Chapter 274: Deep in the Swamp
After rushing directly into the swamp, Li Chen directly and clearly felt that the speed of this opponent had decreased significantly.
Li Chen understood that this guy must have also felt the abnormality of the swamp now, so after this guy entered the swamp, he was no longer as fierce as before.
Instead, he directly reduced his speed, because this guy must have obviously realized the poisonous gas and environment in this swamp, so he reduced his speed.
Li Chen did not stop his steps immediately, but directly entered the swamp for a distance, because although Li Chen had entered the swamp now, it was still night, and the poisonous gas in the swamp was not serious.
So if this guy breaks in now, Li Chen will still be in danger if he is too close, so now Li Chen has to open the distance between him and this guy first, and then observe this guy's actions.
Because now even if this guy wants to kill Li Chen, it is no longer as simple as before, so now that Li Chen has time to slowly consume this guy, Li Chen is not afraid of this guy.
Li Chen directly distanced more than 100 meters from this guy, and then directly in the swamp, he looked at this guy from a distance, because now Li Chen wanted to see this guy's countermeasures.
For Li Chen, if this guy comes over to attack him directly, he can slowly deal with this guy, and even Li Chen can directly wait for the opportunity to kill this guy directly in this swamp.
Because in this swamp, this guy's strength must be greatly limited, and this guy's rapid attack will inevitably be directly discounted when he arrives here.
It's like Li Chen led the big crocodile ashore before, because although the big crocodile was in the swamp, his body was very neat, and he reacted quickly, but after he arrived on land, this guy was directly at the mercy of Li Chen.
And now Li Chen's opponent is completely opposite, although this guy moves quickly on land and is very powerful, but after arriving in the swamp, this guy can't use his hands and feet directly.
Originally, against that opponent, Li Chen could only go to the land to contain this guy, but now, if Li Chen wanted to suppress his opponent, he could only lead him into the swamp.
As the so-called one thing descends one thing, it was originally an extremely dangerous swamp for Li Chen, but now it has directly become Li Chen's great reliance, and this is Li Chen's biggest opportunity to defeat this opponent.
And now, this guy also began to hesitate directly at the edge of the swamp, it seems that this guy is obviously a little hesitant, this situation, if you directly and rashly enter, it must be extremely dangerous.
Moreover, judging from the flexible situation of Li Chen's entry into this guy, this guy is naturally vigilant, because if he enters rashly at this time, it must be extremely dangerous.
Although this guy's strength far exceeds that of Li Chen, this guy is still a little in awe of Li Chen, because this guy understands that if this guy is not good, it is easy to be beaten back by Li Chen.
Judging from the way Li Chen and this guy fought before, this guy still understands that Li Chen is not the kind of young martial artist who is willful, although Li Chen is not very old, but the fighting method is extremely old-fashioned.
Therefore, this guy also understands that it is not easy to get involved in danger rashly, otherwise if Li Chen directly grasps the opportunity, it will definitely be extremely dangerous, so this guy is also extremely cautious now.
This swamp is surrounded by poisonous gas, and this guy can't easily step into it, because there must be a lot of danger hidden in it, and this guy can clearly feel it.
The two looked at each other again, in fact, for Li Chen now, he didn't want this guy to enter this swamp directly, because now Li Chen still didn't have the certainty of killing this guy.
In the previous fight, Li Chen already had a general understanding of this guy, this guy was still very difficult for Li Chen to deal with, and now Li Chen was too lazy to deal with this guy.
Because now for Li Chen, the entire border matter is basically directly dealt with, so now for Li Chen, this swamp is really an excellent home.
Because now Li Chen can just go to this swamp to hunt demon beasts, and then collect the demon pills of these demon beasts, which can be directly used to improve his strength.
Now the reason why Li Chen is led by the nose by this guy is because Li Chen's strength is not enough now, and now Li Chen can directly take this opportunity, and then improve his strength and heal his injuries. 、
Li Chen saw that this guy was not ready to break in, and Li Chen didn't bother to look at this guy anymore, because now Li Chen and this guy had no point in confronting each other like this.
Now Li Chen is directly preparing to enter the depths of the swamp, on the one hand, to heal his wounds, on the other hand, Li Chen is ready to carry out a new round of his own battle, and then improve his current strength.
