Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts.

Professor Sprout had already guessed the contestants' reactions. She did not rush to reveal the answer, but looked at Neville, Luna and Harry.

"In the competition just now, three students used gillyweed. This is a very smart strategy, because gillyweed will allow you to grow gills like fish and webbed feet like frogs, allowing you to move freely underwater like a real aquatic magical animal.

This is to use the power of plants to change the shape of your body. Transfiguration can also achieve this effect, but the disadvantage of Transfiguration is that it is too difficult. "Professor Sprout looked at the contestants who arrived here and then sighed.

That Viktor Krum really failed the mermaid test.

He attempted to transform himself into a shark, but was only halfway there, his head and torso were transformed, but his legs were intact, which made him clumsy in the water. Reaching the merman village on time was not a problem, catching small fish was not.

Of course, even if he was completely transformed, it would be extremely difficult for him to catch the fish into the fish basket given the shark's huge body.

Gathering her thoughts, Professor Sprout continued her explanation.

"What Hogwarts will provide you is a fruit similar to Gillyweed. It has the ability to allow you to partially transform into magical animals. After the transformation is completed, you will also partially inherit the abilities of magical animals."

The contestants were immediately shocked.

The transformation of Gillyweed only gave people some amphibian characteristics, but the fruit provided by Hogwarts actually gave people the characteristics of magical animals?!

This is incredible!

"What kind of magical animal is it?" a cautious contestant asked.

After all, there are differences in strength between magical animals. If you turn into a vixen, it would be better not to change.

"There are many kinds, such as dragons, basilisks, phoenixes, unicorns, and other magical animals. I won't go into details."

The contestants were surprised when they heard these names.

These are all extremely powerful magical animals. Although the ones with bad reputations are not mentioned, they are still quite impressive.

Everyone present was instantly moved, and at the same time they were glad that they had worked hard to pass the mermaid trial.

Sure enough, hard work pays off.

Just as the contestants began to think about which magical animal fruit they would choose, Professor Sprout brought them bad news.

"The fruit chooses the wizard?" The contestants heard a familiar phrase.

"Yes. The Transfiguration Fruit also has its limitations. If you cannot resonate with the fruit, the fruit will cause great harm to your body. So you must first communicate and interact with the fruits on the tree to see which fruit recognizes you, and then you can choose it to consume."

More than one player sighed.

Now all their plans have been in vain and they can only leave everything to fate.

"Who wants to be the first?" After explaining the characteristics and precautions of the transformation fruit to the children, Professor Sprout also started the main topic of today.

The students looked at each other, and finally a student from Ugadu raised his hand carelessly, saying that he was willing to be the first to try it.

"Okay." Professor Sprout didn't waste any words and took him directly to the transformation fruit.

"Stretch out your hand."

The Ugadu student stretched out his hand without knowing why, and under the guidance of Professor Sprout, he circled around the transformation tree. As he turned, the fruits on the tree began to react.

Some fruits were motionless, some were shaking slightly, and some were shaking violently.

"Pick this one." Professor Sprout motioned for him to pick the fruit with the largest vibration.

"It's a dragon fruit, the most suitable fruit for you."

The Uagadou student blinked his eyes: Did I win the jackpot?

Before handing over the fruit tree, Helga had already talked to Professor Sprout and told her how the transformation fruit was produced, so Professor Sprout understood the difference in the preciousness of the fruits.

Dragon fruit is the cheapest fruit among the transformation fruits because it is the easiest to obtain raw materials. The Reem fruit is an extremely precious fruit. Phoenix fruit is also a precious fruit, but who can blame Professor Dumbledore for having a phoenix?

Seeing that the contestant in front of him had the dragon fruit, Professor Sprout also had the idea of ​​demonstrating it to everyone.

"It just so happens that you are the first one to come up, so I will give you a unique benefit - you can eat this fruit, and then demonstrate the magic of the transformation fruit to everyone. Don't worry, I will give you the pitaya you ate instead."

The contestant from Vagadu swallowed the dragon fruit without hesitation, and then completed a transformation under the guidance of Professor Sprout.

Seeing that Vagadu completed the transformation into a fire dragon in front of everyone, the contestants present immediately believed in the transformation fruit that Sprout had mentioned.

While they were impressed by the profound heritage of Hogwarts, they were also eager to try it out.

The contestants came forward one by one to see which fruit they could resonate with.

Those students who came with their friends but did not receive any challenge rewards themselves could only watch their friends go up to claim the treasures.

Rice was also one of the few who were not qualified, but he was very calm. He just wanted to see which fruit the Hogwarts contestants would resonate with.

The first student to go up to Hogwarts was Harry.

He just stretched out his hand, and a phoenix fruit fell into his palm.

Professor Sprout didn't feel too strange. She knew that the core of Harry's wand was a phoenix tail feather, and coincidentally, the phoenix that provided the phoenix tail feather and the phoenix blood was the same phoenix.

In this case, it is reasonable for Harry to gain the favor of the Phoenix Fruit.

Professor Sprout led Harry to pick two more phoenix fruits from the tree and let Harry go down with three phoenix fruits - the reward Hogwarts gave to the contestants who passed the mermaid trial was three transformation fruits.

This will leave players room to explore the abilities of the fruit and increase their tolerance for error.

After Harry, Cedric and Neville came to the tree together.

Looking at the two students from Hufflepuff house, Professor Sprout's eyes were full of admiration.

The two of them are undoubtedly the pride of Hufflepuff House!

Cedric resonated with the extremely rare Reembe Fruit, while Neville, like Harry, was recognized by the Phoenix Fruit.

This result was quite surprising to Professor Sprout.

