Faced with the dark doorway that did not know the depth, even though they had known about this situation from the book for a long time, Clark and Hermione were still a little apprehensive.

Either way, the waters of the River Styx were a necessary ingredient for their plans, so after only a moment's hesitation, the two of them held hands and walked into the gate together.

Gray, gray, endless gray!

The earth was dark gray, the sky was gray, and the whole world seemed to be stripped of its dazzling colors the moment it stepped through the door.

Clark raised his eyes and saw that the alchemy room, which was originally only a dozen square meters, had become many times larger at the moment.

The black mud mixed with white bone fragments spreads towards the horizon, forming a series of hills.

In the low-lying area between the hills, a dark river, which seems to suck all the light, flows silently, not knowing where it came from or where it is going.

And what Clark and the others were looking for happened to be on both sides of this dark river.

It was a large manju sawa that stretched into the distance, and the fiery red color was the only color in this gray and white world, like blood flowing on the ground, and like a flame rising into the sky, it was so bright and dazzling.

Clark and the others didn't dare to delay for a moment, and hurriedly ran towards the Manzhu Sawa Flower, they knew that because of the magic ritual, this alchemy room had already overlapped with a place in the underworld at this moment.

This is the real underworld, the underworld, and that river is also the real Styx, the Yellow Spring.

The so-called Styx Water refining recipe on the "Powerful Elixir" is actually to open a magical ritual to the underworld.

After all, how can the alchemy of wizards match the natural power of creation in this heaven and earth.

The waters of the River Styx here are the most authentic.

Of course, if they don't leave this place before the end of time, they will be left in this dead place forever.

And that's why this ritual was put in the forbidden area.

Fortunately, the two of them were not far from the Manju Sawa area, and there was no barrier in front of them, but they just turned over the hills, and the fiery red flowers were within reach.

But that wasn't what they were looking for, Clarke's eyes widened, and he searched carefully among the flowers, the monotonous red almost dazzling his eyes.

Fortunately, what they were looking for didn't seem to be hard to find, but in a matter of moments, Clark found a black fruit among the fiery red flowers.

It was a small round ball on a bare branch, about the size of a fist, and stood out among the fiery red manju saw.

Not far away, Hermione also found her target, a Manju Sawa fruit that had sucked the waters of the River Styx.

Without hesitation, the two of them rushed into the flowers, rushing towards the two fruits.

The flowers along the way were picked up by them and pushed, and the fiery red spots instantly withered, turned into crystal points of light, and rose into the sky.

"Clark!"

Clark seemed to hear someone behind him calling him, and the voice was so familiar, as if it was someone he knew.

He subconsciously wanted to turn around and answer, but in an instant he came back to his senses,

No, it's just the call of the dead that is unique to the underworld.

Clark quickly settled down and continued to bury his head and march towards the black fruit.

As he pushed down more and more Manju Sawa, the call behind him became louder and more familiar, and he even heard his parents in his previous life shouting his name heartbreakingly.

Clark had to use Occlumency to falsify his memories, and the shouts behind him were replaced by Professor Lockhart's voice.

He stumbled all the way to the fruit, reached out and grabbed it, the cold touch through the rubber gloves, making him shiver.

Smack!

Fortunately, this thing is not difficult to pick, and the fruit falls from the branch with just a light break.

Clark grabbed the fruit, didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly ran towards Hermione again.

Fortunately, she also followed Clark's teachings, kept her mouth shut along the way, gritted her teeth and did not respond, and soon picked a Manju Sawa fruit.

The two converged, and Clark took Hermione's hand, turned his head, and ran towards the portal from which he came.

Although it is impossible to tell the time in the underworld, it seems that they have not been more than an hour.

And the call of the souls that had been haunting their ears seemed to have begun to slow down and disappear because they had learned from the Manju Sawa Bush.

The two of them took the fruit and trotted all the way over the hills, and not far on the flat ground, a glowing portal was standing in the air.

"Clark, wait, I can't run!"

Clark walked so fast that Hermione couldn't keep up and called out to him, but Clark didn't respond to her, and even quickened her pace.

"What are you doing so fast, haven't we already obtained the potion?"

Hermione grumbled behind him.

Clarke ignored her, and through the door, they could already see the brightly lit living room on the other side!

Suddenly, Hermione tripped over a rock with an "oops".

Clark felt the pulling force coming from his hand, and was about to turn around to help her up, when he suddenly reacted again, there is only soft putrid soil in this underworld, where did the stone come from?

It's dangerous! Clark's back was almost wet with cold sweat.

He didn't dare to delay any longer, and directly dragged Hermione, who had fallen to the ground, and ran towards the portal.

Hermione was dragged by his arm and dragged to the ground, shouting at him, but this time Clark wouldn't be fooled again.

Finally, the two of them rushed out of the room one after the other, and behind them, the temporary underworld space also disappeared into the dark vortex after a burst of light and light.

Only then did Clark turn his head and look at Hermione.

Fortunately, the other party was wearing a thick rubber protective suit, and even if he dragged him on the ground for a distance, he only suffered a little flesh wound.

However, compared to the physical injury, the little girl's mental trauma is not light.

Even before he had removed the hood from his suit, Clark could hear Hermione sobbing softly.

But the only good thing is that this girl didn't blame Clark for his violent behavior.

Instead, after calming her mood a bit, she took off her hood and took the initiative to thank Clark.

"The situation was complicated just now, I ......"

