Ye Xuan was surprised: "I didn't expect me to be so famous, any birdman can guess my identity." ”

Su Ping said: "I'm not just a birdman, although you are famous in the Rising Sun City, but this is the lawless sky in the Western Regions, and you can't do whatever you want." ”

Ye Xuan smiled and said, "It's really strange, Lawless Heaven should be the realm of the Soul Devouring Sect, since we can't do what we want, of course, we can't allow you people in Wanxing Valley to do what you want." ”

Su Ping frowned, and he couldn't seem to refute this, so he had to say: "Wanxing Valley is a great faction in the Western Regions after all, and it is a landlord compared to you." ”

Ye Xuan said with a smile: "Everyone is from the Aotian Continent, whether it is the heavens or the Battle Spirit Mountain, it is always our human race's territory, and everyone is a landlord." ”

The wrinkles on Su Ping's brows deepened, and he seemed to know that these people in front of him were difficult, and said, "I won't say much nonsense, why are you willing to leave?"

Qiu Mujie said: "Take out that giant deer demon!"

Su Ping immediately vetoed: "This can't be done." ”

Ye Xuan said, "What is the matter with the dead ash qi in this Battle Spirit Mountain, and what is the matter with this thing that resembles the Divine Will Purple Gold Worm?" He spread out his hand, and those insects lay in his hand and emitted a golden dazzling light.

Su Ping's eyes were slightly condensed, his face showed embarrassment, and he hesitated for a while before saying, "If I tell you these two things, are you willing to leave?"

"Su Ping!" shouted Xiu.

Su Ping said: "Although I am not afraid of these three people, I don't want to make any more extraneous branches." ”

Ye Xuan's heart moved, and said, "Then it depends on how valuable your news is." ”

Su Ping said: "Then it depends on your understanding of this value." If I don't say it, you will never know the origin of this dead breath and the worm in your hand. ”

Ye Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, tell us the origin of these two things, and I won't care about your affairs in Wanxing Valley." But you can't stop me from looking for either of these things. ”

Su Ping frowned and said, "You want to find the source of this dead ash and the worm?"

"That's right!" Ye Xuan said.

Su Ping's face turned ugly, and he said, "If you are willing to come back in three days, I can also tell you everything." ”

"Three days later?" the three of them wondered.

Ye Xuan said: "Will these two things still be there in three days?"

Su Ping said indifferently: "Who knows." ”

Ye Xuan sneered, clasped his hands to his chest, and said lazily: "Then there is no way, it's not appropriate to talk about it." ”

Su Ping's eyes shot a cold light, his gray robe swayed slightly, and he seemed to have a wave of emotions in his heart, and said: "The three of them are all big names that shock the world, I really don't want to be enemies with the three, but if I have to fight, Su Ping is not afraid at all." ”

"Cut!" Chumuj sneered disdainfully.

Chen Jingyu's eyebrows twitched, and he didn't seem to want to fight, but he still took Ye Xuan as the leader and looked over.

Ye Xuan's pupils slowly condensed, flashing with battle intent, and said with a smile: "In Yu Zang's memory, he is very unconvinced by Your Excellency, why can a mere young man be in charge of the overall situation of Wanxing Valley?"

Su Ping said: "Yu Zang's heart is too small, otherwise the path of martial arts will not stop here, and maybe he will not fall easily today." ”

Ye Xuan said: "Hehe, I'm also very interested!"

Su Ping's eyes were cold, the gray robe became as hard as iron under the encouragement of Yuan Li, and the whole person seemed to be solidified, but it was just an instant, and it returned to its original state.

The three of them became nervous, and cold sweat oozed from their foreheads, if they did it all over again, they would never provoke these three evil stars.

"Huh?"

Ye Xuan's gaze froze, deflected slightly, and a whirlpool suddenly appeared on Su Ping's side, gradually turning into a burly man, also wrapped in a gray robe, unable to recognize his face at all.

His pupils turned slightly, becoming strange, and a little colored light appeared in the light of his eyes, as if he wanted to penetrate the layers of obstacles and see the face in the gray robe clearly.

The burly man seemed to notice, sighed lightly, raised his hand, and spread his five fingers.

The hand prints on the fingertips were unusually strange, emitting waves of light that rippled in front of him.

Ye Xuan's pupils shrank suddenly, his vision was completely split by the wave of light, and the figure of the gray-robed man became even more trance-like.

He knew that he could no longer see the other party's dignity clearly, and his eyes returned to normal, but his face was full of surprise.

Su Ping said: "General, can you block these three people for three days?"

The three of them trembled, looking at the gray-robed man in shock, as if they had guessed something, and their eyes were full of surprise.

A cold light flashed in the gray robe, and the burly man said in a deep voice, "I will do my best." ”

Su Ping nodded, turned around and walked towards the passage, as if the outside world had nothing to do with him.

After a brief period of horror, the three of them also hurriedly chased after Su Ping, and countless questions surged in their hearts.

Ye Xuan and the others did not chase after him, the passage was quickly closed, and the inside suddenly became bright, like the light of countless night pearls, warmly illuminating people's hearts, filled with a holy atmosphere, completely opposite to the outside world.

"Suhei!"

Mink Xiu finally couldn't hold back, chased after him in a few steps, and said, "That person just now is really a general?"

Su Ping nodded, his face still showing a serenity that was completely inconsistent with his age.

Mink Xiu's eyes widened, and he sighed and said, "I didn't expect that even the general was here, it seems that the sect master's trust in you is extraordinary." With the general here, everything is worry-free. ”

"Worry-free......"

Su Ping said to himself: "I hope so." ”

The passage was full of holy light, and his figure seemed very lonely.

He walked a few steps, but still stopped, pinched the trick with one hand, and a trick was printed in front of him, and a circle of blue light suddenly appeared.

"Well, what's wrong?"

Qingguang kept spinning in front of Su Ping, and a voice came from inside, saying, "Looking at your appearance, it seems that you are in trouble." ”

Su Ping looked at the circle of blue light and said lightly: "Is there any difference between my appearance and before?"

"Haha!" the voice laughed, "It's exactly the same, it's not different, it's just that if it's okay, you won't come to me." I'm curious, what kind of soul is under this body of yours?

Su Ping said: "Now there are a few more interesting souls outside, are you interested in tasting them?"

The voice was quiet for a moment, then snorted heavily, and sneered: "I knew that it would be good for you to find me, and you want me to help you resist the enemy?"