Luna's situation was rather special, as it seemed that each fruit was compatible with her, but none of them stood out. This made Professor Sprout very confused, and in the end she could only let Luna choose one herself.

"Is there a Snorlax Fruit?" Luna thought for a moment and made her choice.

She was not seeking the power brought by the fruit, she just wanted to observe the characteristics of this rare magical animal by taking the fruit.

"Bend...what? Do you mean the Erumpent?"

"No, it's a Scimitar-horned Snorkeller." Luna began to educate Professor Sprout about the existence of the Scimitar-horned Snorkeller.

Professor Sprout was silent.

She felt that there should be no such thing, neither fruit nor such magical animal.

After receiving a negative answer, Luna finally chose the Unicorn Fruit.

"Next, Miss Granger, it's your turn." Professor Sprout couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after sending Luna away.

She couldn't wait to communicate with a more normal contestant.

Hermione resonated with a strange-looking fruit, and Professor Sprout recalled it carefully before remembering that it was the Sphinx Fruit. Like the Riembeau Fruit, only one contestant had been recognized by it so far.

"The Sphinx is a very intelligent and knowledgeable magical animal, so it is unlikely that it can bring you great power, but it may enhance your thinking ability. But it is not absolute, because the Sphinx's martial arts are actually very powerful." Professor Sprout kindly explained to Hermione the characteristics of the Sphinx.

Daphne and Astoria were the last to appear in the Hogwarts contestants. Professor Sprout was also a little surprised when he found that Les had not passed the test.

Looking at Daphne and Astoria walking up, Rice's emotions fluctuated a little: So far, no one has been recognized by the Basilisk Fruit...

He didn't count on Daphne, but Astoria might be able to do it!

Seeing a dragon fruit fall into Daphne's hands, Les' emotions did not fluctuate at all.

He had expected this result, and he focused all his attention on Astoria. When she stretched out her hand, Les even held his breath.

The fruits on the tree began to tremble, and some of them trembled particularly violently. Rice looked carefully at the color and pattern of the fruits, and then he was overjoyed: It was a basilisk fruit! He would not make a mistake!

In the end, Astoria lived up to Rice's expectations and had a strong resonance with the Basilisk Fruit.

"Let me tell you, this basilisk fruit is probably the one with the strongest practical ability among all fruits." On the way back to the castle, Rice was in high spirits and even began to tell Astoria about the magical uses of the basilisk fruit.

"Why do you know so much about the Transformation Fruit?" Daphne was a little confused. Didn't Les arrive at the greenhouse at the same time as her and Astoria? Why did he seem to know the characteristics of the fruit so well?

"Because the basilisk fruit is cultivated with the basilisk blood I provided, I knew there was such a tree before Christmas." While telling the truth, Rice also revealed some of the cultivation methods of the transformation fruit tree.

Now Daphne understood why.

"Go back and prepare well for the next game. The next stage of the game will probably be difficult." Rice gave the two of them a few instructions and then returned to his dormitory.

Soon, seven days passed in a flash, and the second stage of the competition officially began.

The players gathered in the Quidditch pitch again, waiting for the Ministry of Magic officials to lead them to the entrance of the stadium.

The stands were filled with spectators who came to watch the game. The moment the players started, there was prolonged applause and cheers in the stadium.

Amid the cheers of the audience, contestants from various magic schools passed through the teleportation channel with their prepared equipment and entered the alchemy world.

Practice makes perfect. Rice thought he was very familiar with the method of teleportation into the alchemy world, but after starting the teleportation this time, he felt an extremely unfamiliar experience.

As soon as he entered the passage, he felt as if there was a voice calling him. When the transmission was turned on, there was a force pulling him to a specific place.

"Huh?" Les immediately became alert.

He knew very well that he was not welcomed by the world, so what was waiting for him might be a very dangerous situation.

When Les was ready for battle, the teleportation ended and he landed on a building similar to an altar. Two people were kneeling in front of him, and under the altar was a strange-looking humanoid creature.

The creature was roughly human-like, but its skin was covered with pustules like a toad, and its overall color was blue-gray. What was even stranger was that there was a crater-like structure on its head, with white smoke constantly coming out of it.

Les vaguely felt that this monster seemed to have some connection with himself.

'Where is this? How long has it been since I last left? What's going on in the world? 'These are the three questions that Les wants to ask the most.

Les's appearance seemed to shock the two people on the altar and the creature under the altar.

It took them several seconds to react.

A man kneeling right in front of Rice immediately started talking a lot. Seeing the confusion on Rice's face, he seemed to have suddenly realized something and immediately changed his language.

"Widard... Lord of Demons, I respond to you - the power bestowed by Xintu Zaoyao!"

Les frowned.

He could tell that the person in front of him seemed to be trying to communicate with him, but his spoken English was incredibly poor, with an accent even heavier than that of an Indian.

Les guessed that he regarded himself as some kind of god and hoped that he would grant him power.

Seeing that the other party seemed to want to say something, Rice quickly stopped him and then used a translation spell on himself.

"Who are you?" Les asked patiently.

Seeing that they could finally communicate with the Demon Lord who came in response to their call, the two men could not suppress their joy in their eyes.

They quickly introduced themselves.

Rice listened to their long-winded nonsense for a long time and finally found out their origins.

The two men longed to gain power from an ancient god called "The Demon Lord".

"Demon Lord, six hundred years have passed since you destroyed the Eternal City, killed the false god of light, and spread blessings on this land. The creatures on this land have not been bathed in your divine power for six hundred years. Fortunately, you finally responded to our prayers..."

As Rice listened, he suddenly felt that something seemed wrong.

The "Demon Lord" you mentioned, you are not referring to me, right? The Demon Lord is actually me?!

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