My name is Sasuke, from being the richest man in Naruto to dominating the world

Chapter 593: Confrontation between students, Zhou Ming vs. Cynthia

Lockhart was knocked away cleanly and quickly. The students around him were silent for a while, and then all kinds of chaotic noises suddenly rang out.

Some laughed, some booed, and some showed concern for Lockhart.

"Is he okay?"

Hermione said a little worriedly.

Although she was aware of the fact that Lockhart was a good-for-nothing, she was kind-hearted, and seeing Lockhart in such a state of disgrace, she still subconsciously worried that he would get hurt.

"Whatever, who cares about him?"

Ron said with a pout.

He disliked Lockhart from the bottom of his heart.

Lockhart himself was not bothered by such an embarrassing scene.

He got up from the ground and gave a carefree smile to the students around him.

"It's actually good to let you see it, but with all due respect, Professor Snape, your intentions are too obvious and can be easily seen through. It's a piece of cake to stop you."

As the saying goes, it is better to lose the battle than the person, and Lockhart has implemented this concept very well.

His shameless look was truly rare in the world, and even louder boos broke out among the students.

Even Snape couldn't help but retort.

Oh, no, Snape's sharp tongue has always been consistent.

"Perhaps you should teach students how to block unfriendly spells, Professor."

Especially the last word "professor", Snape emphasized it very much, and any fool could hear the mocking tone.

Lockhart was actually somewhat embarrassed, but he still gave a smug smile.

"That's a very good suggestion, Professor Snape... Well, next, let's find a pair of volunteers to demonstrate."

He was well aware of the gap between himself and Snape. Continuing the fight would only be more humiliating, so the duel between professors that had just begun ended in a whimper.

Lockhart began to seek "off-field support".

Zhou Ming opened his eyes slightly.

Here it comes, the classic scene is coming!
He focused immediately.

As expected, Lockhart set his sights on Harry.

In the original book, in order to get approval for Hermione to enter the restricted area, Harry was forced to get close to Lockhart and help him reply to female fans all day long. He was deeply loved by Lockhart, so it was reasonable for him to be named by Lockhart.

But in this life, because of Zhou Ming's intervention, Hermione no longer had to go to the restricted area, so Harry did not take the initiative to approach Lockhart. The relationship between him and Lockhart was more like that between an ordinary professor and student.

So why did Lockhart set his sights on Harry? Simply because Harry was one of the few people he could remember.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron, this trio's performance in front of Lockhart could not be considered outstanding, but Harry himself had the aura of a savior, and it was hard for others not to remember him.

Lockhart looked at Harry, and Harry was stunned, with all the hair on his body standing up.

Just as Lockhart was about to speak.

"Wait a moment, Professor Lockhart."

An old voice suddenly sounded.

It's Dumbledore!
He appeared in the center of the dueling arena, behind Lockhart and in front of Snape.

But the magical thing is that, except Zhou Ming and Snape, no one noticed how he appeared, as if he had been standing there from the beginning.

"Professor Dumbledore? Why are you here?"

Lockhart turned away in shock.

The other students were even more shocked than him, and their eyes widened.

"How can I not come and take a look at such an important matter? The dueling club is a good idea, but let's not have professors fighting each other. You and Snape are both excellent professors, and students won't understand your duel."

To be honest, old Dumbledore still gave Lockhart face. If Zhou Ming was to be his replacement, the first thing he would do would be to get rid of Hong Huo. Hogwarts would definitely not want such a rubbish who was just filling in the numbers.

"Haha, yes, yes, that's what I thought, so I plan to ask two students to come up, and Professor Snape and I will be there to guide them on their problems."

Lockhart was well aware of the principle of taking advantage of an opportunity to back off, and when he heard Dumbledore say this, he took over the conversation on the spot.

"Great idea."

Dumbledore nodded, "Then do you mind if I recommend two students to you?"

"Uh, of course I don't mind."

Lockhart thought that there was nothing to mind. Anyone could come up and it didn't matter to him.

