Chapter 2426: Coercion
"Alright, this is your limit. Any further, you won’t make it across. Hurry up and go down!"
The old man waved his hand, seemingly impatient with Su Han’s pretense and affectation.
"Limit, is it?"
Su Han’s gaze flickered, then he grinned and said, "I suddenly remember, this doesn’t seem to be my limit!"
"What do you mean?" The old man’s eyelid twitched.
"What do I mean, don’t you understand better than me?"
Su Han flipped his palm, and a gourd appeared, filled with Blazing Wine.
"If I swallow this, it can greatly boost my battle power." Su Han stated.
The old man didn’t say anything, but he knew that at this moment, what Su Han took out was certainly not an ordinary item.
However, after Su Han finished speaking, he put the Blazing Wine away.
This scene left the old man a bit stunned.
"But I don’t intend to waste this item here."
Su Han continued: "Even if it could increase my battle power, it wouldn’t allow me to reach ten thousand feet, nor gain more fortune."
"I’ve already verified my current battle power, so why should I waste such a treasure?"
"Then what exactly do you want to do!" The old man said hatefully.
"I told you earlier, I have even more terrifying Supreme Treasures in my hand. Don’t you want to see them?"
Su Han smiled, and simultaneously flipped both his palms.
On his left hand, a crown radiating a multicolored glow, with a golden exterior and an aura of noble majesty, floated out.
On his right hand, a deep blue treasure bead appeared, perfectly round and smooth, without the slightest trace inside, as if filled with deep blue liquid, swaying with movement.
"Since those Three Imperial Beings recognize the Sun God Bow, they will certainly recognize this item."
Su Han gently raised both hands towards the old man, then said: "Do you recognize it?"
The old man was completely stunned at this moment!
The golden light that enveloped his body dissipated, revealing the figure long hidden beneath the glow.
From bottom to top, a pair of gray shoes, a gray robe, hair full of gray and white, and... a face covered with scars, where neither nose nor mouth could be discerned, only a pair of eyes!
"Hiss!!!"
Upon seeing the old man clearly, everyone gasped.
They finally understood why the old man always hid beneath the golden light.
The mangled visage was simply hideous, even twisted!
Aside from the eyes, no other features were visible; scars crisscrossed his face like tiny dirt snakes, making onlookers’ hearts race.
Even Su Han was shocked by the old man’s appearance.
Obviously, the old man hadn’t transformed — this was his true face.
Had it not been for his shock at the Supreme Crown, how could he have revealed such a visage?
And as a Super Stronger at least at the Peak of the Immortal Realm, or even in God Realm, what kind of injury must this old man have suffered to appear so grotesque?
"Wow!"
At one point, the old man seemed to snap out of it.
His hand moved, the golden light reappeared, enveloping him as before.
After a long silence, the old man spoke, his voice a bit hoarse: "The Sun God Bow is already heaven-defying, I didn’t expect you to possess such Supreme Treasures. Worthy of being the Son of Heavenly Fortune!"
"So, you recognize this item?" Su Han asked.
"It’s ridiculous!"
The old man snorted coldly: "Since the Holy Artifact rankings appeared, the Supreme Crown has always been number one, unswayed by anything — who wouldn’t recognize it?"
𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
"To be precise, few above God Realm recognize it." Su Han said.
The Holy Artifact ranking is no secret at all.
Upon breaking into God Realm and entering the High-Grade Star Region, these things can be encountered.
Even if someone hasn’t seen the crystal stone documenting the Supreme Crown, hearing tales alone can carve its image into their mind.
"Legend has it, the Supreme Crown was heavily damaged, its seven Supreme Treasure Pearls separated from the body, disappeared throughout the starry sky; no one has ever collected them, nor has anyone obtained the Supreme Crown."
The old man drew a deep breath, staring at the five Supreme Treasure Pearls on the Supreme Crown, and the one in Su Han’s hand, speaking in a tone of undisguised amazement.
"You... have miraculously gathered six!!!"
"I am close to gathering the final one." Su Han said solemnly.
The old man shuddered and fell silent.
"With my current cultivation base, I naturally cannot fuse the Supreme Treasure Pearl with the Supreme Crown; they are embedded on it due to self-fusion."
Su Han pressed his lips together, then said: "And under self-fusion, the power generated is something you likely know better than I do — it is not based on me, but on the Supreme Crown."
"What do you intend to say?" The old man frowned, sensing something amiss.
"Earlier, you said I was the most likely to reach ten thousand feet, supposedly because you felt the Sun God Bow and other items on me." Su Han stated.
Indeed, the old man sensed these items but merely an aura.
Thus, he had said Su Han was the most likely, not definitively able to reach ten thousand feet.
But the old man had never anticipated these things to be the Sun God Bow and Supreme Crown!!!
"You want to use the fusion power of the Supreme Treasure Pearl and Supreme Crown to charge through this ten-thousand-foot bridge???"
Understanding Su Han’s intent, the old man nearly lost his composure: "Ancient Demon Dragon Emperor, you should know the power they wield; how can you do such a thing? Once they fuse, not just this bridge, even the entire Three Emperor Mountain will be destroyed!!!"
"That’s why I mentioned earlier that I want to make a deal with you."
Su Han smiled slightly: "Previously, you said I am not my past life, that I have no right to make a deal with you; but now, am I qualified?"
"You!"
Threatened by Su Han, the old man nearly spat blood.
"Because of your identity, our entire Three Emperor Mountain has relaxed the trials and hasn’t allowed you to encounter any crisis; yet, you turn around and threaten us? Such ingratitude isn’t the way of the Ancient Demon Dragon Emperor, is it?"
"It’s not what I wish, but for the fortune at the ten-thousand-foot mark, I must do so." Su Han shook his head slightly.
"Damn!!!" The old man screamed inwardly.
He stared at Su Han, at the Supreme Crown, for a full half moment.
Finally, like a deflated ball, he spoke weakly: "Tell me, what kind of deal do you propose?"