Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 63: The Huangpu River flooded, and the seabed was covered with stillwater jellyfish.
Among the countless gods in the vast ocean, the mermaid clan is rare in number but has a noble bloodline.

The complete mermaid in front of us has experienced two ocean baptisms. The human part of her upper body is almost covered with black ice scales. Her strength is extremely terrifying.

Generally speaking, mermaids are a race that lives in the deep ocean and rarely appear in near-shore areas.

Only before underage mermaids are about to undergo their second metamorphosis will their mothers take them to travel in the ocean, allowing them to personally experience the tidal rhythm of different sea areas, which will help them to transform. This is the case with the little mermaid Lan Xi.

If Qin Xiaonan had not intervened, she would have left on her own after a while.

However, during this period, many seaside towns may suffer losses.

At this time, Qin Xiaonan didn't know that Lan Xi's mother had already led a number of sea monsters and was approaching the Demon City.
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In the Mu family manor.

There was still a lingering emerald green glow of magic on Mu Nujiao's fingertips, but the vines that were supposed to wrap around her once again collapsed in front of Lan Xi.

She was breathing rapidly, her full chest heaving violently, and the few strands of hair on her forehead had already been soaked with sweat and stuck to her smooth forehead.

“How is it possible?”

Her voice trembled slightly, and her almond-shaped eyes reflected the calm figure across from her. Lan Xi simply stood there quietly, not even the hem of her clothes ruffled, as if the intense magic duel just now was just an illusion.

A storm surged in Mu Nujiao's heart.

This girl, who looked even younger than herself, neutralized all her attacks with a single gesture. What shocked her even more was that every spell Lan Xi cast was as natural and smooth as breathing. From gathering magic power to releasing it, the entire process was smooth and effortless, without the slightest delay.

As a leader of the younger generation of the Mu family, Mu Nujiao was already able to cast intermediate-level plant-based magic almost instantly. Even so, she didn't cause any trouble to the other party.

She took a deep breath, and although she was unwilling to accept it, she still said, "I lost."

There is always someone better than you...

She repeated these words silently in her heart, but her eyes gradually became firm. It seems that I must practice harder.

——If she knew that the girl in front of her, who seemed to be the same age as her, was actually a monarch-level siren that was feared by everyone in the deep sea, she probably wouldn't think so.

"Miss Lan Xi, your strength is truly astonishing."

A gentle voice broke the brief silence.

Mu Nuxin approached gracefully, her eyes filled with undisguised admiration. She then gently patted her sister's shoulder, offering both comfort and encouragement.

Lan Xi nodded slightly, "Thank you."

At this time, Qin Xiaonan also walked over, his eyes lingering on Mu Nujiao's slightly pale face for a moment, and then he said gently: "Lan Xi's magical talent is very outstanding, Miss Mu, don't worry too much about winning or losing."

A few people chatted for a while in the courtyard, and dusk had quietly fallen.

"It's getting late, we should say goodbye." Qin Xiaonan looked at the sky and bowed to the Mu sisters.

Lan Xi stood beside him and nodded quietly.

The Mu sisters looked at the "brother and sister" in front of them, still with many questions in their hearts, but they still said politely: "Then we won't keep you two today. If you have the opportunity in the future, please come to the Mu family again.

After leaving the Mu family manor, it was already late at night.

Back at home, Qin Xiaonan gently pushed open the door. Qingning was sprawled on the sofa in the living room, her fox tail swaying gently, while the sand scorpion was hidden in some corner. The next day, Qin Xiaonan woke up, ate a little, and prepared to continue his space channel experiment.

He took out the space spiritual object he had obtained yesterday, and through his clone Azir, under the guidance of the Silver-winged Queen Ant, he built a simple space channel receiving array.

On the other side of the Sahara Desert, the silver-winged queen ant vibrated her wings, guiding the construction of space nodes.

"The spatial coordinates have been confirmed." Azir said in a deep voice, and the sun disk burst into a dazzling golden light.

The Silver-Winged Ant Queen chirped at a high frequency, and its powerful spatial ability blended perfectly with the light of the sun disk, tearing a tiny crack in the void.

Several pieces of materials with a deep-sea luster slowly emerged from the cracks. Compared with the last time, the spatial fluctuations were obviously much more stable, and the damage to these materials was also reduced.

But this is far from enough. If you want to transport the undead vessels without any damage, you need more space-based spiritual objects.

While Qin Xiaonan was busy, Lan Xi sat quietly by the window, looking at the Huangpu River below, wondering what she was thinking about writing.

In the following days, the water level of the Huangpu River began to rise strangely.

At first, the river was just more turbulent than usual, and the waves hit the embankment with a little more force.

But gradually, the situation became abnormal - the river water suddenly overflowed the embankment without any warning on a windless and rainless day, and rushed towards the small towns along the coast.

The dock was washed away, and the houses in the low-lying areas were submerged in the muddy river water. The fishermen dragged their fishing boats in panic, fearing that they would be swept away by the sudden waves.

"What's wrong with the river water? It's clearly not raining!" Someone stood on the wet street, looking at the still surging river water, his face full of confusion.

At first, the Mage Association did not take it too seriously, thinking it was just an ordinary water demon, and handed it over to the city demon hunting team to deal with.

But as time went by, the situation became more and more strange - not only did the river water not recede, but it surged at night. Some people even witnessed with their own eyes that dark blue shadows flashed in the dark river water at an astonishing speed.

A few days later, the demon hunter discovered the siren in the river.

"How is that possible?" "Sirens are marine creatures, how could they possibly go upstream and enter the Huangpu River?"
As soon as the news broke, the entire Magic City mage community was shaken. The Ocean Alliance and the East Sea Magic Association immediately dispatched elite investigation teams. High-level water mages set up detection barriers along the riverbank, attempting to determine the source of the flooding.

At the same time, a general mage was ordered to go to the mouth of the Huangpu River to investigate.

"If there really was a siren sneaking into the river, how could the monitoring station stationed at the estuary not notice it?" He whispered to himself, his voice drowned out by the sound of the surging waves.

With doubt, he jumped into the sea.

A light blue magical glow emanated from his entire body. As he dived deeper, the sunlight was gradually swallowed up by the dark sea water, leaving only a small area illuminated by the magical halo.

However, after he dived to a certain depth, the scene before him froze him—

Countless large translucent jellyfish are densely suspended on the seabed.

Their umbrella caps are more than two meters in diameter and emit a faint fluorescence. Their tentacles sway slowly in the water like ribbons, almost covering the entire seabed.

What's even more strange is that these jellyfish seem to contain some kind of disruptive magic, causing the surrounding sea water to not fluctuate at all.

(End of this chapter)