Chapter 281: The Two Sides Fight

With the action of these two captains, basically all the sergeants retreated from Li Chen's side.

These guys are extremely knowledgeable, after all, these are two star-level strength captains, if these guys are too close directly, they must be extremely easy to be injured by mistake, so these guys are directly away from afar.

Originally, Li Chen and Shui Long were directly surrounded by people, but at this time, the positions around Li Chen and Shui Long were directly vacated, and the battle was basically on the verge of breaking out.

Until now, Li Chen has not really exposed his strength, but directly hid his strength with Shui Long.

After Li Chen saw the two lieutenants and sergeants make a move, he directly informed the water dragon beside him, because this time Li Chen wanted to try his skills directly.

After more than a year of retreat, Li Chen's strength has directly improved by leaps and bounds, and now he has directly reached his current star-level strength, but Li Chen is also not clear about his actual combat strength.

According to Li Chen's own speculation, his current strength should be around the third rank of the star rank, just in the early stage of the star rank, just looking at his level, it is not too powerful.

But this time, Li Chen has directly been greatly sublimated, and now Li Chen has directly controlled the Yuan Force, so if Li Chen's attack power is directly discussed, there will inevitably be a great improvement.

And this ascension must be an extremely big leap, because Li Chen can clearly feel the power of this Yuan Force, and it is much stronger than the power of Aura.

Therefore, Li Chen also understands that his current Yuan Force must be extremely not simple, and he can directly improve his combat effectiveness greatly, so now Li Chen is ready to test his strength.

Although Li Chen is somewhat clear about his strength, Li Chen is not clear about his actual combat effectiveness now, because Li Chen's combat effectiveness is still not directly clear.

And this time, this opportunity, Li Chen can just test his specific strength and combat effectiveness, this is also an opportunity for Li Chen to experience the best of his strength, and this opportunity is extremely rare.

In fact, before this, Li Chen had already directly detected the strength of these two guys, the strength of these two guys, one was in the fifth rank of the star rank, and the other was directly around the sixth rank of the star rank, and the strength was still quite strong.

With the attack of these two guys on Li Chen this time, Li Chen also directly pulled out his Xingyun sword, and at the same time directly put his Xingyun sword in front of him, which was directly in a state of readiness.

With the gradual approach of these two guys, Li Chen has also directly mobilized the Yuan Force in his body, ready to attack these two guys at any time, Li Chen is now directly ready.

Originally, although Li Chen directly controlled the Yuan Force, Li Chen had never used his Yuan Force to attack, and this time was only Li Chen's first time.

But as Li Chen began to mobilize these yuan forces in his body, Li Chen still felt that all this was a matter of course, and there was no resistance to Li Chen at all.

Although these two opponents are strong, Li Chen also knows that the strength of these two guys is completely vulnerable to the water dragon beside Li Chen.

Even if this water dragon can directly act like he just did, he can directly kill these two guys without moving, and there will be no difficulty at all.

But Li Chen directly let the water dragon stand still in place, because Li Chen was ready to take this opportunity directly to test his own combat power, so he was not ready to let him shoot.

Although Li Chen has not been with him for a long time, this guy is extremely obedient to Li Chen's orders, and with the attack of these two guys, the water dragon is already directly ready to attack.

But after Li Chen explained to him this time, this guy retreated directly behind Li Chen, and he didn't mean to disobey Li Chen at all, but completely looked forward to Li Chen.

Until now, this guy has been completely silent, and for Li Chen and this guy's explanation, this guy is completely unconditionally obedient, and never says much.

Even if Li Chen asked him directly about something, this thickened answer was extremely simple and crisp, and there would never be any dragging, this guy was completely like a tool man.

But now Li Chen can't continue to pay attention to this guy behind him, because now that Li Chen is guarded by this guy, Li Chen understands that there will be no danger behind him.

Because even if the powerhouse of the entire Earth Spirit Realm appears directly, it is basically difficult to help this guy behind him, he is the most powerful martial artist in the entire Earth Spirit Realm, and there is no doubt about it.

So, Li Chen directly focused his attention in front of him, and began to observe these two guys who were about to attack him, ready to make a move.

Maybe it's because these two guys have just been insulted by that prince, so now these two guys are already directly angry, just because these two guys launched an attack on Li Chen, they are all directly angry.

