This Shark Beast Emperor was not unjust at all, after all, he actually dared to ignore Fan Ping'an's attack and use most of the power of heaven and earth to fight against Kao's sword qi, in this way, it is equivalent to almost no defense against Fan Ping'an's attack, and it is normal to be killed by Fan Ping'an's blow.

Although Fan Ping'an didn't use the subtle ability on the Shark Beast Emperor, the spiral cone was also an ordinary attack level, but with Fan Ping'an's current strength, ordinary attacks were a few points stronger than the full force of other Martial Emperors.

Fan Ping'an's attack was okay, because it was small, it had disappeared after killing the Shark Beast Emperor, but the Five Elements Sword Qi of the Kao King was different, and after shattering the Shark Martial Emperor into ten thousand pieces, he continued to attack towards the Shark Martial Emperor's army.

I saw that the colorful sword qi was passing through, and all the sea beasts died unexpectedly, and all of a sudden, this army of ghosts cried wolf howls, screaming again and again, and a large number of sea beasts were divided into two by the invincible sword qi, or even more cuts, crackling and falling into the sea, directly turning the sea into a sea of blood.

"This land is too dangerous, let's go back to the sea."

The sea beasts were frightened and fled back to the sea, they didn't expect that as soon as they came out of the sea, their beast emperor who was so powerful that he was 'invincible in the world' actually died, and even they suffered heavy casualties, leaving a deep shadow on the land.

Fan Ping'an and Kao didn't pay attention to it so much, if it was normal, Fan Ping'an would still worry about the problem of the sea beast coming ashore, but now, he just wants to defeat this Kao, and then control her and save his wife.

Kao didn't care, she just wanted to subdue Fan Ping'an now, in fact, the battle with Fan Ping'an reminded her of the battle with Zu Long, at that time, the two of them met as old enemies, and they also fought, but no one could help anyone, but they had feelings, which led to the later events.

Of course, it is impossible for Kao to have any feelings with Fan Ping'an, she is just nostalgic for this feeling, coupled with the fighting spirit of the warrior, she is also more and more excited, and she never thought of threatening Fan Ping'an with Lin Xilin and them!

The two fought all the way, but they never knew the winner, in fact, Fan Ping'an had just become the Martial Emperor, although he was in retreat, but after all, he still lacked the combat experience of the Martial Emperor, and now there is Kao as the enemy, his strength is steadily improving, but Kao is not inferior, although she knew Fan Ping'an's exercises at the beginning, but after all, she has not really fought against each other, but at this moment she is gradually familiar with Fan Ping'an's characteristics, and the two sides are still comparable.

Before they knew it, the sun had set, the moon was hanging high, and the two of them had once again hit the land from the sea, and they had passed a city.

"I'm invincible!"

In this city, a reincarnated god has just broken through to Emperor Wu, shouting excitedly, countless adoring eyes around him, and countless women looking at this person with admiration, as if looking at a god, willing to sacrifice everything he has.

This reincarnated god really felt that he was a god now, after all, he had broken through the Martial Emperor, but only a minute later, this city was destroyed by the aftermath of Fan Ping'an and Kao, and even the 'invincible in the world' reincarnated god was almost alive, he looked at the city that had become a ruin, and almost cried.

"How can it be so strong, how can there be such a strong existence on Earth?"

The reincarnated gods are almost collapsing, everyone is a martial emperor, why is there such a big gap, and he can't even take a single move from them?

Not to mention that the reincarnated deity was almost in a state of mind collapsed, Fan Ping'an and Kao fought all the way, first from the land to the ocean, and then from the sea to the land, and then several transformations, fighting for a day and a night, and the place it passed can be described as like a tornado transiting, destroying all the way, leaving behind huge spirals, and cracks that I don't know how deep.

This undoubtedly shocked countless monsters and survivors, and let those existences who had just broken through the emperor level know that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky, and they don't dare to be so proud anymore, they are all honest, of course, many of them don't even have the opportunity to be honest.

It was on this day that Fan Ping'an and the appearance of a skeleton were firmly remembered by many people, and they were regarded as objects that must not be offended.

"Fan Ping'an, don't you still admit defeat? All your strength comes from your true qi and your own spiritual power, and if you use it all the time, how much do you have left? And I'm different, I just control the power of heaven and earth with my own strength, and the consumption is much smaller than yours, you should be running out of oil by now, right? ”

Rays of light appeared from Kao's multicolored light mask and struck towards Fan Ping'an, laughing at the same time.

