Chapter 819: When You Are Strong, You Are Strong!
The battle has reached this point, and the most dangerous thing is not elsewhere, but Fang Ping's side.
Once Ji Yao turned his face, Fang Ping would be in danger.
But at this time, Fang Ping didn't do nothing.
Fang Ping secretly communicated with the major powerhouses, including Feng Que, and Fang Ping was also guiding.
The battle continues!
Several strong people under the command of the true king are constantly falling, some are unwilling, some are resentful, and some are numb!
Numb!
Some of the strong people under the command of the True King are really numb.
Kill!
No matter who it is today, it cannot be trusted, only kill!
Fang Ping looked at it for a while, and then suddenly said, "Ji Yao, that Origin Dao fist powerhouse, how about giving it to me to try?"
"Huh?"
Ji Yao's face changed!
Shinto powerhouse!
Fang Ping is going to fight with a Shinto powerhouse, does this guy even have a grasp of dealing with a Shinto powerhouse now?
Ji Yao's eyes flickered, and she said lightly: "You can try!"
Here, Ji Nan killed a person, and when he heard this, his face changed slightly, and Ji Yao gently pressed his hand.
Let Fang Ping try!
He's injured best!
Now Fang Ping is safe and sound, but it makes her feel a sense of crisis.
Fang Ping didn't care, his body moved, and he instantly killed the front!
This time, Fang Ping had no weapons.
Basic boxing!
The golden giant fist is blasted out!
Fang Ping, who used the indestructible matter to fight, was also extremely explosive, and the other party was also a strong man with his fists, his face was full of grief and indignation at this moment, and he roared angrily when he saw this: "What a gut!
"Annihilation!"
The other party shouted, the power of his energy, in Fang Ping's opinion, was originally about 120,000 calories, but the explosiveness was not weak, I am afraid it could reach 8 percent.
Nearly 100,000 calories of explosiveness!
Such a strong person is not too weak among the nine products.
But at this time, the other party broke out and became stronger!
The surrounding energy was quickly absorbed by the other party, and a punch was blasted out, although it failed to break through the space, it also caused spatial fluctuations.
Fang Ping smiled and said: "You use your fist, I am not a martial artist with fist, but look at your fist technique, it is not good!
"Invincible Fist!"
Fang Pingna also roared, roared casually, Lu Fengrou seemed to have this tactic, but he hadn't learned it, as long as the momentum went up.
Fang Ping's fists swelled up instantly, and his fists slammed out in turn.
Stepping into the air, at this moment, Fang Ping suddenly ceased to be in the sky, standing empty!
Stand on the pile!
There is a slight difference between the sky and the sky, the sky is strong, like floating, and the air warrior is a little down-to-earth.
Fang Ping stepped on mid-air, as if he was stepping on the ground, stepping on the air and bursting the energy.
Both quickly swung their fists and fought in close quarters.
The opponent has used his fist for many years, which is not comparable to square and flat, the shadow of the fist covers the void, and the angle is extremely tricky.
When he arrived at the Jiupin Realm, he punched at any angle.
Fang Ping fought with him in close quarters, and he couldn't ask for it.
Rumble!
In the blink of an eye, Fang Ping was actually hit in the back of his head by the other party, his feet staggered, his eyes were slightly dizzy, and blood overflowed above his mouth and nose.
Fang Ping quickly stopped his steps, opened his bow left and right, and blasted the void with both fists.
The rugged man on the other side sneered and said sharply, "You are also worthy of killing this seat?
Fang Ping is very strong!
Really strong!
He used the power of destruction, even if the exertion degree was only 50%, the power of destruction of 30 yuan was enough to shatter the space, which was comparable to the strength of 150,000 calories of qi and blood.
But Fang Ping's combat experience is average, and under the hand-to-hand combat, he bombarded the void several times, but it only affected the opponent, and did not hit the opponent head-on.
The rugged man exchanged small injuries for greater results.
Under the eruption of a few punches, Fang Pingjin's body trembled, and his flesh and blood flew sideways.
Fang Ping's face was condensed, and he didn't care about the injury.
I am an empty body, but I am not a waste.
He is progressing too fast, he knows this, his control of power is not high, and the experience of fighting with his peers is actually insufficient.
When he kills the enemy, he usually traps the other party, or the opponent who explodes with his mental power cannot move, and he explodes his ultimate, directly killing the opponent.