Su Ping said: "No, I have already let the general go." It's just that I'm still a little uneasy, so you can help the general sweep the formation. ”

The voice was silent for a moment, and said, "You still don't worry about having a general here?" I helped you keep an eye on the Soul Devouring Sect, and no one came over, could it be a strong person from other domains?"

Su Ping said: "One is Ye Xuan, the other is Qiu Mujie, and the other is unknown, but he is also a nine-star peak powerhouse." ”

"What? it's these two people!"

The voice was extremely shocked and said, "Ye Xuan just made a fuss about the Rising Sun City, why did he come to the Western Regions?"

Su Ping said: "I came here for the things of this place and the Divine Consciousness Purple Gold Worm." ”

"That's the case, tsk, it's really an unexpected visitor. The voice smashed his mouth a few times, and said, "The soul in Ye Xuan's body is said to be that person." ”

Su Ping frowned, and said, "I have also heard of it, if you have that strength, you can try it." But if you don't have perfect certainty, don't make a move, and help the general block the three-day ......"

Before he could speak, the blue light in front of him turned and disappeared without a trace.

Su Ping's brows furrowed even deeper, and he reluctantly continued to walk towards the passage.

Beyond the mountain, the passage vanished behind the burly gray-robed man.

Ye Xuan and the three of them did not move, still standing quietly in place, they seemed to sense that the burly man was not simple.

The burly man was also motionless, his task was only to stop the three of them, and he did not want to strike first.

Ye Xuan suddenly said, "You are the general?"

The burly man said, "You know me?"

Ye Xuan said: "I searched Yu Zang's memory, so I naturally know it. The general is the most mysterious person in the Valley of Ten Thousand Stars, and he has never been separated from the head of the Valley of Ten Thousand Stars, Tian Xingzi. Even the people of Wanxing Valley never knew the identity of the general, but unfortunately I happened to know. Who is Su Ping? It can't be the illegitimate son of Tianxingzi, right?"

The general did not answer.

Qiu Mujie frowned and asked, "What is the identity of this general?" He also sensed the other party's extraordinary.

Ye Xuan smiled and said, "Elephant Qi!"

Suddenly, the general's body moved slightly, and the robe blown by the wind came from nowhere.

"Xiang Qi?" Qiu Mujie and Chen Jingyu were both stunned for a moment.

Elephant is one of the most common and simple confrontation games, and almost everyone can play it.

Ye Xuan said: "The general who followed Tianxingzi was the 'general' in the elephant, and Tianxingzi took his elephant to fight against Tengguang, but he still lost." ”

The general said: "You also know such a secret thing. ”

Ye Xuan smiled lightly and said, "Tengguang is full of praise for you." ”

The general said: "Lord Throne's formation skills are unparalleled in the world, when I was trapped in the formation, I was killed for nine deaths, and I consciously admitted defeat." ”

Ye Xuan said: "Although I know that you are a 'general', I am curious about what kind of existence you are." ”

The general said, "You'll see you soon." ”

He opened his big hand, grabbed the robe on his body and lifted it suddenly, and under the sound of hunting, a ray of sunlight shone in, and the dazzling golden light was reflected, and a golden light was brilliant.

Qiu Mujie's pupils shrank, and he said in shock: "Puppet?!"

The general turned out to be a golden armor, engraved with formations, his face was calm and generous, and his eyes were quite spiritual.

The general raised his hands, and between his ten fingers were six golden beads, each of which was engraved with the font of a small seal, namely: Shi, Xiang, Horse, Chariot, Cannon, and Pawn!

As soon as the calm golden hand moved, six chess pieces flew out and turned into six streamers and fell.

In a flash of golden light, the majestic figures of the six realms became solid in a trance.

Ye Xuan and the others frowned slightly, because the aura within the six golden rays was very powerful, which made them very uncomfortable.

Suddenly, a dazzling golden mangs appeared, six different shapes, and strange golden puppets appeared around.

The six puppets all had strange faces, but they were very smart, and their deep eyes looked at them all at once, and the three of them were uncomfortable.

"General, are you going to deal with these three scumbags?"

A puppet with broad shoulders and short body, carrying a five-foot cylinder on his shoulder, had a condensed face and a sharp gaze.

The puppet's body turned slightly, making a metallic sound of "click", and the surface of the surface flashed.

"Hee-hee, Cannon Pier, don't underestimate these three people. "A thin man, his whole head is like a crescent moon in a round, and under his long eyelashes, his eyes are smiling, but they are red.

Gazing carefully, there was a sea of red blood in the depths of his eyes.

In the heart of the puppet, the word "Shi" is printed.

"Cannon" snorted: "Can these three things still turn the sky?"

"Shi" grinned and said, "If it weren't for the big trouble, how could the general let us out?" and my bloodthirsty demon pupils also saw that these three people were extraordinary. ”

The general said: "Shi Wushuang is right, these three people are very tricky, and our task is only to trap them for three days." ”

"Stuck for three days, is it tricky to that extent?"

A round figure like a ball puppet, with a small seal like a millstone printed on his belly, his face was solemn, he stretched out his short hand to grab it in the air, and a golden light flew in.

The light lengthened in his hand, turning into a golden scythe twice as long as his body, and it was carried on his shoulder with a "bang".

"Whew!"

Suddenly, a domineering and arrogant momentum emanated, shaking away the dead ash qi around the body, forming a small tornado that roared up.

The seven chess puppets all had cold and solemn faces, and the golden light was circulating in the air, a magnificent one.

Ye Xuan's gaze passed over the seven people one by one, and he nodded and praised: "Is this the true face of the elephant Qi beside Tianxingzi? It seems that it is really tricky." ”

"Cut!" Qiu Mujie sneered: "What is my Tao, but a group of puppets with decent combat strength, it's ridiculous that Tianxingzi still treats these things as treasures." ”

"These things?"

"Cannon"'s face sank, and immediately anger erupted, and he said in a cold voice: "General, can you kill them directly?"

The general's face did not change, and he said calmly: "Naturally, it is possible, but it is difficult, just trap it." ”

"It's difficult, then let me try the strength of these three scumbags!"

There was a sudden "boom" under the feet of the "cannon", and a large crater was blown out, and the whole person had already turned into golden light.

"So fast!"

Ye Xuan and the three of them were all shocked, the "cannon" seemed to be short, but the speed was incredible.