Li Chen directly ignored this guy, and then turned around and left, Li Chen didn't even want to deal with this guy, and now it was a complete waste of time for Li Chen to talk to this guy again.
As Li Chen began to turn around and leave, this thickening was obviously a little anxious, but this guy still did not choose to enter the swamp, but stood on the edge of the swamp and looked at Li Chen's back.
This guy was a little angry, and shouted directly at Li Chen: "I tell you, even if you hide inside, you will still have a day to come out, so don't be complacent, I will still kill you!"
When Li Chen heard this guy shouting like this, Li Chen didn't care about it, this guy's words were not a deterrent to Li Chen, and even Li Chen didn't care what this guy said.
Because now, this guy has no deterrent effect on Li Chen, and he won't even pose any threat to Li Chen at all, Li Chen is not afraid of this guy.
Li Chen went straight into the swamp without looking back, after Li Chen's familiarity with this place before, now Li Chen is very familiar with this place.
Li Chen is now directly preparing to enter this swamp directly, although this guy will definitely not give up easily, but Li Chen will not leave this swamp in a short period of time.
So now, this guy is no longer any threat to Li Chen, and he can't threaten Li Chen's safety at all, and now Li Chen doesn't care about this guy's clamor at all.
Li Chen went straight to the body of this swamp, because the strength of the demon beasts on the edge of the entire swamp was still too weak, and for Li Chen, these demon beasts had no practical effect.
Therefore, if Li Chen wants to improve his strength, he must choose to enter the deeper part of the swamp, because only the deeper demon beasts can be more powerful and can be used to improve Li Chen's strength.
Now Li Chen no longer thinks about this assassin, because Li Chen has already reasoned about this guy before, and now that he is out of danger, Li Chen no longer thinks about this guy.
When Li Chen directly exterminated Black Eagle Mountain, he took out a blood stasis pill that he had seized and took it directly, because now Li Chen was going to directly use the effect of the pill to recover his injuries.
This time Li Chen fought with this guy, because Li Chen was completely downwind, so in this battle Li Chen was also injured in many places, and Li Chen's internal organs were also directly attacked by this guy, and he was directly hit and became internal injuries.
Therefore, this battle was not easy for Li Chen, and even for Li Chen, it was extremely difficult.
And this swamp is also directly hiding the killing machine, so now Li Chen wants to directly use this elixir to recover his injuries, and then prepare for the next battle.
Although the powerful demon beasts in this swamp are often strong people who exist in the swamp, it is inevitable that some demon beasts will come outside to forage for food, so now Li Chen has to keep himself in the best state at all times.
Because in this dangerous swamp, Li Chen must keep himself in the best state at all times, so as not to have unpredictable things, even if there is danger, he can deal with it directly.
So now Li Chen can only recover his current injury with this demon pill, and at the same time, he is also directly preparing to start recovering the aura on his body, ready to deal with the next battle at any time.
As Li Chen directly swallowed this demon pill, Li Chen also directly felt the aura in the entire pill, and it also dissolved directly in Li Chen's body, and these aura began to gradually enter Li Chen's limbs.
With the medicinal properties of this elixir, it dissolved directly in Li Chen's body, and Li Chen also directly and clearly felt the aura contained in this elixir, and directly began to moisturize Li Chen's limbs.
This time, Li Chen did not meditate and cultivate directly like before, but this time Li Chen absorbed the aura of this demon pill directly in the state of movement.
Although this is not as thorough as Li Chen's original meditation and cultivation, it has also begun to restore Li Chen's body very well, after all, Li Chen has no place to directly use it to meditate.
As Li Chen took this pill directly, the medicinal properties of the entire pill also dissolved directly in Li Chen's body, and a huge amount of aura began to nourish Li Chen's already tired body.
With these auras beginning to continuously nourish Li Chen's body, Li Chen still felt the physical state at the end of the strong crossbow, and finally began to recover gradually, and all this began to recover gradually.
Originally, Li Chen's internal injuries caused by fighting with this guy also began to recover gradually under the medicinal effect of this demon pill, and the medicinal effect of this elixir played very well.
Originally, after the battle with this guy, Li Chen already felt that he was a little exhausted, and his body was also injured by this guy, and there were some extremely serious internal injuries.
But now, Li Chen has directly begun to recover rapidly, and the effect of this pill is still extremely obvious.
