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Chapter 167 Fallen Abyss
The killing curse hit the Balrog instantly.

The fire demon let out a painful scream as if it had been severely damaged, and the flames on its body flickered.

Dui was breathing heavily, leaning on his staff, and couldn't help showing joy on his face.

But the next second, his expression froze and his pupils constricted.

The fire demon got rid of the magic of the basilisk's eyes, and angrily swung its whip of fire, whipping the "water watcher" in front of it and the basilisk that had successfully attacked it away, and they fell directly into the abyss.

Before Dui could worry about the basilisk Herpo, the Balrog let out a low and strange roar, and the surrounding flames were all sucked into the Balrog's body like a whale swallowing all the flames.

The originally dim flames on the fire demon's body suddenly surged again, emitting a scorching temperature.

At the same time, it conjured up a flaming scepter.

The Balrog swung the flaming scepter, and even hotter flames gushed out of the scepter, spraying towards Dui and Gandalf.

Dui's face changed, and he slammed his staff hard, mobilizing all his magic power.

"Super strong armor to protect you! All-round protection! Impenetrable!"

Dui erected an extremely strong magic barrier, instantly covering him and Gandalf.

But the flames released by the fire demon were too hot, and the surrounding rocks were quickly melting into magma.

The magic barrier held up by Dui was also gradually becoming thinner in a melting manner!
To make matters worse, the effectiveness of the fire-retardant began to wear off, and he began to feel the burning sensation.

Without hesitation, he quickly took out several bottles of fire-retardant potion from his pocket and poured them all into his mouth.

He also gave the fireproof potion to Gandalf beside him.

"Gandalf, drink the potion quickly, or else the Balrog will burn us to death if we are not killed by it!"

Gandalf immediately raised his head and drank the potion, then faced the Balrog's flames directly.

He held Dui's flaming sword in his hand, and the ring of fire on his finger was fully displayed for the first time, releasing a dazzling light.

"I am the servant of the Secret Fire, the wielder of Arnor's Blaze! The fire of darkness cannot defeat the flame of light! No evil spirit can get past me!"

The Ring of Fire Naya showed its powerful force for the first time. Countless fire elements gathered together, causing the flaming sword in Gandalf's hand to ignite a raging fire.

Gandalf and Due were engulfed in a storm of fire, the sacred flames clashing against the dark fires of the Balrog.

The entire mine was instantly filled with flames, forming a sea of ​​fire with orange and white flames intertwined.

Countless orcs were unable to escape and were engulfed by the flames, turning into ashes.

The surrounding rock buildings were destroyed and melted by the scorching flames.

Dui looked at everything around him, his face full of relief.

Fortunately, he prepared fire-retardant potion, otherwise, even if he was not burned to death, he would have been roasted to death by the high temperature!

Seeing Gandalf mobilize the power of the Ring of Fire and barely fight against the Balrog.

Dui also took out the Light of Earendil and pointed his staff at the crystal bottle.

"Lumos!"

What was originally just an ordinary fluorescent spell, when combined with the light of Eärendil in the crystal bottle, produced an unexpected effect.

The light of Eärendil burst out with dazzling light. The light carried the purifying power to restrain all darkness. It instantly covered the fire of the Balrog, making the Balrog who fell into darkness feel extremely uncomfortable.

The fire demon was forced to retreat continuously, and had to use huge wings transformed from shadows to block the light.

Due and Gandalf joined forces and seemed to have the upper hand.

But both knew that this was only temporary.

None of them are stronger than the Fire Demon. Unless they can get rid of the Fire Demon as soon as possible, if they continue to waste time, they will be the only ones to die!
At this moment, a deafening roar of a giant dragon came from the direction of the first hall in the east.

Dewi and Gandalf were immediately delighted.

Their help finally arrived!
Sure enough, the next second, a huge dragon broke through the solid mountain wall, wearing sturdy armor and waving huge wings, descended from the sky.

"My Lord, I am here! The great dragon Smaug is here to save you!"

Hearing Smaug's imposing words, Dui said impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense, let's deal with the Balrog together!"

