Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 443 Zhou Hong's New Changes
Zhou Hong rolled his eyes and looked at Mike resentfully.

He attached great importance to the relationship between him and the Freemasons and even his fellow Hogwarts students, and did not want their relationship to change because of the exposure of his inhuman identity.

Therefore, Zhou Hong has always been concerned about the test that Mike said he would give him, but he didn't expect that Mike didn't seem to take the matter to heart at all. Not only did he not help Zhou Hong test his abilities and solve problems, he didn't even look for Zhou Hong a few times!
This made Zhou Hong extremely tormented, and he even thought that Mike had completely given up on him.

But just as he was thinking about it, he was surprised to find that Mike did not give up on him, but simply forgot about the matter.

Zhou Hong couldn't bear it anymore. He had been worried for so long for no reason. If he could beat Mike, he would have already been on top of Mike and punched him!
Mike felt a headache when he saw Zhou Hong who was full of resentment. Unlike what Zhou Hong thought, he actually felt that it was no big deal that Zhou Hong was not a human being.

After all, this is a magical world. Isn't it normal to make a non-human magical friend? Mike believes that most people in the Freemasons would think so.

But the fact that he stood up Zhou Hong twice was real. Mike racked his brains and pondered for a long time before he came up with a relatively feasible compensation plan.

"Hey, Zhou Hong, I know it was wrong of me to stand you up!" Mike squatted down and said to Zhou Hong with a smile, "How about this, we will test your ability right now, and then as compensation, I will give you a customized enhanced version of Firebolt! How do you think?"

Zhou Hong didn't say anything, and even turned his head away deliberately to avoid looking at Mike, but his eyebrows trembling slightly when he heard the Firebolt still betrayed his true thoughts.

Mike wanted to laugh when he saw this.

Like most of the kids at Hogwarts, Zhou Hong also fell madly in love with the sport of Quidditch. Mike didn't believe that a Firebolt couldn't impress him.

If that really doesn't work, then a reinforced custom version will definitely be enough.

"Okay, stop being so stubborn and let's go."

As he said that, Mike grabbed Zhou Hong and dragged him towards the magic training room.

Although the latter was still somewhat resistant, he still reluctantly followed Mike's movements and walked slowly.

Ten minutes later, Mike brought Zhou Hong to the magic training square.

At this moment, the expressions of both of them were very solemn, completely different from the relaxed look they had before.

"Zhou Hong, we are about to start the test. After you transform, just use your abilities on me. Don't be afraid of hurting me. Got it?"

Mike said softly, and the latter nodded.

Seeing this, Mike began to slowly retreat, and only after he had left a safe distance away did he make an OK gesture to Zhou Hong.

"call!"

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Hong frowned and began to gather his strength.

Then Mike saw that his exposed skin began to emit a strange purple-black light, and at the same time an ominous smell began to fill the air.

As time went on, the purple-black light on Zhou Hong's body became more and more intense, and after reaching the final critical point, it suddenly exploded, illuminating almost the entire magic training ground in purple-black.

Mike, who had been looking directly at Zhou Hong, couldn't help but close his eyes under the strong light. This actually did not prevent him from observing Zhou Hong's transformation. After all, even though he lost his vision, he could still use his magical perception to observe.

But just as he was about to release his magical perception, he felt a familiar stinging pain on his forehead out of nowhere!

This was a warning before the danger came! And the source of the danger was Zhou Hong in front of him!
Mike was startled, and he reflexively leaped back more than ten meters. At the same time, he urgently retracted the magic perception that he had just extended. He had a hunch that if he really extended his magic perception to Zhou Hong who was transforming, his mental power would most likely be contaminated, resulting in unpredictable consequences!

Finally, the purple light in the training ground gradually dissipated, and Mike finally opened his eyes.

But in the next moment, his pupils suddenly shrank!
At the place where Zhou Hong was originally standing, a humanoid creature over three meters tall appeared out of thin air. He seemed to be a creature made entirely of energy, emitting purple-black light all over his body. His long black hair like smoke kept floating in the air, and a strange face without any trace of ugliness appeared and disappeared under the long hair.

