The magical beam shot out from the tip of the wand again, and with a loud explosion, the lower half of the Slytherin statue's face was blown to pieces by Lin Yue's blasting curse. The passage hidden in the mouth of the Slytherin statue was revealed. A large, dark hole, more than enough for the basilisk to enter and exit.
Lin Yue held her wand in her trembling right hand, blood continuously flowing from the corners of her mouth and nose after casting five Cruciatus curses on herself, her body was already at its limit.
In such a situation, most people would faint or even go insane. But she was still able to stay awake and break into the chamber, which was already quite incredible, the sound of rustling scales could be heard, as her own home was destroyed. The deafening explosion and the intense shaking made it hard for the slumbering basilisk to remain asleep.
Lin Yue closed her eyes as the rustling sound grew louder. At the same time, her brain, which felt like it was about to split from the pain, instinctively began to process information and think. When she encountered the Basilisk before, its attacks were clearly directed at Ginny, or rather, at Voldemort who was possessing Ginny. After all, Ginny didn't know the Basilisk at all and had never encountered it. Moreover, after she protected Ginny with her body at the last moment, the Basilisk stopped attacking.
Lin Yue can basically confirm that the monster snake wants to kill Voldemort. However, based on the fact that she was injured by the basilisk and Hermione was petrified by it, it seems that the basilisk only refrains from killing Hogwarts students. Nevertheless, it is a vicious monster and cannot be truly tamed. Therefore, it is highly likely to injure students or even professors.
Therefore, the Basilisk still poses a great threat to Hermione and everyone at Hogwarts. Especially to Hermione... it has already petrified her.
Although Lin Yue's brain was aching, it was incredibly clear. Based on the sound of the Basilisk's scales scraping against the ground, a mental model of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, including the Basilisk, quickly formed in her mind.
Using the Levitation Charm to lift herself into the air, Lin Yue faced the Basilisk that had just crawled out of the statue with her eyes closed. The Basilisk raised its head to look at Lin Yue and hissed, "Hiss!"
In the next moment, it opened its massive jaws and let out a deafening roar directed at her. One of its fangs was as large as Lin Yue's palm, and its enormous body coiled on the ground exuded immense pressure.
It was originally the last line of defense left by Salazar Slytherin at Hogwarts. It ensured that Hogwarts would not harbor traitors colluding with the outside world and guaranteed that if Hogwarts were to be attacked, the students would still have a final means of resistance.
But it was ultimately a Basilisk and only Slytherin himself could control it. As for others, the Basilisk would not care about them. If it didn't kill, it was fine. The reason it was for pursuing Ginny, who was possessed by Voldemort, was simple: fifty years ago, Voldemort had used it to murder Moaning Myrtle.
It could make sense that Salazar Slytherin was not dead; he was still at Hogwarts. Once Slytherin learned of this, it would surely be killed. That was why it was frantically chasing after Ginny, who was possessed by Voldemort. As for the safety of Ginny, the possessed person? She was possessed, so who could she blame? It might also consider her a traitor to Hogwarts.
There was also the little girl who had been petrified; it was just petrification, and she could still be restored, so the basilisk didn't take it seriously. From its simple perspective, it was already quite good that it hadn't thought about killing the students of Hogwarts, and that was only because it feared Slytherin.
But now, this little girl had come to its door and even blown up its home, so it couldn't be blamed for getting angry. At the same time, Lin Yue made her final decision in her mind. The basilisk had already harmed Hermione and posed a serious threat to everyone at Hogwarts, regardless of whether its existence meant what she had guessed.
It had to die. With a blank expression, Lin Yue raised her wand, pointing the tip directly at the basilisk. The basilisk hissed fiercely, its forked tongue flicking out, and it lunged at Lin Yue with its mouth wide open, ready to bite down hard. Its sharp, thin fangs could tear Lin Yue apart in an instant.
A purple beam of magical light flashed by, and the basilisk was forcefully knocked back to the ground by the barrier spell. "Hiss!" The basilisk's hard scales meant that it wasn't hurt by the fall, but Lin Yue's barrier spell shattered several of its scales.
Warily watching Lin Yue, the basilisk tried to silently circle around her feet, subtly surrounding the area directly beneath her with its body. Until its head came behind Lin Yue, in just a moment, it sprang up again, aiming to bite her. Crack, bang!
