After taking the Wall-Breaking Pill, Wei Yunqing raised her cultivation to the mid Golden Core stage. The feeling of advancing her cultivation was simply too wonderful. Looking at the two pills remaining in the bottle, she struggled for a long while but ultimately could not resist taking another one. This would allow her cultivation to advance to the late stage Golden Core, and when she returned to the sect, she would be on equal footing with Yunxi.
Wei Yunqing then closed her eyes and began meditating again. This time, refining the Wall-Breaking Pill took even longer. Yet it was also because of her greed that she did not venture deep into the desert, missed her encounter with Yunxi, and kept her little life.
Meanwhile, as Yunxi crossed the desert, she encountered Wei Chenyin's group. The dozen or so of them were being hunted by three giant Sandworms the same color as the sand.
The group eventually split into three teams and fled in three different directions, hoping to separate the three Sandworms before defeating them one by one.
Yunxi stood suspended in the air, intending to assess the three groups' combat strength before intervening if necessary.
It was also these people's first time fighting such giant Sandworms, so the battle was rather stifling. Moreover, the Sandworms were nearly one with the desert; moving through the sand was as smooth as fish gliding through water.
Inside the Sandworms' opened mouthparts were three layers of sharp teeth, enough to make one's scalp tingle at the sight. From time to time, they also shot streams of transparent liquid from their mouthparts, trying to glue their opponents in place.
In the end, Yunxi's gaze settled on Wei Chenyin's group of five.
Lin Keyang slammed both fists heavily into the sand, trying to solidify it