Encirclement and Escape

"Albus Dumbledore, what are you doing here?" Grindelwald looked at the reddish-brown wizard in front of him with a complicated expression and softly uttered his name.

Dumbledore slowly revealed a smile, looked at him, and said, "Gellert, now that you're here, why don't you stay?"

The next moment, multiple golden halos lit up in the Rosier family courtyard, and one by one, members of the Order of the Phoenix, including Newt, Theseus, Flamel, and Hicks, stepped out from the Dimensional Gate.

Kama, who was originally standing at the edge of the hall, paused for a moment upon seeing this, then stepped forward and stood next to Theseus, joining everyone else in forming a circle around Grindelwald.

Seeing the rapidly deteriorating situation, Grindelwald raised an eyebrow.

"It looks like you've also set up Anti-Disapparition Jinx?" he asked.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Grindelwald," said the clone of Xiwen. "I really have no confidence in confronting you head-on, so I had to contact Dumbledore in advance and have him bring the Order of the Order of the Phoenix to seize this rare opportunity."

As the clone spoke, Xiwen, who had been regarded as the original body, suddenly disappeared from the spot, leaving only the "clone" behind.

"I see, it's Time-Turner." Grindelwald nodded in understanding.

In fact, as soon as Xiwen saw Grindelwald's arrival, he used his instant perception ability as Soul Body to transmit this important message to another version of himself.

As for the fact that the power of time might prevent the Young Wizard Xiwen from perceiving the Ghost Xiwen, it's not a significant issue. Xiwen only needs to travel through time with both his physical and Soul Body, and then swap the Soul Body within the two bodies to freely exchange and share information between them.

That's how the news about Grindelwald was passed on.

Therefore, Dumbledore used this opportunity to set up a grand scheme, calling up all the members of the Order of the Phoenix. He had Xiwen open the Dimensional Gate and used his two bodies, one before and one after using the Time-Turner, to hold off Grindelwald, allowing the members to quickly set up Anti-Disapparition Jinx around the Rosier family.

Once everything was ready, the members appeared together at the manor, surrounding Grindelwald within the Rosier family's estate, hoping to completely eliminate the trouble caused by this Dark Lord.

Looking at the familiar faces gathered around him, Grindelwald realized that he had probably fallen into a trap. But his expression remained arrogant, as if he didn't take these highly capable wizards seriously.

He only had eyes for Dumbledore!

In an instant, dark blue flames rose from beneath Grindelwald's feet, the blazing fire scorching the heavens and earth, recklessly expanding its claws, seemingly intent on engulfing the entire manor under its fiery dominion.

The bluish-black flames transformed into several dark monsters, which began to surge outward from the weakest point of the flames. Their scorching and powerful aura made everyone around them afraid to approach, and even resisting them was difficult.

"You all step aside, I'll take Fire Shield Protection!" Dumbledore said softly, looking at the dark blue flames.

He waved his wand forcefully, conjuring a golden-red Flame Storm out of thin air. One after another, fiery balls danced in the air, and the intense heat melted away all the fine snowflakes. Yellow and Winky tongues of fire flourished, propelling the flames higher and higher, gradually forming a force that rivaled the blue-black flames.

The two flames were completely different colors, and after they came into contact with each other, they showed no sign of wanting to merge. Instead, they seemed to be two substances that were as different as fire and water and could not coexist, intertwined with each other, forming a magnificent battle between dragons and tigers!

The surrounding wizards had no chance to intervene, and could only occasionally cast a couple of spells, but those spells were useless. They were annihilated by the blue-black flames before they could even touch Grindelwald.

Just as the two flames of different colors were locked in a fierce struggle, Grindelwald looked at Dumbledore and said, "Albus, are you already prepared for a final duel with me?"

"Why not?" Dumbledore said solemnly.

At the same time, he swung his wand fiercely, pushing the flames back a distance once more.

"But I'm not prepared to fight you so soon, Albus!" Grindelwald retorted, waving his wand to force Dumbledore's Flame Storm back slightly.

"Do you really think you can escape now that you're in this situation?" Dumbledore frowned.

"Of course," Grindelwald chuckled. "I learned that from Mr. Rozier too. Who says the Anti-Disapparition Jinx is foolproof?"

The next moment, a stunningly beautiful brown-haired witch suddenly appeared within Grindelwald's blue-black flames, holding the arm of a House-Elf in her hand.

"Oh no! The House-Elf's Apparition isn't covered by the wizard's Anti-Disapparition Jinx!" Theseus shouted to Dumbledore as he saw the House-elf in the flames. "Grindelwald is trying to escape!"

Dumbledore, his face grave, waved his hand, unleashing a ripple that disrupted space. However, Grindelwald countered with the same ripple, colliding with Dumbledore's space-disrupting wave, and both vanished into nothingness.

Then, led by the House-Elf, with a "bang," Grindelwald and Vida disappeared together in the very center of the blue-black flames.

Although Grindelwald was gone, the towering blue-black flames continued to burn fiercely, as if they would never go out.

Flamel gazed at the flames with a nostalgic expression, then took small steps to its vicinity and instructed the surrounding wizards to recite General Counter-Spell to extinguish the fire completely.

"Finite!"

As everyone planted their wands in the open space outside Xiwen's room, a huge light screen rose up, vaguely resembling what it looked like twelve years ago.

With everyone working together, the countless Troll formed from flames in the sky were suppressed by the breaking spell, shrinking down and finally dissipating into specks of light.

Dumbledore looked up and saw the fine snowflakes falling from the sky, then seemed to remember something.

"Merry Christmas, everyone!" he winked at the people standing in the Rosier family courtyard and began to speak.

"I'm so sorry to have you all working overtime on Christmas Day. Since it's still before morning, maybe you can go back and get some sleep!"