Xu Xin quickly stood up and looked outside the cave.
Outside the cave, the originally still fog began to churn, and three giant eagles with a wingspan of more than four meters were flapping their wings in the fog, their sharp eagle hooks and claws glowing coldly!
Each of them has blood-colored stripes all over its body, which makes them look very domineering, yet also frightening.
The bright yellow eagle hook and sharp claws are very eye-catching in this cold sky!
One of the giants was particularly large.
Its bright yellow, downward-curved, sharp beak opened and it let out a somewhat strange cry. Its sharp eyes stared straight at the cave entrance where Xu Xin was.
The extremely sharp eagle claws loosened, and a few strands of crushed stone chips fell from the gaps between its extremely sharp and exaggeratedly large claws. With the flapping of its huge wings, it could actually hover in the air!
It was this one. It suddenly attacked Xu Xin from behind just now. After he dodged, it directly scratched a hole in the rock wall and broke the rock wall into pieces!
"this… "
Looking at the three giant withers in front of him, Xu Xin was not afraid at all. Instead, he was dumbfounded, with his eyes shining.
This giant withering looks familiar...
If you ignore the bloody lines on their bodies, this kind of big bird with a white head, black body, and yellow beak and claws, he has encountered it once in this world...
Isn't this... a white-headed sea cucumber? !
Eagle sauce, why is it you again? !
How come you are in such a cold place, and how come you can grow so big!
The bald eagle, commonly known as the bald eagle, generally lives in rivers, lakes or seashores, and feeds on fish, water birds and small mammals.
The last time Xu Xin encountered this kind of big bird was during the first phase of hunting.
His automatic heavy crossbow shot a white-headed sea owl that was hunting at low altitude and nailed it directly to the tree trunk.
The sea eagle contributed several kilograms of eagle meat and a dozen feathers to him.
But he didn't expect to see the bald eagle in such a remote and extremely cold place at high altitude.
Or a few mutated white-headed seabirds!
The bald eagle is not afraid of the cold and can soar quickly in the air regardless of the scorching summer or the severe winter. Its feathers are hollow and have good warmth retention properties, and there are a large number of fine hairs at the base of each feather, which further promote warmth.
That being said, the temperature here is too low!
Can you fly even in minus fifty degrees
How should I put it? It is indeed a mutant creature...
Among these three bald eagles, the largest one has the most exaggerated talons. The huge and sharp talons can even crush hard rocks!
This is the mark of a mid-level mutant creature. The attacking part is enlarged. It is obvious that this is already a mid-level mutant creature, and it seems to be stronger than the average mid-level mutant creature.
Fortunately, although the other two were not small, they did not have any obvious mutations, which meant that they were still low-level mutant creatures.
Xu Xin looked at the map.
Unfortunately, there is no display on the map.
There were red dots, but they were all creatures on the ground. There was still nothing around him.
… This map is so weak, it can’t display the underground, and it can’t display it at this high altitude…
At this moment, the largest intermediate mutant white-headed sea lion suddenly let out a sharp cry and pounced towards Xu Xin!
Xu Xin immediately retreated deep into the cave.
The bald eagle was very large, and after spreading its wings it had no way of flying into the cave. It could only let out a strange cry and wave its sharp eagle claws towards the edge of the cave.
"Card!"
The sound of rocks breaking was heard, and a rock about ten centimeters in size was grabbed by the casual claw and rolled down the uneven mountain wall.
Xu Xin listened to the sound of rocks colliding and rolling on the mountain wall, and nervously watched the three white-headed seagulls blocking the entrance of the cave.
Where did they come from? Could it be that they were also brought out from underground by this giant peak
Why are there mutant creatures that can fly underground
etc…
This giant peak is over a thousand meters high...
If it is over a thousand meters deep, it can already touch the underground world, right? !
That underground world full of giant monsters must be about a thousand meters underground, right? !
The three huge mutated white-headed sea cucumbers saw Xu Xin shrink back. They could not attack him and could only make shrill cries at the entrance of the cave.
Although it was a shrill cry, Xu Xin couldn't help but want to laugh.
Don’t be fooled by the majestic look of the bald-headed seabird. Unlike its domineering appearance, the bald-headed seabird’s call is very weak. If you ignore its appearance and only listen to its voice, you will just think it is a group of small birds chirping.
