Infinite Horror: The Strongest Zhongzhou Team

Seeing Hermione's probing gaze, Ron quickly waved his hand and said with a serious expression:

"I don't think so. I have absolutely no interest in gambling."

"I'd rather spend this time reading more books."

"Yes, it's reading books."

Upon hearing this, Hermione looked at Harry and Ron not far away with a strange expression.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that the two people she met today were particularly strange.

It was as if she was being kept in the dark about something.

Hermione's gaze made Harry and Ron feel guilty.

If Cheng Xiao knew Hermione's thoughts, he would definitely be amazed at how terrifying a woman's fifth sense is.

"Sir, one against ten, is that Hibiscus?"

"OK!"

"Cedric the athlete? 100 Galleons? Are you sure, sir?"
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"It seems George and his team are doing well; quite a few people have already placed bets in this short time."

"Should Harry bet on himself to win?"

Hearing Cheng Xiao's teasing words, a nervous Harry didn't say anything and just kept shaking his head.

Ron and Hermione, seeing this, comforted him, saying:
"Relax, Harry, believe in yourself, you can do it!"

"It's Harry. You know, you helped the Irish national team win the World Cup, and of course, me too."

After Ron finished showing off, he was about to say something when Ginny pushed him off the other side with her butt.

Looking at Ginny, who had grown into a young woman, standing in front of her.

For some reason, Harry suddenly saw the image of a little girl.

Then, for no apparent reason, her cheeks turned red.

Hermione and Ginny were both stunned by this bizarre scene, but Cheng Xiao, who knew why, burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, interesting, very interesting!"

“Ginny, Harry is definitely thinking about you when you were little…”

Before Cheng Xiao could finish speaking, Harry hugged Cheng Xiao and left the audience.

He waved behind him and explained:
"Professor McGonagall is calling us. See you after the match!"

He ran out as soon as he finished speaking, afraid that he would be too late to leave.

Ginny's face fell when she realized she hadn't been able to speak to Harry.

He turned around and punched Ron.

The person who was hit looked completely bewildered.

Fortunately, Cheng Xiao and Harry entered the preparation area tent.

The voice of Barty I, Director of the International Ministry of Magic, resounded throughout the arena specially built for the first round of the Goblet of Fire.

"Please note!"

"You are all destined to have a feast for the eyes today!"

After he finished speaking, a series of clear and bright roars resounded throughout the entire arena.

These roars, carrying an inexplicable force, instantly silenced the previously noisy surroundings.

Seeing this, Batty continued:

"The first mission of the Goblet of Fire is extremely dangerous, so please do not leave your seats and do your best to ensure your safety."

"I believe everyone hopes that the next five contestants will be blessed by Lady Luck."

"Now, once the participants are ready, we will begin!"

I heard the voice coming from the magic loudspeaker outside.

Inside the tent, the baby Cheng Xiao patted Harry on the shoulder.

"Relax, how are you feeling now?"

Harry gave a wry smile:

"It doesn't feel good, after all, the best-case scenario is that we'll be fighting a dragon."

Harry looked to the side.

"Senior Cedric, what about you?"

"Ready?"

Cedric, who was holding a wand on the other side, looked over and nodded when he heard himself mentioned.

"It's alright, I just hope I don't draw Dean Dumbledore's Phoenix."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xiao looked over curiously:

"Why do you say that? Logically speaking, shouldn't the fire dragon be more powerful? At least the fire dragon is bigger."

As soon as Cheng Xiao finished speaking, he realized that he had made a mistake, or that he had overlooked something.

Because it's not just Cedric.

Krum at the door and Fleur in the corner both looked over.

Coupled with the slightly strange expressions on their faces, Cheng Xiao already had a bad feeling.

Her face tightened as she asked:
"Um, is there a problem?"

Cedric said:

"I saw Dean Dumbledore's Fawkes once when I enrolled seven years ago."

“It’s huge, much bigger than any dragon I know.”

Cheng Xiao interrupted:

"Wait, no!"

"Isn't Fox the little red-feathered parrot?"

Cedric nodded: "The parrot is Fox, and I'm talking about Fox too."