"It's better to be careful of yourself, with my strength, it's not a problem to fight for another three days and three nights, but I think, Kao, you won't live that long."

Fan Ping'an snorted coldly, not the slightest panic, but full of confidence, in fact, after such a long battle, his consumption is indeed very great, but with the bronze scale, he sacrificed the soul of a martial emperor, and the consumption is basically not a big problem, to be honest, the more he fights, the more confident he becomes.

"Who wouldn't say big things? Descendant of the Underworld, it's enough to fight here, it's time for you to lose, I'm still waiting for your choice, don't let me down. ”

Kao changed her mind, she had a feeling as if she was competing with the ancestral dragon, although she was more nostalgic at the time, and even addicted, but now she feels extremely hateful, because the ancestral dragon betrayed her, so, she doesn't plan to continue, the cicada wing sword waved, and the colorful spars were generated out of thin air, and gradually merged into the colorful light mask.

This colorful crystal is the embodiment of the power of heaven and earth, a bit like the spirit stone in the cultivation of immortals, but it is not a natural formation, but Kao uses the exercises to accumulate constantly, and over time, the number is extremely large, and when it comes to the critical time, it can be taken out and used, greatly increasing the power of the move, and at the same time, it can also be used to make a terrifying move.

As soon as Fan Ping'an saw the appearance of this multicolored spar, he felt bad, and the six Fan Ping'an frantically attacked the multicolored light mask at the same time, but this time, even if there was no Kao interception, he still couldn't break the five-element light mask, Fan Ping'an saw this, and knew that when it was a critical time, he directly restored all the five clones to true qi and condensed it on his right hand, and his right hand began to condense the mental qi, making the whole hand begin to become pitch black.

Kao glanced at it and didn't take it to heart, on the one hand, he had absolute confidence in himself - in martial arts, except for Zulong, she had never served anyone, even if it was Zulong, the two sides were not divided between winners and losers back then.

On the other hand, Fan Ping'an has just become Emperor Wu for a few days, and he is taking the road of man conquering the sky, he can't use all the original god-level moves, he must create them himself, how can he have that time, so he won't have any powerful special skills! Besides, Fan Ping'an's strength is weakened to such an extent now, even if he has any nirvana, how can he use it?

This is the reason why Fan Ping'an has always only used spiral cone attacks, it's not that he doesn't want to use more moves, it's that there are no moves available! Even if that move sends out a spiral cone from top to bottom, it is just an enhanced version of the original move.

"Five Elements Crystals, Five Elements of Space, Five Elements of Magnetic Fields!"

Martial arts have reached the stage of Emperor Wu, and they are no different from spells, with the full fusion of colorful crystals, the light mask of the five elements directly evolved into a five-element space, and a huge magnetic field was generated, pulling Fan Ping'an inside.

Once Fan Ping'an is pulled into the Five Elements Space, then Fan Ping'an's life and death will be completely controlled by Kao, because this Five Elements Space is completely controlled by her.

The power of the Five Elements Magnetic Field was extremely terrifying, even Fan Ping'an couldn't resist it, and he was pulled towards the magnetic field all of a sudden, but Fan Ping'an didn't intend to resist, he just stretched out a finger towards the Five Elements Space.

That's right, a finger, a pitch-black finger, originally, Fan Ping'an is entire palm is black, but now, the rest of the palm is not black, only the fingers are blacker than the original, black as if the blackest existence between heaven and earth, at the same time, the surroundings suddenly became cold, the wind gusted, the ghost cried wolf, as if falling into hell.

And behind Fan Ping'an, an imperial phantom that seemed to represent death slowly emerged, and suddenly merged into Fan Ping'an's finger, making Fan Ping'an's finger a finger that could determine life and death!

As soon as life and death are designated, it is the god-level move of the immortal god trick - the finger of the god of the underworld!

"How is that possible? Fan Ping'an, how can you use the Immortal God Finger? ”

Kao looked incredible, although she died in ancient times, but because she was the carrier of resentment, she knew a lot of information about later generations, and she knew a lot about the god of Hades, the most powerful martial god after the ancestral dragon, and she knew a lot about what the god of Hades was.