It wasn't teleportation, it was pure speed, and the whole space was completely deformed!

"Boom!"

A golden light burst out in the sky above Qiu Mujie, and in the shaking ball of gold, I saw that the "cannon" punched out, directly hitting Qiu Mujie's fist!

"Ahh

Qiu Mujie screamed miserably, the burly body trembled, and the entire ground was instantly crushed and collapsed three feet!

The speed of the "cannon" was too fast, causing his arm to change before he could change, so he was forced to meet it, and his fist bones were directly shattered, and the flesh and blood in front of his wrist were blurred!

"Hmph, unobtrusive scumbag, remember the name of the person who killed you, this seat is called 'Wind Chaser'!"

The wind chasing cannon withdrew his fist at once, his speed was a little unreal, and his whole body was blurry and trance-like.

The five-foot-long barrel flipped off his shoulder and fell straight down as a stick!

"Bang!"

Qiu Mujie's left hand turned into a golden ape arm, his five fingers opened to block the front of the cannon, the whole arm trembled, his body was pressed and slid several feet away, and the two feet on the ground were so deep that the slippage marks were shocking.

The Wind Chaser sneered, "Goodbye, scum!"

Countless formations suddenly appeared on the golden barrel, and the powerful power of the weapon suddenly dispersed, and behind the short body like a dwarf, a formation with a radius of several zhang appeared, and countless runes flew!

Qiu Mujie's pupils shrank suddenly, his eyes were full of horror, and he only felt that in the cannon hole under his five fingers, a terrifying force instantly bombarded out!

"Boom!"

A huge beam of light shot out and slammed directly into the earth, and the surging power sprinkled and spread out among the mountains.

The mountain was blasted out of the way, and the entire terrain was completely altered.

But under this shocking change in appearance, the mountains and fields were full of golden light after the shelling, like spring rain sprinkled over the earth, and a flourishing scene.

"Click!"

The barrel of the cannon was once again on the shoulder after the bombardment.

The gaze of the wind chasing cannon condensed, looked at the dots of gold all over the mountain, and said coldly: "Have you been blasted into slag?"

Shi Wushuang's red blood pupils suddenly condensed, and he shouted, "Be careful!"

The Wind Chaser Cannon shook his body, and his already short stature shrank, like a tree stump, and a slash flew over his head.

Qiu Mujie was covered in wounds, his face was gloomy, he grabbed the Pu knife in his hand and stood ten zhang away.

"Hmph, I knew you weren't dead, and I was waiting for you. ”

"Bang!"

The place where the wind chasing cannon stood suddenly exploded, and his body ejected, and he threw a punch, and the air was exploded layer by layer.

Chumuj's wings spread, and Kurosawa's feathers opened a thousand eyes.

"What?!" Storm Chaser was startled, as if he was shocked by the black feather and the thousand eyes.

"Boom!"

That punch completely shattered the space, but only strangled the afterimage left by Qiu Mujie, and the real body appeared behind the Wind Chasing Cannon.

Shi Wushuang exclaimed: "Be careful with the cannon pier!

"It's okay!"

The Wind Chaser let out a loud shout, and the barrel on his shoulder bounced up again, spinning in the air and slamming into his rear.

"You've me off completely, you dwarf winter melon!"

"Hmph, unscrupulous scum with no mouth to cover, what if you are angry, you don't have to die!"

"Boom!"

As soon as the cannon barrel was knocked, another space was shattered, and Qiu Mujie's afterimage was directly crushed by the twisting!

Suddenly, countless whiskers appeared from the sky, and in an instant, they tied up the wind chasing cannon and tightened it so that he could not move.

"Squeak!"

Dozens of fleshy tendons were tense, and at the other end was Qiu Mujie, whose ten fingers turned into claws, flashing green, but his eyes were even more fierce.

"Fierce Claw, Space Tear!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The space around the flesh whiskers shattered instantly, and it was pitch black.

The power of space slashing on the body of the wind chasing cannon continued to fall, and countless traces of "ping pong" were drawn, like a thousand blades of wind slashing, endlessly.

Qiu Mujie's pupils shrank, shooting out a cold light, and his fierce claws tore through the space, and the other party was still as stable as Mount Tai under the tearing force!

"It's useless, our bodies are almost not bad, this level of attack can only be an itch!"

The sound of the wind chasing cannon came from the tearing sound, and then a golden light shot up into the sky, cutting countless flesh whiskers, and the terrifying shelling suddenly exploded!

"Bang!"

A huge beam of light pierced the sky, shattering where Chumujay was.

The wind chasing cannon frowned, although his speed was extremely fast, but the other party had mastered the spatial supernatural power, so it was not a way to fight it.

"Huh?"

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, except for the continuous explosion of whiskers in the sky, there seemed to be no sound, and the wind chasing cannon held the barrel under his arm with his right hand, vigilantly on guard.

Suddenly, a blinding light shot in, and scales appeared all over the sky, falling like snowflakes.

The light refracted from those scales pierced into the golden light, and suddenly all the scales turned, and under the traction of a force, they joined back and forth, sweeping up.

The wind chasing cannon was startled, and those scales seemed to form vines, a total of two came from the left and right, "bang bang bang" to tie it, and cut the body under the movement, but only shallow marks were made.

"Didn't you say it was useless?

The wind chasing cannon was furious, and the word "cannon" on his shoulder suddenly became Cheng Liang, bursting out with golden light, and the momentum of the whole person suddenly increased.

"Broken!"

The barrel of the cannon flew from under its armpits, blasting all the scales apart in one swirl, and circles of golden light emanated from its body, swirling around its body like a star ring.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared in the sky, growing larger and larger.

"What, that's?!"

Everyone raised their heads, a huge footprint fell in the air, the vast demonic power spread, all the space was blocked at this moment, and the word "truth" appeared in the footprint.

The body of the wind chasing cannon trembled, and at this moment, the golden star ring rotated, and his strength was increased to the extreme, but under the seal of that kick, it was like an infinitely heavy mountain constantly pressing down, and his speed could not be used!

"Die, dwarf!"

Qiu Mujie roared into the air, and the earth was shaken by a roar.

This foot contains his monstrous anger, the sky is full of weird demon texts, and the vast demonic power of the Listening Beast!

