Hogwarts: This holy light is righteously evil

Marcos and the others also stopped in their tracks, their gazes falling on Puni, somewhat puzzled.

Puni didn't answer immediately, but kept staring intently at the wall, his brows furrowing even more.

His hearing was far more acute than that of ordinary people. While walking, he clearly heard a faint, strange sound coming from the pipes inside the wall.

The voice was obscure and strange, unlike the language of wizards, the speech of Muggles, or the calls of any magical creatures he was familiar with.

He carefully examined the matter for a moment, his expression growing increasingly grave.

The voice was actually snake language!

Puni steadied himself and listened intently again, trying to discern some useful information from the obscure snake language. However, the voice was too weak and intermittent, making it impossible to understand what it was saying. He could only vaguely sense that the tone was somewhat eerie and cold, which made him wary.

"Hungry……"

"Hungry……"

"Hungry……"

These few words of snake language were simple and straightforward, yet they carried a chilling aura. If it were any other wizard, they would be completely unable to distinguish them. Through the thick walls, the snake's hiss and the subtle vibrations of the pipes intertwined, sounding almost indistinguishable from the everyday sound of shoes rubbing against the floor. Ordinary people's ears would automatically filter out this insignificant noise, mixing it with the footsteps and voices in the corridor, and they would not notice anything unusual.

Kopni was different. After eating Voldemort's soul fragment, he could understand Parseltongue, which allowed him to clearly perceive the sound in the pipe and instantly understand its source.

His expression instantly turned serious, and his brows furrowed tightly.

This was not the sound of an ordinary snake, but the sound of the thousand-year-old basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets of Slytherin.

It somehow managed to crawl into the school through the pipes in the castle wall?

Looks like they've come out to find food.

Puni knew that the threat posed by this thousand-year-old basilisk had never appeared out of thin air; it had always been hiding in the Chamber of Secrets in Slytherin and lurking beneath Hogwarts, and had never truly disappeared.

He thought that the basilisk would not be awakened again until Harry Potter was in his second year of school, and that it would appear in the castle to do evil. But in the end, it was always there, just lying dormant and occasionally coming out through the pipes to hunt for food, but it was never discovered by anyone.

What puzzled Puni was that, according to past patterns, if this snake monster was hungry, it should have gone to the Forbidden Forest to hunt for food through its own secret passage. There were enough prey in the Forbidden Forest to satisfy its appetite without easily revealing its presence.

But this time, it acted out of character and crawled into the pipes inside the castle, which was strange.

He carefully recalled the snake language he had just heard. The urgency and hunger in the tone did not seem to be feigned. Could it be that this snake monster was really so hungry that it risked being exposed and crawled into the castle's pipes to find food?

Puni dared not be careless, nor could he be completely certain that this thousand-year-old basilisk would not suddenly break its lurking state and fully reveal itself in Hogwarts Castle.

He knew that the basilisk was incredibly powerful, and its appearance would inevitably cause panic and could even harm the students and teachers in the castle. This unknown threat was more terrifying than any known danger.

However, for Puni, this question didn't require much thought.

The basilisk is at best a consumable item.

The problem is that we don't know the other party's strength.

Can I kill him instantly with a single Holy Light?

"Nothing, just heard some strange noises."

Puni shook his head and continued walking forward.

......

As the bell rang for Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall, carrying a thick parchment folder, strode into the classroom. Her expression was serious. She stood at the front of the class and, without further ado, announced, "Now, we'll put what you've learned over the holidays into practice—transforming one animal into another!"

She paused, then added, her tone less expectant and more guiding: "I don't expect you to be able to transform perfectly, after all, that's still difficult for you. As long as you can complete part of the transformation, such as making a cat grow rabbit ears or a mouse grow a squirrel tail, that will be considered acceptable."

As soon as she finished speaking, Professor McGonagall pointed to an iron cage at the back of the classroom: "Everyone can come to me and get a small animal suitable for the practice. Only one per person, and you must put it back in its place after use."

The students immediately sprang into action.

Marcos was the quickest to move, walking to the iron cage first, picking out a large rat, gently tying it with a rope, and pulling it back to his seat.

The big rat was covered in dust and grime, and it kept making squeaking noises. It looked very slovenly.

Puni and Qiu Zhang sat in adjacent seats. When they saw the large rat that Marcos had brought back, they looked at each other and both showed obvious disgust.

Puni frowned and moved his chair back, afraid that the smell of mice might drift over.

Qiu Zhang also frowned slightly.

This mouse is so ugly.

The two went to find two baby hamsters, and suddenly they looked much better.

Puni is ready.

After practicing during the holidays, coupled with Professor McGonagall's strict teaching, he has become very skilled at transforming one creature into another, even surpassing many older students.

Even Professor McGonagall was somewhat surprised by this. She had originally thought that although Puni had a solid foundation, he wouldn't be proficient to this extent.

Puni waved his wand gently, drawing a smooth arc, and pointed it at the little hamster.

The next second, the hamster's body began to change rapidly. Its snow-white fur gradually disappeared, and colorful feathers grew out. Its small body became slender, and its wings slowly unfolded. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a small and exquisite bird, flapping its wings and hopping lightly on the table, looking very lively.

Seeing this, the surrounding students all looked on with envy, and some couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

Puni looked at his work and nodded.

After school, Puni went to the Requirement Room.

He had already set up a small room here specifically for practicing spells, and even had the Room of Requirement conjure up a basilisk puppet to practice spells against the basilisk.

He walked up to the puppet that resembled the real basilisk, raised his wand, and unleashed beams of magic upon it, causing it to sway slightly but without causing any damage.

This is just an ordinary puppet, without any magical enhancements, and it cannot fight back; it can only be used as a target for practicing spells.