But Kao knows better the conditions for the use of the Hades Finger, this Hades Finger is actually connected to hell with a large amount of the power of the Nine Shades, and then pulls the origin power of the hell to determine life and death, but Fan Ping'an cultivator is determined to win the sky, he can't pull the power of the Nine Shades at all, and before, he did not have the power of the Nine Shadows, how could he use this finger?

Not only that, Kao clearly felt that this finger was stronger than the legendary one, even though her Five Elements Space began to tremble in front of this finger.

Of course, Fan Ping'an can cast the Hades Finger, this trick he used when he was in the Valley of the Fallen Gods, so he can, and the reason why he can use it now is naturally because of the Nine Yin Lotus!

The Nine Shades Yin Lotus is the treasure that Fan Ping'an obtained, it automatically connects to hell, and absorbs the power of the Nine Shades to become the water of the Nine Shades, and the dilemma of Fan Ping'an's casting of the Finger of the Underworld is that the power of the Nine Shades is not enough, so as long as the water of the Nine Shades is used to open the gate of hell, this defect can be compensated.

Then it has nothing to do with the power of the Nine Shadows, mainly relying on Fan Ping'an's own will to communicate with the will of hell and obtain the power of the will of hell.

Fan Ping'an is a descendant of the god of the underworld, even if the cultivation method has changed a little, but the essence has not changed, so he can still obtain the power of the will of hell, and even more, because his mind qi has his own will, in this way, he can get more power of hell.

To put it simply, the power of hell is a lake of water, and the normal descendant of the god of the underworld is to use the big hand formed by the true qi to extract a little water after communicating the will of hell, at this time, it is impossible to use the power of heaven and earth, only look at one's own true qi, and Fan Ping'an's mind qi is much stronger than those true qi, and has his own consciousness, knows how to take more water, and the power is naturally greater.

Therefore, Fan Ping'an's version of the Hades is even more powerful than the original Hades God, this is Fan Ping'an's research and nirvana, I am not sure, how dare he come to Kao?

Kao, who is as famous as Ancestral Dragon, VS the strongest martial god after Ancestral Dragon, the god-level moves of the two collided fiercely in the void, but the winner was separated in an instant.

Under one finger, not only people will die, but even the Five Elements Space will die, and it will die quickly, however, the pitch-black color on Fan Ping'an's fingers has also disappeared, which means that Fan Ping'an's Hades One Finger power has also been exhausted.

The end is the same end!

"What a god of the underworld, what a descendant of the god of the underworld!"

Seeing this, Kao snorted, but she didn't have any thoughts of relief, because she didn't think that she would lose at all, but she didn't expect that it would be the same end, this god of the underworld is really extraordinary, and the same is true of the descendants of the god of the underworld, even in ancient times, they can compete with the ancestral dragon!

"It seems that we will continue to fight, but the winner must be me!"

Kao was about to distance herself to continue the battle, and suddenly found that the void around her was actually imprisoned, completely unable to move, she was very shocked, this Fan Ping'an could actually use the destruction power of the five elements space to form a void imprisonment when he cast the finger of the god of the underworld, this person's will is really terrifying!

A normal person would never be able to do such a thing, after all, it takes a lot of energy to finger the god of the underworld!

Although shocked, Kao looked at Fan Ping'an, who was grabbing him, and didn't worry much, as I said before, it takes a lot of energy to use the Finger of the Pluto, Fan Ping'an's true qi should be empty now, and his blood is boiling, and he can't use any powerful moves.

More importantly, is Kao a general? How could she be slaughtered like this?

"Fan Ping'an, you have some ability to let me use this ability."

Hearing Kao snort coldly, her body suddenly became empty, and now, not to mention that Fan Ping'an couldn't catch her, and even the void couldn't imprison her, she was about to flee.

This power is divinity!

Those reincarnated gods will get some divine power after becoming Emperor Wu, in fact, Kao is no exception, she had a certain amount of divine power after the destruction of the martial world, but after entering the earth, she was beaten back to her original form, but this divinity still remains in her body, forming Kao's special ability, just like she can control some divine texts, with this divinity, no one can hurt her.

Of course, it was a bit unfair to use divinity at such a time, but Kao didn't care at all, she cared about victory or defeat.

