The spells Yaxley had just given Sean were ordinary magic, with levels not as high as Sean's current abilities. They provided no help at all.
Black smoke swirled continuously around Sean, extending dark tendrils to block Barty Crouch Jr's attacks, while Sean went all-out on the offensive. His wand traced trajectory after trajectory as various spells poured toward Barty Crouch Jr.
Controlling Karkaroff's body, Barty Crouch Jr waved his wand with fluid grace. A blue-white halo circled his wand tip—Sean recognised it as a Shield Charm effect, but much smaller than normal, only palm-sized. The Shield Charm hovered at the wand tip as Barty elegantly deflected and reflected Sean's spells, looking from afar as if he were simply batting them away with his wand.
This level of Shield Charm usage had to be at least Level 5 or higher.
Indeed, once magic reached Level 5 and above, various transformations came naturally.
Sean waved his wand forcefully. The ground trembled as thick, thorny vines burst through the surface, coiling toward Barty Crouch Jr like giant pythons.
"Confringo!"
"Confringo!"
"Confringo!"
Calmly waving his wand, streams of orange-yellow flames shot from Barty's wand. With his high-precision movements, the yellow flames of the Blasting Curse traced arc after arc, carrying explosive force. Everywhere they passed, vines exploded and collapsed with thunderous crashes.
Another spell at least Level 5. This time a Level 5+ Blasting Curse?
At Barty Crouch Jr's age, with this growth rate—did he have some ultra-high-level talent?
Sean's eyes blazed with excitement looking at Barty Crouch Jr.
From bottom to top, Sean flicked his wand upward. The thorny vines emerging from underground twisted together, forming a massive half-bodied humanoid figure that swung giant fists down at Barty Crouch Jr.
Seeing this, Barty continuously cast Blasting Curses. Endless yellow fireballs bombarded the thorny giant's fists and arms, but due to the sheer number of vines, he couldn't completely destroy them immediately.
"The Bulstrode family's Thorn Curse can actually be this troublesome."
Muttering to himself, Barty raised his wand again. Yellow flames carrying an extremely ominous aura poured from his wand, transforming into vultures that swooped at the thorny giant.
With just one touch, the thorny giant immediately burst into flames. Under these flames, it couldn't last even half a minute.
Flames of such power—Sean immediately knew Barty Crouch Jr had used Fiendfyre.
"Frost Domain!"
Pointing his wand forward, frigid air swept across the battlefield in an instant.
Everything on the ground, including the not-yet-fully-burnt thorny giant, became covered in frost. The previously invincible Fiendfyre, facing Sean's Frost Domain, was significantly affected. The burning flames showed signs of being suppressed, and the vultures formed by Fiendfyre became ethereal.
But Fiendfyre was still Fiendfyre. Level 5 Frost Domain might suppress it slightly but couldn't completely extinguish its burning.
Just as Barty Crouch Jr was about to intensify his efforts, figures suddenly appeared in the distance—the Order of the Phoenix members who had finally arrived.
"Ahhh..."
The high-pitched cry rang out again. A phoenix materialised at the battlefield before the other Order members. Blazing flames surged as Dumbledore emerged from the fire. Looking at Barty Crouch Jr using Karkaroff's body, Dumbledore's wand swung forcefully. The void itself seemed to shudder as invisible air became tangible and substantial, forming a giant dome that directly enclosed the Fiendfyre and Karkaroff, rapidly compressing them.
"Transfiguration that can control elements... Worthy of Dumbledore indeed!"
"You're not Karkaroff. Who are you really?"
Hearing this, Barty Crouch Jr immediately bowed to Dumbledore with mocking formality, then smiled. "Your former student, Barty Crouch Jr, greets Professor Dumbledore."
"It's you—you're not dead?"
"The one who died was my mother. She willingly sacrificed her life for me. Truly a great mother, isn't she?"
"But you've violated the meaning behind your mother saving you."
"Perhaps. But so what? The great Voldemort is my destiny. I think even if my mother were alive, she would support me."
As he spoke, cracks gradually appeared on Karkaroff's body surface, with flames faintly rising from within.
Seeing this, Dumbledore immediately knew something was wrong. He turned and shouted loudly to the arriving Order members, "Get back! Everyone get back!"
The moment Dumbledore's words ended, Karkaroff's body exploded like a massive bomb. Surging Fiendfyre spread outward with the explosion. Barty Crouch Jr had clearly premeditated this, actually using Karkaroff's body as a Fiendfyre incubator. When Dumbledore and the Order arrived, he directly detonated the Fiendfyre cultivated inside Karkaroff's body.
This method was sinister and vicious—exactly like a smaller version of Voldemort.
The exploding Fiendfyre surged outward frantically.
Seeing this, Sean was about to retreat when silver-white light suddenly blazed forth.
Dumbledore's hair and beard flew as astonishing magical power transformed into silver-white light that continuously poured from his body, forming a silver-white shield that completely contained the exploding Fiendfyre, guiding it upward into the sky.
Simultaneously, Sean saw a silver-white phoenix flying continuously around the shield. Whenever gaps appeared, the phoenix would spray silver-white mist to seal them.
Gradually, the Fiendfyre within the silver-white shield weakened, finally contracting to a single point under the shield's compression and binding before disappearing completely.
Sean watched Dumbledore lower his wand. He had long known Dumbledore had a max-level Patronus Charm and guessed it could do more than just repel Dementors, but he never imagined that in Dumbledore's hands, a max-level Patronus Charm could display such terrifying power.