"Third Rank, there is a gorge ahead to the left, filled with miasma, and deathly silent."
"Twenty kilometers away, there’s a cluster of territories, one of which seems to be a Burning Sun Territory. I didn’t get too close, fearing discovery."
"Third Rank, there’s no path on the right, just a void..."
"Hmm? There’s turbulence ahead, be careful!"
"..."
Half a month passed, and Su Yuan led Xia Xuan and the others forward while mapping and searching along the route.
At this moment, the map already had a lot of markers.
Danger zones, Star Beast territories, areas with frequent turbulence... Of course, there were also some spirit plants, materials, and other resources.
Xiang Dingqian returned with a few black and yellow fruits: "Third Rank, over there is a dense forest with some rare spirit plants, like this Spirit Fruit."
The Spirit Fruit can reduce a summoner’s consumption and greatly enhance summoning strength. Although it’s not much use for ordinary people, it is a rare fourth-level spirit plant.
Xiang Dingqian added: "In addition, there are a lot of Level Three and below artifact refining materials. It seems the Star Beasts aren’t good at utilizing these materials."
Su Yuan nodded, took out his Star Power Map, and once again synchronized and compiled the information Xiang Dingqian brought back.
Looking at the map, besides his team members like Xia Xuan, Su Yuan could also see the positions of some people around.
But those too far away were not visible.
At this moment, Su Yuan could see another team on the map.
Upon closer inspection, it was Tian Hui’s team from the Xuanwu Imperial Third Rank.
Relatively speaking, the tasks assigned to the Three Suns Realm envoys come with higher risks, mostly oriented towards the north.
Just then, Su Yuan suddenly looked to the west, silver light flickering in his eyes: "As expected, it’s impossible to always remain undisturbed."
"Third Rank, is there trouble?" Xiang Dingqian quickly asked.
"Ji Yuan and their side are having some trouble, you rest here while I go check it out."
Xiang Dingqian naturally had great trust in Su Yuan and immediately said, "Alright, Third Rank, be careful!"
Su Yuan nodded slightly, raised his hand, and opened a Space Gate to step through.
Tens of kilometers away, in a vast and boundless sea of flowing sand.
From above, one could faintly see a certain part of the sand sea surface undulating, as if something was not peaceful beneath.
And at this moment, several Radiant Moon-level sandworms, over twenty meters long with small knife-shaped scales all over their bodies, were constantly writhing below, impacting a rock ball seemingly formed by six shields in the center.
These sandworms were all Radiant Moon Level, with incredible strength, each collision causing a violent shudder to the Six-shield Rock Ball.
And within this Six-shield Rock Ball were indeed Ji Yuan and Tang Jiao, who had come to explore.
Ji Yuan’s pale face showed a wry smile, supporting the rock ball’s defense with all his might, while looking at Tang Jiao beside him.
"I thought the sandy land was my specialty, but instead, I got trapped and involved you too..."
Tang Jiao said: "Don’t overthink it, we just need to hold on for a while. Third Rank Su is a Space Star Card Master, and he should get here soon."
As she spoke, Tang Jiao formed seals with both hands, and a wave of black light spread in all directions, quickly forming a Dark Domain that enveloped the area a thousand meters around, shrouding everything in darkness.
The many flesh worms "couldn’t see" the Six-shield Rock Ball and their siege immediately became chaotic.
Ji Yuan’s eyes lit up, and he immediately maneuvered the rock ball to evade attacks in the flowing sand, feeling much relieved.
Yet even so, the Six-shield Sand Ball had no way to escape under the siege of so many Radiant Moon-level sandworms.
Facing the continuous collisions from several sandworms, it wasn’t long before large cracks appeared on the Sand Shield.
Unbeknownst to them, they were sinking deeper and deeper into the quicksand...
As the Six-shield Rock Ball was about to break, Ji Yuan and Tang Jiao exchanged a glance, getting ready for a full-on assault, but at this moment, the surrounding sandworms suddenly scattered and swam away.
"Hmm? What’s going on?"
Tang Jiao frowned in confusion; when things are too unusual, there’s always a reason.
Ji Yuan, through his powerful Rock and Soil System sensing, became aware of something and suddenly his complexion changed.
"There seems to be something big below us!"
Tang Jiao’s expression turned solemn, she immediately closed her eyes and formed seals with her hands, expanding the Dark Domain downwards with full force.
Utilizing the domain’s trait of "visualizing everything," Tang Jiao quickly detected what was beneath them.
It was a giant Mother Sand Worm, hiding deep within the sand, a hundred meters long.
Its mouth was filled with blades, like a deep, bottomless black hole, located directly beneath them!
"Not good!!" Tang Jiao’s face instantly turned pale, she said in alarm, "Ji Envoy, quickly move away!"
Ji Yuan felt a chill at Tang Jiao’s panic, ignoring everything else, and immediately exerted all his strength to shift to the side.
Yet at this moment, the sands around them cascaded like a waterfall downwards... or rather, were being sucked in by the Mother Sand Worm!
"This is a Burning Sun-level Sand Worm!"
Ji Yuan and Tang Jiao were filled with horror, wanting to escape, but the powerful suction prevented them from moving against the flow.