The little black cat shook its head and lay down lazily.

Lin Yi smiled when he saw this, lowered his arm, looked at Gandalf and asked.

"Now that the Ring Spirit has been released, do we still want to enter the tombs in the mountains?"

“…… Of course. ”

Gandalf came back to his senses and nodded slowly.

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"The seals of the tombs are very strong, and it is impossible for a single ring spirit to break it from the inside, so there must be an external force to help, since the three ring spirits are still hovering between the surrounding peaks, it means ......"

"It means that the one who broke the seal is still in the tombs."

Lin Yi nodded, indicating that he had understood.

"In that case, let's get in quickly!"

After speaking, Lin Yi took the lead in walking into the cave.

Gandalf followed, but his gaze lingered around Lin Yi's shoulder.

……

……

Dogurdu.

In this dark land, everything is dead and silent.

The trees in the forest had withered for thousands of years, pale and distorted in shape, there was not a single leaf on the trees, let alone birds, the air was filled with the smell of decay of fallen leaves, and every now and then a black wind blew, rolling up the thick rotten leaves on the ground, revealing the white bones of the forest below.

It was silent, only the sound of the wind blowing through the mountain crevices still sounded as usual.

- That's usually true.

But today, from the necromancer's lair in Middle-earth, where Dogul is famous, there is a roar full of anger and faint panic, and all the dark creatures in the territory who hear the roar can't help but stop their current movements, huddle there and tremble.

In the dimly lit necromancer's lair, a figure in a black cloak had its back to the hole, and darkness flowed out of the hem of the cloak like mist, constantly escaping through the air.

Suddenly, the cloak that seemed to be woven of darkness seemed to be ignited by something, and it began to burn rapidly from the end, and the black flames instantly spread upwards.

The black shadow suddenly noticed the abnormality behind him, and without hesitation, he ripped off the cloak on his body and threw it on the ground.

The cloak is discarded and burns out, and a figure in full armor appears in the lair.

He was dressed in a hideous silver-gray armor, a helmet full of spikes, a breastplate engraved with intricate and mysterious evil incantations, shoulder armor and many joints with curved blades like sharp claws, the spikes on the top of his head soared into the sky like sharp swords, and a pair of vertical pupils as bright red as flames were revealed in the V-shaped slit of the visor.

From a distance, it looks like a killing machine covered in sharp blades.

If Gandalf were here, he would immediately recognize him, because he was none other than the dark enemy that Gandalf had a premonition and had been wary of for a long time—Sauron!

In the last era, Sauron was defeated in the final battle of the Alliance, and for a long time lost the ability to unite entities, until around the year 1000 of the Third Age, Sauron's spirit gradually revived, and quietly incarnated as a human necromancer, began to live in the Great Green Forest, and built a fortress called Dogurdu in this place.

At first, the world thought that this was a rebellion by a returning ringwraith (only some of the tombs in the mountains were buried), so they did not feel too threatened, and only the enraged woodland kingdom sent an army to fight against the many dark creatures of Dogurdu.

But no one, or elves, had ever actually seen the so-called necromancer.

Therefore, the Holy White Council, composed of the gray-robed wizard Gandalf, the white-robed wizard Saruman, the elf Galadriel, and others, sensed that something was wrong and began to secretly investigate the true identity of the necromancer.

If it weren't for Lin Yi's troubles, Gandalf would have sneaked into Dogurdu within half a month and discovered Sauron's true identity.

At this moment, Sauron in the lair stood there, holding the crystal ball that radiated with light in his right hand, and stared in disbelief at the cloak in the air that had been burned by black flames.

"What's going on?"

"What's that flame?"

"Who the hell killed the Ringwraith?!"

A series of questions flashed through Sauron's mind, and his eyes were full of anger and surprise.

He could perceive that three of the rings were dead, and they were real deaths, and even he had no way to revive them, and even the attempt to recall them had attracted the terrifying black flames of Fang Cai.

The thought of the black flame made Sauron's heart feel as heavy as a large stone falling.

Luckily, the Nine Rings had already been conquered by Sauron, so that they would surrender to him without wearing the Rings of Strength, so he had already withdrawn the Nine Rings of Strength a long time ago.

And as long as the Ring of Power is still in his hands, the Ring Spirit is a reproducible resource.

