The Blast-Ended Skrewt was a full three meters long and heavily built; to Harry, it looked like the cab of a lorry on the road.
Struck by a relentless barrage of spells, even if they only hit its hard shell, the Blast-Ended Skrewt was enraged.
A burst of sparks shot from the Blast-Ended Skrewt's tail, and the air around it grew hot. Like a speeding lorry cab, it charged straight at Harry and the others.
Harry and the others had been prepared. They hurriedly retreated a considerable distance, and once the force propelling the Blast-Ended Skrewt ran out, it came to a stop right where they had just been standing.
"Now!" Cedric shouted, swinging his wand beneath the Blast-Ended Skrewt.
A great net of vines appeared. As he raised his wand, the vine net tightened around the Blast-Ended Skrewt, wrapping it up.
The Blast-Ended Skrewt reacted quickly as well, struggling constantly within the vine net. Its huge body twisted back and forth, and its tail was probably spraying sparks too, as black smoke seeped through the gaps in the vines.
"We did it!" Harry and Draco shouted together. They raised their wands almost at the same time, guiding the Levitation Charm with their incantations. "Wingardium Leviosa!"
One corner of the vine net was suddenly lifted, tugging the Blast-Ended Skrewt's enormous body along with it.
"I see it! I see it!" Ludo Bagman watched the scene in the viewing screen. "Potter and Malfoy are trying to flip the Blast-Ended Skrewt over!"
"The Blast-Ended Skrewt's shell is too thick! Magic can hardly damage it! The Hogwarts Champions must have realized that it isn't covered in shell all over—its underside has to be its weak spot!"
After being attacked by the Re'em, Harry and the others had been thinking about how to deal