"Okay, thank you Professor Lockhart for your cooperation, Professor Snape?"

Dumbledore was a very thoughtful person. He even remembered to ask Snape for his opinion.

"I have no opinion."

Snape said expressionlessly.

"Very good. Then, Mr. Zhou Ming, are you willing to come up and demonstrate for everyone?"

Dumbledore nodded, and then very abruptly looked directly at Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming was hiding in the crowd and watching the fun, but was suddenly called out by Dumbledore and was completely dumbfounded.

"I?"

No, what does this have to do with me? Did this old man eat too many cockroaches? Is his head covered in sugar?
"Yes, it's you, Zhou Ming. Since the last time I met you, I feel that you are a student with great ideas, talents, and abilities. Wouldn't you like to demonstrate some dueling skills to your classmates?"

Dumbledore asked with a grin.

hiss--

Zhou Ming took a deep breath and his heart raced.

This old guy, is he planning to push himself to the forefront to attract attention and then secretly protect Harry? Otherwise, why would he suddenly do such a thing?
But...it doesn't matter. I don't care whether I'm in the front or not. It's just that it doesn't feel good to be suddenly put up by someone.

"Professor Dumbledore, there is no problem with the demonstration, but I want to know, who are you going to let be my opponent?"

If it was someone of your own age, then there would be no need to even bother looking at him. It would not be an exaggeration to say that students below the fifth grade at Hogwarts would not be able to last more than a single round in front of you.

Just by using the magic spells of this world, he can instantly kill all students below the fifth grade, including the fifth grade students. Even most of the students in the sixth and seventh grades will suffer the same fate.

Only a very small number of exceptional senior students can compete with me.

This is not bragging, but absolute confidence in one's own strength.

After all, he was a time traveler, and originally possessed great strength. In terms of vision and combat awareness, he was far beyond the reach of these students. The seventh grade was an understatement. If they really had to fight, the entire Watts, perhaps only Snape and Dumbledore himself were worth looking at.

"Of course it's the equally outstanding student Cynthia." What Zhou Ming didn't expect was that Dumbledore actually directly named Cynthia.

Zhou Ming looked at Cynthia in astonishment, and Cynthia happened to look at him as well, with a hint of shock on her expression.

"How about this opponent? Are you satisfied with it?"

Dumbledore's smile was very kind, but in Zhou Ming's opinion, it was clearly the smile of an old fox after he had succeeded.

but……

"How about a fight?"

Zhou Ming suddenly became interested.

In fact, he and Cynthia never had a real confrontation from beginning to end.

In the Saint Seiya world, and after leaving the Saint Seiya world and entering Azeroth, he and Cynthia, or Sasuke and Artemis, actually had a brief fight.

But at that time Artemis' strength was far beyond Sasuke's, and he easily suppressed the opponent without much effort.

Later, due to various circumstances, the conflict between the two was resolved, and Artemis always stayed by his side.

After entering this world, the strength of both of them was sealed, which was equivalent to being on the same starting line. Perhaps Zhou Ming grew very quickly because of his own talent and knowledge. But Artemis was not bad either. More importantly, he really didn't know what level Cynthia was at now.

Because they have never competed with each other, if they have any learning experience, they will communicate with each other and learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses.

So Zhou Ming immediately became interested in this sudden competition.

Looking at Cynthia again, her eyes lit up and it was obvious that she was also interested.

Come to think of it, the last time they fought, it was just a brief encounter, and she was crushed on the spot. This was definitely not a good experience for a god who had lived for tens of thousands of years.

As the Moon Goddess, she also has her own pride, but the more she understands, the more she knows the importance of Zhou Ming to this onion universe. Not to mention that she is not Zhou Ming's opponent, even if she is, she can't attack Zhou Ming anymore. Instead, she has to become his companion and assistant to help him save the entire universe.

However, the little depression and entanglement in my heart will not disappear just like that. Instead, they will be buried deeply, waiting to burst out at the right time.

