?Chapter 649: 582 Chapter: Boundary Chapter 649: 582 Chapter: Boundary Boom~
Meteorites burning with green fel flames crashed into the Land of Darkness, creating a shockwave upon impact that sent nearby orcs and strong-beasts flying.
Then, rising out of the crater still smoldering with green flames, a Hellfire demon, five or six meters tall, clawed its way out.
Its rocky body, ablaze with green fel energy, let out a savage roar towards the nearby orcs and strong-beasts.
Although the orcs cowered back in fear,
several strong-beasts grabbed shields and weapons and charged forward.
Clang~
With a casual swing, the Hellfire demon sent several strong-beasts, along with their shields, flying.
It then stamped on one, flattening it, and blood plasma sprayed everywhere.
Arrows flew from afar, yet before they could strike, they were already incinerated by the fel flames covering the demon’s surface.
...
Even though the Hellfire demons that sporadically invaded weren’t numerous, after Sauron was killed and did not offer a helping hand, relying solely on these strong-beasts and orcs proved utterly futile.
Though every common race in this world could be considered elite, with strong physical qualities,@@@@
they were still no match for the Hellfire demons.
Only a few heroic units among the strong-beasts could barely hold their ground with the aid from others, surrounding and killing several with the magic soldiers forged by Sauron.
For a moment, a sense of confusion and despair filled the hearts of these beast people, wondering why the Dark Lord had yet to make a move...
But at that moment, as Mount Doom’s activity intensified, those half-melted boulders projected into the stratosphere began to fall, breaking through the dark clouds above and hurtling towards them.
“It’s happening!”
“Great Dark Lord!”
“Goshaul!”
“Soon these rotten rocks will meet their end...”
“...”
However, as the beasts’ excitement and frenzy peaked, they looked up at the volcanic rocks falling from the sky and began to sense something amiss.
Why does it feel like we’re being covered too?
Boom~
The first meteor weighing tons hit the battlefield, its high velocity and mass creating a kinetic impact wave.
Flames mixed with twisted air currents instantly tore apart all the surrounding orcs.
It had indeed enveloped everyone!
Indiscriminate assault!
Boom~ Boom~ Boom~
Orcs and strong-beasts were flung about once more, their bodies strewn everywhere.
Even the Hellfire demons that had landed were enveloped by the falling rocks!
Clang~
The boulders collided with the Hellfire demons, causing sparks to burst and their sturdy bodies to shatter simultaneously!
But if Hellfire demons could serve as cannon fodder for the Burning Legion, their hide was indeed incredibly tough, far beyond that of ordinary creatures.
At this moment, Tao Yu, clad in a white robe and handsome in appearance, was held in the same esteem as Sauron himself in their eyes!
After a moment, accompanied by several more beast roars.
The Banisher Spirit, which had earlier escaped by riding on Flying Dragons, also heeded the call and flew back.
They landed one after the other.
But upon seeing The One Ring that Tao Yu held, which commanded allegiance, they all quickly descended from the Fallen Beasts, kneeling on one knee in loyalty.
They served only the master of The One Ring...
“You, come here.”
Tao Yu beckoned to the Witch-King of Angmar, the chief of the nine Banisher Spirits.
He also came respectfully to Tao Yu’s side clad in his pitch-black armour.
Placing a hand on the armour, Tao Yu also rapidly gained some understanding of the principles behind the Banisher Spirits.
It was somewhat similar to Grazing, only that their souls were enslaved with The One Ring as the core.
Even if the Banisher Spirits died, they would automatically return as long as their armours were reforged, they could be resurrected.
Moreover, they did not account for the cost of Tao Yu’s own Grazing; they were entirely additional servants, albeit makeshift.
Re-absorbing them into the Innate Barrier was unnecessary, as that would occupy a share of his own and could also affect their range of activities.
However, he could give them some enhancements on the shadow side.
As Tao Yu’s shadow writhed below him, the originally pitch-black surface of the Banisher Spirits’ armour seemed to acquire an additional layer of faint black mist, like flames.
“Comparable to a Jonin, I suppose, but with no distance constraints, some Spiritual Wisdom and stronger autonomous action capabilities...
not bad after all...”
Tao Yu pieced together his thoughts, then spoke to the Witch-King of Angmar,
“Take them and consolidate these Orcs, gather them up, then retreat back to Barad-dA??r, and avoid conflicts with the Human Allied Forces.”
“As commanded.”
The Witch-King of Angmar’s voice sounded as if a knife were scraping against metal, likely the sound of his armour rubbing, quite unpleasant to hear.
Tao Yu then looked to Gandalf and Galadriel,
“Let’s go to the other side of the mountain to take a look and see what the situation is like in the other world, but let’s not go over there.”
“Alright.”
“Indeed.”
As the group rode on the Alien Dragons over the mountains ahead, they discovered that what lay before them was entirely an ocean.
However, atop this ocean was a drilling platform ablaze with fire, seemingly billowing black smoke.
And on that drilling platform, several hooded figures were looking this way, seemingly Magicians who had fallen into the Burning Legion.
As soon as Tao Yu and his companions appeared, they immediately attracted their attention and looked over.
The World Barrier here had some fissures, which explained why Hellfire had invaded.
Following their gaze, Tao Yu was also surprised to find that the Magicians standing on the drilling platform each had the strength of World Breakers!
Although far from the strength of the Catastrophe-Level Dreadlord, for mere “gatekeepers,” their strength was enough to indicate the overall strength of this contingent of the Burning Legion...
“Still, those guarding the edge of the world should be considered upper-middle tier in strength...”