With the effect of this elixir, Li Chen also directly began to drive the aura in his body, began to constantly recover from his injuries, and at the same time directly began to adjust his state.
And now, Li Chen's physical state, which was already a little nervous, began to recover directly and slowly, and with the recovery of this elixir, Li Chen's state also began to improve gradually.
This time the fight between Li Chen and this guy was still extremely dangerous, and even a little dangerous, after all, this opponent was still difficult for Li Chen to deal with.
In this fight with this guy, Li Chen was almost in danger, after all, the strength of this opponent was able to directly crush Li Chen, and he directly suppressed Li Chen.
Under the repeated attacks of that opponent, Li Chen almost only had the ability to parry, and had no power to fight back, this guy directly and completely crushed Li Chen in terms of strength.
Although the situation of fighting with this guy was extremely critical, Li Chen also directly took this opportunity to escape directly, and now he is finally out of danger, and the original situation of Wei Ji has also been relieved.
With the effect of this pill, now Li Chen has finally recovered his state, because of the effect of this pill, now Li Chen already directly feels that he is completely refreshed.
Because of the effect of this elixir, now Li Chen has directly recovered to the best state, and now Li Chen's collision has recovered very well, and most of his aura has directly recovered.
Now for Li Chen, the aura in this demon pill cannot directly replenish Li Chen's missing aura, on the contrary, this elixir has little effect on Li Chen.
And now, Li Chen is directly preparing to start hunting the demon beasts in this swamp, because now Li Chen is still extremely eager to improve his strength and continue to raise his strength.
Because although Li Chen's strength improved rapidly, he still couldn't rank among the strong at that time, on the contrary, in this battle, Li Chen became the current situation because of his lack of strength.
Now Li Chen has directly absorbed the aura in this demon pill, and now Li Chen already feels that his spirit is extremely abundant, because now Li Chen's aura has been greatly supplemented.
With the current state has been greatly recovered, now Li Chen is also directly preparing to enter the depths of the swamp, start his new round of hunting, and use the demon pill to improve his current strength.
As for this assassin, Li Chen is too lazy to care about this person anymore, after all, this guy is no longer a big threat to himself, and Li Chen is not afraid of this guy at all.
With this time Li Chen began to leave here quickly and entered the depths of the swamp, this guy was also completely outside the scope of Li Chen's divine sense, and this guy was not too much of a threat to Li Chen.
Li Chen directly left this guy behind, and now Li Chen's state has recovered directly, and with the recovery of Li Chen's state, Li Chen also directly began to keenly feel the situation around him.
Now Li Chen has become a hunter again, and now Li Chen is directly preparing to start hunting these demon beasts in this swamp again, and Li Chen's divine sense is directly spreading.
Some time ago, Li Chen returned directly to Yili City, and he also directly led the sergeants on the border to take over the bandits, but now Li Chen has returned here again.
As Li Chen began to quickly enter the depths of the swamp, the strength of the demon beasts around Li Chen began to gradually increase, and now Li Chen was already familiar with these.
Now Li Chen's speed and reaction are already extremely agile, and he is extremely agile and easy to perform his leaping steps in this swamp, and even his speed is completely unhindered.
This time, Li Chen's speed has been greatly improved, and basically what he gets directly is a straight improvement, after all, now Li Chen is already the strength of the third grade of the spirit level, and the speed is still extremely fast.
There is no comparison with Li Chen's previous only opening up to the fifth grade, and now Li Chen's speed is no matter how weak the martial artist is, there is already a little bit of a trace.
So now Li Chen is directly and quickly heading towards the swamp, and it just so happens that Li Chen also wants to go to the depths of this swamp, ready to enter it directly and find out.
As Li Chen began to enter the depths of this swamp, the strength of the surrounding demon beasts began to gradually improve, but even the demon beasts of the Kaiguang grade were very few, and the number of demon beasts among them was very small.
These enlightened grade demon beasts are completely incapable of posing any threat to Li Chen, even if Li Chen kills them directly, they will not have much effect on himself.
After all, the demon pills of these demon beasts, for Li Chen, the aura in them is still too little, and for Li Chen, it does not have much effect, after all, the aura in Li Chen's body is already a water product that has reached the third grade of the spirit level.
These enlightened grade demon beasts no longer have much effect, so Li Chen no longer cared about these demon beasts, but directly headed straight to the depths of this swamp.
