Glenn tightly gripped the hilt of the dagger, twisting and turning it before releasing just as the Basilisk's head lunged towards him. With a spinning kick, he drove the dagger fully into the Basilisk's right eye, using the momentum to swiftly retreat.
The black mist that filled the bathroom began to dissipate as Glenn ceased the release of the Night Veil. The original purpose of this spell was to eliminate the Basilisk's most dangerous remaining eye while its senses were obscured, and now that goal was accomplished. Additionally, although the total duration of the Night Veil was less than four seconds, Glenn could no longer withstand the invasion of the Obscurial on his body and mind.
As the Night Veil faded, the dark energy cloaking the Basilisk's body gradually dispersed, and it felt its senses returning.
However, one sense had permanently lost its function.
In its mind, the only images it could see were the thermal images formed by sensing heat through its lip pits; the blurry vision it should have had disappeared, leaving only darkness.
It was blind.
The belated searing pain in its right eye was like a bolt of lightning piercing the darkness, instantly shattering its already limited sanity.
Blood gushed from its ruined eye socket, and the Basilisk went completely berserk. Its terrifying hissing could shatter eardrums, and its body swelled, accelerating the collapse of the crisscrossing cage that bound it by several times.
Feeling the expanding impact within his body, the stabbing pain in his brain, and the overwhelming negative emotions rising in his spirit, Glenn merely frowned slightly. At this moment, he had already retreated to stand in front of Hermione.
Seeing that Glenn had left the danger zone, Hermione acted decisively. Her skilled Transfiguration spells once again shot like streams of light into the dust raised by the Basilisk's struggling and rolling.
The young girl no longer pursued the stability of the pillars. At present, it was only a matter of time before the crisscrossing cage Glenn had cast would be broken by the Basilisk.
So, let's make the most of the remaining value of this cage!
As soon as the intersecting pillars came into contact with Hermione's Transfiguration spell, they began to twist and rotate in a burst of white light, converging towards the Basilisk's body.
The sinister, slender spikes transformed from the stone pillars stabbed at the Basilisk. Although many were broken or deflected by its hard, smooth scales, several spikes managed to pierce through the gaps between the scales into the Basilisk's body. These spikes ultimately met the fate of being broken by the Basilisk, but they had already penetrated deeply, causing irreversible severe damage.
This kind of Transfiguration was the first time Hermione had used it, as the effect was too cruel once successfully applied. However, Hermione felt no psychological burden at this moment, and her brown eyes showed no trace of reluctance or guilt.
On the contrary, Hermione's eyes were now flashing with the same dangerous cold light as Glenn's, and the emotions she exuded were those of satisfaction from avenging a great wrong.
The young girl felt no sympathy for things that harmed her friends. Creatures like the Basilisk were better off dead.
And that diary of Voldemort's—if she and Glenn hadn't discovered it in time, her friend Ginny might have been lost to them.
Though she still had some resistance to Glenn using the Unforgivable Curses, as Glenn said, there are no bad tools, only tools used in the wrong places. As long as the Unforgivable Curses don't fall on their own people, they are forgivable curses!
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Perhaps the pain from the injuries exceeded a certain threshold, or maybe certain glands in its body began to secrete large amounts of nerve-related hormones. Even after suffering severe trauma from Hermione again, causing its body to spew blood, the frenzied Basilisk did not stop its steps...
...um, stop its slithering?
Whatever.
The crisscrossing cage transformed by Hermione's Transfiguration was already fragile. The Basilisk twisted its body and shattered the cage around it, breaking free from its restraints.
Of course, Glenn, who had retreated to a safe area, did not stop his actions either. He threw a large pile of black metal objects from the black ring onto the ground and started running, simultaneously casting a spell on himself to quickly release his aura.
Yes, not to hide his aura, but to release it.
After experiencing so many severe injuries and intense pain, the Basilisk might still retain a sliver of sanity, but upon smelling that familiar yet utterly detestable scent of the damned person in the air, the string of reason in its already small brain snapped completely.
Driven by hatred, it immediately abandoned the other heat-emitting target in the distance and swiftly turned its head, charging towards the direction Glenn was running, carrying terrifying killing intent and momentum.
Seeing the Basilisk disregard Hermione as a target and charge straight at him, Glenn knew that their judgment was correct, and at the same time, the strategy they had discussed was already halfway successful.
Glenn knew that facing the Basilisk, relying solely on the power of his current magic was impossible to inflict effective damage on this monster with high magic resistance. Engaging in close combat, even if Glenn could bypass the magic resistance and deal physical damage, would take too long to wear down the Basilisk. Using firearms or explosives could quickly achieve his goal, but the Basilisk had already suffered once. Even if it lost its sanity, its instincts would not allow it to continue watching him attack.
So Glenn understood that to push their plan to the next stage, it mainly depended on Hermione, and what she needed to do now was only one thing.
That was to continuously hold the Basilisk's attention, distract it, and lure it to the planned location once Hermione finished setting up.
So, let's run quickly.
Glenn completely abandoned the opportunity to inflict damage on the Basilisk, choosing instead to dodge, roll, or use Spider Walk to change routes. The spells and techniques he cast, or the bombardment of various weapons, were merely to create some obstacles and guidance for the Basilisk's ferocious charges, bites, and tears.
Gradually, Glenn led the increasingly enraged Basilisk in a large circle, almost running around the entire bathroom, destroying everything inside, leaving behind shattered walls and cracked pits...
In short, Moaning Myrtle's home was utterly destroyed.
In the end, Glenn returned to the starting point...
...ten meters in front of Hermione.
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