Hogwarts: From Luna's House to Godhood Through Intense Competition

Snape stepped forward, examined the slough carefully, and said, "Good quality... much better than the African tree snake skin scraps. Vizet, break it down."

“Alright!” Vizette stepped forward and, as if handling any material, cast a cutting spell on the snake slough, “Tear it to pieces!”

The snake shed its skin with a dull sound, but only left streaks of white marks.

The basilisk is a dangerous creature of XXXXX level, and unlike most magical creatures, it was bred by a dark wizard.

Since it is cultivated, it will naturally be optimized for certain characteristics. Therefore, the basilisk is extremely resistant to magic, possibly even more so than the scales of a fire dragon.

Vizette looked at the snake molt before him and began to think of a solution.

Ancient Magic: Improved Cutting Charm (Beginner) should be considered the optimal solution, but he couldn't be sure whether any changes would occur once the ancient magical power came into contact with the sloughed snake.

Just like the mandrake he was taking care of, it seemed to be quite well-behaved, never making a fuss or fuss when he was repotted, remaining quiet throughout the entire process.

Snape's goal was clear: to replace the African tree snake skin fragments with snake molts. Therefore, avoiding accidents as much as possible was the optimal solution.

……

Based on his research on "Ancient Magic: Improved Cutting Charm (Beginner)," he attempted to combine its characteristics to enhance the penetrating power of the cutting charm.

Furthermore, by "freely" casting cutting spells and adjusting the power of magic, the two can be combined to increase penetrability and enhance the power of magic...

Having made up her mind, Vizette raised her wand again and slowly swung it, her wrist flicking slightly as she did so. "Shatter!"

laugh!

With a soft, seemingly continuous yet crisp sound, a straight cut appeared on the snake's shed skin.

“An interesting technique…” Dumbledore stroked his beard. “Although it’s just one incantation, he performs multiple spells by adjusting his hand gestures…”

"He also controlled the speed of the magic to ensure that the snakeskin could be hit at the same time..." He looked at Snape, "It seems he's done a lot of work for you."

“That was me helping him gain experience, it was a learning process.” Snape curled his lip. “What are you going to say?”

Dumbledore smiled, his eyes gleaming with the cunning of an old fox. "Just as the spell says, the Severing Charm emphasizes a relatively gentle division... it stresses control and precision..."

"In my opinion, he has mastered the control and precision of the cutting spell to the extreme... Perhaps he could take it a step further and learn some more effortless methods. What do you think?"

"Heh!" Snape chuckled coldly. "Ah... the terminator of the Wizarding World War... the only person the Dark Lord feared..."

"Could I interpret this as Dumbledore, the headmaster known for fighting against dark wizards, wanting me to teach students to use dark magic?"

“That’s right, it’s a pity you’ve graduated, so I can’t give Slytherin three points.” Dumbledore nodded. “Besides, Vizette seemed to have some different views on dark magic back then.”

“Very well…” Snape narrowed his eyes, walked over to Vizzet and said, “Stop! How long do you plan to stay here? Do you need me to prepare a bed for you to sleep in?”

Vizette put down her wand, her eyes bright, and a notebook appeared in her hand.

"Hmm..." Dumbledore unwrapped a lemon olive, popped the candy into his mouth, raised his wand and conjured a fat mouse, which then headed toward the unknown.

"I'll only say it once." Snape looked at Dumbledore's leisurely demeanor with a disdainful expression. "First, repeat after me the incantation... Divine Slash!"

Vizette pressed her wand against her temple, casting a mental spell to review the incantation. Only after ensuring she was familiar with the tone, mouth shape, and pronunciation did she begin to chant: "Divine Sharpness!"

“Don’t forget the ‘control’ and ‘precision’ of the Severing Charm. I’ll only explain it once more,” Snape said in a deep voice.

"Focus your attention, gather all your magic into one point, and then extend it outwards from that point, expanding it into a line..."

Vizette listened and took notes. The principle of the Divine Slash was similar to that in "Ancient Magic: Improved Cutting Charms (Beginner)". Even though Snape explained it in a relatively brief way, he could still understand it.

Even if there are some parts you don't understand, you can review them using mental magic. If you still don't understand, you can ask Snape for help.

After all, he was already very used to Snape's way of speaking.

Snape walked to the other side of the snake's skin, with Vizet following closely behind.

“I’ll only do it once.” Snape raised his wand. “From here… all the way to the tail, and watch closely! Sharpshooter!”

Chapter 173 Snape's Brilliance Revealed

Seeing Snape grasp the wand, Vizzet maintained the Guardian Meditation, intently observing Snape's movements.

At this moment, Snape exuded a unique coldness, a coldness forged from iron and blood, like a sword saturated with blood.

Vizette held his breath. Looking at Snape, he felt as if he were looking at a swordsman, a swordsman with his sharp edge fully exposed.

