A place deep in the Misty Jungle, in the Spirit Realm.
"Whew..."
Gales howled, making the surrounding plants sway violently and rustle noisily.
Lin Li braced himself against the relentless wind and walked forward, squinting at the source of the gusts.
"Crack."
Not far away, a small tree couldn't withstand the gale's assault and snapped clean in half. The broken trunk flew straight toward Lin Li.
"Thud."
Lin Li leaped into the air, dodging the falling tree, then stopped a hundred meters above the ground and looked down.
"Damn, that fissure's really long."
A pitch-black fissure several kilometers long stretched across the land. No one knew how deep it went.
At that moment, wave after wave of gale-force wind surged out of the fissure, scattering the white mist that blanketed the Misty Jungle.
Lin Li was curious about the pitch-black fissure and wanted to explore it.
However, considering that his top priority was hunting exotic beasts so the Ability Fruit would ripen sooner, he put the idea aside for now, memorized the location, then turned and left to look for prey elsewhere.
As soon as Lin Li disappeared from sight, the pitch-black fissure, which had been spewing out gale after gale, gradually fell calm.
"Roar..."
Faint beast howls suddenly rang out. As time passed, more and more howls joined in, and the once-quiet fissure grew noisy.
The sun was about to set on the horizon. Lin Li had spent all afternoon working in the Misty Jungle, and now he was panting with exhaustion.
"Whew..."
Lin Li raised his left hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Looking at the dead prey nearby, he muttered, "That thing was really good at escaping. If I hadn't been so much stronger than it, I might not have been able to take