Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 96: Fierce Battle, Ownership of the Nile River

Originally, there were two powerful demon tribes in the Nile River basin, one was the Nile crocodile tribe in the north, and the other was the crystal python tribe that tended towards Lake Victoria, the source of the river.

Now that the Nile Crocodile King is dead, Shaak Ti, the Lord of the Desert Crocodiles, leads the Shurima army south along the river. The river water that once nourished both banks is being gradually swallowed up by the yellow sand. His purpose is self-evident.

The Crystal Python Tribe naturally would not allow this to go on. The Crystal Python Emperor decided to stop the Desert Crocodile Lord Shakti at the intersection of three rivers.

On this day, the desert crocodile army was advancing steadily. Suddenly, gurgling water seeped out from the cracks in the riverbed ahead, and then the entire earth began to tremble violently.

"Boom!"

A hundred-meter-high water column shot up into the sky, and the boiling Nile River water swallowed up several desert crocodiles in the front row like a resurrected beast.

In the turbid water mist, a large number of Nile crocodiles broke through the waves.

Their king is dead, so they have no choice but to migrate south. Some of them were recruited by the Crystal Python King and are now sent to fight the desert crocodiles.

Immediately afterwards, the river water exploded into countless whirlpools, and a suffocating blue light emerged from beneath the water.

Behind the Nile crocodiles, the river water seemed to be torn apart by invisible hands, revealing the figures of tens of thousands of slowly rising crystal pythons.

Their translucent bodies reflect a colorful halo in the sunlight, and each scale looks like a carefully carved sapphire.

The crystal python guards in the front row are over twenty meters long, with sharp crystal spikes growing on their spines, flickering with the rhythm of their breathing. When they swim, the surrounding water solidifies into countless suspended ice crystal spears!

"hiss--"

With a shrill cry, the terrifying crystal army finally revealed its full appearance:

Leading the way were seven elder-level giant pythons with crown-shaped crystal clusters on their heads. They coiled on a high platform composed of solidified water waves, and their tongues sprayed out blue neurotoxins, dyeing the air into a strange mist. These were undoubtedly monarch-level demons.

Behind him were the indistinct figures of the crystal python warriors, who were cruising in formations of three, with a constantly rotating hexagonal crystal floating in the middle of each team, like a formation.

When two brave men meet on a narrow road, the braver one wins. The two demonic torrents collided violently in the dry riverbed, and the whole earth was shaking.

The area instantly turned into a bloody hell.

The Nile crocodiles pounced first, but a one-eyed crocodile king took the lead and swept across with its giant tail covered with crystal thorns, cutting the three sand crocodiles in half.

It bit the forelimb of the Sand Crocodile Leader.

The moment the giant teeth came into contact with the sand, a teeth-grinding "sizzling" sound was heard, and the hard sandstone shell crystallized and cracked at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Ow!"

The Sand Crocodile Leader roared in rage, and his front claws burning with the fire of the sun suddenly pierced into the Crocodile King's abdomen.

Wherever the scalding claws passed, flesh and blood instantly carbonized, and when it pulled out its sharp claws, it brought out bloody intestines.

“Hiss—”

Then three crystal pythons, whose bodies looked like they were carved from sapphires, took the opportunity to entangle the Sand Crocodile Leader.

Their translucent bodies suddenly tightened, and the terrifying force of the twisting caused the sandstone shell to crack inch by inch. Just as the crystal python was about to succeed, a hot wave of quicksand suddenly gushed out from the cracks!
"Boom!"

Burned by the high temperature, the crystal python rolled in pain, its thick tail sweeping across the rock wall on the shore, and the hard basalt was suddenly covered with spider-web-like cracks.

The head of one of the crystal pythons was completely crystallized, and with a "crack" sound it shattered into countless poison-tempered crystals.

On the central battlefield of the riverbed, the monarch-level crystal python raised its huge body.

The crown-shaped crystal cluster on its forehead suddenly flashed, and hundreds of focused beams of light, like the Grim Reaper's scythe, instantly vaporized dozens of desert crocodiles. The air was filled with a burning smell, and the sand swept by the beams turned directly to glass, reflecting distorted light and shadows.

"Hmph!" Shakti sneered and did not take action. The army he brought would not be defeated easily.

In an instant, a violent sandstorm rose from the ground, refracting all the remaining beams of light.

The crystal python camp was immediately engulfed in a sea of ​​fire. In a dozen or so charred pits, the half-melted remains of the crystal python could be seen twitching.

“Clatter—”

The quicksand area behind the desert crocodile began to surge violently.

Countless humanoid monsters made of fine sand crawled out from the vortex behind them, holding various sand weapons. Although their individual strength was not as good as that of the commander-level desert crocodiles, their numbers were simply endless!
These sand soldiers advanced in neat steps, and every step made the earth tremble.

The shield-wielding sandmen in the front row charged forward despite the crystal python's venom. Even though they were corroded and riddled with holes, they still held on to the enemy tightly, creating opportunities for their companions in the back.

"kill!"

Dozens of elites suddenly jumped out of the Sandman Legion, holding spears burning with golden flames, and accurately stabbed into the weak points of the crystal python's crystal cluster.

A huge crystal python twisted in pain, its proud crystal armor was pierced by the Sun Spear, and then it fell down unwillingly.

This section of the Nile River completely changed color: upstream was the golden sandstorm of the Shurima Legion, downstream was the blue poisonous fog of the Crystal Python Tribe, and in the most tragic middle reaches of the battlefield, the river water had turned into a strange purple-black color at some point, bubbling with bubbles.
At this time, the Crystal Python King hiding behind him also took action.

The riverbed suddenly shook violently, and turbid waves rose into the sky.

The kilometer-long body of the Crystal Python King was finally fully unfolded, and every blue diamond-like scale reflected a dazzling cold light.

“Sand lizard.”

The low sound caused rocks to fall from the cliffs on both sides.

The Crystal Python King suddenly stood up, and the scales on his abdomen opened like shutters, revealing the densely packed crystallized glands underneath.

As the tip of its tail lightly touched the water surface, the entire section of the Nile River suddenly flowed backwards!

“Wow—”

Tens of thousands of water arrows gathered in front of it, each of them wrapped in a cluster of poisonous crystals.

These water arrows didn't fire immediately. Instead, they began to spin at high speed within a mysterious force field, gradually merging into an even more powerful spiral crystal spear! The spear was wrapped in a turbulent stream of blue-purple energy, and wherever it passed, even the air made a crisp sound like shattering glass.

Faced with such an attack, Shaak Ti, the Lord of the Desert Crocodiles, let out a deafening war roar.

"Come!"

“Clatter—”

Billions of golden sands gushed out from the dry riverbed, forming a sandstorm tornado that swept across the sky and earth around Shakti.

These are not ordinary grains of sand. Each grain sparkles with golden light and creates sparks when they collide with each other in the strong wind.

Shakti's pupils had completely transformed into two scorching suns. It stood up and slammed its front paws heavily on the ground. In an instant, golden sands gathered together and fought fiercely with blue crystals.

The spiral crystal spear that attacked first was shattered directly. The broken crystal clusters were wrapped in golden sand and re-melted before they hit the ground, and turned into part of the sandstorm.

This was an unprecedented battle that determined the future ownership of the Nile River.

However, as the two emperors were fighting, a dark, circling figure slowly emerged in the distance of the Nile River.

(End of this chapter)