Ye Xuan's face finally stretched a little, and praised: "Can this foot step on this dwarf winter melon into a discus? If it is stepped on into a discus, will it die? If it is not dead, can it recover by itself?"

He asked three questions in a row.

Several puppets also felt the power of that kick, and their faces changed greatly.

Shi Wushuang's blood-colored eyes shrank suddenly, and he shouted, "Danger!

A tall puppet with a head resembling a horse, and the word "horse" occupies a small half of the face, covering the left eye.

He lazily raised his eyes and said, "Understood." ”

Then he stretched out his right hand, raised it in the air, and casually snapped his fingers.

He spat lightly, "Jump!"

The figure of the wind chasing cannon in the distance suddenly flickered, and disappeared in place in an instant, appearing dozens of feet away!

"What?!"

Ye Xuan's eyes shrank suddenly, and he ejaculated!

This time he moved directly, even Qiu Mujie didn't notice it, and his feet suddenly fell, stepping into the earth, and the vast power exploded in an instant!

"Boom!"

Na Di listened to a foot directly into the earth, the entire leyline was shattered, the terrifying power shook in all directions, and the mountain was opened in pieces!

Everyone retreated instantly, and the vast demonic power flattened the entire mountain, forming a huge canyon, like the bottom of a pot placed in a continuous mountain range, bottomless!

"Cut, damn it!"

Under the light and shadow and flying ash in the sky, Qiu Mujie's figure flickered, and a circle of blue light turned into a spiral, and rushed towards the wind chasing cannon.

"Can you dodge once and think you can survive?!"

The wind chasing cannon was startled, his face was solemn, and he no longer had the contempt he had before, and he suddenly removed the barrel and aimed it forward.

Countless bursts of light appeared on the barrel of the gun.

The blue light suddenly stagnated, and the figure of Qiu Mujie turned in front of the wind chasing cannon, and under the cold face, his wings spread out, and his thousand eyes opened.

"Boom!"

A beam of light shot out of the barrel of the cannon, shattering layers of space.

Suddenly, a strange light shot out from the thousands of primeval heavenly eyes, Qiu Mujie pinched the trick with one hand, and the void in front of him became weird, and the original straight beam of light suddenly twisted and drew in a spiral circle.

"What?!"

The Wind Chaser was startled, and the eyeballs widened violently.

"The wrath of this seat is not something that you, a dwarf, can bear, take your life!"

Qiu Mujie's eyes were cold, his right hand drew a circle in front of him, and the beam of light moved with his gesture, and it was reflected back in a swirl!

The other chess puppets are all horrified.

As soon as the barrel of the wind chasing cannon was closed, the whole person was in a trance like the wind, and he rushed away dozens of feet at once.

As soon as the figure stopped, he saw Qiu Mujie's sneering face, which no longer resembled a human form, with a copper nose and iron mouth, and horns on his forehead.

"Huh!"

The power of two sound waves burst out, superimposed on each other, like a wave pushing in, and the entire space was shattered!

"Hohoo!"

The Wind Chaser Cannon grabbed the barrel in one hand and slammed it in front of him, and was immediately swept into it by the force of the sound waves, and was shocked to glide in the air.

Suddenly, a huge shadow silently appeared behind the Wind Chaser, and its mouth opened wide, revealing the dark hole.

"Not good!"

Shi Wushuang exclaimed: "Ma Feifei!"

"Ma" frowned, and said unhappily: "Got it." Also, please call me by the correct name, my name is Ma Feiying. ”

"Okay, Ma Feifei. ”

"You owe a beating!"

"Got it, Ma Feifei. ”

“……”

Ma Feiying raised his hand, clicked his fingers, and said, "Jump!"

A smile appeared at the corner of Ye Xuan's mouth, and he said, "If you use the same trick twice, the effect will be greatly reduced." ”

Ma Feiying trembled, revealing a look of horror, the wind chasing cannon under the big mouth of the battleship fish was not jumped away!

"What?!"

Not only him, but the rest of the chess puppets were also shocked.

The general said in a condensed voice: "Ma Feiying's space jump is to concentrate on one point, and the teleportation generated by instantly breaking the constraints of space rules is fundamentally different from teleportation that relies on spiritual power, even if the space is locked, it will not fail." ”

Ye Xuan chuckled, "That's because he is already no longer in the space you see. ”

The general frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

Shi Wushuang's eyes glowed red, and he suddenly exclaimed, "That layer of bubbles ......"

Everyone stared at it, and saw a layer of water floating around the wind chasing cannon, like a huge bubble covering him.

Not only that, but there were countless bubbles of all sizes flying out of the mouth of the battleship fish, and the entire space became in a trance.

After Ma Feiying's jump failed, the battleship fish directly bit down and swallowed the wind chasing cannon.

After a brief moment of surprise, the six chess puppets returned to their usual complexions, without a trace of nervousness.

Ma Feiying chuckled: "It's okay to let the cannon pier suffer, who let his fiery temper never change." ”

Shi Wushuang twisted his posture, blinked his eyes, and said, "Hehe, I'm afraid that in the belly of that fish, his temper will be even more manic, and he will blast it out." ”

Ye Xuan glanced at them lightly and said, "You must think that your body is almost not bad, and it won't matter if the cannon pier is swallowed, right?"

Shi Wushuang laughed and said, "Isn't it? Let me tell you the truth, if the kick just fell just now, even if Ma Feifei didn't make a move, the cannon pier might not be fine." ”

Ye Xuan said: "Why don't we make a bet?"

Shi Wushuang said: "What kind of bet?"

The corners of Ye Xuan's mouth raised slightly, a cold light of mockery shot out of his eyes, and he said word for word: "Bet that cannon pier will never come out again!"

"What?!" Shi Wushuang was shocked.

The general also looked up with a solemn face.

The various messy auras in the sky gradually dissipated, and a lifeless gray haze returned.

The huge body of the battleship fish was lying across the sky, silently levitating.

Qiu Mujie stood on the head of the fish with a cold face, overlooking the earth, and said in a cold voice: "There are six pieces of scrap iron, come up together and let the fish in this seat be used as nourishment!"

He stepped on the head of the fish with both feet, and the two formations expanded under his feet, and the amazing aura continued to pour into his body, quickly recovering the power he had just lost.

The general said with a heavy face: "Sure enough, I lost the connection of the wind chasing cannon!"

"What?

The other five were shocked, and Shi Wushuang exclaimed in surprise.

