The server-wide announcement reappears, skill synthesis!

At this moment, Cao Xing was still in the midst of his transformation.

His lower body had completely turned into the form of an ice sculpture, and his eyes were tightly shut.

He was unaware of all this.

Everyone held their breath, treading carefully, fearing they might disturb him.

Including Tong Chuchu and Bjorn, after successfully breaking through and initially adapting to their newly acquired powers, they immediately and quietly retreated to the side.

They gripped their weapons, watching the man who was constantly emitting intense cold, their eyes filled with anticipation.

Everyone understood that Cao Xing's promotion to Legendary was more important than anything else.

Under their nervous gaze, time slowly slipped by.

It had been about six minutes since he absorbed the divine power contained within the Relic, yet there seemed to be no sign of it ending.

His process of transforming into a Legendary seemed longer than anyone else's.

Just then, everyone heard a clear cracking sound.

"Crack!"

A crack suddenly appeared on the abdomen of Cao Xing's body, which was on the verge of completely turning into an ice sculpture.

From this crack, a trace of extremely powerful ice-attribute aura leaked out.

However, even just this single trace caused the temperature of the entire building to plummet once more.

Everyone felt a wave of cold rush towards them, freezing their blood.

Even the metal walls outside were covered in a thin layer of frost.

Looking down from the sky, the circular building they were in looked like a giant, frozen iron ball.

"So—so cold." Those few mercenaries hugged their arms, their voices trembling as they spoke.

Staying here was like staying inside a cold storage warehouse.

Even those Hero-level powerhouses felt waves of chill constantly drilling into their bodies.

Tong Chuchu rubbed her small hands and looked up at the thermometer overhead.

She was astonished to discover that the room's temperature had actually reached a staggering -73°C.

And the closer one got to Cao Xing, the lower the temperature became.

And just then, a second crisp sound rang out.

"Crack!"

Another crack appeared on Cao Xing's right leg.

At the same time, a powerful burst of cold air erupted.

Following that came the third, fourth, and fifth…

"Crack! Crack!"

Continuous cracking sounds echoed, and the cracks on Cao Xing's body grew more numerous.

It was as if a humanoid ice sculpture was about to shatter completely.

As the energy within Cao Xing went berserk, intense cold energy erupted continuously, freezing everything around him into ice!

"Is he going to fail?"

This thought could not help but surface in their minds.

Everyone concentrated all their focus, watching the cracks on Cao Xing's body.

If it were just a simple failure, that would be fine, but looking at the current situation, this failure might cause him some damage.

Thinking of this, the hearts of Assam, Isabelle, and the other residents were filled with great worry.

However, at that moment—

Everyone seemed to faintly see a dark purple crystal emerge behind Cao Xing.

The crystal emitted an ancient light that was heart-palpitating.

Just looking at that crystal made one feel a tremor from the depths of their soul.

It was as if a giant dragon that had been sleeping for a long time was standing before them!

The next moment, the phantom of the crystal suddenly bloomed with dazzling purple light, instantly merging with Cao Xing's frost divine power!

"Hum!"

An invisible ripple of energy spread out, and time seemed to freeze.

The drifting ice crystals hung still in mid-air, and even the white breath exhaled by everyone solidified in place.

Assam, gripping the lady of the lake sword; Isabelle, raising her staff, ready to rescue Cao Xing at any moment; and Bai Zhi, with a grave expression.

Everything, absolutely everything, was completely frozen.

Meanwhile—

Cao Xing's consciousness gradually cleared.

When he opened his "eyes" again, he suddenly found himself entering that familiar, strange space.

It was a vast expanse of white, as if everything around was void.

Cao Xing knew that this was his consciousness space, and the crystal power left behind by Krakatoa was right here.

However, compared to the previous two times he had entered, there were some different things in this space.

Besides that dark purple crystal, there was also a prism-shaped object floating nearby, only the size of a finger.

Its entire body was a deep blue, with a luster like ice crystals flowing across its surface.

It looked like a mini version of the crystal, but it emitted completely different attribute fluctuations.

Furthermore, Cao Xing felt an extremely intimate sensation from this deep blue prism crystal.

That sense of familiarity was like facing his own kin; it was as if this power belonged to him.

Cao Xing also recalled the scene when he broke through.

Although he had his eyes closed at the time, he could clearly sense his physical condition.

He vaguely remembered that something had gone wrong with his body.

As the divine power within his body went berserk and out of control, it exceeded his body's tolerance, causing cracks to appear.

Those uncontrollable divine powers also madly drilled out from the cracks.

If he had failed at that time, it would definitely have caused him irreversible damage.

This situation was something no one else in the territory had encountered when breaking through to Legendary.

Cao Xing did not know why his breakthrough was different from others.

However, in the end, all of this was forcibly suppressed by a power beyond comprehension.

Cao Xing murmured, "In other words—actually, that time during the breakthrough, I had already failed."

"It was just that the crystal power left by Krakatoa forcibly reversed the outcome, allowing me to successfully break through?"

Thinking of this, he looked at the dark purple crystal before him with a sigh.

And just then, the scene before him changed again.

