“It seems there's some trouble. It won't be easy to get across,” Han Li muttered to himself, withdrawing his gaze.

“The opposite island is only a few hundred zhang away from here. Are we really unable to leap across?” Shi Chuankong asked, gazing at the opposite shore.

Crab Daoren remained silent. He bent down, picked up a palm-sized brown stone from the ground, and with a surge of internal force, hurled it forcefully toward the opposite island.

With a "swoosh" sound piercing the air, the stone transformed into a thin line, swiftly shooting out. However, as it reached above the deep black mist, its momentum suddenly came to an abrupt halt.

While the stone was in mid-air, it seemed as if an invisible palm had suddenly slapped it head-on. In the next moment, it plunged straight down into the black mist below and disappeared.

Han Li and the others all listened attentively, but after a long while, they still didn't hear the sound of the stone landing.

“This seems unfathomably deep!” Shi Chuankong murmured, his gaze sweeping across the area below.

"If I'm not mistaken, beneath this black mist, there is nothing but endless void. Once you fall into it, you'll be trapped in a null space, falling down endlessly. No one knows when you'll reach the bottom, or if there even is a bottom," Han Li said slowly, his eyes flashing with a faint purple light as he looked at the deep black mist.

“This is troublesome. If that's the case, are we going to be trapped on this tiny island? Judging from the situation on the island, it seems like night is when various strange beasts come out to roam, which could be even more dangerous…” Shi Chuankong frowned upon hearing this.

Han Li's eyes narrowed slightly. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a series of loud "flapping" sounds coming from the other side of the black mist. He quickly focused his attention and looked over.

He saw a bizarre, large bird with an unusually large head, an extremely long neck, and a thick body, about two zhang tall, flapping its two huge wings, “flying” towards them almost touching the black mist.

Han Li's eyes swirled with purple light, and he immediately saw the bird's appearance clearly.

Its neck and head were covered with grayish-white fluff, while its body was covered with coarse, short cyan feathers. Its wings, when spread open, were more than a zhang wide.

Its flying posture was very peculiar. Not only were its wings flapping vigorously, but even its thick feet were constantly treading in the void, making it look like a duck treading water on a lake surface. It couldn't look any more awkward.

However, miraculously, each time it stepped in the void, a ball of air seemed to explode beneath its feet, generating a force that helped it resist the spatial pressure above the black mist, allowing it to traverse the void.

Seeing this, a hint of delight flashed in Han Li's eyes, and he exclaimed:

"The cyan feathers on this bird seem to be somewhat different. They can greatly reduce the huge pressure exerted by the void. Coupled with the airballs exploding beneath its feet, it can fly across this black mist void. If we can capture it, perhaps we can try riding it to the other side."

As soon as his words fell, the "flapping" sound in the black mist intensified. Hundreds of strange birds, almost identical to it and maintaining the same strange posture, flew over together, all landing in the direction of the island.

These birds completely ignored Han Li and the others, showing no fear at all. After landing, they started running wildly on their two thick, long legs, rushing towards the mountain ridge in the center of the island.

Seeing this, Han Li and the others quickly twisted their bodies, dodging among the flock of birds.

Before long, the flock of birds rushed past the three of them, continuing to speed towards the rear.

"Excellent! There are so many, enough for us!" Shi Chuankong breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled.

"Let's go, we'll follow them," Han Li said immediately.

So, the three of them quickly followed behind the flock of birds, chasing after them wildly.

However, the posture of these birds when running was also very different. There seemed to be an explosion of air beneath their feet as well. Every time they took a step, their bodies would be bounced up by this force, and the distance covered by each step was extremely far, making their speed extremely fast.

Han Li and the others were unable to fly now, and simply relying on their physical bodies to chase after them, their speed was somewhat lacking.

Han Li was still doing relatively well, but Shi Chuankong and Crab Daoren were even worse, lagging far behind by more than ten miles.

As the few people chased after them, the sun had completely set, and stars had already appeared in the deep sky hanging low over the wilderness.

Han Li did not dare to relax his mind. While running wildly along the way, he still glanced at his surroundings out of the corner of his eye.

He saw one dark shadow after another emerging from nowhere on the desolate plain. Some were as large as tigers and leopards, and some were as small as snakes and rats. They were all silently crouching on the ground, seemingly waiting for something.

Han Li was surprised and suspicious in his heart, but he did not stop to investigate. He continued to chase after the flock of strange birds.

By the time he finally caught up to that mountain ridge, night had completely fallen, the sky was cloudless for thousands of miles, a solitary moon hung high, and the surroundings were inlaid with dense, dazzling stars.

And beneath the stars, Han Li and the others saw an amazing scene.