However, at this moment, Fan Ping'an's hand suddenly accelerated, and grabbed Kao's neck at once, Kao sneered, but the smile on the skeleton's face immediately froze, because Fan Ping'an accurately grabbed her neck, or bones, and grasped it firmly!

A smile finally appeared on Fan Ping'an's face, a slightly hideous smile: "Kao, I finally caught you, hahaha!" ”

Fan Ping'an laughed, very loudly, very happily, after talking to Linda on the phone and knowing that they were turned into mutant monsters, Fan Ping'an laughed so happily and excitedly for the first time, because he finally succeeded.

"Fan Ping'an, what are you laughing at, do you think you will win now? Hmph, I didn't expect you to actually wear the divine soldier on your body, so your body, or the divine soldier, can touch me and catch me, but so what? Do you dare to kill me? As soon as I die, all your wives will become mutant monsters, so why don't you let me go. ”

Kao shouted angrily, with her intelligence, she immediately analyzed why Fan Ping'an was able to catch her, and her neck was caught, and even her whole body was blocked by Fan Ping'an's thoughts, which made her feel extremely humiliated, and her emotions were obviously a little wrong, and she even used threats that she didn't plan to use before.

This is normal, in fact, Kao has a very high opinion of herself, she also has this qualification to be proud, she can be compared with Zu Longling, a woman who is equal to the top and bottom, and now she has actually lost to Fan Ping'an, the descendant of the god of the underworld, how can she not be angry?

Moreover, Kao thought that she had been defeated very unjustly, if it weren't for the fact that she didn't know that the heirs of the god of the underworld had learned the finger of the god of the underworld, she would never have failed so easily.

Of course, Kao thinks he has a trump card in his hand, so, despite his anger, he is still arrogant!

"Let you go? How could I let you go, you know, since I learned about this, I haven't slept for a long time, and I don't even dare to let myself stop, because as soon as I stop, I will think of the tragic situation of Xilin and them, so I have been cultivating desperately, and I have been desperately thinking about how to save them, and then, I finally thought of a way. ”

Fan Ping'an grabbed Kao's neck and put her head in front of him, so that she could see her blood-colored eyes clearly, and said with an extremely hideous face: "In order to achieve my goal, I have been acting with you, checking Lin Xiruo is acting, but the grief and indignation are not acting, it is true, and hearing the truth, the shock is not acting, but, hesitating, it is half real, half acting." ”

"I'm really hesitating, if it really becomes a must-choose, how do I choose? If I fail this time, then I can only choose, so it can be considered real, but I am also acting for you, and the purpose of everything is to let you fight me. ”

"Only by letting you fight with me can I have a chance to catch you, only by catching you, can I turn the tables and protect my wife, you have indeed calculated me, but do you think I can really eat me, can I really force me to make any choice? What do you think you are, who do you think I am, I am Fan Ping'an, not Fan Ping'an, the heir of the god of the underworld, not Fan Ping'an, the savior, I am Fan Ping'an, who protects my family! ”

"Kao, you're finished, I said, I will definitely make you pay, no one can hurt my relatives, no one!"

Fan Ping'an's face was so hideous and distorted at this moment that he was completely angry and angry after learning about this situation - don't look at it on the surface, it's only one day, but in the extreme acceleration, Fan Ping'an has passed many months!

Even Kao was taken aback by the current Fan Ping'an, but more of it was angry, because she had been calculated, this guy was deliberately hesitant to let herself choose to go head-to-head, and she was using her feelings, so she also roared.

"Fan Ping'an who guards his family? I don't know what to say, I see how you guard, don't you want to protect your family? I'll turn Liu Yun into a mutant monster now, Fan Ping'an, do you think you can make me surrender if you catch me? Dreaming, I, Kao, have never been afraid of death from ancient times to the present! Besides, I don't need to be afraid of you at this time! ”

After all, Kao is a strange woman in ancient times, how can she be so easy to submit? Not only did he not give in, but planned to let Liu Yun turn into a mutated monster to threaten Fan Ping'an, but Fan Ping'an did not panic, but laughed hideously: "If you can do it, you can do it?" Kao, do you really think I'm not completely sure I'll do it? ”

Kao was stunned when she heard this, and then really turned her mind and turned Liu Yun into a mutated monster, but she found that her thoughts couldn't turn at all, obviously she wanted to give this order, but for some reason, she just couldn't give the order.