"As for what happened between them, I have no idea."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xiao was momentarily speechless.

Especially after meeting the gazes of the other people.

Krum, speaking from the corner:
"The phoenix in the Dumbledore family has always been mysterious, and it was just a legend before Dean Albus appeared."

"It wasn't until this person appeared that the phoenix was truly born."

"It's said that he has connections with a powerful dark sorcerer..."

Krum wanted to say something more.

But at that moment, snap!

A flash of white light interrupted him.

"Oh, look at this, what a friendly pre-match chat!"

"Could any of you warriors grant an interview?"

"Or a photo together would be fine too!"

Rita walked in a few days ago with a cameraman.

As he spoke, he took another photo of Cheng Xiao and the other two standing together.

"If anything unexpected happens to you in the first challenge, this photo and interview will definitely go viral."

"By the way, Mr. Krum, I heard that you have the highest win rate outside, so why don't we start with you?"

Krum shifted his gaze from Cheng Xiao and gave Rita, the reporter, an impolite snort.

Then, with his arms crossed and a serious expression, he said:

"Sorry, these are tents for the participants, and reporters like you are not welcome."

Rita smiled sweetly:

"What an unromantic northern man."

As she spoke, she winked in Cheng Xiao's direction and then left with the cameraman very decisively.

Moreover, the two of them acted very cautiously, as if they were afraid of being discovered by someone.

Harry and his friends soon found out the reason.

The tent was pushed open again as soon as the two people went out.

Dumbledore, dressed in a red wizard's robe, rushed in and said:

"Warriors, come over here!"

"The moment that will decide your fate has arrived!"

Dumbledore finished.

The deans of the other two colleges, as well as Director Batty, who had just spoken outside, followed them in.

After Dumbledore stopped, he frowned as he looked at the other entrance where Rita and the other person had disappeared, but he didn't say anything.

Then he opened his arms to Harry and Cedric.

"Five warriors, please come here. The moment you have been waiting for has finally arrived."

"Only the five of you have the chance to enjoy this moment!"

"bring it on!"

Looking at the five people who surrounded him.

"Barty, the bag."

As he spoke, Dumbledore stepped aside.

Director of Magic Barty stepped forward. His expression was solemn as he spoke:
"Contestants, please form a circle around me."

“Miss Delacour, come here. Mr. Krum, and Mr. Potter, Mr. Potter, stand here. Okay, just like that, don’t move.”

As he spoke, he pulled a black bag with the Goblet of Fire symbol from his magic robe.

When the bag was brought out, a grayish-white smoke with a shimmering smell emerged.

The intense heat in the air caused everyone to take a half-step back.

Barty, unfazed, said, "Miss Fleur Delacour, you're the first one. Put your hand in."

Looking at the bottomless black opening of the bag.

Furong looked up at her principal before following Barty's instructions.

When the palm was pulled out of the black bag.

A creature the size of a palm appeared in her palm and was tearing at the silver-white glove on Hibiscus's hand.

Batistuta nodded:

"The Welsh Green Dragon!"

Seeing this, the other warriors finally understood what it meant.

The first round of drawing lots has already begun!

After identifying the opponent.

The headmaster, who possessed giant blood, pulled his students aside, seemingly having some words of advice to give them.

Barty didn't mind and looked at the other person again:

“Mr. Krum, it’s your turn.”

After a while.

"Eastern Fireball Dragon".

“Cedric! Swedish short-nosed dragon.”

"Potter! Hungarian Tree Dragon."

After the first four warriors finished drawing lots, Cheng Xiao took a deep breath.

He looked at the big shots around him with a strange expression.

Because there was something he didn't know whether he should say or not.

But after looking at his own thin arms and legs, Cheng Xiao finally shut his mouth.

He accepted his fate.

As for Batistuta, the official representative, his acting was impeccable; his expression remained completely unchanged.

"Now only one remains, Mr. Cheng Xiao!"

Under the watchful gaze of a powerful figure, Cheng Xiao's lips twitched; he wasn't blind.

If it weren't for the pre-arranged live stream of him eating shit...

The director just arrived and immediately started arranging the positions, and he also seemed to be exchanging glances with the other two principals.

