Chapter 171: Academy Life

  Meow!

  That giant monster shook and stood up again, Lin Xiao couldn't help but let out another cry, successfully awakening the three people who were stunned.

  "Look quickly, that giant monster is not dead yet!" Roan shouted loudly with a terrified face.

  "Ugggh...!" The giant monster shook his heavy head, somewhat dazed, and slowly got up.

  The tattered magic skin on his body seemed to be slowly recovering, enhancing his resistance to impact. Lin Xiao's previous blow didn't use much force, but with his strength, even if he only used a tenth of it, it would be enough to shatter a 3*3*3 large bluestone into powder. Yet the giant monster in front of him was merely in some pain, and there wasn't even a wound on its body.

  Roaring loudly, the giant grasped its own massive club and slammed it fiercely onto the ground where Lin Xiao was.

  Rumble!

  The fragile ground was like tofu, and in an instant, gravel splashed everywhere, but Lin Xiao had already jumped far away long before the giant stick struck.

  Protected Hermione from the debris, Lin Xiao saw that the three of them were present and didn't dare to show off too much. Even if this cat could be explained as a magical creature, its small body shouldn't contain terrifying power. If it showed off too much, it would only arouse suspicion.

  "Meow!" Lin Xiao shouted at Hermione.

  "Are you going first?" Hermione found herself surprisingly understanding what this cry meant.

  Lin Xiao quickly nodded.

  "No, let's go together!" But unexpectedly, Hermione shook her head and looked at Lin Xiao with a firm gaze.

  When he heard this, Lin Xiao was also speechless for a moment.

  What's the point of talking about brotherhood at this time!

  "Hermione, come quick!" Harry and Ron yelled at Hermione from this side.

  Lin Xiao turned his head and glanced at them. At this time, the giant monster swung its club again, Lin Xiao had no choice but to use his cat claws to pick up Hermione and dodge quickly like lightning.

  Rumble!

  Meow!

  Put Hermione on Harry and Ron's side, Lin Xiao turned his head and directly electrocuted the giant monster behind him.

  The giant's power is great, but his reaction is very slow. Due to their body shape, they are not slow in some big movements, but in some small movements such as turning around and turning their heads, they are extremely slow.

  Lin Xiao didn't dare to show his true strength, only using a tenth of it as he danced around the giant monster. He took advantage of his small stature to run circles around the giant. The silly giant spun around in a circle by itself, and unexpectedly tripped over its own feet.

  Lin Xiao hastily dodged.

  Boom!

  The massive body slammed into the bathroom tiles, causing them to crack and shatter in all directions. Lin Xiao turned around, using the ground as leverage, and with a powerful thrust of his two front paws, his entire body shot towards the giant monster's head.

  Bang!

  The golden figure directly collided with the giant monster's head. The massive impact force caused the giant monster's body to shift a distance sideways, and it even fell into a coma in the first moment.

  Although it didn't die, the giant monster at this moment has become a lamb to be slaughtered.

  Patter!

  Four paws landed on the ground, Lin Xiao looked at the giant monster that had fainted and couldn't help but nod his small head in satisfaction. He then turned around and walked towards the three people standing at the entrance of the bathroom in a daze.

  "Hermione, is that still your family's greedy Lhasa Apso?" Ron looked at Lin Xiao with a surprised face, full of incredulity.

  Not to mention him, even Hermione herself was shocked beyond measure. However, when she saw Lin Xiao walk over, she naturally hugged him, but her eyes kept scanning his body back and forth, probably wondering how this small body could contain such great power.

  "Leslie is really awesome!" Harry exclaimed, gazing at Lin Xiao who was comfortably nestled in Hermione's arms, with a hint of envy flashing in his eyes.

  Just as the three of them were marveling at Lin Xiao's incredible strength, a series of footsteps suddenly came from outside, getting closer and closer, giving the three no chance to escape. The owners of those footsteps had already arrived at the entrance of the bathroom.

  "Oh... oh... my goodness!" Professor McGonagall, who was walking in the front, was the first to see the giant monster lying in the ruins of the bathroom. Instantly she hastily retreated a few steps, but accidentally bumped into Professor Quirrell behind her.

  Her gaze swept over the giant's body and immediately turned to Harry and Ron with a stern look.

  Who made Hermione hold a cat that looked completely harmless?

  "You two had better explain yourselves!"

  "Professor, it's not what you think. Actually..."

  "Professor, it's not like that..."

  The two were about to hastily explain that it wasn't them who did it, but the cat in Hermione's arms, however before they could say a word, Hermione over there had already spoken up.

  "It's all my fault, Professor McGonagall." she said loudly.

  "What?" Ron and Harry exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with puzzlement. This was obviously Lysander's doing!