How to say it.,It's like a computer.,It's chatting.,It's obviously pressed the send button.,But it can't be sent.,And it's not the kind of network drop.,It's a problem with the program itself.,Can't send it.。

Kao thought of something and exclaimed, "Fan Ping'an, what have you done to me?" ”

"What to do to you? Kao, you were originally my slave, and I am now turning you back into my slave. ”

Fan Ping'an laughed: "If you want to save my wives, the only way is not to give in to you, nor to make any bullshit choices, even if I really choose to destroy the world, will a resentful woman like you be willing to see me and my wives live happily ever after?" Of course you won't, you'll be jealous, you'll be envious, you'll destroy us, so, it's never a way to live, the two you give are dead ends. ”

"Only my own path is the real way of life, I, Fan Ping'an, as a martial artist, can only be led by your nose? I'm going to reverse all of this now, Kao, and be my corpse again, and when I control you, I'll naturally save Xilin and them! ”

While Fan Ping'an was speaking, a vague line of contract that no one saw was connecting Fan Ping'an and Kao, and it was constantly becoming solidified, it was their former corpse contract.

At that time, because Kao's strength was much stronger than Fan Ping'an, this corpse contract was forcibly broken by Kao, but this was a contract made in the name of the god of the underworld, as long as the god of the underworld did not die, this contract would always exist, and even the god of flowers could not be completely broken, unless, she became a god herself, but unfortunately, although she is very special, she is not a god yet.

And Fan Ping'an wants to catch the Kao in every possible way, that is, to re-enter into this corpse contract, with his current strength, he can already suppress the Kao, once the re-establishment is successful, then, Fan Ping'an can completely control the Kao, and when the time comes, she can do whatever she wants, in this way, it is also possible to turn Liu Yun and them back into normal people.

This was Fan Ping'an's plan, and he admitted that he did underestimate Kao's strength, but now everything is going well, of course, before he really controls it, the matter is not over.

"You want to regain control of me? Fan Ping'an, who do you think you are, can you make a god a corpse? Not even the gods of the underworld, let alone you? The source of resentment, give me strength! ”

Kao was stunned for Fan Ping'an's plan for a moment, and then roared angrily, and at the same time, she began to pull the power of the source of resentment, wanting to compete with the power of the god of the underworld, so that she would not be enslaved again.

The origin of resentment is not on the earth, but in the shattered martial world, but Kao, as the embodiment of resentment, can pull this resentment source to a certain extent, of course, what she can do is limited, otherwise, she would have promoted the catastrophe, however, using the power of resentment, she can make Fan Ping'an return in vain, so that she will not become a corpse again.

Sure enough, the line of the contract that had been gradually solidifying began to blur again under the erosion of Kao's resentment.

"Bronze scale, sacrifice the soul of Emperor Wu to me, before I control the Kao, sacrifice to me no matter how much you sacrifice, don't save me money! For the sake of my wife, I will spend as much as I want! ”

Fan Ping'an had already expected this situation, and said coldly, the bronze scale immediately agreed, and then began to sacrifice the soul of the Martial Emperor level.

Fan Ping'an had already killed a lot of Martial Emperors, although some of them were refined into corpses, but they also collected a lot of stones that turned into souls, and all of them were sacrificed at this moment, even the resentment could not resist this force, and the line of the contract became condensed again, after all, no matter how strong the resentment was, it was far away, and Fan Ping'an's Martial Emperor's soul was real.

"Is it the power of a divine soldier?"

Kao's complexion changed, she naturally couldn't let herself become a corpse, and tried her best to control her grievances, but she still couldn't stop Fan Ping'an, who was ready to go bankrupt this time, the line of the contract was gradually consolidating, and soon, it became as real as it was, in this way, only the last step was missing, and everything was successful.

This last step is that the line of the contract is turned into two runes that are submerged into the eyebrows of Fan Ping'an and Kao respectively, in this way, the contract is established, and Fan Ping'an will get the corpse of Kao again, and at that time, everything will not be a problem.

Fan Ping'an was suddenly excited, but seeing that victory was imminent, the last step somehow could not be completed, no matter how much Fan Ping'an sacrificed his soul, it was the same, he was stuck in the last step - just like the movie was stuck at ninety-nine percent.

"How so?"

