### "..." The silent body suddenly erupted with a terrifying surge of Battle Qi! The dreadful pressure of Soul Power even forced the War Cloud to retreat somewhat!
"Glory to the king... glory to the hero... shall not be trampled upon!" Blue-green Battle Qi Flame howled as it tore through the War Cloud. Caught off guard, Khamûl hurriedly raised an arm in front of himself to block it.
Bang! A crisp sound like shattering glass rang out. A blade-like streak of sharpness cleaved through the darkness! The Soul Fire in Khamûl's eyes trembled in shock. Within those astonished flames, he clearly saw the black armor fragments of the Nazgûl all over the King of the Mountain's green-flame-wreathed body shatter apart, while ghostly green Soul Fire reignited.
As he watched the dark armor melt away as quickly as snow beneath hot oil, astonishment flickered through Khamûl's Soul Fire for the first time.
"No... that's impossible! How could the One Ring's power be broken through?" Khamûl was utterly shocked. It had only been a few years, yet two people had escaped the power of the Three Rings in succession? Had the One Ring's ability to corrupt and corrupt fallen weakened?
The fiercely rising Soul Flame illuminated Khamûl's sinister face in the darkness. For the first time, he felt fear toward the soul before him.
"You shouldn't have mentioned him..." The King of the Mountain suddenly spoke without warning. A trace of sorrow flashed through his clouded eyes. Sernal... had saved him once again! At the very moment when his soul was about to be completely assimilated and bound by the One Ring, Sernal's name and the Nazgûl's power had awakened the strength Sernal had planted deep within the King of the Mountain's soul. Since Sernal, once a Nazgûl himself, had chosen to