The two crystals, one purple and one blue, began to rotate simultaneously, faster and faster!

"Whoosh—whoosh!"

The energy ripples brought about by the rotating crystals spread through the space, and two distinct air currents gradually took shape.

The purple current was violent and ancient, while the blue current was pure and cold.

These two currents stirred up a silent storm within his consciousness space!

The chaotic energy currents collided with each other, bursting forth with dazzling light.

"What the hell, what is this doing?" Cao Xing looked at the scene before him in shock and uncertainty.

Under his gaze, these two masses of air currents began to approach rapidly, then slammed into each other!

"Hum!"

A terrifying wave of energy erupted!

Cao Xing's consciousness seemed to suffer some kind of violent impact, and he fell into a brief blankness on the spot.

I don't know how much time passed, but when he regained consciousness, he found himself still in that vast white space.

The two crystals were still rotating at high speed.

However, these two crystals, one big and one small, with completely different attributes, began to merge in a different way.

They intertwined, the purple energy and blue energy weaving together to form a brilliant two-colored band of light.

Cao Xing suddenly realized something.

"This scene—it seems similar to when I broke through to the Hero-level…"

"At that time, the crystal power left by Krakatoa combined with my Frost power to form a brand new forbidden spell: Prison of Frost Crystals · Ice Burial."

"Could it be—this time it's also going to combine a new skill for me?"

Thinking of this, Cao Xing could not help but feel some anticipation.

Next, he continued to wait in this consciousness space.

The two powers emitted by the two crystals were still constantly reorganizing, merging, and collapsing.

Seeking the best combination again and again with perseverance.

Finally, Cao Xing suddenly saw the dark purple crystal fly into mid-air.

Then, the mini blue crystal nearby also flew to its side.

From the blue crystal, a vast Frost power radiated, covering the surface of the dark purple crystal with a thick shell of frost.

It looked like a giant blue meteorite, suspended in mid-air.

At the same time, a heart-palpitating, trembling power radiated from this meteorite!

Even Cao Xing, when facing this meteorite, felt a crisis of death.

"Good grief—this is, it's done?" He looked at the situation above with shock and uncertainty.

The next moment, a massive amount of memory flooded into Cao Xing's mind!

Because this memory was too vast, it caused him to fall into a blank state on the spot.

And in the outside world, the time that had been frozen in the underground ruins began to flow again.

The mist shrouding the entire ruins continued to churn.

Those adventurers and gold diggers also began to continue their previous actions.

In that circular building.

Dozens of people looked at the changes in Cao Xing's body with astonishment!

Originally, his body had been covered in cracks, as if it were about to shatter at any moment!

However, these cracks seemed to reverse in time, beginning to dissipate and heal rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, they were restored to their original state.

Seeing this, the group of subjects breathed a sigh of relief.

Elisa patted her flat chest and exclaimed softly, "Great! I knew the Lord was so powerful, how could he possibly fail!"

"He is worthy of being the man in the entire territory who is second only to Captain Elisa, hmph!"

Everyone looked at this narcissistic young girl with a mix of amusement and exasperation, but their tense nerves also relaxed.

Assam lowered the lady of the lake sword in his hand, and Isabelle also gently rested her staff on the ground.

Seeing that Cao Xing was fine, they all felt very happy.

Meanwhile, as the last crack completely disappeared, the aura emanating from Cao Xing became increasingly terrifying!

A terrifying wave of white energy swept out like a tsunami, continuously spreading in all directions!

In no time, it rushed out of the black building, causing the ground outside to be gradually covered with a thin layer of white frost.

Even the rolling mist gradually turned into a misty white.

As Cao Xing broke through, the range of influence continued to expand.

Ten kilometers—twenty kilometers—fifty kilometers—

In the blink of an eye, this chilling cold spread for hundreds of kilometers!

It almost enveloped the entire ruin!

Even the mercenaries and adventurers stationed in the camps shivered simultaneously.

They also felt a terrifying pressure, making it difficult for people to even breathe!

Those adventurers raised their heads one after another, looking in the same direction with uncertainty and shock.

"What happened? Why do I feel such a terrifying burst of cold, it's as if my blood is about to freeze!"

"I don't know, could it be that some monster has emerged in this ruin?"

"That shouldn't be possible—what level of monster could release such terrifying power?"

Whispers erupted all over the camp, and everyone's face turned deathly pale!

Cao Xing's breakthrough directly alarmed every living creature in the entire ruin.

Even from the depths of the ancient inner city, a strange vibration could be felt.

It was as if some sleeping existence had been awakened by this power!

Just as they were filled with confusion, guessing what kind of creature was emitting these fluctuations.

That power began to rapidly retract towards the same place.

Like a receding tide, it came fast and went just as quickly.

The frozen ground returned to its original state, and the adventurers felt the warmth of the campfires again.

Before they could even breathe a sigh of relief.

The next moment, an even more terrifying pressure erupted instantly!

"Hum—!"

This pressure swept out like an invisible storm, carrying a bone-chilling cold that froze everything, and even dispersed the strange mist that shrouded the outer city!

