Zaria's eyes widened slightly when she heard Ace's words, and she could feel he wasn't bluffing.
'What is he relying on? But if he had something or someone, he wouldn't be so timed and restrained before... 'She mused grimly, 'Then why am I feeling threatened? Don't tell me; is it because of that mysterious power on him? Could he be taking advantage of that power and intimidating me?"
Zaria's mind races as she starts to believe Ace is bluffing and using his mysterious power to make her back down. Furthermore, she was extremely confident that he didn't have neither strength nor any trump card that could beat her in strength that she was extremely confident in.
After all, Ace was a human, and everyone knew that humanity's highest cultivator was a half-king. Although they do have king realm inheritances, they were incomplete because of some past events and even their legacy king artifacts were useless since only a king can use them, not to mention humans won't hand them to someone as weak as Ace unless they had gone completely insane.
As for other treasures, Zaria had her own, and she was confident that she could counter anything Ace threw at her. So, she quickly suppressed the uneasiness in her heart and glared at him furiously.
Although she wanted to break his bones, she now wanted to crush his spirit. After all, despite knowing her strength, he dared to tease and humiliate her in front of Falcon, and now he was even challenging her!
She knew if she wanted to make him obedient and submissive, she had to crush his will, and only then could she leave Leah with him. Now, she no longer wanted to find Ace's secret but to make him completely submit, and Ace's challenge was just what she needed.
So, without hesitation, she smiled coldly and said, "I had to admit; you are the first man who didn't cower in front of me despite everything you knew and experienced. Even I have some respect for you, but you're out of your depths and didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth!
"Since you're stubborn, then so be it. I accept this bet of yours, and I don't need any law contract to ensure you follow through with this deal. After all, I'm far stronger than you!"
'She's too arrogant and delusional! Ace thought, but for this exact reason, he wanted to crush her even more and show her there were some things in this world that were even more terrifying than strength.
Furthermore, he knew that because of her overconfidence, Zaria would definitely fall into his trap because she knew she couldn't be harmed in the Great Crown Domain. She might not admit it, but this confidence was because of Falcon! Or why would she keep staying here if she hated Falcon so much?
It was clear to him that Zaria respected strength, and despite having a high cultivation base, she wasn't confident enough to venture out, and the main reason for it was Leah!
That's why Ace didn't want to do this since he respected her for taking care of her sister and sheltering her from the world. She left her no choice, but he still decided to try one more time, "Final chance, let me go, and we don't have to do this. You won't see me again, and everything will return as it was. Leah will forget about me in due time, but if you still insist on doing this because of your ego, you might regret it for the rest of your life."
Zaria snickered as she clearly took Ace's warning as an act of lacking confidence, and she became even more sure that Ace was really using his power to bluff.
"Just get it over with! I'm not letting you go, ever. Since you are going to be my punching bag from now on!"
Ace pursed his lips before he closed his eyes for a moment and issued a command to the system.
The next moment, he opened his eyes, which were impassive; he flipped his hand, and an exquisite pitch-black token appeared on his palm.
Zaria coolly looked at the token and couldn't help but closely observe it since there were no Qi fluctuations or anything extraordinary about it except for the owl symbol on it, which was vivid.
However, she had no idea what the owl symbol was since she wasn't informed about its recent rise in fame. She never cared about the outside world, which was why she would regret it very soon if Ace's plan succeeded!
Ace spoke at this moment, "This is a treasure that I acquired by chance. It only had a single function: to inflict pain on cultivators. But it also benefits the cultivator who had endured the pain tremendously by increasing their endurance and vitality. You've seen it just now, my recovery ability has also resulted from using this token for a long time"
A hint of disbelief surfaced in Zaria's eyes, but she believed him to some extent since she had just witnessed Ace's uncanny recovery ability.
"Very interesting. But what does it have to do with our bet? Don't tell me you will test your endurance against mine?" She asked with apparent mockery.
She knew it was impossible to win even if Ace had endured pain suppressing his realm, but she was convinced that Ace had no idea just how much endurance someone like her had, especially with her racial background in the mix.
Heh, just continue thinking like that...' Ace snickered inwardly before he nodded, "Indeed, you've guessed it. You see, multiple parties can use this token at the same time. So, we'll have a simple endurance test using this treasure. We'll activate it at the same time, and then whoever submits first will be the loser. After all, endurance is also part of strength, so this is the test of our endurance test, and it's fair,"
Zaria's eyes narrowed as she thought Ace was joking since there was no way she would lose, but she still had suspicion, so she said, "Let me see this token. Just in case you're playing any tricks."
Ace shook his head before handing her the token, "I've told you no tricks this time, just our strength!"
Zaria scoffed before she took the token from Ace and started to probe it with her law sense, but no matter what, she didn't find anything extraordinary about it, and it appeared just like a piece of carved metal.
"Let's get it over with! How should we activate it? You're going first!" She said that despite her confidence, she wanted Ace to go first, and since then, she could easily be ready for any schemes.
'Well, I guess I better start preparing an explanation for the girls... 'Ace's lips curled up slightly as he nodded, "I was planning to. It's straightforward; to activate it, we need to drip a drop of blood on it and then envelop it with our Qi willingly. But since we want to do it together, we need to do the last part at the same!"