The general stared at the battleship fish for a while, and said, "Could it be that the formation on the fish's belly blocked my induction of the wind chasing cannon?"

Shi Wushuang couldn't believe it, and said: "However, the general's perception of us should be immortal!"

The general said: "I know that the Wind Chasing Cannon is still alive, but I can't sense his existence at all, and I don't know what powerful force can actually cut off the connection between us, this is the first time since the birth of the seven of us." ”

He turned his head to Ye Xuan and said, "Can you tell me why?"

Ye Xuan clasped his hands in front of his chest, his robe rose with the wind, and said with a light smile: "Actually, it's nothing, I've also been to the stomach of the battleship fish." Inside is an independent space constructed with the energy of the golden spirit, perhaps the strongest prison under this sky. ”

The general said: "Golden Spirit Prison Cage...... No wonder ......"

Ye Xuan said with a smile: "That golden spirit space is not just a cage, but also a refining space. ”

The general trembled, and his calm face finally changed color for the first time, and he lost his voice: "......Refining space?"

Ye Xuan nodded and said, "He's a ninth-order Great Soul Refiner, although your body is hard, can you withstand the refining of a Great Soul Refiner?"

Shi Wushuang was in a hurry, but he was still suspicious: "You are in a gang with him, why do you want to tell us this?"

Ye Xuan sneered and said, "What kind of blood-colored demon pupil of yours can still distinguish between the enemy and the enemy?"

Shi Wushuang no longer hesitated at the moment, and shouted: "Ma Feifei, every day!"

"Whew!"

Ma Feiying instantly turned into a golden light and rose into the sky.

The round "elephant" said: "When there are outsiders, please give me a little face, my name is Swallowing the Sky!"

"Whew!"

After saying that, he also carried the scythe and broke through the air.

Two rays of light, one left and one right, pierced through the sky and approached Chumuj.

Ma Feiying pinched his fingers, raised them high, and slammed down with a finger, shouting, "Burst!"

"Bang!"

Qiu Mujie's figure disappeared in an instant, and the head of the fish he was standing on exploded suddenly, and a large number of bubbles poured out, "gurgling" floating all over the sky.

Shi Wushuang shouted, "Watch out for that bubble!"

The Sky Swallowing Elephant frowned, inhaled sharply, and the round belly was a little bigger, and spit it out!

"Whew!"

A hurricane erupted, blowing the bubbles away.

Suddenly, a scarlet light flashed, extremely fast, and shot out of countless bubbles.

"Heavenly Vein Poison!"

The Heaven-Swallowing Elephant's pupils shrank suddenly, and his body shook and wanted to dodge, but the red ray was extremely fast, and it instantly attacked in front of him, and he was too big.

"Bang!"

A poisonous needle was inserted directly into his navel, like an umbilical cord connecting to Qiu Mujie in the distance, which was Qiu Mujie's tail needle.

"Poof!"

The Heaven-Swallowing Elephant exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and his entire face twisted at once, and the scythe shook and slashed at the slender tail.

"Bang!"

Qiu Mujie's figure flashed, and the Pu knife slashed at the sickle, and the halo suddenly rushed away, like a scorching sun, full of light.

"Fat man, get out!"

Qiu Mujie shouted, and with a flick of the long tail, the heaven-swallowing elephant suddenly flew up, constantly turning in circles in the air along the long tail, and finally threw it out vigorously.

"Huh!"

The two sound waves merged into one, rolling up the space storm to chase the past.

"Boom!"

The Heaven-Swallowing Elephant was struck by the storm, and its entire body was swept into it, disappearing into the sky at once.

Ma Feiying was shocked, stepped out in two steps, crossed the bubbles in the sky, and smashed Qiu Mujie from behind with a punch.

"Smack!"

Chumujie turned sideways, his big furry golden hand grabbing the opponent's fist violently.

"Click!"

His body flashed, and he teleported directly behind Ma Feiying, and the punch was also bent by him, and Ma Feiying lost his center of gravity at once, and was directly lifted off and soared in the air.

"Cut, can't you break it?

Dozens of whiskers flew out of Qiu Mujie's head, tying Ma Feiying and starting to pull, his tall metal body twisted extremely.

Ma Feiying bit it, and suddenly two rays of light flew out from his body, one left and one right, turning into two Ma Feiying, exactly the same as his form.

"What?!"

Qiu Mujie was taken aback and said in disbelief: "The puppet can also doppelganger technique?!"

On the left, Ma Feiying pinched the trick with one hand and pointed it out.

On the right, Ma Feiying opened his horse step and punched down.

Qiu Mujie frowned, took all the whiskers back at once, and retreated, returning to the battleship fish in a few steps.

"Boom!"

The attacks of the two horse flying shadows exploded together, bursting with earth-shattering light.

The distorted deity suddenly regained its form, and the two doppelgangers instantly returned to the body, and the deity's eyes burst with anger, and he jumped down and chased after him.

Qiu Mujie's face was cold, and he watched him rush over quietly, and the fish head that exploded under the previous explosion had also fully recovered.

The general looked at it with a solemn face and said, "It's hard to win!"

Shi Wushuang's face was a little dull, and he said in a daze: "That person's strength seems to have been maintained at the peak, and the three of Lian Zhan have not weakened in the slightest, what's going on?"

The general said, "I found out too." He asked Ye Xuan, "Can you tell us what's going on?"

Ye Xuan said: "This is difficult to reveal, you just need to know that this person can be described as the first person to enter the Extraordinary Saint." ”

"The first person to enter the sainthood!"

Shi Wushuang was shocked and hurriedly said, "Little pawn, follow me!" As soon as her body moved, she rose to the sky.

The pawn also squatted down, then bounced up and chased after Shi Wushuang.

Only the general and the "car" were left in place.

The general seemed to sense something, turned his gaze, and said, "What?"

Ye Xuan chuckled, took a step towards the two of them, and said, "Qiu Mujie led the five people away at once, I have to give him a thumbs up, it will be much less difficult for me to enter the interior of the mountain." ”

The general said, "Are you going to make a move?"

Ye Xuan stood up and said, "If you don't stop it, we don't have to make a move." ”

The general said, "Our mission is to trap you for three days. ”

Ye Xuan said: "That's a pity. ”

A cold light flashed in his hand, turning into cold sword frost, and the cold qi was scorching.

