Just as the plaza buzzed with shock at Xu Jingming's Cosmic Peak cultivation,
a figure suddenly tore through space and appeared above the plaza.
It was Colt!
As a direct disciple of the Time Dominator,
he was extremely proficient in wielding the spatial origin.
He had received word the moment Xu Jingming appeared in the plaza and immediately teleported over.
"Xu Jingming!"
Colt's gaze pierced Xu Jingming like blades.
The pressure of an Eternal Peak surged down like a tidal wave, instantly silencing the noisy plaza.
But in the next instant,
a flash of undisguised alarm flickered deep in his eyes when he sensed Xu Jingming's aura.
Cosmic Peak?!
How had Xu Jingming's cultivation risen so quickly?
Jealousy churned within Colt.
Back then, it had taken him twenty thousand years of arduous cultivation to rise from Cosmic First Order to the peak!
Yet this brat before him had done it in barely over two years!
Still, he quickly forced down his emotions. This was not the time to dwell on that.
He stared fixedly at Xu Jingming, his voice cold and hard. "You're back? What about the mission? Did you complete that SSS-Class mission?"
"Of course I completed it."
Facing Colt directly, Xu Jingming showed no fear whatsoever.
Instead, a faintly amused smile curved his lips.
He had not expected Colt to be so impatient.
Before Xu Jingming could even go looking for him, Colt had come straight to his door.
"Completed it?"
Colt's eyes narrowed sharply, cold light flashing within them. "By 'completed,' you don't mean you took a sightseeing trip to Baroque Planet and gathered some irrelevant intelligence on that fugitive, do you? Xu Jingming, don't forget our agreement! When I said completed, I meant truly accomplishing the objective recognized by the SSS-Class mission system—capturing or killing the