But today is an opportunity, this person's origin path is very short, but the power control is high, and he can injure Fang Ping, but he can't kill Fang Ping.
And the other party is a master of hand-to-hand combat, he can't kill Fang Ping, but he can grind with Fang Ping.
He hadn't fought such a fight in a long time.
Fang Ping had almost forgotten this feeling, he remembered that the first time he fought was when he was at Yunmeng Military Academy.
When you take the invincible road of Sanpin!
He had forgotten who he was fighting with, but he only remembered that time, under the battle between the two sides, he was really exhausted of qi and blood, broke through the unity of fist power, and advanced to the peak of the third grade.
"King Kong Fist"!
Fang Ping remembered that at that time, he used "King Kong Fist", the most commonly used combat method in the Sanpin High Stage.
The follow-up "Maha Fist", although the level is higher, is actually used to hurt the internal organs, and "King Kong Fist" is a fierce fist in the true sense.
Fang Ping, who was still using the basic boxing method just now, suddenly changed his tactics at this moment.
King Kong Fist!
This is a method of warfare that allows the martial artist to unite his fist power, the so-called unity of fist power, now that I think about it, it is actually to let the power be controlled, so that the warrior can burst out of his own limit.
"Prediction!"
"I seem to have forgotten how to fight in close quarters in the true sense of the word!"
"Battle prediction, to find out in advance the direction of the opponent's attack, you can avoid injury......"
Fang Ping remembered a lot of things again at this moment, remembering some of the fighting methods that Qin Fengqing had told him in the past.
That guy doesn't look at the fact that his strength has been thrown off now, but his combat talent is quite strong, and his control over strength is also very high, because of his rational use of qi, blood and energy, he rarely wastes it.
Able to avoid the opponent's attacks, he never takes hard.
If you want to defeat an opponent with strong qi and blood in the lower three grades, you must know better how to use qi and blood to save qi and blood.
Get the most out of the least of your money.
"My power control, I can't go up for a long time, even if I split my blood and blood, it's useless, I'm afraid it's just a lack of such a battle! A hearty battle in the true sense!"
"The bone marrow is like mercury, the fist is one, and the strength is concentrated in one point!"
One thought flashed in Fang Ping's mind, his face was the color of angry King Kong, the blood color on his body alternated between gold and gold, and he waved his fists, blocking, pounding, and punching straight......
Prediction!
At this moment, Fang Ping crossed his arms and protected his right shoulder.
Bang!
The opponent threw a punch and hit Fang Ping's arm, but failed to hit Fang Ping's right shoulder.
Fang Ping's eyes moved, his feet stepped into the air, twisted his body, and reflexively punched out!
Rumble!
The opponent also quickly blocked, took a few steps back, and above his arm, the flesh and blood disappeared, and the golden bones dimmed.
The rugged man's face was a lot more solemn, and he said gloomily: "It's a bit interesting, use this seat as a whetstone and hone your own combat skills!
Fang Ping chuckled: "I don't know how to use fists, but I don't think it's a big problem to kill you!"
"Then try again!"
At this moment, the rugged man has forgotten everything, he is a boxing powerhouse!
Enter the source path with your fist!
How could he be defeated by a martial artist who couldn't use his fists, even if the opponent had a golden body and seven forgings, it was only an eight-rank realm, just a martial artist who had not entered the Divine Dao.
Not to mention, the other party is very young.
......
Side.
Ji Nan and these people have already killed several other True Kings directly at this moment.
When he saw Fang Ping knocking back the opponent with a punch and blasting the opponent's arm, Ji Nan's face was ugly, gloomy as water, and he said: "This person can't stay!
Now he is actually beginning to realize his flaws and begin to hone his combat methods, combat skills, and combat awareness.
If you continue like this, you will soon become a top powerhouse in the Shinto realm!
Yao'er, once you find something special about him, kill him immediately!"
Ji Nan felt threatened!
Fang Ping's special ability is terrifying, but this guy ...... It really may not be possible to enter the Origin Dao realm!
The spirit is loose!
In the past, Fang Ping, who was invincible in the three grades, was one in his spirit and spirit, and he was invincible in the six-rank realm, and his spirit and spirit were also one, and his strength was not too scattered.
