I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 228 - 226: Sand Silkworms

That thing is just a sandworm magnified over ten times, with gray-white skin. Looking closely, there is also a layer of fine fuzz, and the silver threads are sprayed from the mouth of the sandworm.

Cui Tianxiao was so frightened his soul could fly away, using hands and feet to try to grab the insect eggs on the shore, but most of them were weathered and fragile, unable to bear any force.

Feeling the biped in front resisting it, the giant sandworm became angry, its mouth wriggled, and sprayed out two more silver threads, wrapping around Cui Tianxiao’s legs, increasing the force to drag him into the water.

Cui Tianxiao, already stuck in place, slid again towards the direction of the lake. The thin threads at both ends exerted force, sharp like knives, Cui Tianxiao’s boots were cut open, and his waist oozed blood. If he continued this tug-of-war with the giant sandworm, he’d be torn apart.

Li Xing slightly relaxed her grip and shouted, "Chu Yunyi—!"

"Swish swish swish—" Three wind blades came flying, severing the silver threads, the giant sandworm plunged into the water, while Li Xing and Ye Qingting hurriedly pulled Cui Tianxiao up.

Chu Yunyi stepped on the Wind Rolling Dust Formation and flew to the position where the giant sandworm disappeared, releasing over a dozen wind blades continuously into the water. Seeing no reaction from the water, Chu Yunyi returned to the shore.

Cui Tianxiao, still in shock, said, "Wasn’t it said that sandworms were extinct? How is there still one!"

The silver threads around Cui Tianxiao’s waist had already embedded into his flesh. If Chu Yunyi acted any slower, the silver threads could have cut into his internal organs.

The silver threads were very resilient, Ye Qingting used a dagger for a long time but couldn’t cut through them. Chu Yunyi again used wind blades, cutting clean all the silver threads bound on Cui Tianxiao.

The silver threads were severed but needed to be picked out from the wound before using red medicine to stop the bleeding, or else even if the wound healed, it would be unbearably painful. The threads were very fine and wrapped densely; Cui Tianxiao could only grit his teeth while Ye Qingting picked them out bit by bit.

Li Xing picked up a segment of silver thread and examined it closely.

The silver thread was icy cold in hand, light as nothing, so much so that with her strength she couldn’t pull it apart, indicating the toughness of the silver thread.

"Is the thing in the lake really a sandworm?"

Chu Yunyi nodded, "Though its size is bigger than a normal sandworm, the exposed structure of its body above the lake, the appearance of its mouthparts, and its feeding method, are identical to a sandworm. It’s very likely to be a mutated sandworm. Precisely because it mutated, it escaped extinction, survived as a relic species."

Li Xing’s eyes lit up, raised the silver thread in her hand, and asked, "So, is this Rojessi silk?"

"The true Rojessi silk is white, and not as tough as this silver thread. To be accurate, it’s top-grade Rojessi silk."

At this moment, there was movement again on the lake surface, countless silver threads broke through the water, winding once more towards Li Xing and Chu Yunyi. Chu Yunyi hurriedly raised a wind array, sheltering the four inside.

Over a dozen giant sandworms appeared on the lake surface, all helpers brought by the one defeated earlier.

Chu Yunyi seized the opportunity, attempting sneak attacks on the mutated sandworms with wind blades. Unfortunately, the sandworms’ skin was a hundred times tougher than Rojessi silk, and the wind blades striking the sandworm’s body only left a shallow white mark, unable to harm them.

Ye Qingting anxiously asked, "Cousin, did you find the passage to leave?"

Chu Yunyi shook his head, "There are too many passages here, I need time." With hundreds of passages, even with Chu Yunyi’s power and speed, he had only checked half. To his disappointment, no obvious airflow was found.

"Brother Chu, open the wind array and let me out."

"No."

Chu Yunyi refused, knowing Li Xing’s intentions. If sandworms were easy to deal with, Rojessi silk wouldn’t be so valuable; he couldn’t let her take this risk.

Seeing Chu Yunyi not yielding, Li Xing could only reason with emotion and logic:

"These sandworms won’t rest unless they eat us; trying to make them retreat voluntarily is impossible. Your wind array can only sever Rojessi silk, not damage sandworms. I don’t know how much Rojessi silk one sandworm can spray, but I know your current mental state is poor, and the wind array can’t last long."

"Instead of taking a beating, waiting for your energy to run out, and us losing our protective barrier entirely, being wiped out by the sandworms, why not split the work now and fight them."

Chu Yunyi admitted, Li Xing’s argument made sense.

"Alright! How do you suggest splitting the work?"

"I’ll handle fighting the sandworms; you protect Qingtian and Ah Xiao."

Chu Yunyi almost laughed in frustration, was this called splitting the work? For the first time in his life, he felt having teammates too capable could be quite a headache.

The brief conversation of the two only lasted a few dozen seconds, and the sandworm’s attack force on the wind array increased again. Each sandworm’s spray now consisted of over a dozen strands, and the silver threads cut by wind blades fell like willow fluff, covering the ground.

Chu Yunyi also felt the wind array’s stability decrease. Continuing to delay would indeed result in the situation Li Xing described.

If he had the ability now to use the Sky Wind Annihilation Array, he would absolutely not allow Li Xing to take the risk. But in the current situation, other than Li Xing, there was no second person able to kill sandworms; she had to give it a try.

"Ah Xing, be careful."

After Chu Yunyi spoke, he used wind gentle as an arm to wrap Li Xing, sending her outside.

Without the wind array’s barrier, Li Xing leapt up, stepping on Green Smoke Step over the water surface, and within a few breaths, reached the nearest sandworm, punching it in the mouth.

Li Xing’s punch was full of force, the fat-bodied sandworm was punched entirely out of the water, flipping twice in the air before plunging headfirst back into the water.

The massive waves triggered attracted the attention of all the sandworms instantly. They ceased spraying silk, twisting their fat bodies, and both not-so-smart small eyes collectively looked towards Li Xing.

At this moment, the sandworm that was struck floated to the water surface like a flipped fish, motionless.

Li Xing’s gaze swept over the flipped sandworm, showing a look eager to try.

The punch just now used seventy percent of her strength, surprisingly, the sandworm merely fainted, which intrigued her somewhat. Since it’s so durable, Li Xing saw no need to hold back, wanting to see just how much force these relic species could withstand, and also see the effect of her full-strength punch.

The sandworm that reacted first screamed angrily at Li Xing, as if alerted, all the sandworms shifted their attack targets, collectively spraying silver threads at Li Xing.

Seeing the flash of silver in front, countless Rojessi silk rolling towards her, Li Xing chuckled, and swiftly submerged into the water.

Sandworms are amphibious, their combat power stronger in water. Seeing Li Xing actively enter the water, all the sandworms twisted their bodies into the water, besieging Li Xing.

With no sandworm activity to disturb, the water surface regained calm.

Chu Yunyi stood by the lakeside, extending spiritual power as much as possible to probe underwater, searching for Li Xing’s figure. Unfortunately, the lake water, churned by the massive body of sandworms, was murky, countless star beast remains floated up from the lakebed, often obscuring Li Xing’s slender silhouette, hard to see clearly.

Ye Qingting finally picked clean the silver threads from Cui Tianxiao’s wound and gave him red medicine to eat. The two came to Chu Yunyi’s side, looking towards the water, comforting him.

"Cousin, don’t worry, Ah Xing can hold her breath for a very long time. Heaven Rank Crocodile Beast isn’t even her match, let alone these foolish sandworms?"