The long, sharp, and earth-shattering calls of the bald eagle in various movies are actually not its own voice, but the call of the red-tailed hawk, a famous voice actor in the eagle world.
Because its own voice is so inconsistent with its appearance, in order to maintain its image, it can only find a voice actor.
In this respect, the white-headed sea cucumber is somewhat similar to Mimi, the cheetah. One is a crying monster in the world of fierce beasts, and the other is a crying monster in the world of fierce birds.
"Kachcha! Kacha!"
Seeing that Xu Xin did not come out of the cave, several white-headed eagles began to attack the cave entrance in turns. Their sharp eagle claws attacked the cave entrance again and again, and the rock wall was constantly crushed. The cave entrance was gradually expanded from its original one-meter width.
Xu Xin was not panicking. He had already taken out a crossbow from his backpack and installed an explosive crossbow.
He did not rush to shoot, but thought for a moment.
Why did these big guys suddenly appear and attack him
Could it be because of that egg
Could that egg be the egg of a white-headed sea urchin? !
An egg from a white-headed sea turtle with the blood of a giant beast
hiss…
Xu Xin's eyes gradually widened.
"Crack!" Another attack, the exit of the cave was expanded again. Then, the large white-headed seagull folded its wings, stood at the entrance of the cave, blocking the exit.
Although the big guy has a wingspan of more than four meters, it is not very big when it folds its wings and stands on the ground with its two claws. Even if the cave exit is not enlarged by their attack, it can still drill in.
But its fighting power is completely different when it crawls in and flies outside. It can't fly, and its claws are used for walking. For Xu Xin, walking on the ground is not difficult at all.
Therefore, although this mutated white-headed seabird was blocking the exit, it did not dare to come in, but just made bird calls towards Xu Xin.
Xu Xin had already aimed the crossbow in his hand at the white-headed sea urchin.
This intermediate mutated white-headed sea urchin must be killed.
If this big guy attacked him while he was climbing, he would be completely unable to resist.
The white-headed seabird seemed to not understand what the crossbow in Xu Xin's hand was. It continued to make bird calls and wanted to spread its wings to intimidate others. However, the cave was narrow and it could only keep flapping the outside of its wings against the cold cave wall.
Outside the cave, the two low-level mutated white-headed sea lions were still circling.
Xu Xin took a few steps back, narrowed his eyes, and immediately pulled the trigger.
"boom!"
A violent explosion was accompanied by some miserable bird calls.
The explosive crossbow directly hit the intermediate-level mutant white-headed sea urchin, and thick smoke instantly filled the entire cave entrance!
At the same time as Xu Xin pulled the trigger, he retracted the crossbow, took out his halberd, pointed it straight forward, and poked hard into the thick smoke produced by the explosion!
But it hit nothing.
Although the white-headed sea cucumber is big, it is still too light.
It was blown away by the shock wave generated by the explosion, leaving blood and a lot of feathers in the cave.
The explosion that directly hit its body caused huge damage to it, and the white-headed seabird that was blown away fell directly to the ground several hundred meters below in the form of a parabola!
Xu Xin's halberd pierced through the thick fog and accurately stabbed another white-headed sea urchin, which was a little panicked by the explosion!
Expose it directly!
The vitality flowed through the handle of the halberd to his whole body, instantly warming up Xu Xi, who was originally feeling a little cold.
Kill the mutant white-headed sea lily and get 50 points.
The white-headed sea cucumber that he exposed died on the spot.
The remaining one, after letting out a terrified cry, immediately began to dive downwards, flying rapidly around the huge stone pillar, and disappeared in an instant.
Xu Xin felt helpless. He knew that it would be very difficult to keep a low-level mutant sea lizard.
This sea cucumber can fly!
It seems that the idea of directly signing the contract has failed.
The big guy that was blown away by the explosive crossbow and fell in a parabola several hundred meters underground went somewhere unknown, but since there was no indication to kill it, it meant that it was not dead yet.
However, Xu Xin just clearly observed that one of its wings must have been blown off.
