A blizzard swept across the campus, and the Lich King...

An eagle soared over the bustling city, and the tolling of bells echoed between heaven and earth.

"My child, I have watched you grow day by day with pride..."

A withered voice rang out, and flowers drifted down.

A person caught one in their palm, and upon opening it, it turned into a snowflake.

The world changed drastically; the bustling city turned into ruins, and one figure after another fell on the battlefield.

A knight clad in armor walked along a mountain path amidst the ice and snow.

"You must remember, we have always been defined by wisdom and strength..."

Atop the mountain peak, the frozen throne began to melt, revealing a dark, icy crown.

The knight donned a helmet and raised a long greatsword.

Snowflakes drifted onto the greatsword.

A ghostly blue flame spread from the point of impact across the entire blade.

The hallucination in Lin Xuan's vision vanished, leaving the lingering echo of the withered voice in his mind.

"One day, my life will reach its end, and you will be crowned king."

Boom—!

A frigid power swept across the entire world, and a blizzard engulfed everything!

Midnight.

Most students at Mingzhu University were already resting.

Inside the campus.

Only a very few freshmen were still experiencing the school's various facilities.

Ming University training hall.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—

A red-haired woman used her footwork to dodge and punch among five or six training dummies, conducting skill training.

"Hiya!" "A-da-da-da-da-da!" "Rapid Hurricane Punch!"

A pale purple fist wind gathered the dummies together. Bang, bang, bang—under a series of strikes, all the dummies fell.

"A-choo—" "Qinghan, your skills are so cold. You should give up this profession and play a melee one. Look at me now, how strong I am at hitting people."

Shen Hongying put away her fists and shouted excitedly toward the person behind her.

Behind her, Lu Qinghan sat upright on a chair and rolled her eyes at Shen Hongying.

"You must have gone crazy with joy after changing your profession to Blue Fist."

"I've been sitting here the whole time without moving; where would I have released a skill? I think you've caught a cold... A-choo!"

"Wait, no, why is it so cold!"

Lu Qinghan stood up instantly, her brows knitted tightly, and she looked around.

Shen Hongying realized what was happening upon seeing this.

"What's going on? How can it be this cold in September? Could it be snowing?"

"Are you stupid? Jianghai City is located in the southeast of the Xia Kingdom. Let alone September, even in December it's hard for it to snow."

"Then what's going on? Could there be a Frost Warlock next door just like you?"

"Impossible. Even if a Frost Warlock released a skill right in front of me, I wouldn't feel cold."

"Something happened to the school!"

Thinking of this, the two hurriedly left the training hall.

Inside the school, the training hall, teaching buildings, library, cafeteria... building after building seemed to be frozen, their surfaces covered with a thin layer of ice crystals.

The sky was also being swept by a blizzard.

"What on earth happened?" Shen Hongying stood on the playground, looking around in confusion.

Lu Qinghan did not answer. She closed her eyes tightly, sensing the aura of the wind and snow between heaven and earth.

Meanwhile, in the Mingzhu University combat command room.

Because the school's outer courtyard was located outside the original city, during the early construction process, it had to constantly face attacks from continuously spawning monsters. Thus, a complete combat center was established here.

At this moment, several duty instructors were having a heated discussion inside.

"The blizzard formed almost instantly. If someone is attacking, it must be at least a Tier 3 or even Tier 4 Professional!"

"Impossible. Someone that strong attacking Jianghai would definitely trigger a warning!"

"According to the energy center, the center of the storm originates from the Dungeon Hall!"

"The Dungeon Hall! Could it be that a dungeon with an Ice-attribute Boss has been corrupted by the Abyss?!"

"No, this frost power carries an aura of death, yet it isn't dangerous. It doesn't look like a skill, but rather like..."

"An Awakening Phenomenon!"

The discussing teachers spoke their guesses almost in unison.

"Someone has unlocked an Awakening Skill in the Dungeon Hall!"

"Let's go, let's take a look. An Awakening Skill capable of producing a phenomenon hasn't appeared in the Xia Kingdom for over a hundred years!"

"..." The teachers confirmed their guess, but the students didn't know what was going on.

The blizzard raged across the campus and spread rapidly outward. Many students were frozen awake. The students got up in a daze.

Some released shields, others released fire skills. They arrived downstairs at the dormitory and were instantly dumbfounded.

"Damn! What's going on! Is this still inside the country!"

"Get up! The school is being attacked!"

"Don't mess around! I've only been in college for two days; I wouldn't encounter the school being attacked, would I!"

"Attack your head, if someone were really attacking, our health bars would have started dropping already!"

A group of people started making noise. Soon, they saw several instructors heading toward the Dungeon Hall.

Under the instructors' explanation, they finally understood. It turned out this blizzard was actually a natural phenomenon.

"Unlocking an Awakening Skill can trigger a phenomenon? I've never heard of that."

"You're illiterate, aren't you? High School Year 1 History, Chapter 7, Section 3. In the New Calendar year 325, a seven-colored divine light phenomenon burst forth on top of Mount Tai. At that time, many people thought it was a new ruin appearing. But later, after confirmation by the Xia Kingdom's second-largest guild, the Sanctuary, it was determined to be the phenomenon produced when their vice-president unlocked their Third Awakening."

"Today, that person capable of producing an Awakening phenomenon has become the strongest in the Sanctuary!"

"Hiss—" Many freshmen gasped.

Suddenly, a freshman exclaimed in disbelief.

"Unlocking an Awakening Skill producing a phenomenon! At this time, the only person still in the Dungeon Hall and on the verge of unlocking an Awakening Skill seems to be Jun Bujain!"

"Jun Bujain? It can't be him. When we were assigned to our departments yesterday, he was only shown as level 41 on the credit leaderboard."

"It must be him! Before I returned to the dormitory from the Dungeon Hall, I saw on the dungeon speedrun leaderboard that he was already level 49!"

"Impossible! In one day, even if you gave him ten times the experience, he would at most go from 41 to around 47!"

"How is it impossible? Don't forget that Jun Bujain has the ability to break limits and enter multiplayer dungeons."

"That Black Wind Mountain belongs to large-scale dungeons; the experience after clearing is several times that of other dungeons! It's definitely him!"

The students were discussing noisily. At this moment, they happened to pass by the Stone Tablet Square. Everyone looked at the Earth Leaderboard. Sure enough, the first item on it showed that Jun Bujain's level had reached level 50!

Seeing this, everyone rushed to the Dungeon Hall.

Meanwhile, Lin Xuan had just come back to his senses from the phenomenon. After seeing the Dungeon Hall frozen by frost, he scratched his head.

"These... wouldn't be caused by me, would they?"

Except for the place where he was, almost all places without magic elements had frozen over. Lin Xuan pursed his lips. For a moment, he didn't know what to do.

However, now was not the time to focus on these things. The hallucinations and voices that appeared just now all proved that he had awakened a very powerful skill.

"I hope it's a damage-dealing type!" Lin Xuan took a deep breath and checked the skill details.

【Awakening Skill: Lich King...】