Mastering Lightning from Hogwarts

This time, the appearing Demonspawn were not only numerous, but also much larger than before, and the tips of their tridents were burning with a crimson and black flame.

Seeing the enemies upgrade again, the group knew that this was the final and most dangerous part of the third stage.

After observing the situation clearly, Hermione didn't delay any longer and immediately stopped her channeling.

She knew that Neville and Ron alone probably couldn't withstand this wave of the Demon Entity's desperate counterattack.

However, each person removed from channeling the exorcism spell would double the time it took to eliminate the Demon Entity. If they continued at the original pace, it would only take about two more minutes to reduce the Demon Entity's health to zero, but now it would take about four minutes.

Therefore, Hermione didn't hesitate and immediately cast the [Purifying Flash] skill at the Demon Entity.

[Purifying Flash] was the most powerful offensive skill in the entire team. It could instantly kill low and mid-level demons and also deal a large amount of damage to high-level demons.

Hermione guessed that the Demon Entity should fall into the category of high-level demons, and even if it didn't, it should still be effective.

As expected, as soon as the Purifying Flash was released, it immediately burned a hole in the Demon Entity's flesh, and its health was reduced by about 10%.

"Great, this will offset my absence!" Hermione nodded happily at the sight, and then joined the other two in resisting the Demonspawn in the sky.

During this time, Hermione also tried out her newly acquired [Charm] skill. It had to be said that this ability was indeed powerful. The skill activation time was almost zero. As long as she stared at a Demonspawn and activated the ability, she could directly gain control of it.

A Charmed Demonspawn would receive an all-around ability boost, allowing it to hold back at least two other Demonspawn on its own.

But even so, the swarming Demonspawn still brought a lot of trouble to the three of them. Because they had the advantage in the air, they could often launch attacks from various angles.

In the previous battles, these attacks posed no threat at all, because Neville's powerful attacks could often knock down their weapons at the first moment of engagement.

But after being amplified, the Demonspawn had greatly improved in both strength and weaponry, and even Neville couldn't take one down in a short time.

So, under this dense offensive that was even more annoying than mosquito bites, the three of them's shield values dropped rapidly, but they didn't actually eliminate many enemies.

Helpless, Hermione had to use a healing skill in advance, using rapid recovery to offset the continuously decreasing shield value.

However, just as the three were about to be overwhelmed by the flying enemies, the Demon Entity couldn't hold on any longer.

After Harry's continuous channeling of the exorcism spell and Hermione's crucial strike with the Purifying Flash,

The Demon Entity's health inevitably reached zero after two minutes.

"Bang!"

The huge, wriggling tumor shattered like a crushed grape, and the splattering flesh stained the quartet crimson.

The Demonspawn in mid-air also burst open one by one the moment the Demon Entity was killed, turning into flesh and blood that seeped into the ground.

In an instant, the area within a hundred meters of the Demon Entity had become a swamp of blood, and Harry and the others couldn't even find a place to stand, their legs sinking deep into the mire of flesh.

"Thank goodness!" Ron, already dyed a little red person, finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought this third stage would be easy, but we were almost killed."

"Now is the most troublesome time. I've already used the Purifying Flash and healing skills, but the last stage is connected to the third stage."

Hermione wasn't optimistic about their current situation. Although the third stage was just a big melee, it had consumed a lot of their resources. Even after using the healing skills, the group's shields were still not at full value.

But before they could discuss it, a dungeon notification sounded in their ears.

[Notification: The Demon Entity has been killed, and the third stage task has been completed!]

Now entering settlement...

Elite Demons Eliminated: 0

Demon Minions Eliminated: 83

Demonspawn Eliminated: 26

Participating Battle Members: 5

Number of Team Deaths: 0

Overall Rating: B (Good)

Settlement Rewards Issued: Group Purple Legendary Chest x1

[Please deploy the Exorcism Book within 10 minutes, or the dungeon challenge will be considered a failure!]

As soon as the settlement notification ended, a large purple chest fell from the sky.

The group quickly went forward to check it. Their time was very tight, and they had to seize the time to rest, otherwise all their efforts would be in vain.

The items in this purple chest were much fewer than before, but the quality was quite good, only a trident-style weapon, a vial of potion emitting a soft white light, and a small lantern that looked more like an accessory.

[Heaven's Trident]

Quality: Purple

Type: Polearm

Attack Power: 60-80

Durability: 60/60

Equipment Requirements: Strength Attribute ★★ or above, Agility Attribute ★★ or above

Trait: This item has been blessed, so it deals double damage when facing corrupted enemies.

