Abyss Descends (I) (Thanks to Qilin Perfected Lord for the power-generating support! Thank you!)

Su Yu's words stunned the three children. Hermione lifted her head from Su Yu's arms, confusion flickering in her innocent eyes. Ron's mouth hung open, while Harry's wand remained frozen in midair. The three of them stood there as if they had been hit by a Petrification Curse.

Lockhart's legs, which had been trembling nonstop from fear, finally returned to normal. He straightened up, dusted off his robes, and looked at Su Yu with interest. "Oh? How did you find me out?"

The three children's eyes widened even further. He was admitting it just like that? He really was the culprit? Ron's wand nearly slipped from his hand, and Harry stepped forward, shielding Hermione and Su Yu behind him.

"Eliminate all impossibilities, and whatever remains," Su Yu said, staring at Lockhart, "is the truth!"

Lockhart tilted his head, a half-smile hanging on his lips as he waited for Su Yu to continue.

"Your act was too deliberate, Lockhart. With your cowardly, life-loving personality, there was no way you would have come here." Su Yu spoke with clear disgust. "You make me sick. At first, I thought it was just your personality, but now that we've come this far, I understand—it's the smell of Voldemort on you that I hate."

Harry's mouth went dry, and his voice turned hoarse. "Su Yu, you mean—"

"You still haven't figured it out, Harry?" Hermione poked her head out from Su Yu's arms. "Lockhart opened the Chamber of Secrets. He strangled the school's roosters and wrote threatening messages on the walls. He led Slytherin's Serpent to those four people—and the cat."

Ron's brain was no longer enough to process all this. He stood there as though wisps of white smoke might start rising from his head, muttering, "Why does every Defense Against the Dark Arts professor end up becoming Voldemort's lackey?"

Grindelwald nearly kicked him in the head when he heard that. Ron, if you don't know how to talk, then shut up already...

At that moment, a tall boy with black hair slowly emerged from the darkness, wearing a gentle smile that instinctively made people want to trust him.

Lockhart bent at the waist and saluted him, his posture as respectful as though he were bowing before a king.

Harry stared in shock. "Tom Marvolo Riddle? Why are you here?"

Tom nodded to everyone, but his eyes remained fixed on Harry's face.

Harry watched him. Tom had left Hogwarts fifty years ago, yet he was standing here now, looking no older than sixteen.

"Are you a ghost?" Harry asked uncertainly.

"A memory," Tom said calmly, his voice gentle. "I have existed within this diary for fifty years."

"Oh, Merlin's beard, is there anything more terrifying than this? Memories can come back to life..." Ron really did have a talent for snide remarks. After saying it, he shuddered.

"Are you here to help us?" Harry asked, his eyes utterly sincere.

Lockhart was so angry he laughed. "Can't you see the situation clearly yet, Harry?"

"What?" Harry forced out the word, clenching his fists.

Hermione was nearly convinced Harry was hopelessly stupid.

Su Yu spoke up and interrupted them. "Tom Marvolo Riddle is Voldemort. As for the rest, ask Hermione after you get out of here, you idiot."

Harry's face instantly went pale.

Su Yu then turned to Grindelwald. "Shall we attack together?"

Grindelwald reached up and removed his hat, revealing a head of silver-white hair. The corner of his mouth lifted slightly. "Gladly."

"Then be careful, old man," Su Yu said. "I can feel him constantly gathering the power of hell. Looks like another Voldemort has pledged himself to hell. I just don't know which Lord of Hell it is." As he spoke, he did not forget to glance at Hermione. "Hermione! Lockhart is yours. Be careful!"

"I know! I'm not some decoration!" Hermione flicked her wand and straightened up from Su Yu's arms, stepping in front of Ron and Harry.

A blazing golden-red chakra flame suddenly erupted around Su Yu. The Nine-Tails Cloak instantly covered his body, and violent chakra currents swept outward, blasting every piece of rubble at his feet into the air. His eyes snapped open. Intricate patterns of the Mangekyō Sharingan swirled in his left eye, its tomoe spinning rapidly; his right eye held the pale violet ripples of the Rinnegan, with the power of the Six Paths faintly surging within. The two ocular powers intertwined, allowing him to see every movement of hellish energy around Riddle with absolute clarity. Golden chakra condensed into tangible claws around him, poised to strike.

Beside him, Grindelwald stood tall, his silver hair fluttering slightly in the cold currents. His hands were empty, yet he exuded the calm dominance of a master of dark magic. He merely raised his eyes slightly, his gaze indifferent but filled with unquestionable control. Invisible magical fluctuations around him confronted Riddle from afar, making even the air tremble.

Three ultimate powers collided, producing a piercing tearing sound as faint ripples spread through space itself.

The battle was on the verge of erupting.

Riddle struck first. Free from the restraints of a wand, terrifying hellish energy poured forth at his command. Black-purple energy formed a savage giant claw of hell, carrying heat and corrosive force capable of burning away everything as it seized at the two of them. Wherever it passed, the ground was instantly corroded into black pits, stones hissing and smoking.

