Time is running out...

"Whew! I didn't expect the valley to be this big," 

Duncan mumbled as he stepped into the first shade he came across after crossing the barren wasteland he had been in for the past two weeks.

Looking around, he saw a very different scene from what he has been experiencing for the past two weeks. Duncan's eyes couldn't help but twitch looking at the scenery around him.

"First a hilly region, then a valley, followed by a forest," Duncan said letting out a huge sigh. "The geography of this place makes no sense. Looks like that bastard Huo Teng had a lot of fun setting up this Grotto Heaven."

Still, the sight that greeted him gave some reassurance to Duncan. Compared to the barren wasteland of a valley he had spent the last two weeks in, Duncan felt comfortable looking at the surrounding trees.

There was a reason for it as well.