Attached Skill: Disarm

[Disarm]

Cooldown Time: 2 minutes

Skill Cost: 5 units of Mana

Duration: 10 seconds

Range: 30 meters

Skill Description: Cast this skill on an enemy to prevent them from making physical attacks for 10 seconds.

[Holy Water]

Quality: Blue

Durability: 4/4

Trait: Applying Holy Water to a melee weapon will increase its attack power by 10 points and grant it 10% energy absorption of the damage dealt, which can return the absorbed energy to the user's amulet to restore shield value, lasting for 5 minutes.

[Simple Lantern]

Quality: Blue

Type: Accessory

Trait: Simply carrying it on your body will slowly reduce the wearer's fear value. If you inject mana into it, you can put the lantern into an overloaded state. In this state, the lantern can quickly reduce the fear value of friendly units within 10 meters, lasting for 30 seconds. After the time ends, the lantern will be scrapped.

After everyone checked the items, the four finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Their biggest problem now was severe consumption. Both their fear values and shield values were precarious, and the [Holy Water] and [Simple Lantern] among the three items could undoubtedly enhance everyone's endurance.

Although the [Holy Water] could only restore shield value after killing enemies, the duration was not short.

If the enemy's attack density in the fourth stage was still so high, it would obviously not be too difficult to restore the shield value to full, and maybe the amount of shield restored would be higher than a complete amulet.

As for the [Simple Lantern], the four almost didn't hesitate to use it after obtaining it. Their fear values were already over 70%, and no one could be sure how dangerous the next battle would be. They weren't confident that they could stay together all the time.

While continuously reducing the fear value, the group fell into an argument over the purple weapon. Everyone was struggling over who should use it.

"If you ask me, let Harry use it. His current attributes also meet the usage requirements. I'm already very comfortable using the Flame-shaped Sword. I'm afraid I won't be able to adapt to a sudden weapon change in a short time." Neville knew that the others wanted to give him this purple equipment, but he also had his own concerns.

"But I know my situation. My combat ability has never been strong. Among us, Hermione or Ron are more proficient in close combat than me. It would be a waste to have me use this equipment."

Harry shook his head somewhat guiltily. Although he now had enough strength and agility to use the [Heaven's Trident] because of the [Ring of Darkness]'s bonus, he knew his own limitations even better.

Moreover, his constitution attribute hadn't increased accordingly, so he was afraid he wouldn't be able to hold on for long using this heavy equipment.

"I still think you should use it, Neville." Hermione also persuaded, "This isn't us being modest, but a matter of fact. You have the [Blessing] skill to protect you and can often go deep into the enemy's formation. There will definitely be enemies like elite demons next, and we'll have to rely on you to solve them. When fighting elite demons, the use of the [Disarm] skill is crucial."

"That's right, Neville, our physical strength is much worse than yours. We're exhausted from using a short-handled weapon, and we'll definitely make a lot of mistakes if we switch to a long weapon for a long time." Ron also persuaded in a friendly manner.

Seeing the repeated insistence of the people around him, Neville could only take the [Heaven's Trident] and hand his Flame-shaped Sword to Harry, and Harry also exchanged his machete for Hermione's.

To be honest, these first-year students had terrible spellcasting skills. Whether it was strength, speed, or proficiency, they were all very worrying. The weapons in their hands were the most important means of attack, especially in the dungeon.

If all the weapons and equipment in their hands were taken away, let alone those elite demons, just a few teams of demon minions could wipe them out, so everyone attached great importance to weapons.

Snape, on the other hand, watched these little wizards exchanging toys with each other speechlessly.

However, after this period of experience, Snape had also seen the power of this dungeon. His right hand holding the wand was a little sore. It was really that he hadn't cast spells so densely for too long, and he couldn't adapt for a while.

At the same time, Snape couldn't help but look up. The vortex-like cloud in the sky showed no sign of dissipating. With such a conspicuous anomaly, would Quirrell not notice it?

I'm afraid I have to be extra careful next!

Snape muttered to himself, then looked at Harry and the others with a tangled expression. He was almost certain that the commotion here would attract Quirrell.

But according to Harry and the others, there was still a big battle to face later. What if they ran into Quirrell again...

Snape couldn't even imagine the scene.

"I hope you can control the situation, Anduin. If anything happens to these little wizards, not to mention me, Dumbledore won't spare you!" Snape secretly complained in his heart.

After finishing the loot distribution, Harry and the others waited and rested in place, not wanting to waste the last precious ten minutes.

If nothing else, it was good to let the various skills end their cooldowns sooner.

When more than nine minutes had passed, Harry took out the [Exorcism Book] on his body, then randomly opened it from the middle and threw it into the air.

