Ice God's Kingdom, the Empress's Might!

"Th-this is...?!"

In the spectator stands, every contestant was stunned.

Even Chen Xi, An Tianzong, Yan Runan, and the others could hardly believe it. Shock was written all over their faces.

Several team leaders shot to their feet, blurting out, "Impossible!"

Edward Sean activated his angelic blessing, shattering the ice on his body. He stared gravely at the distant "blue star."

At the center of the sphere wrapped in a blizzard, a slender, breathtaking figure gradually appeared.

An icy-blue halo surrounded her. Every strand of her hair seemed made of transparent blue crystal, gleaming with incomparable beauty and power.

Behind her stood a cross radiant with divine light. Farther back, the phantom of a moon wheel a hundred meters across merged perfectly with the starlit cross.

"Talent awakening."

A Quasi-King uttered the words one by one, his expression grave.

"Am I seeing this right?"

Every other team leader looked just as grave, their eyes fixed on the young woman on the battlefield.

Only a few words filled their minds.

You've got to be kidding.

Talent awakening.

It was the greatest divide between Quasi-Kings and Kings.

Kings were powerful because their very lives had evolved another step and their talents had awakened! They could resonate with heaven and earth, multiplying their power tenfold or even a hundredfold!

In other words,

once someone achieved talent awakening, their abilities underwent a qualitative leap!

But taking that step was harder than climbing to heaven.

Some Quasi-Kings spent their entire lives without reaching that realm.

What was more,

the higher the grade of a talent, the harder it was to break through its limits!

And with each nation's fortune limited, even the number of King positions seemed predestined.

It took the right time, the right place, and the right people.

That was why, over the