As Li Chen began to hurry, the sky gradually began to become clearer.
Originally, Li Chen and this guy had been fighting for a long time, so during the time when the two were fighting, time was slowly passing, and the speed of passing was still very fast.
Li Chen entered this swamp, and it also took a certain amount of time, and as time began to gradually consume, now the sky gradually began to become clearer.
The poisonous gases in the entire swamp also gradually began to rise, but now Li Chen is directly immune to the damage of these poisonous gases, and even now Li Chen is used to these.
Now Li Chen directly spread his speed, and as Li Chen began to go deeper, the demon beasts around Li Chen became more rare, and the moisture in them also directly became more abundant.
In many places, there are basically all puddles, and the original marshland is now directly covered by water, and the water source here is much more abundant than the water outside.
You also feel a little incredible, after all, in such a large-scale desert Gobi, there would be such a large area of swampland directly, and the climate is inevitably a little unreasonable.
After all, a climate like a swamp should generally exist directly in a humid area, and such a light swamp directly contrasts with the surrounding desert.
And now the deeper Li Chen goes, the more dense these puddles inside become, basically Li Chen has no place to stay, because after arriving inside, there are basically some small lakes here.
Basically, there is no land, and now Li Chen has no place to settle down, and this kind of terrain around this, Li Chen basically has no place to step on, and he can't fall on his feet at all.
Although Li Chen's leaping fish step has now reached the ninth form, if Li Chen wants to perform it now, he still has to step on the ground to really move his body on the ground.
But now, Li Chen is directly on such a terrain, and now Li Chen is completely unable to move like before, and if he wants to go deeper into the swamp, Li Chen can only swim: swim!
But Li Chen also understood that if he entered this water, it would still be extremely dangerous.
Although Li Chen's water ability is very good, if Li Chen goes directly underwater, if he encounters a demon beast, he will basically be in a situation where he is directly tied up, after all, Li Chen is not able to attack underwater now.
Now Li Chen's most powerful attack still has to rely on his Xingyun Sword, and when he arrives in the swamp, Li Chen basically can't use his Evil Immortal Sword Technique at all.
Because in the water, Li Chen can't use his body to borrow strength at all, after all, in the water, Li Chen can only swim, but he can't stand, let alone stomp his limbs steadily on the solid ground.
If Li Chen directly encountered the demon beast in the swamp, it would be extremely dangerous, because when he got to the water, Li Chen would not have any way to fight back.
And once he entered the water, Li Chen was like being tied up with his hands and feet, and he couldn't fight back at all, and Li Chen felt that even if he wanted to escape, it was basically extremely difficult.
Because although Li Chen is familiar with the nature of water, compared to the crocodiles and demon beasts in the water, Li Chen still understands the gap that exists, and this gap is still extremely huge, and it is difficult to directly erase this gap.
Therefore, Li Chen's situation is very dangerous now, because if Li Chen is not good, it is easy to put himself in danger directly, which is still extremely unfavorable for Li Chen.
So now, Li Chen is a little hesitant now.
Entering such a deep distance, Li Chen didn't have any spirit level water grade demon beasts, and after Li Chen entered the depths of this water, Li Chen didn't see any demon beasts.
I can't say why, Li Chen is very interested in the things in the depths of this swamp, although he can't say why, but Li Chen is extremely interested in this place.
And as Li Chen began to gradually enter the depths, Li Chen had an inexplicable sense of intimacy here, which was like seeing an old friend who had not been seen for a long time, which made Li Chen want to talk about it very much.
It seems that there is something in it that attracts me again, but this feeling is extremely slim, and even a little difficult to fathom, and it seems to be in a trance.
But this feeling still exists, and it is extremely obvious, although Li Chen can't say the reason, but this feeling is obvious, and this feeling is pulling this Li Chen.
Although it was not strong, Li Chen could feel it very clearly, and he could be sure that this thing was obviously there, which made Li Chen feel very curious.
Li Chen had never had this kind of feeling, and Li Chen didn't feel it originally, but after entering this depth, Li Chen directly and clearly felt the existence of this thing.
Although Li Chen didn't know what it was, Li Chen could clearly feel it.
But now, if Li Chen wants to find out, he must go directly into the depths of this swamp, that is, he must directly enter this body of water.
