Dark Lord's Coronation (Seeking Collection)

Chapter 027

Avada Kedavra!

Li Mu pointed his wand at Dumbledore, whom the tracking spell had located. The Killing Curse's dark green light shot through the air, striking the invisible target. However, Dumbledore, who dispelled his invisibility upon being hit, was shattered into wooden fragments by the Killing Curse's impact.

At the same time, not far from his side, a similar dark green light flashed.

The second Dumbledore, who had also broken his invisibility, cast the Killing Curse on Li Mu.

It turned out that from the very beginning, before the shockwave of the Thunderous Explosion had even dissipated, Dumbledore had cast a Polymorph Spell on a chair he'd taken from his pocket, transforming it into himself. He then cast an Illusionary Body Curse to hide himself in advance.

Furthermore, he weakened the invisibility effect of the Illusionary Body Curse, deliberately allowing the chair-transformed decoy to be discovered by the tracking spell.

This way, Li Mu, thinking he was sneak attacking Dumbledore, was actually attacking a decoy created by the Polymorph Spell from a chair. The real Dumbledore, however, used this opportunity to capture Li Mu's true form and strike him with the Killing Curse, attacking after Li Mu.

Dumbledore's combat experience and battle intelligence far surpassed Li Mu's, who had not yet experienced many battles.

However, in the next instant, Dumbledore was horrified to discover that the Killing Curse had not killed the Mysterious Wizard.

Although the Killing Curse was powerful, it was not without its weaknesses.

Its weakness was that as long as it hit a living being, it would instantly and silently strip away that life.

Therefore, long before the battle began, Li Mu had stored some Rats on the Phoenix. Dumbledore's Killing Curse, which seemed to have hit him, had actually struck a Rat that was suddenly retrieved from the Phoenix. The Killing Curse, the Dark Magic with the strongest single-target damage, was actually very easy to counter if one found the right method.

Dumbledore did not become invisible again. Instead, he instantly cast an Iron Skin Charm on himself.

The moment he cast it, Li Mu's Killing Curse hit Dumbledore.

The Iron Skin Charm was instantly broken, but Dumbledore immediately cast another Iron Skin Charm.

The continuous, instantaneous casting of Iron Skin Charms created an effect similar to a Super Iron Skin Charm. The power of the Killing Curse was ultimately blocked. Of course, this was also because Li Mu's Killing Curse level was not high, and his Magic Power limit was not as great as Dumbledore's. Otherwise, he could have completely pierced through all Iron Skin Charms with the Killing Curse.

Nearly killed by the Killing Curse, Dumbledore immediately realized that the Mysterious Wizard carried many living beings with him.

So, almost simultaneously, Li Mu's second Killing Curse and Dumbledore's counterattacking Thunderous Explosion collided in mid-air.

Like fireworks, the colliding spells exploded outwards, blocked by the Iron Skin Charms protecting both of them.

Li Mu continued to cast the Killing Curse, while Dumbledore could only counter with area-of-effect Thunderous Explosions.

Although Dumbledore's spells were cast faster and were more powerful, area-of-effect spells inherently had a disadvantage when colliding with single-target spells. Thus, new fireworks continuously appeared between them, and for a time, they were locked in a stalemate.

Li Mu enjoyed stalemates. The longer the stalemate lasted, the greater his advantage in replenishing Magic Power became.

He had to admit, he had underestimated Dumbledore.

If Apparition were possible here, if he couldn't replenish his Magic Power almost infinitely, if he hadn't prepared many Rats in advance to counter the Killing Curse, and if Dumbledore weren't 110 years old and frail, he might have already been defeated by now.

As time passed, Dumbledore became completely certain that the Mysterious Wizard's Magic Power was inexhaustible.

Although the upper limit wasn't high, his Magic Power recovery speed was terrifyingly fast.

If this continued, the situation would become increasingly disadvantageous for him.

Dumbledore continued to cast Explosion Curse with the Deathly Hallow Elder Wand in his right hand, while secretly combining wandless and silent spellcasting in his left hand to cast his most proficient Polymorph Spell covertly.

This dual spellcasting was very difficult and had a high failure rate, but at this point, he had no other choice.

Luck was on his side, and the Polymorph Spell successfully turned a stone into a bird.

This bird skimmed along the edge of the underground secret chamber and quickly reached the pipe they had entered through. It was only one step away from following the pipe to Hogwarts on the surface to seek help from other professors. As long as other professors arrived, they could cooperate with him to deal with this Mysterious Wizard.

However, at this very moment, Li Mu's left hand flashed with the Frostfire Rose again.

Frostfire Rapid Fire shot out a few times, instantly freezing the stone bird into ice in mid-air, causing it to fall and shatter.

Just then, Fawkes the phoenix, trapped in the Binding Birdcage, cried out incessantly.

Hearing these cries, Dumbledore hesitated.

Although this Mysterious Wizard was powerful, he also had more powerful means. It was just that those means were not suitable for use in this place, and Fawkes the phoenix, not far from their battlefield, could easily be caught in the crossfire and die.

Although phoenixes could Nirvana and resurrect, they could only perform Nirvana once in a short period.

If they died twice in a short period, Fawkes the phoenix would truly die. Therefore, out of concern for Fawkes, he had been holding back. However, Fawkes the phoenix had just told him in Phoenix Language not to worry about him, otherwise, both he and Fawkes would die together in the end.

Finally making up his mind, Dumbledore abandoned casting Explosion Curse and instead unleashed an extremely powerful fire spell.

The spacious underground secret chamber, not small in area, was instantly turned into a sea of fire by endless Fierce Fire. The boundless flames swept out, making it impossible for Li Mu to lock onto Dumbledore and cast the Killing Curse through the flames.

This was just the beginning; the flames generated by the extremely powerful fire spell were soon engulfed by the Fierce Fire.

The entire secret chamber was enveloped by the Fierce Fire, forming a sea of fire. Fawkes, who had been deliberately avoided by both sides of the battle, was also engulfed by the Fierce Fire. As the Binding Birdcage was incinerated by the Fierce Fire, Fawkes the phoenix was also burned to death on the spot and underwent Nirvana.

Seeing that he was about to be burned to death a second time, Dumbledore finally could not bear to watch Fawkes die.

Combining the Polymorph Spell with the extremely powerful fire spell to control the Fierce Fire, he forcibly transformed the sea of fire into a fire phoenix and swooped towards Li Mu, who was blocking the Fierce Fire with the Iron Skin Charm. Dumbledore had given his all; this was the decisive blow between him and the Mysterious Wizard.

Facing the charging fire phoenix, Li Mu cast two Explosion Curses in quick succession.

However, against Dumbledore, who was fighting with all his might, it only blew off one head of the Fierce Fire phoenix. The rest of its body continued to charge at him.

Based on estimations, even the Elf Wizard Robe could not withstand this attack.

In a moment of life and death, Li Mu forcibly summoned the Phoenix in the underground secret chamber.

For any other Seedship, summoning it in an underground secret chamber would be impossible.

But the Phoenix was a mimic Seedship. Although its length reached one hundred and twenty meters, this length included its head and tail. If its head, tail, and wings were folded to a certain extent, the Phoenix could be forcibly summoned in the limited space of the underground secret chamber.

The suddenly appearing Phoenix was unharmed by the burning Fierce Fire.

Using the Phoenix as cover, Li Mu cast the Killing Curse through the gaps between the Phoenix's wings, directly hitting Dumbledore, who was fully controlling the Fierce Fire phoenix. Dumbledore, protected only by a layer of the Iron Skin Charm, could not withstand the Killing Curse at all. All his life was stripped away in an instant by the Killing Curse.