"Whoosh!"

After being thrown out, the [Exorcism Book] immediately floated in the air more than a meter high, then bloomed with light blue magical energy, and then turned into a beam of light, shooting straight into the sky, like a pillar of light running through the sky and earth.

This beam of light gradually faded after ten seconds, and the [Exorcism Book] was fixed in the air, and a health bar appeared above the book.

[Notification: The Abyss Well - Despair Town dungeon has entered the fourth stage]

In this stage, the [Exorcism Book] will receive the main aggro target of the entire dungeon's demon camp, and survivors will be secondary aggro targets.

At the same time, the [Exorcism Book] will have 5000 health points. The [Exorcism Book] cannot be moved, hidden, blocked, or stored.

Survivors need to ensure the survival of the [Exorcism Book] and the survival of at least one survivor in the next ten minutes, otherwise the task will fail.

Now entering the countdown for this stage, ten, nine, eight...

As the countdown began, Harry, Ron, Neville, and Hermione leaned back against the [Exorcism Book] and surrounded it in the center.

According to the dungeon's prompts, they didn't have to worry too much about being attacked by those enemies in the next ten minutes, because their aggro was all on the [Exorcism Book].

But this was precisely the most difficult point of the fourth stage, because guarding the [Exorcism Book] meant they needed to actively meet the enemy, preferring to let the enemy attack them rather than let the other party approach and attack the [Exorcism Book].

The quartet had just fought such a defensive battle once before, but at that time they were on the offensive side, so everyone knew how difficult it was.

In this stage, what is really tested is their attack and killing ability!

At that time, many demons will definitely attack the [Exorcism Book] despite their attacks. Once their killing efficiency is lower, even if all of them survive, they will face failure.

Of course, it's not that those enemies will become like fools next, and they won't resist even when faced with attacks. After all, one of the conditions for completing the task is that at least one survivor survives.

In other words, if the attack on the [Exorcism Book] fails, those demons are afraid that they will focus their attention on them.

So, not only must the enemies not be allowed to harm the [Exorcism Book], but they must also preserve themselves. This is the real difficulty of the fourth stage.

Three, two, one...

As the countdown of the prompt ended, the final battle in the Despair Town dungeon also began. This time, the appearing Demonspawn were not only numerous, but also much larger than before, and the tips of their tridents were burning with a crimson and black flame.

Seeing the enemies upgrade again, the group knew that this was the final and most dangerous part of the third stage.

After observing the situation clearly, Hermione didn't delay any longer and immediately stopped her channeling.

She knew that Neville and Ron alone probably couldn't withstand the dying counterattack of this wave of demon entities.

However, with each person less guiding the exorcism, the time to eliminate the demon entity would increase exponentially. If they kept the original pace, they only needed to persist for about two more minutes to reduce the demon entity's health to zero, but now it would take about four minutes.

Therefore, Hermione didn't hesitate and immediately released the [Purifying Flash] skill towards the demon entity.

[Purifying Flash] was the most powerful offensive skill in the entire team, capable of instantly killing low and mid-tier demons, and also dealing significant damage to high-level demons.

Hermione guessed that the demon entity should belong to the category of high-level demons, and even if it wasn't, it should still be effective.

As expected, as soon as the Purifying Flash was released, it immediately burned a hole in the demon entity's flesh, and its health also decreased by about 10%.

"Great, this will offset my absence!" Hermione nodded happily, and then joined the other two in resisting the demon spawn in the sky.

During this time, Hermione also tried her newly acquired [Charm] skill. It had to be said that this ability was indeed powerful. The skill activation time was almost zero. As long as she stared at a demon spawn and activated the ability, she could directly gain control of it.

And a charmed demon spawn would receive comprehensive ability boosts, allowing it to hold back at least two other demon spawn on its own.

But even so, the swarming demon spawn still brought a lot of trouble to the three of them. Because they had aerial superiority, they could often launch attacks from various angles.

In previous battles, such attacks posed no threat at all, because Neville's powerful attacks could often knock down their weapons at the first moment of engagement.

But after being amplified, the demon spawn had greatly improved in both strength and weaponry. Even Neville couldn't take one down in a short time.

So, under this dense offensive that was even more annoying than mosquito bites, the three's shield values decreased rapidly, but they didn't actually eliminate many enemies.

Helpless, Hermione had to use a healing skill in advance to offset the continuously decreasing shield values with rapid recovery.

However, just as the three were about to be overwhelmed by the flying enemies, the demon entity couldn't hold on any longer.

After Harry's continuous guidance of the exorcism spell, and Hermione's crucial Purifying Flash attack.