But for Li Chen, this water area is simply too dangerous, because Li Chen can't tell what is in this water, after all, Li Chen knows nothing about this water.
Although Li Chen didn't find anything in this area that Li Chen's divine sense could explore now, this showed Li Chen the danger of this place, the serious danger of this place!
Because Li Chen had encountered such a similar thing before, originally Li Chenkui was deep in the mountains.
At that time, Li Chen unexpectedly encountered a powerful tiger, and the tiger almost killed Li Chen directly, and the situation was extremely dangerous.
But to Li Chen's surprise, that demon beast directly awakened the bloodline of the valley.1, so the aura among the demon beasts was extremely abundant, which directly allowed Li Chen to achieve multiple improvements in his strength.
Therefore, Li Chen was very impressed by the demon beast, and this time the monkey situation made Li Chen directly remember the demon beast that Li Chen met that time.
Because now in this place deep in Li Chen, there are no demon beasts in a long distance, and this place has a completely different feeling, very desolate and lonely, and even a little gloomy.
But Li Chen is not afraid of these at all, but Li Chen still has to worry about the situation he is facing now, after all, it is still difficult to choose such a love turmoil now.
Now for Li Chen, these things are still difficult to say, because Li Chen doesn't know this place.
If you directly enter this place in such a grand way, and if this place is really the habitat of a powerful demon beast, this is extremely dangerous.
After all, it is like the territory of the tiger that Li Chen entered before, and within a long distance, there are basically no demon beasts rushing to set foot in it, and that place is where the demon beast survives.
And now, in the position where Li Chen is located, it is difficult for Li Chen to say whether this will be a habitat for demon beasts.
If this place was really a habitat for demon beasts, for Li Chen, this would be an extremely dangerous thing, and it would even directly threaten Li Chen's life.
After all, in this swamp, there are still many variables that Li Chen can't determine, so Li Chen doesn't dare to be suspected lightly.
But now this thing in the depths of this swamp is still slowly attracting Li Chen, and now Li Chen is directly extremely curious about this thing, but Li Chen has to start hesitating again.
At this time, the sun had risen directly, and the entire swamp was completely directly shrouded in black poisonous gas.
Until now, Li Chen still felt that there was a throbbing in his heart, this thing in the depths of this swamp was still constantly attracting Li Chen, and it always felt like it had always existed.
Li Chen simply stopped thinking about these directly, although there may be dangers in it, but now he only wants to explore one of them, Li Chen is very curious about what this thing can attract him.
And this thing is directly deep in this swamp, it is simply a little too wonderful, for this thing that Li Chen completely unknown, Li Chen feels full of curiosity.
And Li Chen felt that this thing must be extremely not simple, otherwise it would not have attracted him so obviously.
So, Li Chen jumped straight into this water, Li Chen is now going to go directly into it, take a good look, see where this thing is sacred, and what is the origin of himself.
After accompanying Li Chen into this water, Li Chen directly felt a biting coldness, and the lake water was so cold that Li Chen felt a refreshing feeling.
But Li Chen simply didn't pay attention to these, but directly hid the aura fluctuations on his body, after all, for Li Chen, he could still directly hide his existence a little.
There is still a certain danger in it, so Li Chen doesn't want to show his existence directly, Li Chen just wants to sneak into it quietly, so as not to have any accidents.
Li Chen slowly began to swim towards the depths of the swamp, Li Chen swam very slowly, Li Chen's slow swimming speed can also reduce Li Chen's influence, so as to avoid being discovered by the demon beasts in it.
Because Li Chen often went to Weiming Lake to swim when he was in Lingyuan Valley, Li Chen's water properties have always been excellent, and swimming in it basically does not have much impact at all.
Although Li Chen kept swimming towards the depths of this swamp, Li Chen did not feel any sense of the existence of the demon beast, and even the fluctuation of the demon beast's aura was completely absent.
In this piece of water, Li Chen felt a sense of lifelessness, which made Li Chen seem to feel a certain danger, but now Li Chen didn't know where the danger came from.
This made Li Chen feel very inexplicable, but Li Chen still slowly began to enter the depths of this swamp, and now Li Chen just wanted to directly start to observe his surroundings with full attention, and be on guard against unexpected events at any time.
As Li Chen began to gradually enter the depths of this swamp, the original attraction to the depths of Li Chen's soul now began to make Li Chen feel more intense.
