Twilight of the Empire Arc

Zhang Heng naturally did not believe everything the old man in Tang suit said, but the timing of that book's appearance was indeed highly suspicious. For the time being, he set the matter aside and devoted most of his energy to learning how to control the pair of shadow wings that had appeared on his back.

Of course, to avoid giving passersby heart attacks, Zhang Heng practiced while time was stopped.

Unfortunately, he only had twelve seconds a day. However, after two weeks of training and experimentation, Zhang Heng had more or less mastered the wings' use and no longer made face-first landings.

During his final practice session, he climbed the 405-meter broadcasting tower. Looking down at the city beneath him, he took a deep breath and stepped forward. His body began to plummet under gravity, accelerating faster and faster. When he was about a hundred meters above the ground, Zhang Heng closed his eyes and silently thought of crows.

A pair of shadowy wings then spread open behind him, slowing his descent before carrying him toward a residential building in the distance.

Keeping track of the time, Zhang Heng finally landed on the rooftop of one of the buildings.

The moment his toes touched the concrete rooftop, the wings behind him folded up and vanished. The entire landing was remarkably smooth. Of course, Zhang Heng guessed that if he became more proficient, he might be able to perform more complex maneuvers in midair, allowing him to evade attacks from the ground or adapt to certain extreme natural environments.

But for now, being able to open his wings during a dangerous fall and land safely already counted as achieving his initial goal. It meant he would no longer face the danger of accidentally falling to his death.

Besides that, the