Ye Xuan raised the sword in front of him, pointed at the general, and said, "Can your almost incorruptible body resist the sword in my hand?"

The general said: "Whether you can resist it or not, you must be blocked for three days!"

"Then I don't need to say more. ”

Ye Xuan's sword light rose up, and countless sword talismans emerged around his body, and the whole person stabbed up in an instant.

The general's face did not change, and he raised his hand and knocked it down with two fingers together.

"Bang!"

Two fingers struck the sword, and the golden halo of light spread.

Ye Xuan only felt that the sword in his hand sank, but with the shaking of his wrist, he slashed it along with that force.

The general's burly body finally moved, gently dodging the sword, and then punched with his left hand, and the boundless fist turned into a spiritual light in the air, and slammed it over.

In the power of that fist, a golden light gushed out, like a waterfall falling from the nine heavens.

Ye Xuan pointed at the sword, and there was a crisp sound of "dang", and the cold sword became spiritual, and the sword slashed the sky.

"Whew!"

The entire golden waterfall was torn open by a sword and stabbed down.

"Zheng!"

The tip of the sword was pinched by the general's two fingers, and it could not be advanced in the slightest.

But the edge on the sword was too great, and the small sword light unscrewed at his fingertips, and immediately flicked up with one finger, and the sword body was shaken open with a "dang" sound.

At the same time, although the power of that great fist was torn apart by the sword momentum, the powerful power did not decrease, and it hit Ye Xuan's body at once!

"Bang!"

Ye Xuan's body bloomed with golden light, and he was shocked for dozens of feet before he stabilized his figure.

"It's so strong!" Ye Xuan praised sincerely, his immortal golden body was running, and the golden light was brilliant, comparable to that of a chess puppet.

The general said: "You are also very strong. ”

Ye Xuan said: "The warm-up is over, the main dish is served below!" His eyes froze, and the surging yuan power poured into the sword, and a halo of light swirled around.

The ancient Dunhuang texts kept bouncing on the cold sword frost, flying into the air and disillusioned.

The sound of the sword was piercing and deafening, stirring around, and phantoms gradually appeared on the sword body, like a beautiful woman in a captivating city, and like a fierce beast with a hideous face......

The general's face froze, and he said, "What a strong sword intent." ”

Ye Xuan himself was also slightly shocked in his heart, these strange scenes seemed to be recorded by the cold sword frost.

He didn't have time to think about it, the long sword was raised, and the terrifying sword intent was stirring around, and the whole heaven and earth seemed to feel it, and the wind and clouds were suppressed.

"Sword Trick - Demon Slaying!"

"Boom!"

The sky shattered, and an incomparable vast sword intent poured out, sweeping through the entire mountain range!

Even the few people who fought in the sky were horrified.

Shi Wushuang stared down distractedly, with a shocked expression.

The general's face was awe-inspiring, and he stood in place with his hands clenched into fists and did not move.

The entire mountain range cracked in front of him, and a huge ravine emerged, and the sword intent was like an irresistible power of heaven and earth, rolling in.

"Flame Gun!"

Suddenly, there was a soft sound, and the body of the dead body moved, and the golden light flew in a beam, and flames were born in the air.

"Boom!"

The golden light shot on the sword, and the terrifying power rippled, and the storm rose directly into the sky.

The general remained on the ground, not moving.

The place where he stands is the coordinates leading to the interior of the mountain range, which must be guarded, not an inch can be moved!

At the center of the storm, the sound of metal cracking was incessant, the face of the dead car was calm, the body became more than twice as large as before, a flaming spear grasped in his hand, gritting his teeth to resist the remnants of the sword qi.

After Ye Xuan took the sword, he didn't make another move, but took his gaze back and stared at the cold sword frost carefully.

The strange scene that had surfaced before was gone, and the sword body that was like water was restored, and the waves flowed.

The cold and icy beauty must be the queen of the Snow Country, the hookah, and the hideous demon beast is the demon clan scourge that brought disaster to the Snow Country.

Moreover, he had noticed just now that the fierce appearance of the scourge was indeed somewhat similar to that of the Dead, but it was more ferocious and violent.

A ripple mark appeared in his left pupil, which opened directly.

In the Hitomi space, a huge afterimage was suspended in it, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.

"Sure enough!"

When he was helping the Sea Emperor's wife to light the lamp in the Sea Forest, he directly extracted this calamity remnant soul and kept it in his left pupil space, and now it seems that it is the calamity remnant soul in the sword.

As for how there was a remnant soul of the great demon in the snow country in Rouwei's body, it is unknown, if you want to find out all this, I am afraid that you have to go to the sea forest.

At this moment, the storm of swords gradually dissipated, and the body of the wrecked car was also revealed, and the light of the whole body was much dimmer.

"Boom!"

Not far away, there was a sudden and inexplicable explosion, and a round golden ball flew out, and it was the heaven-swallowing phenomenon that was swept away by Qiu Mujie's humming voice, and it was finally pulled back.

Ye Xuan said: "Chen Jingyu, you deal with that fat man, I'll cut this car!" His figure flickered and disappeared in place.

The next moment, it appeared directly in the sky above the wreckage car, and slashed down with a sword!

The body of the wrecked car has returned to normal, and with a flick of the golden gun, a piece of gun flowers has emerged, and all the points have come forward.

"Bang!"

The two mysterious weapons collided together, and the body of the gun was suddenly cut out, and the wreckage seemed to be weak, and it was constantly pressed back by Ye Xuan.

Chen Jingyu also responded with his sword and slashed at the heaven-swallowing elephant, and the two quickly fought together.

The general frowned and said, "Dead car, don't touch him, that sword is a little abnormally sharp, which poses a great threat to our bodies." ”

A series of metal crashes continued to "bang and bang" on the ruins.

Ye Xuan smiled: "Don't touch him?"

The battle between the two is inseparable, it is all a hard collision move, Ye Xuan calculates every time, and tries to slash in the same place of the war spear. He didn't want to use other tactics, so he used this most effective and stupid method to smash the opponent little by little!

"Bang!"

Finally, under a sword, the flame spear broke off in response!

The wreckage showed a shocked expression on his face, and the two eyes suddenly shrank together, and the cold sword and frost had already occupied in front of him!

The general stood behind the corpse, his face sank, his fists raised and slammed out, shouting: "Fight cattle across the mountain!"

"Boom!"

The two fists instantly penetrated the car and slammed on the sword, shaking Ye Xuan away with a "bang".

