Inside a villa.
The spacious training room was now covered in frost, like a frozen cavern buried in snow.
A stunning girl in a white dress sat on the floor in the middle of the training room. Her thick black hair cascaded down to the floor, and with every breath, she exhaled streams of white, icy mist through her nose and mouth.
As she suddenly opened her eyes, a flash of white light streaked past, and the entire training room froze solid!
"At last, I've awakened my second talent!"
A flicker of joy passed through the girl's eyes.
Her name was Lin Qingyan, the famous campus belle of Martial Arts High School. She was also the illegitimate daughter of Lin Baihe, the head of the White River Group, and the half-sister of the prodigy Lin Junhao, sharing the same father. But she had awakened only an A-rank talent and was heavily ostracized by Lin Junhao's mother. After her father died, she was driven out of the Lin family.
Students at Martial Arts High School often compared her with Luo Xi, another campus belle. In terms of looks alone, Lin Qingyan was even more beautiful, but her awakened talent, career class, and background all fell short of Luo Xi's.
That was what people knew.
What they didn't know was this:
She was a reborn person.
Lin Qingyan rose to her feet, barefoot on the ice. Her thick black hair fluttered behind her as icy mist swirled around her. A hint of authority and domineering presence, far beyond her years, showed on her exquisite face.
"In my previous life, it wasn't until after the college entrance exam that I happened upon an Awakening Stone at that secondhand market, buying it from a clueless shopkeeper. That's when I awakened my second, S-rank talent—Absolute Zero—and began to rise."
"But in this life, I got the Awakening Stone before the college entrance exam, awakened my second, S-rank talent, and broke through ten points of blood energy. I even changed to a legendary career class—the God Speaker."
Lin Qingyan sneered. "That woman Luo Xi still wants to show off in front of me. She has no idea she's the real fool. I don't even know how many times stronger I am than her, in both talent and career class."
"You foolish idiot, incapable of keeping a low profile. Just wait for the Abyss Cultists to come looking for you."
"In this life, I'll take first place in the college entrance exam!"
Lin Qingyan thought to herself.
She had to accelerate her rise and reach the King Realm as soon as possible.
She had to be quick.
Otherwise, she wouldn't make it in time...
Remembering the terrifying being that had emerged from the Abyss in her previous life and brought destruction, a shadow passed over Lin Qingyan's icy blue eyes. She clenched her fists.
"The gods..."
In her previous life, one year after awakening her second talent, she had become a Tier-Four Martial Artist. She then awakened her third talent, the SSS-rank Space-Time Sequence. In less than three years, she had reached the King Realm, invincible among those of the same realm.
People had given her the title Empress Qingyan.
And just then, after three hundred years of divine abandonment, the Abyss had opened on an island in Southeast Asia. A terrifying being with a god-level life form had emerged from within. Even when Blue Star's strongest fighters had all joined forces, they had been no match for it. In the end, Blue Star had been destroyed...
In the final cataclysm, Lin Qingyan's third, space-time talent had activated an ancient forbidden artifact on her, sending her back to the time before the college entrance exam.
"Humanity's end is three years away."
Lin Qingyan murmured.
There were only three years left.
"Fortunately, there's still a chance."
"If I can reach the mythical level within these three years, I may be able to change everything."
Confidence shone in Lin Qingyan's eyes. Having once been invincible among those of the same realm, she had every reason to be proud.
"Now that I've awakened my second talent, I could go to the Abyss alone, and it wouldn't be much of a problem."
"But before that, I need to register as a martial artist..."
As she thought this, Lin Qingyan went to her bedroom and changed into a white casual outfit. She put on a baseball cap and headed to the Martial Artist Association.
At the Martial Artist Association,
a few people were already in line, so she sat down to wait, closed her eyes, and rested while using a top-tier Visualization Method to train her mind.
Jiang Yuan arrived at the Martial Artist Association and met the friend Xu Yihan had mentioned.
She was a beautiful woman with golden curls, a graceful figure, and a work uniform.
When she saw Jiang Yuan,
her eyes lit up. She walked over in clicking high heels, her impressive chest swaying with each step. Beneath her work skirt, her slender legs in black stockings were taut, drawing the wandering gazes of many men who had come to register as martial artists.
"You must be Junior Brother Jiang, the one Yihan told me about. She already told me all about you."
"I'm Aisha." The blonde beauty smiled and held out her hand. Jiang Yuan took it.
"Hello. Sorry for the trouble today."
As they watched Jiang Yuan hold her delicate hand, the men around them couldn't help shooting him envious, jealous glares.
"It's no trouble. Yihan and I have been best friends for years. Her junior brother is my junior brother, too. I just didn't expect you to be so young and already registering as a martial artist—and so handsome, too."
"Do you have a girlfriend? How about giving your big sister a chance?" Aisha winked playfully at Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan: "..."
"Haha, just kidding."
After helping Jiang Yuan complete the registration, Aisha said, "All you need to do now is pass the test, and you'll become a martial artist."
"There are still a few people ahead of you who need to take the test. Sit here and wait a little."
Aisha led Jiang Yuan to a seat beside Lin Qingyan, then left to take care of something.
Jiang Yuan glanced at Lin Qingyan beside him. Though the girl wore a baseball cap, it did little to hide her stunning beauty.
He hadn't expected someone his age to come register as a martial artist today, too.
As if sensing his gaze,
Lin Qingyan opened her eyes and glanced at him. Her look was cool and distant. She quickly looked away and closed her eyes again.
He wasn't one of the people she remembered having martial artist-level strength before the college entrance exam.
Looks like another fool blindly confident in his own abilities.
Two young people who looked like students sat together at the martial artist registration area, drawing surprised looks from those around them.
"Those two are students, right?"
"This is the registration area for martial artists. Could they really be here to register?"
A short-haired young man with a tank top and bulging muscles sneered.
"Register, my ass. Look how skinny he is. You can tell his blood energy hasn't even reached ten. He's definitely just here to take a few photos and videos, then go home and show off to his friends. There are plenty of brats like that. Registration only costs a thousand bucks anyway, and it won't matter much if they fail."
"Oh, so that's what it is."
After hearing him, everyone looked at Jiang Yuan and Lin Qingyan with contempt.
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