Li Chen only felt that these two guys were directly angry, after all, being scolded like this, even if it was an ordinary sergeant, it was basically unbearable, let alone these two captains and soldiers.

Now Li Chen still hasn't shown his strength, because Li Chen just wants to directly confuse the enemy in front of him, so that Li Chen can directly surprise him.

Li Chen only saw that although these two guys were shooting, they were directly attacking Li Chen one after the other, directly towards Li Chen's attack, these two guys should be ready to attack Li Chen and Shui Long one after the other.

After all, now Li Chen is suitable for the water dragon to stand directly in one position, so these two guys must also be ready to act separately to deal with Li Chen and the water dragon respectively.

But now Li Chen is ready to directly resist these two guys by himself, because now Li Chen wants to directly try his current strength and fight these two guys.

So, Li Chen directly mobilized his Yuan Force and prepared to start attacking these two guys directly.

As Li Chen began to mobilize the yuan forces in his body, these yuan forces also began to circulate directly in Li Chen's body, and the speed of circulation was still extremely fast, and with Li Chen's mobilization, they began to directly enter Li Chen's limbs.

At the same time, Li Chen also directly prepared the first style of his Evil Immortal Sword Technique, and for more than a year, because Li Chen has been figuring out the mastery of Yuan Li, Li Chen's swordsmanship and body technique have not improved until now.

Li Chen's Evil Immortal Sword Technique and Leaping Fish Step are still the same as those that Li Chen mastered before, the evil of the Evil Immortal Sword Technique is extremely evil to the ninth form, and Li Chen's Leaping Fish Step is still the tenth form before, but now that Li Chen has used it, the power is directly very different.

After all, now Li Chen has directly reached the strength of the third rank of the star rank, and at the same time, now Li Chen has directly controlled this kind of yuan power, and now Li Chen's attack power is directly extraordinary.

With the approach of these two guys, Li Chen is now directly ready to attack, and the attack is directly ready to directly thunder, and now Li Chen's attack is already extremely fast.

As these two guys began to approach Li Chen directly, Li Chen directly began to stand up and take his leaping fish steps, and directly approached the two opponents in front of him.

As Li Chen performed his leaping fish step to shorten the distance between himself and these two opponents, Li Chen no longer had the slightest hesitation at all, and directly displayed his Evil Immortal Sword Technique.

Although Li Chen has not made a move for more than a year, Li Chen's attack this time was also extremely fast, and Li Chen's attack was extremely complete, and he launched an attack directly at the opponent.

As the saying goes, if you don't fly for three years, even if you fly to the sky, if you don't fly for three years, you will be amazing. After talking about such a long period of accumulation, now that Li Chen has directly controlled the Yuan Force, the attack is even more rapid and powerful.

With Li Chen's thunderous attack this time, Li Chen directly met the opponent in front of him, and this guy's strength was the fifth grade of the star rank, Li Chen did not hesitate, and directly slashed down with a sword.

This time, Li Chen's attack was to directly surprise him by surprise, and directly suppress these two guys and block these two opponents directly when his two opponents had not yet reacted.

This time, Li Chen was ready to directly fight one against two, and Li Chen still had a lot of confidence in himself, Li Chen felt that he could directly block the attacks of these two guys.

With Li Chen's shot this time, Li Chen also directly saw the surprised look of this guy in front.

After all, the speed of Li Chen's shot this time was simply too fast, Li Chen just made a move, and it was still evil After all, in front of this guy, the speed of the shot was extremely fast, and this guy was a little unresponsive.

Li Chen's nine-style effect is this!

Because now Li Chen has directly controlled Yuan Li, so for these guys to attack, Li Chen's attacks are extremely fast, compared to before, now Li Chen's speed has made great progress.

With Li Chen's attack this time, this guy also directly began to panic to deal with Li Chen's attack this time, and this guy was also extremely flustered about Li Chen's attack this time.

But now Li Chen's attack has come down directly with his head and face, and this guy came directly with anger, so he is not completely ready.

And in the face of Li Chen's attack now, this thickening also directly began to be a little chaotic.

And now Li Chen's first sword is ready to directly attack this guy, without any hesitation at all, ready to directly face this military opponent. Directly hit your own power.

With Li Chen's shot this time, this guy also began to panic a little directly.