Su Yu's gaze sharpened as the Mangekyō Sharingan activated instantly. Genjutsu enveloped Riddle in an instant, attempting to disrupt his control over the energy. At the same time, Su Yu activated Universal Pull, invisible gravitational force violently dragging at the giant hell claw in an attempt to divert its course. Chakra surged beneath the Nine-Tails Cloak, and golden-red light blazed from both his hands as he met it head-on.

The instant Su Yu restrained the giant hell claw, Grindelwald's spell erupted. Several streams of blazing blue fire turned into fiery serpents and coiled around the claw from the side. The moment the three forces collided, a deafening explosion shook the chamber. The shockwave completely toppled the broken walls around them, dust filled the air, and chunks of stone showered down from the ceiling.

Riddle snorted coldly, and hellish energy surged again. Several black-purple energy blades appeared around him, moving at extreme speed as they cut through the smoke and slashed indiscriminately toward the two of them.

Su Yu activated Almighty Push with his Rinnegan. Invisible repulsive force erupted in an instant, knocking away every incoming energy blade. The blades crashed into the walls and blasted out huge pits. At the same time, his Mangekyō Sharingan unleashed the first form of Susanoo, a pale red skeletal frame protecting his body. Nine-Tailed Fox chakra fused with Susanoo as he leaped into the air, slashing viciously at Riddle with chakra claws.

Meanwhile, Grindelwald precisely controlled his magic from behind. Silent binding magic attempted to lock down Riddle's movements, while dark magic and the power of curses silently seeped into the hellish energy, dismantling its corrosive force. His magic was precise and ruthless, every strike targeting flaws in Riddle's energy circulation. Together with Su Yu's ocular techniques and Nine-Tailed Fox power, they formed a perfect pincer attack.

Suppressed by the two working together, Riddle only grew more violent. Hell's energy erupted completely, forming a massive black-purple energy storm around him that howled as it swept across the surroundings, corroding all magic and chakra. He spread his hands, condensing hellish energy into a pitch-black energy sword. With pure hellish power, he swung out sword arcs capable of tearing space itself, clashing endlessly with Su Yu's Susanoo claws and Grindelwald's magic. Every blow made the entire Chamber of Secrets quake. Cracks spread across the stone pillars, and rubble rained down without end.

Su Yu pushed both ocular powers to their limits. The Mangekyō Sharingan's genjutsu continuously disrupted Riddle's mind, creating gaps in his energy control, while the Rinnegan repeatedly unleashed Six Paths Techniques—sometimes pulling with gravity, sometimes blasting away with repulsive force. Golden-red radiance, black-purple hellstorms, and Grindelwald's pale golden magical glow intertwined as the entire Chamber of Secrets teetered on the brink of collapse beneath this earth-shaking battle.

Grindelwald's expression remained calm, but his spells grew faster and faster. Countless magical runes silently appeared in the air, forming a complex magic array as they attempted to seal Riddle's hellish energy. With a slight movement of his fingers, an incomparably sharp Silent Disintegration Curse struck Riddle directly in the shoulder during the instant he was disrupted by Su Yu's ocular techniques. The black-purple hellish energy was instantly torn open, and Riddle's body tilted to one side.

Su Yu seized that fleeting opening. The power of his Rinnegan and Mangekyō Sharingan fused as Nine-Tailed Fox chakra condensed into his strongest strike. A golden-red chakra beam carrying the power of the Six Paths blasted toward Riddle's chest. At the same time, Grindelwald activated a binding spell, locking Riddle firmly in place and preventing him from evading. The three forces collided once more, dazzling light illuminating the entire ruin as the roar continued without end.

Yet before the intense light and thunderous roar had faded, the black-robed figure struck at the center of the ruins did not fall. Instead, a chilling, low sneer echoed out. There was no longer any trace of young Tom Riddle's restraint in that laughter, only the brutality and arrogance of an Abyssal Lord.

The dust filling the sky was suddenly scattered by a violent black-purple current of hellish air. Riddle, once handsome yet sinister, was undergoing a horrifying transformation—his black robes shattered inch by inch, burned into ash by hellish energy. His exposed skin gradually took on an ashen-gray hue of death, while his veins bulged wildly like black vines, winding across his entire body as thick, ink-black power of hell flowed through them.

A pair of enormous black bone wings slowly grew from his back, dark red bloodlight gleaming along their edges. Every flap stirred a freezing wind that seemed capable of tearing flesh apart. A vertical mark split open across his forehead, faintly revealing the crimson glow of hellfire. His lips stretched wider, exposing sharp fangs. No longer was he surrounded by scattered hellish energy; instead, tangible black mist of hell coiled around him, within which a massive phantom churned. His entire body had completely evolved toward the form of a Lord of Hell, his aura more than ten times stronger than before. Space warped ceaselessly beneath this ultimate darkness, even forming tiny spatial cracks. The ground itself began to sink, transforming into scorching, charred earth.

"Lowly ants, and you dare obstruct the path of a god?"

Su Yu narrowed his eyes, staring at those black bone wings and the vertical mark on his forehead. He spoke softly. "This is... Lucifer?"