The two of them stopped casting

spells at the same time. "Wonderful! A battle of equal strength!" Lockhart's voice appeared at the right time, "Did you see that? How well they work together! I bet the two professors must have practiced spells together often in private, two cunning guys!"

Snape's face was very dark, and he walked off the stage without saying a word. But he did not leave, but stood in the shadows.

The fight between the two was more of a test than a duel.

He did have a few dark magics hidden, but they were learned from the Dark Lord. After that incident, he had not used them, so it was not very meaningful. And Felix... what about his ancient magic? What about alchemical products? What about dark magic?

During the duel, his magic power was constantly increasing. By the end of the duel, would that be his limit?

Snape tried to describe Felix's strength, but he found that he could no longer see clearly.

Felix walked off the stage calmly, and the crowd automatically made way for him. The young wizards looked at Snape and Felix in awe.

In the eyes of the young wizards, this duel was evenly matched, with no winner or loser. Although Professor Happ was very calm overall, didn't Snape also pierce through two Shield Charms with one spell?

That was the strongest defensive magic known to most young wizards.

"Snape is so strong!" Ron was obviously surprised.

"Professor Happ admires Snape very much." Hermione whispered. She was a little worried. In order to complete the Polyjuice Potion, they would most likely have to break into Snape's private collection room. If they were caught...

Harry didn't say anything. The duel just now made him excited, and he wished he could replace any of them. But he realized that he might be able to see every spell clearly, but if he were in their place, he might not even be able to dodge the first spell.

At this time, Professor Lockhart returned to the center of the stage and gave a speech in high spirits, "It seems that the performance just now was quite effective. I think you can't wait to-God, I want to cast spells as smoothly as the three professors, but don't be too ambitious, you are still far from this height!"

Ron muttered something below, Harry didn't hear it clearly, but he intuitively thought it was a scolding to Professor Lockhart, because he had similar ideas.

"-Next, we will follow the predetermined plan and select two representatives to show everyone. What I just said, Longbottom and Finch-Fletchley, how about it?"

"I don't think this is appropriate, Professor Lockhart." Snape regained his composure, he quickly walked up the steps, his robes fluttering, like a bat gliding across the stage lightly.

"Longbottom can cause unexpected damage even with the simplest spells. If he is allowed to come up," Snape's eyes were quite cold, and his eyes swept over Felix, "we can only put the remains of Finch-Fletchley in a matchbox."

The Slytherin students laughed.

"How about Malfoy and Potter?"

"Great!" Lockhart agreed quickly. He would agree to whatever Snape proposed.

He motioned Harry and Malfoy to the center of the stage.

Watching Snape and Malfoy mumbling, Harry first glanced at Professor Happ, who was thinking something on the other side of the stage. He could only turn his head and look at Lockhart, "Professor, can you show me how to use the Disarming Charm again?"

Lockhart: "..." He came over, close to Harry, paused for more than ten seconds, then stood up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Just do as I say!"

"What?" Harry asked in astonishment, but he found that Malfoy was already standing opposite.

"One, two, three--start!" Lockhart shouted quickly.

"Oolong out of the hole!" Malfoy shouted, and his wand exploded suddenly, and a cloud of black smoke quickly turned into a long black snake.

The black snake hit the floor with a "bang", and it swam its body and kept getting closer to Harry.

The little wizards who were close to the stage screamed and retreated, leaving some space.

Felix took a look and then lost interest. It was just a simple little curse. Snape lazily drew out his wand, "Don't move, Potter." Seeing Potter's expression, he felt very happy. The bad mood that Felix had just hit him with miraculously improved a lot.

At this time, Lockhart saw an opportunity. He thought he had to do something to save the situation. So he stood up and shouted loudly, "Let me do it. I'll solve this trouble." But then he found that Harry's eyes were more horrified.

Lockhart's spells meant trouble. This was Harry's simple cognition formed in just a few months. The bones he had been pulled out of the Quidditch field could prove this.

Sure enough, Lockhart hit the black snake with a powerful spell. The whole hall made a loud "bang". The black snake not only did not disappear, but quickly expanded and turned into a python.

And this python became manic as if it had been injected with hormones. It raised its head, exposed its fangs, and took an attacking posture.

Felix and Snape raised their wands at the same time, but the next second, a creepy sound came, it was a "hissing" sound like a snake, but it was more terrifying and frightening, making people's hair stand on end.

They both turned their heads at the same time and looked at the little wizard who spoke a strange language - Harry Potter.

The black snake was shaking, twisting its body as if it had cramps, and it looked more and more ferocious, but it quickly collapsed on the ground, smashing a big hole in the floor, and almost took Justin in front of it away.

Although Harry still didn't understand the situation, he knew that he had stopped the black snake's attack, so he showed Justin a bright smile.

But he soon found that something was wrong, and the hall suddenly became quiet.

Everyone looked at him with very strange eyes, and Justin trembled all over. He shouted "What tricks are you playing!" and ran out of the hall quickly like a frightened rabbit.

Snape walked forward and turned the black snake that was lying on the ground into a wisp of black smoke. His eyes also became extremely deep, and there were too many things in them that Harry could not understand at all.

The crowd began to whisper and point at him - this was definitely not a good thing, and Harry felt cold all over.

At this moment, he felt someone pulling the back of his clothes.

"Let's go," Ron whispered, "Let's go -"

"But why -"

"Don't ask, Harry, let's go first."

Ron and Hermione almost dragged Harry out of the hall.

The crowd automatically gave way to both sides, and when they walked out of the hall, the discussion behind them suddenly exploded.

Felix stopped where he was, and recent memories kept coming to his mind.

Parseltongue...

Harry Potter was a Parseltongue.

All the things that he hadn't understood before suddenly became clear. Hermione had been hesitant to speak for several times, and she had asked him about the mumblings that other wizards couldn't hear. After the attack, she became particularly interested in snake-like magical creatures...