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Dumbledore had no choice but to make way and let the warriors start the game.
Then, everyone's eyes fell on Zhang Lingyu.
Zhang Lingyu was in a daze for a moment before he remembered that he was the first on the scoreboard after two games, and he would be the first to go out for the third game.
Let's go.
Zhang Lingyu held his head high and walked into the fog calmly and elegantly.
As soon as he entered the mist, Zhang Lingyu felt a nauseating feeling as if he was being transported to another place.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a vast and foggy maze.
Chapter 285 Feng Ping was murdered
The maze built by the British Ministry of Magic follows the style of the traditional British hedge maze.
Several centuries ago, noble castles and manors in Europe all liked to build a hedge maze in their gardens, which was not only beautiful but also added interest to daily life.
Of course, the hedge maze built by the Ministry of Magic is used to test warriors, so it naturally does not pursue mere aesthetics like the landscape inside the castle and simplifies the original function of the maze. It is impossible to really let people get lost in the maze.
The maze built by the Ministry of Magic is as large as the legendary Minotaur's Labyrinth, and its area is even larger than the nest-like stadium in the Fortress of Magic.
The Ministry of Magic built the maze at an extremely fast speed and did not neglect the quality. The walls of the maze were dozens of feet high, as high as city walls. When Hu Xiuwu reached the corner, he found that the wall was one meter thick.
The passages in the maze were extremely narrow, no less narrow than the alleys in the old city, and could only support two people walking side by side. In addition, the top of the maze was filled with thick fog, blocking out the light from the sky.
There were also faint roars of beasts coming from the depths of the maze, indicating that this maze not only relied on paths as complex as an ant nest to block the warriors, but also contained various mechanisms and traps.
With the help of Transfiguration and the magical herb Devil's Ivy, the wizards of the Ministry of Magic spent nearly two months creating this huge and spectacular maze.
Zhang Lingyu once again marveled at the outstanding ability of Transfiguration in infrastructure. Before he came in, he saw Bi Youlong looking at the maze with shining eyes.
As an Oriental who is crazy about infrastructure, who wouldn’t envy the British foreigners’ infrastructure capabilities?
It is a real waste of this ability to them. If Shangqing had this ability, combined with the Seven Killing Orders of Gods and Ghosts, Maoshan would have long connected the Nine Heavens and the Netherworld, becoming the backbone of the Three Realms.
The maze is dark, cold, damp, and full of dangers, which can easily make people nervous and fearful. In addition...
Zhang Lingyu raised his hand like a child catching rain, and a wind eye rose in his palm, gathering a cloud of mist, as if holding up a hazy mist bead.
The fog contains some kind of magical power. When people inhale it, it will stimulate the hand Shaoyang Sanjiao meridian and foot Shaoyin kidney meridian in the body, amplifying the feeling of tension and fear.
Tension and fear will cause your breathing to speed up, but faster breathing will lead to the inhalation of more fog, and the fear in your heart will be watered, growing stronger and occupying your heart.
Dumbledore just said that the first warrior to find the trophy in the maze will be the final winner of the Goblet of Fire Tournament.
The paths inside this maze are already complicated and difficult to tell the direction. If you are dominated by fear in your heart and cannot think calmly, you will easily get lost in the depths of the maze.
This final stage tests the warriors' character, to see whether they can remain calm and make rational decisions in extreme situations.
It is naturally sad for those warriors who are not yet eighteen years old and have never experienced the tempering of danger in full swing.
But for Zhang Lingyu, this is just a more realistic game.
The golden Tushita fire, which gave people a sense of tranquility, rose from the palm of Zhang Lingyu's hand. Like a spark encountering oil and gas, the Tushita fire exploded in the palm of his hand, creating a ball of fireworks and burning the mist to ashes.
After a flash like a flash of light, Zhang Lingyu's appearance melted away, revealing Hu Xiuwu's true appearance.
