Reinforcing the Seal

On the Bone Throne, Death slowly raised his face, shrouded in black mist, and looked at Xiwen and his group with his scarlet eyes.

"You lowly humans, do you really intend to use my treasures to oppose me again?" Death's magnetic and deep voice resounded throughout the Mirror Dimension, bringing immense pressure to everyone present.

"Last time, I mistakenly trusted three despicable humans. Those three ants shamefully betrayed me and even took my Invisibility Cloak, using my power to seal their master here. Now it's the same; you ignorant humans are using my things to harass me again, trying to seal me away."

"You inferior species, you've always been the same despicable creature from ancient times to the present!"

"Death, we merely wish to protect our homeland," Xiwen said coldly to Death, his right hand seemingly holding the sphere formed from his Invisibility Cloak. "Don't you find it laughable that an intruder like you would discuss despicable and shameful methods with us?"

Upon hearing Xiwen's rebuttal, Death remained silent, but the crimson light in his eyes flickered suddenly.

The next moment, a heavy mental pressure swept over Xiwen's mind, as if another terrifying force wanted to completely take over Xiwen's mind and consciousness!

"How dare you, a ghost, come before me?" Death chuckled coldly, speaking in a condescending tone. "Ghost, use the holy artifact in your hand to break my seal!"

A red light suddenly flashed in Xiwen's eyes.

The professors, Dumbledore, who were standing behind him, were taken aback. They quickly stepped in front of Xiwen and cast spells such as the Cheering Charm and the Clear-Headed Charm on him to restore his mental energy and try to neutralize Death's mental attack.

However, Xiwen was merely a Soul Body, and many spells were ineffective against him. Most of these ineffective spells passed through his body and struck the air. Even the few spells that could work on ghosts failed to neutralize Death's mental attack, and the red light in Xiwen's eyes seemed to be growing stronger.

"I must admit, the existence of ghosts in your world is incredibly convenient for me," the Death's voice echoed from the crimson expanse. "I can easily manipulate them with just a little bit of negative emotion, making them work for me. That's far more useful than you despicable humans!"

Dumbledore and the other professors followed Death's gaze to the endless skeletons and transparent phantoms scattered around the Bone Throne, their expressions gradually becoming somewhat dazed.

They suddenly realized that these skeletons and phantoms were the army that Death had once controlled. They were either human remains manipulated by Necromancy or ghosts whose minds had been controlled. Without exception, they were all once living beings!

Thinking of this, the professors' expressions turned extremely grim.

Just then, Xiwen slowly raised his arm and silently drew a mysterious rune in front of him, causing the Deathly Hallows in his hand to emit a faint light.

He seemed to be completely controlled by Death.

"Heh." Death chuckled disdainfully at the scene. "I thought this ghost, who has thwarted my plans time and again, was quite capable."

"Strange, wake up!" Dumbledore shouted as he approached Xiwen, but received no response.

Headmaster Dippet frowned and said anxiously, "What do we do? Should we interrupt him with a spell against ghosts?"

Professor Merrythought raised his wand, hesitated, pointed it at Xiwen, and then hesitated again before lowering it.

"But if we interrupt Doctor Strange with a spell, his mind will inevitably be traumatized, and then we will lose the opportunity to reinforce the seal today!" Professor Merrythought said.

"Yes, I know." Headmaster Dippet took a few deep breaths and said with difficulty, "But if we don't interrupt him, are we going to let Death break free of its seal right now?!"

As he spoke, he raised his wand and pointed it at Xiwen.

"Wait a moment!"

Dumbledore suddenly reached out and blocked Headmaster Dippet's wand, his expression strange.

"Albus?" Headmaster Dippet turned to Dumbledore and asked in confusion.

Before Dumbledore could explain, Death's reaction confirmed Xiwen's condition.

"Wait, this isn't a spell to break the seal, it's reinforcing it! Ghost, what are you doing?!" Death roared in fury, the red light in his eyes flickering wildly. "No, you're not a ghost, you're a complete soul!"

"How dare you play me?" Death roared.

The next moment, a huge spatial rift was torn open from the location of the dark rift in the Mirror Dimension.

Countless undead skeletons and ghosts with red eyes emerged from the cracks around Death. They were ugly in appearance and acted frantically, rushing towards Xiwen recklessly, like a Legion, crowded, and disgusting swarm of maggots.

At this moment, Xiwen stopped acting and immediately quickened his movements. It was not difficult to see from his eyes and actions that he was now extremely clear-headed, with no trace of red light in his eyes, and was completely unaffected by the mental magic of the Death.

"Professors, cover me!" Xiwen shouted.

Seeing Xiwen's performance, the professors instantly realized that he was deliberately acting to deceive Death in order to seize the opportunity to strengthen the seal.

However, only Dumbledore among the professors saw through Xiwen's deception. Or rather, Xiwen deliberately revealed a weakness to Dumbledore by making a scissor sign while forming the hand seal, in order to avoid being interrupted by his own people.

"Just focus on reinforcing the seal, leave the rest to us!"

Dumbledore nodded to Xiwen, then rushed toward the mass of skeletons and ghosts pouring out of the crack.

The other professors followed suit, standing in front of Xiwen.

A wizard standing at the pinnacle of the Wizarding World, along with several professors of exceptional magical abilities, together formed an impenetrable wall, which the minions of Death could not cross at all!

Especially with the dense rainforest behind them, rich in vegetation, Professor Birley was immediately transformed. In previous duels, his combat abilities had been rather average, but this time, in the interception, Professor Birley finally had the opportunity to use various methods to manipulate plants. He single-handedly used vines to entangle most of the undead skeletons, greatly relieving the pressure on the other professors.

The remaining professors were equally impressive, each using dazzling yet incredibly effective spells, Transformation, Potions, and other magic to keep the minions at bay.

Because Death thought he had already controlled Xiwen, he missed the best opportunity to create an avatar or project a vision. By the time he realized it, the seal had gradually become stronger, making it impossible for him to transmit so much power.

As time passed, even the spatial rift that Death had just opened slowly and steadily shrank, and gradually, the speed at which endless skeletons and ghosts poured out also slowed down.

The professors worked together to force the Death's minions behind the rift. Now, nothing could possibly emerge from the alternate dimension to interfere with Xiwen.

Seeing this, Death was completely helpless. He could only maintain his superior attitude and said coldly, "Without my power, you cannot unleash the true power of this sacred artifact. In a few years, I will break through this clumsy seal. When that time comes, I hope you won't be kneeling and begging for my forgiveness!"

As the last crack in the spatial rift completely closed, Xiwen put away the Invisibility Cloak and magic circle in his hand, and looked up at the face of the Death, which was shrouded in layers of black mist.

"Then let's wait and see, Death."

Xiwen reached out and smoothed his hair, which had become slightly disheveled from his hurried movements, and said with a light laugh.