When the two little girls looked at each other, Snape and Professor Dumbledore also knew that it was the final critical moment, and their final trump cards began to be revealed.

Chapter 114: Trump Card

After all, Snape took the first step when facing Dumbledore. With a flash, he cast several powerful spells towards Dumbledore. After Dumbledore sighed lightly, the old wand in his hand emitted powerful magical fluctuations, and silently, an extremely thick stone wall rose in front of him.

The crackling sound of the magic spell explosion smashed down the stone wall with a bang, and countless tiny stone chips scattered on the stone slabs, raising a cloud of dust.

Dumbledore waved his powerful magic lightly, and the thick and solid stone wall was transformed into a huge lion that was five meters tall and guarded the old man.

"Severus, I think you should know that such a spell cannot hurt me. If you just fight me with this awareness, I can only say sorry again."

Snape paid no attention to what Dumbledore said, but stared closely at the stone lion beside Dumbledore.

"One, two, three... four, five."

Well, the time has come for the potion thrown over to take effect. After counting to five seconds in his mind, Snape's gaze shifted from the stone lion to Dumbledore's face.

At this moment, a layer of light red appeared on Dumbledore's face, and an expression of pain and weakness appeared on the face of the old man. Dumbledore seemed to have been poisoned accidentally.

After seeing the expected situation happening to Dumbledore, a smile appeared on Snape's cold face. His previous arrangement was very successful. This time, I defeated Dumbledore.

Dumbledore's current behavior was obviously created by Snape, and the reason why he was able to do all this started when Snape learned that Dumbledore had also become a member of the Soul Cup War.

As one of the core members of the Order of the Phoenix, Snape naturally knew how powerful Dumbledore was. He was a white wizard who suppressed two generations of Dark Lords. If they were compared in terms of true strength, even if Dumbledore was old and a little confused, he was definitely no match for Dumbledore holding the Elder Wand. So Snape put the use of potions on his agenda.

As the top potion master in the British wizarding world, Snape was very confident that he could make the potion he wanted. It was just a matter of time and energy. What's more, he now had a potion master as talented as him by his side - Lily.

After giving a vague reason, Lily didn't think much about it and started working with Snape to develop the special potion he wanted.

It was not known whether the breakthrough to the Great Wizard realm had led to the growth of potion technology, or whether Lily's potion talent had become even stronger, but Snape spent only a week to create a special potion that could enhance physical fitness and extend some lifespans. The function of this potion was very simple, that is, it would catalyze the magic power in the wizard's body, and with some special ingredients, it could greatly transform the magic power into nutrients to nourish the body and enhance the activity of cells throughout the body.

The effect of this potion seems to be very powerful, but it has two major drawbacks. That is, when it converts magic power into vitality, it will absorb a large amount of the wizard's magic power. If the wizard does not have magic power far exceeding that of ordinary wizards, then those who do not have enough magic power will have to live as a Muggle for at least several months or even years after drinking this potion, because this potion will continuously absorb the wizard's own magic power like a portable grandfather.

Another point is that when the potion is transformed, the wizard himself will fall into extreme weakness. During this transformation process, magic cannot be used drastically. Once used, the consequences will be disastrous. Magic disorder will be the best result, and this is also the result Snape wants.

Having been with Dumbledore for so many years, Snape naturally knew that it was impossible for him to poison or launch a surprise attack on the headmaster of Hogwarts, because this thousand-year-old school had countless magical prohibitions and special magical privileges to assist the headmaster, so Snape was aiming for the opposite effect from the beginning.

Although he couldn't harm the headmaster, he could be kind enough to brew a potion with beneficial effects for the headmaster. Although this potion had some insignificant side effects, its merits outweighed its disadvantages. In Snape's opinion, the difficulty of brewing this potion was no less than that of Felicis Felix.

Although the special potion is very difficult to cook, it is still relatively easy for the two potion masters. However, making this potion is only the first step for Snape. He also needs to secretly feed Professor Dumbledore some "additives", which are the fuel for the potion transformation process.

Since most of the "additives" were tonic potions and potions beneficial to the human body, Snape's actions went smoothly. The medicinal properties of the drugs were deposited in Dumbledore's body, and only a wedge was needed to activate them, and fortunately the special potion was this wedge.

So although Snape seemed to want to attack Dumbledore with a spell just now, in fact, it was just to cover up the special potion he hid in the dark. Due to the special nature of the potion, it only needs to come into contact with something to work, even gas can be used. This is why Snape was staring at the stone lions after hitting Dumbledore's stone wall. As long as Dumbledore breathes in a little bit of the potion, he will be detonated by the effect of the potion and begin to transform passively.

