Hogwarts: I'm the only cultivator here!

"Stop it! We absolutely cannot let it get close to the competition items!" The fishmen, who mistakenly thought the big fish was there to cause trouble, were frantic as they watched it get closer and closer to the competition items. They frantically sniped at the big fish, trying to stop it.

But the one controlling this fish... is Ye Feng!

Chapter 285 Ye Feng Will Die If He Doesn't Cause Trouble

Fish, such a big fish, a tiger shark, a latte net... cough cough, wrong movie set.

Under Ye Feng's skillful control, the big fish moved like a runaway horse, ignoring all kinds of magic and terrain, and its direction and speed were completely unpredictable.

Often, the unknown is the most terrifying thing, because the unknown represents uncontrollability, and uncontrollability can often lead to very serious consequences.

Right now, the giant fish controlled by Ye Feng is in this state, and like a dump truck without brakes, it is rushing forward wildly, and soon it is only thirty or forty meters away from the things used for the competition.

Although the fish-men in the Black Lake have no subordinate relationship with Hogwarts, there's a saying that goes, "Heaven is too far away, but beauty... cough cough... that thing is too close."

The entire Black Lake is within Hogwarts' sphere of influence. If the fishmen are strong enough or Hogwarts is weak enough, the fishmen can indeed completely ignore it and even prevent the Triwizard Tournament from being held in the Black Lake.

Unfortunately, the fish-men don't have that kind of power, while Hogwarts... the current Hogwarts can be said to be the most powerful in the entire history of Hogwarts, without exception.

Therefore, when Hogwarts wanted to hold the second match of the Triwizard Tournament at the Black Lake, the fish-men not only dared not utter a word, but also had to ensure that the students would not have any problems during the match.

Yes, Hogwarts did not require the merfolk to guarantee the students' safety, but the merfolk dared not completely ignore the situation and let anything happen to these people in the Black Lake.

The reason is simple: if something unexpected really happens, Hogwarts might not say anything on the surface, but they will definitely feel uncomfortable inside.

Normally, they wouldn't deliberately seek revenge, but people always have bad days. If they remember this when they're in a bad mood, they don't need to do much; just casually casting a few spells at the Black Lake to vent their anger will be enough to make them suffer.

So when the fishman saw the big fish rushing straight for the 'props' used in the competition, his eyes turned red with anxiety.

"Stop it!"

"We can't stop it! Just use the talisman to smash it!"

"That's too late…"

"There's still time! Quickly use the swapping talisman to exchange those items. We absolutely cannot let anything happen to those things!"

……

Urgent shouts rang out in the water, and just as they took out talismans intending to use their power to completely destroy the giant fish, Lu Yujia finally returned.

"Watch out! Don't use powerful magic, or someone will get swallowed by a fish!"

The moment Lu Yujia spoke, almost all the fishmen turned to look at him. The fishman who wanted to use the talisman to smash the big fish was so frightened that his hand trembled and he threw the talisman away.

Fortunately, the talisman in his hand hadn't been activated yet, otherwise things would have been much more complicated, because what he was holding was... a thunder talisman.

As we all know, water is a conductor under normal circumstances, but lightning…

Fortunately, Lu Yujia shouted, otherwise, without anyone else lifting a finger, that one lightning talisman would have wiped out the entire team.

Ye Feng, taking advantage of the moment Lu Yujia shouted, controlled the big fish to instantly dart past the competition equipment tied with ropes.

As Ye Feng swept past, all five items used in the competition were instantly swept away, plunging the fishman, who had already turned back to think about how to 'rescue' Ye Feng, back into a deathly silence.

First, that one was swallowed by the big fish, and then all five items used in the competition were lost. If Dumbledore finds out, the fish-men of the Black Lake are doomed.

"Quick, chase after it! We absolutely can't let it get away!!!"

A second or two later, some of the fishmen finally reacted, and at that moment Ye Feng was looking at the few 'props' in his hand with a bright smile.

Just kidding. Since Ye Feng participated in the competition and was the first person to discover and come here, how could he possibly only take his own things?

"It's really boring to just find a few inanimate objects that are all placed together and won't move. It doesn't demonstrate any personal magical skill or theoretical knowledge. Let me revise it for you."

