Chapter 148: Thunderbird

Murphy just wanted to Apparate, but a bolt of lightning hit him with a "snap," interrupting his spell.

Then a pair of huge bird claws pressed Murphy down, carrying tons of impact, and smashed him to the ground.

The Thunderbird was huge, this one was almost like a truck, weighing at least three or four tons.

In an instant, Murphy felt as if all the bones in his body were shattered.

Fortunately, after the Advanced Animagus transformation, his body strength had far exceeded that of ordinary people. Although this blow broke several of his bones, it didn't kill him.

But this Thunderbird's movements didn't stop. It seemed determined to let Murphy cool down completely, raised its claws, and prepared to stomp a second time.

Murphy immediately transformed into a raven, crawled out from under the Thunderbird's feet, and avoided this blow. He mixed into the crow flock, trying to escape the Thunderbird's tracking.

The crows were scared and fled in all directions after the Thunderbird arrived. They cawed, "Divine bird! Divine bird! The divine bird and Moga are fighting..."

But they didn't fly too far, still whispering around.

This group of crows gave Murphy good cover. He didn't believe anyone could recognize him from these thousand-plus crows.

However, to his surprise, the Thunderbird only looked confused for a moment before fixing its eyes on him again. With a big mouth open, several lightning bolts diffused and exploded, blowing several crows that didn't have time to dodge into pieces.

What's the situation!

How did this guy find him?

Murphy didn't understand, but relying on his extraordinary mobility, he avoided the Thunderbird's attack again. However, he was also very uncomfortable. Animagus transformation could not restore his injuries. Every time he flapped his wings, the pain in his body became more intense.

Better leave here and treat the injuries first.

Thinking of this, he immediately rushed toward the wand on the ground, while the Thunderbird chased closely behind. But at this moment, the Basilisk he had just knocked out shook its head and actually woke up.

As soon as it opened its eyes, it saw a raven and a Thunderbird flying toward it, scared out of its wits, and subconsciously sprayed a mouthful of venom.

This accident was completely beyond Murphy's expectation. He suddenly rotated his body to dodge to one side, but was still splashed by the venom on his left wing. He immediately felt a sense of sluggishness and stiffness, and that feeling was spreading to other parts at high speed.

Not good, it's Basilisk venom!

The raven's body was too small, and the blood flow was too fast. If this continued, he would soon be petrified all over.

Decisively, Murphy transformed back into wizard form. Looking down, his left arm had almost completely turned into stone, and the gray-white color was spreading over his shoulder toward his chest.

He beckoned, and the wand automatically jumped from the ground into his hand, but he didn't Apparate immediately.

He had to use the antidote on himself first, otherwise, even if he left, he would be destined to become a statue.

"Accio box!"

Coming to catch the Basilisk, how could Murphy not prepare potions to treat petrification.

In the Undetectable Extension Box, there were two bottles of potion made from Mandrake juice, which could effectively lift petrification whether taken internally or used externally.

The Undetectable Extension Box immediately jumped up from the ground beside the Basilisk, impatiently wanting to leap into Murphy's hand.

However, the moment his fingers were about to touch the box, a giant claw inserted from the side, grabbed the box, and then the claws contracted.

With a "bang," the box was crushed.

Suddenly, it was as if a white hole had been opened between the Thunderbird's claws, and countless things exploded from it like fireworks.

Clothes, food, firearms, bombs, potions, wooden boxes, iron racks, medical equipment, even beds, cabinets, televisions, etc., in an instant, enough items to fill an entire warehouse surged out from that spatial hole.

This accident even startled the Thunderbird, and it hurriedly flapped its wings and flew high.

And Murphy was quick-eyed and quick-handed, "Accio Mandrake juice! Accio Dittany!"

Three or four bottles of potion flew out from the messy things. Murphy only had his right hand left, so he had to put his wand back into his waist first, grabbed the potions one by one, and placed them on the ground.

The petrification had spread to his left chest. He felt his heart was about to be frozen, and his vision was blacking out, but he still found that bottle of Mandrake juice and poured it all into his mouth in one breath.

And just as he was looking for the Essence of Dittany, the Thunderbird seemed to be frightened by the things that were constantly gushing out and had piled up into a small mountain. It let out a sharp cry, and suddenly lightning bloomed, striking those things.

Murphy heard the cry, looked up, and saw this scene, his heart skipped a beat.

"No!"

But he was too late to stop it. The electric light struck various things, clothes and paper were instantly ignited, potions shattered one after another, and what was even more terrifying was that a bolt of lightning struck a bag of explosives.

Murphy grabbed a bottle of potion on the ground with his left hand, which had just regained sensation, and took off into the air regardless of his injuries, while reaching out to pull his wand to prepare for Apparition.

But he was still a beat too slow. The fire of the explosion instantly engulfed everything, followed by continuous secondary explosions.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

In the continuous explosions, Murphy rushed out of the flames, charred all over, and smashed onto the ground in the distance with a "bang."

"Cough, cough, cough..."

His right lung was pierced by a piece of shattered glass, causing him to constantly cough up blood foam. One left eye seemed to see nothing, and his ears were full of buzzing sounds.

He turned his head with difficulty and looked at the bottle of potion in his left hand.

It's okay, he still had Essence of Dittany. Drink it, and it would restore him to the point where he could move, and then he could leave here.

His bones felt like they had all fallen apart, and he could barely move a finger, but he still dragged his left hand, as if it had taken a whole century, to bring the potion to his eyes.

Just as he was about to bite open the cap and drink the potion, the text on the bottle suddenly made him freeze.

"Dittany Promoting Factor."

Not Essence of Dittany!

Dittany Promoting Factor is indeed extracted from Essence of Dittany, but its effect is only to accelerate cell division. Without the auxiliary components in Essence of Dittany, the promoting factor will indiscriminately promote the reproduction of any cells and even bacteria.

It is a biological agent that can be used to make T-cell therapeutic agents, and Andrew even wanted to use it to accelerate Animagus potion, but it itself is not a drug at all.

If a person drinks it, it will likely cause all cells in the body to divide at a hundred times the speed due to its effect, either causing cancer all over the body or rapid aging.

Using it on a wound might indeed heal the wound with accelerated cell division, but it is more likely to produce various tissue hyperplasia, turning a person into a deformed monster.

"Fuck!"

Just now he did only say "Accio Dittany!", so it was true that one of the bottles of Dittany that flew over was Dittany Promoting Factor. The blame was on his bad luck, choosing poison from those few life-saving potions.

"There is still a chance, right, wand, wand..."

Blood loss and pain caused his consciousness to begin to blur. He was just about to confirm the situation of his wand.

Suddenly, with a "bang," something smashed beside him. Murphy was startled. His right eye, which could still see, caught a glimpse of what seemed to be a thick bird claw.

The next moment, he saw the Thunderbird again.

Smoke, dust, and storms whistled to form a terrifying tornado, and it rose in the flames, bathed in fire, like a legendary phoenix. However, the fire was also burning the Thunderbird's flesh, and the pain made it scream miserably.

It seemed to have gone crazy.

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