"Zero degrees?" At those words, Serana's heart skipped a beat, and she instantly thought of a certain skill. Though Verdant Fortress was still on the field, she uneasily said:
"Reinforce."
"Fruit."
The Fruit Tree King cried out. The vines embedded in the ground from its wrists extended several more feet, while an intense green light flashed over its body.
The ground split apart, and countless roots and vines burrowed out from around the Forest Giant Tower.
But at that very moment, a terrifying force of extreme cold descended. The green-glowing Forest Giant Tower, the roots and vines that had just emerged from the ground, and the Fruit Tree King maintaining its pose with its vines thrust into the earth—all of it froze into ice in an instant.
Everything fell still, as if even time itself had frozen.
This... The people and Pet Beasts all stared wide-eyed. The spectators in the front rows felt as though they had been plunged into a bitter winter and instinctively hugged themselves for warmth.
The entire venue fell silent.
Amid the eerie silence, there came a crack. The Forest Giant Tower, which seemed capable of blotting out the sky, along with the countless frozen roots and vines across the field, all collapsed and vanished in an instant, turning into ice crystals.
Amid the starlight-like ice crystals, Lu Bao appeared on the field. It panted lightly, surrounded by drifting ice crystals and bone-piercing cold air visible to the naked eye.
One second, two seconds... Time passed bit by bit. The green light around the Fruit Tree King faded away, yet the shell of ice around it showed no sign of cracking, as though it had truly become an ice sculpture.
In the stands, someone's teeth chattered as they breathed out white mist and asked, "I-I feel