Chapter 615: Divine Fury Fire Lotus
After a night's rest, the teams of the various academies came to the competition venue again full of energy, waiting for their own battles while watching other battle teams.
And maybe because of the wonderful showdown between Team Lanba and Team Shrek yesterday, today's teams are a lot more serious, and they have also come up with some real skills to make the battle more and more intense and exciting.
In the afternoon, it was finally the turn of the Emperor Fighting Team and the Blazing Fire Team, and the members of both teams appeared together.
The Emperor Dou team is full of main fighters, especially Xue Qinghe, who is the captain, personally went down and replaced his sister Xue Ke, who had been making up the numbers before, which shows the importance he attaches to the Blazing Fire team.
And the Blazing Clan's side also replaced someone, but it was not the captain Huo Wushuang who was replaced, but another main combat member, a very strange main combat member.
And the other party is still standing at the front of the team, even the captain Huo Wushuang and the vice captain Huo Wu have given way to stand on both sides, obviously this battle is dominated by this person.
"Didn't you say you weren't allowed to mask your face during the game?"
All the spectators looked at the new member of the Blazing Flame Team with the same doubt, according to the rules of the competition, the participating team members were not allowed to cover their faces, even the original Holy Spirit Sword Saint Mask only blocked half of his face.
Now he is not just masked, his whole body is tightly wrapped, with a mask that only shows eye holes, and a hat on his head, giving people a sense of domineering and cold.
Many people looked at the main stand, and they were even more surprised to see that the big guys over there did not react.
As the organizer, I have no opinion, obviously agreed, what is the reason for the organizer to agree to break the rules like this?
"Goose!"
Staring at the masked man standing at the back of the line opposite for a while, Xue Qinghe motioned for Dugu Yan to test it with poison first.
Although the poison was restrained by the flames, Dugu Yan was not a year ago, and now he has reached the level of the Soul Emperor, and because he has refined a 100,000-year soul ring, the soul power level has increased significantly, and he can already use the 100,000-year soul technique.
Dugu Yan understood, urging a hidden 100,000-year soul ring, and a mouthful of black poisonous gas was sprayed towards the blazing clan on the opposite side.
She is a control soul master who relies on poison to achieve, this thing does not distinguish between friend and foe, even if her own team members have some defensive means, but they are not completely immune, so it is more suitable to control the field before the battle, so that the opponent has a poisoning effect to limit the play of strength.
However, in the face of the black poisonous gas that swept in, the members of the Blazing Flame Team were indifferent, only someone standing at the front raised his palm, and a purple-black strange flame appeared in his palm.
At the same time, the fingers were bent into claws, and the soul power was transformed into a powerful swallowing force.
The black poisonous gas that had originally swept over the sky was swept away and gathered by the powerful suction, and was finally swallowed by the purple-black strange flame, making the black light inside even more intense.
This scene not only shocked Dugu Yan and several members of the Emperor Dou team, but Dugu Bo on the other side of the main stand couldn't help but stand up and stare at the purple-black flames.
Although her granddaughter was unable to burst out all the soul skills of the 100,000-year soul ring due to the restriction of her soul power level, it was still a 100,000-year soul skill.
Now it was devoured by the mysterious man with a strange flame, which was definitely a perfect restraint of poison skills.
As a master of using drugs, I hate and fear this method the most.
Prince Xueyang was also very dignified, after all, Dugu Bo was the biggest hole card in their Heaven Dou Empire, and now that there was an existence that could restrain the poison skill, it would be a threat to the entire empire.
But the most shocking thing was the side of the Blue Tyrant team, Jiang Zhu stared at the person with a pair of wonderful eyes, a little unsure.
Will it be a senior?
"Is that him?"
On the other side of the Shrek team stands, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing also looked at the person in disbelief.
It was obviously a special kind of flame, and the other party shrouded the whole body, so mysterious and mysterious must be hiding something, could it really be that person?
And Xiao Wu's face turned even paler, and she couldn't help but recall the scene when she was broken by that person's invincible golden body, and the pain made her remember it vividly, and sometimes she would even wake up in her sleep.
