Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 203 A New Wave of Tides, the "Unexpected" Corpse of a Monarch-Level Sea Monster

After Azir was mentioned, the archangels were somewhat discouraged. None of them were willing to take the initiative to cause trouble for the Shurima Empire.

Uriel then said, "Send two Holy Shadows to lead the Holy Judgment Council to 'investigate' the matter. We'll discuss the rest later."

Their dispatch of the Holy Shadows to investigate the Holy City's attitude; with the Archangel fallen, the Holy City must do something.

However, they haven't figured out what to do yet.
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Qin Xiaonan watched as Leng Liewang's figure disappeared into the morning mist.

The starlight slowly dissipated from his fingertips, turning into tiny, firefly-like lights.

He looked up at the sky; the rising sun had just emerged above the horizon.

"It's time to go," he muttered to himself.

He then prepared to head to meet up with the rest of the Nationalist team.

At this point, Mu Nujiao and her group had completed their challenge mission, and their next destination was the Sea Battle City.

Ai Jiangtu said, "In the Sakura Kingdom, the Naval Battle City is where we will hone our skills, and the National Government's first batch of resources will also be distributed here."

"Resources?" Jiang Yu, sitting in the corner, had a bright look in his eyes.

Nan Jue leaned against the doorframe with his arms crossed, and nodded upon hearing this: "That's right. Some of us haven't reached the high level yet, and this experience is crucial for our breakthrough."

Jiang Shaoxu toyed with the ends of her hair: "I've heard that the sea monsters of Naval Battle City are much more troublesome than the demons on land."

“Alright,” Ai Jiangtu continued, “Let’s hurry on our way. We’re still quite a distance from Haizhan City; we need to get there before dark.”

Naval Battle City.

When the Nationalist government team arrived, the setting sun was turning the entire port city blood red.

A salty sea breeze swept over me, accompanied by the distant roar of waves crashing against the seawall.

"This is Naval Battle City?" Zhao Manyan stared at the breakwater and the numerous streets built in an unconventional manner, and couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

A middle-aged man dressed in the uniform of the Sakura Kingdom Buddhist Association came forward.

"The Chinese National Government Team?" His Chinese was heavily accented. "Come with me, you're responsible for defending Block 21."

Ai Jiangtu stepped forward: "What are the specific details of the mission?"

“Alive.” The scarred man grinned, revealing yellowed teeth. “Hold your ground and don’t let the siren break through. Casualties are your own responsibility.”

After saying that, he turned and left.

Recently, the sirens here have undergone a great change, with many deep-sea monsters that they don't understand appearing, and they are very powerful.

With each high tide, the people here suffer far more losses than before. He had little hope for this group of students, hoping that some of them would survive the next tide.

Soon, the next tide will come.

The damp sea breeze, carrying a salty and fishy smell, rushed towards us.

Then a strange buzzing sound came from the far reaches of the sea.

The sound initially resembled a baby crying, but gradually evolved into a chilling, shrill noise, as if thousands of people were laughing in the sea.

It was the Siren - Shadow Singer, who was skilled in sonic attacks.

Ai Jiangtu, Jiang Shaoxu, Mu Ningxue, and others were all affected. They found that their speed in creating star maps by releasing magic had slowed down significantly, and errors even occurred, making it impossible for the magic to be displayed.

A faint blue halo had already appeared on Lan Xi's fingertips. It would have been easy for her to block out these sounds, but Qin Xiaonan gently pressed down on her wrist.

“Don’t worry.”

The tide continued to rise.

The seawater began to boil unnaturally.

First, scattered black dots surfaced, followed by patches of dark blue dorsal fins. When the first monster fully leaped out of the water, people saw that it had a mermaid-like streamlined body, but was covered with thick, crocodile-like scales. Its vertebrae protruded segmentally, forming stark white bone spikes, and its arms evolved into pincers capable of cutting through steel plates.

"The Abyss Executioner," Jiang Yu said, "These should be demons from the deep sea, how could they appear here!"

However, at that moment, something extremely shocking happened in the very street ahead.

Amid the roar of the ocean waves, an unusually large black shadow suddenly burst forth from the waves and crashed heavily in front of the breakwater in the third block.

The entire coastline trembled, and waves splashed hundreds of meters high.

"Be on alert! A giant sea monster has landed!" A warning instantly echoed across the defense line.

All mages immediately entered battle mode, and various magical lights shone on the defensive line.

However, when the mist dissipated, a horrifying scene was revealed before everyone's eyes—

A giant siren corpse, comparable in size to a small warship, lay among the rocks.

Its mutilated body was covered with terrible bite marks, and only three of its original eight pairs of compound eyes remained intact. However, its bony armor with a faint blue luster, its pincers that gleamed like fine steel, and the serrated bone spurs protruding from its spine all demonstrated its terrifying strength in life.

"This is."

"The remains of the Ocean Blade King!" A shocked voice came from afar.

This statement, like a spell, ignited the greed deep within human nature.

The mages on the defensive line first fell into an eerie silence, then erupted into a frenzied commotion.

Some gasped, some let out suppressed gasps, and many more had a naked fire of desire burning in their eyes.

In an instant, the entire defensive line erupted in chaos!

"Get out of the way! That bone spur is mine!"

"Get lost! I saw it first!"

Many mages stepped on the slippery rocks and rushed toward the corpses.

"Are they all crazy?!" someone shouted sharply, but her voice was completely drowned out by the greedy clamor.

"That's a monarch-level material!"

"That single scale could be exchanged for two top-tier magical artifacts on the black market."

"Stop! This is tactical supplies!" an officer finally shouted.

Although the rule is that the resources in a particular district belong to the district lord, who will then distribute them according to the contribution of the naval battle, who can resist the temptation of these "free" monarch-level materials washed ashore by the tide?
Even the lord of the third district wouldn't say that because the siren's corpse appeared in the third district, it all belongs to him.

However, just as people were trying to gain some benefits for themselves, the sirens army pressed forward completely.

"boom--!!!"

A giant wave crashed against the dam, and the salty seawater poured down on everyone's heads like a torrential downpour.

Some people were swept away and stumbled, their precious materials falling into the water with a clatter.
As far as the eye could see, the entire sea surface resembled boiling asphalt, with countless dark blue dorsal fins cutting through the waves, and a dense swarm of abyssal executioners rushing in with the tide!

Their ugly pincers are raised high above their heads, colliding with each other with a teeth-grinding "click" sound.

"Stay in your positions and don't panic!" one of the commanders shouted.

But what's even more terrifying is yet to come.

Death Chorus
The "song" coming from the deep sea suddenly rose eight octaves.

Wherever the sound waves passed, several weaker mages immediately knelt down, blood seeping from their ear canals.

"No," Lan Xi suddenly pointed to the sea, "They're making way!"

(End of this chapter)