Unlike his upper body which still maintained its human form, the lower body of this creature had completely become fuzzy. From Mike's perspective, it was just a ball of black mist, but with the fluctuations of the air, it seemed as if there were some tentacle-like organs inside that were constantly wriggling.

At the same time, a pair of huge butterfly-like wings stretched out behind him, with a wingspan of almost an astonishing five meters.

This pair of purple-black wings is covered with strange and mysterious patterns. At first glance, they look like flowers, but if you look closely, you can clearly see that the patterns are actually pairs of green vertical pupils, which are daunting.

Although it was said to be wings, he did not seem to flap them.

The creature just floated quietly in the air, staring at Mike motionlessly.

Mike's heartbeat began to speed up as he was being stared at. Ever since the creature appeared, the air around it was filled with an ominous aura, which made Mike feel uneasy.

Mike really wanted to cast a fireball or a killing curse at it, because at this moment all the cells in his body were warning him that the creature in front of him definitely did not belong to this world and was extremely dangerous!
But Mike finally suppressed this desire, because his last bit of rationality kept reminding him that this creature was Zhou Hong.

After taking a few deep breaths, Mike finally took a step forward, forcibly suppressing the creepy feeling and said:
"Zhou Hong, can you hear me? Are you still sane now?"

"Of course, I just changed my body, I'm not possessed by a monster. Did you misunderstand something?"

Zhou Hong's helpless voice suddenly sounded in Mike's heart, but the strange creature in front of him did not move at all.

This situation reminded Mike of the queen ant in Avery's secret realm, who also communicated with him through telepathy at that time.

This also directly proves the fact that Zhou Hong's mental strength has been greatly enhanced after the transformation, because at this moment Mike is using the brain closure technique, but this still cannot prevent Zhou Hong from transmitting the sound into his mind.

But now Mike still doesn't know how strong Zhou Hong's mind-reading ability is after his transformation. If even the brain occlusion technique cannot defend against this kind of mind-reading ability, then Mike will have to reconsider his attitude towards Zhou Hong.

Thinking of this, Mike prepared to start testing Zhou Hong.

But before he could open his mouth, Zhou Hong's voice rang out again from the bottom of his heart.

"Mike, let me tell you about my current situation. First of all, I feel that after the transformation, all my original abilities have been greatly enhanced, especially the ability to control and read minds. Originally, my abilities were completely useless against a wizard like you who has super mental power and mastered the art of brain occlusion. But now, although I still cannot read your thoughts, I can use my mental power to project sounds into your mind. In addition, I can also use my powerful mental power to interfere with your behavior to a certain extent and manipulate some physical substances."

As he spoke, Zhou Hong raised his hands that had almost turned into claws. Then, the large sandbags that were originally used for training around the two of them suddenly floated up and formed a standard five-pointed star around Zhou Hong.

"That's what I mean by manipulating objects. And by interfering with your behavior, I mean..."

Zhou Hong put down the sandbags and placed his right index finger on his forehead.

The next moment, Mike suddenly had a strong desire to slap himself in the face. This feeling was like a cigarette addiction, except that the addiction was replaced by slapping himself in the face. As time went by, this desire became stronger and stronger, and Mike's originally steady breathing became more and more rapid.

But Mike still restrained himself. He was not a little kid with poor self-control. He could still withstand this level of temptation.

I don’t know how long it took, but this strange feeling suddenly and miraculously disappeared.

Mike turned his head to look at Zhou Hong, and saw that the latter's hanging hands were trembling slightly. It was obvious that the feeling just now came from him.

"Is it only this far?"

Mike said, waving his hand.

"Do you think this is easy?" Zhou Hong said unhappily, "You should know that you are a monster with incredible mental power. It's already very good that my ability can give you some psychological hints!"

Mike nodded slightly, what Zhou Hong said was indeed right.

This ability may not have a significant effect on him, but it would be different for ordinary people.

After a short rest, Zhou Hong continued:

"These are my normal abilities, but the abilities I'm going to demonstrate next are different. They're so terrifying that even I'm scared."

"Don't be polite, use it all, don't worry you can't hurt me."

