Chapter 35: The Illusion Realm Stepping Spirit Ascension Record

Harry didn't really faint to death in the end. He tried his best to open his eyes, wanting to see the surroundings clearly, but only saw a piece of mist.

More precisely, it seemed that the mist hadn't had time to form the scenery around him. The floor he was lying on was almost blank, just a simple plane capable of carrying things.

And in the mist, he recognized two figures. One was Qiluo, who was clutching his lower abdomen and stumbling toward him, and the other was Zhang Qiu, who was standing in front of him with a sword in her hand.

"Crucio!" Qiluo shouted angrily, but Zhang Qiu remained unmoved.

"What?" He looked at his wand in surprise, then pointed it at his abdomen with a tremble. "Restoro!"

Harry was surprised to find that in this fantasy realm, all spells seemed to have failed.

"Stupefy!" Qiluo tried another spell. "Confringo! Diffindo!"

"Damn it, Finite Incantatem! Finite!" Qiluo shouted various spells with all his might, waving his wand, but all these efforts were in vain. At this time, he was trapped in an unknown realm, all his proud magic failed, and he was still carrying a gunshot wound.

Qiluo looked a bit crazy. He went from fear and despair to hysteria, regardless of everything, rushing toward Harry, his eyes full of bloodshot veins.

Zhang Qiu rushed forward silently, waving the long sword in her hand. The blade that could release cold air also had no special features at this time, but just being a sharp steel product made Qiluo a bit timid.

The Sorcerer's Stone held against his waist had been faintly heating up. Harry felt he had some strength. He struggled to stand up, and then his foot kicked something.

It was his Invisibility Cloak.

"Great, I have one more card," Harry thought. He wrapped himself in the Invisibility Cloak and disappeared into the mist.

Qiluo waved his hands around in vain, trying to grab the invisible Harry, but failed. In his weakness, he took out his Portkey, wanting to return to the Dark Lord's side.

But the Portkey failed. This was his last hope gone, and he slumped to the ground, gasping for breath in despair.

Harry went up to pull Zhang Qiu. She looked silly, and Harry thought this must have consumed a lot of her sanity. But having the experience on the train, he knew this situation would slowly recover.

Harry pulled Zhang Qiu and ran far away, until he couldn't see Qiluo anymore, before sitting on the ground, gasping for breath.

Harry looked at this girl whose left eye was rolling left and right eye was rolling right. Even in the state of losing most of her sanity, she still remembered to draw her sword and stand in front of him. At this moment, he had no doubt about the deep revolutionary friendship between the two.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star..." Harry sang a nursery rhyme to her in a low voice, and Zhang Qiu's eyes began to gradually return to normal. He didn't know how long it had been—maybe ten minutes, maybe only a few seconds. Harry felt the time here was very strange.

"The seeker of the Dao is like a soak..." Hearing her start to recite the general outline of recovering sanity, Harry's hanging heart finally let go, and he waited quietly for Zhang Qiu to recover.

"Why didn't you cast a spell!" As soon as she recovered, Zhang Qiu gave Harry a heavy punch. "If you had added a Disarming Charm, Qiluo would have fallen to the ground directly!"

"Uh, what are you talking about?" Harry was a bit confused.

"I saw you knew the Disarming Charm, so I hinted to Luo En that he could counterattack," Zhang Qiu explained her plan. "Just at the moment of throwing the Sorcerer's Stone, Nawei opened Ascendio to attack from behind, and you drew your wand to attack from the front. Then Luo En and Hemin dragged Nawei to escape, and you put on the Invisibility Cloak to escape directly."

"If you had added a Disarming Charm, I wouldn't have had to finish reciting the spell!" she said angrily.

"I was thinking at the time," Harry explained, "I didn't know if the attack could work. I wanted to protect the Sorcerer's Stone first. As long as the Sorcerer's Stone is still there, Nawei can be saved."

"By the way, you haven't told me how you came," Harry said.

"I thought Pei Xu was the two-faced man in the prophecy, so I relaxed my vigilance after sending him away and put all my mind on the exam," Zhang Qiu said with an apologetic tone. "I saw Hanna in the corridor; she was crying very hard, saying you were in danger."

"The professors were all gathered together to grade the test papers," Zhang Qiu explained the reason why the professors were late. "I came over first. As soon as I came, I saw Luo En and Hemin arguing. Because there was only one bottle of potion that could pass through the fire, and they both wanted to rush in to save their friends."

"Finally, I let them hold the Disillusionment Charm and wait for an opportunity at the door. I drank the potion and rushed in invisibly," Zhang Qiu looked around. "Because I have a spell that can save you and Nawei together."

"And also incidentally banished Qiluo," Harry said happily. "This is your secret spell; the effect is really great."

