Global Abyss: My Skills Can Enhance Infinitely

Chapter 641: Chapter 574: Times Have Changed Chapter 641: Chapter 574: Times Have Changed “I’m afraid Saruman is to blame.”

Gandalf, who also understood what was happening, quickly spoke up.

Saruman’s spiritual body had attached itself to the Palantír and flown over with a speed they could not match, even with a large army at their command.

Whether it was Sauron deciding to take the initiative to strike upon seeing his own sorry state, or Saruman himself doing the persuading,

the Land of Darkness had already launched an attack on Gondor!

“It seems the Land of Darkness has no shortage of strong Orcs that aren’t afraid of sunlight anymore…”

The first appearance of these strong Orcs was in the last few years of Denethor I’s reign, and they had been driven back by Boromir at the time.

Although troublesome, their numbers were not great.

Now, after so many years of nourishment, they might have cultivated quite a significant number…

“I fear it’s not just the strong Orcs.”

Tao Yu frowned as he looked into the distance.

Despite being so far away, he could feel an extreme dark power emanating from there.

The purity of this dark force was actually no less than his own!

This reminded Tao Yu of the Magic Ring he had sensed before.

After hesitating for a moment, he said to Frodo, who seemed a bit dazed,

“Frodo, have you heard any additional voices?”

Seemingly lost in thought, Frodo suddenly snapped to attention.

As they drew closer to Mount Doom, and hence to the original owner of the Magic Ring, its influence grew stronger.

The Ring had not been exerting its influence overtly, but it had been continuously focusing its corruption on Frodo!

Now, having been awakened by Tao Yu’s words, Frodo felt a wave of fear,

“Yes, I feel I can’t suppress it much longer.”

Frodo, though a Hobbit with strong determination and high resistance to the Magic Ring, had been wearing it for far too long.

“How about I take it?”

Had it been suggested at the start of their journey, such a proposal from Tao Yu would surely have been met with suspicion.

But after tirelessly winning their favor on the journey, leading an army to avert disaster, and single-handedly facing off against Saruman,

Tao Yu had earned a high level of trust.

Not to mention, when Gandalf saw Tao Yu studying Saruman’s notes, he only issued a warning, which showed their level of tolerance.

Now, when Tao Yu asked to hold the ring, the resistance was much less.

“Do you have confidence?

The closer you are, the greater the threat,” Gandalf said gravely.

“You’ve seen my power.

It’s largely negative, which gives me strong resistance.

It’s questionable who would corrupt whom.”

Tao Yu spoke matter-of-factly, causing Gandalf to nod and look towards Frodo.

“Frodo, you’ve done all you can.

Your mental state is now compromised.

Let Mr.

Tao keep it for now.”

Frodo really wanted to nod in agreement, but the thought of the Magic Ring leaving his possession also filled him with an inexplicable restlessness.

However, Hobbits, inherently lacking in strength,

were powerless to resist when Tao Yu decisively pulled the ring from Frodo’s neck as he attempted to put it on his finger.

“Calm down.

Away from its influence, you should be able to recover slowly.”

Frodo jolted again, then stepped back a few paces and nodded.

“This thing is truly too dangerous.”

The others, upon seeing how casually Tao Yu toyed with the Magic Ring before slipping it onto his own finger, couldn’t help but admire him sincerely.

The more powerful one was, the more susceptible to influence, but Tao Yu was surely not lacking in strength!

That being the case, he must have been resisting the Magic Ring with astonishing willpower.

With the Magic Ring on his finger, Tao Yu’s divinatory spirituality and the Ring’s resonance with a distant presence confirmed it all.

Sauron must have used some kind of ultimate dark magic to achieve something.

“We need to accelerate, the power of darkness has likely obscured the sky…”

The single entity quality of orcs is far superior to that of half-orcs, but their numbers are ultimately not enough.

These elite orcs, combined with the vast number of half-orcs, Gondor may not be able to hold…

…

Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor known as the White City, was now covered by dark clouds in the sky, not a single ray of sunshine illuminating it, causing the white city walls to appear a shade of gray-black.

The overwhelming army of half-orcs had already assembled outside the city walls, layer upon layer, seemingly endless!

In the sky, Banisher Spirits were constantly roaming on their Flying Dragons.

The roaring of the half-orcs outside the city filled the faces of the residents inside with fear.

Even though the soldiers of Gondor were fully armed and ready, with catapults and ballistae on the city walls.

On the city walls wide enough for horsemen to gallop, a stream of orders was being issued, rows of soldiers stood at the parapet, their ears full of the clashing sounds of armor rubbing.

But at this moment, everyone’s heart was as heavy as the black clouds overhead, feeling a sense of ominousness and despair.

The frontier fortresses had already fallen, with the enemy pressing on towards the capital.

The speed was too fast, unbelievably fast…

On the city walls, Denethor II, his face showing exhaustion and a ghastly pallor, also closed his eyes as he watched the approaching armies.

He would occasionally use the Palantir to survey the situation in Gondor, guarding against Mordor’s army and other darkness.

But due to the increasing corruption of late, he had begun to use the Palantir less frequently.

He had never imagined that in one of these intervals Mordor would decisively dispatch its troops at a lightning pace to conquer the frontier fortresses.

And the Banisher Spirits had cut down all the messengers.

If it weren’t for the ninjas from the Village Hidden by Clouds noticing something was amiss and giving an early warning.

There might have been no preparations at all!

“Lord Chancellor, the numbers are a bit overwhelming.”

The Third Raikage stood solemnly on the city wall, also looking towards the front.

Although the strength of the ninja was formidable and the Village Hidden by Clouds was quite powerful among the five great Shinobi Villages.

But even ants can bite an elephant to death!

If the Tailed Beasts were still there, they might have been able to cause significant damage and destruction.

But now all of the Tailed Beasts were with Mr.

Tao, and the Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails, although not dead after being stripped of the Tailed Beast, was still in recovery.

Currently, the Shinobi Village had only him, a person of Kage-level.

“We may need to prepare to abandon the city and save the living forces.”

Denethor II looked at the unblocked side of the wall, also understanding the plans of Mordor.

But he had no better plan!

Although the beacons had been lit, it was still too late.

The reinforcements might not arrive in time.

And he knew exactly how much strength Gondor had; even if reinforcements came from everywhere, it would probably be difficult to confront the enemy at hand.

He had never imagined that Mordor had already gathered such a formidable force and that they would use the cover of the dark clouds in the sky for a surprise attack…

“I will do my best.”

The Third Raikage didn’t say much, but his tone was firm and decisive.

The Village Hidden by Clouds was not afraid to fight!

However, it was at that moment, a sharp screech came from the distance.

Looking up, they saw several distorted black spheres hurtling toward them at high speed.

Three consecutive spheres, all directly hitting the army of half-orcs.@@novelbin@@

Boom~ Boom~ Boom~

Three terrifying shockwaves surged out, dealing a heavy blow to the half-orcs in an instant!

Tailed Beast Bombs!