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Holding the soul bone, Shui Bing'er returned to the place where she had absorbed the rewards and began to focus on fusing the 100,000-year-old torso bone.
At this moment, the Ice God suddenly spoke to Mu Ci: "The quality of Bing'er's soul bone is not ideal. This one, which is 100,000 years old, is barely acceptable."
The fact that soul bones can form divine equipment in the future was also mentioned by the central authority when transmitting information. That's why the Ice God said that when he looked at the two power-type soul bones from Tang Hao inside Shui Bing'er's body.
As a deity, the Ice God viewed soul bones as if they were materials.
In her eyes, only a 100,000-year-old soul bone could reach the so-called ninth-order level in the lower realm, barely qualifying as a component of future divine equipment, while materials below the ninth order were no different from garbage.
"That's not a big problem," Mu replied confidently. "After Bing'er absorbs her spirit ring, I will take out the two strength-type spirit bones from her body. With the resources of the far north, it shouldn't be a problem to assemble a set of 100,000-year spirit bones for the future Ice God."
Hearing their conversation, Xue Di walked over with elegant steps.
Shui Bing'er's successful passing of the first test meant that she had achieved one-ninth of her goal, which made Xue Di extremely happy.
"Leave this to me." Xue Di said with a serene smile, her azure eyes sparkling with confidence.
"Preparing six 100,000-year-old soul bones for Miss Bing'er is not a difficult task for the far north. If higher-quality ferocious beast soul bones are needed, I can even personally make a trip to the sea."
The far north is sparsely populated with few ferocious beasts, but the seas are teeming with them.
With her demigod-like strength, there are only a handful of beings in the entire sea, such as the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, who would make her retreat.
As for the issue of how to address her, Xue Di has already considered it.
When only one of Shui Bing'er and Bing Di is present, you can call her Bing'er directly, but when both of them are present, you should still make a distinction.
At this moment, Shuiyue'er had also completed her absorption, and her aura fluctuated as she hopped and skipped towards Muci.
"How is it?" Mu Ci asked, looking at Shui Yue'er.
Shui Yue'er held Mu Ci's arm, thought for a moment, and then spoke in front of everyone.
"I feel that my fifth spirit ring is over 30,000 years old. With the spirit power brought by the spirit bone, I have now reached the peak of level 54. Give me another two months and I can break through."
As Shui Yue'er spoke, her aquamarine eyes curved into crescents: "The 100,000-year-old soul bone gave me two soul skills, one an amplification type and the other a single-target attack. As for the fifth soul skill... it's a domain-type soul skill!"
Upon hearing the words "domain category", Mu Ci's eyes lit up immediately.
In his view, ordinary attack and defense-type soul skills are nothing special; only amplification and domain-type skills are worth paying attention to.
Shui Yue'er looked at Mu Ci playfully and said, "I won't tell you the specific effects yet. I'll wait until the All-Continent Elite Tournament to use it, and then I'll catch you off guard."
Hearing this, Mu Ci affectionately tapped Shui Yue'er, but didn't ask any more questions.
Hitting him was definitely a joke, but hiding him was a given. Since that's the case, let her be.
Now, apart from waiting for Shui Bing'er to finish absorbing the soul bone and soul ring, there was nothing else to do, and everyone was somewhat relaxed.
At this moment, Xue Di suddenly remembered something and asked curiously, "Mu Ci, you came to the far north this time to obtain the fifth spirit ring for Bing'er, right? Why did you go so far astray?"
"Logically speaking, the ice-attribute ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts in the Frozen Forest should be enough."
This question made both Mu Ci and Shui Yue'er look embarrassed.
Now that they are quite familiar with Xue Di and Bing Di, their original purpose has become difficult to admit.
Mu Ci's gaze unconsciously drifted to Hyotei, who was equally curious beside him. He coughed twice and said, "Don't get angry when I tell you."
Upon hearing this, all four ferocious beasts present looked over.
Xue Di laughed and said, "It's alright, just say what you want. We haven't reached the point where we have to interfere with the hunting of any soul beast."
“Every day in the far north, soul beasts are hunted by their natural enemies. As long as human soul masters don’t hunt souls on a large scale, we don’t really care.”
Chapter 132 Ice Explosion Technique, Bone Dismantling, Second Test: Leaving
Looking at the different expressions on the faces of the ferocious beasts before him, Mu Ci sighed softly and decided to stop beating around the bush.
"What if I told you that my purpose in coming to the far north was to reach the inner circle and capture an Ice Jade King Scorpion?"
"What? ×3"
Apart from Xue Di, who remained silent in surprise, the other three ferocious beasts were all extremely shocked.
Especially Hyotei.
If this weren't the Ice God Temple, and the Ice God himself wasn't right in front of her, and if this person weren't the Ice God's future partner, she would have already started cursing.
But soon, Hyotei's tense shoulders suddenly relaxed. This matter never happened, and it never will, so why be angry?
Seeing Bingdi's expression, Xuedi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She had regretted asking the question when she first heard about the Ice Jade King Scorpion.
However, judging from Hyotei's expression, she seemed to have figured it out, so she continued to ask.
"Why did you catch the Ice Jade King Scorpion? You should know that King Scorpions are extremely rare in Bing'er's race. If you want to find a suitable soul beast, there are plenty in the far north, and even ordinary Ice Jade Scorpions are not a problem."
Mu Ci also spread his hands helplessly at this moment.
"This is of course due to the Ice Jade King Scorpion's talent, which is rare even in the far north."
Hyotei frowned and said somewhat uncertainly.
"The Ice Jade King Scorpion's talent? You mean Ice Blast?"