He wouldn't believe there wasn't something wrong with this.

What Cheng Xiao wanted to say at that moment was, actually, if you just gave it to me directly, I wouldn't have any objections.

Why bother with all this formality!

It's simply unnecessary.

Despite his thoughts, Cheng Xiao still reached in.

He understood the principle that when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

And so, a tiny parrot appeared in Cheng Xiao's palm.

After nodding, Batty looked at the five people and gave them his final instructions:

"There are now four real fire dragons and a phoenix on the field outside."

"Each of them is guarding a special golden egg. Your mission is simple: it's not to fight them, but to retrieve the golden egg."

"You have only one goal."

"Remember, warriors, you must obtain the golden eggs, for each golden egg contains a clue to the next level."

"Do you have any other questions?"

Looking at the silent group of Batistuta, he smiled and said:

"Very good, good luck to you warriors."

After saying that, he walked out first, seemingly because he still needed to make some arrangements.

Inside the tent, Dumbledore clapped his hands, breaking the silence and drawing the attention of all five.

"Five of you, once the cannon fires, your matches will begin simultaneously. You'll have a few minutes to rest..."

"Oh!"

After a loud bang,
Everyone in the tent instinctively looked at Mr. Filch, who was holding a torch.

It was too late to back out at that moment, because after the cannon fire, the shell exploded directly after passing through the window at the top.

An image of a trophy amidst flames appeared in the air, followed by a sudden howling sound from outside.

It was obvious to everyone that the Goblet of Fire had begun.

The three headmasters looked at each other, remained silent for a few seconds, and then Dumbledore spoke:
"In that case, warriors, please be careful!"

After Dumbledore finished speaking, the group walked out of the tent.

Afterwards, Cedric, Krum, and Fleur took a deep breath and walked over from the other side of the tent, which was the entrance to the arena.

Cheng Xiao finally came to his senses.

"No. Wait, Harry?"

"What did Dean Dumbledore just say?"

"Start at the same time?"

"The five of us together?"

Cheng Xiao, who was a beat slow to react, saw Harry nod and his expression immediately fell.

He was mentally prepared to be drawn against Fox, but why was the course of the game changed for him?
One person facing one dragon is different from five people facing four dragons and a phoenix!

Harry nodded: "Yes, we started at the same time. Brother Cheng left."

Cheng Xiao murmured:

"No wonder the area looks bigger than in the story. Is this how they do it for the first level?"

Regardless of Cheng Xiao's thoughts, the drastically altered schedule is already a fait accompli.

When Harry lifted the heavy curtain, he instinctively closed his eyes for a moment.

Open your eyes again only after you've adjusted.

What came into view were four fire dragons chained to the spot by huge iron chains.

Just like when they were drawn, except these four are countless times larger than when they were miniature.

Those originally small and cute scales and claws have now become both ferocious and terrifying.

Harry believed that if this thing touched him, he would either die or be crippled.

Not to mention that the four giant dragons were currently spewing out intense, high-temperature flames that swept across the surrounding area.

It seemed to be venting its dissatisfaction at being locked in place.

Hermione and Ron in the audience worriedly said:

"Aren't these separated?"

"Or should we do it one at a time?"

"Isn't this too dangerous? These are all dragons!"

May Harry be safe and sound!

Hermione looked at her strangely: "You and Harry are back together?"

"Of course, no, when have we ever not made up?"

Before Ron could say anything, Ginny reached out and pinched his mouth shut.

"Watch the game carefully."

The area within the huge circular arena is very large.

This is an area with valleys and stone forest landforms.

The four dragons are about 300 meters apart.

Beneath each of their dragons was a radiant golden egg.

Not just the five of them, every viewer could see it clearly.

The problem is that the fifth golden egg is sitting alone on one side, with no trace of the phoenix at all.

Just as Cheng Xiao was pondering this question.

The Swedish short-nosed dinosaur recently spotted the five of them gathered together.

A roar accompanied by a sonic boom suddenly erupted without warning.

The next moment, all five of them smelled a peculiar scent.

Then...

boom! ! !
Flames erupted instantly.

The five warriors were caught off guard by this attack that started with zero frames. (End of Chapter)