Chapter 179 Victory (2 in 1)

What does hypoxia feel like?

I believe that when most people see this problem, they will think of extremely painful symptoms such as drowning and asthma.

But in fact, the hypoxic state caused by the thin outside oxygen is a very 'special' feeling.

For example, in an environment with thin air at an altitude of 10,000 meters, the first thing a person feels is warmth and dizziness, followed by an inexplicable sense of excitement, and at the same time he becomes extremely confident, without any pain at all.

Most pilots have experienced this feeling personally. Similarly, smokers will also feel this way, but the symptoms are much milder than the former.

Because when smoking, a large number of smoke particles pour into the lungs, which reduces the body's oxygen intake, causing slight cerebral hypoxia.

This dizzy, floating feeling is also called smoke haze.

The funny thing is that many people who have just started smoking may even find this feeling very comfortable. Little do they know that this is actually a warning sent by their body to stop this behavior that will cause harm to the body.

At this moment, Willy's sense of hypoxia was much more serious than what was mentioned above.

"Am I going to die?"

Looking at the flames swirling in front of him, Willy murmured.

"No! I will not die! I am protected by the Ring of Ptekt! I am invincible!"

A sudden feeling of excitement came over him, and Willy was so happy for the first time in his life.

I saw him struggling to get up from the ground, standing in the center of the flames and laughing loudly at the endless flames around him.

His vision was becoming blurry, and the surrounding flames soaring into the sky had turned into an orange-red wall of light in Willy's field of vision. The flames that were constantly licking the transparent shield turned into evil figures. shaped flame monster.

Willy turned a blind eye to the expanding cracks on the transparent shield and Ptekter's Ring. He raised his wand and laughed wildly, firing spells at the monsters.

The barrage composed of a large number of magic spells scattered large swaths of flames. Although more flames would soon fill the previous vacancies, Willy was still extremely excited. In his eyes, those "terrifying flame beasts" They have all turned into nothingness under his own attack.

The little bat on Willy's shoulder scratched Willy's cheek desperately, trying to wake up its owner who had fallen into madness, but it was in vain. The hallucinations caused by the lack of oxygen in the brain have completely made Willy lose his mind.

Through magic perception, Mike had a clear view of what happened in the fire tornado.

To be honest, the power of this fire tornado has exceeded Mike's expectation.

Once a fire tornado that is more than ten meters high is generated, it will sweep away the oxygen in the center of the fire tornado in an instant. The enemy in the center will be in this almost zero-oxygen environment and will be destroyed by brain damage in just a few minutes. Death from lack of oxygen.

Of course, ordinary enemies cannot survive that time. After all, in addition to the lack of oxygen, the temperature in the center of the fire tornado is also terrifyingly high. Most people will be burned to ashes as soon as they enter.

In addition, don't look at Willy being so energetic now, he can even cast magic spells.

But this was entirely due to the fact that he drank a large amount of magic potion before the start of the game, which resulted in enhanced physical fitness. Normal people would have no ability to move at all in a state of hypoxia.

Thinking like this, Mike was secretly anxious.

Why hasn't the referee declared himself the winner until now? Why haven't those professors on the sidelines come up and forcibly stop the game?

You must know that if this continues, Willy will become a fool even if he does not die. You must know that being deprived of oxygen for too long will cause irreversible damage to the brain. Mike does not want to lose his bet by then.

At this moment, outside the field, Snape and a group of professors were staring at the flame tornado rising into the sky from the field.

Of course, the scene inside the fire tornado couldn't be hidden from them, but they didn't understand the dangers of hypoxia. At this moment, they were deceived by Willy's lively state.

Wizards, especially those who have lived in the wizarding world since childhood, disdain the science of the Muggle world. In their view, magic is everything.

Because of this concept, they even reject anything from the Muggle world, so many wizards are deficient in logical thinking, reverse thinking, and common sense.

Therefore, eating minced meat is common in the wizarding world. There are even many pure-blood wizards who stubbornly believe that the earth is shaped like a checkerboard.