Muji nodded affirmatively at Hyotei.
Seeing this gesture, Hyotei was somewhat helpless and shrugged, mimicking Muji's action.
“You might be mistaken. It’s not that every Ice Jade King Scorpion will awaken the Ice Blast Technique, but rather that every Ice Jade Scorpion that awakens the Ice Blast Technique will become a King Scorpion in the future. And so far, no Ice Jade Scorpion in the clan has awakened this divine skill.” Ice Emperor said with some disappointment, “Don’t even mention wanting it, I want it too. If I had the Ice Blast Technique, I would dare to challenge Xue’er.”
Upon hearing this, Xue Di narrowed her eyes slightly and smiled at Bing Di.
"Bing'er, you still want to have a go with me? I didn't expect you to be so brave!"
"No, no, I said I had Ice Blast, but I don't have it yet."
Hyotei chuckled as he looked at the somewhat dangerous expression on Yuki-tei's face.
Upon seeing this, Xue Di chuckled and turned to look at Mu Ci.
"In that case, you should thank us."
“That’s true. I only knew that the Ice Jade King Scorpion had the Ice Blast spell, but I didn’t expect that the Ice Blast spell had this aspect. If it weren’t for the temple opened by the Ice God, this trip would have been quite disappointing.”
Mu Ci was somewhat helpless about this. He hadn't really thought things through regarding the Ice Jade King Scorpion, and the Ice God's matter had come too suddenly.
After Mu Ci and Xue Di chatted for a while, Shui Bing'er had already finished absorbing the 100,000-year-old soul bone and the divinely bestowed soul ring.
At this moment, Shui Bing'er was surrounded by a faint ice-blue aura, and the enhancement from her 100,000-year-old soul bone and the divinely bestowed soul ring caused her soul power to surge back and forth.
"How was it, Bing'er? How was the harvest?" Mu Ci asked with a smile.
Shui Bing'er stood in front of everyone, nodded, and began to speak.
"Level 56, and I also acquired the Ice Explosion Technique that you mentioned for my fifth soul skill, Brother Mu Ci."
Upon hearing of such a achievement, both Mu Ci and Shui Yue'er were genuinely happy for Shui Bing'er.
While Ice Goddess Snow Empress and Atai Xiaobai were also smiling, they didn't seem as excited as the other two.
Only Hyotei, upon hearing about the Ice Explosion Technique, had a face as red as if she'd eaten a lemon, her cherry lips pressed tightly together, her blue eyes filled with envy.
She wants Ice Blast too!
Although Mu Ci was smiling, he still shook his head at Shui Bing'er's words.
"Bing'er, you're wrong. Your soul power might drop in a bit."
"why is that?"
Mu Ci's words left Shui Bing'er somewhat stunned, and she parted her cherry lips slightly, asking in confusion.
Mu Ci then explained the connection between soul bones and future divine equipment: high-quality soul bones correspond to high-quality divine equipment, and Tang Hao's was indeed somewhat lacking.
Upon hearing this explanation, Shui Bing'er suddenly understood and subconsciously touched the location of the soul bone in her arm, asking in confusion.
"Brother Mu Ci, how do we retrieve the soul bone? Do we have to cut off our arms?"
In Shui Bing'er's memory, soul bones can only be removed after a soul master dies, and the only way to remove them while alive is to amputate or break limbs.
She knew about Mu Ci's methods and wasn't afraid that the growth wouldn't be able to return. She just wondered if it would hurt a bit.
"What are you thinking about?" Mu Ci gently flicked her smooth forehead.
Mu Ci pulled Shui Bing'er's frost-covered, snow-white forearm over his shoulder, and a cyan-gold light shone from his hand.
The power of abundance enveloped it instantly, severing the nerve feedback of the entire arm. The skin and flesh were torn apart as if by an invisible hand, revealing the crystal-clear soul bone beneath.
With a flick of his soul power, Mu Ci brought back the inherited soul bone belonging to the Haotian Sect. In the blink of an eye, Shui Bing'er's arm was restored to its original state.
After removing the arm bone, Mu Ci squatted down and rolled up Shui Bing'er's clothes on her calves, repeating the process.
"Hey, it really doesn't hurt at all!" After taking out the soul bone, Shui Bing'er jumped on the ground twice in surprise.
Seeing Shui Bing'er's surprised expression, Mu Ci put the soul bone back into the soul tool and asked with a smile.
"How's your soul power now?"
Upon hearing this, Shui Bing'er sensed it.
"I just reached level 54, then dropped two levels."
Mu Ci nodded, which was within expectations.
The two inherited soul bones of the Haotian Sect increased the soul power by four levels at the Soul Sect realm, but Shui Bing'er is now a Soul King, so losing two levels would be the maximum.
As for Tang Hao dropping twenty levels at once, as in the original novel, that was entirely due to the lack of limbs.
"In that case, let's begin the second test."
Looking at Mu Ci and Shui Bing'er, who had finished, the Ice God spoke.
"Wait, Lord Ice God."
Before Shui Bing'er could speak, Mu Ci hurriedly interrupted her.
"What's wrong?" The Ice God asked, puzzled by the interruption.
“I know some of the divine tests take a long time, but Bing’er has some things to do at home in the next two years. Could we change the second test?”
Shui Bing'er was initially taken aback by the interruption, but after hearing Mu Ci's words, she nodded hurriedly, her eyes filled with hope as she looked at the Ice God.
"Is that so? That's fine, but the second test has been changed. In order to ensure the stability of the inheritance, the subsequent tests will also be more difficult."
Ice God nodded in understanding, but still told Shui Bing'er about the consequences of changing the divine test.