On top of the statue of Salazar Slytherin, Lin Zhongtian stood there in his Taoist robes, looking down with a strange expression at the spectacular scene of the Inferi army besieging the Basilisk.
"This guy... is a necromancer?"
"Interesting, is it just talent, or is there some system that helps?"
Lin Zhongtian thought about it with interest, but then he shook his head.
As long as you are a fellow villager who has traveled through the gap in the virtual space, it is highly likely that there is no such thing as a system.
Unless he encountered such an adventure in his hometown world, he could only rely on his innate powerful spiritual talent.
While thinking, Fana and Ander pressed the basilisk harder and harder. One of them controlled the army of undead to constantly wear down the basilisk's health bar, while the other kept playing the recorded sound of roosters crowing, which seemed to control the basilisk's movements and make it tense like a spell.
Just like that, under the tireless siege of the undead army, the basilisk gradually became exhausted.
Its skin and scales, which were powerful enough to repel spells, were useless in the face of the corpse poison.
Finally, the basilisk gradually realized that it was losing control of its body and fell into fear. It shook its head and body wildly and rushed towards the statue of Slytherin regardless of the attacks from the surrounding Inferi.
"Oh no! It's trying to run away!"
Ander's heart tightened, and he quickly arranged for the army of corpses to block the front.
Fana also took out two speakers and played the sound of roosters crowing alternately.
But this time, the basilisk was not affected by the rooster's crowing.
Ender frowned, thinking back to the basilisk's action of banging its head against the wall, and suddenly realized something.
"It's the columella!"
"It destroyed its own columella!"
Ender couldn't help blurting out.
The structure of the auditory organs of snakes is quite special. They do not have the external ear structure like humans. They only have a long and thin auditory bone growing in their head, which is called the auricular stylus. Snakes can sense external vibrations through this auricular stylus.
The basilisk is also a snake, but its coccyx is far more sensitive than that of ordinary snakes. It can even receive weak vibrations from the air and perceive sounds like other creatures with external ear structures.
Now that the basilisk has destroyed its ear bones, it is like an Inferi that has lost its eyeballs and is not affected by the crowing of the rooster.
Just like that, the basilisk ignored the attacks of the Inferi and crawled to the feet of Slytherin's statue without paying any attention. It crawled along Slytherin's legs to his open mouth, and when it was about to get into his throat, suddenly there stood an old human with a smile on his face.
The basilisk was stunned for a moment, then stared at the man's eyes with its bright yellow snake pupils.
But for some reason, its deadly gaze that was invincible had no effect on the human in front of it, and could not even petrify him.
"Is this the gaze of a basilisk..."
“I don’t feel anything!”
Looking at the pair of doubtful bright yellow snake eyes, Lin Zhongtian showed surprise, and then curled his lips in disappointment.
"Go down!"
Lin Zhongtian waved his hand gently, and an invisible force emerged out of nowhere, instantly sweeping away the basilisk that had drilled into Slytherin's mouth.
“Hiss—”
The basilisk screamed and fell at the feet of the statue, causing a huge vibration and roar.
The corpses that had been waiting for a long time around also rushed over and turned into a sea of undead souls to drown it.
The Inferi who were trying to climb the statue using their hands and feet also jumped down one after another, roaring and pouncing on the basilisk.
After a long time, the surging waves in the sea of death finally subsided.
Ender smiled, took off his blindfold, took out his wand and waved it gently.
In an instant, the dense army of Yin corpses stopped moving and retreated to both sides like a tide, revealing the huge snake body in the middle, lying motionless on the ground, covered in blood.
Ender waved his wand again, and the basilisk's body trembled and stood up, then moved its head away.
"Okay, Fana, you can open your eyes now."
Hearing Ander's voice in her ear, Fana took off her eye mask and looked forward with her magic contact lenses with a starry sky theme.
"The basilisk is dead?"
"Yes, it's mine now..."
"Does its gaze still have the power to petrify?"
"I don't know either, but for safety's sake, we'd better avoid its sight!"
"That's what I thought."
Fana nodded in agreement.
Ander breathed a sigh of relief. Although he lost more than 300 Inferi while fighting the basilisk, and the remaining 700 Inferi were also more or less damaged to a certain extent, everything would be worth it as long as he could capture the basilisk!