Clark was about to explain, but Hermione wiped away her tears and interrupted him with a smile.

"It's okay, I know, 'The Return of Opus,' I've been making up a lot of myths lately."

Legend has it that in ancient Greece, there was a god named Orps, who was devastated by the death of his wife, the water god Eurydice, by a poisonous snake.

His father, the sun god Apollo, told Orps how to enter the underworld, so he came to Hades and touched the hard-hearted Hades through beautiful music and heartfelt love.

Hades promised to put his wife back and warned him that along the way, he must not look back at his lover.

As a result, due to the last moment of turning back when he left the underworld, his lover was unable to return to the world.

Although this is just a myth, as Nick Lemay told Clark, any myth that survives in this world must have a deeper meaning behind it.

So when Clark dragged Hermione away in the underworld, he remembered this mythical story, and he relented and didn't look back.

The two of them cleaned up a little, and then looked at the two Manju Sawa fruits they had just picked.

After leaving the underworld, the two originally dark and cold fruits suddenly faded into mystery.

The black peel began to lose its color and shrink in size, eventually turning into a small gray bead the size of a marble.

"Does this thing need to be dealt with any more?" Hermione looked curiously at the two beads in Clark's hand.

Clark put them away.

"No, the water of the Styx in it will quickly disappear in the material world, so you can just bite it and swallow it when you use it."

After saying that, he looked at Voldemort's diary on the coffee table not far away, and Hermione naturally noticed his gaze and suddenly hesitated.

"Clark, are we really going to do this? In case ......"

Clark interrupted her with a wave of his hand, "Don't worry, I'm here, no whatever." ”

With that, he picked up the diary and went into the next room.

"You're finally here!"

As the diary was opened again, Tom Riddle, who had been imprisoned for more than a month, was overjoyed and took the initiative to greet Clarke, who had just entered.

However, as soon as they met, Clark shouted to him with surprise on his face: "I made it." ”

"What succeeded?"

Looking at the excited Clark, Tom Riddle was stunned.

"Pray to the gods...... Ah, no, no, I mean I'm ready for what you call the qualification-changing ritual. ”

Clark almost blurted out, and then, as if abruptly coming to his senses, immediately changed the subject.

However, who is Tom Riddle, he has just subconsciously used the Dementor Mind.

Therefore, he judged that what Clark said earlier must be true.

Pray to the gods?

What gods? Lucifer?

No, he just used the word "god", but now that the gods are gone, where did the "god" come from?

Tom groaned in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, but followed Clark's words.

"yes, that's great, now that you're ready, let's get started."

"What do you do in the first step?"

Clark asked him, and Tom didn't hide it.

"Earlier we talked about the three steps to change the affinity of magic, and the key point in these three steps is how to affect the soul.

Whether it is weakening the stability of one's own soul or reshaping the soul, it needs an external force to influence it.

And this power, is someone else's?? Soul. ”

"Someone else's?? Soul! ”

??

Hearing Tom's words, Clark pretended to be very shocked.

"What happens to those whose souls have been taken away???"

Tom looked at him and smiled, "Do you need to ask?" The soul is gone, and the person is dead. ????"??

His voice was very cold, as if a dead person was like a dead ant.

Clark's face is intertwined with struggle and hesitation, desire and conscience come and go, even if the Oscar actor comes, he has to bow down.

After a difficult psychological struggle, he finally asked in a dry voice, "Is it okay to use a Muggle soul?" ”

Tom knew that the child in front of him had finally been defeated and began to take the first step towards depravity.

He himself was such a person, and he had seen too many wizards who had the same experience and were seduced by power, so he did not doubt him, and sneered.

"Muggle's dirty soul, how can it be compared to a wizard's soul, the essence of alchemy is equivalent exchange, if you want to change your qualifications, you can only sacrifice the life of another wizard."

Clark was silent, and Tom Riddle only acquiesced, and continued: "To completely strip the soul away, we need something else. ”

He glanced at Clark, who was still silent, but did not leave, which was actually the best answer.

"Remember what I told you about the Chamber of Secrets? When I caught the person who opened the secret room, I found something amazing in it.

Only that thing can completely strip the soul. ”

Saying this, Tom suddenly stopped talking, he knew that if he wanted to change a person, he could not give too much pressure at once, he had to be relaxed and tight.

Killing is a very difficult thing to decide, and if you push it too much, it may be counterproductive, making the hesitant Clark flinch.

So he changed the topic and said, "Of course, that's a matter for later, and the most important thing at the moment is to pray to the demon god first." ”

He waved his arms, and the statue of Lucifer appeared in front of the two of them.

"Just as carving requires careful observation, shaping a soul is not done in an instant.

You have to pray sincerely to the demon god first, asking him to give you strength, and then use your soul to slowly contact, so that your soul is gradually infected by a higher level of power in this communication, and gradually becomes his appearance.

When you can resonate with the demon god and the idol appears in your heart, you can start the next step. ”

With that, he tried to guide Clark forward to complete his first prayer, but Clark refused.

"Nope! I have better options. ”

He hesitated again, but Tom Riddle knew that it had something to do with the problem he had noticed in the first place.

"What choice?" He used the Regent Mind again, and somehow a longing welled up in his heart.

He knew that this was a hint from the spirit to himself, and what Clark was about to say would definitely bring him a huge surprise.

Sure enough, after some hesitation, Clark finally said.

"That is Ogmar, the inventor of words, the clerk of the gods, the god of wisdom, knowledge, and magic!"