Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 387 Overlapping Power
Seeing that the plants and trees that had just been affected by her "declining" power had all automatically recovered, Hathaway Romanoff's face turned deathly pale—

"What is this? What is this? What is this?" Igor Kakarov was completely terrified and screamed hysterically.

but--

"Snapped--"

All he needed to answer was a slap from Mrs. Rosie.

“Quiet down, Karkaroff,” Mrs. Rosie said sharply, then turned to look at Hathaway.

"What do you think?"

Hathaway Romanoff's face turned deathly pale. She did not answer Lady Rosie's question, but instead raised the "Scepter of the Declining Queen" once more.

The orange gem set at the top of the "Scepter of the Decaying Queen" once again emitted a light imbued with the power of decay.

This time, however, the light did not spread outwards, but instead condensed at the tip of the staff, forming a ball of orange-yellow light.

At the same time, Hathaway Romanoff tossed the book she was holding—

The Red Priest's Handbook

The Red Priest's Manual emitted a red glow in mid-air.

In addition, the green gemstone set in the tiara atop Hathaway Romanoff's head also emitted a green glow—

That was Hathaway Romanoff's third "ladder," representing the "barren" authority that superseded the "famine" authority—

"The Desolate Crown"

Large beads of sweat appeared on Hathaway Romanoff's forehead; she bit her lip tightly, looking as if she was struggling.

"Wait! Wait, Hathaway, wait—"

Just as Lady Rosie was about to speak to stop them, the green, red, and orange lights, under Hathaway Romanoff's control, converged towards the center, overlapping into a black ball of light that seemed to absorb all light.

The ball of light exploded like a pool of liquid the moment it appeared, turning into black smoke that enveloped Hathaway's entire body.

As the black smoke enveloped Hathaway's entire body, the surroundings seemed to fall silent for a moment.

Only black smoke swirled slowly throughout the space.

For the first time, Tyrell, sitting in Dumbledore's office, showed interest.

“Eh?” Tyella put down her teacup. “Professor Dumbledore, tell me more about this Mrs. Rosie.”

"What's wrong?" Dumbledore asked. "Are you having trouble at the cemetery?"

“No, I’m just a little curious,” Tiera said with a smile. “Lady Rosie’s research on the ascension ritual is far more profound than any of ours. Isn’t she afraid her ‘holy son’ will go out of control, considering she could come up with such a method?”

"Whoosh" "Whoosh" "Whoosh"

Heavy breathing came from the thick black smoke. Then, a pale hand reached out from the black mist, which swirled and descended, transforming into a heavy, smoky robe that revealed Hathaway's face. Gradually, the robe transformed into a long dress, outlining Hathaway's graceful figure—

At this moment, Hathaway Romanoff truly resembled a witch. Stripped of her usual glamorous robes, her pale face and long, pale hair revealed only a black robe, making her look like a witch from a fairy tale who seduces men and eats children alive.

Hathaway Romanoff was in excruciating pain, as if something was tearing her body apart and causing it to explode—

Hathaway's intuition was absolutely right.

This is a simplified ritual of deification—

A normal ascension ritual requires two collapses—

The first collapse was used to contact the divine dimension, while the second collapse utilized the cohesive force of the divine dimension to aggregate the three "steps," determine the coordinates of the divine dimension, and thus determine "divinity." However, it's clear that Hathaway hasn't experienced a collapse yet; instead, she's taken a different path, overlapping the three "steps"—

In other words, by overlapping the three powers of "desolation," "decay," and "war" under external forces, a virtual divine dimension is temporarily constructed using three "ladders."

It bears a striking resemblance to the "Heaven" dimension of the great demon HWHY, which was devoured and plundered by Tiera.

Of course, the virtual divine dimension built on the three "ladders" is much stronger than the pseudo-divine dimension built on the power of emotions and the spiritual dimension. After all, it is a pseudo-divine dimension formed by the temporary overlap of three powers, which is theoretically infinitely close to the origin of divinity.

but--

Thierrand, sitting in Headmaster Dumbledore's office, was also deep in thought—

But why didn't I come up with this method before I became a god?
Oh, so it's because my three powers are too strong. Any one of them can easily crush the others.

That's fine.

Deep within the Forbidden Forest, Hathaway Romanov had already floated back to the ground from mid-air—

Every step she took and every movement felt like walking on a red-hot knife, causing her immense pain.

A deathly silence hung in the air around Hathaway Romanov, as Lady Rosie and Igor Kakalov had long since fled into the dense, forbidden forest nearby.

The deathly aura emanating from Hathaway continued to spread; everything around her seemed to wither, decay, and gradually fade away—

Died.

The surrounding trees, flowers, dust, and airborne microorganisms were all dying silently.
The aura of death spread wildly in all directions.

Hathaway suddenly raised her arm, held it straight above her head, and then brought it down heavily on Tiera's grave.

"Hehe." Tiera chuckled, raised her right hand, deftly twirled it in mid-air, and then grabbed upwards—

Tierra seemed to grab something and then deftly stuff it into her mouth.

Tierra chewed twice and then swallowed it with a "glug."

“We can’t waste such delicious food,” Tierra said with a grin.

After becoming a god, Tierra could still taste ordinary food, but for some reason, she became increasingly interested in strange and unusual foods.

Now, when he recalls questions he saw on Zhihu in his past life, such as—

What would happen if you ate a spoonful of sunshine?
What would happen if you ate a spoonful of stars?
What happens if you eat a spoonful of cesium?
What happens if you eat a spoonful of radium?
Etc., etc.
Tiera speculated that perhaps after gaining divine dimension, she had completely transcended the realm of humanity, which was why she had developed these strange appetites.

Just after Hathaway overlapped the three powers, for some reason, Tiera suddenly had an urge to cut off her head and eat it.

Deep in the forbidden forest.

Hathaway Romanov felt like she was covered in cotton, completely useless—

Soon, almost seconds after Hathaway completed her transformation, everything around her seemed to rewind, and time began to flow backward.

The trees tainted by death grew back, withered flowers and grasses slowly gathered from the dust, and even Hathaway, shrouded in a black robe, began to rewind little by little—

The black robe turned back into black smoke, the black smoke into black mist, the black mist into black light and electricity, and the black light spots transformed back into three wielding powers—

Hathaway stood there, pale and desperate.

It seems that nothing has changed.

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