Just then, there was applause from the top of the Slytherin statue.
“Wonderful, wonderful!”
A slightly amused voice came from above.
Fana and Ander quickly raised their heads and looked towards the source of the sound vigilantly.
"Old Heavenly Master?!"
Seeing the figure in the Taoist robes, Ander couldn't help but look surprised.
Fana frowned and quietly grasped her wand, ready to deal with any unexpected situation that might happen next.
Lin Zhongtian watched their reactions with interest, then jumped down from the top of the statue and landed in front of the two men with a bang. The hard stone slab shattered into countless pieces under his feet, and spider-web-like cracks quickly spread with his feet as the center.
Facing the stiff and shocked gazes of the two men, Lin Zhongtian pulled his feet out without changing his expression.
Ander secretly swallowed his saliva, took a step back calmly, and asked vigilantly: "Old Heavenly Master, are you following me?"
Lin Zhongtian shook his head: "Don't say that, stalking is too bad, I'm monitoring you!"
Ander & Fana: "..."
Is there any difference?
"Of course there is a difference!" Lin Zhongtian said firmly, "Stalking is a perverted behavior, but surveillance has the meaning of protection."
Ender shook his head and said calmly, "We don't need your protection."
As the words fell, Ander quietly waved his magic wand, and the basilisk corpse behind Lin Zhongtian raised its head and turned into a huge black shadow that enveloped him.
Sensing the shadow that was covering him, Lin Zhongtian raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "This thing is no match for me."
Ender said calmly, "I know, but it at least threatens you, right?"
Lin Zhongtian laughed and shook his head. He turned around in front of Ander and Fana and looked into the basilisk's bright yellow snake eyes.
And then... nothing happened!
Lin Zhongtian turned around unscathed, looked at the shocked expressions on the two men's faces and chuckled, "Boy, you know nothing about my power."
Ander stared at Lin Zhongtian in a daze. Fana next to him thought that the basilisk had lost its power and tried to raise her head.
But before she could raise her head, a large hand pressed on her head, preventing her from moving at all.
"Girl, don't be so reckless. You are not me. You will really die if you see the eyes of the basilisk..."
"Fana, don't be impulsive!"
Ander came to his senses and quickly persuaded Fana.
Only after Fana nodded to indicate that she would not act rashly did Lin Zhongtian let go of her hand.
Ander grabbed Fana's wrist and stopped her from casting a spell. He then turned to Lin Zhongtian and said respectfully, "Old Heavenly Master, you are unrivaled in the world. I admire you. I wonder if we can learn the real Chinese martial arts after going to the East as exchange students..."
“…”
Lin Zhongtian looked at him strangely, and suddenly couldn't help laughing.
"Boy, you don't really think that the wizarding world in the East is second to none, do you?"
"……?"
Ander was stunned and couldn't react for a moment.
But then he realized that if the old man in front of him was really the old Taoist priest of Mount Longhu, how could he possibly say the name "Second to No. 1"!
Therefore, there is only one truth!
"You...you are also a time traveler?!"
Ender's eyes widened, his tone shocked yet also hinted at excitement.
Fana didn't know about "Under One Person", so she was confused when she heard it before, but when Ander said this, Fana understood what message Lin Zhongtian's words just now revealed.
She couldn't help but open her eyes wide and looked at the old man in Taoist robes in front of her in shock.
Lin Zhongtian had a smile on his face, and a thick gray mist rose up from his body, instantly enveloping his entire body.
In three seconds, the gray fog dissipated, and a handsome young man in white casual clothes appeared in front of the two.
It is obvious that the old Taoist priest before was just a disguise of this person, and the handsome young man in front of him is his true appearance.
Looking at the astonishment and surprise on Ander and Fana's faces, Lin Zhongtian chuckled and said, "According to the rules, I should tell you my identity in a few days, but I am the boss, so I have some privileges. I have a little understanding of your character and abilities these days, so I will approve your review!"
Ander subconsciously asked, "Audit...what audit?"
"Let me introduce myself again." Lin Zhongtian smiled slightly, "My name is Lin Zhongtian, and I'm from the Transmigrator Alliance."