Ma Hongjun's face was gloomy, and a crazy killing machine was brewing in his heart.
Flender and Yu Xiaogang were also staring at that person, could it be that person?
"According to the information, his name is Xiao Yan, and the martial soul is a Xuanzhong ruler, a kind of weapon martial soul, which is the one he carries on his back."
The Purple Extreme Demon Pupil urged to the extreme, and Tang San revealed the other party's information.
For all the participants in the Soul Master Competition, there is the most basic information display, such as soul power level and martial soul.
Among the four substitutes of the Blazing Fire Clan, only one of them is a Soul Sect, and the name of the opponent's martial soul is Xuanzhong Ruler, and the opponent is carrying a ruler on his back at the moment.
Judging from the Purple Pole Demon Pupil and the perspective ability of looking through the autumn dew, that ruler is not made of metal, it should be a kind of martial spirit.
And if it is integrated with the soul power of the other party, it must be the martial soul of the other party.
He is not surprised that the other party carries the martial soul on his back, many martial soul soul masters will choose to wear the martial soul on their bodies, especially after the kendo era was opened up, many soul masters will carry the martial soul with them.
Especially those sword-type weapon martial souls, they will even be built into scabbards and scabbards to carry them.
"Xuanzhong?"
Ning Rongrong became more and more puzzled, she guessed that it should be the person at the beginning, and the alien fire system did have a strong evolutionary potential, but if the martial soul of the other person was a ruler, it would be unlikely.
After all, no matter how much the flame martial soul evolves, it is impossible to evolve into a ruler, and there is an essential difference between the two.
"Maybe he has a cooperation with that man."
Zhu Zhuqing said a possibility
"I'll leave that guy to me, and the rest will be dealt with according to Tactic Five."
Staring closely at the person opposite, Xue Qinghe motioned for the team to move.
The previous tentative encounter was lost by their side, but it doesn't matter, the real battle has just begun.
He wanted to see how capable the mysterious man was.
After receiving the order, the Emperor Dou clan made a decisive attack, and Yu Tianheng even used the electric light divine step, and the purple thunder flashed on his body, exuding an aura that seemed to be able to destroy all things.
Huo Wushuang, who was also a dragon martial soul, greeted him, although he was only a Soul King-level cultivator, he couldn't compare to Yu Tianheng, who had become a Soul Emperor, after all, the age gap was there.
But he is not weak with the Red Dragon Burst Flame and integrated into the martial soul, at least he has no problem with Yu Tianheng, who is not a Tianjiao.
The golden-red flames enveloped his body, and the scorching heat caused the air to be violently distorted, colliding fiercely with Yu Tianheng, who was wrapped in purple thunder and lightning.
The fighting style of the two strong attack soul masters is quite simple and rough, and the soul skills are combined with the strength of the body to fight hard, without the slightest fancy.
Fire Dance confronted Meng Yi, and condensed the Karmic Fire Red Lotus for the first time in the competition, not giving Meng Yi a chance to get close, and used the method of distraction control to control the nine Karmic Fire Red Lotus to besiege him.
And release his soul skills based on the karmic fire red lotus, such as resisting the fire ring, and repelling Meng who tried to rush forward.
Although Meng is still sharp with the snake gun in his hand, it is just as useless if he can't hit anyone.
The remaining four members of the Blazing Flame Clan, who rushed to the rear of the Emperor Fighting Clan, wanted to deal with Ye Lingling in advance.
This is the usual method used by the soul master team, and the soul master of the auxiliary system will generally become the first target, because a good auxiliary soul master often has the ability to change the situation of the battle.
For example, the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, which used to be the first auxiliary sect in the world, has its Martial Soul Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda that can provide an extremely powerful amplification to the soul master team, and it is still an all-round amplification.
And Ye Lingling, who has the martial soul of the Nine Heart Begonia, is not bad, if Ye Lingling is not solved first, the difficulty of their victory over the Emperor Dou team in this battle will be increased to a large level.
Otherwise, they finally hurt people, but they were healed in the blink of an eye, and that feeling would be quite painful.