In the sky, Qiu Mujie was tired of being killed under the joint efforts of three chess puppets, and he also saw that Ye Xuan couldn't fight for a long time, and roared angrily: "What are you still playing?

Ye Xuan retreated dozens of feet away before unloading the punch, and then said with a smile: "I didn't play, the power of this 'general' and 'rook' seems to be more powerful than other chess puppets." ”

Qiu Mujie snorted angrily: "Then you come to exchange with me!"

Ye Xuan smiled: "No, I have already found a way to win." ”

The general's pupils shrank suddenly, and he said, "If there is no absolute power, it does not exist. ”

Ye Xuan said: "The place where you stand is the coordinate imprint leading to the inside of the mountain range, so you are guarding here and not leaving an inch." ”

The general said: "Yes, this is something that is easy to find. ”

Ye Xuan said: "It's nothing, since you want to protect this space, I will smash this space." ”

Four rays of light flew out of his palm, intertwined in the air, and flew out into a mountain.

Ye Xuan pinched the trick with both hands, and there were constantly runes pouring out from the Tushi Heavenly Peak, and the mountain was getting bigger and bigger, with a bottom area of half an acre, flying above the general, and slamming down!

The general was finally moved, and looked at the falling hill with a look of surprise on his face.

But he didn't want to escape, his fists clenched violently, and the momentum on his body climbed up geometrically, and the coercive power actually condensed into a substance and soared into the sky.

"Glaucombfist!"

Two golden fists slammed out, creating a blue light enchantment in the air above the body, shooting out a huge light, facing the mountain peak, as if to shatter all obstacles!

"Boom!"

The blue light fist slammed into the mountain, shattering. It just blocked the fall of Tushi Tianfeng for a moment, and fell again!

"What?!"

The general was horrified and lost his mind for the first time.

"Boom!"

The hill fell, and the entire space shattered in all directions after being extremely distorted.

Next to the deep pit that Di Ting's feet had stepped out of before, a huge sinkhole was blasted out again, and all the flying sand and rocks poured into the sky, and the muddy eyes could not see.

After smashing it, Tushi Tianfeng turned into a ray of light and flew back into Ye Xuan's hand, constantly rotating in the palm of his hand, full of aura.

"Ma Feifei!"

Suddenly, I heard a heart-rending cry from Shi Wushuang.

The dust and ashes dispersed, and a golden shadow in the pit of heaven was a chess puppet that was completely crushed into flakes by Tushi Tianfeng.

It's just that judging from that form, it's not a general, but Ma Feiying.

Ye Xuan said: "Oh, the moment he died, he broke through the spatial barrier with all his strength, kicked the general out, and sacrificed himself to protect the master, which is commendable." ”

The space above the metal sheet moved, and the general's figure emerged, his face full of anger.

Several chess puppets in the sky also flew down, and the Celestial Swallowing Elephant also withdrew from the battle and landed in the Heavenly Pit together.

"Ma Feifei, woo woo!"

Shi Wushuang couldn't help but mourn, two lines of tears flowed down, and cried: "Get up, get up, as long as you can stand up, I won't call you Ma Feifei anymore, I must call you by your full name!"

Every chess puppet was silent with a sadness in his heart.

The general said: "I trusted it to me and harmed Ma Feiying." ”

"Haha, well done!"

Qiu Mujie flew down beside Ye Xuan, stretched out his thumb and praised: "Two out of seven, the remaining five will be cleaned up soon!"

Ye Xuan said: "Hey, it's a bit heavier." Seeing how sad they looked made me a little uncomfortable. ”

Qiu Mujie sneered: "Don't pretend to be merciful here! If you don't kill them, they will kill you, don't be deceived by their cute appearance! Besides, it's just a puppet, and if it's flat, you can refine it again." ”

"You know what!"

Shi Wushuang cried and shouted, "Even if the master can refine Ma Feifei again, it won't be the previous Ma Feifei!"

"Cut, no, it's not, it's just a puppet anyway!"

Qiu Mujie looked disdainful and said contemptuously: "To put it bluntly, it is just a product of refining after all." ”

"I'm going to kill you!"

Shi Wushuang screamed in grief and indignation, his eyes became blood-red, and he rushed forward.

"Shi Wushuang!"

The general shouted, and in a flash of his body, he appeared beside Shi Wushuang, grabbed her shoulder, grabbed her, and said, "Calm down!"

"Hmph, what's the use of being calm? if you want to live, get out of the way!"

Qiu Mujie sneered: "Let me tell you another bad news, the dwarf winter melon dwarf who offended me has also been refined into iron by me!"

"Hahaha!"

He laughed sarcastically, his face full of contempt and disdain.

Ye Xuan and Chen Jingyu frowned slightly, both of them felt that it was extremely inappropriate for him to be so wanton.

Shi Wushuang's eyes were already bright red, and his body trembled slightly.

The general said: "The current situation does not allow for impulse, each of you should remember to me that the purpose of the existence of each of our chess pieces is to complete the task, not to be happy and revenge." ”

"Yes, General!"

The four shouted in unison, their voices in unison, full of grief and anger, and a determination to unite as one.

Ye Xuan couldn't help frowning, and said, "I'm curious, which genius in the world can refine an existence like you?"

"Hmph, don't look down on them. Qiu Mujie said coldly: "It's just some simple puppets, plus the fusion of external souls, to reach a relatively balanced state." Even today, the Mu family, which has the strongest puppet technique, will not be able to refine such a smart puppet. ”

Ye Xuan said: "If the external soul is injected, then Ma Feifei is only physically damaged, how can he die?"

Qiu Mujie said: "The soul is one of the three major puzzles in the refining of the human body, and it is difficult to understand them all. Their bodies have been studded with various complex formations, imprisoning their souls and producing certain changes. If you destroy the foundation of their existence, you will naturally die. ”

The faces of the five chess puppets all changed slightly, but they returned to normal in an instant.

The general said: "No matter how much you despise us, no matter how much you speculate about us, and no matter how strong you are, we will stick to our mission." ”

"Tsk, very ambitious, but can you do it?"

Qiu Mujie sneered and said, "I'll deal with two, and you can hold on to the remaining three for a while, and I'll come to help you after I finish packing up two!"

He rushed forward, teleported directly, grabbed the Pu knife and slashed at Shi Wushuang's head, and said with a cruel smile: "Half Moon Head and that little pawn, come up and die!"

