Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 396 Azir's True Strength, Emperor-Level Sand Soldier
Azir stood on the disc, his body motionless, but his gaze toward Ernos held a newfound scrutiny.

This Antarctic emperor was indeed the strongest enemy he had encountered since he arrived in this world.

At this moment, the shock in Ernos's heart was ten thousand times stronger than that in Azir's!
Its massive body undulated slightly due to the intense clash of forces, and its icy eyes were filled with disbelief.

"How is this possible... This is Antarctica! This is my absolute home turf! His power attribute should be completely suppressed!"

It couldn't understand how, despite having the advantage of timing and location, its attack, which mobilized the power of the glacier's origin, had only resulted in a draw with the opponent's attack from a distance.

This Shurima emperor is far more terrifying than it anticipated!
This war for supremacy will not end easily.

However, the intense clash between these two emperors, Azir and Ernos, produced an energy collision that far exceeded the ordinary realm.

The terrifying shockwaves, like heavy hammers, repeatedly pounded against the thick ice sheet that had accumulated over millions of years in Antarctica.

“Rumble——!!!”

A deep, chilling roar, like the breaking of a continent's skeleton, came from deep within the ice.

A series of bottomless, massive rift valleys stretching for thousands of miles spread wildly across the ice plains!
"Who dares to disturb my slumber?!"

A roar filled with anger and ancient vicissitudes resounded like rolling thunder from the bottom of the deepest ice crevice!

Immediately afterwards, the entire ice field bulged and shattered violently, and a colossal creature crashed through the towering ice layer, revealing its terrifying form!

That was a glacial mammoth!

But its size far exceeds that of any known creature, resembling a moving mountain range, with long hair hanging down like an icefall, and its curved fangs wrapped with an inextinguishable, frigid ghostly fire, causing small earthquakes with every step it takes.

Its murky yet majestic giant eyes swept across the battlefield, and the powerful aura emanating from its body clearly reached the level of an emperor!

This is a glacial overlord that has been sleeping since ancient times!
This seems to be a signal!
"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Immediately afterwards, from several other huge ice fissures, or from distant icebergs, six or seven more terrifying auras, no less powerful than those of a glacial mammoth, shot into the sky!

An ice crystal elemental elder composed entirely of transparent ice, with an ethereal and unpredictable form;
A three-headed frost python with three ferocious heads, spewing different types of cold breath;

An ancient tree of ice thorns with roots deeply embedded in the ice cap and countless deadly ice spikes;
A Snow Phoenix Queen with wingspans that blot out the sky, scattering frozen feathers...

Eight glacial demons of emperor-level power were awakened from their long slumber by this great battle!

Their gazes were initially somewhat bewildered, but then they all focused on the sun disk in the sky that emitted an unpleasant light and heat, and the golden figure on the disk.

That light, for them who were accustomed to eternal darkness and cold, was like a nemesis, stinging their skin and disturbing their souls!
Without much communication, the instinct of shared hatred allowed these ancient emperors to instantly reach a consensus. They dispersed, surrounding Azir, who stood atop the sun disk, from all directions!
A chilling killing intent wove together an invisible net, sealing off all escape routes.

Ernos looked at Azir, who was surrounded, and a cruel smile of victory finally appeared in his icy eyes: "Azir! You are indeed strong, but you shouldn't be so arrogant as to set foot in Antarctica yourself!"

"Today, in this place, you will perish! This wretched sun will also be extinguished here!"

Faced with the encirclement of eight emperor-level beings, the overwhelming killing intent almost froze the space itself.

Azir slowly raised his hands, his ten fingers like plucking invisible strings, quickly outlining an incomparably complex golden rune in the void, containing the secrets of ascension!
As the runes took shape, the sun disk behind him emitted a strange mechanical sound—the two enormous pointers actually began to rotate in reverse!

Time seemed to flow backward at this moment, and a torrent of power that transcended the rules of the present world gathered at the center of the disc!

"In the name of Shurima, spirits of the sand, heed my call—"

Azir's voice was solemn and dignified, like an ancient oracle.

He slammed the completed runes into the center of the disc and roared:
"start!"

"boom!!!"

The disc shone brightly, as if opening the gates to Valhalla!

Behind Azir, golden light converged, and ten majestic figures materialized from the ethereal and slowly stepped out!

These are ten sand soldiers clad in magnificent golden heavy armor!
They were unlike ordinary sand soldiers; they were much larger, their armor was inscribed with ancient ascension runes, and their eyes burned with pure divine flames.

The weapons they wielded were all different—there were huge golden shields and swords, long energy spears, heavy runic warhammers, and nimble crescent blades… Each one radiated powerful energy fluctuations.

What's most chilling is that the energy pressure emanating from these ten golden-armored sand soldiers has reached the level of emperors!
Azir, single-handedly, instantly summoned ten Emperor-level Ascended Heroic Spirits!
"What do I have to fear from a multitude of ants!"

Azir pointed his eagle staff forward, the sound like thunder rolling across the sky.

The ten golden-armored sand soldiers' spirits shone with divine light. Facing the Ice Emperor who surrounded them from all sides, they did not hesitate for a moment and let out a battle roar that tore through the wind and snow: "For the glory of Shurima!"

Before the roar had even faded, ten figures had already transformed into dazzling golden meteors, trailing scorching streaks of light, actively tearing through the icy wind, and resolutely crashing into those glacier emperors!
A Sand Soldier Spirit thrust forward with his golden shield, colliding violently with the Frost Crystal Teeth of the Glacier Mammoth Emperor. The shockwave instantly flattened the ice sheet below!
On the other side, an energy spear thrust out, colliding head-on with the absolute zero breath exhaled by the Frost Bone Dragon, unleashing a hissing surge of energy turbulence.

Furthermore, a sand soldier wielding a runic warhammer leaped up and smashed it with the force of a collapsing mountain, slamming it into the massive trunk of the Icethorn Ancient Tree Emperor, which was covered with sharp ice spikes. Ice shards and golden light flew everywhere!

The atmosphere above the entire battlefield was completely chaotic, and energy storms raged wildly, tearing the sky into a chaotic scene of gold and pale white.

Behind this chaotic battlefield, along the golden passage spanning the Indian Ocean, accompanied by deafening war drums and resounding sounds, came the true army of the Shurima Empire.

They marched through the passage and onto the Antarctic ice sheet, launching a formal attack on the Antarctic glaciers!
Azir is determined to plant the banner of Shurima on this frozen continent!
(End of this chapter)