"Head soul bone?"
Looking at the fleeting flash of an ice-blue skull's light and shadow, Mu Yang raised his eyebrows.
Without a doubt, head soul bones and torso soul bones are rarer compared to limb soul bones. Mu Yang did not expect that after this hundred-thousand-year Ice Luan soul beast sacrificed itself, it would explode a relatively more precious head soul bone for Shui Bing'er.
At this moment, suddenly, a surging ice-blue light burst out from Shui Bing'er's body, instantly enveloping an area of dozens of meters around her.
"Domain power?!"
Looking at the ice-blue radiance centered on Shui Bing'er, covering a range of dozens of meters and even himself within it, Mu Yang couldn't help but click his tongue in surprise.
This hundred-thousand-year Ice Luan soul beast not only gave a hundred-thousand-year seventh soul ring and a hundred-thousand-year head soul bone, but even added an extra gift of domain power?!
Of course, Mu Yang also understood that Shui Bing'er being able to awaken her martial soul's innate domain power upon advancing to the seventh ring was not entirely due to the hundred-thousand-year Ice Luan soul ring—it was mainly because her foundation was strong.
If it were another martial soul, for example, also ice-attribute but far inferior in quality to the Ice Phoenix, such as the Ice Sparrow martial soul, it would certainly be impossible to awaken domain power.
It could be said that throughout the soul master world, unless forcibly granted by external means, any martial soul that possesses domain power must at the very least be ranked among the top tier in quality.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, another change occurred, and Mu Yang couldn't help but let out a soft sound of surprise.
He saw that on the snowy ground, at the brow of the ice-blue little bird—which the hundred-thousand-year Ice Luan soul beast had turned into after sacrificing itself and losing its life aura—there appeared a point of brilliant ice-blue light.
In the blink of an eye, that point of brilliant ice-blue light rapidly spread across the little bird's entire body, then erupted into dazzling ice-blue radiance.
Before long, when the dazzling ice-blue light faded, Mu Yang saw that the little bird's body had disappeared entirely, replaced by a basketball-sized egg, entirely ice-blue in color, its surface covered with phoenix patterns.
"This is… an Ice Luan egg?"
Shui Bing'er's voice sounded in Mu Yang's ear.
During the process of the Ice Luan's body undergoing mutation, Shui Bing'er had already regained consciousness.
"Good eyes!"
Mu Yang smiled and gave her a thumbs-up.
Seeing this, Shui Bing'er rolled her eyes.
Temporarily setting aside this small interlude, Mu Yang asked, "Bing'er, how are the effects of your Martial Soul True Body, soul bone skills, and domain?"
Holding the Ice Luan egg from the snowy ground in her hands, Shui Bing'er nodded joyfully and said, "Very good! But it seems the head soul bone didn't give me much of a soul power increase—after advancing, my soul power level is only at seventy-third-level Soul Sage.
Seventh soul skill: Ice Phoenix True Body—it can increase the effects of all soul skills by 100%, and aside from soul power consumption, there is no usage limit for any soul skill below the seventh ring.
Additionally, according to the feedback from the soul skill, using the Martial Soul True Body will not result in a period of weakness afterward.
The Ice Luan Head Soul Bone comes with two hundred-thousand-year soul bone skills: King of All Birds and Ice Luan's Protection.
King of All Birds is a domain-type soul bone skill that can suppress the strength of enemy avian-type martial soul users and soul beasts by 30%, and increase the strength of allied avian-type martial soul users and soul beasts by 30%.
Ice Luan's Protection is a soul bone skill that grants immunity to all attacks for three seconds, but can only be used three times per day.
The Ice Phoenix Domain can increase ice-attribute attack and control effects by 50%, and also comes with a domain skill: Ice Frost Nirvana.
When actively used, it can restore oneself to peak state, but cannot restore already-consumed soul power; if the domain is broken, it cannot be used.
Additionally, this domain skill also has a passive trigger mode.
Regardless of whether the domain is released, upon death, one can revive once—but the cost and interval for revival are unclear."
"So in other words, the Ice Luan wasn't completely dead after sacrificing itself?"
As for the Ice Phoenix True Body and the two soul bone skills from the hundred-thousand-year Ice Luan head soul bone, Mu Yang did not feel much surprise—after all, with such a high age, the effects would naturally be excellent. Instead, he was more interested in the Ice Luan egg in Shui Bing'er's arms.
Unlike human nine-ring Title Douluo, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast is certain to possess domain power.
In all likelihood, the domain skill mastered by this hundred-thousand-year Ice Luan soul beast had an effect similar to "Ice Frost Nirvana."
After the hundred-thousand-year Ice Luan sacrificed itself, it automatically triggered the passive effect of this domain skill, reviving as an Ice Luan egg!
Crack, crack, crack—
Just then, a faint sound came from the Ice Luan egg in Shui Bing'er's arms.
Fine cracks appeared on the egg's surface, followed by a few more cracking sounds. The shell broke, and a small bird head with a blue-gold beak poked out.
"It really revived!"
Seeing this scene, Shui Bing'er widened her eyes, then quickly placed the Ice Luan egg back onto the snowy ground in front of her, afraid of disturbing the little Ice Luan's hatching.
Chirp, chirp, chirp—
Before long, the cracks on the Ice Luan egg grew more numerous, and an ice-blue fledgling about a foot long broke out of the shell, letting out a tender Luan cry toward the two of them.
However, despite just having hatched, judging from its soul power aura alone, it was no weaker than an ordinary soul beast that had just stepped into the hundred-year cultivation level.
"What a cute little Ice Luan. Mu Yang, can we take it home and raise it?"
Extending a finger, Shui Bing'er carefully tapped the little Ice Luan's head, her expression full of longing as she spoke.
"Let me take a look first before we decide."
After a moment of hesitation, Mu Yang did not directly refuse, but instead cast a Soul Capturing Secret Technique on the little Ice Luan.
The positions of human soul masters and soul beasts are naturally opposed. Having taken the hundred-thousand-year Ice Luan's soul ring and soul bone, Mu Yang felt no psychological burden.
But now that the Ice Luan had been reborn into a little Ice Luan, its powerful strength was gone. If left unattended, it would most likely be carried off by other soul beasts living in the Great Snow Mountain.
Plus, the little Ice Luan had quite a good appearance; if the hidden dangers could be eliminated, raising a small pet wouldn't be out of the question.
After a while, following a round of "very friendly" spiritual communication, Mu Yang released the Soul Capturing Secret Technique's control and transmitted his voice to Shui Bing'er: "It's fine now. This revival skill of the Ice Luan seems to have a very serious flaw—its strength is almost entirely gone, and the little Ice Luan has no memory of before. Its mind is like a blank sheet of paper."
The reason for this precaution was mainly that Mu Yang was worried the revived Ice Luan might remember what had happened earlier.
After all, he had taken this Ice Luan's life before. If the little Ice Luan retained its previous memories and could quickly regain its strength after being reborn, there would be a risk of it turning on its master. Mu Yang wouldn't dare truly keep it as a pet in that case.
Shui Bing'er nodded in satisfaction. "That's good. Then let's call it Xiao Bing! Oh right, what does Xiao Bing eat?"
"Birds should be omnivorous, right? In the future, feed it meat from ice-attribute soul beasts, or fruits grown by ice-attribute plant-type soul beasts?"
Mu Yang replied somewhat uncertainly.
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