Many areas that had been obscured by mist for thousands of years revealed their true appearance for the first time.

Buildings with unique designs emerged.

The surfaces of towering black spires were covered with mottled traces, giant golems were half-buried in the ground, along with collapsed ruins.

However, no one had the heart to pay attention to these things.

Because almost everyone was shaken by this suddenly erupting pressure!

This power was like a newborn Ice Deity, freezing everything!

Causing all creatures below the Legendary level to instantly stiffen.

Thoughts of worship and submission involuntarily emerged in their hearts!

"Th—what is this power!?" Those adventurers looked shocked!

Then, one after another, they all knelt down!

"Thump—thump—"

And far away, one or two hundred kilometers away, at least three or four powerful auras rose simultaneously!

A vicissitudinous voice came through the mist.

"Legendary! Someone actually broke through to Legendary here!"

"How is this possible?"

"Such terrifying power! How could someone who just broke through to Legendary possess such might?"

These voices revealed intense shock!

At this moment, they seemed to realize something, and their gazes turned towards one area simultaneously.

"Look at the inner city area, the mist there has dissipated a lot!"

"This person's breakthrough dispersed a large amount of mist, causing the inner city to open ahead of schedule!"

"What!?"

More auras hidden in every corner erupted.

The entire ruin was shocked by the news that the inner city was to open ahead of schedule!

Outside the ruins, Survivors exploring around the world suddenly received a server-wide announcement simultaneously.

[Server Announcement: All Survivors, please note! Survivor Lord from the Four Great Districts: Cao Xing has successfully broken his limits and become a Legendary creature!]

[Let us offer our congratulations for the birth of this powerhouse!]

At this moment, the remaining over a billion Survivors across the server stopped what they were doing simultaneously.

A look of confusion gradually appeared in their eyes, as if the whole world had fallen into a brief stagnation.

When everyone came back to their senses.

The chat channels of the remaining hundreds of districts worldwide, including the World Channel, exploded in an instant!

Galen Castro: "My God! Cao Xing actually broke through to Legendary, this is the second Legendary in the entire server!"

Park Jae-hwan: "Shiba! The last person to break through to Legendary also seemed to be a guy from China, and this time it is too. Damn it, how can their speed be so fast?"

Utada Yugo: "Great Lord Cao Xing, truly an admirable existence!"

Vikram: "Really envious of the guys from China, they already have two Legendary powerhouses so quickly, while our Sneha in the India District is still trying to figure out how to sprint to the Hero-level realm."

Compared to the shock and envy on the World Channel, the chat channels of the Four Great Districts were full of pride and excitement.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Great Lord Cao Xing broke through to Legendary, this is truly outrageous!"

"Yeah—a few days ago he just sold a batch of Legendary beast meat, and yet he made such a big move so quickly, truly worthy of Great Lord Cao Xing!"

"Great Lord Cao Xing is awesome!"

As Survivors in the same district as Cao Xing, they had received quite a bit of help from him along the way.

It could be said that they witnessed his rise with their own eyes, and they were also very grateful to Cao Xing.

Therefore, upon hearing that Cao Xing had broken through to Legendary, they were all happy for him.

At this time, one of the Survivors said: "Brothers, have you heard, Great Lord Cao Xing is already starting to build a city over there!"

"What!? Building a city?"

A Survivor asked in surprise: "Is this true? Even if Great Lord Cao Xing's strength is strong, he shouldn't be developing that fast, right?"

Upon hearing this, the Survivor said without hesitation: "Of course it's true, there are tens of thousands of people working near Great Lord Cao Xing's territory every day. I heard that they have already started pouring the magic alloy foundation."

"If you don't believe it, go see for yourselves."

At this time, other well-informed Survivors also jumped out and said: "What he said is true, Great Lord Cao Xing is really already building a city!"

"That's right, I even contributed dozens of Arctic People to our commander!"

"Haha, I contributed too."

Cao Xing had not spread the news about his city building widely, except for discussing it within his own Starfire Legion.

So many Survivors didn't know about it yet.

However, such a large operation near his territory certainly couldn't be hidden from those with keen eyes.

And after hearing this news, and with more and more well-informed people coming out to corroborate it, those Lords also believed the fact.

They became excited one after another.

"It's too outrageous, my territory has just taken shape, and Great Lord Cao Xing is already starting to build a city."

"Yeah, when his city is built, I must go and visit!"

"I'm going too, maybe I can even see those Legendary powerhouses in his territory!"

"I'm just going to move in directly; with Great Lord Cao Xing's strength, the safety rating of this city will definitely be off the charts!"

For a time, the topic shifted from Cao Xing breaking through to Legendary to the city he was building.

Hundreds of thousands of Survivors began to discuss the scale of this city of the future, and the entire chat channel was boiling over.

Meanwhile, inside that circular building.

Under the gaze of dozens of people, Cao Xing gradually opened his eyes.

His two pupils flashed with purple and blue light, as if containing some kind of terrifying storm.

"Hoo—" As he exhaled a puff of white mist containing ice crystal fragments, the temperature of the entire room began to gradually rise.

Then, he stood up—