My heart beat like a drum as I ran back to my party, and it was impossible to tell if it was due to excitement or fright. Could we really handle this many Myriad Poison Sandworms by ourselves?

However, I quickly calmed down and told myself that we had Beiming Xue, a super damage dealer and Murong Mingyue, a super healer.

…...

Meanwhile, the girls were still waiting for their party leader to return at the choke point. Suddenly, Beiming Xue smiled and said, “Ah, he’s back!”

At first He Yi was beaming at the announcement, but was quickly overcame by surprise when she looked at the minimap. “OMG, just how many sandworms is Lu Chen pulling toward us? The area ahead of us is chock-full of ‘em...”

Murong Mingyue’s mouth had also fallen open. “Shh, it looks like shit just got real…”

Whoosh!

I showed up at this exact moment. In fact, I almost tripped head first into He Yi’s lap because I was running too quickly. Catching me with her free left hand, He Yi smiled at me and asked, “Are you okay?”

“Yeah!”

I nodded and ordered the Dark Wasp to lower its altitude, plugging a gap between the stalagmite formation several paces away from me. Now that He Yi, the Dark Wasp...