  "Miss Granger?" Professor McGonagall and even Snape looked like they couldn't believe Hermione would do such a thing, because she was always an excellent student. As for Quirrell, he was looking rather nervous at the moment.

  Hermione's words paused for a moment, as if she had made up her mind about something. She then lifted her head and continued speaking.

  "It was me who went to find the giant, I had read about it in a book and thought I could handle it. But I was wrong, if Harry and Ron hadn't come to find me, I might have been dead already." It has to be said that Hermione's acting skills are really good, she can tell lies with her eyes open without even blushing, Lin Xiao who is lying in her arms can clearly feel that this girl's heartbeat hasn't accelerated at all. The usually honest and diligent good student actually has the potential of a big liar.

  But Lin Xiao was somewhat puzzled as to why Hermione would choose to help him keep it a secret.

  He was worried that Dumbledore's suspicions would make him appear weaker, but Hermione directly covered for him, which reduced Lin Xiao's troubles.

  "Even so...this is utter foolishness, I expected more from you than from the others, but you have disappointed me, Miss Granger." Professor McGonagall rebuked Hermione harshly and deducted five points from Gryffindor.

  Fortunately, she quickly added five points to both Harry and Ron, which meant that Gryffindor not only didn't lose any points but actually gained five.

  Five points may be a small number, but for these two people who have been deducted points all the time, it is extremely worth celebrating.

  Professor McGonagall finished speaking and left, while Professor Snape, who had not said a word from start to finish, also followed her out, leaving only Professor Quirrell's stuttering voice telling Harry and his friends to hurry up and leave.

  Hermione's eyes widened as Lin Xiao suddenly turned his head and shouted at Professor Qiao's back of the head.

  "Voldemort, come on, don't make me fail this mission." Lin Xiao thought silently in his heart.

  ……

  Today was Harry's first Quidditch match and he was so nervous in the morning that he didn't even have an appetite.

  Because of last night's events, Hermione and Harry's relationship has improved a lot, and they have become good friends. At this time, Lin Xiao was also standing by, quickly devouring the food on his plate.

  Because of last night's performance, Hermione and the other two didn't let him off easy when they got back in the evening. They either turned him over to examine him or guessed his breed. Ron even exaggeratedly said he had a giant dragon's bloodline, leaving Lin Xiao speechless.

  After that, Snape walked past here, and he sarcastically said a few words to Harry before walking away. As he walked away, the three of them looked over and found that one of Snape's feet was lame.

  Then Harry launched into a speech of his own conjectures, with an air of conviction, as if this were really the fact.

  Lin Xiao buried his head in the pile of food, listening to Harry's speculation in his ears, and couldn't help but secretly laugh. This Harry really didn't have any potential as a detective, many things he only looked at on the surface without seeing the inside. But after all, he was only 11 years old, Lin Xiao thought back to what he was doing when he was 11, and didn't bother with idle matters anymore.

  Harry and Ron's lives didn't matter to him at all, as long as Hermione was fine, that way he wouldn't have any guilt.

  After a hearty breakfast, Lin Xiao's belly was bulging, and during this time, Harry also received a broomstick, the latest model of the Firebolt 2000 series, which is currently the fastest model in the Firebolt series.

  Harry himself was not too excited about it, but Ron on the other hand was already overly excited.

  Although there were some minor episodes in between due to Malfoy's reasons, this did not affect the mood of the three people.

  Lin Xiao didn't follow Hermione to watch the Quidditch match, he still slipped out of school and into the Forbidden Forest for training. Recently, he felt that his cultivation was about to reach a breakthrough point, believing that in less than ten days or half a month, his cultivation would also smoothly break through to become a second-rank Yuan Wu Zhe.

  Time passed as Lin Xiao worked hard to cultivate and Harry and others continued their adventures.

  When Lin Xiao first heard Harry and them talking about that Nicolème in the public lounge, he knew that Big Mouth Hagrid had accidentally mentioned this name.

  "Everything is a trap, poor Fawkes even if he knew it was a trap, he had to take the risk of stepping in, did he have any other choice?" Lin Xiao lay comfortably on the soft sofa, his mind clear about Dumbledore's plans, and precisely because of this, he was more confident that he could snatch the magic stone when the time came.

  Dumbledore had seen him several times, but he had never dared to use the detection technique to check his combat power. However, Lin Xiao could still clearly feel the enormous spiritual power in his body, which was at least 70% stronger than his own. Even if Dumbledore's combat power was not as high as three hundred, it should be around two hundred and sixty or so.

  Such fighting power is not something that Lin Xiao can contend with at present.

  Fortunately, Lin Xiao had already felt that he was about to break through, and it would happen either tomorrow or the day after.