The Ice Empress was on the verge of an emotional breakdown.
The psychological blows this human cub had dealt her in a single day outnumbered everything she had endured in a hundred thousand years in the Far North.
Worse still, Su Yuan hadn't stopped after saying all that. He dealt her another crushing blow:
"Oh, right. Actually, it's not just that this Soul Bone is a little too young. The main issue is that your Soul Skills have some problems too," Su Yuan added.
"I've already absorbed two skills with effects pretty similar to your two close-range Soul Skills, Ice Empress's Pincer and Ice Emperor's Protection. Ice Emperor's Wrath and Eternal Frozen Domain are pretty good, though. We can fit those in."
"Add Ice Blast, and that makes three Soul Skills. For the last one, remember to give me an ice-attribute ranged attack Soul Skill. A stat-boosting skill would work too."
Whether it was a ranged attack or a stat boost, Su Yuan was happy with either, given the base numbers of a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring!
Either would definitely be better than Ice Empress's Pincer and Ice Emperor's Protection. Giving him those two Soul Skills would just create duplicates.
The Ice Empress: "..."
"Fiiine!"
In the end, she gritted her teeth and nodded, but her vicious expression made her look as though she might hiss the next second, then leap over and sink her teeth into Su Yuan.
And so.
Following their "friendly" negotiations, the Soul Skills from the Ice Empress's sacrifice were decided: for the Soul Bone, Ice Blast and Ice Emperor's Wrath; for the Soul Ring, Eternal Frozen Domain and Extreme Ice Body.
As Soul Bone Skills, Ice Blast and Ice Emperor's Wrath could complement each other. Ice Blast's energy could be fired out in the form of