Volume 5: The Burning Golden Flame Chapter 393: Under the Black Lake
For a moment, Jon and the other three were all standing on the ice of the Black Lake.
Each of them was still wearing a thick robe, and there was unmelted snow everywhere around them. The cold wind blew their hair.
The four people did not stand together, but stood separately. After Jon came to the ice, he did not take any action first, but turned his head to look at Emil and the others.
Obviously, Emil and Draco had discussed this beforehand. Although they were not standing together, their wands were pointed at the same piece of ice and they cast spells.
The only difference is that Emil used the Shattering Spell, while Draco used the Disintegrating Spell.
In comparison, the Crushing Curse is of course the fastest at destroying the ice surface, but it's not that Draco doesn't want to use it, but he is only in the fourth grade this year, and he doesn't know the Crushing Curse, an advanced spell that only sixth graders can learn...
With their combined efforts, a hole appeared on the ice, but it had not yet completely connected to the lake.
After observing Emil and the others casting spells, Jon did not stop. He turned his head and looked at Diane, then nodded. He then held the magic wand in both hands and pointed it at the ice surface five meters in front of him.
His strange way of holding the stick attracted the attention of many people present, but the next moment, a huge explosion shook everyone's ears!
"Thunderbolt explosion."
“Boom!”
A dazzling flame suddenly lit up in the direction where Jon's staff tip was pointing, and the deafening roar made the students, who were unable to react at all, scream in fear.
The entire ice surface of the Black Lake began to tremble, and countless pieces of ice turned into snowflake-like debris in the huge explosion, flying around Jon.
This blasting spell not only blew through the ice layer directly, but also the cold lake water rushed up into the sky, leaping to a height of more than two meters, and finally splashed back onto the cracked ice surface!
Draco and Emil were the closest to John. Before the explosion spell sounded, they were still using spells to destroy the ice. The sudden loud noise caught both of them off guard and they almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, John did not target them when he cast the spell, otherwise there would be no need to continue the game, and Dumbledore certainly could not be considered the winner, because John had seriously violated the blood oath made by Dumbledore.
Soon the reporters around reacted and they pressed the shutter buttons at an incredible speed. John's blasting spell would have a lot to say in tomorrow's news.
After successfully breaking the ice, John did not stop. He immediately used the body-soaking spell that Rosier had taught him and Daisy before.
Immediately, his entire body was wrapped in a transparent bubble. This spell was an enhanced version of the Bubble Head Spell, similar to the relationship between the Universal Protection and the Armor of Armor, from surrounding the head to covering the whole body.
Daisy used the same spell as Jon, and then Jon jumped into the cold water of the Black Lake, followed by Daisy.
The two's breathing underwater can be guaranteed by the soaking spell, and the fragments of fire ash snake eggs prepared at the beginning can ensure that their body temperature will not be affected by the lake water.
Soon the lake returned to calm, leaving only Draco and Emil with gloomy faces looking at the big ice hole that Jon had exploded.
Emil stared at the ice hole that calmed down again after John jumped into the water with a conflicted look on his face, but in the end he continued to use the crushing spell on the ice hole that had not yet been broken without hesitation.
Many students around saw this scene, and Cedric was also watching.
He was actually thinking that the design of the Triwizard Tournament was too complicated. If the three competition events were designed as three duels from the beginning, the competition would be over quickly and would not have to span a whole year.
"Why didn't Lestrange and Malfoy go directly through the ice hole that Green blew out? Why did they have to dig a hole here by themselves?"
A student next to him asked this question in confusion.
Cedric said softly.
"Remember how Malfoy was eliminated in the first game? It wasn't that they didn't want to, but they were afraid that Green and Rozier would be waiting underwater, waiting for them to jump in, and then they would just do it and eliminate both of them before they even started."
Cedric's answer answered the questions of many people around him, which made these mixed-race students curl their lips. Although they didn't say it directly because of the presence of the professor, they still felt embarrassed.
Finally, with the efforts of Draco and Emile, they successfully opened a hole that could lead to the lake.
The two did not stop and ate the fish gill grass immediately. Then they cast a spell on their bodies that seemed to keep them warm and protected from the cold. Finally, they jumped into the cold water of the Black Lake.
When they jumped in, they had a disguised sense of relief. Neither of them had very thick skins. Under the gaze of so many people just now, there was such a sharp contrast between them and Jon. No one could bear it.
As they entered the water, they could clearly feel the cold lake water stimulating their skin, but the anti-cold spell they had used beforehand soon took effect, helping them resist the cold and protect the heat in their bodies, allowing them to feel as comfortable as soaking in warm water even after taking off their thick robes.
After entering the water, Emil did not slack off. He immediately raised the wand in his hand and looked around alertly, in case the despicable John had not gone far and was still ambushing near the cave they had dug.
But in fact, Jon had no interest in ambushing them.
Entering the Black Lake openly like this, his mission was not just to compete. In addition, he had already gained enough advantages in the first event, so he actually didn't want to do anything to Emil and Draco.
After entering the lake with Diane, he gestured and the two separated here. Diane mainly focused on completing the competition, while Jon dived straight into the bottom of the lake.
The Black Lake is very large and the water is very deep. The deepest part is about forty to fifty meters away from the lake surface. It took Jon nearly ten minutes to step on the soft mud at the bottom of the lake.
He looked around, determined the southwest direction, and then moved forward in this direction along the bottom of the lake.
After entering the lake, his first goal was to check whether there were any mermaids in the lake.
