Hogwarts Summoning Manual

Bai Lin looked at the tip of the half-dragon's spear, and for some reason, as if he had suddenly let go of something, he grinned and suddenly loosened his hands, which were tightly clasped together, letting the spear tip full of destructive power pierce straight into his chest.

Without hesitation, amidst Bai Lin's eerie smile and the half-dragon's slightly puzzled gaze, the spear tip pierced straight into Bai Lin's chest, the intense chaotic airflow even shattering Bai Lin's entire upper body.

Under such destructive power, even a Great Immortal like Ren Bailin would have no chance of survival.

However, when Bai Lin's physical body was destroyed, leaving only some remnants of his body falling from the sky into the lava pool like raindrops, the half-dragon opposite him trembled with extreme fear.

The half-dragon, in a state of madness, began shaking its head wildly in the air, as if trying to fling something out of its head.

However, less than two minutes later, the half-dragon gradually calmed down, and then his body began to change.

Although he was in human form, he was actually nearly 2.4 meters tall, with shoulders wider than a human's, and his ankles had reverse joints like a beast's feet, not to mention his dragon head and wings.

At this moment, his figure was enveloped in a chaotic blackish-purple energy, gradually transforming into the shape of a human male about 1.8 meters tall. When the blackish-purple energy dissipated, it turned out to be Bai Lin's appearance.

"As expected..." Bai Lin looked at his black armor formed from dragon scales, moved his arms, and murmured with some lingering fear.

To be honest, there was an element of gambling involved, but in the end, it turned out that he won again.

He had long suspected that Fujiwara Eiko had not gained any faction support and that she would not be a match for him in a direct confrontation.

So he kept thinking about what strange, unconventional methods Fujiwara Eiko would use to deal with him.

The first move is to use the burning of Tokyo to morally blackmail oneself, thereby causing one's chaotic power to go out of control. Of course, it would be best if one dies directly from the rampage of chaotic power. If one survives by forcibly separating the chaotic power from one's body, then the second move can be used.

That is what the Diamond Sutra means when it says, "All forms are illusory."

Fujiwara Eko is not a god; she is just an ordinary person who, like herself, obtained the Sun God's artifact.

She wouldn't have the ability to create such a large hell, or rather, this hell doesn't seem to offer her any reasonable way to directly provide power, so there's no need for her to go to such lengths.

Therefore, everything Bai Lin sees is an illusion.

He wasn't eaten in the traditional sense by Edogawa Hiroyuki, because he only had a head left. In fact, he entered Edogawa Hiroyuki's world of thought, or rather, the illusion created by Fujiwara Eiko using Edogawa Hiroyuki's thoughts.

The lava pool is an illusion, the lava waterfall is an illusion. This is all due to the torment Fujiwara Eiko inflicted on Edogawa Hiroyuki, which completely distorted his sunny and beautiful heart, creating a completely opposite inner world.

If the optimistic and cheerful Hiroyuki Edogawa's heart was originally heaven, then at this moment it is hell.

Just like the image of Hakurin in Edogawa Hiroyuki's mind, if he was originally a great hero, then now he is a great demon who is half human and half dragon.

If Bai Lin kills the half-dragon here, he will essentially be killing himself with his own power, which is exactly what Fujiwara Eiko wants to see.

If the half-dragon is Bai Lin, then who was the one whose physical body was just destroyed?

That was also an illusion, a person imagined by Hiroyuki Edogawa, but Bai Lin thought it was himself.

Since everything is illusory, then that includes oneself.

To dispel these illusions, we should begin by dispelling our own.

So Bai Lin won the bet and returned to his role.

Just as Bai Lin understood everything, when he opened his eyes again, a blazing sun suddenly rose in the sky, and the lava waterfall quickly solidified, turned black, and transformed into a high mountain in the blink of an eye.

Bai Lin looked down, and what he saw below was no longer the lava pool filled with the screams of wronged souls. Instead, a vast expanse of green mountains and fields had been formed, with dense forests stretching for miles, cattle and sheep frolicking on the meadows, and a large lake that shimmered like a diamond in the mountains under the sunlight.

Bai Lin slowly descended and saw a dark mass in a patch of grass, as if it had been charred by fire. It was the very spot where his illusory body had just perished.

Upon closer inspection, one could see a familiar little boy crouching down, embracing a faintly visible female spirit.

"Haoxing?" Bai Lin called out.

“Brother Bai…” The little boy looked up and smiled slightly at Bai Lin. It was Edogawa Hiroyuki, except that he was not wearing glasses and was a few inches taller.

"Is this your sister?" Bai Lin asked, pointing to the soul in his arms.

“Yes!” Hiroyuki Edogawa said, “This is her true form. I didn’t expect Brother Bai to see through it so easily. I think she must be very regretful.”

Bai Lin looked at the translucent soul, whose appearance was no longer discernible, as if it were about to be completely destroyed.

“I have a special ability,” Hiroyuki Edogawa said, as if talking to himself, “I remember everything that happened when I was very young.”

"When I was one year old, my dad, mom, and sister were all so kind, and our family was very happy," Hiroyuki Edogawa said sadly. "But suddenly one day, my sister changed. She stopped talking to me, and her eyes were so scary..."

“A few days later, my mother suddenly died. My father was like he had seen a ghost. He went crazy and carried me away, eventually abandoning me on a ship bound for Hong Kong. I cried for a long time, and when I was tired, I fell asleep. When I woke up, I continued to cry…” Edogawa Hiroyuki looked at the spirit in his arms, becoming more and more sorrowful as he spoke.

“He must have been possessed…” Bai Lin approached and patted Edogawa Hiroyuki’s head reassuringly.

“This is my sister’s original soul, which has been suppressed deep within that person’s mind. This is the only way I can access her.” Edogawa Hiroyuki raised his head and said calmly, “Thank you, Brother Bai. I know only you can save our souls. Even if it’s just one of us, I don’t want to end up as a man-eating monster…”

Bai Lin sighed softly. In the real world, Edogawa Hiroyuki and Fujiwara Eiko no longer had physical bodies, and this beautiful spiritual world and their two souls could not last much longer.

"Maybe I can try to help you..."

With a thought, Bai Lin's black armor gradually dissipated, and his hands once again radiated the golden light of the power of order.

"Soul coordination!"

With Bai Lin's magic, a portion of white light from Edogawa Hiroyuki's soul merged into Fujiwara Eko's soul.

Amidst Hiroyuki Edogawa's exclamation, Eiko Fujiwara's soul gradually became clear, and soon she appeared as if she were a physical being.

Bai Lin looked at her and realized she resembled Fujiwara Eko, whom he had met before, only much younger, appearing to be only eleven or twelve years old. This was probably how she looked before she was possessed.