Fan Ping'an was shocked and angry, and at this time, Kao, who had been acting very scared, suddenly laughed, and was indescribably proud: "Fan Ping'an, aren't you capable?" Aren't you able to lie to me, you can defeat me? Why can't you turn me into a corpse now? Hahaha, you're changing, aren't you very capable, you change it for me now! ”

Fan Ping'an raised his head violently, staring at Kao with red eyes, and said angrily: "Are you kidding me? ”

"What's wrong with you? Do you think you're the only one who can deceive? Me too! ”

Kao said without showing weakness: "Your plan is indeed good, you are indeed completely beyond my expectations, worthy of being a man who can be compared with Zulong, I do underestimate you, but you also underestimate me, hahaha, your plan is doomed to fail from beginning to end, doomed to fail, so, even if you perform well, it is useless, because this plan will not work at all." ”

Fan Ping'an gritted his teeth and asked, "Why?" ”

"Because I am God!"

Kao said: "Even if I am not a god now, but in the martial world, in fact, I have become half a god, so I can use the divine text, in order to destroy the earth as soon as possible, I entered the earth in advance, the price is to lose the original divine power, only the power of life, originally, I will sleep on the earth until I become a god and then wake up, which will be much earlier than waiting outside, because I can't wait to see the ancestral dragon and want to kill him!" ”

In the end, Kao looked at Fan Ping'an mockingly, and said: "I tell you this to tell you that I not only have divinity in me, but I also have the origin of God, so it is impossible for you to turn me into a corpse, just like the god of the underworld, it is impossible to turn a god into a corpse, and it is impossible for a god to be enslaved by man!" ”

Fan Ping'an shouted in disbelief: "This is impossible, weren't you enslaved by me in the first place?" ”

"I didn't wake up at that time, and besides, I didn't activate my divine origin, but now that I'm awake, and after repeated tribulations, my strength has improved rapidly, and my divine origin is complete, so, Fan Ping'an, you are doing a useless thing from beginning to end."

Kao laughed very proudly: "You, now you should kneel down and ask for my forgiveness, in this way, I still have a chance to let you and your wife go, otherwise, you can kill me like the ancestral dragon, but in that case, your wives will definitely become mutant monsters, and resentment will also spread in them, choose one of them to become a new incarnation, then, I don't know if you will kill her?" Hahaha! ”

Kao is not afraid of death, she wants to know more about how Fan Ping'an will struggle and how to choose, she is a resentful woman and a madman.

However, contrary to Kao's expectations, Fan Ping'an did not despair, he suddenly became very calm, and shouted towards the sky: "I will handle people's affairs, I have tried my best, but I can't handle God's affairs, if you want to come, I believe that you may have calculations, but you will never be behind the scenes, and you will never watch my wife become a mutant monster, although it is my wife, not your wife, maybe you will be more jealous." ”

"Who are you talking to, what are you talking about? Are you crazy too? ”

Kao looked at Fan Ping'an inexplicably, Fan Ping'an glanced at her and said, "Don't you want to know how I will choose?" I'll tell you the answer now, and you'll see it carefully. ”

"What answer?"

Kao was puzzled, and at this moment, Fan Ping'an's head lit up with an aura, and that aura flew directly into the line of contract, and the line of contract quickly evolved and began to turn into runes.

"How is that possible? That's the power of the Martial God? And it can shake the origin of my soul? ”

Kao looked incredulous, at this time, she saw a phantom next to Fan Ping'an, a phantom that was exactly the same as Fan Ping'an, but this phantom was extremely evil and cruel compared to the sunny and righteous Fan Ping'an, and at the same time, this phantom was wearing a black, no, robe composed of black gas, and this black gas, Kao was very familiar.

Because that's resentment, Kao himself is the embodiment of resentment, of course she is familiar with it, she can sense that every bit of the black gas is a soul, a wailing, scolding, roaring resentful soul, these so many souls form a black robe, how many people have been killed, how much resentment has been condensed?

"This man, like me, is burdened with the resentment of the whole world, and he ...... Hey, Fan Ping'an...... I understand, this is his answer, so it is, so it is, Fan Ping'an, you really didn't disappoint me! ”

In Kao's muttering, the runes flew into the eyebrows of the two, and she once again became Fan Ping'an's corpse!

(End of chapter)