Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 322 The final experiment of the Soul Anesthesia Potion is successfully completed!

"Let's begin! We only have this one test subject left, so we need to conduct a quantitative experiment with a small amount of the potion to select the soul anesthetic potion that works fastest and has the best effect."

Then, using the finalized potion, a full anesthesia experiment will be conducted to see if, under full anesthesia, the Horcrux itself can be imbued with a protective spell of love without causing harm, thus stripping the soul fragments from the Horcrux.

Dudley explained the experimental procedure, then gave up his seat and went to the side to watch with Dumbledore as Snape and Professor Slughorn conducted the preliminary experiments.

This will be a time-consuming experiment.

Because the preliminary experiments required the Voldemort soul fragments in the Horcrux of Gauntlet's Ring to be subjected to small portions of the five soul-numbing potions one by one, in order to select the one with the best effect.

Each time a potion is tested, a period of time must be waited for its effects to wear off before the next potion can be tested.

Otherwise, it will affect the efficacy evaluation of the next potion.

Of course, even so, this experiment still has errors.

So Snape and Professor Slughorn discussed it again and selected what they considered to be the best soul-numbing potion to experiment with first.

The results of the first experiment were the most accurate because there was no residual effect from the previous potion.

Snape took out his wand and used the Levitation Charm to take a drop of potion from each of the five potion cauldrons, transferring them into five test tubes.

Then, everyone used their mental powers to check and confirm that the amount of the five drops of potion was consistent.

Next, following the previous discussion, Snape chose a blue potion, waved his wand again, and made the drop of blue potion float up and drip steadily onto the Horcrux ring that was sitting still on the table.

The drop of potion seeped into the Horcrux of Gauntlet's ring as quickly as water on a dry sponge.

As for how to determine the effect of the potion on Voldemort's soul fragments, that would require using mental perception and Dudley's clairvoyance.

Because the Horcruxes in Gauntlet are protected by dark magic, Snape and Professor Slughorn's mental powers are still insufficient to perceive more details using their mental powers. They would have to rely on Dumbledore.

Of course, Dali can also use his mental powers to sense things, but mental powers can't compare to the intuitiveness of clairvoyance.

Dali doesn't need to exert any effort; he can simply open his eyes and see.

It pierced through the barriers of black magic, curses, and the ring itself, revealing the contents of the ring.

Just as Snape had predicted, the drop of blue potion easily passed through the defenses of dark magic and curses, precisely disappearing into the black smoke-like fragment of Voldemort's soul inside the ring.

The black, smoke-like fragment of Voldemort's soul was originally expanding and contracting rhythmically according to its instincts. However, after the drop of blue liquid dissolved into it, Dudley noticed a slight change in the frequency of the soul fragment's expansion and contraction.

It slowed down slightly.

"It works! I'll remember the frequency and duration of the slowdown!"

Dudley observed without blinking, and spoke at the same time.

No one answered, nor was there any need to answer. Everyone was focused on sensing and making the same records.

However, the recorded data is still more accurate by Dali.

Dudley had been observing for a while, and after a considerable period of time, he discovered that the expansion and contraction frequency of the Voldemort soul fragment in the Horcrux of Gauntlet's Ring had gradually returned to its original level.

So he immediately reminded Snape to administer the next potion.

They repeated this process five times, skipping lunch and working until evening before finally completing the initial experiment.

Ultimately, the first blue potion proved to be the most effective.

With this result confirmed, subsequent experiments can proceed quickly.

After calculating, Snape and Professor Slughorn determined the total amount of drug needed to anesthetize the entire fragment of Voldemort's soul, and then doubled that amount.

He remotely retrieved a large handful of potions from the blue potion cauldron, shaped like a funnel, and poured them directly into the Horcrux in Gaunt's ring.

Dudley used his X-ray vision to see that in an instant, the Voldemort soul fragment in the Horcrux of the ring was submerged by a large amount of blue potion, and soon the rhythm of expansion and contraction stopped, turning into a motionless cloud of black smoke.

"Quickly, now!"

Dali gave a reminder.

Dumbledore immediately took action, waving his Elder Wand to draw out all the distorted love of the ghost Bella stored in the can, transforming it into a protective spell of love, which he then infused into the Horcrux in Gauntlet's ring.

Old Deng's spiritual power sensed the state of the soul fragments, dark magic, and curses within the Horcrux. He carefully avoided them by manipulating the energy of the Love Protection Magic, ultimately merging with the Gaunt Ring itself.

Because the soul fragments in the Horcruxes were already anesthetized, they were unable to resist or sense any danger, allowing Dumbledore to succeed easily.

"Soul-stealing!"

Without a word, Dudley immediately unleashed his full power on the Horcrux of Gaunt's Ring of Horcruxes, activating its soul-capturing ability.

The next instant, the motionless, black smoke-like soul fragment was effortlessly extracted by the hazy beam of light, and the connection between the soul fragment and the soul weapon was easily severed.

Dudley easily absorbed it into his soul storage space, where it kept company with the weakened, youthful version of Voldemort's soul and the ghost Bella.

As for Peter Pettigrew's soul, it had long been drained of its essence and fallen into the world of the dead behind the veil.

After the Voldemort soul fragment in the Horcrux of Gauntlet was taken away, the remaining dark magic and curses on the Horcrux erupted out of control, but were directly deflected by the protective magic of love attached to the ring itself.

The chaotic magical energy floated in the air, but Dudley dispersed it with a wave of his hand using protective energy.

Dumbledore, Snape, and Professor Slughorn kept their eyes fixed on the Horcrux in Gauntlet's ring.

After the surrounding magical energy dissipated, they all wanted to check whether the Gaunt Ring itself was damaged.

"Success! The ring is undamaged."

Dali reveals the answer directly.

He has a system identification function that can confirm the attributes and status of any magical item.

Even without the Voldemort soul fragments and the dark magic and curses attached to it, the Gaunt Ring itself is an A-grade magical item.

This ring is a heirloom of the Gaunt family. Although its main function is to serve as a setting for the Resurrection Stone, it also has the ability to detect whether the wearer is a descendant of the Gaunt family and to generate a magical shield.

Hearing Dudley say this, Dumbledore had no doubt whatsoever. He reached out and picked up the Gaunt Ring from the table, then passed it to Snape and Professor Slughorn in turn.

"It was a success!"

As Snape examined Gaunt's ring, Dumbledore remarked with a smile, "Although the protective magic of love that was attached to the ring is almost gone."

"That……"

Having successfully completed his mission and now confirming the outcome, Snape immediately asked about Lily's resurrection.

"Severus, don't rush! Wait two more days, until the end of this school year, during the summer vacation, and then we can officially begin."

Dumbledore knew what Snape was going to ask and interrupted him directly.

The college awards for this academic year haven't been announced yet, but the four college symbol flags, which embody the love and support of all the faculty and students, can gather one last wave of love and support.