Li Chen didn't hesitate at all, so he directly slashed out his sword, and with Li Chen's sword, Li Chen only felt that the aura of his body was mixed with that it was already directly accompanied by Li Chen's rhythm.

Li Chen's sword directly hit the opponent's sword, and then a piercing sound broke out directly, and the sergeant in the entire desert also directly covered his ears.

After all, this time the attack between Li Chen and this guy was still extremely violent, and these sergeants obviously couldn't stand it, such a voice was simply too harsh.

But with the impact of this sword, this guy couldn't stop Li Chen's attack anymore, and in the face of Li Chen's attack, this guy obviously felt a little lacking in strength, and he couldn't resist it.

It was just a one-time move, and this protection was directly unable to resist Li Chen's attack, and was directly hit by Li Chen's blow An Zhijie retreated greatly, and after retreating many steps, he finally stabilized his figure.

But with this battle, the army that was originally high morale directly quieted down, because Li Chen directly suppressed this captain with just one move, and his strength can be seen.

Moreover, this captain is still the second strongest guy in the entire army, so he was directly shocked by Li Chen's sword, and these sergeants couldn't help but feel a little demoralized.

Now the eyes of all the sergeants fell directly on the other lieutenant who followed closely, because the strength of this guy is the strength of the sixth rank of the star rank, and the most powerful guy in the entire army.

So now the hungry sergeant in western Zhejiang is directly watching, hoping that this guy can directly suppress Li Chen's momentum, because Li Chen's attack just now directly dampened the morale of the hungry sergeant in western Zhejiang.

Of course, this lieutenant directly saw that his companion was repelled by Li Chen, and this guy also began to feel a little bad, because judging from Li Chen's shot, Li Chen's strength was not weak at all.

And just this one attack directly hit the momentum, and this guy began to guess Li Chen's life experience, because such a powerful martial artist must have a background.

The first thing this guy thinks of is the demon clan, because only the demon clan can have such a powerful warrior, and it is directly hostile to the Han Kingdom, which is also the most understandable.

Because now his own army is ready to directly support the border between the human race and the demon race, so now Li Chen's appearance is the meaning of the demon race, and it should be the most capable of getting children.

Otherwise, in such a desert Gobi, it is definitely difficult to appear a warrior with such strength.

But from the beginning of Li Chen's appearance, this guy could clearly feel Li Chen's obvious Terran aura, although the aura of this guy behind Li Chen was unknown, but he was obviously not a member of the demon clan.

This makes this guy obviously feel a little strange, if it weren't for the demon clan, in this guy's opinion, it should be very likely to be a bandit or a bandit here, otherwise he wouldn't have directly blocked the road and beat people.

But in this guy's opinion, even if it is a bandit, there can be a few people who dare to rob the royal family, this is not looking for death. Behind him is the current prince, if it is a bandit, because he should not have the courage.

After all, such a royal family, ordinary bandits and bandits are directly respectful, and today's world is still from the Liu family, and bandits should not kill themselves like this.

Then there is only one possibility, he observed Li Chen's strength and the way he shot now, this guy felt that Li Chen was very much like a rebellious thief in the Southern Jin Kingdom!

Because Li Chen's frame to block the royal family must also be fearless, who dares to argue with the royal family like this today? Only this rebel army of the Jin Kingdom remains.

And these two guys, the strength fossil is very powerful, such a direct interception of the prince's Luanjia, obviously not ready to let this army smoothly directly enter the border, this should also be the act of the Jin rebels.

After all, now the rebels of the Jin State have gradually become a very large force, so now this army is directly dispatched to the border between the human race and the demon race, in order to prevent the demon race from directly taking advantage of the fire to rob.

And now, the rebels of the Jin Kingdom have obviously learned such news and are ready to come over to obstruct this army from guarding the border, so that the hungry rebels in western Zhejiang can directly contact the demon clan and directly attack the Han State from both sides!

Otherwise, these two guys would not directly appear in such a time and place, and if they explain this matter directly, it basically makes sense directly.

But just Li Chen and the two of them came to block his army of more than 30,000 people, in the eyes of this guy, it is still too arrogant, after all, the strength of the army under his command is still extremely strong.

Ordinary military pairs are basically unable to win against their own army, because their own army is the royal forest army of the royal family, not the military pair of Weidu and Lingdu, and the strength of this army is extremely powerful.

