The moment he left, Qin Siyang heard a thunderous rumble behind him.
He knew that sound all too well. It was the sound of a Sandworm moving through the earth!
Although the Drill Pod was traveling at full speed, the Sandworm's violent movements behind it made it shake uncontrollably along with the ground.
Qin Siyang floored the accelerator, yet he could still feel the Sandworm rapidly closing in.
Perhaps the Sandworm had been preparing for a long time, finding the perfect point to launch its attack and catch him in one go.
The soil on either side flew backward under a powerful suction, forcing the Drill Pod to slow down as well.
The rumbling in Qin Siyang's ears grew louder and louder. Alone inside the Drill Pod, he was frantic. "That damned salamander isn't going back on his word, is he?! Why hasn't he stopped the Sandworm yet?!"
Just as he felt an irresistible force about to flip the rear of the Drill Pod over, the powerful suction suddenly vanished.
Not only that, but the violent tremors also stopped abruptly. The upheaval that had shaken everything disappeared completely.
Whoosh-
The Drill Pod shot forward, speeding through the earth.
Qin Siyang wiped away his sweat. "That was close. I thought the Begonia Salamander couldn't stop the Sandworm!"
Without the slightest hesitation, he raced underground toward the Safe Zone.
Not long after Qin Siyang left the area-
Boom-
An enormous Sandworm suddenly burst out of the ground.
Countless enormous plant roots were tightly wrapped around its body.
The roots hooked onto its scales, trussing it up like a rice dumpling and completely restricting its movements.
As the Sandworm writhed, a begonia was torn out by its roots.
But the Sandworm did not attack the begonia or the salamander inside it. It merely