Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 97 Desert Crocodile Lord vs Crystal Python King
The hot sand and gravel swirled in the air waves, as if blocking the spiral crystal spear that swallowed the Crystal Python King.

"Crack, crack—" sounds came from the depths of the sandstorm. Just as a hint of a sneer appeared on Shakti's lips, his pupils suddenly shrank—

I saw that those blue crystal blocks that seemed to be swallowed were undergoing strange changes inside the sandstorm!

The shattered crystals reassembled within the cracks of the golden sand. Then, they unexpectedly began to erode the sand, transforming the surrounding golden sand into strange blue-gold crystals.

In the blink of an eye, countless tiny crystalline veins appeared inside the sandstorm, spreading rapidly like a virus.

"What?!" Shakti roared and increased his magic output, but found that his sand control ability was being interfered with by some force.

Those crystallized sand grains actually obeyed the control of the Crystal Python King and formed barbed crystal clusters inside the sandstorm!

The Crystal Python King hissed triumphantly.

"Crystallization Infection" was its racial innate ability. These blue crystal fragments could assimilate anything of substantial nature. Immediately, they transformed into tens of thousands of microscopic crystal needles, which rapidly shuttled along the crystal veins. In the blink of an eye, they broke through the sandstorm's defenses and attacked Shaakti's vital points from various tricky angles!
Shaak Ti stared at the storm of crystal needles that swept across the sky. Instead of retreating, it straightened its body even more. The cracked sand dunes trembled under its feet, and scorching steam gushed out from every crack.

"roar--!!!"

Amidst the deafening roar, the bronze scales on its back suddenly emitted a strange glow.

"Ding ding ding——"

Thousands of crystal needles poured down on Shakti's scales, making crisp and pleasant collision sounds.

This seemingly beautiful scene actually hides a deadly murderous intent - each crystal needle contains a poison that is strong enough to corrode steel, and the needle tip has a strong armor-piercing power.

"Boom boom boom!"

Continuous explosions erupted around Shakti, and a dark blue poisonous mist enveloped its huge body.

However, when the poisonous fog was blown away by the hot desert wind, an astonishing scene appeared -

Not only was Shakti's scales not damaged at all, but they glowed even more brightly under the baptism of the explosion.

On the surface of the ancient scales, layers of divine patterns clearly emerged, and these divine patterns were exactly the same as the marks on the sun disk.

When the Crystal Python King saw that his attack was unable to hurt the opponent, he raised his head and looked at the sun disk in the sky and cursed inwardly.

"hateful."

Then it continued to attack, its body shot out like an arrow, and the sharp spike on the tail sprayed out ice crystals, which condensed into a three-edged ice cone in mid-air.

Shakti continued to neither dodge nor evade, relying on his powerful scales to resist the opponent's blue crystal magic attacks.

Then he rushed forward suddenly, and his huge body plowed a deep groove in the sand. His huge mouth opened, and the fangs were wrapped with the scorching fire of the sun. The fishy wind blew in his face, and he went straight for the fatal seven inches of the Crystal Python King!

The Crystal Python King reacted extremely quickly, and his huge body twisted suddenly like a spring, narrowly avoiding the fatal bite.

Shaakti's sharp teeth scraped across its neck, leaving a string of dazzling sparks on the crystal armor.

"hiss--!"

The Crystal Python King roared in pain, its body whipping back like a whip, its tail spike piercing Shakti's throat like lightning. Shakti ducked, his thick tail sweeping out, the bony spike at the end slashing like a battle axe at the Crystal Python's abdomen!
“Clang!”

There was a loud noise like metal collision, and the bone spur scratched the crystal python's scales, but only left a shallow white mark.

The hardness of the crystal python's blue crystal scales is far beyond imagination. Each piece is like refined magic crystal, extremely hard.

But Shakti did not stop its attack. It suddenly grabbed the crystal python's body with its front claws, and the scorching sun fire burst out from between its claws, trying to burn the crystal python's scales.

The Crystal Python King then coiled up, its body tightening like a steel cable, and the muscles under its crystal scales erupted with terrifying strangling power, while its fangs pierced the side of Shakti's neck!
"boom!"

Shakti roared, and the scales all over his body suddenly lit up. The sun god pattern burst out with dazzling golden light, and forcibly shook off the crystal python's entanglement.

But the crystal python's fangs still grazed its shoulder, leaving a wound glowing blue.

The two separated briefly and then collided again.

Shaak Ti's sharp claws tore at the crystal python's scales, while the crystal python's tail stinger stabbed like a spear. Each collision unleashed a violent energy storm, cracking the sand beneath their feet and evaporating the river into mist, which was then torn apart by the shockwaves.

There is nothing fancy in the close-range fighting, only the most primitive collision of strength and will!
This earth-shaking imperial battle has lasted for dozens of days and nights.

The battlefield on the banks of the Nile River had long since changed beyond recognition - the dry riverbed had been torn into criss-crossing rifts by the violent energy, the rock walls on both sides were turned into powder by repeated energy impacts, and even the sky showed distorted light and shadows due to the continuous energy disturbance.

Shakti's scales were covered with fine cracks, and the scales in several vital areas had even completely peeled off, revealing wounds underneath where blood flowed like molten lava.

But the fighting spirit in its eyes became more and more intense, and every breath brought with it a wave of scorching air. The sun god pattern on its body flickered, constantly repairing its damaged body.

The condition of the Crystal Python King is equally amazing.

One-third of its proud blue crystal scales had become dull, the longest tail spike was broken, and the crystal clusters around its eyes had also developed numerous cracks.

But its posture as it lurked in the crystal ruins was still elegant and calm, with faint blue crystal light flashing on its body from time to time, expelling the solar power that had invaded its body bit by bit.

Just as the battle became increasingly intense, the Crystal Python King suddenly withdrew quickly. He raised his head, and the crown on his head, which was made of azure crystal clusters, suddenly burst out with a dazzling cold light, illuminating the entire battlefield.

“Click, click, click.”

Horrifying cracking sounds rang out from all over the battlefield.

The bodies of the fallen crystal pythons suddenly trembled strangely, their sapphire-like scales peeling off one by one, floating in the air. Then, the bodies began to disintegrate on their own—muscle fibers turned into crystalline threads, bones shattered into a dazzling powder, and even the flowing poisonous blood coagulated into round blue beads.

Thousands of crystal grains swirled around the Crystal Python Emperor like a galaxy in reverse, each crystal undergoing a meticulous self-reorganization.

When the last crystal scale was put back in place, the Crystal Python King was already wearing a set of armor that could be called a work of art.

The armor was translucent throughout, as if liquid energy were slowly flowing within it. Whenever it moved, the surface of the armor would reflect countless spots of light, leaving a lingering blue afterimage in the air.

"Now." Its voice suddenly became overlapping and resonant, as if thousands of crystal pythons were roaring at the same time. "It's time to end it."

The speed of the Crystal Python King suddenly increased three times, turning into a blue light that tore through space and went straight for Shakti's throat!
(End of this chapter)