So, isn't now the right time?
"I agree."

Cynthia suddenly looked at Dumbledore and spoke softly.

It was as if she had agreed to Zhou Ming's proposal.

Zhou Ming curled his lips.

"Okay, I agree."

"Great, then please invite the two students to the stage."

Dumbledore smiled, completely in control of the situation.

Snape didn't care about it at all. He didn't care much about the Dueling Club. If Lockhart hadn't insisted on inviting him, wouldn't it be better for him to use this time to study potions?

As for Lockhart, he wanted to interrupt, but how could he have a say here?

Dumbledore is the absolute "king" in Hogwarts. When he appears, all professors have to give way to him. Old Dumbledore is so domineering.

Zhou Ming and Cynthia quickly stepped onto the duel stage and stood opposite each other under the expectant and curious gazes of their classmates.

In fact, neither of them is a celebrity in Hogwarts. At most, they are famous in their respective colleges.

Needless to say, Zhou Ming is a genius student of Ravenclaw and a true academic master.

Cynthia's grades weren't outstanding, but she was so pretty that over the past two years, I don't know how many boys had a crush on her. But she was too cold. The virgin goddess was no joke. She didn't say a word to any girl, and boys didn't dare to humiliate themselves.

So everyone could only watch her from afar and knew very little about her.

With these two people standing on the duel stage, everyone is curious about what kind of battle scene they can show.

"Actually, I should have sparred with you a long time ago, but I didn't expect it to have been put off until now."

Zhou Ming spoke first. He shook his wrist lightly, and the wand slipped out of his sleeve and fell into his palm, where he gently held it.

“That’s what I wanted to say as well.”

Cynthia spoke softly and took out her wand from her pocket.

"Although we are good friends and you are a girl, I will not hold back next time. If I accidentally hurt you, don't blame me."

Zhou Ming reminded.

"That's how it should be."

Cynthia nodded.

Then the two of them saluted each other, which was the duel salute before wizards dueled, holding their wands upright in front of them, with the other hand behind their backs, bowing to their opponents, and so on.

After doing all this, the two walked away with their backs to each other and waited until they reached the reserved position.

"Except your weapons!"

Cynthia took the first step and raised her hand to shoot a red light towards Zhou Ming. This was the classic appearance of the Disarmament spell, but depending on each person's level of refinement in the spell, the spell could also have different appearances.

For example, when Snape used this spell not long ago, a white light close to yellow was displayed. Therefore, if you only look at the color of the light to determine what spell it is, it is possible that you will capsize in the gutter.

Cynthia obviously did not study this spell too deeply, but the fact that she could use it was already very impressive.

Facing Cynthia's fierce attack, Zhou Ming remained calm. He stretched out his magic wand, pulled it back the moment the spell flew in front of him, and then lightly picked it up, and the red lightning-shaped spell was easily picked aside.

"..."

The students around him widened their eyes and stared at Zhou Ming intently.

The three professors next to him also had different expressions.

Lockhart was completely stunned, he could never have imagined that he would see this scene on a second-year student. To be honest, if he were to replace Zhou Ming, he could actually do it as well.

But the prerequisite is that the opponent must be Cynthia, not Snape.

Snape frowned slightly and glanced at Dumbledore's back. He began to realize that Dumbledore showed up today on purpose, perhaps for the two people standing on the stage.

As for Dumbledore, his expression is more interesting.

He had a smile on his face, and his eyes were fixed on Zhou Ming, carefully observing his every move and the direction of the magic power on his body.

Zhou Ming was not aware of this, and even if he knew, he would not care. He was now concentrating on dealing with Cynthia's attack.

It must be said that Cynthia's full-strength outburst did put some pressure on him.

He never expected that Cynthia's strength had reached this level. The spells followed one after another with almost no intervals, leaving him no chance to breathe.

Of course, pressure is just pressure, and it does not mean that Cynthia can really suppress or defeat Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming is currently only in the defensive stage, and he is also observing Cynthia's performance.

(End of this chapter)