But as a result, when he reached the Eight Rank Realm, Fang Ping was already in chaos.
It's really empty!
His combat power should not be much different from Old Man Li, pure combat power, not the ability to self-detonate with mental power.
But Old Man Li killed the nine products, including the Origin Dao, as if they were cutting melons and vegetables.
Fang Ping can't!
He doesn't use his mental power to blow himself up, he doesn't have a golden house to trap the enemy, he can't even kill the weak nine pins, unless the other party is stupid and lets him bombard.
But now, Fang Ping was controlling his power.
The power of destruction of up to 60 yuan is comparable to the strength of 300,000 calories of qi and blood.
Once Fang Ping really unified his strength and made a move with a power of 60 yuan of destruction, then he would be the top nine grades, a little stronger than Zhang Weiyu and others.
But Fang Ping not only couldn't do it, but the 30 yuan destruction power under his control was actually very loose.
He consumes so much indestructible matter, and very little is really used on the blade.
Most of it was wasted by him!
And now, Fang Ping didn't know how to be stimulated, and suddenly began to find someone to hone his boxing skills, and really use his own strength to fight, as if he was in a familiar state, which was not a good thing for them.
Ji Yao's face was also gloomy, and after a while, he said, "Uncle Wang, I'm the same as him, right?"
Ji Nan was speechless.
"I'm the same, isn't it? Although I quickly reached the Venerable Realm, does Yao'er really have the fighting means and abilities of the Venerable Realm? There is no Wang Zu's clone, there is no ninth-level divine soldier, and there is no large amount of Fountain of Life to restore me...... Uncle Wang, can I survive 10 moves against those Hundred Battle Venerables in the Land of Resurrection?"
"You're not ......"
Ji Yao sighed lightly: "He's not the same! He seems to have found his flaws now, and he is making up for it, and I should do the same." After returning to the royal court this time, Yao'er ...... I want to go to the border, and the border city of the Ten Thousand Demon King Court, and join the border army!"
"Yao'er ......"
Ji Nan's face was complicated, this ...... This was the choice of some of the male lords of the year.
Li Zhu!
Li Zhu started from the frontier, and in that year, Li Zhu joined the army on the border between Tianzhi and the Heavenly Mandate Royal Court and became a member of the border.
At that time, the two royal courts were still at war.
Li Zhu continued to fight on the border, and the gods of the left and right rose on the frontier, and also recruited a group of real strong men in a hundred battles to form the current Tianzhi Army.
Before this, the Tianzhi Army was not this one.
Does Ji Yao also want to take this path?
Ji Yao didn't think about it so much, she just felt that she needed to find a place, find a place where no one knew her, and hone herself.
She didn't want to go to war with the Land of Resurrection, where it was all about life and death, and there were very few fair battles.
and Tianzhi Royal Court, now that the two sides are in truce, it is rare to make a move.
But the demon clan of the Ten Thousand Demon King Court is really unruly and has repeatedly violated the world.
The demon clan also has an army!
The army composed of the demon clan is also extremely powerful.
There, maybe you can have a good fight, and no demon clan cares if she is a descendant of the true king.
Ji Yao wanted to think about it, but she quickly recovered to her original state, looked at Fang Ping, her eyes flickered, and she said, "Uncle Wang...... You say, is it good or bad to keep him?
Will his existence really affect the entire Shenlu in the future?"
Ji Nan frowned, what does Ji Yao mean?
Without waiting for him to speak, Ji Yao took a deep breath and said, "Let's take a look again! Don't participate, let him fight, this palace also wants to see if the genius of the resurrection land is really a genius, or is it just a special ability that is so difficult!"
......
Bang!
Fang Ping's left arm trembled, and a strong force was stepped into the void by his body trembling, and the void burst.
"Unloading ......"
At this moment, Fang Ping seemed to have returned to the time when he was standing on the pile, when he was not a martial artist, standing at home, and his sister pushed himself, shaking but not falling.
Tumbler!
Standing pile triple heaven, standing solid, standing firm, standing empty.
People can't push down, attack and unload.
"Walking like a cat, light as a ......"
Fang Ping recalled the pile skills he had learned back then, and his feet moved, like a cat, and suddenly circled around the rugged man.
Punch hard, close punch quickly.
Rumble!