But this guy also understands that since this Wang Shixiong can directly send Li Chen and this guy to stop him, he can also directly see how strong Li Chen's strength is.

Therefore, this guy didn't dare to take it lightly at all, but directly after the guy was repelled just now, he directly attacked Li Chen again without the slightest hesitation.

is ready to directly take advantage of the gap when Li Chen has just made a move and is too late to make another move, and then directly attack Li Chen, directly repel Li Chen, and then restore the morale that is already a little decayed.

But this guy was a little miscalculated, because after Li Chen repelled his opponent before, Li Chen was already ready directly, and there was no gap in the middle.

Because now that Li Chen has the support of Yuan Li, when he launches an attack, his shots are extremely smooth, and there will be no hesitation in the middle, and he will not give this guy a chance to turn around.

Now because Li Chen has directly controlled this kind of Yuan Force, when Li Chen launched an attack, his attack became extremely smooth, and there was basically no obstacle along the way.

Just now, Li Chen repelled the opponent of the fifth rank of the star rank, and it only took seven points of strength. 、

But this guy was sure that he couldn't stop Li Chen's attack at all, and he was directly knocked back by Li Chen's attack this time, and he couldn't even stabilize his body.

Although Li Chen hadn't attacked for a long time, this set of attack moves Li Chen stood up, but it was also extremely coherent and fast, and there was basically no gap in the middle.

As Li Chen repelled the guy just now, then this star-level sixth-grade guy also came directly towards Li Chen, and the next fight was already directly following him.

Li Chen basically didn't have any obstacles, so he directly used the second form of his Evil Immortal Sword Technique, and directly attacked this opponent without the slightest hesitation.

With Li Chen's shot this time, Li Chen directly collided with this guy's sword, and the fight between the two was already on the verge of breaking out.

This time, Li Chen directly turned his Xingyun sword around, and stabbed it directly at the opponent's throat, this sword Li Chen no longer had any reservations, and directly launched an attack on the opponent with all his strength!

The battle between the two this time was far more fierce than the last time Li Chen fought with this fifth-grade opponent, because this time Li Chen's opponent was the captain of the sixth-grade school.

This opponent with six-grade strength, if it is directly compared with the huge gap in strength, it is directly three times more powerful than the guy Li Chen fought last time, and even the gap between the two will be even greater, and it will not be able to talk about the same day.

But Li Chen is also directly full of confidence in this guy, Li Chen is not afraid of this guy at all, because now Li Chen has directly discovered that his own yuan power is powerful.

Li Chen just attacked the guy just now, and Li Chen found that this Yuan Force was powerful.

Li Chen's attack just now was basically to directly force his opponent back, and Chen's attack was far beyond the original Yuan Force when Li Chen used his aura.

And it is a great transcendence, the current Yuan Force is extremely huge for Li Chen's strength blessing, and now Li Chen also clearly feels the power of this Yuan Force to deal with the previous opponent.

For Li Chen, it was completely effortless, Li Chen basically didn't use any strength, he directly forced that guy away, and that guy had no ability to parry at all.

Regarding this opponent's attack, Li Chen also directly exerted all his strength, and without any hesitation, he directly attacked this guy.

At this time, the entire army of more than 30,000 people also directly focused on the battle between Li Chen and this guy, and began to be extremely concerned about the outcome of this fight.

Now that the two of them have begun to fight, everyone has directly begun to hold their breath and prepare to deal with the battle between Li Chen and this guy, after all, the key to the victory or defeat of this game is extremely important.

With Li Chen and this guy's move this time, Li Chen's Xingyun was directly stabbed on the opponent's sword body once, and then there was a piercing explosion of metal impact.

But this time, these sergeants were obviously already ready, because with Li Chen and the previous guy's moves, this guy was now directly ready, without the slightest hesitation.

With the fight between Li Chen and this guy this time, the original two stormy attacks and preparations were directly judged at the first time, and this guy was directly knocked out by Li Chen's attack!

And this guy was repelled by Li Chen before, and was directly repelled by Li Chen with a more violent attitude, which was even more embarrassed than the guy who was originally repelled by Li Chen, and the two basically made a judgment between them.

Although this guy's attack is in full swing, it can't stop Li Chen's attack this time, and now Li Chen's strength is completely not to be underestimated, and these thickeners are not Li Chen's opponents.

