference was less than tens of thousands of points.

At this rate, the final trial for everyone would likely be the Undying Colossus.

As for which mode to choose, Ye Xiao was actually indifferent.

The first, the Undying Colossus, tested damage.

On this point, Ye Xiao believed that at this stage, no one could surpass him.

Even if the opponent had an SSS-rank Talent plus a hidden profession, and a full set of divine equipment, they couldn't be his opponent.

However, considering that Eternal World had various mysterious and unknown places, Ye Xiao wasn't sure if anyone here would possess the kind of ability to temporarily burst out with damage beyond common sense.

Although generally speaking, such skill characteristics came with huge side effects, using them in this final test was undoubtedly the most suitable.

While Ye Xiao felt the threat was not great, why take risks if he didn't have to?

And the third, Deadly Phantom, was inherently the strong suit of assassin-type professions.

Although his own movement speed had reached an extremely high level, and he also had the Blessing of Wind from his equipment for speed, as well as the powerful stealth skill of Void Phantom.

Generally speaking, it was unlikely that anyone could be faster than him.

But it was still the same principle; it was hard to guarantee that others didn't have some strange and wonderful skills.

Therefore, Ye Xiao actually leaned more towards the second mode, Dragon's Sigh.

When it came to protecting a target within 60 minutes, if Ye Xiao dared to claim second, no one would dare to claim first.

This was the absolute confidence that the red moon eye brought him.

Restriction Barrier: Designate a location, consume 5000 mana, set up a barrier immune to all damage, duration: 60 minutes, cooldown: 60 minutes.

Based on past experience, the final trial of the Path of Exile only lasted 30 minutes.

And the duration of the Restriction Barrier was a full 60 minutes.

It could be said that if Ye Xiao chose this mode, he would definitely be first.

And there would be absolutely no risk of being surpassed.

At this moment, over four minutes of the five-minute voting period had passed.

Suddenly, Qin Bing shouted again in the chat box.

"People from the Zhao Family? I remember the strongest person in the Zhao Family this year was Zhao Peng, who awakened an A-rank Talent, right? Why aren't you speaking?"

Seeing Qin Bing say this, Qi Bai was not to be outdone.

"Hey! Qin Bing, the Zhao Family has always been at odds with your Qin Family. Aren't you just asking for trouble by looking for Zhao Peng? His Zhao Family will definitely support my Qi Family."

Qin Bing immediately retorted.

"Hmph! I remember Zhao Peng is on the violent fire mage route, right? This isn't a family competition now. If he has any brains at all, he wouldn't choose to support you."

The two started arguing about it again.

However, gradually, they found that Zhao Peng remained silent.

This made both of them very displeased.

Qin Bing, being more hot-tempered, angrily said, "What? Zhao Peng, do you really think your Zhao Family is going to unify the alliance, and you're too disdainful to even talk to us?"

Although Qi Bai didn't speak, he was equally annoyed.

However, at this moment, Ye Xiao saw a Professional from his Novice Zone stammering, "Th-that Zhao Peng... is... dead."

As soon as these words came out, everyone who did not belong to the 702 Novice Zone was stunned.

And at this moment, Ye Xiao looked at the time, with only 10 seconds remaining.

So he unhesitatingly invested all his points into Dragon's Sigh.

In an instant, the points on the pillar representing Dragon's Sigh surged by hundreds of thousands.

The next moment, before everyone could react, --- --- [Ding! Point voting is complete. After tabulation, the final stage trial mode is Dragon's Sigh.] [The trial will begin in 2 minutes. Please prepare yourselves.] --- ---