"Don't be happy too early," Zhang Qiu sighed. "This is the Illusion Realm. Any magic here will fail, including Portkeys and any teleportation spells."

"What realm?"

"The Illusion Realm Stepping Spirit Ascension Record," Zhang Qiu said. "The effect is to teleport us to this mist space. My Master calls this place the Illusion Realm. Master told me that the Illusion Realm is full of strange things, and once you get lost, you can never find the way back."

"I still remember the direction I came from," Harry said cautiously.

"It's useless; we were teleported in," Zhang Qiu said helplessly. "Now if we want to go back, we either have to find the portal connecting the Illusion Realm and reality, or rely on the call of relatives and friends in the present world."

"Then you didn't think about trying other spells at the time," Harry said helplessly. "I think your lightning spell might have worked."

"I only had one chance to strike. Actually, like you, I wanted to prioritize saving everyone's life more than defeating Qiluo," Zhang Qiu said, expressing her thoughts. "If Nawei missed, I would only teleport the five of us. That way Qiluo would be left at Hogwarts. The Sorcerer's Stone is in your hands, so he still failed."

"I saw Qiluo was shot, so I narrowed the scope of the teleportation, but included Qiluo. In this way, in the Illusion Realm, he could only wait for death with a gunshot wound," Zhang Qiu stroked her sword. "And, my sword can at least count as half a weapon, enough to deal with his dying counterattack."

"The strange thing is," Harry picked up the Invisibility Cloak and looked at his disappearing palm, "the Invisibility Cloak still works."

"This is indeed quite magical," Zhang Qiu said with relief. "With this, we can hold on until the opportunity for a call."

"Your Master will call us, right?" Harry was a bit uncertain. "But why use the word 'hold on'?"

"The Illusion Realm is very dangerous..." Before she finished speaking, the two suddenly heard some movement. Harry looked up and saw a giant dragon made entirely of bones flying over their heads.

"What kind of place is the Illusion Realm?" Harry asked eagerly, hiding under the cloak.

"I'm not sure, it seems to be an unknown magical realm," Zhang Qiu said in a low voice. "Only the most powerful wizards are qualified to explore the unknown; we shouldn't have come."

"Let's walk around," Harry said excitedly. "With the Invisibility Cloak, we can also guest-star as 'the most powerful wizards'."

This secret realm seemed very empty. The two walked for a long time without seeing anything, only endless white mist.

"I want to drink pumpkin juice," Harry licked his lips and said powerlessly.

Just as he finished speaking, they found a mummy appearing not far ahead. It was wearing a huge pumpkin head, dragging a stick, and wandering aimlessly.

The two hurriedly held their breath, hiding under the Invisibility Cloak with terrified faces, until the mummy left their side.

"Alright, if there's no pumpkin juice, drinking a mouthful of water is fine," Harry tried.

Then, a lake appeared not far ahead.

"In the Illusion Realm, what measures the location is not distance, but thoughts," Zhang Qiu said thoughtfully. "Whatever you think of, you can walk there very quickly."

"Is this what your Master said?" Harry walked slowly toward the lake.

"No, I guessed it myself," Zhang Qiu said. "My Master didn't tell me anything about this place."

"Anyway, being able to drink a mouthful of water is not bad," Harry walked to the lakeside, bent down, and wanted to scoop up some water to drink.

The mummy at the bottom of the lake suddenly opened its eyes.

Harry ran away in fright, spreading the Invisibility Cloak while running. The two hid under the cloak, shivering while looking at the boiling lake surface.

"I hope your Master left something here," Harry said with lingering fear. "An exit, a supply station, even just a little information."

"I'll try, I'll try to recall my Master..." Zhang Qiu closed her eyes and walked in one direction, but they walked for I don't know how long, and only saw white mist, nothing else.

"Zhang, did your Master leave nothing in the Illusion Realm?" Harry's voice was a bit trembling.

"Yeah, it's quite strange," Zhang Qiu didn't seem to realize the seriousness of the problem yet.

"If your Master masters the means to call people back from the Illusion Realm," Harry said tremblingly, "and he also masters the means to enter the Illusion Realm."

"Did he really leave nothing?" Zhang Qiu also started to panic. "Or is it that he didn't enter at all?"

"I hope your Master carefully cleaned up all traces," Harry maintained a forced smile, "instead of not daring to enter because he knew he couldn't return."

"It could also be that only my Master knows the means of calling back. I'll try to think about my Uncle-Master," Zhang Qiu said unwillingly.

The two walked for another stretch, and still saw nothing. Only then did they panic completely.

Because this meant that, in fact, Xuanjun had no way to call people back at all. ===== CHAPTER 36 =====