However, the two Shimo brothers who were guarding Ye Lingling would not let these four people pass, and they went up directly.
At the same time, Dugu Yan uses the first three soul skills to assist.
Although the 100,000-year soul skill that was just released consumed a lot of soul power, and it was impossible to use the 100,000-year soul skill again, the first three soul skills could still be moved.
In addition, he is a beast martial soul soul master, and his close combat power is not bad.
It's just that the members of the Blazing Flame Team all have different flames coming out of their bodies, and they are burned out before the poisonous gas can get close, and they don't even have a chance to form poisonous smoke.
"It's that flame again."
With the help of poisonous gas, he felt the unusual flames on the four people, and Dugu Yan was very angry.
She hates this kind of opponent who completely restrains herself the most, which is equivalent to directly abolishing the soul skill.
The two sides fought together, although there were only three people who could fight on the side of the Emperor Dou clan, and Dugu Yan's soul skills were still restrained, but the two brothers of Graphite Stone Mill were the top Xuanwu Turtle martial souls, and they also had gravity-type control skills, so they didn't suffer a loss when they fought.
The two teams fought fiercely together, and through the tacit cooperation between each other, they showed subtle tactical control, and exerted their combat power to the limit.
Especially Huo Wu also applied a ring of resistance to his brother from time to time, which made Yu Tianheng extremely depressed.
Only the handsome clone controlled by Tian and Xue Qinghe were left in the field, and the players on both sides also tacitly avoided the two.
Soon, the handsome clone moved, raised his palm and condensed a flame, and once again burst out with the self-created soul technique that swallowed power, pulling and devouring the soul power that erupted from the entire field because of the battle.
Mainly aimed at the side of the Emperor Fighting Team, it attracts the soul power that has collapsed after the effect of the opponent's soul skill has subsided.
After the soul master's soul power is converted into the effect of soul skills, it will not disappear, but will be converted into soul power again, at least part of it will be converted into soul power.
The soul master with strong control will pull this part of the soul power back and continue to use it, but the control required will be exaggerated, and it will be difficult to use in battle, even Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing are still a little short of being able to be used in the fierce battle.
Now Tian Hao is eyeing the part of the soul power after the soul skill effect of the Emperor Dou clan collapses.
The first to be swallowed was the poisonous gas released by Dugu Yan with the first three soul skills, which was dragged over and merged into the purple-black weird flame, and then added two colors to the weird flame, and made the purple even more intense.
The poison of Dugu Goose is very distinctive, divided into different colors, even if it is integrated into the Netherworld Poison Fire, it will retain its own color, which shows the strong toxicity and its own independence.
This was not the end, followed by the soul power of the two brothers of Graphite Stone Mill, and the soul power of the two of them was fused into the flame, and then separated into a strange flame of earthy brown.
The strange thing about it is that it is not a common flame form, but an illusory turtle, to be precise, a basalt turtle, the same basalt turtle as the two brothers of Graphite and Shimo, and exudes the same heavy aura as the two brothers of Shima.
After the flame of the basalt turtle was formed, it automatically jumped down from the palm of the handsome clone and fell to the ground, opening its small mouth to absorb the soul power of the two brothers after the effect of the graphite stone grinding brothers' soul skills was dispersed, and used it to strengthen itself.
even crawled to the battlefield on the side of the two Shi Mill brothers with their little short legs, as if they were going to go over to dry rice at close range.
Immediately afterwards, Yu Tianheng's purple thunder soul power was absorbed and turned into a purple electric Tyrannosaurus rex, and then flew to Huo Wushuang's side like a living thing, lying on top of his head to absorb the purple thunder power from Yu Tianheng, and assisted Huo Wushuang in fighting.
Only these four people can be absorbed for the time being, and among the other three, Ye Lingling and Xue Qinghe have not yet made a move, and Meng Yi's fighting method is destined to have no soul power to disperse and cannot be absorbed.
This one-handed operation shocked everyone, and also made the three of them even more excited.
They had seen that senior shape a strange fire with their own eyes, and that person was definitely their own senior.
Compared to the excitement of the three of them, most of the faces on Shrek's side were very ugly.