As he murmured, points of light appeared in Ye Feng's hand, and then a palm-sized fish, glowing with tiny fluorescent spots and bearing a pair of glasses on its body, swam swiftly out of the large fish's mouth.

After the small fish swam out of the big fish's mouth, it rushed towards the surface of the water at top speed. As it rushed towards the surface, the light on the fish suddenly became incredibly bright, illuminating an area of ​​several meters around as if it were midday under the blazing sun.

However, this bright light came and went quickly, disappearing after only two seconds and returning to its faint fluorescent state, only to light up again after ten seconds.

Then, the Hogwarts teachers and students on the lake saw that the originally dark lake bottom suddenly burst into a dazzling light, and the light source was rushing towards the surface of the water at an extremely fast speed.

As the light from the little fish began to fade, before it could shine again, it broke through the lake's surface and leaped onto the water, allowing the people on the lake to see clearly what was glowing.

Everyone was stunned to see that the thing emitting such a strong light was just a small fish the size of a palm, and they were even more shocked when they saw the 'patterns' on the fish.

"Oh my god! The pattern on this fish looks exactly like Harry's glasses!"

"Hey, now that you mention it, it does seem to be true."

"Wait, there's light coming from the water again. Are more of those fish swimming up?"

"Do you think the next fish will also have patterns on its body? If so, will it resemble something else?"

"I think it's very possible. Maybe the pattern on this fish is the same as what the five people participating in the Triwizard Tournament need to find. The purpose is to guide them in case they can't find it."

Dumbledore: ...

(；￣д￣)

While others didn't notice, he and Professor McGonagall did.

That wasn't the guide fish Harry and his friends were looking for. The fish they just saw was exactly what they were looking for, only it had been transformed into a fish using transfiguration.

Dumbledore: ε=(?ο｀*))) Sigh~

"It seems the results are in. Ye Feng is the winner of this round of the competition."

Upon hearing Dumbledore's words, the headmistress of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, who was currently engaged in a heated exchange with Hagrid, immediately looked puzzled and asked, "Why do you say that, Headmistress Dumbledore? There's still some time before the end of the competition, and no one has returned yet."

Hearing the female giant headmistress's words, Dumbledore sighed slightly and replied, "If I'm not mistaken, these fish that are swimming towards the surface of the lake, showing themselves off, and then diving back into the lake are what they are looking for, but they have been transformed by a shapeshifter."

“This was not my original plan. The fishmen would never do such a thing, so only the first contestant to find them would do it.”

"Among these contestants, there is only one who would do such a thing and is capable of doing it to such an extent... Ye Feng."

Chapter 286 The Three Strongest Slacking Off Competition

There's an old saying that goes, "The one who knows you best is often your opponent."

Although Dumbledore was no match for Ye Feng, he was indeed the one who understood Ye Feng best in the entire Hogwarts. As the headmaster, if even he didn't understand his student, then Hogwarts was doomed.

Because he knew Ye Feng well, Dumbledore immediately figured out who had done it, and he also roughly guessed why Ye Feng would do it.

If it were someone else, he might have had other ulterior motives for doing this; for example, testing the contestants' adaptability or something.

But the person who did this was Ye Feng, and Ye Feng... he didn't have any deeper meaning at all, he just simply wanted to do it, and that's how he did it.

He might know what the consequences would be, but he wouldn't think about it, because that's just the kind of person he is.

At this moment, Ye Feng, the instigator of this whole affair, was sitting openly on the back of the giant fish, admiring his own creation.

Of course, as Dumbledore said, the champion of this competition has been decided, and Ye Feng is still holding the thing that was taken away from him and used as a prop in the competition.

Of course, it wouldn't be accurate to say he's already the champion, because the competition isn't over yet even after he gets the item. He still has to take it back to the lake and get confirmation from Dumbledore and the other referees.

So although Ye Feng was indeed the first to get his prize, it's not entirely accurate to say he's already the champion. To be precise, he's currently the runner-up.

However, this near-champion doesn't intend to become a real champion, because winning the championship is nothing compared to watching the show in the water and playing with Harry and the others.

