The scene shifted.
Imperial Capital, 749 Bureau headquarters.
The underground Training Ground.
BOOM!!!
A tremendous crash shook the entire Training Ground.
The dust cleared.
Xiao Tiance stood in the center of the grounds, bare-chested.
His muscles looked as though they had been chiseled with a blade.
Every muscle held terrifying power.
Sweat trickled down their contours.
Before him lay a crater more than a hundred meters across.
He had punched it into the ground.
And his punch had smashed through the underground Training Ground's high-strength alloy floor!
He withdrew his fist and took a deep breath.
"Still not enough..."
He murmured softly.
"I need to get stronger."
He turned and walked toward the nearby weapons rack.
He picked up the God-Slaying Halberd.
The golden halberd seemed to come alive in his hands.
He gave it a light swing.
The blade sliced through the air with a piercing whistle.
He closed his eyes.
A figure dressed in white surfaced in his mind.
Qi Wu.
The man worthy of his challenge!
He opened his eyes.
A fierce desire for battle flashed in them.
"Qi Wu..."
He spoke softly.
"I'll be waiting."
He tightened his grip on the halberd.
And swung again.
BOOM!!!
The Training Ground shook once more.
Ten minutes later.
Xiao Tiance walked out of the Training Ground.
He wiped the sweat from his body and put on his clothes.
A staff member approached him.
"Captain Xiao, we've received word from Kunlun."
Xiao Tiance stopped in his tracks.
"Go ahead."
The staff member replied respectfully.
"Mr. Qi Wu sent a message saying he's already left Kunlun and is on his way back to the Imperial Capital."
"He's expected to arrive tonight."
A wild grin spread across Xiao Tiance's face.
"Good."
He strode forward.
The eagerness for battle in his eyes