A giant, translucent magical barrier rapidly rose from the stele, sealing upward in an attempt to completely enclose the entire arena once more!
Boom!
The flames of a Welsh Green struck the barrier before it had fully closed, sending violent ripples across its surface.
At the same time, the professors and headmasters from the various schools, having sensed that something was wrong, finally arrived at the scene.
When they saw the dragons circling above the floating arena, beating their wings and spewing dragonfire, as well as the chaos below, everyone's faces instantly turned pale.
"Merlin..." Professor McGonagall gasped.
The students were terrified. Some collapsed to the ground, some desperately fled towards the castle, some stared in horror at the terrifying figures circling above the arena, while others stood frozen, blankly watching the bloody scene before them as though they had been transported into some prehistoric wilderness.
The dragons' long-suppressed rage and wild instincts had been completely unleashed. They were not merely attacking everything around them. They had even begun hunting!
A Hungarian Horntail viciously pounced on a smaller Swedish Short-Snout, tearing into it with its sharp claws and fangs.
The Greenland Ice Frost Dragon, relying on its immense size and strength, bit down on the agitated Venomous Tentacula.
Its terrifying bite instantly snapped the creature's spine. The Ice Frost Dragon then threw back its head and swallowed it whole!
As for the trolls that had been released as targets for the "advanced assessment," they had now become the most miserable prey of all.
They were completely defenceless against the dragons. Some were instantly incinerated by dragonfire, giving off the foul stench of roasted troll, while others were frozen solid by the Ice Mist spewed by the Ice Frost Dragon before being shattered into icy fragments by the other dragons!
The entire scene was chaotic, bloody, and primitive.
Sagres strode forward several steps and bent down to pick up Barty's ear.
"All students, get away from the arena! Prefects, professors, organise the students and return them to the castle! Immediately!"
His icy voice echoed in everyone's ears. The authority and composure within it instantly calmed the terror gripping their hearts.
While rapidly issuing orders and coordinating with the arriving headmasters to establish a temporary defensive line, Sagres moved his wand through a series of intricate patterns in the air.
The runes on the duelling stele suddenly erupted with unprecedented brilliance, glowing as though they had just been carved anew.
The repairs were complete!
Sagres breathed a sigh of relief. Then, as he looked towards the dragons and magical creatures still rampaging through the arena, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
He drew a complete circle around himself with his wand.
The next moment, pale magical flames erupted from his body like a volcano that had been suppressed for a thousand years.
The flames transformed into a surging ring-shaped wave of fire that instantly swept across the entire arena!
Every student still within the arena's range was immediately enveloped in brilliant white light. Amid cries of alarm, the arena's protective magic instantly teleported them to its outer edge.
The dragons and magical creatures were likewise engulfed by the surging flames and transformed into white light before being imprisoned within the arena once more!
The newly repaired confinement magic operated at full strength, and the transparent barrier completely sealed shut, preventing the disaster from spreading any further.
However, one enormous azure figure forcibly endured the impact of the flames.
It was the Greenland Ice Frost Dragon, which possessed an extraordinarily high resistance to fire!
Dense white frost steamed around its body as it forcibly tore open a gap in the pale flames.
Its ferocious head, covered in icicles, lifted high as ghastly white Ice Mist rapidly condensed deep within its throat.
Sagres narrowed his eyes and abruptly swept his wand upward from below, unleashing a massive spiralling shockwave.
The spiralling shockwave resembled the roaring maw of an abyss, carrying enough force to crush everything in its path as it slammed violently into the Ice Frost Dragon's enormous body.
"Roar!"
The violent magic struck like a massive physical hammer, compressing the surrounding air into visible ripples.
Caught directly by the attack, the Ice Frost Dragon looked as though it had been struck head-on by an invisible mountain. Its enormous body was violently hurled backwards by the terrifying force, and the half-formed Ice Breath in its throat was forcibly interrupted!
The Ice Frost Dragon let out a pained roar before crashing heavily onto the arena floor like a broken puppet, sending countless shards of ice and clouds of dust flying into the air.
It struggled to rise, but Sagres's next attack came immediately.
"Chaotic Explosion!"
A thick beam of spell-light flickering with a blood-red radiance shot forward and struck its head with perfect accuracy!
Boom!!!
The deafening explosion was far more violent than any that had come before!
The blood-red magical turbulence instantly engulfed the Ice Frost Dragon's entire head. Intense white light quickly enveloped its severely injured body, forcibly sealing it back inside the repaired arena.
However, the four dragons that had taken to the sky first had already escaped beyond the arena's range. Their shadows loomed over the entire castle, and their roars made the glass windows tremble.
Just as the headmasters were urgently discussing how to deal with them, Sagres made a move that left everyone dumbfounded.
He stepped forward, raised his wand high, and pointed it towards the sky.
"ʍɛȶɛօʀ ֆʊʍʍօռ!"
As he swung his wand down, the sky itself seemed to split apart.
Rumble!
The thick clouds shattered with a deafening roar as a destructive meteor, wreathed in raging flames, descended from the heavens like an apocalyptic judgement, accompanied by a soul-shaking whistle.
"No!"
"Merlin!"
Students and professors alike, even Dumbledore, truly felt the insignificance of humanity at that moment.
Everyone was terrified. They instinctively ducked down and sought cover, as though the end of the world had arrived.
Sagres's black robes billowed around him, his expression icy.
Just as the enormous meteor streaked across the sky, he steadily extended his wand and lightly tapped towards it through the air.
Crack!
The meteor suddenly split apart!
It did not explode. Instead, it divided precisely into four slightly smaller meteorites, each still burning with scorching flames.
Trailing blazing tails through the air, the four meteorites gradually elongated, transforming into massive, ferocious spears of flame.
As though imbued with life, they shot out at lightning speed in four different directions, each aimed precisely at one of the four dragons rampaging high in the sky!
"Roar!"
"Awooo!"
Desperate dragon roars echoed through the clouds.
The next second...
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Four piercing sounds of impact rang out in rapid succession!
The four dragons were struck precisely by the enormous flaming spears. Their massive bodies instantly went limp before plummeting silently from the sky.
Rumble!
The four escaped dragons crashed heavily into an open area at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, sending clouds of dust billowing into the air. Their fates were unknown.
The threat in the sky was eliminated in an instant.
The entire area fell into dead silence.
People slowly straightened up, staring blankly at the fading embers in the sky. Then they looked towards the four enormous impact craters beside the Forbidden Forest and the motionless dragon silhouettes within them.
Finally, countless complicated gazes turned towards the figure standing in the arena.
The chaos had finally come to an end, but there was no joy on Sagres's face.
His gaze fell upon Barty's ear in his hand, and a cold killing intent slowly gathered in his eyes.
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