Lin Yue's wand suddenly pointed to the right, and a silent levitation spell directly snapped a pillar in half. The pillar was then controlled by her and slammed hard into the basilisk behind her.
The basilisk was violently thrown against the left wall, the impact so great that the wall shattered, causing the entire chamber to tremble.
Turning around, Lin Yue slowly raised her wand, and the water in the pools on both sides of the chamber immediately began to float.
With the tip of her wand aimed directly at the basilisk, Lin Yue took the initiative to attack, wrapping the basilisk in the floating water she controlled.
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The basilisk's massive body roared and struggled, each movement sending up huge splashes of water. Its head continuously tried to break free from the water sphere, but Lin Yue always detected its intentions in time, controlling more water to fill the gaps created by its struggles.
With her eyes tightly closed, Lin Yue's right arm trembled more and more, the aftereffects of the Cruciatus curse constantly tormenting her. The increasing mass of the water sphere and the basilisk's enormous body also put considerable pressure on her right arm.
Without any change in her expression, Lin Yue had no choice but to raise her left hand to support her right arm, while she had to release the levitation spell she was using.
She fell from mid-air to the ground, and then her legs went weak, causing her to sit down. However, her right arm, which was controlling the water sphere, remained raised and motionless.
The basilisk was continuously hissing in the water ball, a stream of bubbles emerging from its mouth. It tried to struggle further, but no matter how hard it fought, it could not lift its head out of the water ball again. As the basilisk's desperate struggles continued, Lin Yue felt the pressure on her increasing. According to her calculations, after enduring the heart-wrenching curse five times, she could defeat the basilisk. This was her absolute limit, and now the situation was just as it was.
With her left hand supporting her right arm, Lin Yue struggled to hold her wand and slowly began to rotate it. As she spun her wand, the water ball trapping the basilisk also started to spin continuously. The swirling water interrupted the basilisk's struggles, alleviating some of the pressure on Lin Yue. Gritting her teeth, blood was already pouring from her nose and mouth, staining her hospital gown red. large beads of sweat kept sliding down her forehead. If she could cast one more spell, she would be able to kill the basilisk.
Quickly... shrink, Lin Yue painfully thought of this spell in her agonizing mind. The rotation of the water ball momentarily paused, then began to slowly contract. As the water ball shrank, the terrifying water pressure inside it increased. Although the basilisk's scales were incredibly hard, its internal organs were ultimately unprotected by scales.
If the water pressure reached a certain level, Lin Yue could compress the basilisk's scales, thereby compressing its flesh and further pressuring its internal organs. Once the internal organs were damaged, even the basilisk would surely die.
Feeling the pressure on her body continuously increasing, the basilisk's roar grew louder, and it struggled and twisted incessantly.
But soon, it could no longer struggle; the overwhelming water pressure had completely immobilized its body, and it couldn't even move a little.
Lin Yue's face turned red, and blood began to seep from the corners of her eyes, but she still felt nothing inside.
There was no fear about her own condition, nor was there any excitement about the imminent success of killing the basilisk.
All that remained was indifference and the constant calculation of time in her mind.
In ten seconds, after ten seconds, the basilisk's heart would be unable to withstand the immense pressure and would be completely shattered.
As if sensing that its time was short, the basilisk surprisingly made one last struggle.
It exerted all its strength to twist its tail, and the massive tail barely broke through the swirling water sphere, inching closer to Lin Yue.
Lin Yue listened to the sounds around her, and in her mind, she envisioned the scene of the basilisk extending its tail. The massive basilisk tail was right in front of her; with just a slight exertion, the monster could easily pierce or crush her to death.
Despite this, she had no extra strength to move out of the way or to cast a protective spell on herself. The plan she had meticulously calculated was already pushing her to her absolute limits, leaving no room for error. The worst outcome, death, was naturally within the scope of her calculations.
Her lack of skill had led to Hermione being petrified, and she believed she should treat herself with a plan that approached her limits absolutely. Just as the basilisk tail was about to touch Lin Yue, there was a soft explosion sound.
