Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 183 No Mercy, Leave No One Alive

Then the earth began to tremble.

From the deepest part of Lop Nur came a chilling friction sound, and the sand dunes surged violently like boiling water.

Suddenly, a terrifying figure stretching for thousands of feet burst forth from the sand—it was the ancient emperor who had ruled this desert for thousands of years, a legendary "Demon Dragon of the Sand Abyss".

Its jet-black body, covered in bone spurs, gleamed with a metallic sheen under the blazing sun. Each segment of its trunk was as thick as a mountain, and hundreds of barbs grew on its jagged back, capable of easily shredding an entire mountain into dust.

"hiss--"

The demonic dragon opened its blood-red maw, and the sandstorm it spewed out instantly blotted out the entire sky.

Its golden vertical pupils narrowed to slits as it stared intently at the suddenly invading Shurima army.

The army that descended through the spatial portal demonstrated combat power far exceeding expectations—the giant lizard legion had already crushed the Sand Shadow Wolf Clan, and the ant clan was slaughtering its scorpion tribe.

And that terrifying being, composed entirely of yellow sand, exuded a pressure that made even it feel apprehensive.

The Sandstorm Emperor slowly ascended into the sky, its golden eyes like two blazing suns, sweeping across the devastated battlefield.

Wherever his gaze fell, the surviving demons of Lop Nur trembled in fear, some even collapsing to the ground.

"Kill without mercy." His voice swept across the land like a desert storm. "Leave no one alive."

The Sandstorm Emperor received orders from Tsar Azir to wipe out Lop Nur.

"Arrogant!" The Sand Abyss Demon Dragon roared, its massive body slamming against the ground.

In an instant, tens of thousands of tons of sand surged into the sky, transforming into countless giant sand pythons that lunged at the Sandstorm Emperor. Each of these pythons contained highly corrosive sand poison.

The Sandstorm Emperor neither dodged nor avoided, but crossed his arms in front of his chest.

His body suddenly exploded into billions of grains of sand, which then reformed hundreds of meters in the air.

The giant sand serpents missed their target, instead corroding the ground and creating countless deep pits.

"boom!"

A beam of light, composed entirely of compressed sand grains, shot out from the Sandstorm Emperor's palm and struck the demonic dragon precisely at its vital spot.

But this ancient monster, which had lived for over a thousand years, was prepared. The barbs on its back suddenly extended and intertwined in front of it to form an impenetrable bone shield.

The sand grains collided with the bone spurs, producing a teeth-grinding scraping sound.

Seizing the fleeting opportunity, the demonic dragon suddenly lashed out with its mountain-thick tail, leaving behind dozens of lingering black afterimages in the air at such speed.

Wherever the whip passed, space distorted and emitted a piercing explosion.

The full power contained in this strike is enough to raze a city to the ground!
however--

"Rustle, rustle, rustle"

A golden wall of sand suddenly rose up in front of the Sandstorm Emperor, with every grain of sand spinning at high speed, forming an impenetrable defense.

The demonic dragon's tail whip lashed fiercely against the sand wall, unleashing a deafening roar, but only stirred up a cloud of golden sand, failing to harm the Sandstorm Emperor in the slightest.

"Roar!"

Enraged, the demonic dragon suddenly opened its ferocious maw and spewed out a torrent of dark green poisonous mist.

Wherever the fog passed, all the sand grains it touched were assimilated into even more poisonous sand, instantly forming a highly toxic area.

"Little tricks."

The Sandstorm Emperor's voice came from the depths of the poisonous fog, his tone filled with undisguised contempt.

He slowly raised his right arm, palm up, in a lifting motion—

"Boom!"

The entire Lop Nur desert suddenly trembled violently! The sea of ​​sand centered on it resembled a boiling golden ocean, every grain of sand radiating a dazzling light like the sun. These golden grains, blessed by the sun's disc, were now responding to the call of their true master.

The demonic dragon was horrified to discover that the poisonous mist it spewed out was being purified by the golden light, while the assimilated poisonous sand turned against it!

Meanwhile, the golden sand in the sky was condensing into countless sharp weapons: there were ancient-looking curved swords, there were spears with sharp edges, and there was even a miniature version of the sun disk!

"go."

The Sandstorm Emperor uttered a single word, and in an instant, thousands of golden sand blades poured down like a torrential rain.

Each weapon trailed a golden flame.

"Hiss—!"

The demonic dragon let out a mournful howl, frantically twisting its thousand-meter-long body.

The bony spikes on its back broke one after another, and its jet-black scales peeled off continuously in the golden storm.

Dark green dragon blood sprayed like a waterfall, corroding the sand below and creating huge pits.

Those gold sand weapons seemed to have a life of their own, specifically targeting its most vulnerable parts: the reverse scale at its seven-inch mark, the old wound on its abdomen, and even directly burrowing into its gaping maw! Each gold sand weapon, upon hitting its target, would scatter back into sand grains, and begin to damage its body from the inside out.

The demonic dragon writhed in agony, stirring up rolling waves of sand.

It tried to burrow underground to escape, but found that the entire desert had become its enemy—the sand beneath the ground also shone with golden light, burning its wounds like a red-hot iron.

When the last grain of gold returned to the earth, the once invincible demonic dragon was on its last legs.

Its once-proud body was riddled with holes, and it no longer had the strength to struggle. It could only lie in the poisonous lake formed by its own blood, barely clinging to life.

The Sandstorm Emperor slowly walked down the steps paved with golden sand, and with each step he took, new golden sand gathered beneath his feet.

He looked down at the dying demonic dragon, his golden eyes showing no pity whatsoever.

"It's time for this place to change owners."

The earth-shattering battle in the Lop Nur region naturally reached the western border of China as well.

The emperors who appeared here have been identified as the Sandstorm Emperors of the Shurima Empire in Africa.

The Shurima Empire's aggressive expansion in Africa is already known throughout the continent.

If they cross the Taklamakan Desert, they will certainly threaten the security of Qinghai and other regions. Is the country capable of resisting such demonic forces?
The only thing that comforted them was that this place was not far from Kunlun.

As one of the top demon empires within China, the Kunlun Demon Kingdom is unlikely to allow the Shurima Empire to expand unchecked and may even take the initiative to stop it.

However, the nation cannot entrust the fate of the western border to the demon empire; they must prepare in advance.

That night, the largest military base in western China was brightly lit.

The Western Frontier Army Commander, along with many generals, commanders, and guild leaders from various mage guilds, all joined in to discuss their views on the matter.
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The order to send troops to conquer Lop Nur alerted the entire country, and the instigator of this event was Qin Xiaonan.

He was shopping with Mu Nujiao at the moment.

On Nanjing Road, a bustling thoroughfare in Shanghai, crowds thronged the streets.

Sunlight filters through the gaps in the sycamore leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground.

Qin Xiaonan and Mu Nujiao walked side by side on the bustling street, just like any other couple.

Mu Nujiao wore a light blue dress today, and the ends of her hair swayed gently in the breeze, gleaming with a soft chestnut sheen in the sunlight.

After not seeing each other for several days, Qin Xiaonan returned and the two went on a trip together to relax.

Just then, his phone rang, and when he answered it, it was Dean Xiao.

(End of this chapter)