"Okay, watch me!"

Smaug was very confident and he spewed out scorching dragon flames directly at the Balrog opposite him.

The scorching dragon flame sprayed directly onto the Fire Demon. The Fire Demon did not dodge, but stood there and accepted the baptism of the dragon flame.

He absorbed all the dragon flames into his body, and the flames around him became stronger, emitting an even more powerful aura.

"Uh, this..." Smaug was stunned for a moment.

Dui's face darkened, and he immediately suspected that the dragon was deliberately making trouble?
"You stupid dragon, the Fire Demon is the incarnation of fire. You spit fire at it because you think it's not strong enough?" Dui started to spit fire wildly. If fire could deal with the Fire Demon, he would have summoned Fierce Fire long ago. Why was he still waiting for this stupid dragon to spit fire?
"Don't fight it with fire, suppress it with your body!"

Hearing Dui's scolding, Smaug felt a little guilty and immediately bit the Balrog.

Smaug was over a hundred meters long, while the Balrog was only six or seven meters tall. Even without the blessing of dragon flame, his huge body and hard scales and armor were enough to keep him engaged with the Balrog for a while.

More importantly, as a fire-breathing dragon, Smaug has a certain resistance to the flames released by the Balrog.

Of course this does not mean that Smaug can fight against the Balrog.

Although Smaug is covered with hard scales and has an extremely large body, he is essentially still a mortal.

The Balrog is a fallen Maia, a demigod with a divine body made of flames. Smaug's physical attacks can hardly hurt the Balrog.

However, Dui did not expect that Smaug could defeat the Balrog.

Just need to hold back the fire demon.

Facing the attack of the giant dragon Smaug, the Balrog swung his flaming whip and lashed Smaug.

Smaug was beaten so hard that he howled. His ferocity was aroused, and he kept biting and attacking with his claws and teeth, and even tried to swallow the Balrog.

The dragon Smaug did cause some trouble for the Balrog, so he had to divert some of his attention to him.

This also reduced the pressure on Due and Gandalf.

Just then, the system finally responded. [Hogwarts Check-in System: Locating Moria, check-in required?]

Hearing the system prompt, Dui's eyes lit up and he hurriedly shouted in his heart: "Sign in! Sign in quickly!"

He just hoped this check-in would give him something to deal with his current situation.

[Successful sign-in, congratulations on obtaining Grindelwald's improved version of the Fiery Blaze!]

Then, a memory of Grindelwald's improvement of Fiendfyre instantly flooded into his mind.

Fiendfyre has a very powerful destructive property. It can burn almost everything and even Horcruxes can be easily destroyed. However, because it is very dangerous and uncontrollable, even the most evil dark wizards dare not cast the Fiendfyre spell easily.

But there is only one exception, and that is Grindelwald.

Grindelwald not only successfully mastered the Fiery Flame Curse, but also improved it, giving it the ability to distinguish between friend and foe: for those loyal to him, even if they were in the Fiery Flame, it would not cause any harm. But for the enemy, the Fiery Flame showed its power to destroy everything.

Dui was instantly ecstatic after obtaining the memory of Grindelwald's improved Fiery Blaze.

He immediately cast the Fiery Flame Spell without hesitation, and the dark blue Fiery Flame gushed out from his wand, spreading wildly in all directions with a violent and destructive scorching power.

The fierce fire continued to devour all the combustible materials around it, even the flames of the Fire Demon, and finally transformed into the image of another Fire Demon burning with dark blue flames!

Gandalf was frightened by the fierce fire around him, but he soon realized that these terrifying flames did not seem to pose a threat to him, and did not even have a burning temperature.

The Fire Demon was also attracted by the newly appeared fierce fire "Fire Demon".

The next second, under Dui's mental control, the fierce fire "Flame Demon" roared and rushed directly towards the Flame Demon.

The Flame Demon also felt provoked by the fierce fire "Flame Demon" and swung his fire whip to attack the guy who dared to pretend to be him.

The two fire demons entangled in a fight, blue and orange flames intertwined, continuously erupting with scorching, terrifying power. Everything around them was burned and melted by the flames, as if they were in a sea of ​​magma and fire.