The demon entity's health still inevitably reached zero after two minutes.

"Bang!"

The huge, wriggling fleshy tumor shattered like a crushed grape, and the splashing flesh and blood stained the four-person team completely red.

And the little demons in mid-air exploded one by one the moment the demon entity was killed, turning into flesh and blood that seeped into the ground.

In an instant, the area within a hundred meters of the demon entity had become a swamp of blood. Harry and the others couldn't even find a place to stand, their legs sinking deeply into the mire made of flesh and blood.

"Thank goodness!" Ron, who had been dyed a little red man, finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought this third stage would be simple, but we were almost killed."

"Now is the most troublesome time. I've already used Purifying Flash and healing skills, but the last stage is connected to the third stage."

Hermione was not optimistic about their current situation. Although the third stage was just a big melee, it had consumed a lot of their resources. Even after using healing skills, the shields of the crowd were still not full.

But before the few people could discuss, the dungeon prompt sounded in their ears.

[Prompt: The demon entity has been killed, and the third stage task has been completed!]

Now entering settlement...

Elite demons annihilated: 0

Demon minions annihilated: 83

Demon spawn annihilated: 26

Participating combat members: 5

Number of team deaths: 0

Comprehensive evaluation: B (Good)

The settlement reward is now issued: Group Purple Legendary Treasure Chest x1

[Please deploy the Exorcism Book within 10 minutes, otherwise the dungeon challenge will be considered a failure!]

As soon as the settlement prompt ended, a large purple treasure chest fell from the sky.

The few people hurried forward to check. Their time was very tight at this time, and they had to seize the time to rest, otherwise all their efforts would be in vain.

The items in this purple treasure chest were much less than before, but the quality was quite good. There was only a trident-like weapon, a vial of potion emitting a soft white light, and a small lantern, which looked more like an ornament.

[Heaven's Halberd]

Quality: Purple

Type: Polearm

Attack Power: 60-80

Durability: 60/60

Equipment Requirements: Strength Attribute ★★ or above, Agility Attribute ★★ or above

Specialty: This item has been blessed, so it deals double damage when facing corrupted enemies.

Attached Skill: Disarm

[Disarm]

Cooldown Time: 2 minutes

Skill Consumption: 5 units of Magic Power

Duration: 10 seconds

Release Range: Within 30 meters

Skill Description: Cast this skill on an enemy, and they will be unable to perform physical attacks for 10 seconds.

[Holy Water]

Quality: Blue

Durability: 4/4

Specialty: Applying Holy Water to a melee weapon will increase its attack power by 10 points and grant it 10% life steal, which can return the absorbed energy to the wearer's amulet to restore shield value, lasting 5 minutes.

[Simple Lantern]

Quality: Blue

Type: Ornament

Specialty: As long as it is carried on the body, it can slowly reduce the wearer's fear value. If magic power is injected into it, the lantern can enter an overloaded state. In this state, the lantern can quickly reduce the fear value of friendly units within 10 meters, lasting 30 seconds. After the time ends, the lantern will be scrapped.

After everyone checked the items, the four finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Their biggest trouble now was severe consumption. Both fear value and shield value were in critical condition, and the [Holy Water] and [Simple Lantern] among the three items could undoubtedly enhance the endurance of the crowd.

Although the [Holy Water] could only restore shield value after killing an enemy, the duration was not short.

If the enemy's attack density in the fourth stage was still so high, it would not be too difficult to restore the shield value to full, and maybe the amount of shield restored at that time would be higher than a complete amulet.

As for the [Simple Lantern], the four people consumed it almost without hesitation after obtaining it. Their fear values were all over 70% at this time, and no one could be sure how dangerous the next battle would be. At that time, they were not sure that they would be able to stay together all the time.

While continuously reducing fear values, the crowd fell into a dispute while looking at the purple weapon, and everyone was entangled in who to give it to.

"If you ask me, let Harry use it. His current attributes also meet the usage requirements. I am already using the Flame Sword very smoothly. If I suddenly change weapons, I am afraid I won't be able to adapt in a short time." Neville knew that the rest of them wanted to give him this purple equipment, but he also had his own concerns.

"But I know my situation. My actual combat ability has never been strong. Among us, whether it is Hermione or Ron, they are more proficient in close combat than me. It is too wasteful for me to use this equipment."

Harry shook his head with some guilt. Although he now had enough strength and agility to use the [Heaven's Halberd] because of the bonus of the [Ring of Darkness], he knew better how much he weighed.

Moreover, his physique attribute did not increase with it, so he was afraid that he would not be able to hold on for long using this not-so-light equipment.