And Snape is actually considered a genius in the wizarding world, at least his level of logical thinking is quite high.

The puzzles he posed in the plot of the original Philosopher's Stone are nightmare-level problems for most wizards, because wizards have not received logical education, so their brains are always unable to solve them.

But for Muggles who have received a complete education since childhood, this kind of puzzle is not difficult. At least Hermione, a top student who graduated from elementary school, can solve it.

Unfortunately, even though Snape was already a genius among wizards, he did not realize the seriousness of the situation at hand.

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Seeing the nonchalant expressions of the professors in front of him, Professor Flitwick frowned.

Mike had discussed this fire tornado curse with him, so he also knew the concept of hypoxia from Mike, but the group of colleagues in front of him obviously didn't know it.

After much hesitation, Flitwick was still ready to forcefully terminate the game. Although doing so might be said to be partial to his own students, it was nothing compared to letting Willy die on the field.

However, some people didn't want him to do this.

"Are you trying to favor your students?"

Snape said coldly, seemingly noticing Flitwick's actions.

"Severus, the situation has been decided, let's end the game."

"I don't think so, Filius. Willy is protected by the Ring of Ptekter, and Mike can't hurt him in a short period of time. With Mike's magic power, how long can he sustain such a massive fire tornado?"

Looking at the cheerful Snape in front of him, Flitwick couldn't help but smile. At this moment, he really had the urge to ignore the matter, but when he thought about the impact that Willy's accident might have on Mike, he still made him laugh. I endured this thought.

"Listen to me, Severus. Mike and I have studied this curse before. Its real function is never to kill the enemy with high temperature, but to lack of oxygen!" Flitwick explained happily, "Flame Combustion consumes oxygen, and Willy is now in a state of hypoxia. Hypoxia! Suffocation, do you understand?"

Snape's smile froze as soon as he said this.

He is a mixed-blood who has lived in Muggle society since he was a child. He still understands oxygen and suffocation. Although he has not studied Muggle knowledge since graduating from elementary school, he does not quite understand that burning flames will consume oxygen. principle, but this did not affect his understanding of the seriousness of the matter.

"Are you serious? Filius!"

"Of course, there is no time, act quickly!"

Seeing Professor Flitwick's serious expression, Snape announced the result of the game without hesitation.

"Mr. Townley, please stop your behavior. You win this game!"

Due to the Loud Voice Curse, everyone present, including Mike, heard Snape's somewhat anxious voice.

When Mike heard this, he immediately let out a breath. The amount of magic and mental power consumed to maintain the fire tornado was quite terrifying, and now his magic and mental power were almost at their bottom.

He hurriedly put down his wand, interrupting the supply of magic power to the fire tornado.

Without the supply of magic power, the fire tornado became water without a source and a tree with no roots. In an instant, it turned into sparks and dissipated in the air.

Willy appeared in front of everyone in the fire tornado, and saw that the transparent shield covering his body was now full of cracks, and it seemed that it would collapse in the next moment. And he himself looked ferocious at the moment, with drool and runny nose running all over his face.

The sudden disappearance of the flames obviously made Willy a little uncomfortable. He looked around blankly while greedily breathing in the oxygen-rich air. The air full of burnt smell couldn't be sweeter in his opinion at this moment. .

Suddenly, his eyes fell on Mike not far away, and the memory he had lost due to lack of oxygen finally began to slowly recover.

Willy raised his wand tremblingly, as if he wanted to continue fighting.

However, Mike did not give him this chance. He raised his hand and knocked him unconscious. What he needed now was treatment rather than fighting.

"Well, I don't know why, but Professor Snape announced the results of the competition, and Mr. Townley successfully advanced to the finals!" Lockhart said with some embarrassment in the hanging attic, "It's a pity for Willy. I hope he doesn't Something happened."

