Harry held the sword, and its hilt seemed to be slightly hot, giving him a supporting force.
"A sword! What a neat trick, Harry!"
Riddle still mocked: "But what's the use? Can you still use a sword to deal with a wizard?"
Harry took a deep breath, held his sword in front of him, and made a starting gesture: "Why not?"
"Looks like I blew your brains out, Harry."
Riddle's eyes became dark - this kind of look, Harry had also seen when he possessed Malfoy.
He waved his wand: "Fire is blazing!"
A violent, raging flame burst out from the end of his staff, roaring towards Harry like a fire dragon.
The hot fire wind stung Harry's face, and Harry felt as if his hair was being burnt. He smelled the smell of burning protein.
However, he did not hide.
He took a stance, calmed down, and put all his attention on the sword in his hand.
Concentrate and reach the top!
Harry thought of his long ordeal in Aaron's office, his eyes fixed on the flames coming towards him.
No time to spare! Harry swung his sword!
cut!
Perfect timing. The moment it came into contact with the flames, the sword buzzed slightly, and Harry felt a strange magic at work.
The flames seemed to have a physical form. Harry's sword cut through it like a hot knife cutting through butter, splitting the raging flames into two!
"What?"
Riddle was shocked, how did he do this, split his spell with a sword...?
Is this still a wizard? !
With one strike, Harry was not proud. He was still calm and calm in his heart. He held the sword and rushed towards Riddle.
"Delusion!"
Riddle is angry! It was a great shame for him to be threatened by a wizard in a Muggle way!
He roared and waved his wand, shooting powerful spells at Harry one after another!
However, during the charge, Harry's eyes were fixed on the flying spells:
Upper split.
Horizontal chop.
Slide.
As if every movement of the swordsmanship was carved into the muscles and bones, Harry reached into his soul and performed Professor Aaron's swordsmanship smoothly and freely.
At this moment, Aaron's teachings echoed in Harry's mind.
"The body must be light, the steps must be steady, and breathing is the key. Remember the most basic movements and postures..."
"Rhythm, rhythm is very important. In battle, try to bring your opponent into your rhythm..."
"Seize the opportunity, you need to have enough reflexes to accurately judge the time of each swing of the sword..."
Every move of Harry's sword accurately deflected the spell cast by Riddle, as if he was dancing a close waltz with the God of Death!
"Damn it! Damn it!"
Riddle was so angry that he didn't remember until Harry got close to him:
"Except you..."
But, it's too late.
Harry kicked the wand out of his hand, then spun up and slashed down with his sword!
The blade of the sword passed across Riddle's chest, and Harry could clearly feel that he did not seem to be a real person, as if he was made of a puff of smoke, and there was not much real feeling when the slash hit him.
"Ahhh!"
Riddle wailed in pain, and instead of blood pouring out of the crack in his chest, a black liquid as thick as petroleum poured out.
A vicious light bloomed in his eyes - Riddle grabbed the edge of Harry's sword and cursed in an extremely vicious tone:
"Die!"
A violent shock wave suddenly exploded! Harry and his sword were thrown away!
He slid dozens of feet on the gravel ground and stopped when his head almost hit the stone platform.
Riddle, on the other hand, fell down like a doll whose wind was taken out.
Harry had no time to pay attention to him. He endured the severe pain and got up, shaking Ron's body:
"Wake up, Ron, wake up!"
He noticed that the bloody lines on the stone platform were stuck to Ron's robe like gangrene on the bone. His eyes were closed and his face was pale.
"Just bear with it, Ron."
Harry calmed down, used his sword to find the connection between Ron's body and the stone platform, and then cut hard——
The robes were torn, and Harry carefully removed Ron from the stone platform.
The moment his body left the stone platform - Ron woke up, breathing heavily like a drowning man, with fear written on his face:
He grabbed Harry's arm with his hand: "Harry, where are we? Harry..."
"It's okay! Ron, it's okay!"
Harry put his hand on his shoulder and comforted him in a powerful voice.
At this moment, Malfoy, who was lying beside him, suddenly let out a painful groan.
In the distance, the fallen Riddle suddenly stood up.
"What did you do to Malfoy?" Harry asked angrily.
"I drained his life - that's okay, he didn't have much life left anyway, to repair my damage."
Riddle said in a normal tone:
"It's you, Harry, you really surprised me..."
"But that's about it."
A vicious smile appeared on his face, and a cold, hissing sound came out of his mouth.