In fact, Snape did not expect to succeed in one go. He still had more than a dozen small bottles of the same potion that he had thrown out before. But Snape never expected to succeed in one shot.

After Dumbledore smelled the scent of potion on the stone lion created by his Transfiguration, he almost subconsciously used magic to isolate himself, but his reaction was a little late.

Miraculous changes began to take place in Qi's body. The magical power in his body, as vast as the ocean, was quickly sucked away like a bottomless whirlpool. At the same time, his old and almost withered body was greeted with wave after wave of fresh vitality. This sudden surge of vitality not only made his face glow, but even some signs of aging on his body quickly disappeared. In just a few seconds, more than half of Dumbledore's magic power disappeared, but the whole person looked like he was twenty years younger.

The process of absorbing magic power and converting it into vitality from the additives prepared by Snape would not stop. Feeling Dumbledore's conversion speed which was far beyond his expectations, Snape was a little shocked. It seemed that Headmaster Dumbledore's magic power was much more than he expected, which was almost two or three times of his own.

However, even though he had underestimated Dumbledore's magical power, this did not stop Snape from taking action against Ariana. As long as he could get rid of Ariana and make Lily the only one to be resurrected, it would be worth it even if he died at the hands of an enraged Dumbledore.

It was just like the question Dumbledore asked him.

"Severus, what can you give for her?"

"My everything."

Just when he bypassed Dumbledore who was transforming and threw several invisible swords at Ariana who was in soul form, a black-robed figure appeared out of nowhere and shattered his thoughts.

"I'm sorry, although I admire you, you can't kill Ariana today."

A hoarse voice came from under the black robe. Judging from the way he easily deflected the spell cast by Snape, he was a great wizard who was in no way inferior to Dumbledore.

When Snape saw the black-robed figure, his face was almost full of disbelief and surprise, and he was indignant in a low voice.

"Dumbledore is old and confused, actually letting you out of that tower. I'm afraid the entire European Ministry of Magic will go crazy next, the Dark Lord Getter Grindelwald."

Obviously, it was not only Snape who had a trump card. Dumbledore hid it even deeper. In terms of winning back his sister who was lost a hundred years ago, Dumbledore was no less willing than Snape. After all, decades of repression were no match for the family affection that was so close at hand.

Chapter 115. Victory and Announcement

After seeing Grindelwald, Snape knew that he had miscalculated this time. There was no way he could get rid of Ariana in a short period of time under the protection of Grindelwald, the Dark Lord who had caused bloodshed in Europe.

However, even though Snape knew that he could not defeat Grindelwald, he still attacked the first-generation Dark Lord without hesitation. He had already killed the second-generation Dark Lord for Lily. Even if it was a more powerful first-generation Dark Lord, he would try his best even if there was only a glimmer of hope, just to create a hopeful ending for Lily.

Without leaving any room for maneuver, Snape used all his hidden tricks. Many bottles of combat potions, combined with his fierce spells, flew towards Grindelwald and Ariana behind him. Unfortunately, the effect was very weak. Grindelwald did not use any extra tricks, but just relied on his superb Fiery Curse to dissolve all of Snape's tricks.

Snape was filled with helplessness when he saw this scene. If the opponent just used objects to block his potions, he would have a lot of room for maneuver. Unfortunately, the opponent's combat experience was too sophisticated and vicious. He saw at a glance the shortcomings of his methods, which was that he needed to rely on various potions to carry out mixed operations, and his means of dealing with it were also extremely clever.

The Fiery Flame that could burn everything burned away all of Snape's hopes. His fantasy of defeating Grindelwald in a short time with his unexpected fighting system was shattered. Snape glanced at Dumbledore who was almost finished transforming behind him, and he knew that he didn't have much time left.

Gathering all his magical power, Snape concentrated on controlling himself and performing his best magic as if he was completing the preparation of a supreme potion.

Sectumsempra,

The Kendo Spell, the first spell he developed by himself, was his final trump card after becoming a great wizard. Every great wizard has his own most powerful spell, which is powerful not because of the spell, but because of their own attainments in magic, such as Dumbledore's Transfiguration Spell, Avada Kedavra which has already defeated Voldemort, and Grindelwald's Fiendish Fire Spell which is now blocking Professor Snape.

Others can also use these spells, but in their hands, these spells can always exert extraordinary power. Dumbledore's Transfiguration can truly change the nature of objects, Voldemort's Killing Curse is unstoppable because of its extreme killing power, and Grindelwald's Fiendfyre can be controlled freely no matter how large it grows. These are the powerful and special features of these great wizards when using specific spells.