After Lockhart officially announced the result of the game, the stands finally burst into excitement. The little wizards in Ravenclaw and Gryffindor all stood up and applauded like crazy. The former was happy for Mike, while the latter was really gloating. They were very happy that Slytherin missed the finals just like them.

The Hufflepuff students were also applauding. They had always been neutrals, but now they applauded Mike out of sheer politeness.

In contrast, the reaction of the Slytherin students was very interesting. They fell into a strange silence at first, and then seemed to suddenly react and began to spit out the fragrance.

They didn't understand why Snape wanted to declare Mac the winner, and they didn't care about Willy's life or death. All they cared about was honor.

Willy failed, lost to Mike, a second-year student, and lost the qualification to advance to the finals. This also represented the loss of Slytherin's honor, which they could not accept.

But whether they could accept it or not, the fact was that Mike won.

The light blue giant eagle above the Ravenclaw stands raised its head to the sky and let out a sharp eagle call. Immediately afterwards, the giant eagle flapped its wings and rushed towards the Slytherin stands opposite.

The huge wings covered the sky, and the Slytherin students in the stands could not help but close their eyes when they saw the giant eagle rushing towards them.

However, the giant eagle's target is not them.

A pair of giant claws grabbed the giant snake above the Slytherin stands. The sharp claw tips on the giant claws easily broke through the scale defense of the giant snake and penetrated into the flesh.

"hiss!"

The giant snake let out a cry of pain, turned its head and bit the giant eagle. However, a fierce light flashed in the giant eagle's eyes, and the eagle's beak, which shone with cold light, pecked down like lightning, accurately hitting the giant snake's eye.

The long eagle's beak pierced the giant snake's brain from its eyes, and large streams of light mist spurted out from the wound. In an instant, the giant snake disappeared from people's eyes.

After absorbing the overflowing light mist, the giant eagle's entire body expanded in a circle, and now it was confronting the giant badger, which had also expanded a lot.

"Today's competition is finally over. The winners are Mike from Ravenclaw and Cedric from Hufflepuff!" Lockhart announced excitedly, "I want to know who is stronger between the two of them. Really? Stay tuned for next week’s duel competition finals! By the way, Bruno and Willy will also compete for third place in next week’s finals.”

Amid cheers like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, Mike’s eyes were firm and he slowly walked onto the high platform step by step.

A shining golden throne on a high platform was waiting for him.

"I knew you could do it."

Cedric, who was sitting on another throne, saw Mike coming towards him and stood up and clapped.

"Of course, we agreed to fight again, didn't we?"

After saying that, both of them laughed. They had never known each other before. In the first grade, Mike even had some conflicts with Cedric because of Dolphin, but now, the two have become good friends.

Cedric stepped forward with open arms and gave Mac a hug.

"congratulations!"

The scene of the two embracing was shown to all the audience present through the magic projection. Seeing the harmonious relationship between the two, all the professors present also smiled.

If the relationship between Mike and Cedric is tense, it will inevitably cause confrontation between Ravenclaw House and Hufflepuff House, which will have a great negative impact on the order of Hogwarts.

It's no joke that the house only sees hatred and opposition. Just look at Gryffindor and Slytherin.

The two colleges have been fighting each other for so many years. Not only do their students often fight and violate school rules in school, but they also fight each other outside the school.

In addition, this kind of house hatred has even been carried after graduation. Many people who graduated from Gryffindor and people who graduated from Slytherin have always disliked each other throughout their lives, and they will look for opportunities to stumble each other whenever they have the opportunity. .

But now, the harmonious relationship between Cedric and Mike means that the relationship between Ravenclaw House and Hufflepuff House will not become tense due to the duel competition, but may actually become better because of it. This is what professors want to see.

Mike and Cedric on the other side of the high platform obviously didn't expect so much. They walked down the high platform together, and Cedric asked with a smile:

"After all the fighting, I feel a little hungry now. Do you want to go to the kitchen with me and have some more food later?"

"No." Mike rubbed the raven pendant around his neck and said meaningfully, "I have more important things to deal with."

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