In order to reduce weight, birds' bones have long evolved to be hollow. Even intermediate-level mutated birds have much more fragile bones than ground creatures. If that explosive crossbow hit them right in the body, I'm afraid all the bones in their body would be hurt.
Even if the intermediate mutant creature had a strong life force and strong self-healing ability, Xu Xin didn't think that this big guy could recover within a day and continue to cause trouble for him.
Fortunately, this guy insisted on standing at the entrance of the cave to block the road. If he was in the air, it would be basically impossible for his explosive crossbow to hit him.
There were no more white-headed seabirds circling outside the cave.
Xu Xin looked outside and had no intention of leaving now.
Because he had already heard the sound coming from the top of the huge stone pillar.
Avalanche is coming!
Using an explosive crossbow on a snowy mountain would cause such a big commotion, it would be strange if there wasn't an avalanche!
Fortunately, his current location would not be affected by the avalanche. It was a cave on the cliff, and the avalanche would not affect him at all. He could use this opportunity to clear the snow piled on the mountain, so that he could climb better later.
Sure enough, within a dozen seconds, the accumulated snow on the mountain began to roll down.
It was not the large avalanche that one might have imagined. After all, there was not much space to store snow on the huge stone peaks that were straight up and down.
Fortunately, otherwise it would be a sin. After all, the person climbing this mountain is not just him, but also Ji Chaoyang...
Although he was not sure whether his actions could affect Ji Chaoyang.
Xu Xi stood in the cave, looking at the snow piles falling at the entrance, thinking about what had just happened.
Did those bald eagles attack him because they were hostile to him and wanted to hunt him, or because of the egg in his bracelet
An egg of a white-headed sea lion? Or an egg of a white-headed sea lion with the blood of a giant beast
Xu Xin took the egg out of the bracelet and examined it carefully.
The eggshell was still covered with cracks, and the little life in the egg was breathing very shallowly, probably sleeping.
Speaking of which, the egg is already in this state, there shouldn't be any problem if he helps peel the egg, right
… Never mind, let’s just wait for it to break out of the shell by itself. It’s useless even if I peel it out now. He doesn’t have time to take care of a little guy right now.
Xu Xin has always had an idea to contract a mutant creature that can fly. In his imagination, the white-headed sea lion that he met once during a hunting activity is a very good choice.
The mutated white-headed sea cucumber might be able to carry him flying.
Of course, it is definitely not possible to ride directly on the back of the giant bear as in the myth.
Even if the intermediate-level mutated white-headed sea lion just now was over two meters long and had a wingspan of over four meters, standing on its back would probably be enough to crush it to the ground.
Although it is so big, its weight may not exceed 30 kilograms.
You have to know that on Earth, a bald eagle with a wingspan of two meters would be considered relatively large if it weighed five or six kilograms, which is ridiculously light. This is the weight of a relatively heavy female among birds of prey. A male bald eagle would be good if it weighed four kilograms.
Even though eagles are powerful birds, most of them are actually much lighter than the fat rabbits they catch. Stepping on their backs and asking them to fly is simply a way to kill them.
But, although you can’t carry it on your back, you can hold it in your hand!
Eagles can usually catch prey that is twice their own weight!
Although they have poor endurance, they usually catch them and fly them to high altitudes, then drop them to death before eating them.
But... as for mutant creatures, we should be able to look forward to it, right
Flying with an eagle grabbing my shoulders...
Just thinking about that scene is exciting!
If the little creature in this egg is really a bald eagle, then that would be his hope!
Of course, he could also capture a mutated sea cucumber alive and make a contract with it directly, but it was too difficult. Moreover, Xu Xin felt that even the size of the previous mutated white-headed sea cucumbers would not be able to carry him.
He not only has his own weight, but also the armor and the backpack on his body, so it is definitely not light.
It still depends on the bloodline of giant beasts. If it could be as big as a giant anaconda, maybe I could really try riding it.
At this time, the little life in the egg seemed to feel the cold and its breathing became a little disordered, so Xu Xin quickly put the egg back.
Don’t think about these things for now, the most important thing is to complete the task.
At this time, the avalanche outside the cave had ended, with only some snowflakes falling occasionally.
Xu Xin stuck his head out to look outside. A few hundred meters below, the snow was extremely thick, and there were no birds of prey circling outside.
It's time to go.