These sergeants, who were originally high, are now directly starting to lower their morale, and now the strength of these sergeants, but the world is starting to fall to zero, and they are completely panicking.

As these sergeants began to panic, the goal that Li Chen expected was directly achieved, because now Li Chen's first thing was to directly suppress the morale of these sergeants, so that Li Chen could directly shock these sergeants.

After this six-grade lieutenant was directly repelled by Li Chen, the original one who had been knocked down by Li Chen before, this guy also came back to his senses directly, and directly attacked Li Chen again.

Of course, this guy understands Li Chen's strength after the increase just now, but now that the morale of the entire army has begun to become low, of course this guy wants to change the status quo.

Because these two lieutenants were directly dispatched by the emperor, on the one hand, they directly protected the prince, after all, the prince was the prince, and there could be no accidents.

The reason why this pampered prince was sent to lead the troops on the occasion of this meeting was that the emperor wanted to let this prince be able to make meritorious contributions, and then inherit the throne directly in the future.

And now it is already an extraordinary period, this prince went directly to the border pass, and for these border soldiers, it is also a very morale-boosting thing, so he was directly dispatched over.

But despite this, in order to protect the safety of this prince and to protect the northwest gateway of the Han Kingdom, such an elite Imperial Forest Army was directly dispatched, as well as such a captain and soldier.

Let them protect this prince, on the one hand, it is also to directly let them seem to assist this prince in the task of completely guarding the northwest border, and these two guys are also to complete their own tasks.

In fact, they all knew in their hearts that this prince was basically completely useless when he came here, and even caused chaos for them. These guys are also miserable.

Just like the insult that this guy had for them before, these two guys also had to endure it, after all, they couldn't afford to offend this prince who was in a hurry or had a noble status and began to be high.

Now this prince is extremely favored by the emperor, and he will inevitably directly inherit the unification and ascend to the throne directly in the future.

Therefore, now that they can serve in front of this prince, he will be prosperous and rich in the future, so for these two guys, there can be no situation.

Now that there is such an army to protect, this prince will definitely not have any big problems, even if it is an invasion of the demon clan, as long as they can protect this prince, it will be a great achievement.

Because there are still many princes in the entire royal family, the dispute between the princes is still extremely acute.

Now there are several princes who directly covet the position of the crown prince, and the current prince is completely self-indulgent, extravagant, and completely a faint monarch.

But this prince was born to the emperor's concubine, so the emperor also doted on this prince, so he directly forced Bai Guang's opposition and directly made this guy the prince.

But all along, whether it is an official or other princes in the DPRK, the opinions of this guy are very great.

Therefore, the emperor is so reluctant to send this beloved son of his own directly to this northwest border, let him come here to defend the border, and then earn a certain reputation and prestige.

In this way, the mouth of the hundred officials and the prince can be prevaricated, so that this fat pig prince can directly and smoothly succeed to the throne in the future.

These two guys both understand that the most important thing now is not to guard the northwest border, because even if the northwest border is directly opened by the demon clan, there will be guards guarding the capital behind.

So there won't be any big risk, for these two guys, the most important thing is to directly protect this prince, and not let this prince have any accidents, otherwise they will be directly beheaded.

Because if this prince comes to this border now, it will definitely have no practical effect, and this prince will only cause chaos to the soldiers on the border when he comes here.

But as the commander of this army, these two people have a great relationship, if they can't protect this prince, no matter how much credit they have, it will not be enough to offset their lives.

Originally, such a noble Luan driver, after starting directly from Handu, began to advance to the northwest directly and leisurely. , the officials and generals on the road all went directly out of the city to greet filial piety.

These local officials and generals, of course, know the dignity of this prince, so they basically directly take out all the good things to pay homage, and even send troops to escort them everywhere.

Basically, everywhere this prince goes, the officials in every place are directly and sincerely afraid, for fear of any accidents in their own territory, and basically serve directly and carefully.

In this way, under the escort of an elite army, this prince also came here directly from Handu in a leisurely manner, and along the way, this prince was also directly free to the extreme.

However, there were no situations or accidents along the way, and the two lieutenants had been waiting directly and carefully, for fear of any accidents and dangers.

But until these guys went straight here, there were no surprises at all.

