That day, Xu Que and his men left the mountains and rushed to the Celestial Burial Valley.

　　Typically, Xu Que would meet up with some old friends before he started doing what he had planned to do.

　　However, it was different this time round. The time that was allocated to the Chinese team was…no…the time allocated for him was almost used up!

　　Xu Que was very worried. Besides, he really wanted to know if Xuanyuan Wanrong had met with some crisis. He wanted to know if she had created the crisis or if it was that she had met with stronger opponents.

　　If it had been the case that Xuanyuan Wanrong had created problems for herself, then Xu Que would have some time to think of solutions. However, if it were the case that there was really some strong opponent who was trying to deal with Xuanyuan Wanrong, then it would be a much stickier issue. They would need to rely on the souls of Xuanyuan Qishang and Guan Chuchu to fight!

　　Hence, time was not on their side. There were only three days left to the day of Xu Que’s death that had been prophesied.

　　BANG!

　　Very soon, Xu Que and his people appeared outside the Celestial Burial Valley.

　　Based on their powers, they didn’t have to spend too much time traveling that distance.

　　However, now that they had stopped and stood outside the Celestial Burial Ground, they looked solemn and were frowning.

　　“How did it end up like this?”

　　“Was there a war here?”

　　“No wonder that when we arrived, I felt that the place seemed very dead. I thought maybe that people had moved on, but now it seems as if something is not right!”

　　Xu Que, Duan Jiude, and Buttface were all startled.

　　Liu Jingning, meanwhile, couldn’t believe her eyes.

　　The Celestial Burial Valley looked as if it was suffering from the aftermath of a war. There were potholes everywhere, and they could see traces of where the troops had been attacked. Scarlet bloodstains remained in some places, and broken pieces of artifacts were scattered everywhere. The only thing that was missing was cultivators’ corpses.

　　One could easily see that not only had there been a huge battle here, but also there must’ve been at least 100,000 people who participated in the battle. All levels of cultivators seemed to have joined in the battle.

　　They had arrived here from the far mountains. Now they realized that they hadn’t sensed the presence of cultivators in some of the places that they had once been familiar with. Some areas felt quiet, while others felt dead. The entire East Continent seemed too quiet, vastly different from how it had been bustling before they left.

　　“Could it be that there was some unique treasure that caused them to fight each other like this?” Mo Junchen surveyed the damage on the battlefield and made a guess.

　　“That can’t be it!” Xu Que shook his head. He frowned. “I feel certain that there have been some intruders who came here to attack. This place carries a scent.”

　　“That’s right, a familiar scent.” Buttface nodded.

　　Duan Jiude was stunned. “What scent? Why haven’t I, the old man, smelled it?”

　　Xu Que and Buttface exchanged a look and exclaimed at the same time, “Scent of seafood!”

　　“Sea…seafood scent?” Duan Jiude was shocked.

　　Liu Jingning too was stunned momentarily. “Seafood? Perhaps someone from the North Sea came over? But…that can’t be. The Lord of the Roc tribe from the North Sea is holding the fort there. The Demonic Beast Clan from the Sea killing in the East Continent!”

　　“Actually, besides the North Sea, there is also another place where a huge number of the Sea Tribes are hiding.” Xu Que said.

　　He already had a rough idea of who the intruders were who had come here to attack.

　　Even the crisis that Xuanyuan Wanrong had met with was related to those intruders!

　　“Young chap, could it be those people from the Fire Country?” Buttface understood quickly what Xu Que was thinking and asked.

　　“The probability is very high.” Xu Que nodded.

　　…..

　　Back in the day, when they had returned to the Fire Country from the Water Nation, he had captured a few Sea Tribes from the Palace. All of them, including Geoducks and Octopus, had appeared as humans in Fire Country to cause trouble. However, they had been killed by him in the end.

　　At that time, he had yet to visit the Four Major Continents. He’d thought that the Sea Tribes had come from the Four Continents. However, he’d managed to gain some clues and found out that those Sea Tribes had come from the sea between the Five Elements Mountain and the Four Major Continents. That part of the sea spanned a huge area, and there might even be some from the Dragon Tribe who lived there.

