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Chapter 229 The Door Key

Faced with Sauron's extremely aggressive gaze and spiritual corruption.

Dui remained highly vigilant, his mind-sealing technique operating at full capacity, his mental fortress providing a tight defense, giving Sauron no chance to invade and corrupt his mind.

However, Sauron's power was too great. Even though Dui's mental fortress was as solid as a city wall, the countless seductive whispers that filled his ears were like countless dense insects constantly gnawing at the walls of the mental fortress, trying to break through the barrier and completely corrupt and control him.

Dui's face turned pale. The difference in strength between the two was too great. At this speed, he probably wouldn't be able to hold out for long before Sauron breached his mental fortress.

Facing Sauron, Dui dared not be careless in the slightest. He activated the Ring of Power on his hand, forming the strongest magical shield to protect himself, Romisdanu, and Morida.

At the same time, he fully activated the Light of Eyarndil in his hand to fight against Sauron's dark power.

While the Light of Eyarndil can suppress dark forces, its power depends on who wields it. Galadriel was able to use its power to defeat Sauron in Dorgon.

But in Dui's hands, he could barely resist Sauron's power.

Under the relentless onslaught of Sauron's terrifying dark power, the light of Eyarendil was like a faint candle in the darkness, seemingly on the verge of being extinguished at any moment, and could only envelop Dui's surroundings.

Soren naturally discovered that his mental erosion power was blocked by Dui and could not penetrate it, which made him even more interested and curious.

"Every time we meet, you give me a different surprise."

At the same time, their gaze completely ignored the invisibility ability of the Ring of Power and fell directly on his hand, which surprised them greatly.

"Is this the Ring of Power that Saruman forged? It has been improved a lot in a short time, and is far more perfect than before. This skill reminds me of an elven craftsman who was also exceptionally talented. After I taught him the art of ring forging, he perfectly forged nineteen Rings of Power."

Soren looked at Dui with admiration and invited him:

"Wizard Duir, you possess extraordinary talent. If you surrender and submit to me, I can take you as my student and personally teach you how to forge your own One Ring, granting you immense power and boundless authority, so that we may rule this world together!"

Upon hearing Sauron's words, Saruman looked at Dui with a mixture of resentment and envy.

The Ring of Power, which he had painstakingly crafted, was thus given away as a dowry to someone else. Even the One Ring, which he had dreamed of but could not obtain, was given to a wizard boy by Sauron.

This disparity in treatment made Saruman feel extremely resentful.

Moreover, he knew that Soren was not deceiving him, but rather that after discovering Dui's exceptional talent for forging rings, he was eager to take him on as an apprentice.

After all, Sauron was not only a demon king, but also a master craftsman with superb skills.

Moreover, before Sauron fell to Morgoth and joined his side, he was the most outstanding student of Aulli, the god of craftsmen, and his craftsmanship reached an unparalleled level. Otherwise, he would not have been able to design treasures such as the One Ring and the Ring of Power.

Although Sauron imbued the One Ring and the Ring of Power with evil power, corrupting and degrading their wearers, they are still rare treasures that countless people desire and covet.

While Saruman was also a student of Aulius, the god of craftsmen, just like in a class, there were top students and underachievers.

Although Saruman was not a poor student, he was a student who excelled in some areas but not others. He was not particularly talented in forging, but he had outstanding talent in engineering machinery and biology.

Therefore, even though he learned the forging method of the Ring of Power from Sauron, the Ring of Power he created was still not good enough in the eyes of Sauron, the one who created the craft of the Ring of Power.

After all, as a demon king, Sauron still has a sense of aesthetics.

Of course, neither Sauron nor Saruman knew that Dui possessed the Resurrection Stone, which summoned Celebrimbor, the master craftsman who had personally forged the Ring of Power. It was under Celebrimbor's guidance that Saruman's Ring of Power was perfected.

Sauron mistakenly believed that Dui was the Ring of Power he had improved, which aroused his interest in talent.

This also made Saruman very jealous, after all, he had spent so much time forging the Ring of Power, but in Dui's hands, it was improved even more in just one year and even won Sauron's praise.

However, Dui remained unmoved by Sauron's offer of recruitment. He sneered and said, "I don't want to become like your Ringwraiths, a puppet in your hands!"

Sauron's words certainly sounded very tempting. Not only could one become Sauron's student and rise to a position second only to him in the Dark World, but one could also forge one's own One Ring and gain immense power.

But to obtain these things, he was corrupted and controlled by Sauron's spirit, becoming a puppet as loyal to Sauron as the Ringwraiths.

Will he still be himself then?
Hearing Dui's unwavering refusal, Soren wasn't angry. He merely watched as a mouse struggled in a cage, and chuckled lightly:

"It's alright. Just because you're unwilling now doesn't mean you'll refuse in the future. I'll take you back to Mordor, and after a period of time, you'll eventually join us!"

