This big bird has thick feathers, and the lower part of its neck is even like a fur scarf, which looks very warm, but its entire head is bald, which makes it look very fierce, but also a little funny.
Xu Xin's tongue suddenly shrank.
This is…
Vulture!
It is the largest flying animal on earth!
Vultures, also known as condors, are large birds of prey in the family Accipitridae, just like the bald eagle that Xu Xin encountered before. They can stay in the sky for 5 hours without flapping their wings, and can fly more than 170 kilometers in the sky by gliding alone. They are super masters in the gliding world!
Moreover, on Earth, most vultures are much larger than bald eagles!
But again, because they're so large, even with their extra-long wingspans, they need some help flying.
Most vultures prefer to live in windy areas so that they can glide effortlessly on rising air currents and soar freely in the sky.
… No wonder, no wonder there was a sudden wind and updraft in this area. He thought it was a benefit for his climbing, but he didn’t expect that it was to provide a good flying environment for large vultures!
etc…
It seems like there was more than one voice just now...
Sure enough, as Xu Xin watched in horror, as this vulture glided out, one vulture after another leaped out from the protruding rock wall.
A steady stream.
They began to circle around the giant stone pillar peak, as if they were on patrol, aiming to kill anyone who tried to climb to the top of the mountain.
Xu Xin didn't dare to move.
Because the first vulture that flew out from the rock wall was obviously heading for him!
After it flew out from the huge stone pillar, it leaned forward and rushed towards Xu Xin, obviously intending to attack Xu Xin!
But because Xu Xin was hanging on the rock wall motionless, it lost its target.
After circling behind Xu Xin twice and failing to find its target, it began to circle around the giant stone pillar at the height that Xu Xin had climbed to.
Xu Xin let out a breath slowly, feeling somewhat relieved.
It will lose its target, not because it cannot catch non-moving prey, so it can't see Xu Xin if he doesn't move.
Vultures are powerful birds! Their eyesight is very strong, almost eight times that of humans!
Even when hovering high in the sky, vultures can easily see small prey on the ground.
The reason why it lost its target was because of the equipment Xu Xin was wearing.
Hidden Cloak (Purple): A cloak that can conceal one's own breath. Once a survivor puts it on, as long as he stays where he is, he will be ignored by enemy units as if he were a stone on the roadside.
That’s right, Xu Xin, who was lying motionless on the rock wall, was ignored by the vulture that was originally heading towards him, thinking it was a rock wall!
This vulture must be very strange, which is why it keeps circling at this altitude.
Xu Xin could almost guess what it was thinking at this moment.
What happened? Why did the prey suddenly disappear? Wasn't it here just now
At the same time, its action also attracted a large number of other vultures to fly to this height. Taking advantage of the rising air currents, they spread their wings and began to glide around the huge stone pillar.
Xu Xin now held onto the rock with both hands and turned his head to the side so that he could clearly observe the situation behind him.
Now, there are at least twenty or thirty vultures circling high behind him!
Oh my god! That’s too much!
If there were only two or three vultures, he could still use his claws to grab onto the stone wall and hang in the air to fight against the vultures, but twenty or thirty vultures...
He didn't dare to move at all!
If you move, you will be eaten directly!
and…
These vultures don’t have any blood marks on their bodies!
They do look huge, larger than the bald eagles we encountered before, but compared to the largest vulture on Earth, the Andean condor, these vultures are only slightly larger!
In other words, their body size is actually completely within the normal range of creatures in this world. The species in this world have been more or less affected by the blood of giants and are therefore a little larger than creatures on Earth.
In other words, this group of vultures are actually ordinary creatures in this world!
He actually encountered a group of real, unmutated birds of prey!
The fierce bird encountered was not a mutant creature. It seemed to be quite good, at least weaker than the mutated vulture. But this directly put Xu Xin into a desperate situation!
Because, if it was a blood-marked creature, he could still use his energy core to drive it away, but for ordinary creatures...
The light emitted by the energy core fragments cannot be driven away at all! It may even attract their attention!
He really didn't expect that a normal group of fierce birds would be so difficult to deal with!
If he were on the ground, Xu Xin might still be able to fight, but on this high cliff, he could never be a match for this group of vultures!
Circling behind him was the most ferocious bird on earth, and it was even bigger than the birds on earth. This made Xu Xin feel unwell.
He didn't dare move, didn't dare move at all, not at all.
His brain was working rapidly, and he thought of many ways, such as using his claws to hook onto the rock wall to hang on, then turning around to attack, or quickly climbing up forty meters to the platform where the vultures flew out, but he rejected all of them.
It is basically impossible to succeed. In the air, these big guys in front of him are the overlords, and he is just a weak and pitiful passer-by.
It seems that he can only wait until these vultures get tired of flying and fly back before he will have the chance to continue climbing up.
The group of vultures behind him were still circling around the huge stone pillar.
… There’s no other way. What else can I do? Just wait.
But how long will it take
Although these big guys seem to get tired after flying in the air for a while, vultures are not like small birds that rely on flapping their wings to provide power to fly.
They can take advantage of the wind and fly with it. Even if they just spread their wings and remain motionless, they can glide in the air for more than five hours without any problem!
… He wouldn’t really have to wait for hours.
Xu Xin even slowed down his breathing, fearing that the rise and fall of his chest would attract these vultures.
Don't underestimate these fierce birds. A group of a dozen vultures on Earth can devour a sheep completely within a minute. They are extremely ferocious predators.
I'm afraid that once Xu Xin is discovered, he will be attacked by everyone!
