187: Chapter 187 Why did you save me?

However, Ye Xiao had long since disappeared into the sandstorm.

Everyone's face was filled with worry.

At that moment, Ye Xiao flicked his wrist, and a flash of ink-colored blade light suddenly streaked across the air.

In the blink of an eye, a massive Blood Worm that had leaped out of the sand was sliced directly in two.

After delivering this strike, Ye Xiao's figure swiftly darted away, leaving his original spot.

"Tsk! That should be enough, right?"

Ye Xiao paused in place, treating the dense swarm of Blood Worms approaching from afar as if they were nothing.

His gaze pierced through the sky filled with yellow sand, looking far into the distance.

After confirming that Professor Zhou and his group had reached the Oasis, a slight smirk appeared on Ye Xiao's lips, and he immediately prepared to push his speed to the limit to shake off the Blood Worms.

But just then, a "bang" of a gunshot suddenly rang out, pulling Ye Xiao back to reality.

Ye Xiao turned his head and discovered it was Sister Li, who had been missing for a long time.

The shot just now had been fired by Sister Li at the encroaching Blood Worms.

"What are you staring at? Hurry up and get over here!"

Ye Xiao narrowed his eyes and stared at Sister Li for a moment, ultimately deciding to go and see what she was really up to.

Sister Li was sitting in the driver's seat of the pickup truck, and Ye Xiao pulled open the passenger door and sat down.

"Sister Li, what is this?"

"Stop talking nonsense. I know you can handle the Blood Worms, but you can't handle this many of them alone!"

Sister Li jerked the steering wheel of the pickup, dodging a collision with a Blood Worm in front.

She then added, "The car is coated with mugwort powder; the Blood Worms fear this scent!"

"But the storm is approaching, and under the immense wind pressure, this mugwort powder won't be of much use."

"Whether we survive or not is up to fate!!"

Beside her, Ye Xiao kept staring at Sister Li, his gaze never wavering.

Sister Li glanced at Ye Xiao and laughed immediately, "What? Didn't you see enough that day in the tent?"

Ye Xiao remained immune to Sister Li's teasing and instead asked, "Why did you save me?"

To his surprise, upon hearing this, Sister Li laughed even louder.

After a long while, Sister Li finally calmed down and said,

"Hmm... Sister likes your eyes! I like a little wolf dog like you. Is that reason enough?"

"Everyone I meet shows some level of disgust or fear towards the scar on my face."

"Even Huang Laosan and his group of underlings are the same."

"But that night, I didn't see any such emotion in your eyes, and it wasn't a fake look either!"

"I've killed too many people in my life, and I never expected that when I finally wanted to save someone, I couldn't!"

With that, Sister Li laughed at herself again.

Ye Xiao cast his gaze out the window.

The raging sandstorm, carrying a sky full of dust, was rapidly surging toward the vehicle where Sister Li and Ye Xiao were.

Before long, the two of them would be swept into the raging storm, doomed forever.

Behind them, countless Blood Worms were still crazily chasing their pickup truck.

Ye Xiao immediately said, "Stop the car!"

Beside him, Sister Li thought she had misheard and turned to look at Ye Xiao, asking, "What did you say?"

Ye Xiao repeated it again.

Sister Li's expression changed instantly. "Are you crazy? How is getting out of the car now any different from seeking death?"

Ye Xiao didn't say anything, just unsheathed his black gold ancient blade and said calmly, "Trust me, stop the car."

Sister Li turned to stare at Ye Xiao's face. After a long while, with a screeching sound, the pickup truck came to a halt.

Ye Xiao flipped out of the car and closed the door.

Behind, the two massive Blood Worms that had leaped out of the sand first were sliced into two halves by Ye Xiao in almost a single encounter.

Fresh blood instantly stained the rear window of the pickup truck, blurring everything.

Sister Li was completely stunned.

Outside, after slaughtering a few more Blood Worms that leaped from the sand, Ye Xiao turned and came to the driver's side.

"Get out of the car! If we don't run now, we'll be hit by the sandstorm!"

Now, Ye Xiao could already feel the sandstorm violently tearing toward them.

So they could not stay in this place any longer and had to leave quickly. Otherwise, if they were caught by the sandstorm, even Ye Xiao could not guarantee he would come out unscathed.

The moment Sister Li got out of the car, she felt the violent pulling force of the sandstorm. Her whole body was instantly lifted by the gale.

Ye Xiao grabbed Sister Li and said, "There's not much time left, we must leave here quickly!"

After saying this, without another word, Ye Xiao pulled Sister Li and ran rapidly in the direction of the Oasis.

Sister Li was still immersed in the scene from just moments ago, where Ye Xiao had sliced two Blood Worms in half with a single strike. Even now, she still hadn't recovered from the shock.

One had to know, Huang Laosan's lackeys had guns in their hands earlier. But the bullets hitting these Blood Worms were like tickling them; they had absolutely no effect.

If even bullets couldn't cause any harm to these Blood Worms, how did Ye Xiao manage to slice them in half with a single strike?

Sister Li couldn't figure it out, nor could she explain this with her own understanding.

For a moment, Sister Li could only feel the "whooshing" sound of the wind in her ears, and the scenery rapidly receding behind them.

The Blood Worms behind were shaken off by Ye Xiao and were completely unable to catch up to him.

In just a moment, Ye Xiao was already standing on the land of the Oasis.

After putting Sister Li down, Ye Xiao didn't even show any signs of panting after the strenuous exercise; his expression was extremely calm.

Professor Zhou and the others quickly gathered around, asking one after another, "Are you alright, Little Ye?"

Ye Xiao slowly shook his head and said, "Don't worry, these Blood Worms can't do anything to me!"

"We need to find a place to hide quickly; the sandstorm is coming soon!"

Everyone nodded. But it was only then that they noticed Sister Li behind Ye Xiao.

Previously, Sister Li had always covered her face, and everyone had never seen her true appearance. Until now...

"Is this... that Sister Li from the Archaeological Team?" Miao Feng suddenly realized.

Everyone else also looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy, their expressions extremely ugly.

"Little Ye, why did you bring her here? Just a moment ago, she was trying to take Professor Zhou's life!"

"Furthermore, the squad leader and the others died at the hands of these people..." Seeing Sister Li, Mu Li's eyes immediately turned red, and he was about to rush up to fight her to the death.

Sister Li curled her lips into a smile of disdain and ignored Mu Li. Instead, Professor Zhou stopped Mu Li, stared at Sister Li, and then asked, "Don't be impulsive. Little Ye must have his own reasons for doing this!"

As he spoke, everyone turned their gaze to Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao replied, "She saved my life, and I saved hers. We're even!"