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"Another giant serpent? The one I took down before was even bigger than you!"
Seeing Sauron transform into a giant serpent, his body continuously swelling as he tried to constrict him, George shook his head. He cast Giant Magic, enlarging himself even more than Sauron, and reached out with a massive dragon claw to grab him from midair.
If Sauron had gone all out right at the beginning to try and kill him, George might have truly been in some trouble.
But now, after suffering through the repeated assaults of Fairy Law, Sauron had already taken heavy damage, and it was doubtful he could even unleash half of his full strength.
To be honest, the giant serpent Sauron transformed into was not nearly as threatening as the one created by Odin's brother, the God of Fear, Kul.
It wasn't that Sauron was weaker than Kul; it was simply that Light Magic was far more effective against Sauron than it had been against Kul. Moreover, George's overall strength had grown substantially since his battle against Kul.
George's powerful dragon claw firmly gripped the giant serpent Sauron had become, slamming him heavily back down to the ground. Torrents of three-colored flames spewed from George's mouth, while endless iron sand from underground was drawn up, forming colossal chains that tightly bound Sauron's snapping head.
More than a billion volts of electricity erupted from George's dragon claw, as violet lightning from the heavens rained down together with the power of Fairy Law.
Despite Sauron unleashing every ounce of dark energy he had, twisting and struggling furiously to coil around George's body and strangle him, all his efforts proved utterly futile under George's relentless onslaught.
The final outcome resembled an eagle preying on a poisonous snake—Sauron's massive serpent form was torn into countless fragments, gradually disintegrating amidst the flames, lightning, and light.
"Human! I will return!"
Sauron's physical body was destroyed, and his soul floated into the air, shouting a fierce threat before attempting to flee.
The Valar and the Maiar were divine beings. After entering Middle-earth, they had condensed physical bodies for ease of action and to better channel their powers.
If their physical bodies were destroyed, it did not mean true death.
Ordinary Maiar spirits would leave Middle-earth and return to Eru Ilúvatar's side—just like the Balrogs.
However, powerful Maiar like Sauron, given enough time, could slowly forge a new body and once again wield their strength.
"Seal!"
Yet how could George possibly allow Sauron such an opportunity?
He reverted to his human form, retrieved a pre-prepared matryoshka doll from his inventory space, and began casting the Doll Sealing Technique from the Sorcerer's Apprentice world directly on Sauron's soul.
"No!!!"
Having lost all power and left only as a soul, Sauron had not anticipated that George possessed such a method. Caught off guard, he was immediately sucked into the doll.
"A top-tier Maiar soul... It might be useful someday."
George put the matryoshka doll away. Suddenly, he felt something and looked down at the place where Sauron had fallen. There, a ring radiating an overwhelming temptation had appeared.
Instinctively stepping forward, George picked up the ring and slid it onto his finger. Immediately, whispers sounded in his ears:
"Follow me, and I shall grant you endless life, boundless knowledge, and limitless power. You shall become one of the rulers of this world, your status surpassing even that of the gods..."
The whispers, like crawling insects in the dark, began to corrode George's soul.
At that critical moment, the main body of George in the Marvel world suddenly opened his eyes. Simultaneously, all his avatars in the Harry Potter world, Fairy Tail, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, A Certain Magical Index, and Cardcaptor Sakura opened their eyes as well.
"Get lost!"
With a furious roar from his true body and all his avatars, the soul strength of George's Middle-earth avatar surged sevenfold, completely expelling the corrupting force of Morgoth from his soul. His gaze quickly returned to clarity.
"Seal!"
Awake once more, George immediately began casting various sealing techniques on the One Ring in his hand, severing the connection between the ring and Morgoth.
"How could a Ring of Power appear at this time... and how could it contain Morgoth's power?"
After thoroughly ensuring that Morgoth's influence was completely cut off, George pulled off the One Ring and brought it up to his eyes, carefully studying it.
According to the normal timeline, the Rings of Power were created after Morgoth's imprisonment, when Sauron sought to control the Elves, Men, and Dwarves—especially the One Ring.
At this point in time, such a ring should not exist.
However, after thinking it through, George realized that his own presence had already thrown Middle-earth's history completely off its original course. Moreover, this Ring seemed much more like something forged by Morgoth himself.
Otherwise, Morgoth would not have been able to corrupt his soul through it.
"A blessing in disguise!"
Sliding the ring back onto his hand, George couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Just moments ago, when his avatar's soul was on the brink of being corrupted by Morgoth, his main body and all his avatars across other worlds had sensed the crisis and instinctively channeled all their soul power into this one avatar.
As a result, the soul strength of this avatar had skyrocketed instantly, forcibly driving out Morgoth's invasion.
If he could learn to actively control this ability in the future, he might be able to channel the soul power and magical energy of all his other avatars into any chosen avatar—or even into his main body—whenever he wished.
If that became possible, it would mean an extra trump card in his hand.
And not just any trump card. As his main body and avatars continued to grow stronger and more numerous, the value of this trump card would rise even higher.
For instance, while he was currently at the quasi-Father of the Heavens level, if he concentrated the power of all his avatars, he might be able to briefly ascend to the true Father of the Heavens level.
The key point was that his avatars shared strength and constitution, so even when consolidating power, there would be no incompatibility. The fusion would be perfectly seamless.
Of course, mastering this ability would require time, experimentation, and study—after all, what had just occurred was purely accidental.
Perhaps, once he fully grasped this technique, he could even link the channels between the different worlds through the connections among his avatars.
"If this Ring was crafted with Morgoth's help, then it must contain a tremendous amount of his knowledge and power. Once I thoroughly study it, it will definitely be a major gain."
With a hand seal, George dispelled the Five Elements Kabbalah Sealing Array. Turning his head, he looked toward Lucien and the others, and found Lucien, Galadriel, and the Gray Elves all staring at him in stunned silence.
George's battle with Sauron had unfolded so swiftly, so spectacularly, and so far beyond their expectations that they still hadn't recovered from the shock.
"The situation's resolved. We can continue our journey."
George stepped forward and waved to the group, snapping them out of their daze.
"George, how did you just turn into a dragon?"
Galadriel grabbed George's arm, asking in disbelief.
George smiled and said:
"Remember last time, when a few of our princes killed that dragon, Glaurung, the one Morgoth created?
I developed a type of magic that allowed me to absorb the dragon's power—and then I made some adjustments.
That's how I was able to transform like you just saw."
(End of Chapter)