This feeling is constantly pulling this Li Chen, so that Li Chen can clearly feel the direction he is going.
Because although the attraction of this thing is weak, it also has a strong traction, directly and continuously pulling Li Chen to start approaching this thing, and it is gradually starting to get closer and closer.
As Li Chen began to slowly approach, this feeling began to become more obvious, as if there was a thread connecting Li Chen and this unknown thing, so that Li Chen kept getting closer to this thing.
As Li Chen and this thing continued to get closer, this attraction began to become more intense.
But until he swam for a quarter of an hour, there was no trace of the existence of demon beasts around, and this piece of water gave Li Chen the feeling of lifelessness, and there was no life at all.
It's like there's been no monster activity here for a long time, and it doesn't even seem like there's ever been a trace of life here, because the silence here makes people feel extremely terrifying.
What made Li Chen a little incomprehensible was that outside was a swamp with dense demon beasts, and there were monsters fighting and encroaching on each other everywhere, although the environment was precipitous, but there were also extremely obvious signs of life.
But after Li Chen went directly to the depths of this swamp, Li Chen directly discovered the abnormality in it, which was completely different from the outside, very dark and lifeless.
But even so, Li Chen directly raised his attention, after all, when it comes to paying more attention, it will basically come in handy at a critical time.
And now, Li Chen also directly focused his attention, so Li Chen also directly began to increase his easy movement speed, and swam directly towards the depths of this swamp faster.
With Li Chen's swimming, the originally lifeless back directly set off bursts of ripples, and the original tranquility in the depths of this swamp was also directly broken.
Originally, Li Chen had heard the people on the border say that it seemed that the time when this swamp appeared was not long, it should have only been a matter of more than ten years.
Originally, this desert Gobi seed was basically a desert Gobi, but I don't know when it started, such a huge swamp suddenly appeared here.
No one knows when this swamp appeared, and even less know the origin of this swamp, it is a completely unfamiliar environment, and many things are unknown to the people.
But with the exploration of the people, they found that these poisonous miasma in this swamp are not only in the air, but also in the water source of this swamp, which is directly filled with a lot of miasma.
Ordinary warriors and ordinary people did not dare to approach this place easily, after all, this place was extremely dangerous, and it was a completely desolate scene for many years.
And ordinary people in this hungry swamp can't survive, and even if they get close, they will be directly poisoned by the poisonous gas of this swamp, so this place has basically become a forbidden place in the desert.
Over the years, the water here has been extremely abundant, but it has gradually begun to become a forbidden area for life, and there is basically no one here at all.
Originally, demon beasts began to appear in the outside location, and many demon beasts began to gradually adapt to the environment here, so there was such a huge demon beast group here.
What Li Chen didn't know was that when ordinary demon beasts entered it, they would be directly blocked by the aura in it, and they could not directly enter it, so it was basically difficult for demon beasts to enter it.
There is an extremely terrifying aura for these monsters, which directly isolates these guys from the outside, so it is easy for these guys to enter it.
After these demon beasts enter this range, they will obviously feel a terrifying coercion, just getting close to these demon beasts is completely unbearable, this kind of rush is like a bloodline suppression.
So gradually, these demon beasts basically didn't dare to approach here, and this place directly became this kind of lifeless scene, but after Li Chen arrived here, he didn't feel like this.
Even Li Chen obviously felt this kind of cordial feeling, and there was an obvious attraction to Li Chen here, an extremely strong attraction, which made Li Chen feel like a reunion after a long absence.
Slowly, Li Chen began to notice that there really didn't seem to be any demon beasts in it, because with this kind of aura in it, it shouldn't be like there were traces of demon beast activities, so Li Chen gradually relaxed his vigilance.
At the same time, Li Chen also began to directly speed up himself, and quickly marched towards the depths of this swamp, Li Chen's speed of movement was extremely fast, constantly swimming towards the depths of this swamp!
As Li Chen kept getting closer, Li Chen finally felt that the thing he was looking for was not far in front of him, and now Li Chen felt the obvious attraction of this thing to him.
It's like directly attracting Li Chen, this kind of rush is like an old friend who has been reunited, calling each other, and Li Chen also clearly feels something deep in his heart, which seems to be responding to this thing, and the two are pulling each other!