As a great wizard, Snape also had his own skill, which was the Shadowless Spell that he used to silently strike Ariana. This spell that he created himself was truly invisible and traceless. It was not only extremely fast but also had no magical fluctuations. This spell was like a skilled assassin that quietly struck at the snow-white and thin neck.

The piercing sharp edge of the spell gave people goose bumps even before it arrived. The sharp edge formed by the spell when it was flying had broken a thin layer of skin on Ariana's neck. At the critical moment when Ariana was about to be killed, Grindelwald reacted incredibly urgently. There was clearly no murderous intent towards Grindelwald, and there was no magical fluctuation, but Grindelwald subconsciously launched a prepared spell and switched positions with Ariana.

"Pfft."

The sound of a sharp blade entering the body was heard, but Snape's face became extremely ugly. Because of the difference in height, his sharp sword only hit Grindelwald's chest, and because of his extreme dodge, it only hit Grindelwald's left shoulder. Although the blood continued to flow and there were various abnormal weakening effects, this injury could only be regarded as a minor injury for a great wizard.

After using various counter-spells including End of All Curses to fail to remove the residual effects of Snape's spell, Grindelwald simply used flesh and blood black magic to treat the wound. He said to Snape, who was recovering his magic power on the spot, with an admiring tone: "If your spell had not passed the range of my Fiendfyre, I might have really fallen into your trap and seen tragedy happen before my eyes again. However, to be able to develop an assassination spell of this level, I think you are not only a genius in potions, but also have a high level of attainment in black magic."

At this time, Snape also knew why he was discovered. After all, he was too anxious. In order to save time, he did not wait for an opportunity but directly took advantage of a weak point of the Fiendfyre to break through with the Shadowless Sword. He also threw another magic as a cover. He originally thought that even Grindelwald would not be able to distinguish every magic in the burning Fiendfyre, but he still underestimated this generation of Dark Lord.

While Snape was silently recovering his magic power and preparing to give it a try, Dumbledore had finally completed his magical transformation. Although the magical pressure on his body was reduced by more than a degree, he suddenly looked 20 or 30 years younger. He turned from a dying centenarian into an energetic man in his sixties or seventies, exuding a sense of vitality.

What is even more shocking is that after Dumbledore became younger, Grindelwald in a black robe seemed to have changed because of some special connection with Dumbledore, and he began to become younger.

Snape, with his sharp eyes, could tell at a glance that Grindelwald had a lot of vitality being infused into his body. Considering Dumbledore's total magical power which was several times that of a great wizard like him, and the obviously mismatched vitality, how could he not know, as a master of potions and dark magic, that this was a manifestation of the life contract?

The Life Contract is a forbidden spell strictly prohibited by the British Ministry of Magic, because the effect of this spell contract is that after signing a blood contract, the two people on the contract will share vitality and magic power, and when one party dies, the other will die as well. The overbearing effect made this life contract very popular in the wizarding world. However, because the life contract later caused a huge magical catastrophe, it almost caused a break in the wizarding world. It was after that accident that the life contract was hailed as a blood contract, which meant that the contract would bring blood and death.

I didn't expect to see this kind of contract between Grindelwald and Dumbledore today. It seems that the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald was more complicated than I knew.

After thinking silently for a while, Snape began to move the wand in his hand, knowing that Dumbledore was about to do something he didn't want to see.

At this moment, Lily beside Snape seemed to know what was going to happen, so she began to take action.

After quietly using a bottle of potion to make Snape lie down helplessly, Lily began to bargain with Dumbledore.

"Principal Dumbledore, I can voluntarily merge into Miss Ariana's body, but you need to promise me that you will not continue to attack Sevilla after I disappear. Since he has done nothing wrong, please let him go. If you don't agree, I think I can still self-destruct."

Faced with Lily's tone, which was soft but strong and resolute, Dumbledore, who had become a big villain at this time, also had a headache. It was really exactly the same as Lily's personality when she was young. I really don't know how you did it, my good student Roy.

Dumbledore did not answer Lily immediately. He waited for Grindelwald to complete the transformation as well. After a moment's silence, he suddenly turned his head to Roy.

"I don't know. As the mastermind behind all this, Mr. Roy, what do you think about this?"

While Dumbledore was saying this, he and Grindelwald blocked Roy silently from the front and back. After hearing what Dumbledore said, Snape subconsciously blocked Roy's movement and stared closely at the seemingly innocent Roy.

Facing the hidden encirclement of the three great wizards, Roy remained extremely calm, even with a hint of a smile on his face.

"Since Professor Dumbledore has invited me like this, it would be impolite for me to decline. So I will express my opinion without hesitation."