Looking out over the mountain ridge, thousands upon thousands of white-armored crabs crawled all over the mountain ridge and down to the bottom, spreading towards the gradually flattening areas around them.

At this time, the shells of the white-armored crabs were all glowing with faint white light, like small, bean-sized lamps, illuminating the mountains and plains, as if another starry sky had been spread out on the plain, making it extremely beautiful!

Standing on the mountain ridge, Han Li looked around and saw that it wasn't just the white-armored crabs that were emitting this fluorescent white light. There were countless strange beasts of all sizes on the island, but most of them emitted light from their heads.

In that light, he felt a faint but familiar power.

That was the power he used when cultivating the Da Zhou Tian Xing Yuan Gong – the power of the stars!

The more Han Li looked, the more surprised and uncertain he became. Could it be that in this desolate Jilin Void Realm, these white-armored crabs and strange beasts survived and cultivated by absorbing the power contained in the stars at night?

While he was pondering, a series of "clacking" sounds rang out.

Han Li quickly shifted his gaze and saw that the strange birds that had flown here earlier were stretching their necks and pecking at the white-armored crabs on the ground with their sharp, long black beaks.

Under the starlight, these white-armored crabs only caused small-scale disturbances, but they did not flee in large numbers, nor did they attack the strange birds like they did when they devoured giant lizards and centipedes during the day.

And on the distant island plain, there were also bursts of chaotic roars. Han Li looked up and could vaguely see some larger strange beasts devouring the smaller ones.

"So they came here to forage for food. Should we make a move now?" Shi Chuankong said, eager to try.

"Wait a little longer. If we attack now, it might attract unnecessary trouble. Let's move closer slowly and find a suitable location," Han Li said, shaking his head as he scanned his surroundings.

So, the three of them crawled forward and each found a relatively high place with cover to hide.

About half an hour later, the strange birds seemed to have finished eating, and they began to stride out with their long legs, running wildly in the direction they had come from.

Seeing this, Han Li immediately gave Shi Chuankong a signal.

As soon as the sound started, Shi Chuankong moved.

He leaned his body, pushed off the ground with both legs, and ran rapidly with the flock of birds. As soon as a strange bird ran beside him, he suddenly leaped up, somersaulted, and climbed onto the back of the strange bird.

Just as he was about to land on the strange bird's back, the strange bird suddenly tilted its body and raised one of its thick legs, kicking it hard towards Shi Chuankong's chest.

Shi Chuankong had never expected that this seemingly silly and clumsy strange bird would be so agile and swift. He didn't have time to dodge, and was kicked in the chest by its huge foot, which only had four toes.

"Not good," he cried out in his heart, and bursts of popping sounds rang out from his body.

As a series of "bang, bang, bang" sounds rang out, one after another Xuan acupoint on Shi Chuankong's chest lit up, and a layer of hazy light seemed to shroud his body.

Just as the ninth Xuan acupoint on his chest lit up, a sound of air exploding rang out.

A black air hole, the thickness of a thumb, could be seen under the foot of the strange bird. An invisible air force suddenly burst out from it, exploding in front of Shi Chuankong's chest.

Shi Chuankong only felt a huge force suddenly hitting his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe. His body folded back like a ripe shrimp and flew out, landing heavily on the ground and tumbling for more than ten laps before he barely stopped.

On the other side, Han Li was also about to step onto the back of a strange bird. After catching sight of this scene out of the corner of his eye, his body suddenly sank downwards. Like the previous one, the strange bird raised its leg and kicked towards Han Li's side, but he just managed to dodge it.

Han Li's body slid under the strange bird and flipped over from the other side, directly riding on it.

The huge strange bird only trembled slightly when he pressed down on it, then regained its footing and continued to run forward without stopping.

Having received Han Li's previous instructions, Crab Daoren naturally did not take action again, but went forward to check Shi Chuankong's condition.

The latter had already climbed up from the ground and was patting the dust off his body, along with the white-armored crabs that were clinging to his clothes. His expression was as usual, and he didn't seem to be injured.

"These strange birds seem to have air holes on the soles of their feet. The impact caused by the eruption is really not weak. No wonder they can walk in the air in those black mist areas," Shi Chuankong said somewhat awkwardly, seeing that Crab Daoren was looking at him.

After saying that, he ignored Crab Daoren's reaction and looked towards Han Li.

At this time, Han Li was riding on the back of the strange bird, holding its long neck tightly with both hands. His body was shaking up and down with the undulation of the strange bird's body, which looked a bit ridiculous, but overall, it looked quite stable. The strange bird's movements did not seem to be greatly affected.

However, at this moment, the huge strange bird's head suddenly turned sharply, almost twisting directly around. Its sharp beak, gleaming with a dark light, like a black dagger, pecked fiercely towards Han Li's left eye.

The speed was astonishingly fast!