The little witch wearing the Gryffindor robe is Ginny Weasley, but both Lynn and Irina realize that Ginny is no longer the innocent and cute little witch she once was. The strange smile and the diary in her arms indicate that she has been controlled by Voldemort. The diary is a Horcrux.
"Tom Riddle!"
Lynn glanced coldly at the possessed Ginny, raising the wand he was tightly holding.
When Riddle heard his name, he stopped pretending. A burst of black mist erupted from Ginny's body, and her face grew even paler as the black mist appeared.
Obviously, this strange black mist was draining Ginny's life force!
In just a few breaths, all the black mist left Ginny's body, and the diary in her arms slowly floated under an unknown force, wrapped in the black mist.
The mist continued to twist and finally formed a young man with shiny black hair. The young man appeared to be only around sixteen years old. He wore a Slytherin robe, and a silver prefect badge shone on his chest.
This young man was the form of Tom Riddle when he created this piece of Horcrux.
In his youth, Riddle was very handsome, with a chiseled face. It was hard for Lynn to associate this figure with the current Voldemort, who looked like a bizarre, snake-like creature.
Although Riddle used the strange black mist to create his own form after absorbing Ginny's life force, Riddle's body was still just an energy construct, not a real entity.
Riddle's body appeared translucent, and Lynn and Irina could vaguely see the diary floating in the area where Riddle's heart should be.
Once Riddle condensed his form, Ginny, who had lost consciousness, staggered in place before collapsing.
"Expelliarmus!"
Although he didn't have his own wand, Riddle still knew some simple wandless spells. He shouted, and a red light shot from his finger toward Lynn.
Naturally, this clumsy disarming charm couldn't threaten Lynn. Lynn waved his wand, and an invisible barrier appeared in front of him, refracting the red light toward his left side.
"Sssssssss..."
However, Riddle's purpose wasn't to defeat Lynn but simply to disrupt Lynn's rhythm in dealing with the Basilisk. After casting the disarming charm, he began to command the Basilisk with Parseltongue.
The Basilisk, which had previously been suppressed by the alchemy circle, hissed again when Lynn cast the Protego spell. It whipped its snake tail, smashing the golden light rays that were surrounding it.
"Leave the witch alone, attack the Slytherin wizard and disrupt his magic!"
At the same time, Riddle's command was transmitted to the Basilisk.
The Basilisk no longer paid attention to Irina's attacks and instead charged toward Lynn.
Seeing this scene, Lynn suddenly became worried.
One must understand that there is a huge difference in combat effectiveness between a wild magical creature and a magical creature that has been tamed by a wizard and can be used effectively in combat.
In this battle, Riddle acted as an external brain for the Basilisk. Under Riddle's command, the Basilisk suddenly became much more difficult to control. It was no longer easy for Lynn and Irina to simply fend it off with alternating attacks. Now the Basilisk was attacking Lynn directly, breaking their advantageous position.
Lynn furrowed his brow. As he continued to retreat while controlling the alchemy circle to block the Basilisk, he had to be careful of Riddle's sneak attacks.
"I'll stop Riddle, you focus on dealing with the Basilisk!"
Seeing that the Basilisk had completely ignored her attack, Irina spun her wand and aimed it at Riddle.
Irina's wand flicked, and three freezing charms were cast toward Riddle.
However, in front of Irina's attack, Riddle simply stood still and calmly, without even attempting to dodge.
The three blue ice rays struck Riddle's abdomen, passed through his body, and flew out of his back.
"It's useless. As long as I want, I can freely shift between reality and nothingness!"
Riddle mocked them, raising his hand and casting more disarming charms at Irina.
Seeing this, Irina's face darkened.
Right now, Riddle was like Peeves in Hogwarts Castle. When he wanted to attack others, he became a physical entity, but when facing an attack, he could turn into a vacuum, like a ghost. His ability was incredibly difficult to defend against!
When the spell proved ineffective against Riddle, Irina had to passively defend herself against the disarming spells Riddle occasionally cast. Whenever Riddle attacked Lynn, Irina cast a Protego charm on him beforehand to block Riddle's attacks.
"Shatter to pieces!"
On the other side, facing the overwhelming Basilisk, Lynn gathered a great deal of magical power for this crushing spell, just as he had done against Quirrell the previous year.
Although overloading his magical power would cause irreparable damage to his wand and even to his body, when facing a tough enemy like the Basilisk, only this unexpected move could win the battle!
A ray of grayish-white light, as thick as an adult's arm, shot through the air and struck the Basilisk's snake scales with immense force.
The power was incredible. Under the impact of such overwhelming magical force, even the Basilisk's scales, which had extreme magical resistance, shattered under the bombardment of the crushing spell.
"Sssssssss..."
The Basilisk writhed in pain, and a quarter of its body had broken scales, with black blood pouring out of its wounds, flowing in all directions as it struggled.
"Kill that wizard at all costs!"
Riddle ignored the Basilisk's wounds and issued the kill order.
The Basilisk hissed in pain. Although its instincts told it to flee, it could not disobey the commands of the Heir of Slytherin. Regardless of its injuries, it continued to attack Lynn.
With the Basilisk's desperate tactics, it finally closed in on Lynn.
The Basilisk twisted its body, and its snake tail slammed into Lynn, sending him flying.
Whoosh...
Under the tremendous impact, red blood flowed from the corner of Lynn's mouth, and all of his alchemy circles were dragged by the Basilisk at the same time.
"Dammit, it seems magic alone isn't enough... Irina, catch it!"
Lynn endured the intense pain in his body and stood up. He reached into his cloth bag and a dusty hat flew toward Irina.
Lynn looked at Irina and shouted, "You're Gryffindor, you need to take the Sword of Gryffindor!"
After receiving the Sorting Hat thrown by Lynn, Irina solemnly nodded, then placed her right hand inside the hat, attempting to pull out the Sword of Gryffindor.
But the next moment, Irina's expression froze as she saw that the Sorting Hat was empty, and there was no Sword of Gryffindor.
Why couldn't she pull out the Sword of Gryffindor?!
Irina frantically searched inside the dirty Sorting Hat with her right hand, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't retrieve the legendary Sword of Gryffindor.
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