"I think Neville should use it." Hermione also persuaded, "This is not us being modest, but a factual need. You have the [Gift] skill to protect yourself, and you can often go deep into the enemy's formation. There will definitely be enemies like elite demons next. At that time, we will have to rely on you to solve them. When dueling with elite demons, the use of the [Disarm] skill is crucial."

"That's right, Neville, our physical strength is much worse than yours. We are exhausted from using a short-handled weapon. If we change to a long weapon for a long time, there will definitely be a lot of mistakes." Ron also persuaded him kindly.

Seeing the people around him insist again and again, Neville could only accept the [Heaven's Halberd] and hand his Flame Sword to Harry to use, and Harry also exchanged his machete for Hermione.

To be honest, these first-year students have fragmented spell attainments, and whether it is strength, speed, or proficiency is very worrying. The weapons in their hands are the most important means of attack, especially in dungeons.

If all the weapons and equipment in their hands were taken away, let alone those elite demons, a few teams of demon minions could wipe them out, so everyone attached great importance to weapons.

Snape on the side watched the little wizards quite speechlessly. In his eyes, these little ghosts were like exchanging toys with each other.

However, after this period of experience, Snape had also seen the power of this dungeon to some extent. His right hand holding the wand was faintly aching. It was really that he had not cast spells so densely for too long, and he could not adapt to it for a while.

At the same time, Snape couldn't help but look up. The vortex-like cloud in the sky showed no sign of dissipating at this time. Such a conspicuous anomaly, wouldn't Quirrell notice it?

I'm afraid I have to be extra careful next!

Snape muttered a sentence, and then looked at Harry and the others with a tangled face. He was almost certain that the movement here would attract Quirrell.

But according to Harry and their statements, there was still a big battle to face later. What if they ran into Quirrell again...

Snape couldn't even imagine that scene.

"I hope you can control the situation, Anduin. If something happens to these little wizards, not to mention me, Dumbledore won't spare you!" Snape muttered in his heart.

After finishing the loot distribution, Harry and the others waited and rested in place silently. They didn't want to waste the last precious ten minutes.

Not to mention anything else, it would be good to let the various skills end their cooldown a little earlier.

After more than nine minutes had passed, Harry took out the [Exorcism Book] on his body, and then randomly opened it from the middle, throwing it into the air.

"Swish!"

After being thrown out, the [Exorcism Book] immediately floated in the air more than one meter high, and then bloomed with light blue magic energy, and then turned into a beam of light, shooting straight into the sky, just like a pillar of light running through the sky and the earth.

This beam of light gradually faded after ten seconds, and the [Exorcism Book] was fixed in the air, and a blood bar appeared above the book.

[Prompt: The Abyss Well - Despair Town Dungeon has entered the fourth stage]

In this stage, the [Exorcism Book] will gain the main hatred target of the demon camp in the entire dungeon, and survivors are the secondary hatred target.

At the same time, the [Exorcism Book] will have 5000 health points. The [Exorcism Book] cannot be moved, cannot be invisible, cannot be blocked, and cannot be stored.

Survivors need to ensure the survival of the [Exorcism Book] and the survival of at least one survivor in the next ten minutes, otherwise the task will fail.

Now entering the countdown for this stage, ten, nine, eight...

As the countdown began, Harry, Ron, Neville, and Hermione leaned back against the [Exorcism Book] and surrounded it in the center with trepidation.

According to the prompt of the dungeon, in the next ten minutes, they don't have to worry too much about being attacked by those enemies, because their hatred is all on the [Exorcism Book].

But this is precisely the most difficult point in the fourth stage, because to protect the [Exorcism Book] means they need to take the initiative to meet the enemy, and they must not let the other party approach and attack the [Exorcism Book], even if the enemy attacks them.

The four-person team had just fought such a defensive battle once before, but at that time they were on the offensive side, so everyone knew how difficult this was.

In this stage, what is really tested is their attack and killing ability!

At that time, there will definitely be many demons carrying their attack damage to the [Exorcism Book]. Once their killing efficiency is low, then even if all the members survive, they will have to face failure.

Of course, it is not to say that those enemies will become like fools next, and they will not resist even if they are attacked. After all, one of the conditions for completing the task is that at least one survivor survives.

That is to say, if the attack on the [Exorcism Book] fails, those demons will probably focus their attention on them.

So, not only must the enemies not be allowed to harm the [Exorcism Book], but they must also preserve themselves. This is the real difficulty of the fourth stage.

Three, two, one...

As the countdown of the prompt ended, the final battle in the Despair Town dungeon also began.