Hypergravity Domain
Skylar frowned—his keen combat instincts quickly alerted him to the strangeness of these Inferius.
Unlike the overpowered protagonists of my past life who secluded themselves to study magic and eventually became masters, Skylar was a true, battle-hardened expert. On the surface, everyone believed he had defeated Gallup, Harry, the Basilisk, and Fire Dragon, but what they didn't know was—
Skylar had defeated Lupin in his Werewolf form, fought against the Shadow of the Magic Dragon led by Lockhart, destroyed an entire Acromantula's lair, defeated the combined forces of the Ghosts Society and the heirs of the Defar family at the bottom of the lake, and also defeated Armand II, a quasi-magician, and the pirate king Barbarossa...
These rich combat experiences shaped his unique and keen intuition on the battlefield, and he always trusted his intuition.
As is well known, the greatest weakness of the Inferius lies in its fear of fire. Therefore, although it is powerful, it is not considered a particularly troublesome opponent in the eyes of experienced wizards.
At this moment, Skylar had just crushed Voldemort in the battle of the Fiendfyre Curse; the black Fiendfyre had devoured the blue Fire Snake and was gradually transforming into its final Fiendfyre form.
Fiendfyre Blaze.
Once Fiendfyre Blaze shape, even if the number of Inferius on the field increases ten or twenty times, it still won't be enough to Fiendfyre Blaze's hunger.
So here's the question: Voldemort, as an expert on Inferius, couldn't have been unaware of this, so why did he summon Inferius at all?
A shrewd glint flashed in Skylar's eyes. He planted his wand in the ground, and the Fiendfyre, which was shifting and changing, gradually contracted and finally vanished.
Yes, to avoid a disastrous outcome, Skylar, who always prioritized caution, decided to extinguish the Fiendfyre first, lest the Fiendfyre accidentally affect the Inferius and cause any adverse effects on him.
Voldemort was completely taken aback that this seemingly young boy could see through his scheme so quickly, and a hint of surprise crossed his face. He quickly composed himself and commanded the Inferius to accelerate their charge towards Skylar.
Before figuring out what Voldemort was up to, Skylar dared not attack the Inferius. After a moment's thought, he made up his mind—
Since Voldemort had sent the Inferius charging at him, it was clear that whatever their Inferius, they needed to get close to him to trigger it. His battlefield instincts told him that whatever the enemy wanted to do, it was always right to make the situation develop in the opposite direction.
"Dark Lord, I've seen through your scheme—" Skylar laughed heartily, "Watch how I thwart your plan!"
"Hurricane Repel Foes!" Schelling this wind-based spell, which he had modified from the Wind-Spinning Vortex Curse, Skylar elegantly waved his wand. Threads of wind emerged from the tip of the wand, dancing up and down with his gesture, slowly forming a circular tornado centered on him.
The tornado wasn't particularly powerful, but it somehow managed to stop the Inferius from taking another step forward. It could only roar in place, waving its pale, withered hands...
Voldemort hissed in Parseltongue, hissing in a cold, harsh tone.
He didn't know that Skylar also understood Parseltongue. The phrase probably meant something like "dance with the dead." Although he didn't know the exact meaning, it wasn't hard to guess that it was likely some kind of Dark Arts spell.
Sure enough, the black mist snakes swirling around the Inferius all slithered into their nostrils, eyes, ears, and mouths. The Inferius seemed to suddenly gain some mysterious power, no longer hindered by the wind, and continued striding towards Skylar.
The plan to use the hurricane to drive away the Inferius failed, but Skylar showed no sign of panic.
"I knew it!" Skylar chuckled, then said leisurely, "The tactics you laid out on the Inferius were far too obvious, weren't they? You went to great lengths to try and get them close to me. If I still couldn't see through your scheme, I'd be a complete idiot..."
Skylar a light leap, two whirlwinds sprouted from beneath his feet, and he took flight. With him in mid-air, the Inferius that could only thrash about on the ground posed no further threat.
"You can fly?" Voldemort's voice was chillingly cold. The magical technique of Unsupported Flight had always been one of his trump cards. When Skylar suddenly used it, his first thought was—that Death Eaters he had once favored, Snape, had truly betrayed him.
"Oh no!" Voldemort suddenly realized something terrible.
Now that Skylar is already airborne, even if all the Inferius explode at the same time, they probably won't be able to harm him in the slightest. On the contrary, if he takes this opportunity to attack the Inferius...
Voldemort leaped into the air, intending to use his Unsupported Flight technique like Skylar's, to restrain and block Skylar from attacking the Inferius, and at least buy the Death Eaters time to retreat. After Avery's death, he had fewer than ten Death Eaters left who could serve him. To him, every Death Eaters who was still openly loyal to him, even those who were half-hearted like Selwyn, were invaluable.
"This..." Voldemort opened his mouth, but this time he was truly, truly shocked and speechless.
Just as he leaped, he seemed to see Skylar's palm gently press down, and suddenly it felt as if a mountain was on his back. His feet had just left the ground when he was pulled back down by an extremely strong force of gravity.
He didn't understand what had happened yet, and just subconsciously looked around.
But what he saw almost made his eyes pop out. More than twenty Inferius and nine Death Eaters in black robes were all lying face down on the ground, as if they were being pressed down by an invisible mountain, their backs to the sky and their faces down.
Although we can't see the expressions on the Death Eaters' faces, their trembling fingers clearly show the pain and torment they are experiencing.
Voldemort strained to look up in Skylar's direction, finding it difficult to describe his feelings at that moment in words.
Although he wasn't lying flat on the ground like the others, he found that it was more than ten times harder than usual to use any muscle in his body to exert force. It was as if one, no, more than a dozen invisible giant hands were extending from the ground and pressing down on him, trying to force him to the ground.
He unleashed all his magical power, and as if sensing the invisible pressure on his body ease slightly, he managed to force his mouth open and say with difficulty, "What kind of magic is this...?"
"Levitation Charm." Faced with Voldemort's sincere request for instruction, Skylar chose to answer honestly.
"You son of a bitch!" Voldemort cursed a thousand times in his mind—this spell had almost subdued him, its power rivaling even Dumbledore's Water Prison spell. Such a domineering spell, and you're telling me it's Levitation Charm? Even if you're just making fun of me, you can't be this exaggerated!
"Look at how angry you are, you don't think I'm making fun of you, do you?" Skylar chuckled. "Everyone says you, the Dark Lord, are outdated, and you don't believe it?"
"This spell is indeed the Levitation Charm —don't forget, ultimately, the Levitation Charm is just the most basic derivative spell in gravity magic—" Skylar's eyes became incredibly sharp and confident, "My Lord Dark Lord, you shouldn't be unfamiliar with these principles. Think back to when you deduced your own Unsupported Flight magic technique from the principles of the Levitation Charm; how brilliant you were back then!"
"However, in your pursuit of immortality, your obsession with power has made you completely forget, or more accurately, neglect—you've neglected these theoretical concepts that should only be at a basic level," Skylar spoke eloquently. "To be honest, I already used an advanced version of the Levitation Charm in my second year. I named it the 'Thousand-Pound Drop Curse,' and I even used it to defeat Lestrange, who was a year older than me..."
"As the name suggests, the principle behind the 'Thousand-Pound Drop Curse' is actually to use Levitation Charm to make the target rise rapidly into the air, and then use the reverse effect of the Levitation Charm to make the target fall heavily to the ground..."
"For a long time, this spell was one of my Killer cards..." Skylar's face still held that calm and collected smile, "until, by a twist of fate, I created this particular spell—"
"Hypergravity Domain."