"Whew!"

Suddenly, a sharp light turned into a slash of vitality and came across the air.

"Bang!"

Chumuj's sword was shaken away.

It was the Heaven Swallowing Elephant that struck, the long scythe in his hand, and his cold eyes staring at him, with a resolute look.

"Cut, fat pig, I'll clean you up later!" Qiu Mujie sneered, sneering, "If you want to avenge those two fools, come here." ”

Shi Wushuang raised his eyes and looked at him, Qiu Mujie was suddenly slightly shocked in his heart, the scarlet eyes full of hatred had returned to normal, quiet as a virgin.

The general said: "Defend our position, as long as we don't make any flaws ourselves, they have no choice." ”

"Yes!"

The four of them responded in unison, surrounding the general according to certain rules, vaguely complementing each other, attacking and defending each other.

Qiu Mujie's face turned cold, and he knew that there was some trouble.

Ye Xuan praised: "It is worthy of being a general, and he will soon be able to recognize the situation and organize himself." It's just that we have lost a horse and a cannon, and it is impossible to stop the three of us. ”

He raised his hand, and Tushi Tianfeng flew up again.

The general's face changed greatly, and he shouted: "This thing must not be hard-connected!"

The four-colored light swirled, turning into a hill again and falling towards the center of several chess puppets.

"Retreat!"

The general shouted, and the five of them immediately turned into light and dispersed.

Ye Xuan said: "Shoot!"

Before Qiu Mujie could speak, he had already rushed towards Shi Wushuang.

The general's face was difficult to look at, and it was only a move to break through their defensive formation, but this move was so powerful that it was impossible to compete with.

Chen Jingyu also went up with a sword, and once again fought with the Heaven Swallowing Elephant.

The wreck and pawn returned to the general, seemingly waiting for the order to move.

The general raised his eyes worriedly and said, "You two go to support Shi Wushuang." ”

The car was startled and said, "General, then you ......"

The general said: "Obey orders!"

"Yes!"

Although the two were very worried, they did not dare to resist the order, and turned into light and rose into the sky.

Ye Xuan was surprised: "Is the general going to deal with me personally?"

The general looked at the flying Tushi Tianfeng in his hand and said, "If the 'horse' and 'cannon' are not killed, and you don't have this mysterious weapon in your hand, the seven of us will form a formation, and you will not be able to pass." ”

Ye Xuan smiled and said, "This hypothesis requires too many conditions, and blindly thinking about ** is not what a general should do." ”

The general said: "I know that the situation cannot be reversed, so I put the crucial battle on myself." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes flashed. The streamer on his body seems to be more agile.

The golden aura was monstrous, and a domineering power shook out.

Ye Xuan said: "You mean, only if you defeat me, the overall situation will be decided?"

The general clenched his fists and said in a condensed voice: "Exactly! As long as the three of you break one of them, the overall situation can be decided!"

"Glaucombfist!"

A terrifying light burst out from him, turning into a blue light in front of him, and shooting out in the air.

Ye Xuan's body flashed, and he retreated dozens of feet away, and as soon as his body stabilized, he felt a fist behind him fall.

"So fast!"

He was slightly shocked in his heart, this speed was almost not lower than that of the wind chasing cannon. I didn't think twice about it at the moment, and I directly stretched out my hand and grabbed it!

"Bang!"

The general's fist slammed into his palm, and a sharp pain came up, although he had an immortal golden body and five physical bodies, he still felt that the bones in his arm burst a lot.

"What?!"

The general was horrified, unable to believe that the other party could take his punch like this.

"Come again!"

"Chaos King Fist!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The shadow of the fist in the sky, and the countless figures whose air was blasted, the fists fell like meteors, but they were all golden.

In that punch, not only was the energy exploding, but the surrounding space was suppressed, and it was impossible to escape.

Ye Xuan's heart was shocked, that kind of fist was domineering and wild, and it was extremely fierce, but it was flexible in the middle, and the surrounding aura was rotated, and it was continuously incorporated into that fist.

Where did he dare to take it with his bare hands, and when he turned around, he stood with his sword, and suddenly countless sword lines surged on the sword body, flew into the air and flashed, turning into a sword enchantment!

"Bang bang bang!"

The countless fist shadows landed on the enchantment, like a crumpled pool of water rippling clear waves.

"Good block!"

The general shouted, the momentum on his body suddenly increased, and the power of his fist doubled!

"What?!"

Ye Xuan was shocked, the enchantment was suddenly broken, and the shadow of the fist in the sky smashed down, constantly bombarding the sword, and the body!

"Bang!"

Ye Xuan was punched a few times, and his qi and blood surged up his throat, spurting out a mouthful of blood and flying out.

"What happened just now?...... that power" Ye Xuan was shocked in his heart, and before his body could stabilize, he felt the power of the mountain rushing into the air.

"Jian Gang!"

He shouted angrily, and slammed the trick on the cold sword frost with one hand, and in an instant, a brilliant light shot out, slashing towards the coercion!

"Boom!"

That coercion was immediately stopped, and Ye Xuan seized the time to stand up and come back to his senses.

"Good sword!"

The general praised: "You have a sword, and this general has it too!"

A golden light shot out from his hand, and in an instant, it condensed into a yellow-orange-orange golden sword.

"This is the sword of the king, you will not be dirty!"

Halos of light emanated from the golden sword, and rows of formations suddenly appeared on it, and the surrounding spiritual energy poured in violently, and it was absorbed in an instant!

"Wang Jian slashes power!"

A vast golden ray fell, and all the inhaled aura seemed to be poured out at once, turning into a terrifying sword gang and rushing towards Ye Xuan!

"It's just a power bully, is this also called a sword?"

Ye Xuan's face turned cold, his eyes were like a deep pool of water, and the whole person became extremely "quiet" all of a sudden.

"A true sword is a breathing, living, and soulful being, and it is not just absorbing and swallowing power. ”

His body became bright and motionless, but countless sword talismans poured out of his body, flying all over the sky.

"Keep your eyes open and look at it, if you are also the sword of the king, then I can only call it the sword of the gods!"

Ye Xuan's pupils shrank suddenly, and the sword talisman in the sky condensed, and all of them flew into the cold sword frost, and the sword qi exploded, and the terrifying power of the rules was like a surging wave, rolling towards him!

(End of chapter)