Lan Bingxue's aura exploded outward like an icy torrent.
She raised her hands, and the very air around her seemed to solidify, the temperature plummeting to unimaginable depths. The moisture in the air froze instantly, forming a swirling blizzard of razor-sharp ice crystals around her.
"People of the Ice Phoenix Kingdom!" she cried out, her voice amplified by her immense power, reaching every corner of her realm. "The time has come to defend our home! To protect our land! To fight for our very existence!"
Her declaration, a clarion call to arms, echoed across the realm, carried by the howling winds of the blizzard she had conjured. It was a call to every citizen, every warrior, every being who called the Ice Phoenix Kingdom their home.
In response to her call, figures began to emerge from the frozen palaces, from the snow-covered villages, from the icy mountains. Countless cultivators didn't hesitate to pick up their weapons and rise to the sky.
