Chapter 268: The Brightest Star in the Night Sky

The Hidden Thorn Shapeshifter, aided by the environment and its clones, continuously launched attacks on Snape, while the Sky Mage Shapeshifter constantly harassed him, preventing him from concentrating on the Hidden Thorn Shapeshifter.

"Is it really right for us to treat the professor like this?" Hermione exclaimed, the gruesome scene making her extremely uncomfortable.

Harry and Ron also fell silent; now it was hard to say who was right or wrong in the cause of this battle. Although Professor Snape had suddenly gone mad for some unknown reason, the damage they had inflicted on him was quite severe...

After all, Professor Snape was a teacher at the school. Although he usually got along terribly with them, their conflict had never reached this level...

Ron could not help but order the Hidden Thorn Shapeshifter to ease its attack; Professor Snape's current state was already miserable enough.

"Severus has gone mad for some unknown reason; perhaps we should say something to wake him from his frenzy..." Professor Lupin suddenly suggested.

Everyone present thought this was a good idea.

So they began to prepare to do so. Only then did Harry realize that because the situation on the battlefield had changed so quickly, he had forgotten to remove the magical bindings from Professor Lupin, so he dispelled the magical bindings on Professor Lupin.

Then he saw Black. Black was staring blankly at Harry. Harry hesitated for a moment and also helped Black remove the magical bindings.

"Thank you, Harry!" Black said in a low voice.

Harry turned his head away and made no response.

Professor Lupin also retrieved his wand. He wanted to join the fray, but he hesitated.

For a moment, he did not know whom to help...

He could launch a surprise attack on Snape, but he did not know to what extent Ron could control the Shapeshifters. Judging from the Shapeshifters' performance in the battle, they certainly possessed very high autonomy. Moreover, the current battle was extremely perilous. He feared that if he rashly struck down his old classmate, it might endanger his old classmate's life, because he could not confirm the severity of the Shapeshifters' attacks...

But attacking the Shapeshifters was also not an option. Snape in his transformed state was simply too terrifying. If Snape were to win, he had no confidence in defeating Snape in this state...

So his best option now was actually not to act...

"Professor, stop fighting!" Hermione shouted.

"Severus, calm down!" Professor Lupin also shouted.

Harry and Ron joined in shouting as well.

But Snape turned a deaf ear to these words; his response to the Shapeshifters' attacks began to become more skilled.

"Snivellus! Stop messing around!" This was Sirius Black's shout. After shouting, he noticed that everyone else was looking at him.

"I see that shouting at others has no effect..." Sirius Black shrugged. He simply did not understand why Snape had gone mad; if he had known, he would not have dared to shout like that.

And Sirius Black's words immediately stirred up trouble. Snape in the battlefield heard this and suddenly turned his gaze toward Sirius Black; the anger and hatred in his eyes grew even heavier.

A burst of lightning exploded violently around his body, and more than a dozen Shapeshifter clones were struck by the lightning and turned into bubbles.

Seizing the momentary respite, Snape without hesitation retrieved a small bottle again and quickly poured the yellow potion inside into his mouth...

Everyone present immediately sensed something was wrong. They all felt Snape's aura strengthening again, and his body began to change once more.

The two Shapeshifters also realized something was amiss. They wanted to launch an attack while this opportunity arose, but this time Snape's transformation speed was extremely fast; he completed the transformation in an instant.

The bright red circular marks on both sides of his cheeks turned yellow, and the colors of his tail and ears also turned brown. His ears began to fork, becoming like demon ears. The lightning power enveloping his body grew even stronger.

If Allen were here, he would surely exclaim that Professor Snape had evolved,

as the Pikachu traits on his body had turned into Raichu traits...

Raichu is the evolved form of Pikachu, possessing far greater power than Pikachu (except for Ash's).

After completing his transformation, Snape's speed became even faster, the power of his spells increased, and he dealt with the Shapeshifters with even greater composure.

His senses became sharper; he could distinguish the true from the false clones through sound. He even set a small trap to deal with the Hidden Thorn Shapeshifter.

During one dodge, he moved only a very short distance. The Hidden Thorn Shapeshifter lunged and missed, but what appeared in its line of sight after this miss was a glowing, lightning-shaped tail that whipped at it like lightning. At such close range, the Hidden Thorn Shapeshifter had no time to react and was struck solidly...

The Hidden Thorn Shapeshifter flew out like a kite with a broken string and could not stand up for a moment. Fortunately, when Allen designed the Shapeshifters, he routinely designed their bones to be made of mithril. Thanks to mithril's excellent metallic properties, the Hidden Thorn Shapeshifter avoided comminuted fractures...

The Sky Mage Shapeshifter immediately intensified its attack, trying to cover the Hidden Thorn Shapeshifter...

Professor Lupin also cast a Stunning Spell on Snape, but Snape easily dodged it.

The Hidden Thorn Shapeshifter also recovered. It used "Jump" to leap into mid-air and launched an attack using the tree canopy for cover. But this time Snape responded with even greater composure and occasionally used "Iron Tail" to launch counterattacks.

The situation once again turned unfavorable...

At this moment, Snape even had the spare energy to begin accumulating lightning power. Everyone and every beast felt the lightning power within Snape's body growing stronger and stronger. It was clearly a sign that he was about to unleash a ultimate move...

Harry, far away from Snape, felt his hair stand on end due to this lightning power. He understood that this strike would be no ordinary matter...

Everyone realized the gravity of the situation—Snape absolutely could not be allowed to release this lightning power. This power was enough to bring catastrophic disaster to everyone present...

Harry reached into his robe, preparing to pull out the scroll...

At this moment, Snape was once again bound by vine whips. Snape knew this was that Shapeshifter preparing to sacrifice itself to force him to discharge early, but he would not fall for the trap. He allowed himself to be bound and would absolutely not discharge early.

Meanwhile, the Sky Mage Shapeshifter took the opportunity to grab Snape with the vine whips, swung him violently twice in the air, and then used this centrifugal force to hurl him into the sky...

Snape sensed something was wrong and wanted to release the accumulated lightning power, but the next moment a black shadow crashed straight into him. It was the Hidden Thorn Shapeshifter.

This collision was fierce and interrupted his release action. At that moment, the Sky Mage Shapeshifter, which had already landed on the ground, spat a water jet as thick as a bucket from its mouth, striking Snape directly and accelerating him further while he was in the air...

Under the impact of the water jet, he was seen flying higher and higher into the sky with increasing speed...

Soon he disappeared into the dim night sky...

Then a bright star suddenly appeared in the night sky, but this star flashed violently once and then vanished...

It seemed Professor Snape had completed this discharge in the distant sky...

Everyone watched helplessly as Professor Snape transformed into the brightest star in the night sky, all stunned by this sudden change...

Drifting in the air was Snape's final words:

"I will return..."