"—Salazar!"
A rough, muffled voice echoed through the Chamber of Secrets, then surged into the sky through the cracks splitting Hogwarts Castle, shooting straight into the clouds.
Empowered by the sound wave, the swirling black clouds began spinning much faster, while the rain threads linking the clouds and the statue grew thicker and darker.
More and more magical power was pouring down from the sky.
The thought had barely crossed Zheng Qing's mind.
When the dim Chamber of Secrets suddenly lit up.
Salazar Slytherin's statue opened its eyes—orange-yellow eyes with long, narrow vertical snake pupils. The instant they opened, everyone caught in its gaze suffered an erasure at the level of rules. Any being below the rank of Archwizard would immediately die beneath those orange-yellow eyes.
Yellow Flower Cat immediately unleashed its legendary thought, helping Zheng Qing stabilize the "bubble" around them. The other legends from First University made no unnecessary movements; the thoughts floating above their heads simply grew brighter, blooming with more seven-colored radiance that unfurled and hung down, blocking Salazar's gaze.
Only Reinhardt.
His barrier could only filter out part of the power of Salazar's eyes—just like the young wizards who had not looked directly into the basilisk's eyes in the correct Timeline—and the other members of the Oceania Team were instantly petrified.
"—You're courting death!"
Reinhardt, always courteous and refined, let out a low roar. His aura surged, and his entire body lit up like a small sun, radiating an astonishingly immense presence.
The light and aura appeared and vanished in an instant. Once the glow faded, Zheng Qing realized that Reinhardt had somehow donned a brilliant suit of golden armor. It was covered in patterns resembling fiery manes, while the lines of its shoulder and chest plates were taut and powerful. The chest plate bore