Defeating Barty

Skylar had his reasons for asking that question.

The maze for the Triwizard Tournament only allows the four participating Champion to enter. To ensure fairness and prevent any suspicion of cheating, the four patrol members standing on the outer perimeter of the maze can only enter to carry out the rescue when they see a red spark.

Barty Crouch Jr..'s presence here must have been under the pretext of rescuing the two female Champion, allowing him to enter openly. However, if he stayed in the maze for too long, it would inevitably arouse suspicion from others. After all, Dumbledore was in the audience at the moment, and he was not someone easily fooled.

"Skylar Malfoy!" Barty Crouch Jr.. said bitterly, "Do you even know how much trouble you've caused me...?"

"During that confrontation in the Great Hall, you forced me to use magic I shouldn't have known, almost exposing my identity and ruining my master's grand plan..."

"Do you know how much time and effort I had to spend after that to quell Dumbledore's suspicions about me...?"

"And then, you actually pulled some kind of confidentiality agreement, which made my mission to help Harry win several times more difficult..."

"That Forbidden Forest, that's where the old man fled to, and you and Potter just had to show up there..."

"Your scores in the first two events have made you the biggest obstacle in my plans..."

"Do you know that your father is also one of us? What you're doing is tantamount to betrayal!"

Skylar frowned as he watched Barty Crouch Jr.'s outburst.

Based on Skylar's understanding of Barty Crouch Jr.., he was a very cunning and calculating person. He wouldn't reveal his true feelings to him unless he already had the entire situation under control. Furthermore, he wouldn't risk having his true identity exposed by Dumbledore just to show off his achievements to others.

According to the original story, even after Harry was successfully teleported away by the flames, Barty Crouch Jr.. did not take the opportunity to leave Hogwarts. Instead, he remained at his post. It seems that his choice to maintain the persona of Professor Moody and continue to remain at Hogwarts had another meaning. In other words, he probably did not intend to give up his identity as Professor Moody.

"You've said so much—" Skylar interrupted his rambling, a strange light flashing in his eyes, "It seems I won't be leaving here safely today..."

"I said, Barty Crouch Jr.— " Skylar said slowly, "You mean you've got me cornered?"

"You're strong," Barty Crouch Jr. sneered. "I have to admit it. I'm not confident I can defeat you, but the fact that I'm here means we haven't overlooked the possibility of you breaking through to the Excalibur Palm... You probably don't know that the Excalibur Palm is a plant from ancient times, predating even wizards. It was completely cut down thousands of years ago and disappeared from the world's sight..."

"The seed you destroyed was one of those preserved by that lord using supreme secret techniques. Combined with the magical mist, almost no one in the organization believed you could safely pass that hurdle—" Barty Crouch Jr.'s expression was extremely grave; clearly, he was one of those who didn't believe Skylar could overcome it, "Except for that lord..."

"She believes in your abilities and has a backup plan—" A rare gleam of satisfaction appeared in Barty Crouch Jr.'s eyes, "Now, our target—is you!"

"She? You mean Meredith, right?" Skylar shrugged, a wicked smile playing on his lips. "I didn't expect that after all this time, she still misses me so much! Perfect timing—" Skylar's face turned cold, "I also want to see her!"

Before Barty Crouch Jr. could react, Skylar pulled up his Night Star Cloak to cover his figure, and suddenly he and the cloak disappeared.

"Damn it! What kind of magic is this? Why can't I even see this eye!" Barty Crouch Jr.'s prosthetic eye spun wildly, but he couldn't even see a corner of Skylar's clothes.

"Attack!" Although a moment of panic flashed through Barty Crouch Jr.'s heart, the contingency plan left for him by the adult quickly calmed him down, restored his confidence, and he raised his hand, shouting loudly, "Shadow Demon Blood Hunt!"

Shadow Demon, also known as phantoms, are shadowy, spirit-like beings that can move freely. They hate all light because pure light would expose them and cause them to vanish into nothingness, so they can only live in the shadows.

Shadow Demon prefer to lurk in the shadows, quietly waiting for their prey. In dark areas, they are difficult to spot, and as spirits, they are not afraid of any physical attacks and can pass through solid objects at will. In dark, unlit labyrinths, they are the most dangerous Killer.

Shadow Demon are merely phantoms, lacking eyes, noses, ears, and other organs. Therefore, unlike ordinary creatures, they do not use sight, smell, or hearing as hunting tools. Their hunting method is called "blood hunting," which, as the name suggests, involves a special perception of living beings with fresh blood.

Skylar's invisibility magic had reached a level of near perfection, leaving no trace, no sound, and no smell, yet it still couldn't escape the Shadow Demon's perception!

Strangely, the Shadow Demon did not launch a fierce hunt; instead, it moved around the area continuously, and for a moment, Black Shadow shadows loomed over the hedges.

"What's going on? Even you can't find any trace of him?" This time, Barty Crouch Jr. was genuinely panicked.

Without time to think further, he alertly unleashed a barrage of offensive spells in all directions, like a machine gun, but every single one struck the hedge, shattering the dense thorns and branches into pieces scattered all over the ground.

Fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. How could this be? He vanished in an instant, that was bad enough; the alchemical prosthetic eye couldn't see him, that was bad enough; the Shadow Demon Blood Hunt couldn't find him, that was bad enough; but now, all his indiscriminate attacks had missed? Could his invisibility magic possibly nullify physical attacks? Does such overpowered magic really exist?

Just as he was trying to figure it out, his frequent spellcasting also made him somewhat tired. He took a breath, and his hand paused for a mere tenth of a second while casting the spell, and then something horrifying happened—

A flash of red light, and his wand suddenly exploded, blasting him far into the air before he crashed heavily to the ground.

He looked up at the sky, unwilling to give up.

Skylar's figure slowly emerged in the air, about ten feet above the ground.

He was standing on two swirling vortexes of wind, like two tilted windmills, emitting a low whistling sound.

His Night Star Cloak fluttered in the wind behind him, making a rustling sound and accentuating his heroic and extraordinary figure, like a god descending to earth.

His eyes were so cold, and he looked down at me with his wand pointed at me. Barty Crouch Jr. had no doubt that he could end my life in an instant without any mercy.

"Damn it... you can fly?" Barty Crouch Jr. rubbed his burning chest, certain that at least half of his ribs were broken. "Cough, cough, cough..." He forced back the pain, spitting out a mouthful of blood. "You... you can actually fly..."

Barty Crouch Jr. Crouch Jr. never imagined that Skylar would know about Unsupported Flight. The principle of Unsupported Flight Wandless Magic, but the difficulty is worlds apart. When learning Wandless Magic, wizards can start with simple, easy, and harmless Lumos, and even if they fail, it's not a big deal.

Unsupported Flight is entirely different. After casting a flight spell on oneself and ascending into the air, the wizard must rely entirely on their mind to control the movements of their entire body in mid-air. If they make a mistake in control or become distracted, the consequences could be disastrous.

Falling from a great height and breaking bones is probably the least of your worries. More seriously, you could lose control and fly out of the atmosphere, or even soar across an entire country or continent. It's even possible you could end up in a forbidden area protected by magic or guarded by monsters...

This shows that learning to Unsupported Flight is extremely dangerous. This is why, throughout the entire original work, only Voldemort, and his disciples Snape and Quirrell, were able to do it.

Barty Crouch Jr. would never believe that Skylar didn't receive direct instruction from Voldemort and instead Unsupported Flight on his own.

Snape! You traitor!