　　At that time, Xu Que did not think too much about it. After killing the Sea Tribes, he returned to the Water Nation to reunite with Jiang Hongyan before leaving for the Four Major Continents. However, Jiang Hongyan had set off before they had been able to reunite. Hence, Xu Que did not have a choice but he had to rush over. Later, he stepped forward on the road of the Four Continents and eventually forgot about the matters regarding the Sea Tribe.

　　However, now that he was back here, he could smell the scent of seafood on the ruins of the battlefield. Hence, he immediately thought of the spirit of the Geoduck from the past. The smell was too similar.

　　Hence, he deduced that it must be the Sea Tribe who had invaded the East Continent, and the cultivators of the East Continent must have put up a fight against them. After several tough battles, numerous cultivators of the East Continent had been injured.

　　As for who had emerged as the winner…

　　Xu Que scanned the area and his eyes landed at the entrance to the Celestial Burial Valley. His eyes narrowed.

　　“Buttface, go over there to have a smell. Check if there’s the scent of seafood there.” Xu Que pointed to the entrance of the Celestial Burial Valley as he directed Buttface.

　　“D*mn, I’m not going. Are you treating me like a dog? Ask me to go over to smell, and I’ll do it?” Buttface answered pridefully.

　　“Just go over, perhaps you’ll be able to drink some seafood soup.”

　　Xu Que smiled as he said that. In a split second, the silhouette turned into a blinding light and rushed forward. Buttface had made his move.

　　In no time, he landed at the entrance of the Celestial Burial Valley. Wriggling his nose, he sniffed and immediately shook its head.

　　“Go further in!” Xu Que waved his hands, gesturing for Buttface to go in closer.

　　Buttface did not think about it twice and inched forward.

　　After going a few feet in, there was a loud thud, and a black fireball descended from the sky and slammed into Buttface’s body.

　　“Who touched me?” Buttface was stunned and fell to the ground. Looking up, he saw that the black fire was burning on the ground under his feet. He was stumped.

　　OW!

　　The next moment,Buttface felt an excruciating pain and jumped out of the fire. He started to roll on the ground.

　　The corners of Duan Jiude and Mo Junchen’s lips twitched.

　　Buttface was perfectly fine. That ball of fire couldn’t even burn half of its fur and even that explosive pressure from the fireball wouldn’t have hurt Buttface at all.

　　In the end, Buttface had to put on such a show as though he was in terrible pain. He was ridiculous.

　　“That’s enough, cut it out!”

　　Xu Que couldn’t bear to watch any longer and shouted as he shook his head.

　　Liu Jingning didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He looked toward Xu Que and said, “You knew that all along, right? That there’s a Prohibition Spell.”

　　“I was just guessing! But now, it’s been confirmed. The people from the East Continent could’ve been hiding inside. They might have cast the Prohibition Spell at the entrance. No, they couldn’t have cast such a powerful spell. Perhaps it was cast by the Sea Tribe to trap them. No, that can’t be right either. That’s not the reason.” Xu Que continued to think.

　　He had suspected that the Sea Tribe wanted to start a war and trapped the East Continent people inside, to torture them slowly.

　　However, after thinking about it, he realized that it didn’t make sense. If the Sea Tribe’s powers surpassed that of the cultivators in the East Continent, why wouldn’t they have charged forward and, instead, imposed such a spell at the entrance of the Celestial Burial Valley?

　　“Gosh, buddy, come over, there’s a Sea Tribe spy hidden here,” Buttface shouted.

　　A spy from the Sea Tribe?

　　Xu Que and the rest exchanged looks and were stunned. They turned to look.

　　Buttface was standing on the ground. His claws were pinching a small worm… no, taking a closer look, it was not a worm. It was a fish that was as small as a worm!

　　“D*mn it, this sea creature has got quite a high intelligence. But too bad, you’ve met me. If I had really let you climb into my butt, I would really have not been able to catch you!” Buttface dragged out the small fish and sneered at it with disdain.