But the Balrog is ultimately a fallen Maia, the master of fire.

The "Flame Demon" transformed by Li Huo was eventually torn to pieces by the Flame Demon and turned back into flames.

Seeing that the fire demon had the upper hand, Li Huo could do nothing to it.

Dui thought of the original fate that had happened when Gandalf and the Balrog fell into the abyss together, and the flames on the Balrog's body were extinguished when he fell into the deep water at the bottom of the abyss.

This was completely different from the situation where he had used water to deal with the fire demon before, but it evaporated instantly.

He quickly asked Gandalf, "Gandalf, in what kind of water can the fire of the Balrog be extinguished?"

Hearing Dewi's words, Gandalf was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly realized.

"The Valar Ulmo is the lord of waters. Wherever there is water, it is his domain. He hates the evil deeds of Morgoth and his minions, the Balrogs, so they are greatly restricted in the water.

If we can lure the Balrog into the water, perhaps we can extinguish its flames and weaken its power!"

The question is where to divert it to where there is water?
The two of them looked at the bottomless abyss below them at the same moment.

"I can feel water vapor in the abyss, there must be water underneath!" Gandalf said affirmatively.

Dui naturally knew that there was water below.

But how to lead the fire demon into the abyss?
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On Smaug's side, the Balrog is, after all, a far more powerful being than the dragon.

The Firelord used his fire scepter to release scorching flames, melting the dragon armor on Smaug's body and burning his scales red, as if they were about to be roasted.

Surrounded by flames, Smaug couldn't help but let out a painful dragon roar.

Although he has a certain resistance to fire, he cannot withstand the continuous burning of the dark flames by the fire demon.

"Evil spirit, your opponent is me!"

Gandalf stood in the center of Durin's Bridge, the flaming sword in his hand releasing a dazzling light, attracting the Balrog's attention.

The Balrog raised his flaming whip, flames burst from his nostrils, and his yellow eyes showed a mocking look, as if saying that Gandalf was overestimating his own abilities.

It walked onto the bridge and waved the whip made of fire in its hand. The tip of the whip was like a nimble fire snake, making a whistling sound as it lashed out like Gandalf.

Wherever the whip passed, the air was ignited, leaving behind twisted traces.

Gandalf quickly dodged sideways, swinging his flaming sword in an attempt to block the Balrog's attack.

The flaming sword and the flaming whip collided with each other, making a loud noise and splashing countless sparks. The huge impact force spread in all directions, causing cracks to appear on the surrounding stone bridges.

Gandalf staggered back under the immense force, and the flame of the flaming sword in his hand grew dim.

The Balrog's mockery intensified as he continued to advance, closing in on Gandalf.

"Avada Kedavra!" caused by Dui's attack.

The fire demon swung his fire whip vigilantly, colliding with the incoming magic spell.

The fire whip shattered instantly, and the killing curse was also offset.

At the moment when the Balrog was distracted, Gandalf gathered his strength and struck the stone bridge hard with his staff.

With a loud bang, the stone bridge collapsed rapidly under the powerful force, and stones fell into the abyss.

The bridge surface under the Fire Demon's feet also broke, and its huge body lost its support. With a terrifying roar, it fell into the abyss.

But the next second, a whip of fire flew out from the abyss and swept directly towards Gandalf.

"Protect yourself with armor!" Dui was well prepared and immediately provided protection for Gandalf.

The fire whip was blocked by the iron armor spell and returned in vain.

But then it stretched out again like a fire snake and directly coiled around a protruding stone wall above the abyss below.

Relying on the fire whip, the figure of the fire demon quickly approached upwards from the abyss again.

Upon seeing this, Dui drew out the divine spear Aegros without hesitation, concentrated all his strength, gathered magic power on the divine spear, and suddenly thrust it deep into the ground.

The ground cracked instantly, and the remaining half of the stone bridge and the stone wall extending to the abyss were broken and fell into the abyss, knocking down the fire demon that was climbing up below.

(End of this chapter)