"Hm?"

’Why are there two people hiding on the roof?’ As he scanned the area, Chen Yu quickly discovered something was wrong.

On the roof of the hospital building he was in, two people were hiding.

And their position was very well-concealed.

’Are they watching me?’ Chen Yu’s eyes glinted.

His gaze shifted to the open window. The Force Field distorted, and the defenses outside the window silently disintegrated.

The next second, his figure vanished into thin air.

...

On the rooftop of the hospital, two men in black were hiding motionless in a corner.

"Brother Feng, why do I suddenly have a bad feeling about this?"

one of the younger men in black couldn’t help but ask.

"You think..."

The other man in black was about to speak when his eyes suddenly widened.

The younger man who had just spoken also seemed to sense something. His gaze swept over, and his pupils contracted.

A young man in a hospital gown was standing right in front of them.

An immense pressure swept over them, and it felt as if all the air had been sucked out of the area.

"You... You... You..."

The younger man in black stared at Chen Yu, stammering, unable to get a word out.

"You two have quite the refined taste, hiding up here. Enjoying the view?" Chen Yu said nonchalantly.

Qi gathered in his palm, and the pressure radiating from him grew even stronger.

"Don’t misunderstand! We’re from the Dongfang family. We’re here to protect you," the other man in black quickly said.

"The Dongfang family..." Chen Yu narrowed his eyes, and the pressure he was emitting lessened by a fraction.

This hospital belonged to the Dongfang family, so it seemed reasonable that their people would be here.

However, Chen Yu didn’t let his guard down and continued to watch the two men.

"How can you prove it?"

Chen Yu asked coolly.

"You’ve met our boss. His name is Dongfang Shuo. If you don’t believe me, I can start a video call right now to verify."

the middle-aged man in black said.

Dongfang Shuo...

Hearing this name, the Qi in Chen Yu’s palm dissipated.

The middle-aged man in black looked at Chen Yu and made a video call right in front of him.

Soon, the video call connected, and a middle-aged man in a sharp suit appeared before his eyes.

It was indeed Dongfang Shuo, whom he had met before.

"Boss, we were discovered. There was a bit of a misunderstanding," the middle-aged man in black said immediately.

Chen Yu looked at Dongfang Shuo on the screen and finally let his guard down.

"Lord Chen Yu, these two are indeed my men from the Dongfang family. They are responsible for security, to prevent a sneak attack from the Divine Authority Council or the Pantheon Sect."

Dongfang Shuo’s voice echoed from the virtual video.

Chen Yu’s expression changed slightly. He looked at the two men, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"Huh? Lord Chen Yu, have you recovered?"

On the video feed, Dongfang Shuo looked at Chen Yu in surprise.

"Uh, yeah, well... I was just getting some fresh air."

"My apologies. Please, carry on."

With that, Chen Yu’s figure flickered and vanished.

The men in black: "..."

"Boss, should we keep watching?"

the middle-aged man in black weakly asked Dongfang Shuo on the screen.

"Keep watching. We can’t have any accidents," Dongfang Shuo said simply, and then the video call ended.

The two men looked at each other, a bit resigned, but they still obediently followed their orders.

...

After that fiasco, Chen Yu lay on his hospital bed.

He consumed 200,000 Source of Life to once again upgrade his God’s Will skill.

With a tremor, a hum resonated from within his body.

In an instant, God’s Will was upgraded to Advanced. With a thought, the skill details appeared before him.

God’s Will (Golden Legend)

Summon the will of a True God, temporarily increasing all stats by 2000%. Your intellect enters a temporary frenzied state, dominated by the True God’s will. This temporary state consumes your own vitality...

"Two thousand percent!"

Chen Yu’s gaze sharpened. The upgrade to God’s Will was huge, doubling again. The temporary all-stat boost had reached a staggering two thousand percent.

’Can my current vitality even handle this...’

Chen Yu stared at the God’s Will information. A one-thousand-percent all-stat boost had knocked him unconscious for five days after a single use.

With the effect doubled, the cost would also be proportional.

Even though his physical body had gone through one Evolution, he felt that handling such a terrifying cost would be a real struggle.

’I still have over two million...’

He looked at his remaining Source of Life: just over 2.1 million.

’If I upgrade Frozen Breath... I’ll probably only be able to upgrade that one skill.’

’But I can get it to its limit and see if it can awaken.’

After some thought, Chen Yu still chose to upgrade Frozen Breath.

Since he was so close to the limit, he might as well go all in.

If it managed to awaken, that wouldn’t be a bad outcome at all.

His other abilities had already been upgraded, and his power had increased significantly. It was a good time to master them.

BZZZZ—!

A humming vibration sounded from within him. In his Chaotic State, the red sphere of light was as dazzling as a red giant star.

After several dozen seconds, the upgrade for Frozen Breath was complete.

A line of text appeared before his eyes.

Skill: Frozen Breath (MAX)

[Congratulations! Your skill has reached its max level. You have received Skill Points x2.]

"It’s maxed."

Chen Yu let out a sigh of relief.

A max-level Frozen Breath would be world-shakingly powerful. If he wanted to, he could easily freeze the entire hospital in an instant; even freezing several city blocks would be a simple matter.

’I wonder if it can awaken...’

Chen Yu’s heart leaped into his throat. He immediately opened the skill details to check.

Skill: Frozen Breath (MAX) [Max level reached. You can now consume five Skill Points to perform one Awakening.]

"It can!"

Chen Yu’s eyes instantly lit up.

’Five Skill Points... Are you just trying to drain all my Skill Points?’

Reading the text, Chen Yu felt a pang of distress.

Then, with a thought, a prompt appeared before his eyes. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

[Consume five Skill Points to perform an Awakening?!]

"Confirm."

Without hesitation, Chen Yu immediately chose to awaken the skill.

BOOM—!

A roar suddenly echoed from within his body, and a strange sensation surged through him from head to toe!

In an instant, within the Chaos, the red sphere of light rapidly collapsed into a single point of light, which then immediately expanded, transforming into a purple sphere.

[Awakening successful. Skill limit broken—Glacial World.]

A faint line of text appeared before Chen Yu’s eyes.