Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 64: Double Disaster - Prisoner Chi, Bridge Attacked

The General Mage felt a chill running up his spine.

The group of stillwater jellyfish stretching for hundreds of miles before our eyes is like a carefully woven giant net, blocking any information of the sirens' invasion.

"Damn it!" His clenched fist stirred up a string of bubbles in the sea. "These cunning sirens."

Looking at the endless swarm of jellyfish, his heart began to beat violently - the number of sirens that could drive such a large swarm of jellyfish and mix into the Huangpu River was probably far beyond imagination!
He rushed towards the sea like a sharp arrow.

"We must race against time!" The general mage stood in the air, and the sea breeze blew his robe.

He gazed at the brightly lit city skyline in the distance, and imagined a scene of monstrous waves engulfing the coast. These sirens lurking in the river could unleash a devastating tide at any moment.

He released a number of messages in succession, flying towards organizations such as the Magic Association, the Pearl Tower, and the military headquarters.

Each message contained the most urgent warning: "A large number of sirens have sneaked into the Huangpu River. Immediately activate the highest level flood prevention plan and organize the emergency evacuation of residents along the coast!"

"The river meets the sea, and support is needed to prevent the sirens from sneaking in."

After sending the message, General Mage's forehead was covered with sweat. He looked at the now calm river surface.

He murmured to himself, "I hope it's not too late."

These groups of stillwater jellyfish were naturally summoned by the Little Mermaid's mother, the Blue-Scaled Mermaid. After sensing the location where her daughter disappeared, she guessed that it was most likely related to humans on land.

Mermaids are a sea creature living in the Pacific Ocean. She knows a thing or two about the war between the Sea Empire and this continent a thousand years ago.

So she did not attack rashly, but called on several sea tribes near the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea to help her.

However, not long after the General Mage sent out the message, a major incident occurred on the river.

The Huangpu River divides Shanghai into Pudong and Puxi, and these two areas are connected by more than a dozen bridges.

at this time
"boom--"

A deafening roar came from the direction of Nanpu Bridge.

Suddenly, a column of water tens of meters high exploded from the surface of the river, and a massive creature emerged from the water. It was a deep-sea behemoth the size of a small mountain, covered in parasitic grasshoppers. From the right side of its massive body, a barbed bone whip jutted out.

"What a monster!"

Passersby along the river were terrified. They couldn't understand how such a terrifying deep-sea monster could appear in an inland river like the Huangpu River.

What's even more bizarre is that as the giant beast appeared, the originally clear night sky was instantly covered with dark clouds, and raindrops as big as beans poured down, as if the whole world was cheering for it.

“Woo—”

The beast let out a deep, long roar, the sound waves rattling the windows of buildings along the shore. It didn't immediately attack the panicked crowd, but instead turned towards Nanpu Bridge.

The barbed bone whip drew a deadly arc in the rain.

“No! Its target is…”

Before the bridge mage finished speaking, a bone whip several dozen meters long had already wrapped itself around the bridge like a giant python. Sharp bone spikes dug deep into the concrete, and as the behemoth whip swung, the entire bridge emitted a teeth-grinding metallic crack.

“Help!”

The vehicles on the bridge suddenly tilted, and several cars crashed through the guardrails and hung precariously on the river surface a hundred meters high.

Pedestrians clung to the railings, some even collapsed to the ground in fear. Even more terrifying, they saw the beast's bone whip tightening, and the bridge's main cables were beginning to break. The crisp sound of the snapping cables was like a countdown to death. "Evacuate the people!"

Several magical lights shot towards the giant beast from different directions, but sparks exploded on its body. The dead skin on the giant beast fell off one by one, and it turned out to be some parasitic grasshoppers.

At this moment, a sound suddenly came from the sky, and more than ten bright rays of light cut through the rain curtain.

A group of elite mages from the Magic City finally arrived at the battlefield, led by four super-class mages.

At the command of the purple-robed old man in the lead, a nine-day divine thunder struck directly at the Haoran sea beast.

After receiving the urgent message from the General Mage, the major magical organizations in the Magic City demonstrated an astonishing mobilization capability. Mages from the Magic Association, the Hunter Alliance, and the aristocratic families rushed in from all directions to provide support and evacuate the masses.

"Quick! Use plant magic to fix the bridge!"

"Ice Mage freezes the broken part!"

"Wind Mage, assist the crowd in evacuating!"

Commands echoed in the rain.

A young female mage used three quick moves in succession to rescue a child trapped in a car; a sturdy earth mage lifted a broken bridge plank to create an escape route...

However, everyone's efforts seemed pale in front of the Haoran sea beast.

"roar--"

With a deafening roar, the thick layer of flesh on the left side of the sea beast suddenly split open, and a second ferocious whip covered with bone spurs broke out of its body! This bone whip, even thicker than the previous one, screamed and tore through the air, sweeping towards the bridge with overwhelming force.

“Get out of the way!”

The ice magic that tried to block it was instantly shattered, and the plant vines also broke.

"Rumble--"

Under the despairing gazes of countless people, the giant steel dragon spanning the Huangpu River let out its final wail. The main cables snapped repeatedly, and the hundreds-meter-long bridge deck began to twist and break, finally plunging into the murky river with an earth-shattering roar.

Splashing waves reached tens of meters high, and crashing vehicles created massive splashes on the river's surface. Several mages who hadn't had time to evacuate tried their best to protect those around them, but were instantly swallowed by the surging river.

There was dead silence on the shore.

There was only the sound of heavy rain hitting the water.

The majestic sea beast that appeared was none other than Totem Baxia's mortal enemy, Qiuchi, one of the Twin Calamities. It and its brother Qiuchi originally lived in the East China Sea, and this time they were summoned by the Green-Scaled Mermaid.

Under the cover of stillwater jellyfish, it entered the Huangpu River. Its mission was to destroy the bridge connecting Pudong and Puxi and cut off the connection between the two sides.

Seeing the bridge collapse, Qiu Chi ignored the mages, but dived into the water and headed towards another bridge not far away.

At the same time, several other cross-river bridges were also attacked by different sea beasts.

Beneath the Yangpu Bridge, three giant turtle-like deep-sea monsters slammed their coral-covered carapaces into the bridge piers. Each impact caused the cable-stayed bridge to sway violently, and panicked traffic on the bridge surface became a chaotic mess.

Further upstream, at the Xupu Bridge, the water was seething as dozens of silver barracudas emerged from the water. Wielding coral tridents, they precisely destroyed key points of the bridge.

Moreover, these sirens know how to coordinate their attacks - whenever a wizard tries to stop them, he will be attacked by the electric eel sirens lurking in the water.

(End of this chapter)