In fact, the Divine Sword Shadowless Curse gave him a similar feeling, as if he were unleashing a sword aura.

"The Divine Edge is Shadowless!"

Snape's voice seemed very soft and short, but every word he uttered was full of explosive power and unstoppable will.

It's a contradictory feeling.

The Divine Sword Shadowless Spell is not a contradictory magic.

Snape slightly raised his wrist, the movement seemingly effortless.

With a wave of the wand, chilling, invisible sword energy rapidly spread from a point to a line.

Swish.

The sharp sound was like the sound of blowing on bamboo, short but unstoppable.

The snake's molt trembled slightly twice, then split in two, falling silently to either side.

Snape just put down his wand, as if sheathing a sword, and returned to the gloomy look that Vizet was familiar with.

“This snakeskin isn’t that tough. I’ll only give you ten minutes.” Snape put down his wand. “Also, suppress the dark magic in the Shadowstep Charm…”

“Use ‘control’ and ‘precision’ to throw this balanced magic off balance, making it only 'sharp’. I want the snakeskin fragments, not the fragments of dark magic.”

Vizet's earlier judgment was correct; Snape valued the snake's molt itself, its purity that required no additional attributes.

Such a fast sword.

The charm of that sword strike is worth savoring again and again.

Vizette let out a soft breath, still using mental magic to savor Snape's casting movements, incantation tone, and the spirit he displayed.

He suddenly realized that the way Snape used the Shadowstep spell was highly similar to the Snape in Hagrid's memory.

If that's the case... perhaps we can use another memory as a "fulcrum" to present the Divine Sword Shadowless Spell.

As the saying goes, "all roads lead to Rome," and the knowledge of mental magic that Vizet has studied can also help him master other forms of magic.

Snape wanted him to finish cutting the snake skin as soon as possible, which would require a bit of a "shortcut".

Vizette closed her eyes, raised her wand to her temple, and silently pumped ancient magical power from her core, using it to cast a memory-extracting spell.

Using ancient magical powers to establish a bond and connect two sets of memories will produce some unique effects.

This is one of the results of his magical research. When teaching Luna, he actually used a similar method, using the Pensieve to produce a similar "empathy" effect.

He first extracted memories related to young Snape, then the memories from before, and finally the concept of sword energy...

Gathering these memories together is like kneading a lamp wick, kneading them all together...

Vizette opened her eyes, a strange coldness emanating from the depths of her gaze.

Snape turned to look at Vizet, first frowning, then raising an eyebrow as if he had discovered something strange.

Vizette's arms hung limply, and what he held in his hand seemed less like a wand and more like a sharp sword.

He adjusted his posture, standing as straight as a pine tree, before calmly raising his hand and swinging his wand upwards, slicing a clean straight line through the air.

"The Divine Edge is Shadowless!"

Unlike Snape's chanting, Vizet's chanting was brighter, yet equally unstoppable.

Whoosh!

The sound of the bamboo flute rose again, but it was much longer and more drawn out, unlike Snape's ability to control it so freely.

And indeed, the result was as described: Snape's Shadowstep only made the snakes tremble, while his Shadowstep affected the bones.

Those skeletons that came into contact with the Divine Sword Shadowless Curse were chopped into pieces along with the molted snake.

The surrounding skeletons seemed to be blown by the wind, making a "crackling" sound as they rolled to the side.

Snape's brows furrowed, and the emotions in his deep eyes, like those he displayed when casting the Shadow Word: Death, were filled with disgust and longing.

Dumbledore, sensing something amiss, walked over to Snape and whispered, "In him... I see a reflection of yourself in your student days..."

"Heh... Is this something to reminisce about?" Snape crossed his arms and chuckled coldly, tapping his fingers lightly on his upper arms as if counting.

Dumbledore shook his head and said nothing more.

Vizette maintained this feeling, continuously swinging her arms and releasing bursts of sword energy to slash at the snake's molt.

Unbeknownst to them, bone dust filled the cave tunnel, like a gentle snowfall. The enormous snake molt shrank continuously, being cut into small, regular fragments that fell to the ground.

Only after the snake's molt was completely cut did Vizet exhale a long breath, press his wand against his temple again, and fully restore the memories of the massage.

A burning pain shot through his fingers as he gripped the wand. He looked up and saw deep cuts on both his index finger and thumb.

He relaxed at that moment, and blood flowed out from the wound.

"Healed completely!" Vizet used his other hand to cast a spell, quickly healing the wound on his finger.

“Using tricks, this is the punishment.” Snape stepped forward, glancing at the remaining white marks on the wound. “It took about six minutes; I’d give it a barely passing grade.”

Vizette nodded. "I understand! I will focus on practicing this magic from now on and will not use such tricks again."

If one could cast the Shadowstep Spell as freely as Snape, the nearby skeletons wouldn't be affected—a fact Vizet was well aware of.