Hogwarts Summoning Guide

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"Discovered Shikigami Ibaraki-dōji, LV8. The deputy of Shuten-dōji, the Oni King of Mount Ōe. He enjoys transforming into a beautiful woman to lure and kill passing men, and is known as the Oni of Rashomon. One of his hands was cut off by Watanabe no Tsuna, but after years of training, a new demonic hand that can manipulate evil energy has grown back."

"Discovered Shikigami Hoshiguma Doji, LV8. The assistant of Shuten-dōji, the Oni King of Mount Ōe. He is short in stature but has immense strength and possesses many yokai treasures. He is always hungry."

Just as Bai Lin finished reading the system information, the small Hoshiguma Doji pounced on a burly man lying on the ground and began to tear at him. The burly man was controlled by Shuten Doji's magic and was in a daze, allowing Hoshiguma Doji to eat his arm into bones in just a few bites.

"Although they weren't exactly good people either, you few monsters eating people right in front of me is really disrespectful!" Bai Lin roared, his figure like a bolt of purple lightning, instantly appearing in front of Hoshiguma Doji. With a simple straight punch, Hoshiguma Doji was greatly alarmed and turned into a cloud of smoke, trying to use the smoke to dodge.

However, Bai Lin's attack was no simple physical strike. His fist, enveloped in chaotic elemental energy, punched a large hole in the smoke. When Hoshiguma Doji appeared beside Ibaraki Doji, he was already seriously injured, with a bloody fist mark on his abdomen. Although his body was shrouded in smoke, the chaotic elemental energy had disordered a portion of it. When he solidified his body again, the disordered part could not be restored, resulting in the injury.

"Damn it, this guy is weird!" Hoshiguma Doji said to Ibaraki Doji.

(Hiroyuki Edogawa: Who the hell is weirder than you guys?)

"Let me experience your skills!" Ibaraki-dōji stepped forward with a sinister grin. Despite his handsome appearance and refined manner, his sinister eyes and dark, demonic hands told everyone that he was a ruthless demon who would devour people without spitting out the bones.

"Your opponent is me!" Yan Nishuang shouted, her Demon-Slaying Sword pointing directly at Ibaraki-Douji's chest. The sword energy was fierce and unstoppable, clearly showing that Yan Nishuang's swordsmanship had improved considerably after these battles.

"To catch the thief, first catch the king!" Bai Lin thought to himself and rushed straight towards Shuten-dōji. This guy was slippery and could easily escape if he was careless. As for Hoshiguma-dōji, he seemed weak and had been injured by Bai Lin. He would leave him to Yuuki and Edogawa Hiroyuki to deal with.

Seeing Bai Lin head towards Shuten-dōji, Yuuki understood his intention. She gripped her wand and pointed it in Hoshiguma-dōji's direction, unleashing an ice ray that struck him, instantly enveloping half his body in frost. The ice ray wasn't particularly powerful, but its speed and high accuracy, coupled with its strong single-target control, made it ideal for the current situation.

Bai Lin spread his arms and summoned the Fist of Aug. However, after being fused with disordered elemental energy, instead of two huge arms growing from his shoulders, his own arms became exceptionally thick and strong, and he wore two sets of purplish-black arm armor and gauntlets, looking very imposing.

He stopped wasting words with Shuten-dōji. Having learned from his previous experience, he immediately went for Shuten-dōji's gourd. Shuten-dōji felt a surge of fear, as if the man in front of him was his nemesis. He retreated repeatedly in fright, but when Bai Lin's fist struck him, he felt as if he had been branded with a hot iron.

Shuten-dōji's black gourd occasionally spewed out venom, flames, and hail... However, this destructive power was merely a tiny bit of energy added to Hakurin's power of chaos.

Yan Nishuang, on the other side, fought with increasing ferocity. Ibaraki-doji's demonic hand summoned demonic flames, bombarding Yan Nishuang relentlessly. However, such wide-range attacks were no match for Yan Nishuang, who had already achieved perfect harmony between man and sword. Yan Nishuang's sword, like a swimming dragon, passed through countless demonic flames, and with a few swift strikes, she wounded Ibaraki-doji. Although not fatal, Ibaraki-doji was clearly in pain, yet helpless.

His strength lies in his adaptability. If his opponent is a man, he often transforms into a delicate beauty and launches a sneak attack, usually succeeding on the first strike. However, he is at a disadvantage when facing an enemy head-on.

However, Ibaraki-doji's demonic power, having devoured over a thousand people, was still not to be underestimated. He extended his demonic hand, and a sinister vortex of dark green energy formed before him, clearly about to unleash a powerful attack.

Yan Nishuang did not indulge him. Her figure moved like the wind, constantly shifting left and right, making it difficult for Ibaraki-doji to lock onto her. At the same time, the sub-sword of the Demon-Slaying Sword gradually condensed behind Ibaraki-doji. Just as Ibaraki-doji had accumulated the energy to its maximum, Yan Nishuang transformed into a golden light and, with the sub-sword in front and behind, slashed at Ibaraki-doji's forehead with one sword and at his ankle with the other.

Ibaraki-dōji roared, and a wave of demonic power, like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami, erupted from his demonic hand. Although the Azure Dragon Hall was nearly six meters high, it could not withstand such destructive power. Wherever the demonic power reached, the building was like it had been hit by missiles, and the upper and lower floors and pillars were all disintegrated in the wave.

While Ibaraki-doji's side had an exaggerated display of power, Hoshiguma-doji's side was a completely different story. Due to an abdominal injury, and then being hit by an ice ray, Hoshiguma-doji suffered a great loss right from the start. Half of his body was frozen and he couldn't move, and he couldn't even turn into smoke. He could only summon a thick iron pot to block the attacks from Yuuka and Edogawa Hiroyuki, looking like a bullied turtle.

Yuuki and Hiroyuki Edogawa coordinated their efforts. When the ice ray ended, Hiroyuki Edogawa promptly cast a stun or petrify spell. Once Yuuki had adjusted her magic power, she followed up with an ice-attribute spell. The goal wasn't to kill Hoshiguma Doji, but simply to trap him and prevent him from supporting Shuten-dōji and Ibaraki-dōji. This way, once Hakurin had dealt with Shuten-dōji, they could easily finish him off.

Hoshiguma Doji was beaten and felt frustrated, but apart from using the large iron pot to cover his body, he could only swing his spiked club wildly to unleash some demonic energy, but none of it was very accurate. Instead, the ground was dented everywhere from his blows.

"This guy is like a turtle, magic doesn't work very well on him!" Hiroyuki Edogawa shouted at Yuuka.

"Be careful with his hammer, it might smash through the floor and cause you to fall and be unable to recover!" Yuxi whispered.

As expected, Ibaraki-doji unleashed a powerful attack that blasted a large hole in the floor slabs on the other side, causing the entire building to tremble. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hoshiguma-doji smashed a hole in the floor slab beneath his feet with a powerful hammer and crawled inside.

"Don't let him get away! We must wipe them all out this time!" Hiroyuki Edogawa shouted, exchanging a glance with Yuuka. Regardless of whether they were a match for Hoshiguma Doji, the two of them jumped down without hesitation.

On Bai Lin's side, Shuten-dōji was completely powerless to fight back. He never expected that just a few days ago they could exchange a few blows, but now he was completely suppressed. Before long, he had been hit by Bai Lin's attacks multiple times. Although it was not his true form, it still made Shuten-dōji grimace in pain, and his fighting spirit plummeted to rock bottom.

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