Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 33: Breakthrough to the Intermediate Level, the Son of the Stars

Qin Xiaonan handed the task of keeping watch over the night to Qingning, so he naturally didn't have to worry about safety issues.

He casually put his coat on the back of the chair and was about to take a rest when Qing Ning's cold voice came from outside the door:

"Sir, someone is coming."

"He's a human mage." Qing Ning leaned against the door, a hint of amusement in his eyes. "I saw him today while defending the city. His strength is quite good... well, at least better than those soldiers who were scared to death by the snakes."

Before he finished speaking, the clanging sound of military boots hitting the ground could be heard from the end of the corridor.

——The person who came was Deputy Commander Zhao Lan.

At this moment, she had shed the blood stains of the battlefield and changed into a neat dark green combat uniform. The silver badge on her collar shone coldly under the light.

Chen Ming was in charge of the defense of the city walls, while she was responsible for patrolling the city and checking for hidden dangers lurking in the city by snake demons.

But she actually found that the lights in the hotel in front of her were on, and someone dared to stay here.

Anyone who dares to leave the shelter on the first night after the snake tide recedes is either powerful enough to be fearless, or... is in collusion with the snake group.

Whatever the possibility, it's worth her going there in person.

"If they are truly masters, perhaps they can be persuaded to help defend against the next wave of attacks..." She thought to herself, stopping in front of the door and about to raise her hand to knock -

With a creak, the door opened by itself.

The warm yellow light poured out, illuminating the young man lazily leaning on the sofa and the elegant woman behind him.

Zhao Lan took a deep breath and gave a standard military salute. "I'm Zhao Lan, deputy commander of the Anjie Defense Zone. I've been ordered to investigate the city for potential snake infestations." Her eyes quickly swept between the two men. "I didn't expect that during this critical moment of demonic invasion, there are still people who dare to stay in an unprotected hotel. Could you please tell me your identities?"

The atmosphere in the room suddenly froze for a moment.

Qin Xiaonan leaned back on the sofa, his fingers tapping the rim of his teacup. "Since we dare to live here, we must have the means to protect ourselves." He raised his eyes to look at Zhao Lan, "There's no need for Commander Zhao to worry about this."

As a super-class magician, Zhao Lan could clearly sense the magical fluctuations of the young man in front of her - but it was only at the beginner level, not even enough to qualify for a combat team in the Anjie.

But she couldn't see through the woman next to him.

She pondered in her heart and quickly made a judgment: this is most likely the young master of a certain family, and the woman must be a master sent by the family to protect him.

After all, if someone has evil intentions, who would carry such a "burden" with them?
Thinking of this, Zhao Lan's tense shoulders relaxed slightly.

She took a step forward, her voice more sincere: "To be honest, although we repelled the snake swarm today, the defense of Anjie is already stretched to its limits." She pointed to the city wall outside the window, where the emergency lights were still on. "The reinforcements will not arrive for at least three days. With your strength, can you..."

"You want us to help defend the city?" Qin Xiaonan suddenly interrupted her.

Zhao Lan's expression froze, and he immediately explained, "Yes. For your safety, you can retreat to the shelter first. It's absolutely safe and secure there."

Qin Xiaonan shook his head gently. "No need." He looked out the window. "We won't be here long. I'm afraid we can't be of much help."

The atmosphere in the room suddenly froze. Qing Ning stood silently beside Qin Xiaonan. Although she didn't say anything, her indifferent eyes made it clear that she would obey Qin Xiaonan's arrangements. Zhao Lan opened her mouth and wanted to say something else, but saw Qin Xiaonan stand up. "It's getting late, and I need to rest. I won't keep Commander Zhao any longer."

Having said this, Zhao Lan also realized that there was no point in saying more.

She looked at the two of them deeply. "In that case, I won't bother you any more. However," she paused, "if you change your minds, you can always come to the city defense headquarters to find me."

After Zhao Lan left, Qin Xiaonan's already complicated emotions became even more turbulent. He wouldn't feel at peace until he had the answers to the Viper Lord's questions.

Qin Xiaonan sat quietly in front of the window, the moonlight pouring on him like water.

Since I'm not sleepy at all, I might as well take this opportunity to practice.

He slowly closed his eyes, his mind sinking into the spiritual world. He saw ochre-colored stardust suspended in the void, emitting a faint light that flickered, rhythmically moving like breathing. Suddenly, a crystalline film of light emerged from the surface of the stardust, enveloping it.

"Is it about to break through?" Qin Xiaonan's heart moved.

At this moment, a dazzling light suddenly burst out from within the stardust, and a brilliant beam of light struck the light film from the inside out. The light film trembled violently like an eggshell, and fine cracks began to appear on the surface.

“Crack—”

With a crisp sound audible only to the spiritual world, the film of light completely shattered. The original seven stars instantly split and reassembled, transforming into forty-nine more solid stars, which formed a mysterious star map in the spiritual world.

Qin Xiaonan suddenly opened his eyes, a twinkle of light flickering in his pupils. He felt the surge of power within him—the magic power flowing through his meridians was several times stronger than before, and every gesture carried a terrifying pressure.

"Stardust turns into nebula," he whispered to himself, and a wisp of ochre-colored magic power condensed from his fingertips. The magic power was more condensed than before, and it carried a faint sense of the heaviness of the earth.

Before he could even experience the joy of the nebula's breakthrough, his spiritual world suddenly shook violently. Beside the ochre-colored nebula, a patch of pure white stardust appeared out of thin air, as crystal clear as first snow.

"Healing?" Qin Xiaonan looked inward at the newly born stardust in shock.

After ordinary mages break through the intermediate level, they must rely on precious magic stones to awaken the second system.

He had originally prepared to spend a large sum of money to purchase summoning magic stones with the intention of contracting a powerful demon deep in the Sahara, but he did not expect that magic would awaken on its own.

Suddenly, a soul-tearing pain swept through his body, and Qin Xiaonan found himself in the same state as when the Tsar's clone appeared.

After the tingling sensation, he indeed had an extra clone.

However, the perspective of this clone was actually looking down at the blue planet from above the starry sky, and Qin Xiaonan could clearly sense that the magic power of this clone was even stronger than that of the Desert Emperor Azir.

Soraka, the Child of the Stars.

(In the League of Legends backstory, the Star Child is a deity. At this point, Qin Xiaonan's avatar is in a state where it hasn't descended to earth, standing above the starry sky, not in the image of a girl. The author arranges a healing system here to coordinate with the desert demons and to cope with the subsequent plot of the Parthenon.)

(The author does not have this fetish. The author is not a sissy, not a sissy, not a sissy. I say it three times because it is important. I have a strong desire to survive.)
After this breakthrough, Qin Xiaonan discovered that his original body could temporarily borrow some of the power of his clone.

After he walked out of the room, he looked up at the sky. An extremely powerful magical energy descended from the starry sky and entered Qin Xiaonan's healing nebula.

(End of this chapter)