Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 442 Satan

The ground had been scorched by countless lightning strikes, and the corpses of all kinds of animals scattered everywhere had been burned to charcoal.

Flocks of crows flew about, occasionally transforming into streaks of lightning that carried thunderbolts from the sky to crash down on certain spots, and the enormous swamp maze had now been leveled by lightning and fire.

Murphy, now in demon form, lifted a stone slab. Suddenly, music came from behind the slab, momentarily disorienting him, but he quickly blocked it out. He saw a god lying under the slab with one of his ram's hooves severed.

Cornunus's flutes were broken, no longer able to produce any bewitching sounds, and his retinue had all been wiped out by Murphy's lightning. He had no other means left.

At this moment, his sheep-like eyes stared blankly at Murphy. "Who exactly are you? Does the power of lightning come from Odin or Zeus? But you look like one of my offspring..."

But before it could finish speaking, Murphy grabbed one of its horns and lifted its head up.

"So that's how it is. That piece of sheepskin was yours." Murphy also felt a strange attraction from the other person, as if their magic shared some common ground with his own.

He immediately understood that the sheepskin he had found in the village of Josiam had been used for his Animagus transformation and had been integrated into his body, which was why his demon form exhibited features such as ram horns and hooves.

Unexpectedly, the sheepskin actually came from Pan.

"Isn't this a coincidence?"

With this connection, he was more confident in seizing the other party's divine power.

With a flick of his wrist, Murphy produced a spear formed of lightning, which he then thrust forward and pierced the heart of Cornunos.

Suddenly, a massive amount of magical power emanated from the other party's body and then automatically surged towards Murphy.

He was also analyzing that magic. Amidst the flashes of lightning, his brain was working at lightning speed again, just like when he had undergone Animagus transformation. He was calculating how to readjust his Animagus form to completely resolve the flaws left over from that time.

In the years following his transformation as a High Animagus, although he tried his best not to transform in order to avoid the collapse of his body, he never gave up his research on transformation magic.

He also conducted extensive analysis on the three creatures that constituted his Animagus form. With the help of magic analysis tools and gene sequencing tools, the magical and genetic characteristics of both the Thunderbird and the Petrified Giant Lizard have been fully analyzed. Only the third type of sheep creature, although he had gained some understanding of it through gene sequencing, was still unable to be fully analyzed due to the lack of original materials.

With the original creature right in front of him, Murphy certainly wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.

Cornunus—the original Pan, with his square-shaped eyes, stared at Murphy, watching him transform amidst the blazing electricity. The ram's horns on his head grew thicker and more ferocious, extending and curling outwards. At the same time, a second pair of antlers, like asymmetrical tree branches, emerged from the top of his head.

Cornunos understood that the other party had absorbed its divine power and was evolving similar characteristics.

But in places he couldn't see, deeper changes were taking place.

A probe was pierced into Cornunos's chest. In an instant, the cells were shredded, and the DNA was sheared into countless fragments by the ultrasound waves in the probe. These fragments then passed through the high-throughput nanopores on the polymer membrane, where they were rapidly unwound by the motor proteins that make up the nanopores, generating electrical signals that were detected by Murphy.

The genetic information of Kornunos was being read by Murphy at a rate of 30 to 50 Mb per second. In just one and a half minutes, Murphy had completed the whole genome sequencing of Kornunos.

Meanwhile, another magic spectrum analyzer was analyzing Kornunos's magic.

Both gene sequencing probes and spectral analyzers are sophisticated magical detection devices. After Murphy solved the magical chip problem, he could directly connect to and control these devices through magic, just like an extension of his own limbs.

Minutes later, Kornunos was on the verge of death, with most of his divine power flowing into Murphy's body. At the same time, Murphy had completed the analysis of his genes and magical spectrum.

Now that all the basic information had been gathered, Murphy glanced at the other person and asked, "Any last words?"

"Gods are immortal," Cornunus said, a serene look in his empty eyes. "As long as those who believe in us exist, Gods will be reborn. You may have taken my divine power, but you cannot take away my faith in me. The divine power you have gained is nothing but stagnant water. I will return once again."

Murphy smiled indifferently and swung his hand to sever the other's head.

He didn't want this divine power to replace the other party in becoming a god; he just wanted to use it as fuel for time reversal. Even if it was all used up, there was nothing to regret.

However, the magic power possessed by the other party was truly enormous, and he did not mind using it to repair his body before performing time reversal.

With a thought, he mobilized the immense magical power, which seeped into every inch of his skin, every tendon, and every bone, until his entire body was completely immersed in the magic. Then, he sat cross-legged, took out various substances from the Seamless Extension Ring, and tossed them in front of him. The magic surged out, enveloping the substances one by one.

There were hundreds of different chemical reagents and dozens of magical potions. Then, he cut a piece of flesh from Cornunos's body and wrapped it in magic as well.

At this moment, hundreds and thousands of independent magical bubbles separate the matter, processing, mixing, and transforming it under the support of immense magical power.

First, the body tissues of Kornunos are shredded, specific genes and various enzymes are extracted, and after a complicated process, they are combined with Cas9 protein and various chitosans, liposomes, gold nanoparticles, etc., to become various gene delivery carriers.

He swallowed these delivery carriers and transported them throughout his body using magic.

He then began to tune his own magic.

With Kornunos's genetic and magical data, Murphy was able to combine it with his own original genetic and magical spectrum, compare the two, calculate the most stable and superior combination, and use this as a blueprint to perform a secondary repair of the Animagus form through gene editing tools and magical frequency tuning.

With the dramatic change in magic, Murphy's physical form also underwent some changes. The irregular scales and feathers that were originally scattered all over his body gradually disappeared, and the two pairs of horns on his head became more regular and harmonious. Two more pairs of smaller black wings gradually emerged from his back. This was the result of the six-winged characteristic of the Thunderbird manifesting on Murphy after the genetic disorder was repaired.

"...Satan..." At that moment, Cornunos's head uttered a word.

"So that's how it is... They said I would become an evil god, so those angels have been hunting me down... They killed me once on Paxcy Island, skinned me, and forced me to hide here from the forests of Greece, but I never understood why I would have a connection with that evil god. So that's how it is... It was you..."

"Haha, I see..."

Amidst the laughter, Cornunos's eyes lost their luster, and he finally died completely.

More than ten minutes later, accompanied by a sudden, violent clap of thunder, Murphy let out a long breath, returned to human form, and felt a long-lost sense of relief.

Although the various abnormalities caused by the genetic disorder are quickly repaired through viral therapy, and he is rarely troubled by them anymore, he still feels a sense of euphoria at this moment, as if his body has become much lighter.

From now on, he no longer needs to worry about any side effects from transforming into Animagus form.

With this matter settled, Murphy had no intention of delaying any longer. He took out a time converter and poured all the immense divine power he had obtained from Kornunos into it.

The next instant, the deep passage of time unfolded before him once again.

This time, he will continue to go against the current until the birth of the gods.

(End of this chapter)