After finishing all this, Qin Yan slowly turned around.
The Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon in his hand was angled toward the ground, and the lingering strand of golden energy at its tip silently dissipated.
His gaze passed over the low forest before him and settled on the enormous figure that had appeared in the sky at some unknown time.
A gigantic vulture had appeared in the sky.
Its wingspan stretched nearly a thousand zhang, obscuring most of the sky beneath its shadow like a moving dark-golden cloud.
Its feathers were interwoven in dark gold and deep brown. From afar, it looked like an ancient bronze artifact that had been steeped in both Buddhist light and shadow.
Below its neck was a layer of fine golden down, gleaming with a cold metallic sheen beneath the sunlight.
Its eyes were dark amber, and when its pupils constricted, they resembled two miniature Vajra Pestles, radiating an incomparably fierce and savage aura.
Its sharp claws curved like iron hooks. Faint golden glimmers flashed whenever their tips cut through the air, as though they could effortlessly shatter solid rock.
"I didn't expect the guardian of this Jin Gang Fruit to be a Peak-Stage Grandmaster Vajra Vulture."
Qin Yan raised an eyebrow, his tone carrying a hint of surprise.
Within this medicinal garden, rare spiritual medicines like the Jin Gang Fruit were almost always guarded by powerful Fierce Beasts.
The more precious the spiritual medicine, the stronger its guardian would be.
Records of this Vajra Vulture had long existed within the Mystic Sanctuary.
This beast possessed a trace of ancient Jin Gang bloodline Inheritance. It was naturally highly attuned to and capable of controlling Buddhist energy, making it one of the stronger beings among Peak-Stage Grandmaster Fierce Beasts.
A Peak-Stage Grandmaster Vajra Vulture possessed roughly 800