Fang Ping's fist was like thunder, a punch blasted out, and the rough man who hit took a step back, this side had not yet stood firm, and Fang Ping's feet on that side moved, like a cat leaping, and appeared behind the other party in the blink of an eye.
Another punch!
The rugged man's face changed slightly, and he also turned around and punched, heading straight to Fang Ping's head.
Fang Ping's feet were rooted, trembling slightly, his head was slightly deviated, as if stained with oil, and the opponent's iron fist slashed his head, leaving a blood mark, but it failed to hit Fang Ping's head.
And Fang Ping's fist had already been punched, and a punch hit the opponent's elbow, fast and fierce.
Click!
This popping sound was extremely clear, and the flesh and blood on the rugged man's arm disappeared instantly, and the golden bone exploded directly.
Implosion!
Cohesion!
The rugged man took a step back again, his face turned ugly!
Myself...... Hurt!
He entered the Tao with his fist, and when he attacked and killed the opponent, he was actually avoided, no, he was unloaded.
And the other party gathered a little and blasted his left arm with a punch.
"This seat is a Shinto powerhouse......"
"It's boxing! Everything can be broken!"
At this moment, the rugged man suddenly wavered a little.
Why?
He's not as good as me!
He is only in the Venerable realm, and the other party is not even a strong man with fists, but a layman actually defeated him with fists, which is impossible!
"Am I wrong?"
"My fist, just the fist of the weak?"
β......β
The rugged man's face turned red, and the strength in his body suddenly declined.
And Fang Ping stopped and looked at him deeply, the origin of the Dao, unshakable!
The avenue is unstoppable!
Since he is gone, don't look back, don't question his own avenue, the rugged man has a firm faith, but he has also been shaken because of whether he uses divine weapons, which means that he is not as firm as he imagined.
Now, the left arm that was beaten by Fang Ping's bare hands burst, and at this moment, the man was shaken again.
The power of the amplification seems to be starting to decline.
"Do you want to continue?"
Fang Ping stopped his attack and said with a smile: "Your fist is not hard enough! Your fist is not fierce enough! Relying on this kind of fist technique, if you want to go to the sky and reach the top of the true king, you are a fool and a dream!"
The rugged man didn't want to believe it, his eyes were blood-red and he said, "You and I will fight again!"
"Enough!"
At this moment, Ji Yao took a deep look at Fang Ping, and said coldly: "Have you had enough, right?" Fang Ping, don't forget your identity, you're just a captive! Come on, kill him, it's time to end!"
It's not to kill Fang Ping, but to kill that rough man.
Fang Ping seemed to be testing something, testing something, and honing himself.
Ji Yao felt that there was no need to give Fang Ping such a chance again.
As soon as these words came out, Ji Nan suddenly killed and went straight to the man.
Fang Ping glanced at the others, he seemed to be smiling, and if he didn't do anything, did he really want to die?
"My people are coming. β
Fang Ping suddenly said, at this moment, the battlefield in front of him was less than 50 miles away from here.
Ji Yao frowned slightly, at this moment, there were 8 people in the crowd, and they suddenly became difficult!
4 of them directly bombarded the strong people around them, while the other 4 people took off into the air at an extremely fast speed and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
And Fang Ping ...... This moment also moved!
Fang Ping's footsteps were in the air, the speed was fast, and he went straight to Ji Yao.
"You dare!"
Ji Yao shouted violently and hurriedly retreated!
"I've taken you...... I won't kill you!"
Fang Ping chuckled, as light as a wild goose, and appeared beside Ji Yao in the blink of an eye.
Beside her, a Origin Dao powerhouse slashed at Fang Ping with a knife when he saw this.
Fang Ping slapped the blade with one palm, the blade trembled, the metal trembled all over the world, extremely piercing, golden blood quickly oozing out of Ji Yao's ears, and the phoenix finch under the seat was also instigated by wings, and there was a tendency to fall.
Fang Ping's movements were still extremely fast, and he said with a smile: "Thank you, thank you for giving me the opportunity to comprehend, what is a real battle......! That's all there is to the Origin Dao!"
Power amplification?
Speaking of which, it's still power!
The golden body is forged seven times, and the strength is no worse than any nine grades.
Most of these powerhouses under Ji Yao's command had just stepped into the Golden Body Six Forging and had been promoted.
