Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 36: The Viper's Dilemma
Obviously, this lifeless behemoth is the Viper Monarch sent by the Tsar.

The scene of its death was extremely tragic. The once majestic snake body was now half-buried in the yellow sand, with large areas of dark golden scales peeling off, revealing the bloody body underneath.

The most shocking thing was that the back half of its body was almost completely eaten, leaving the white snake bones exposed, with teeth marks of varying depths remaining on them.

Qin Xiaonan had already noticed something was wrong as he walked along, because Qingning also had the mark of the sun disk on his body, and he could sense it very clearly.

This mark is vague and obviously shows what it has experienced.

Fortunately, the mark left by the Tsar using the Sun Disc was very powerful. Even though the Viper Lord had been dead for some time, Qin Xiaonan could still sense it.

Qing Ning saw the miserable state of the Viper Lord and said, "Sir, the Red-Scaled Serpent Lord that attacked the city today..." She paused, a sharp light flashing in her golden pupils, "I can feel that it has only recently broken through to the Grand Lord level, and its aura is weak and unstable. Now it seems..."

"It's the snake pill from the Viper," Qin Xiaonan continued, his gaze fixed on the Viper Lord's dissected abdomen. Where the snake pill should have been, now only a charred hole remained, its edges still tinged with the Red Scaled Serpent Lord's unique fire-venomous aura.

When the Viper Monarch left, the Tsar also left it a sand soldier. At this time, the sand soldier had been used, but it still died.

This means that when the Viper Lord encountered a fatal crisis, he summoned sand soldiers to protect him, but still could not escape death.

The existence that can make the sand soldiers helpless must be a true emperor-level strength, and the two siege snakes obviously do not have such ability.

More likely, the Viper Lord encountered a terrifying entity elsewhere and was forced to summon his own Sand Soldiers to save his life during the fierce battle. Although he barely escaped, he also suffered mortal wounds and ultimately fled to this desert with his broken body.

When his energy ran out, he was killed and devoured by the two snakes.

The Viper Lord is not considered a top-tier existence in the Sahara Desert's demon system.

The snake-like demons in the Sahara Desert have revered the Snake Mother Medusa since ancient times, and the Viper Tribe has long been in an oppressed and marginalized position.

Although they are snakes, they have to rely on the Sahara Desert Empire to survive.

When the Viper Monarch witnessed Qingning working for the Tsar and his strength rising to the Supreme Monarch after being baptized by the Sun Disc, his ambition began to grow wildly.

It remembered that day—Qingning's nine tails stretched out in the holy light, each hair flowing like the flames of the sun. At that moment, it seemed as if it saw the hope of its tribe's rise.

"If I could only obtain the gift of the sun disc." The Viper Lord had fantasized countless times in his lair.

For this reason, it was willing to become the Tsar's most loyal pawn, but fate was cruel. This ambitious monarch would eventually be exposed to death in this desolate snake nest, and even his bones became nourishment for the advancement of his own clan.

From the Sahara Desert to here, there are many powerful demon empires along the way, but considering its injuries, the most likely one should be the demon empire in Lop Nur or the Kunlun Mountains.

Qin Xiaonan looked at the broken corpse of the Viper Lord, and a complex emotion flashed in his eyes.

Originally, he thought that this snake king had betrayed the orders of Tsar Azir and had secretly occupied the mountain and become the king, causing trouble.

I didn't expect things to develop like this.

"Let it rest in peace," Qin Xiaonan whispered, his gaze fixed on the Viper Lord's battered corpse. Qingning nodded slightly, and suddenly, the tranquil desert was blasted with a violent wind. Countless grains of sand gathered from all directions, forming a massive sandstorm vortex in the air.

The vortex slowly descended, covering the entire snake's nest like a golden waterfall. The collision of sand grains made a subtle rustling sound, as if playing a requiem for the fallen monarch.

As the wind and sand buried it, the battered body of the Viper Lord gradually disappeared under the golden sea of ​​sand.

When the last grain of sand fell, the area had returned to its normal sand dune appearance.

Qin Xiaonan stood quietly on the sand dune, his robe swaying gently in the hot wind.

He looked at the newly built sand mound in front of him, and the anger he had when he first arrived was no longer in his eyes. Instead, he was filled with an indescribable complex emotion.

"Let's go." He said softly to Qingning.
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Qin Xiaonan then took Qingning back to Bo City.

At this time, he was already a mid-level wizard and could apply to the school for early graduation and college entrance examination.

Although it is still holiday, the school still has a leader on duty every day.

The Magic High School campus was exceptionally quiet during the holidays, with only a few office windows still lit. Qin Xiaonan walked to the duty office with ease and knocked gently on the oak door carved with magical runes.

"Please come in." The principal's calm voice came from inside. Qin Xiaonan didn't expect that the principal was on duty today, so this matter would be much simpler.

When I pushed the door open, the principal was wearing glasses and correcting something. Seeing that it was Qin Xiaonan, he put down his pen with a little surprise and said, "Xiaonan? What's going on during the holiday?"

"Principal, I would like to apply for early graduation." Qin Xiaonan stated his purpose directly.

The office suddenly fell silent. The old principal adjusted his slipping glasses and carefully examined the student before him. Memories of the past two years flashed through his mind—he rarely spoke up in class, his practical class grades were above average, and he was an average student with a low sense of presence.

It was the incident with the Bone-Spurred Wolf that made him know Qin Xiaonan's name.

"What did you say?" The principal's voice trembled a little.

Qin Xiaonan didn't answer, but simply raised his right hand. Following a surge of magical power, a mid-level earth element aura emerged.

The old principal stood up suddenly and walked to Qin Xiaonan in two steps. After confirming that this was not an illusion, he excitedly said, "When did you break through?"

"A day ago." Qin Xiaonan answered softly.

As the principal of an ordinary magic high school, he had never encountered a genius who could break through to the intermediate level in two years in his thirty years of teaching. This was no longer just a matter of graduating early; he could be directly recommended for admission to a top magic school! This was also good news for the entire Tianlan Magic High School.

"Okay! Okay!" The principal said "Okay" twice, and the wrinkles on his face smoothed out. "I'll contact the Education Bureau right away and arrange a special graduation assessment for you!"

The principal slammed the table excitedly and said, "Great!" He frantically searched for the letter paper, his pen leaving excited marks on the paper. "Xiaonan, you have brought honor to our school!"

(End of this chapter)