Therefore, the death of the Ringwraith only made Sauron angry and troubled, but it did not surprise him.

What really made him wonder was the black flame.

Needless to say, that black flame was definitely a pure dark force, and it was even higher than him in terms of the purity of darkness and the level of power.

It wasn't clear how tall Sauron was, after all, he had only seen the Black Flame once.

And this meeting was quite hurried, leaving him little time to snoop at all.

"When did such a powerful dark force appear on Middle-earth?"

Sauron frowned tightly, pondered for a moment or two, and then lifted the crystal ball in his hand.

A burst of light flashed from the crystal ball, and the crystal ball suddenly floated slowly in the air.

Sauron suddenly took a step back, and a huge flame ignited in the dim lair, forming a huge eye of flame behind him, and the thick darkness covered Sauron's body, forming a pitch-black vertical pupil in the giant eye.

Darkness converged, and Sauron said in a deep voice.

"Gather your army at once and march to the tombs in the mountains, where a powerful dark force has appeared, and I need to find out whether this force is friend or foe."

"Mordor is not moving, if the situation is not right, I will go back to take control of Mordor......"

After several orders in quick succession, a haze flashed in Sauron's eyes.

Even with such a precise order, Sauron was still worried.

There is no way, there are few orcs and half-orcs under his command with brains, and the only one with some brains is that Azog is still trapped in the tombs in the mountains, and it is very likely that he will be killed indiscriminately by the strong man who appeared inexplicably.

Therefore, if you want to find out the intelligence of this unknown enemy, you must not rely only on these fools in the underworld......

Thinking of this, Sauron turned around, and the pure darkness was once again woven into a cloak that enveloped his whole body, a bright red flame ignited in his bright yellow vertical pupils, and his eyes looked at the crystal ball in his hand with a slight groan.

Well, we have to let Bai Dao exert his strength!

……

……

On the other side, Lin Yi didn't know that the karmic fire had burned Sauron's cloak.

But he knew very well that Sauron probably already knew the traces of himself and the others.

After all, the three rings that died completely should be a unique novelty for Sauron for thousands of years.

Again, Gandalf thought so, so he felt that they had to move as quickly as possible, at least to leave the tombs in the mountains before Sauron's army arrived.

Following behind Lin Yi, Gandalf thought about things related to Sauron, but his eyes couldn't help but aim at the sleepy little black cat on Lin Yi's shoulder.

After seeing the karmic fire of war, he knew very well what a powerful and pure dark force was hidden under this lovely exterior.

But then again, why would such a powerful evil creature stay with His Excellency Lin Yi?

Gandalf was very sure that Lin Yi must be kind by nature, because only kind creatures could show a look of sun-like enjoyment under the dazzling white light.

His Excellency Lin Yi must be a Vera or a descendant of Vera of the Good Camp!

This was Gandalf's judgment after emitting the Light.

It was also the reason why he still didn't turn around and flee after seeing the dark power of the little black cat.

But it's still very difficult to understand!

Gandalf kept staring at the man and cat in front of him, and after some groaning and suffering, he finally couldn't help but ask.

"Your Excellency Lin Yi, your partner ......"

"Butch."

"Lord Butch's power, it seems...... Something went wrong? ”

"Something went wrong?"

Lin Yi glanced at Gandalf suspiciously, then turned his head to look at the little black cat on his shoulder, stretched out a finger and stroked its soft flank, and the silver-white sword qi gushed out from his fingertips and sank into the body of the little black cat.

The sleepy little black cat suddenly sensed that something was wrong, and immediately shook its head uncomfortably, and the black mist escaped on the surface of the body, driving the silver-white sword qi out.

Lin Yi's eyes were quick, and he quickly picked up a trace of black mist, put it in front of him and looked at it for a while, then raised his head, looked at Gandalf with a serious expression and said.

"Look, what a pure dark power, what's the problem?"

“……”

That's the big problem!

The corners of Gandalf's mouth twitched, and after a mutter, he gritted his teeth and said bluntly.

"But your power does not come from darkness, so why should you take a companion who has fallen into darkness?"

"That's what you said!"

Lin Yi's face suddenly changed, and he waved his hand indifferently.

"Hey! What's this, Manway and Morgoth are still brothers! Isn't it also a light and a darkness? ”