great-warnovel Chapter 290 The Scales Begin to Tilt
Chapter 290 The Scales Begin to Tilt
Chapter 290 The Scales Begin to Tilt
Like a signal to war, the duel between the two great wizards high in the sky completely ignited the battlefield.
The green death clouds and the red fire clouds mingled together, with thunder and eerie laughter occasionally emanating from them, but no one had time to care about their victory or defeat; the battle on the ground was equally captivating.
"Shoot! Shoot!" Bellatrix shouted excitedly amidst the horde of Shadows.
Together with the dark wizards around her, she launched bursts of dark green flames like cannonballs, creating ripples across the Hogwarts barrier.
Fortunately, the current barrier is powered by a splendid core and has been reinforced many times by the professors. Even after being hit by Voldemort and bombarded by the Death Eaters, it remains stable and will not have any problems in the short term.
"Deplete their defenses! Don't give them a chance to breathe!" Her smoky crystal-like prosthetic limbs were operating at full power, with black and green energy circulating within them.
To the north, Greyback remained hidden in the Forbidden Forest. His wolf army devoted considerable resources to hunting down centaurs, and many smaller squads were searching for Lily's whereabouts. As a result, not many were currently on the main battlefield.
However, Hogwarts had to divide its forces. Moody urgently dispatched most of its members to the western front, where they summoned various Patronus to drive away the biphasic monsters that dared to approach the castle.
They also had to be wary of attacks from dark wizards on the ground, who hid among dense clusters of vulvas, making them very difficult to spot. When they attacked, they unleashed a barrage of insidious spells.
The main battlefront can only be held up by statues, spider swarms, and magical creatures, but fortunately, there are also many professors and reviewers casting spells from behind, which allows the front line to be barely stabilized.
"Damn it, Voldemort's arrival has completely reversed our previous advantage. Without the Mermaids' attacks, we're actually having a harder time!" Sirius cursed in the air, his Patronus Black running around him, repelling all the approaching Biphasic monsters.
"At this point, all we can do is pray that Dumbledore defeats him as soon as possible," Lupin said in a deep voice.
"As long as we hold on, we will win!" His wolf guardian spirit was equally powerful, helping Tonks drive away the two-faced monster that attacked from behind, earning the latter a sweet smile from him.
James wasn't there at the moment, and as Lily's husband, it would be strange if he didn't participate in protecting his wife, so Moody had him disperse as well to create confusion.
Inside the castle tower, the students were still working diligently on a joint spellcasting exercise. After the last battle, they had become much more skilled, and their division of labor and cooperation significantly increased the success rate of their magic.
But Harry was somewhat distracted and often lost in thought, forcing Draco to take his place and let him rest for a while.
"My parents are both outside, I really can't calm down!" He simply took over the role of observer, letting the college boy go back, and ran to the window to look out.
“My dad’s in heaven too, but I believe in them!” Ron said.
"My mom too!" Neville replied while busy powering up the magic circle.
Although Mr. Longbottom was bedridden, he was not in immediate danger, so Alice also returned to the front lines.
One after another, fluorescent blue light bullets traced beautiful arcs as they exploded amidst the beast tide. Without the bombardment from the members of the Order of the Phoenix, this was the only means to inflict widespread casualties on the enemy.
Inside the Astronomy Tower, Hermione surveyed the two fronts. The north side was somewhat better, but the west side was only defended by a dozen or so Order of the Phoenix members.
They simply couldn't stop such a large number of biphasic monsters and genitalia, not to mention the even larger number of Green Flame Party members below them.
With the monster horde so scattered, bombarding it with the sapphire cannon was completely ineffective, so she decided to use the sapphire's power to cast other spells.
"Moody, get the Order of the Phoenix to come back!" she shouted to the one-eyed old man who was fighting in the air.
Moody turned his head and saw a huge, pale, cold ball of flame gathering at the top of the Astronomical Tower.
He quickly waved his wand, emitting a piercing, sharp phoenix cry. This was their internal signal. Sirius and the others on the west side heard the sound, immediately turned their brooms around, and flew away from the battlefield.
The next second, a spectacular rain of pale flames erupted from the astronomical tower.
In the sky, careless biphasic monsters that got touched were instantly reduced to ash, while those on the ground fared even worse, being more densely packed and moving more slowly.
The dark wizards mixed in with them saw that things were not going well and all scattered, but those corpses were like the best kindling for the spirit fire. Even a single spark could ignite them instantly, and once one was lit, it would easily spread to ignite a whole area.
The forces controlling these corpses, which had been raised by dark magic, were completely incinerated after being burned by spirit fire.
It transformed back into a single body and lay on the ground.
The biphasic creatures in the sky had to spread out further, while the burning infernal corpses on the ground briefly formed a defensive line, forcing the dark wizards to stop adding more fuel to the fire.
"A mysterious and powerful death magic." In the sky, Voldemort, amidst the battle, also saw the rain of spirit fire below.
"Old man, since you and I are both pursuing death, why don't we join forces? Why do we have to maintain that hypocritical facade?!"
His even more ferocious killing curses relentlessly bombarded Dumbledore's fiery cloud and shapeshifting creations.
Even when Dumbledore's blazing white flames touched his body, he dismissed them without a second thought. Invisibly, more life force flowed in, preventing death from approaching him. "Tom, Hermione is right. I should never have had any illusions about you. You were born a bad seed," Dumbledore said calmly. Like the chains that Niven conjured, he repeatedly tried to bind his enemies, but they were mercilessly overwhelmed by dark magic.
"You've pinned all your hopes on that little girl," Voldemort laughed.
"She is indeed very outstanding, and even at such a young age, she is already approaching the level of you and me."
"But she wouldn't live to adulthood; this is where she will be buried!"
He laughed loudly, like a vicious green serpent coiling in the air, crashing violently into Dumbledore's fiery cloud.
"I don't even need to defeat you; just keeping you occupied will cause your students to be overwhelmed by werewolves and insidious ghouls!"
"How many more times can this little girl, on whom you have such high hopes, cast such a spell?"
Although Voldemort was a villain, his magical skills were genuine. He could tell at a glance that this unusual rain of spirit fire was not something that could be released so easily.
Inside the Astronomy Tower, Hermione leaned on her staff, sweat beading on her forehead.
Spirit fire is inherently a flame that requires the imbuing of faith. Her pure magic-driven approach was already somewhat strained, and this large-scale rain of fire, even with the power of the radiant stone, was still too much of a burden on her soul.