Qi and blood are comparable to 90,000 calories of human beings, and even if they step into the Origin Dao, their own energy is comparable to about 120,000 calories of human beings.
The Origin Dao is not far away, no matter how much the strength increases, it will be like that.
The Shinto powerhouse holding a big knife changed his face, and the palm of the knife suddenly burst open.
I can't believe it!
Fang Ping...... It's too fast to get stronger!
"When it comes to fighting, I'm not less than you, only more than you. I don't lack courage, I don't lack fighting spirit, I don't lack foundation, I don't lack anything! The only thing I lack is that I always feel that I am weak. β
"I've seen too many strong people!"
"There are too many geniuses!"
"I've always felt that I'm weak, really weak, in their eyes, I'm not worth mentioning, I'm not as good as them in terms of combat power, my tactics are not as good as theirs, and my experience is not as good as theirs...... That's why I have to raise my level. β
"But who are they?"
"The warrior king with unparalleled combat power, the immortal sword of the unity of ten thousand ways, the snake king who endured for ten years in order to avenge his blood......"
"They are all the pride of this era! The realm is higher than mine, the experience is stronger than mine, and of course they can surpass me. But how many people are like this, not to mention your caves!"
"They can beat me in equal circumstances, and you deserve it too?"
β......β
Fang Ping was striding leisurely, smiling, and as he spoke, he had already slapped more than ten palms one after another, and the strong man with the knife only felt that it was difficult to escape the clutches!
Bang!
The sound of explosion rose again, and on top of the eight-grade long knife, cracks faintly appeared.
The palm of the hand has completely exploded!
Not far away, Ji Nan was about to return to help, but the rugged man was like a crazy demon, he didn't escape, but roared wildly, entangled Ji Nan, and fought bloodily!
His punch is invincible!
Fang Ping couldn't defeat him!
Ji Nan can't do it either!
"Damn! Fang Ping, you dare!"
Ji Nan roared!
He didn't expect that the others would suddenly rise up, 4 people fled, and 4 people attacked his killers.
On their side, plus him, there are only 6 nine pins.
He was killing the rugged man, the other 4 people, one against the other.
And the person who protected Ji Yao was actually defeated by Fang Ping, this Origin Dao powerhouse was actually not Fang Ping's opponent at all at this moment.
Fang Ping ignored his roar, looked at Ji Yao, who was constantly fleeing, and said with a smile: "Don't run! really, I won't kill you." It's dangerous for you to run now, you ran away, you met a few people who just escaped, and killed you, what are you going to do?
"I just don't like it when you guys are in control, this is my home turf!"
"Listen to me, not me as your captive!"
In the distance, Ji Yao's face turned pale, and he shouted angrily: "You...... Who you instigated?"
Before she revealed her intention to kill those people, why did they suddenly erupt?
Only Fang Ping can do it!
No wonder he suddenly restrained his breath before, I'm afraid it was just to secretly contact those people and instigate those people!
Fang Ping sighed: "Don't say it so ugly, it's just teaching you." Do things, don't be anticlimactic, don't start doing it without the plan is perfect. You want to kill them, didn't you mean it earlier?
Tell the people you trust, you have to kill them, and be on guard.
You don't tell them, you don't guard against them, you don't tell them until you want to kill them, do you really think everything is under your control?
Are these people you brought with you really completely subordinate to you?
Ji Yao, you are too naΓ―ve and stupid!
Do you always feel like you're in control, really in your control?"
Ji Yao snorted coldly, and said with an ugly face: "Do you think they can escape?"
As soon as these words came out, several people in the distance suddenly flew back quickly.
The next moment, the leader roared angrily: "Hurry up!
"Where to go!"
In the distance, a hearty laugh rose, and the next moment, a spear shattered the void, and a shot pierced through the space!
Bang!
A nine-rank powerhouse was directly blown up by this shot.
Fang Ping's complexion changed, and he said slowly: "The god will be the first on the list?"
The cave god will be on the list, and hundreds of people will be recorded.
The first person is from the Mandate of Heaven Royal Court!
The hall master of the Heavenly Mandate Palace of the Heavenly Mandate of the Heavenly Mandate of the Royal Court is Ji Hong, the deputy hall master, who rules everything.
The opponent's ranking is even higher than that of the right god general of the Heavenly Planting Royal Court!
"It's the old man!"