Harry could understand what he was saying -
"Wake up, my servants, and kill them!"
Behind him, the basilisk that had been sleeping suddenly got up. It spat out scarlet letters and swam quickly towards Harry and Ron.
"It's over..."
Seeing this scene, Ron's hands and feet were cold and he fell into despair.
At this moment, Fox swooped down and rushed towards the basilisk——
Only a painful roar was heard, and Fox was swept away by the basilisk's tail, but the basilisk's eyes, which had been damaged by the blinding water, were completely blinded.
Seeing this, Harry's eyes immediately lit up with hope.
He shook Ron's body vigorously and said quickly: "Don't give up, Ron, there is still a chance, we still have a chance!"
"What? What did you say? Harry!" Ron was dumbfounded. He had just woken up and his mind was confused.
"Listen, now let me deal with the basilisk, and you can hold Riddle off. We still have a chance, don't give up!"
With that said, Harry held the sword, gritted his teeth, and rushed towards the basilisk.
The basilisk was fighting with Fox, and Harry suddenly rushed forward and swung his sword towards the basilisk's head!
However, the basilisk whipped its tail violently, throwing Harry aside.
Seeing that the situation had changed, Riddle didn't dare to neglect anymore and rushed aside to pick up Harry's wand.
At this moment, Ron suddenly rushed up - he grabbed Riddle with all his strength, opened his mouth, and bit down hard -
"ah!!"
Ron didn't feel at all that he was biting an entity, but Riddle still let out an angry roar. A force suddenly exploded from his body, and Ron was violently thrown away.
Ron collapsed to the ground - his body was already weak, and now he completely fainted.
"Humph, I really underestimated you..."
Riddle looked gloomy, picked up the wand, and slowly chanted the spell——
It was too late to sacrifice, so he could only complete the first step of the ritual. As the power of his spell came into play, the blood-red lines slowly rose up on the stone platform, forming a totem in the air and flying towards the basilisk. go.
Riddle's heart was bleeding - not offering a sacrifice meant that the basilisk could not complete its perfect evolution. However, at this moment, he could no longer wait and had no choice but to do this.
On the other side, Harry jumped up high and slashed his sword towards the basilisk's head!
At that moment, the blood-red pattern flew from a distance and sank into the body of the basilisk, and then——
There was a flash of green light, and the basilisk's skin cracked open. Its head thrust forward, sending Harry flying out.
"hiss--"
The basilisk once again let out a painful cry. The snake skin on its body fell off quickly, and its body grew rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it had completed the entire process from growth to molting.
After molting, the basilisk has dark green snake skin with patterns all over it. A gray-black bone horn has grown out of its head, and scales are clearly visible all over its body.
However, its eyes were still not completely repaired, and its bone horns were only a dozen inches long. This was a gap left by no sacrifice.
"You've already made me pay such a price, Harry...I can't keep you anymore."
Riddle said darkly.
"Kill him!"
The basilisk slowly crawled toward Harry.
Harry was severely injured by that blow. He fell to the ground, unable to move, and the sword was thrown away. He could only watch the basilisk approaching.
Ron was lying far away, unconscious.
Fox tried to stop the basilisk, but was knocked away by the evolved basilisk.
At this point, it's a dead end.
"I still win, Harry!"
Riddle laughed loudly, and at this moment——
As if his laughter was too high-pitched and resonated in the cave, there were sudden vibrations above the dome.
Riddle's expression froze, and he suddenly looked up.
But above the dome, the vibrations continued to intensify, and dust fell, almost turning into a heavy blowing snow.
Immediately afterwards, there was a violent explosion.
"boom!"
The dome suddenly cracked, blazing fire flashed past, and countless stones fell down.
In the firelight, a figure fell rapidly along with the rubble all over the sky.
"boom!"
Another violent sound!
The meteor-like figure suddenly hit the basilisk, causing smoke and dust to rise all over the sky. It was a critical moment! The basilisk's body trembled violently and let out a painful scream.
Among the billowing smoke, the figure slowly walked out. He walked to Harry's side and picked up the sword that fell on the ground.
"The Sword of Gryffindor..."
He looked at the inscription on the sword.
Aaron raised his head, first looked at the big hole blown in the dome, and nodded slightly. The explosive properties of Seamus were indeed powerful enough.
Then, he looked at Riddle, flicked the sword with his fingers, and made a clear sword cry:
"Hello, first time meeting you, I'm Aaron Custer."