As he spoke, he unleashed a terrifying dark power, which struck Dui's magical shield.

The immense power Saurman unleashed caused Saruman to show fear and hastily retreat.

Dui, who faced Soren's attack head-on, had an even more difficult time, feeling as if a mountain was pressing down on him, making him feel suffocated.

And this was even with the magical shield of the Ring of Power protecting and blocking it. What alarmed and weighed heavily on Dui was that Sauron's attack power was countless times stronger than Saruman's, and the magic power stored in the Ring of Power was being drained away like a flood.

The magical shield, which could originally withstand Saruman's full-force attacks for at least half a day, can now only hold off Sauron for a maximum of half an hour.

Even more deadly is that, in addition to direct attacks, Sauron's powerful mental erosion ignores magical shields and constantly invades Dui's mind, attempting to break through Dui's mental castle and corrupt and control his mind!

Dui could only continuously activate the Brain Lock spell to reinforce the walls of his mental castle, while simultaneously activating the Light of Eyarendil in his hands and casting the magical music taught to him by Tom Bombadil to fill his mind and body with joy and summon his guardian deity.

To resist Sauron's spiritual corruption, Dui used every means at his disposal to protect himself layer by layer, lest his mind and spirit be breached by Sauron before the magical shield of the Ring of Power was exhausted.

For a moment, Dui was able to catch his breath.

But seeing the magic stored in the Ring of Power rapidly draining away like a flood, Dui also became nervous.

Is he doomed today?

[Hogwarts Check-in System: Location: Harald - Minas Harald City, Check-in required?]

Seeing the system suddenly give him a notification, Du Yi felt a glimmer of hope and immediately shouted in his mind, "Sign in! Sign in now!"

He just hoped that this time the system would be more reliable and give him something useful so that he could get out of his current predicament.

[Check-in successful! Congratulations on receiving the door key!]

Dui's eyes lit up, and he felt a surge of joy.

It's like my wish came true! Now I'm finally saved!
Because of the magical restrictions set up by Saruman beforehand, Dui lost his ability to Apparate and could not teleport away.

However, a portal key is different from Apparition. A portal key is an item that has been tested with magic and is not subject to the restrictions of anti-Apparition. It can teleport anyone who comes into contact with it to a designated location.

Dui immediately immersed himself in learning the Door Key Spell, with the invisibility of the Crown of Wisdom above his head providing full support, allowing his brain to operate at its limit.

Because of the distraction, Dui's mental and spiritual defenses were somewhat weakened, allowing Sauron's mental erosion to proceed at a faster pace.

But Dui had no time to worry about that; he needed to learn this advanced spell as quickly as possible to buy himself and his companions a chance to survive.

As a demon lord skilled in mind control and corruption, Sauron was naturally very sensitive to emotional and mental fluctuations. He quickly detected Dui's emotional fluctuations of joy and hope and immediately sensed that something was wrong.

He immediately unleashed all his power, attacking the magical shield protecting Dui.

Ripples appeared on the magic shield, and with each attack, a portion of the magic power stored in the Ring of Power was instantly consumed.

The magic shield, which was originally estimated to withstand attacks for half an hour, is now drastically reducing its duration.

The sturdy magical shield began to thin and began to crumble.

Just then, Dui reopened his eyes, ignoring the attacks from Sauron and Saruman outside, and quickly cast a spell on the crystal bottle containing the light of Eyarndil in his hand.

"Mentos~" The crystal bottle emitted a faint blue light and trembled slightly.

"Romisdanu, quickly pull Morida to grab the crystal bottle!" Dui shouted loudly to Romisdanu.

Romisdanus was also pale and weak at this moment. He used all his spiritual power and magic to protect his friend Morida's mind and prevent Morida from being further corrupted by Sauron's spirit.

But the price he paid was that he lost his fighting ability, which wasn't much better than what his friend Morida could achieve.

Upon hearing Dui's words, she mustered her last bit of strength, grabbed Morida tightly with one hand, and quickly touched the crystal bottle in Dui's hand with the other.

At the last moment, Dui touched Romisdanu's bison with his other hand.

In an instant, the group suddenly felt as if a hook had suddenly pulled them forward from behind their navels, and then their feet left the ground and they flew up, their vision quickly becoming blurry.

"No!" Upon seeing this, Soren was immediately enraged and unleashed his most terrifying power in an attempt to stop it.

But before he could break the magical shield, Dui, Romisdanu, Moreda, and a bison vanished into thin air right before his eyes.

Sauron felt like he had been fooled!
Enraged, he unleashed his terrifying power without restraint, instantly destroying the entire Minas Harad Fortress with an invisible force. Countless Harads and orcs, along with mammoths, were torn apart by the immense power.

The Ringwraiths lay prostrate on the ground, not daring to offend their master.

Saruman gritted his teeth, leaning on his staff, casting a spell to protect himself, and then looked at the terrifying Sauron with fear.

(End of this chapter)