The duration of the Polyjuice Potion is not much, but only an hour, so the wizard who uses the Polyjuice Potion to disguise his identity will calculate the time and drink the new potion in advance. Hu Xiuwu had no experience and his true form was revealed before he knew it.
But there was no one around in the maze, so Hu Xiuwu calmly took out a new compound decoction from Luo Fengtian.
His mission has not been completed yet, Hu Xiuwu still has to maintain Zhang Lingyu's appearance, but even if he has completed his mission, Hu Xiuwu still has to maintain Zhang Lingyu's appearance.
Hu Xiuwu hopes to minimize his presence in this matter as much as possible. By hiding in the dark, he can avoid the attention of others and investigate secretly. Hu Xiuwu is also curious about who is stirring up trouble behind the scenes.
If there is a force secretly watching me, constantly trying to plot against me, I would feel sick just thinking about it.
With his lips tightly closed and an embarrassed look on his face, Hu Xiuwu forced himself to swallow the unpalatable compound decoction. Then he listened to the sound coming from the breeze and went in the direction of the sound according to the plan.
The direction he was heading was not the direction of the Goblet of Fire.
The other warriors were fighting for the Goblet of Fire, but not him.
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Whoohoo!
Furong ran in panic in the maze, cold sweat sticking her hair to her cheeks, and her originally beautiful sportswear was covered with dust.
Because of fear, her breathing became rapid and panicky, but the more rapid her breathing was, the more frightened she was, and the more frightened she was, the faster her breathing became.
Furong was left with only fear in her mind. She could no longer think normally and only ran forward without looking at the road. She kept looking back while running, as if she was worried that someone would catch up with her.
bump,
The result of running without looking at the road is to run headfirst into an unknown object.
"what!!!"
Furong, who was already close to collapse, held her head and screamed. She even forgot about the wand in her hand and couldn't remember how to cast a spell.
"Fleur! Fleur! Are you okay?"
Zhang Lingyu bent down and called Furong's name gently, trying to awaken her reason.
Furong shrank back at first, then dared to open her eyes and saw the handsome and heroic Taoist priest standing in front of her, looking at her with concern.
The string in her head finally broke, and Furong threw herself into Zhang Lingyu's arms, hugging him tightly, trembling, seeking a sense of security.
'Zhang Lingyu' patted her back gently, comforting Furong and calming her down.
After Zhang Lingyu's chest relaxed for a while, Furong regained her composure, but she did not let go of Zhang Lingyu. Instead, she continued to hold him tightly.
Anyway, there's no way I can be the winner, so there must be a consolation prize.
Furong's mind was a little distracted just as she relaxed.
Zhang Lingyu heard that the beautiful woman's heartbeat was no longer as intense as before, and said softly: "Do you feel better?"
Furong blushed and held 'Zhang Lingyu' tightly: "Thank you, I feel much better holding you. Your embrace is very warm."
Zhang Lingyu said gently, "That's good. I was afraid I would scare you."
Among all the warriors, Furong has the worst character. Although she has good talent, she is now like a fledgling noble lady.
I learned at home how to run the family business, but after actually starting out, I found that things were not as simple as the books said.
Zhang Lingyu moved his hands up and held Furong's shoulders.
Furong's heartbeat started beating violently again. She skillfully placed her hands on Zhang Lingyu's shoulders, closed her eyes, tilted her head slightly, and moved closer to Zhang Lingyu's cheek little by little.
call!
Zhang Lingyu pulled Furong away and pushed her coldly into the wall of the maze.
The vines in the wall suddenly came alive and coiled around Furong like a group of snakes. Before Furong was submerged, they looked at Zhang Lingyu in astonishment and disappointment. There was not much fear in their hearts, but more surprise and confusion.
Furong exits.
Zhang Lingyu sighed, "I'm sorry, brother. I may have ruined your reputation."
Chapter 286 Clearing the Place
This time, the Goblet of Fire is no longer a warrior test competition for young boys and girls. Instead, it has become a breeding ground for conspiracies. It is extremely dangerous and full of dangers. If you are not careful, you may easily die.