Of course, he was still wearing purple-grade steel armor, so he would definitely not be eaten directly, but Xu Xin didn't think that the purple-grade steel armor could save his life at high altitude under this group of fierce birds!
At most, let him live a little longer.
This set of armor does not protect his face, and it is normal for these vultures to peck his face. He has no way to protect his face from the vultures.
Quietly, Xu Xin hung on the rock wall, watching the movements of these vultures nervously.
Just like that, a long time passed, so long that he didn't even know how much time had passed.
Because he didn't even dare to turn around and look at his watch.
He only knew that the blue-level fruit amplification buff on his body had long disappeared, and the sun was already high above his head.
It’s already noon…
My arms were very sore and my neck was uncomfortable from being twisted all the time.
Fortunately, he had the help of his arm strength enhancement, and the updrafts that had always existed nearby also saved him a lot of effort, allowing him to hold on until now.
He couldn't even find a chance to move, because there were so many vultures circling at this altitude, so many that at any given moment, there were several vultures gliding past behind him.
This state lasted for at least three hours.
Xu Xin was about to get furious.
My God, aren’t these vultures boring
Although vultures can indeed glide for hours, they neither hunt nor migrate, so they just keep circling the stone pillars...
What on earth is this doing...
Go upstairs and have a rest quickly!
Hanging on this rock wall for several hours, not daring to move, with the mind kept highly tense and focused, anyone would become a little irritable.
Damn, if he were on the ground, he wouldn't be afraid of this ordinary group of vultures!
Well, they are also afraid. After all, this group of vultures are not much inferior to the mutant creatures. Just like the brown bear they encountered before, even if they are not mutated, they are naturally strong and are one of the most powerful birds.
But at least, if he was on the ground, he wouldn't be so embarrassed as he is now...
At this moment, suddenly, a strong updraft blew upward from the bottom of the giant stone pillar, which cheered Xu Xin up.
Finally, the environment has changed!
Under the influence of this violent updraft, the vultures hovering around Xu Xin finally performed movements other than spinning and gliding.
A vulture took off with the wind and adjusted its body along the updraft which was much stronger than before. The powerful airflow immediately drove its body up into the air!
The other vultures behind him also made the same move, climbing up one by one with the wind. In the corner of Xu Xin's eye, they flew one by one above the protruding stone wall and into the huge stone pillar peaks.
Thank God, these vultures are finally flying away!
If he was left hanging here for a few more hours, he was afraid that he would not be able to resist fighting with these hairless guys!
Dozens of seconds later, all the vultures circling around the giant stone pillar flew into the giant stone pillar.
With the help of his enhanced hearing, Xu Xin was surprised to find that these vultures completely lost their sound after flying into the giant peak. In his ears, these vultures seemed to have suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Having already waited for three hours, a few minutes wouldn't make a difference. Xu Xin didn't move, but listened quietly.
The only sound around was the wind.
Sure enough, there was no sound at all!
This group of vultures seemed to have disappeared out of thin air!
Now, there should be no danger, right
Xu Xin twisted his stiff neck, grabbed the rock wall with his left hand, moved his extremely sore right hand, then switched to move his left hand, and finally he recovered a little, and his arms gradually regained vitality.
It was really hard to hold on to the rock wall for three hours without moving.
He immediately began to climb up as fast as he could.
Who knows when those vultures will come out again, climb quickly!
When he was still twenty meters away from the protruding rock wall, he stretched out his left hand and used the retractable hook.
The hook shot straight forward at high speed, piercing directly into the protruding rock wall, and then the sharp claws blossomed and firmly fixed there.
Xu Xin retracted the rope and released his right hand that was holding the rock wall. The hook immediately pulled him upwards.
He was getting closer and closer to the rock wall. At the moment when he was about to hit it, he reached out and grabbed the edge of the protruding rock wall. He exerted force with his arms, turned over and stepped onto it.
Wow, it feels so good to step on solid ground.
He began to look around.
As he expected, there was a space where one could stand in the middle of the approximately 800-meter-long stone pillar!
This space was about four meters high and recessed about ten meters into the giant peak. It was as if someone had carved a dent in the middle of the stone pillar, dividing the entire giant peak into two parts.
The diameter of the entire stone pillar peak is about two hundred meters. This area is only concave by ten meters and will not affect the stability of the entire peak.
The vulture that had just flown in had completely disappeared. If it weren't for some vulture feathers emitting green light falling on the ground, Xu Xin would have almost suspected that the vultures that had tortured him for several hours were just his hallucinations.
Standing at an altitude of 800 meters, Xu Xin looked towards the ground and the jungle.
In this white desert, the green canopy of his tree house was basically covered with snow, with only a little bit of green showing, which was not noticeable at all.
Most of the fog has dissipated, and with the help of blue-level goggles, several other stone pillars and peaks in the distance are clearly visible.
He has now climbed at least halfway, and when he reaches the top, he will get the answer.
No longer looking down, Xu Xin began to walk around this area in the giant peak, while observing the details in this area.
How did those vultures just disappear
Teleported? Was he teleported away by the purple-black vortex
But the purple-black vortex made a loud sound whether it appeared or disappeared, and he did not hear any strange sound like the portal.
Xu Xin didn't understand and could only continue walking around the giant peak.
"Huh?"
At the front of his sight, close to the inner rock wall, a dark copper-colored metallic luster caught Xu Xin's eyes.
He took a few quick steps forward, and the full image of the metallic object appeared in his eyes.
Treasure chest
Copper treasure chest
How long has it been since he last saw a treasure chest
Is it finally here again!