New Professor at Hogwarts

This was a dimly lit room with an astonishing length. The place they entered was at the corner on one side of the room, and many stone pillars carved with coiled and entangled snakes stood tall, supporting the ceiling that was melted into the darkness above, giving The whole room was filled with a mysterious green light, casting long and strange black shadows.

Harry couldn't help but get some goosebumps, but when he saw that the two professors in front of him were indifferent and only carefully checked the surrounding situation and movements, he suppressed many complicated thoughts and did not want to give the two professors too much time. Cause trouble.

He secretly warned himself in his heart that he must not hold back!

"Harry, follow us closely and be careful." Xia Ran said. The three of them moved slowly between the stone pillars where the giant snakes were coiled. Although they stepped carefully, they were still in this ghostly room. A hollow and extremely loud echo was produced.

The three of them all had their eyes half-closed, and would immediately close their eyes tightly if there was any sign of trouble.

Suddenly, the three of them paused slightly and stopped somewhere.

"Professor, this is..." Harry asked in surprise.

Xia Ran squinted his eyes, and he heard a sound of very beautiful music. It was ethereal, ethereal and mysterious, but it made people excited.

Dumbledore's Phoenix?

"Fawkes is here, our help is here." Dumbledore said with a smile.

Huhu~~

On the stone pillar closest to the three of them, a raging flame suddenly spurted out, reaching a height of two or three meters. Then a big crimson bird descended from the sky and grabbed a tattered wizard hat. It was exactly Fox, the phoenix, turned into flames and disappeared from the principal's office.

The phoenix stopped singing. It circled and danced in a circle, and then cried softly next to a stone pillar at the end.

"I think Fox must have discovered something. Come on, let's go over and take a look." Dumbledore said, walking over quickly. When the three of them walked parallel to the last stone pillar, a building and a room suddenly appeared in front of them. A giant statue as tall as itself clung to the dark wall behind.

The three of them had to raise their necks high to see the huge face above. It was an old, monkey-like face with a sparse long beard that almost reached the wizard carved from stone. On the hem of the robe, the two big gray stone feet stood on the smooth floor of the room.

And between the two big feet, lying face down was a small figure in black robes. Under the light of the wand, you could see the red hair like flames.

It was Ginny Weasley who was caught in the Chamber of Secrets.

"Ginny!" Harry called anxiously. The three of them walked quickly to Ginny, leaned down, and turned Ginny over. Her originally clear, beautiful, and rosy cheeks were like marble, coldly, There was no blood, and her eyes were tightly closed. She was not petrified, but why was she sleeping here and unable to wake up?

Harry looked at the two professors for help.

Xia Ran stretched out her hand to explore, her face suddenly showed a bit of joy, and said: "There is still life, not dead."

Both Dumbledore and Harry were visibly relieved.

"Huh?" Dumbledore suddenly raised his head and looked at the top of the nearest stone pillar. There was a tall boy with black hair standing on top of it, tilting his head and looking at the four people below, especially Dumbledore. Bullido's and Harry's eyes each had two different looks.

"Tom, we finally meet again." Dumbledore said briskly.

Xia Ran looked over and saw the tall boy with black hair. The outline of the boy's face was blurred, which made people feel very strange, as if Xia Ran was looking at the boy through a thick screen window.

Tom Riddle, the fragment of Voldemort's soul when he was a student, the incomplete soul in the Horcrux Riddle's diary!

Xia Ran almost didn't need to think before she recognized who this tall boy with black hair was.

"Huh." Tom Riddle snorted, ignoring Dumbledore, but looked at Ginny and said, "She can't wake up, Ginny Weasley."

"No! Ginny will definitely wake up." Harry retorted immediately.

Tom Riddle looked at Harry with an almost greedy expression, as if he only had Harry Potter in his sight.

"I dare say this must be your handiwork, Tom," said Dumbledore.

"You guessed it right, Dumbledore, but there is no reward." Riddle smiled cruelly and said, "Ah, little Ginny, what a simple little girl. Such a simple girl, her soul..."

“So delicious!”

Riddle took a nostalgic breath.

"Tom, don't say or do such things in front of me." Dumbledore said seriously, staring at Tom Riddle with his blue eyes.

"Oh, not in front of you?" Riddle smiled, laughing loudly, as if he had never laughed in many years. At this moment, he wanted to make up for all the smiles he had had in many years.

"Yes, not in front of me," said Dumbledore.

"Who are you talking to, Dumbledore?" Riddle said, "I, Lord Voldemort, the greatest wizard who ever lived!"

"Voldemort? Are you Voldemort??" Harry was shocked when he heard this. He had never obtained Riddle's diary, and he did not know that Tom Riddle was the famous--infamous--Dark Lord Voldemort. !

"Yes, Voldemort, the greatest wizard!" Riddle nodded and said.

Hearing Tom Riddle publicly declare that he was the greatest wizard in history in front of Dumbledore, Xia Ran suddenly felt a little funny. Even Dumbledore and the four founders of Hogwarts could not hold the title of the greatest wizard. , How can Voldemort dare to claim to be the greatest wizard?

Although he is super powerful, he is not great at all.

Riddle noticed the smile on Xia Ran's face at a glance, and knew that it was a mockery of his declaration. He couldn't help but feel angry in his heart and said: "Xia Ran Frémont? You have ruined a big thing for me."

"Really?" Xia Ran raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "That's my honor, actually ruining Voldemort's plan."

The cold murderous intent in Riddle's eyes flashed away, but he was just a fragmented soul. Although he had absorbed many of Ginny's souls, he was able to initially break away from the carrier diary and come to the outside world to reveal himself. However, he did not have a wand. It doesn't matter to Harry Potter, but Sharon Frémont is the combat professor at Hogwarts and has great strength, but he can't go head-to-head with him.

After all, it was just a soul fragment, not the complete Voldemort. Otherwise, ten more Xia Ran would not be enough for Voldemort to kill.

Riddle said eloquently: "Charran Fremont, as the most powerful wizard in history, I have gone further than anyone else on the road to immortality. I fully deserve the title of 'The Greatest Wizard'!"

Xia Ran's own strength is acceptable, and she has seen through the secrets of the basilisk. In Riddle's view, Xia Ran Frémont is also a troublesome wizard. A wizard who knows more knowledge will always be difficult to deal with.

Riddle believed that he was the leader among them, Dumbledore could barely keep up with him, and although Xia Ran caught his eye, he was still a little behind.