But due to the contract in the Goblet of Fire, the warriors had to come.
These warriors are the best from various schools and should not die here. One of the subsidiary tasks assigned to Hu Xiuwu by Dumbledore is to clear the area.
Clear all the warriors except Harry out of the maze to prevent them from getting into trouble.
The mechanisms and traps in the maze are non-lethal. If the warrior's life is in danger, he will be teleported out.
However, if the warriors were allowed to go too deep and encounter dark wizards among the Death Eaters, their lives would be in danger.
One has been dealt with, and there are two left. We need to speed up and not let other warriors touch the trophy before Harry.
Zhang Lingyu touched his face to confirm that there was nothing wrong with it. He circulated his Qi and moved quickly. Golden light was rising from his body and the wind was blowing under his feet. He moved around in the maze like a golden thunderbolt.
As the golden thunderbolt passed by, the mechanisms and traps in the maze were belatedly awakened, just like the mousetrap whose cheese had been stolen by the mouse Jerry, and they were activated in the air.
On a straight path in the maze, the last blast-tailed skrewt bred by Hagrid was happily swinging sparks with its tail, using explosions to propel itself forward, doing its favorite thing in the maze.
Rushing around without a clue,
After it jumped out, the chain that tied it was stretched straight and pulled it back, but the blast-tailed skrewt was still enjoying it and kept jumping like a frog.
"Fainted!"
The spell turned into a beam of light that hit the hard shell of the blasting-tailed skrewt, but it did not produce any reaction. The hard shell of the blasting-tailed skrewt had an anti-magic ability comparable to dragon scales.
Damn it! Why is this thing so hard?
Viktor Krum cursed in his heart.
He ranked fourth, tied with Harry, and originally thought he had no chance of winning the championship, but his personality made him unwilling to admit defeat easily, so he still tried hard to explore deeper into the maze.
The fog of fear did have an impact on him, but his desire for victory and his tenacity to not accept failure made him suppress the fear in his heart and continue to explore deeper into the maze. Then he was surprised to find that he was the first person to discover the trace of the trophy.
Why is he so sure?
Because this damn blaster-tailed skrewt is blocking his way!!
This monster, which looks like a giant scorpion with a stinger wrapped around its back, and this stinky snail, which emits a fishy smell like rotten fish and shrimp, is blocking the way to the second half of the maze.
Viktor Krum tried several methods but failed to break through its defense. In the end, he even used the Eye Disease Curse that he used against the fire dragon in the first battle.
Krum suddenly realized that the eye-sickness spell that could be used against a fire dragon might not work against this blasting-tailed skrewt.
This damned snail has no eyes, not even a head! How can the eye curse work?
However, fortunately, the blasting-tailed skrewt is brainless and has an iron chain tied to its body, preventing it from leaving the passage. Krum can stand outside the blasting-tailed skrewt's activity range again and again, patiently thinking about how to deal with this gatekeeper beast.
After repeated attempts, Krum discovered that it was impossible to break the hard shell of the blasting-tailed skrewt with his magic, but the blasting-tailed skrewt was not without weaknesses.
Like all crustaceans, its abdomen is not protected by a hard shell. Although the blasting-tailed skrewt has no brain, its biological instinct prevents it from easily exposing its soft abdomen.
Looking at it, it moved back and forth like a tied husky, using the sparks from its tail to cause explosions, like a stone skipping on the water, or a car with a problem in the engine, with the tail of a snail popping and bouncing.
Krum was in a dilemma. He wanted to create a diagonal pit in the path of the blasting-tailed skrewt to make it fall, but he overestimated the power of his Transfiguration spell.
He is the Seeker of the Bulgarian National Quidditch Team. His daily training is extremely arduous. Being able to complete his homework in various subjects smoothly is the result of his hard work, not to mention his mastery of Transfiguration.