Chapter 152: Lightning Strike

Atlantic Ocean.

Lightning fell from the sky with a roar, smashing onto a deserted island.

After the electric light dissipated, the black-winged monster with goat horns and bird head appeared, but suddenly knelt on the ground.

It roared to the sky, its voice extremely painful, its upper body twitching constantly, and electric light flashing.

Suddenly, the visions around its body began to dissipate. The bird head turned into a plume of black smoke in the snake-like electricity, revealing the pale face of the black-haired boy.

Then the feathers on the giant wings also drifted down one after another, turning into crows. They either fell in various places or circled in the air, cawing noisily.

The monster's height also shrank a bit, the two goat horns retracted, the scales faded, and the goat hooves gradually recovered into human legs and feet.

After a while, Murphy reappeared in place.

He gasped heavily, sweating profusely.

He survived.

He became a multiple Animagus of Thunderbird, Basilisk, and some kind of goat-like creature.

He even gained the ability to move with the help of lightning.

But his situation was extremely bad.

The transformation was not completely successful. Whether it was the lightning that occasionally erupted from all parts of his body, the stiff left arm covered with scales, or the goat horns that were not completely faded hidden in the black hair on top of his head, all indicated this point.

And compared to these external manifestations, some conditions inside his body were even more worrying.

The ubiquitous hidden pain, the occasional dizziness, and the loss of control over his limbs all indicated that this body was still on the verge of collapse.

Must rush back to the Magic Research Institute immediately to have a check-up on his physical condition.

But with neither his wand nor his spare wand, it was too risky to use Apparition or Portkeys for intercontinental travel. Murphy could only use this newly acquired lightning ability to rush on his way.

But fortunately, the speed of lightning was fast enough.

Unlike the ordinary person's perception of lightning, lightning is actually a very complex process.

Take ordinary cloud-to-ground lightning, one cloud-to-ground lightning includes four or five lightning strikes, and each lightning strike consists of a stepped leader step from cloud to ground, and a return stroke step from ground to cloud.

The first strike is generated by the cloud base to produce an ionized gas column extending downward step by step—called a stepped leader—with an average speed of 150,000 meters per second.

When approaching the ground, the ground suddenly performs a return stroke. Along the established ionized channel, the return stroke speed will be very fast, averaging 50,000 kilometers per second.

Subsequent strikes, because the channel has been established, will be faster than the first one.

Therefore, although the speed of lightning is affected by many factors, the minimum is about 150 kilometers per second.

If it is the return stroke process after the leader path is established, it can even reach half the speed of light in an extreme state.

Even if it is nearly 9,000 kilometers from the Grand Canyon to London, for Murphy, who can jump between clouds at the speed of lightning, it is at most a matter of one minute.

However, every time he used this ability, the discomfort of his body seemed to worsen, and he had to stop halfway.

A few minutes later, Murphy stood up again. The severe pain all over his body eased a bit, but he didn't dare to use lightning to rush on his way anymore.

He sat cross-legged and recalled the day of his first Animagus transformation.

Since he had been able to Apparate without a wand before, he might not be able to do it again now.

He took a few deep breaths, recalling the feeling at that time.

At that time, he was only focused on the Animagus transformation and didn't pay much attention to wandless Apparition. Now that he looked into it carefully, meditation and a state of extreme concentration should be the core elements that produced that phenomenon.

He summoned the crow flock. These crows seemed to have been assimilated by the ritual process because they participated in the multiple Animagus transformation ritual at that time.

They were now like a part of him, and even all had the ability to briefly transform into lightning. This was one of the huge gains of his trip, and he couldn't bear to leave them on this deserted island.

The crow flock was influenced by his will and turned into feathers on the cloak behind him one after another, merging with him.

Then, Murphy closed his eyes and took another deep breath, making his consciousness rise, as if pulling away from his flesh, seeming to make the pain all over his body weaken a lot.

Gradually, he entered that silent state again.

The sound faded away, and then the pain all over his body seemed to be moving away. His consciousness seemed to be sitting in a high place, seeing the shell left in the material world.

At this moment, it seemed that all things were illusory, and the world was originally empty.

Then a thought arose, and he opened his eyes suddenly.

A thunderbolt exploded on the deserted island again. At the same time, thousands of miles away, in a conference room on the first floor of the Potion Laboratory, a thunderclap sounded with a "boom!".

The strong electromagnetic pulse instantly short-circuited the electronic equipment in the conference room, and even the precision equipment on the nearby floors was affected, burning out several units.

In the smoke and dust, Murphy's figure appeared. He looked very embarrassed, covered in gray soil, looking like he had been struck by lightning.

He was also a bit confused, not quite understanding why his wandless Apparition had something to do with lightning.

Could it be that the Magic Net, after discovering his lightning constitution, had changed the way Apparition was implemented?

He walked out of the conference room full of doubts, preparing to find Andrew Tooke to give himself a physical examination, but was met by three wizards who seemed to be checking the situation.

As soon as they saw Murphy, they were all shocked, "Murphy! You're back? How so fast?"

"Murphy?"

Not the Director?

Murphy frowned and looked at the leading wizard, "Bertram? You guys..."

But before he could finish, the latter suddenly shouted, "He doesn't have a wand, do it!"

"Hmm?"

Bertram and several other wizards immediately pointed their wands at Murphy, but the latter's reaction was much faster than theirs.

The moment the other party's voice landed, he had already moved. He rushed toward the few people like a bull, and at the same time, a layer of black scales covered his whole body, blocking several spells from the other party, completely unscathed.

"What's going on?!" The wizards panicked, but Murphy had already invaded their side, knocked one down with a punch, slapped another guy flying more than two meters, and then kicked out, embedding the third poor guy into the wall...

In less than a second, the three wizards had already lost their combat effectiveness.

Even though his current state was already very bad, after another multiple Animagus transformation, his strength and speed had been greatly improved. Even in a sick and weak state, he still far exceeded ordinary people. Fighting these guys was like an adult man against a three-year-old baby, without any suspense.

The guy kicked into the wall looked like he had lost half his life, and the one knocked down by the punch was also unconscious. Only Bertram, who had been slapped, was still trying to support himself to stand up, but his body seemed to have lost its balance, and as soon as he got up, he hit the wall again.

Murphy stepped forward and lifted the other party up.

In that black-winged demon form of multiple Magus, he was more than two meters tall, like a giant in front of ordinary people, with great oppressive force.

Perhaps influenced by this, his original height was also pulled up a section, already close to 1.9 meters, and his huge strength made him carry the other party like a chick, effortlessly.

He was increasingly liking this way of oppressing enemies.

"What's going on with you? Forget it..."

With a beckon of his other empty hand, the other party's wand on the ground was grabbed by him, "Legilimency!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 153 =====