Hogwarts Summoning Guide

Even though Watanabe no Tsuna and Minamoto no Hiromasa possessed divine power and formidable swordsmanship, they were ultimately mortal beings, unable to see through illusions or protect their entire bodies. They might still have a chance against fierce tigers and bears, but they would be quite passive against this kind of demonic magic. However, Bai Lin, who could wield the primal power of chaos—the power that allowed him to use almost all demonic magic—was exactly what they wanted.

"Chaotic Ice Ring!" Bai Lin had already condensed a large amount of ice magic elements, mixed them with disordered elemental energy, and released a light purple ice ring. Since returning to his country, he had been focusing on practicing ice attribute magic. Now, these spells had been affected by the power of chaos, resulting in changes that even he himself could not be sure of, but their power had increased significantly.

The ice ring rapidly expanded into the forest, covering an area of ​​nearly a hundred meters in radius. Wherever it went, whether it was rocks, trees, scattered maple leaves, or Watanabe no Tsuna and Minamoto no Hiromasa who were retreating at high speed, they were all enveloped by this light purple magical energy.

With a roar, Minamoto no Hiromasa's jade flute emitted a pale blue halo, slightly resisting Bai Lin's magical energy. He pulled Watanabe no Tsuna back outside the ice ring's range before turning back, panting.

What he saw almost terrified him. The forest was already a scene of deep winter, as if everything had been frozen in time with frost. The trees, rocks, and roads were all covered with a thick layer of frost. The maple leaves that were once everywhere in the forest, dancing freely, were almost frozen and fell heavily to the ground.

Bai Lin turned and nodded to Yuan Boya, indicating that he hadn't intentionally affected him, but was purely trying to injure the enemy and extricate himself from the predicament. Yuan Boya's expression, however, was quite grim. A thin layer of frost covered his arm. Even though he had only been on the outermost edge of the ice ring's range, his protective spells hadn't been able to withstand Bai Lin's chaotic elemental energy. If Bai Lin had targeted him, he would probably be an ice sculpture by now.

"When did the Onmyodo have such a master?" Minamoto no Hiromasa and Watanabe no Tsuna exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock.

Of course, the one who suffered the most was Hongye. The disordered elemental energy attached to the ice ring directly severed her connection with her other clones. Just like a drone swarm's system being attacked by a virus, the original coordinated combat and the ability to use one's arms and fingers became empty talk. Her figure was forced to appear in the forest in a cloud of black smoke. It wasn't that she didn't want to continue "ghosting," but if she didn't solidify into a physical form, the chaotic power permeating the air would completely destroy her neural network, causing her soul to scatter and never be able to reassemble.

"Where did this Taoist from the East come from? We've never crossed paths, why are you going too far!" Hongye shouted angrily, her face turning ashen.

"Do I need a reason to slay demons and eliminate evil? I just can't stand you, you old hag, okay?" Bai Lin chuckled. To be honest, he didn't take Hongye's strength seriously. What he needed was to show off his skills in front of Qingming so that he could gain further favor and more resources from the Yin-Yang Bureau. He only had a little over 40 days left, and he still had no clue about the source of chaos.

As Bai Lin spoke, he pointed his finger at Hongye's heart, and a ray of icy energy imbued with chaotic energy shot out. Hongye had just condensed her body and was still suppressing the agitation of her body tissues caused by the chaotic energy. How could she dodge this ray? It pierced through her chest, and she immediately let out a piercing scream.

Although it was extremely painful and the scene was quite tragic, Bai Lin felt that this was still not enough to kill Hongye. He waved his hand and had already grasped the Jade-Handled Dragon in his hand. He was about to use a phantom teleportation to behead Hongye and display her to the public when he suddenly sensed the aura of another monster flying over from outside the forest at an extremely fast speed.

"Good timing! Readers are discussing: What exactly happened? Come join the discussion." Bai Lin snorted coldly, spread his ten fingers, and summoned the "Shadow Chains." However, compared to the power he displayed when capturing Shuten-dōji, today's Shadow Chains only had a faint purple flame. The disordered elemental energy was very unstable, so the effect might be different each time it was used. This is also the biggest difference between the power of chaos and the power of order.

Chains wove a large net, covering Hongye within, but she was already meat on the chopping block and no longer a threat. What Bai Lin wanted was to surround and attack the reinforcements, blocking the newly arrived monster.

Soon, things began to crash into the chain net one after another, like several raging rhinoceroses, with tremendous force. But when Bai Lin looked closely, he saw that what had crashed into the chain net were three "wagashi" (Japanese sweets) larger than basketballs, colorful and quite exquisitely made.

This left even the battle-hardened Bai Lin somewhat bewildered. What was going on? He'd never seen anyone use snacks as weapons before.

The chain net inherited the characteristics of the "Shadow Demon," automatically wrapping around the target after it was blocked. However, the three "Wagashi" suddenly exploded, and instantly, thick gray smoke enveloped an area of ​​dozens of meters in radius.

A special yokai has been discovered: Food Spirit Zanjaku, LV8. Originally a demigod Food Spirit, it lost the offerings of humans and was transformed into a yokai under the influence of demonic energy. Food Spirits have a special status; killing them will have an irreversible negative impact on spacetime.

Bai Lin had now clearly seen what the thing looked like; it was a chubby raccoon, probably transformed from a food spirit. It burrowed next to Hong Ye, rummaged around on its body, and seemed to be taking something out to feed Hong Ye.

Although this was the first time Bai Lin had seen the system give such a strange evaluation of a monster, it seemed that this fat cat had some connection with "gods," and couldn't be killed casually. The fact that another demigod could be transformed into a monster by demonic energy also greatly intrigued Bai Lin.

"If you don't want to kill me, then don't kill me..." Bai Lin muttered. He sheathed his longsword, and purple energy condensed on his body, slowly forming a suit of armor. Unlike the Bright Armor he wore when fighting Fujiwara Ichiura last time, this suit was more form-fitting and agile, but its defensive capabilities against disordered elemental energy were still unmatched.

In a flash, Bai Lin appeared in the thick fog and punched the fat raccoon.

The raccoon was startled by the sudden appearance of the white scale. Before it could put the faintly glowing bead in its hand into the red leaf's mouth, it could only roll over to avoid it. Despite being a raccoon, its movements were very human-like, and even a little cute and silly.

When the heavily injured Hongye saw Bailin, she angrily transformed into a demonic face again and bit Bailin's calf. In her understanding, as long as she bit someone, the demonic energy on her teeth would enter the other person's blood like a deadly poison, and the other person would be paralyzed and waiting to die instantly.

But her wishful thinking obviously didn't work out. The light purple shin guards on Bai Lin's calves were incredibly tough and automatically neutralized her strength, making it impossible for her to exert any force.

After the raccoon cat flipped back two steps, it transformed into a strangely dressed girl. She wore a light yellow short jacket, had many large and small pottery jars hanging on her body, a ceramic plate as a protective armor on her chest, a wide-mouthed iron pot on her back, and a pair of huge jade chopsticks in her hand, which seemed to be her weapon.

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