But this time, this army pair directly met Li Chen and the two, and the two who were originally extremely inconspicuous directly made the two captains feel the danger, and it directly made these guys feel the mortal danger.

Because just judging from Li Chen's shot just now, Li Chen and this guy are not good at stubble, their strength is extremely powerful and strong, and their attacks are extremely powerful.

And with Li Chen's two shots, these two guys obviously felt bad.

But for these two guys, if this prince is hurt a little, the two of them will inevitably fall directly to the ground in the future, so these two guys don't dare to be careless at all.

Although this five-grade guy was directly repelled by Li Chen just now, but then they were ready to attack Li Chen directly again, and now they couldn't care about anything else.

Being killed directly by Li Chen is also death, and being questioned by Xingshi in the future will only make it even worse, so now this guy is directly starting to attack Li Chen again, and there is no hesitation at all.

This Jiahu directly brandished his sword and slashed directly at Li Chen, this guy's attack this time was very murderous, and there was a feeling that he would never retreat if he didn't kill Li Chen.

But Li Chen had already directly noticed this guy's movements, and after Li Chen knocked down that six-rank opponent, Li Chen directly discovered that this guy stood up directly and prepared to attack him again.

But Li Chen had already been prepared, and Li Chen basically didn't hesitate at all, and directly prepared to start attacking his opponent again.

Originally, Li Chen had just finished performing the second form of the Evil Immortal Sword Technique, but with this guy's attack this time, Li Chen directly prepared his third form directly, and Li Chen was ready to directly attack his opponent again.

Although this guy stood up directly again, Li Chen was already ready directly at the first time, and basically without any hesitation, he once again launched his own attack.

With Li Chen's thunderous blow this time, this guy was directly knocked out by Li Chen again, and even this guy didn't even have a chance to resist, so this guy was directly repulsed.

The whole person was directly like a sandbag, directly repelled by Li Chen's attack this time, and was directly repelled by Li Chen without even having any chance to react.

These sergeants, whose morale was already extremely low, now their morale has dropped directly to zero, and these sergeants have directly begun to fall silent, because these few tricks are already extremely illustrative.

Li Chen had already directly repelled these guys with just these few shots, so now these sergeants had already directly begun to be a little afraid of Li Chen and the water dragon.

Because Li Chen had not shown his strength until now, these sergeants began to reverie about Li Chen's strength, because Li Chen's attacks were simply too powerful.

These sergeants still began to fear Li Chen directly from the bottom of their hearts, and began to be extremely afraid of Li Chen.

At the same time, he also directly began to be more curious about the water dragon behind Li Chen, because now Li Chen's strength has been directly displayed, which makes these sergeants even more curious about the strength of this water dragon.

And now, Li Chen has directly reaped the effect he wants, and these sergeants have directly begun to fear Li Chen, this is the effect that Li Chen really wants.

In fact, this time Li Chen was originally able to directly kill this guy with five-grade strength, but Li Chen did not sit like this, because Li Chen was ready to directly capture these sergeants.

At the same time, it also directly includes such two captains, because Li Chen feels that with his own strength, he can directly direct these sergeants to the government, and then directly use these guys for his own use.

After all, the strength of this army is still extremely powerful, Li Chen doesn't want to kill them directly, even if it is the sergeants who opened the way before, Li Chen just let them go.

Although Li Chen didn't directly kill this guy this time, this time Li Chen's attack also poured a certain amount of internal force, so after Li Chen's attack this time, this guy also accepted the internal injury.

Therefore, it was difficult for this guy to attack Li Chen for a while, and the six-rank opponent who was originally repelled by Li Chen now directly discovered the law of Li Chen's re-attack.

understood Li Chen's strength, because Li Chen obviously stopped directly when he attacked this fifth-grade captain, otherwise it would be difficult for this guy to block Li Chen's attack this time.

Because Li Chen's attack this time directly showed Li Chen's strength, this guy also directly began to doubt Li Chen's identity.

Because if Li Chen was directly an assassin sent by the Jin Kingdom, it would be impossible to keep his hands everywhere like this, so in this guy's opinion, Li Chen's identity must have a certain clue, so this guy is not in a hurry to make a move.

Instead, he stood directly in place and asked Li Chen: "This friend, the sergeant under my command was very offensive when he spoke disrespectfully before, and I hope that you have a large number of people, and you don't care about these subordinates." ”