The strange birds were shaped like crows, but their bodies were much larger than those of any ordinary crows. Nearly every single one of them was the size of a Chinese golden eagle. They were also extremely fast, letting out sharp and shrill cries. Zu An’s party could sense their concentrated mass of killing intent even from far away.

They now understood why the octopus monster hadn’t chased after them. It turned out that there were many dangers in the sky as well!

The octopus monster might have been able to throw its weight around in the water, but if it entered the air, it would no longer be able to swim around as it pleased and could just end up being eaten by the things in the air. Even though the birds were much weaker individually, when so many of them were gathered together like that, they would have enough power to devour it.

Zu An’s party felt a scalp-numbing chill. Even an ascension soul Kraken had needed to withdraw, so they naturally gave up on...