"As the Soul Cup Maker, I declare Miss Ariana the winner of this Soul Cup War."

Following Roy's calm announcement, earth-shaking changes took place on the scene.

Chapter 116. Prepare to be resurrected, Lily!

When Roy finished his statement, the first person to change was Lily. Roy pointed his wand and a ball of golden light came out from Lily's body and flew into the soul of Ariana behind Dumbledore and Grindelwald at a speed that no great wizard could react to.

After the golden light flew out of Lily's body, Lily's soul suddenly dimmed by 99%, from being no different from a real person before to being almost transparent. Lily's expression was also very weak and haggard. Seeing this scene, both Snape who was lying on the ground and Harry who was restrained by Roy's spell on the side glared at Roy with frowns.

However, Roy was not affected at all, and continued to manipulate the next step of the ritual. After the golden light merged with Ariana, Ariana began to emanate a strange magical aura. There was a hint of holiness in the evil, and life was born in death. Even the two knowledgeable wizards could not tell what Ariana's current situation was.

But one thing they were sure of was that there was a breath of life in Ariana's soul, which was why they did not act rashly.

But the next second, what Roy took out made Dumbledore almost subconsciously throw a powerful phoenix fire at Roy.

Because Roy took out a bone cup made of a baby. According to Dumbledore's years of experience, the human baby that was the raw material for the dark magic artifact was probably only a few months old and was made into a bone cup using flesh and blood magic. This was really evil.

Facing the blazing Phoenix fire, Roy didn't even blink, and kept casting spells at the bone cup. He just raised his head slightly to take a look at the extremely powerful Phoenix fire, and the next second Dumbledore's spell dissipated in an incomprehensible way.

"Principal Dumbledore, although I know your character, please feel it carefully before you act. The Dark Lord next to you did not do anything after I took out the Soul Cup."

Roy spoke in an orderly manner when Dumbledore was about to cast another spell. This time the effect caused the spell in Dumbledore's old wand to stagnate. Then Dumbledore really felt the extremely evil-looking human bone cup in Roy's hand again.

After carefully sensing it with magic, Dumbledore's expression began to become strange. He stroked his long white beard and turned to Grindelwald and said strangely: "Did you know it from the beginning?"

Greenwood looked at his old friend and said helplessly: "I didn't react at first, but I realized something was wrong when you were about to make a move. By then it was too late."

The other little wizards present looked at the great wizards who were like the Riddler. They couldn't help but show a dull expression on their faces. I understand every word they say, but why can't I understand what they are saying when they are put together?

Only Snape, who was lying on the ground, could see something. Although he was so weak that he could not even stand up, his eyesight and perception were still there. He sensed the aura of Voldemort, who had been killed by Roy, in the bone cup that Roy took out. This item must have a deep connection with Voldemort.

In fact, this is true. This bone cup was made by Roy using Voldemort's flesh and blood while Voldemort was in a strange baby state in the original book. To be precise, Voldemort paid a lot for the entire Soul Cup War planned by Roy.

The soul essence used to support the souls of the other six wizards was squeezed out of Voldemort's seven Horcruxes. A small part of the magical knowledge was extracted from Voldemort's memory. The core hub of the Soul War was also created by Voldemort using the flesh and blood of great wizards. Voldemort was simply the number one sponsor of this Soul War. It can be said that without Voldemort's efforts, there would be no magic ritual created by Roy.

After all, the sacrifice in the Soul Cup War Magic Ritual that breaks the price of life and death is everything to a great wizard.

The reason why Dumbledore stopped and spoke those words to Grindelwald was that after carefully sensing the bone cup wrapped in various magic gems, he unexpectedly discovered that this extremely evil bone cup seemed to be made by his old rival Voldemort.

It was not created by Voldemort as a researcher, but Voldemort as the raw material was made into this shape.

Although Dumbledore didn't know what had happened to Voldemort that he turned into a baby, he was very sure that Voldemort must have died a tragic death, with his head being ground into the shape of a cup. Even he, who was Voldemort's lifelong enemy, couldn't help but feel sympathetic.

Dumbledore was guessing how Voldemort turned into a bone cup, but Roy did not stop his actions at all.

After arranging a magic ritual, the bone cup in his hand released a strange suction force, and Ariana's soul body, which was no different from that of an ordinary person, floated towards the cup. The moment the soul and the cup touched, a bright light appeared, and the whole magic ritual suddenly became intense.

The acquaintances present felt a familiar spatial fluctuation, and the next second they broke the law of Hogwarts that people could not Apparate, and appeared directly in the Room of Requirement, the core part of Hogwarts. This magical house was the magic storage room of Hogwarts for thousands of years.