With that, the basilisk's heart and all its internal organs finally could not withstand the pressure and shattered completely. The basilisk tail, which was about to contact Lin Yue, immediately drooped helplessly, crashing to the ground with a dull thud. The basilisk in the water bubble also went limp, losing its life.
"Poof..."
Lin Yue finally couldn't hold on any longer and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. Her wand slipped from her grasp and fell to the ground, and she collapsed backward onto the floor.
From sitting slumped to lying down, the water sphere that Lin Yue had been maintaining with her magic suddenly burst apart. The water, which had been under pressure, gushed out in a torrent, and Lin Yue was slammed against the corner of the wall.
The corpse of the serpent monster also crashed to the ground with a thud. The battle was over; the serpent monster was dead, and the body that had been forcibly controlled by Lin Yue instantly ceased to function.
The clarity in her mind turned to chaos in an instant, and a tearing pain completely robbed her of her ability to think. Every bone in her body felt as if it were being shattered one by one; there was not a single part of her that wasn't in pain.
Unable to help but curl up, Lin Yue struggled to lift two fingers of her right hand, and the wand flew over...
After silently reciting a phrase in her heart, Lin Yue's wand automatically returned to her fingertips.
Lin Yue's fingers were stiffly curled as she "held" the wand, and it took her a lot of effort to point the tip of the wand towards herself. Just completing this made her breathless.
"Crucio..."
A faint breath escaped, barely audible unless one was right next to Lin Yue, but it was enough for her to cast the Heart-Piercing Curse.
A magical red beam struck Lin Yue, and her expression remained unchanged, but her body trembled even more violently.
Just as Headmaster Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Professor Snape, and Professor Sprout rushed into the secret chamber, they happened to witness the scene of Lin Yue's wand tip emitting red light that hit her, causing her to tremble all over.
The red magical beam and her trembling body made the professors, who had experienced Voldemort's "reign," almost instantly guess what curse it was.
Seeing Lin Yue's mouth begin to tremble again, Professor McGonagall did not hesitate to draw her wand. " Expelliarmus!"
Lin Yue's wand was instantly disarmed and securely held by Professor McGonagall. Without her wand, she could not cast one of the three Unforgivable Curses, the Cruciatus Curse.
"Severus." Headmaster Dumbledore turned to look at Professor Snape with a serious expression.
Professor Snape nodded, quickly walked over to Lin Yue, and after crouching down, waved his wand to check her condition.
The more he looked, the darker his already gloomy face became. "Foolish girl."
Professor Snape directly reached out and picked her up, not caring about politeness or gender differences in this urgent situation.
First, let's ensure this child's soul is safe.
Holding Lin Yue, Professor Snape strode over to Headmaster Dumbledore, not even glancing at the corpse of the basilisk as he passed.
"This foolish girl must have inflicted several Cruciatus curses on herself and has also used a large amount of magic; her soul and magic are both very unstable and need to be taken to St. Mungo's."
"I'll go with you," Professors Flitwick and McGonagall said in unison.
Principal Dumbledore nodded decisively in agreement, "Alright, you all take her to St. Mungo's, and Pomona and I will handle things at the school."
After saying that, the three professors didn't waste any time; they immediately rushed out of the Chamber of Secrets, holding Lin Yue, and then grabbed onto the tail of the flying Fawkes to ascend.
The closest professor's office to the girls' restroom on the second floor that had a Floo Network connection was Lockhart's office.
Upon reaching the door, Professor Flitwick unceremoniously waved his wand to force the door open.
Lockhart, who was sleeping like a log, instantly sprang up from his bed, looking confused at his three "intruding" colleagues.
"What's going on?"
When he saw Lin Yue in Professor Snape's arms, a flicker of surprise and opportunism flashed in his eyes.
"Miss Lin Yue, what is this, What’s happening?"
Professor McGonagall saw the fleeting look in his eyes and furrowed her brow sharply, scolding him.
"Injured? I think that has nothing to do with you, Lockhart."
After saying this, she urged Professor Snape to take Lin Yue away first, with Professor Flitwick following closely behind. As she entered the fireplace, she cast a powerful Stunning Spell on Lockhart, ensuring he would sleep for a full day until they could keep an eye on him after dealing with their current matters.
If he thought he could scheme against her students, he was dreaming. The green flames rose, and the tall witch disappeared into the fireplace.