In response to Mike's words, Zhou Hong snorted coldly, and then the pair of wings behind him waved gently, and a cold and strange aura surged in all directions like a tide!

Under the influence of this breath, the magic lights in the training ground went out one after another. Mike only felt that the light around him was slowly disappearing. At the same time, all his happy memories were slowly dissipating. An indescribable coldness was desperately drilling into his skin, trying to penetrate his limbs!

Mike was very familiar with this feeling, it was what would happen when he was close to the Dementors!
Almost as an instinctive reaction, Mike waved his wand the moment he felt the breath, and at the same time let out a low roar!
"Call the gods to protect you!"

A ball of blazing white light exploded from the tip of Mike's staff, bringing light back to the dim training ground and dispelling the cold and evil atmosphere in the training ground.

"quack!"

Accompanied by clear crow cries, the white light at the tip of Mike's staff suddenly condensed into a huge raven. It flapped its wings and flew high, circling in the air for a while, then flew towards Zhou Hong carrying endless light!
Faced with the huge raven flying towards him, Zhou Hong instinctively raised his arms to block in front of him. At the same time, the purple light around him also condensed, trying to resist the attack from the raven guardian.

However, this was all in vain. Facing the guardian raven, the strength Zhou Hong had hastily gathered was totally vulnerable. It melted away as quickly as ice and snow when it was simply illuminated by the scattered residual light!

"Stop!"

Zhou Hong's scream sounded in Mike's heart, he raised the corner of his mouth and swung his wand lightly.

Then the raven guardian, which was originally full of murderous intent, changed direction in the air and landed lightly on Mike's shoulder. It adjusted its white feathers and stared at Zhou Hong quietly.

After the purple energy around Zhou Hong was purified by the Raven Guardian, he could no longer maintain his transformed state. He returned to his human form and sat on the ground, gasping for breath.

"It seems that this transformation enhances your abilities while also increasing your weaknesses."

Mike said with a smile.

He was very satisfied with the restraining effect of the Patronus Spell on Zhou Hong. If Zhou Hong's power was really so strong that even he could not suppress it, then it would be difficult for him to get along with him on an equal footing.

At the very least, Mike would be wary of the other party.

So the current situation is almost the best result. Although Zhou Hong's strength has increased to an astonishing level, he still has a fatal weakness and can be easily suppressed by himself.

"Oh, isn't this what you wanted?"

Zhou Hong said unhappily.

Mike, whose thoughts were exposed, scratched his nose a little embarrassedly and joked:
"Are you sure your mind-reading ability doesn't work on me? Why do I feel like you know exactly what I'm thinking?"

"It's not hard to guess, your mouth is almost crooked from smiling!"

"Forehead……"

Mike was somewhat speechless, he stepped forward to help Zhou Hong up, and changed the subject:
"Okay, let's stop here for today's test. I see you've been sweating a lot, so go take a shower first, and then come to the restaurant to prepare for dinner."

Mike was about to help Zhou Hong walk out of the training ground, but the latter held Mike back and said:

"Wait, I still have one last ability that I haven't demonstrated to you yet."

"But, you have already exited the transformed state..."

Mike's words came to an abrupt halt, because at this moment a creature he was very familiar with appeared in front of him - the Dementor!
"see it?"

Zhou Hong said this with a smile, while his right index finger kept flipping, and the Dementor that suddenly appeared kept moving following the movement of the index finger. It looked like a ball of rag tap dancing in the air, weird and scary.

"It's completely under my control, even when I'm not transformed. This is the most powerful ability I've ever gained."

Mike's breathing became rapid. He was well aware of the horror of this ability.

There is a reason why Dementors are the most disgusting creatures in the world. They are evil, irrational, and impossible to control.

But at the same time, their lethality to other creatures is also extremely terrifying. As long as the problem of them not being able to distinguish between friend and foe is solved, they will be the most useful fighters!
“How much control can you have?”

Mike blurted out.

“The current record is ten, but I feel that this is far from my limit!”

Hearing this, the arc of Mike's mouth became even bigger.

(End of this chapter)