Over the past thousand years, all the magic power unintentionally released by the wizards and witches in Hogwarts has been absorbed and stored here to maintain the daily operation of the entire Hogwarts, such as the automatically changing escalators, the false doors that appear and disappear, and the energy for the secret passages. The most important point is to maintain the magic supply of various magical buildings in Hogwarts.

Here, the magic power of almost thousands of adult wizards was slowly sucked away by the Soul Cup War. The magic power was so huge that the ritual passage that was supposed to be invisible and intangible also revealed colorful colors at this time because it carried a huge amount of magic power.

At the same time, an oppressive atmosphere enveloped the entire Hogwarts, making it almost impossible for the young wizards at the school gate to breathe. The huge magic power even caused changes in the sky. Thick and dense black clouds gathered in the sky above Hogwarts. In the cold weather of February, winter thunder suddenly sounded, and purple lightning struck the Hogwarts castle fiercely.

The lightning and thunder outside the castle did not affect the resurrection ceremony inside the castle.

Under the huge output of ritual magic power, the soul essence originally belonging to Voldemort is constantly decreasing under the prying of the Resurrection Stone, while the soul fragments belonging to Ariana are beginning to be completed after being attracted by an inexplicable force.

As time passed, Ariana's eyes became more lively, and her cold aura slowly became sunny and gentle under the influence of magic. There is a special term in the East to describe this state: pure yang.

When the last tiny piece of soul fragment was added into Ariana's soul, the soul cup that served as the carrier shattered at this moment and turned into a red ball of light, and Ariana's almost golden soul spontaneously merged with the ball of light, and then an exquisite body with a breath of life slowly formed, with a white skeleton, flesh, meridians, and then snow-white skin.

Just when it was about to be formed, Dumbledore seemed to realize something, and took action early and used Transfiguration to create a small stone house that was isolated from everyone.

When Ariana, wearing a white dress and full of girlish vigor, appeared in front of everyone, the wizards present were sure that they had witnessed a miracle that transcended life and death, and that magic could really resurrect people.

Not to mention that Dumbledore hugged Ariana and burst into tears without caring about his image, Malfoy and Cedric had dazed faces and were obviously shocked. As for Harry and Snape, their faces were full of regret and pain. After all, the chance of resurrection was taken away from them.

As the person who planned all this, Roy himself quickly wrote down the precious experimental data and materials. Resurrection was also a cutting-edge technology for them.

After preliminarily recording and analyzing the experimental techniques, Roy couldn't help but look at Snape, whose face was as pale as death, and Harry, who looked like his soul had been sucked out. He couldn't help but think that he should put the data aside for now. These two people still had to be dealt with first. Otherwise, if he delayed any further, they might do something. These two were the thugs he had trained, and he couldn't let them be like this.

So prepare to be resurrected, Lily!

Chapter 117. Resurrection and a Small Accident

Roy's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, and when he appeared again, he was in front of Harry. Although Harry's mind did not react, his well-trained body made a defensive move against Roy as a conditioned reflex.

The fist with bright magical light and the sound of breaking through the air went straight towards Roy's cheek. The punch was very powerful, but it was useless if it couldn't hit the person. Roy moved like a ghost, sticking to Harry's body and bypassing Harry's blind spot at an extremely fast speed. Then he cast a clean and neat Bone-Pulling Curse, and a snow-white bone with a hint of bright red appeared in Roy's hand, and Harry's left arm instantly became limp.

Harry dodged the special bone-setting curse of Lockhart, a second-year student, but still couldn't escape having his bones pulled out.

"what."

Harry's groan of pain attracted the attention of several other wizards. When they saw the bones in Roy's hand and Harry groaning in pain, they subconsciously became alert. Roy's sudden attack did not look like a good thing.

Among them, Professor Snape's reaction was the most excited. The other wizards, including Dumbledore, just picked up their wands and were on guard. But when he saw Harry was injured, he used the little magic power that had just recovered to turn it into a sharp and invisible blow that flew towards Roy.

As Professor Snape took action, Dumbledore moved to the side of Harry and Snape, apparently to prevent Roy from suddenly attacking again.

Roy raised the magic wand in his hand which was glowing with a faint golden light and easily knocked away the flying Shenfeng Wuying. Then he moved again and held Harry's bones in the air and came to a crucible that was bubbling with green liquid.

The potion brewed in this crucible was exactly the potion that the Death Eaters had prepared for Voldemort to revive his body. It was unknown whether Roy had intentionally protected it or he was really that lucky, but such a large crucible had not been damaged in the previous melee, and even the potion inside was still brewing well.

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