In the third round, only Jin Zhenhuan and a few administrators were left. Everyone else had already withdrawn from the trial, even Ah Fei had left.

As an ordinary trial-taker, the only one who did not leave was Rhodes.

Jin Zhenhuan plus the administrators were an even number, so they could team up with each other. In the end, only Li Xiu and Rhodes were left, and they were forced to form a team.

Li Xiu has tied twice. If he draws with Rhodes again this time, the next trial will be a mandatory life-and-death duel.

There is only one chance. If he is a pitcher, it would be okay. But if he is a batter, the chance of Li Xiu's death would be very high.

What's more, Li Xiu's next opponent is probably Kim Jin-hwan, so the batter is almost certain to lose.

So no matter how you look at it, Li Xiu can only win in this trial and cannot lose, not even a draw is allowed.

"Brother, you are quite good. Were you a professional before?" Rhodes came to Li Xiu and started chatting with him in a familiar manner.

"No." Li Xiu closed his eyes and waited for his trial to begin.

"It's rare for a non-professional pitcher to be able to control the ball so well. The forkball is not difficult. After practicing for a period of time, most people can throw a similar forkball. But that kind of forkball is useless. The speed of the forkball is inherently slower than the average speed. The key to the forkball is how to improve the speed of the forkball and the precise control. Like the guy who threw the forkball before, he almost didn't get into the strike zone. That kind of control doesn't deserve to be called a forkball..." Rhodes said to himself.

"What exactly do you want to say?" Li Xiu interrupted Rhodes.

"What I mean is that we are all playing with technology. There is no need to kill each other. If we really fight to see who wins, it is likely that both sides will suffer losses and no one will survive," said Rhodes.

"Do you think I can trust you?" Li Xiu looked at Rhodes and said.

"Of course I can believe it. You can only trust me," said Rhodes.

"Why?" Li Xiu looked at Rhodes with interest. He wanted to know where Rhodes' confidence came from.

"In addition to forkball, I'm also good at fingerball." Rhodes said to Li Xiu in a low voice.

He thought Li Xiu understood what finger-flicking ball meant, but Li Xiu didn't understand at all, so he could only look at Rhodes and say nothing.

Seeing that Li Xiu didn't say anything, Rhodes thought that Li Xiu was weighing the pros and cons, so he continued, "You should know that even the pitcher himself doesn't know where the finger ball will fly. It flies around randomly. Although it has a nice name called butterfly ball, it is a nightmare for professional players. Not only can the batter only guess blindly, but even the catcher can only rely on blindly catching the ball. If you must compete with me, I will throw the butterfly ball, and we can just leave it to fate."

"It sounds like fun. I'm looking forward to seeing the butterfly ball you mentioned." Li Xiu said to Rhodes.

Rhodes was a little stunned. He thought that as a professional baseball player, Li Xiu should be able to understand what he meant. He didn't expect Li Xiu to say that.

"Do you think I don't dare? Do you know that in addition to being a professional player, I am also a gambler. What I like most is gambling." Rhodes' eyes became sharp.

"That would be the best. I'm looking forward to you throwing the butterfly ball." Li Xiu was speaking from the heart. He really wanted to see what the butterfly ball that Rhodes was talking about looked like.

"Okay, let's wait and see." There was no need to talk any further, so Rhodes turned around and sat down on the steps on the other side for a while.

Soon, the third round of trials began. There were only a few groups left. They were still feeding the ball to each other to get one point each. Soon it was Li Xiu and Rhodes' turn.

This time, Li Xiu first stood in the pitcher's position. Rod, who was standing in the batter's position, shouted to Li Xiu again: "Think about it again. I can let you go first."

"No need to think about it, just rely on your own ability." Li Xiu moved his body joints and prepared to start pitching.

"What kind of ball will he throw? A forkball? A curveball? Or a high-speed straight ball?" Rhodes stared at Li Xiu who was in a pitching posture and made a judgment in his mind.

Although he is known as Eagle Eyes and possesses dynamic vision that is unattainable for ordinary people, being able to see is one thing, and being able to make a timely judgment is another.

It is not easy to judge what ball the opponent is throwing and swing the bat to hit the ball in time at the moment the opponent throws the ball.

Especially facing someone like Li Xiu who is good at various change-up shots and has incomprehensible self-confidence, Rhodes couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Why is he so confident? He didn't even want me to throw a ball, and he insisted on fighting me to the death. Although that was just a lie to fool him, where does his confidence come from? Whether it's a forked ball or a curve ball, with the speed he throws, I should have a chance to catch it. But he's so confident, as if he's 100% sure. What kind of ball can make him so confident?"

As he was thinking, Rhode's eyes suddenly lit up: "Could it be that he can also shoot the butterfly ball? He wants to gamble his luck with me?"

The more Rhodes thought about it, the more he felt that this was true. Besides, he really couldn't understand why Li Xiu was so confident.

The two men have similar physical fitness, and Rhodes also has super dynamic vision. Except for the unpredictable butterfly ball, there is no ball that Rhodes is not confident of hitting.

"That's right, it must be the butterfly ball." Rhodes already had a judgment in his mind.

Li Xiu had already thrown the ball over. The speed of the ball flying in the air was a little slow. The butterfly ball was considered the slowest way of throwing the ball, which made Rhodes more certain of his judgment.

"Pretending to throw the forkball? It's useless. I've seen through you. Since you want to bet with me, let's give it a try." Rhodes was eager to gamble. He knew that the trajectory of the butterfly ball could not be predicted. Even if he had Hawkeye, it would be useless. He could only take a gamble.

Rhodes swung the bat suddenly and chose to hit the ball downwards. Since it was all a gamble on luck, hitting the ball a little lower could also prevent Li Xiu from throwing a fork ball instead of a butterfly ball.

But when Rod swung the bat, he already felt something was wrong, because the flying baseball did not swing around irregularly and it looked like it was not a butterfly ball.

"It doesn't matter. Even if it's a forkball, I can still hit it." The bat had already been swung. There was no point in thinking about anything else. Rhodes could only swing the bat with all his might.

But when the ball reached him, Rhodes seemed to be petrified, with shock and incomprehension on his face.

"Why... why is it such a slow straight ball... no change at all..." Rhodes watched the ball fly over the top of the bat and hit the square area just like that.

From an observer's perspective, it was as if Li Xiu had thrown a soft, weak straight ball and Rod had deliberately missed it.