The person who came continued to laugh loudly, but before the person arrived, the voice came: "I heard that Zhang Zhenshou is about to be the real king, the old man is happy to see the hunt, Zhang Zhenshou is known as the first person under the true king of the resurrection land, and the old man is also known as the first person under the real king...... How can you not come!"
"Grandpa Phantom Feather!"
At this moment, Ji Yao was also extremely happy, no longer gloomy just now, and shouted loudly.
"Hahaha, Yao'er, you, you don't think it through, some things are not so simple!"
The next moment, a sturdy figure that shook the void appeared.
Zhang Weiyu, Chen Yaozu, Wu Chuan, Wu Kuishan...... When Li Zhen and Zhang Tao did not break through, they could fight with the old man, and a few of them ...... Not enough!"
As soon as the old man appeared, the spear was like a swimming dragon, and the 4 people who fled before, one was killed by a shot just now, and the other 3 people also roared again and again, wanting to escape, but the old man took a kilometer in one step, and the speed was so fast that it was terrifying, and he appeared behind one person in the blink of an eye, and a shot was stabbed!
Bang!
The golden body bursts, and the blood flies.
"I haven't even stepped into the Shinto realm, can I escape from the old man's hands?"
The old man was magnanimous, glanced at Fang Ping, looked at Ji Nan again, and said lightly: "Ji Nan, it is so difficult to kill a newcomer to the Divine Dao martial arts, if the Ji family wants to produce a true king again, I'm afraid I can't count on you!"
Ji Nan's face was dull, and he didn't say much, and said in a muffled voice: "I've seen the hall master!"
"Be polite, kill these waste!"
The old man's figure moved again, and the next moment, he suddenly appeared in front of another person, and a shot swept out, directly sweeping the other party into two, and the terrible scream resounded in the sky.
"The king asked the old man to take a look, but he didn't expect that there was really an accident! Young man, things are not reliable after all. β
The old man laughed again, and in a short period of time, the old man instantly killed three ninth-grade powerhouses!
The first person under the true king!
There are countless nine products in the cave, the gods will be at the top of the list, the Tianzhi Royal Court has three commanders, the Heavenly Mandate Royal Court, he alone is enough!
In the past, the two royal courts fought, and the old man overwhelmed the three strong men alone, and the left and right gods and generals all suffered big losses in the hands of the old man.
Today, Ji Yao entered the domain, Ji Hong couldn't rest assured, and let the old man accompany him, which was the invincible power at this moment.
......
At the same time.
Direction of the Magic City.
Zhang Weiyu and Chen Yaozu's faces suddenly moved, looking at the north from afar.
"Who's coming?"
"It's him! Heavenly Destiny King Court Qi Phantom Feather!"
"He's here too!"
The two glanced at each other, but Wu Chuan and Wu Kuishan were at a loss, they didn't know each other, who was it?
They mainly deal with the Tianzhi Royal Court, and they really don't know this person.
The next moment, Wu Kuishan suddenly said: "The first person on the list of gods, the king of the nine grades?"
"Yes, one and only!"
The hierarchy of the cave is strict, except for the true king and the king, no one can be called a king, and it is different from humans, and this person is the only king who is not a true king.
Strictly speaking, it is comparable to Li Zhen's status in China, the main battle!
Command the armies of the Mandate of Heaven!
At this moment, Chen Yaozu suddenly seemed to be happy and sad: "It's a pity...... It's a pity ......."
It's a pity that he is exhausted and unable to fight again.
But when such a strong man fights, he will die if he loses, and he wins...... Nine out of ten!
This is the one who has really reached the extreme of the Origin Dao, the extreme to the point that some of them can't go on, the nine grades are invincible, no one can win, and the top powerhouse who lacks a breath of qi and can't enter the realm of the true king for a long time!
It's a pity!
At this time, he was exhausted!
Zhang Weiyu's face changed for a while, and he suddenly shouted: "Fight him once! If you lose, you will die, and you will win to the top!"
Wu Kuishan scolded angrily: "Kill all these bastards first and then talk about this nonsense, can you be reliable!"
See Hunter Xinxi, is now the time?
He's going to explode!
The remaining 12 Jiupin, and now there are 8 left, and several of them are about to be disabled!
"Pig teammates!"
Wu Kuishan scolded wildly in his heart, Lao Tzu has never met a reliable teammate.