Chapter 226 Entering the Secret Room and the Hungry Basilisk

"Calling God to protect you!" Ivan waved his wand.

Threads of white mist poured out from the top of the wand, turning into an illusory white unicorn. After walking happily around in a circle, it plunged into the deep pipe.

A patron saint is usually the best choice for exploring paths, not to mention it can also be used as a lighting lamp in dark places.

Controlling the unicorn to take the first step, Ivan jumped down without hesitation.

The surrounding pools slowly merged together and returned to their original state.

Bang~

Ivan felt like he had fallen into a sticky slide, falling all the way down the slope of the pipe. The two "owls" on his shoulders shrank into Ivan's arms in horror.

The surroundings were pitch black, with no light visible. Only the shadow of a fluorescent unicorn not far away could barely illuminate the road ahead for him.

I don't know how long it took, but when Ivan felt like he was about to faint due to the twists and turns of the pipe, he suddenly found that the slope in front of him began to gradually become gentle.

Ivan immediately knew that he was coming

Sure enough, the opening of the pipe in front became bigger and bigger, and Ivan quickly slipped out and fell to the ground.

Ivan stood up from the ground with a grin on his face, patted his clothes covered in mud and dust, and the two "owls" fell from his arms to the ground in a daze.

"Clean up!"

Ivan simply used the dust removal spell to clean it up and looked around.

Here is a tunnel that goes straight forward. It looks very wide. The ground is wet, and the sound of running water in the distance can be faintly heard.

Ivan walked forward quickly, walking straight through the entire tunnel amidst the darkness and the fluorescent light of the patron saint. To his surprise, he did not see the basilisk shed its skin.

But if you think about it carefully, the basilisk hasn't been released yet. How could it shed its skin?

Instead, Ivan saw the bones of many creatures on the ground. Most of them belonged to rats. They would break into pieces when stepped on. It seemed that they had been piled up here for a long time.

At the end of the tunnel was a solid wall with two intertwined snakes engraved on it. The snakes' eyes shone with a strange green light under the dim fluorescent light.

"Hiss~ (Open!)" Ivan spoke again. The two snake shadows on the door seemed to be alive, squirming rapidly. The stone wall cracked from the middle, opening a path.

Ivan entered it. Inside was a huge space with many towering stone pillars, engraved with large entangled snakes, standing on both sides like guards.

Directly in front is a wide platform, with a statue reaching the ceiling at the end.

It was the statue of Salazar Slytherin. Ivan had to look up to see the huge face of the statue, where the basilisk slept.

Ivan had no intention of disturbing the other party, and just started searching in the secret room. He tentatively read that sentence in front of each stone pillar engraved with a big snake.

Pay tribute to the great forerunner-Salazar Slytherin!

The weird snake language kept echoing in the secret room, but all the big snake stone pillars showed no response. Ivan was determined to find other clues in the secret room.

After spending several hours, I finally found the text left by Slytherin somewhere, a string of strange characters, which translated into this sentence.

[Come to my statue, speak to me, and offer your highest respect! (Remember, close your eyes!)]

At the same time, next to the strange characters, there is a strange picture.

It was a figure standing in the center of the platform, with his mouth open as if he was chanting something. A huge snake was emerging from the mouth of the statue in front of him.

Ivan frowned. If he hadn't known that this was Slytherin's secret room, he would have thought it was some kind of sacrificial ritual performed by an evil wizard.

He didn't come here to summon the basilisk. If he didn't have to, he didn't want to provoke the big snake that could kill people with just its eyes.

However, for the whole afternoon, Ivan could not find the location of Slytherin's research room.

Thinking of Tom Riddle's previous words, Ivan became anxious.

Perhaps, he should call the basilisk out for questioning?

This terrifying thought appeared in Ivan's mind. This was undoubtedly a bad idea. He was not sure how powerful the basilisk was and whether he could defeat it if something went wrong.

However, in comparison, Ivan was even more unwilling to go back and continue arguing with Tom. It would be endless.

Even if Tom Riddle had set up some back-up plan in the secret room, Ivan did not dare to bring him in. Instead, he used the isolation magic text to restrict him and left him in the suitcase in the dormitory.

Since the Room of Requirement might be discovered, only the dormitory is relatively safe.

Ivan hesitated again and again, but decided to give it a try. He walked in the center of the platform, imitating Tom Riddle's movements in the original time and space, and uttered snake language in his mouth.

"Ssssssssss~ (Talk to me, Slytherin - the greatest of the Hogwarts Four.)"

Under Ivan's gaze, Slytherin's huge stone face moved above him, and his mouth opened wider and wider, revealing a huge round hole that could easily allow a person to walk in.

Ivan quickly closed his eyes to avoid looking directly at the basilisk that came out.

Fortunately, if he closes his eyes, Ivan can see everything in front of him through the shadow of the unicorn, but he is not sure whether the scene seen through magic will affect the real body.

If he remembered correctly, the direct death effect of the basilisk's eyes is not effective against everything. The Phoenix, which is also a top magical creature, is directly immune. The direct death effect will also be weakened through reflection from mirrors and water surfaces. In turn, Petrify those who look at it.

When I was thinking about it,

Vaguely, Ivan felt a rustling sound coming from above, as if something was slipping out of the statue's mouth.

The two "owls" brought by Ivan were lying on the ground shivering, making cooing sounds from their mouths.

Ivan was on guard, and if he failed to communicate with the other party in snake language, he would be ready to change the two roosters back to their original forms at any time.

"Hissssssss~ (hungry~so hungry)"

A clear snake language came from the statue's mouth,

The next moment, a huge giant snake emerged from there, and its heavy body fell on the stone slab with a muffled sound.

It quickly snaked its body and approached Ivan. The latter held the wand tightly, the light of the strengthening magic text had already lit up, and the Divine Edge Shadowless Curse was ready to go.

Through the sight of the patron saint, Ivan clearly saw the appearance of the basilisk in front of him. It was green, with scales like old bark growing on its body, and its big flat head had ferocious granular protrusions.

What frightened Ivan the most was the fangs that were as sharp as sabers and the faint, strangely fluorescent eyes.

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