Because of this, Ye Feng no longer hid in the big fish's mouth, but instead sat openly on the big fish's back and took out his modified telescope, which could be used day or night, in the air or in the deep sea.

"Hey~ Looks like someone spotted their target. Too bad, they were a little slow. They were just a little short of catching them."

The person Ye Feng was referring to was not Harry, but Cedric, who had also participated in the competition but had been 'missing' for dozens of chapters.

Cedric's reputation at Hogwarts may not be as widespread as Ye Feng's or Harry's, but he is undoubtedly a prominent figure there, especially among the older students, where he is widely known and praised.

In short, Cedric was a leader among the upperclassmen, and his strength was among the top even among students who were about to graduate.

Therefore, although he was overshadowed by Ye Feng and Harry after the competition, and it seemed as if he hadn't participated at all, he actually worked hard and used all his means to try to achieve better results.

It's fair to say that, apart from Ye Feng, Cedric is the strongest in the Triwizard Tournament. Even Harry, who follows Ye Feng around all day, is far inferior.

That is why, although Cedric appears to have disappeared without a trace, his overall ranking is actually only second to Ye Feng.

However, because everyone else's attention was drawn to Yu Yefeng or Harry, they didn't notice this at all, which gave Cedric ample time to 'develop'.

It was precisely because he had always been grounded and had a solid foundation, and had made sufficient preparations beforehand, that when Ye Feng released those fish that had been transformed from competition props, Cedric was the first to notice and immediately sensed the abnormality and attempted to capture them.

Unfortunately, although his strength was already very high, even comparable to that of the former Hogwarts professors, these fish were created by Ye Feng.

Even though Ye Feng just casually put together these fish without carefully 'refining' them, they are not so easy to catch.

The reason is simple: after Ye Feng used his shapeshifting magic to turn them into fish, he also added a few tiny buffs to them. These buffs include, but are not limited to, instant acceleration, random teleportation within five meters, magic reduction, super strength, and all-around unobstructed vision within five meters.

Of course, Ye Feng is not some kind of devil.

Although these little fish have quite a few buffs, each buff has a limited activation time, and after being activated once, they can only be used again after all the skills have been used in a round, and there is a one-minute interval.

Although it may seem a bit too beastly, as long as they are careful enough, patient enough, have a little bit of the ability to seize the opportunity, and a bit of luck, it is not impossible to catch them on the first try.

Take Furong for example, right now.

"Fleur?"

Ye Feng:!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

Watching the fish that had willingly "thrown itself into" Furong's arms in the distance, Ye Feng fell into deep thought.

o(?^｀)o

"Could there be something wrong with my Transfiguration spell? Or is Hibiscus's charm just too strong, able to bewitch even an inanimate object under a Transfiguration spell?"

As soon as Ye Feng finished speaking, the fish in Fu Rong's hand flashed with light and disappeared. When it reappeared, it was already five meters in front of her, and after appearing, it instantly turned into a streak of light and quickly disappeared into the distance.

"Tsk tsk tsk, he's still young and inexperienced. Who doesn't put a fish basket or a fish catcher after catching a fish?" Seeing the fish that had been caught escape, Ye Feng's face finally broke into a smile again.

Furong was stunned for a moment because she hadn't expected the fish she had caught to escape. By the time she came to her senses, the fish had already disappeared.

"That fish we just saw...could it be the one we're looking for?"

After a moment of stunned silence, Furong came to her senses. When she saw the dazzling light burst forth again in the distance and counted the light sources around her, finding that there were four in total, she was pretty sure of her idea.

Realizing this, Fleur was extremely annoyed. She immediately swam as fast as she could in the direction the fish had left, and then she saw Cedric, who was also trying to catch a fish with a different pattern on its body.

Seeing Cedric, Fleur became even more certain of her idea. Cedric simply nodded and greeted Fleur before continuing to think of a way to catch the fish.

The moment Cedric saw the fish, he knew it must be Ye Feng's doing. And anything Ye Feng made, even if it was just a small gadget he casually put together, would not be simple.

Moreover, he had just tried it, so he knew very well that this seemingly just glowing little fish was not so easy to catch.

A dozen minutes later, underwater in Black Lake…