They had thought that they would face that person again, but they didn't expect it to be so soon, and the other party had joined the Blazing Academy.
The Blazing Flame Clans are already extremely strong, and now with such an almost anti-heaven celestial arrogance, they will fight with the Blazing Clans in the future.
This is not over, Ye Lingling of the Emperor Dou Clan's team finally made a move, and the petals of a nine-hearted begonia flew towards Yu Tianheng.
Although the power of that purple thunder is powerful, it is a double-edged sword, capable of injuring the enemy as well as oneself.
Therefore, it is necessary to regularly treat and repair the damage on the body, otherwise it will affect the combat performance.
It's just that before this petal could float over, it was torn away by a swallowing force, and finally fell into a green flame.
"Soul Glory!"
Seeing that green flame appear, Jiang Zhu was finally completely sure that it was his own Xiao Wolf senior.
This performance made Xue Qinghe more dignified, but he still didn't make a move.
The other party is very strong, giving him a sense of mortal threat, and the probability of failure is very high, and he needs to continue to observe.
At the same time, he also needs time to gather momentum to burst out with the strongest killing move.
The right hand is held weakly, and the soul power and sword intent are fused into sword qi, and it is constantly condensed, and at the same time, the sword domain is turned into a scabbard to assist in condensation, preparing for the strongest blow.
Sensing that Xue Qinghe was gathering momentum, Tian Hao manipulated the handsome clone to untie the Xuanzhong ruler behind him and put it on the ground, which he used to shape the cottage with the fourth soul ring fire shield, and it looked and felt similar to a martial soul.
At the same time, because it is condensed and formed by flames, the fit with the flame is quite perfect, and it can become the carrier of the fusion of the copycat version of the different fire.
A cyan flame lotus flower appeared, which was the transformed green lotus earth heart fire.
The Qinglian Geocentric Fire slowly melted into the copycat version of the Xuanzhong Ruler, rendering it cyan, and the high temperature emitted caused the ground under his feet to be quickly melted into a magma form, and gradually expanded outward, and soon turned into a magma pool.
The power that escapes alone is so terrifying, and the power of the flames condensed in the copycat version of the Xuanzhong ruler can be imagined.
The two sides were quietly gathering momentum like this, and after more than ten minutes, Xue Qinghe finally compressed all the soul power in his body into the sword qi, and the original sword qi also turned into substance, like a real sword.
"Thorn!"
Without hesitation, he decisively drew his sword and threw it out, hitting someone on the opposite side.
This is Xue Qinghe's strongest blow, and it is the sword drawing technique.
Although the sword drawing technique is simple, if it can be cultivated to the peak, its power is unimaginable.
The power of this sword alone is enough to be comparable to the ninth soul skill of an ordinary ninety-fifth level Titled Douluo, which shows how deep Xue Qinghe has walked in the path of the sword.
Especially after using someone to stimulate the sword realm last year, the cultivation of the sword path became even more out of control, and it improved by leaps and bounds, and only then did it have the current blow.
"Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!"
At the same time that Xue Qinghe swung his sword, Tian Hao manipulated the handsome clone to swing the Xuanzhong ruler and slash out a cyan flame sword qi, which was the copycat version of the flame devouring wave ruler.
The slash of the Flame Devouring Wave Ruler split the magma pool beneath him in two, and then the hard ground outside the magma pool was forcibly broken, and it was instantly melted into magma by the extreme heat.
The flame sword qi slashed out with the copycat version of Qinglian Earth's Heart Fire Power with the ultimate fire attribute has reached the destructive power of the Super Douluo level.
Xue Qinghe's sword qi, which did not possess the ultimate attributes, successfully pierced through the Flame Devouring Wave Ruler, but it was not of much use to the flame sword qi that was only in the form of flames, and it still continued to slash.
The handsome clone waved the copycat version of the Xuanzhong ruler to block the stabbing essence sword qi, and he was constantly sliding back from the impact, and soon withdrew from the magma pool, and his feet slid on the ground to make two deep marks, and he didn't stop until he was close to the edge.
At the same time, he used flames to wrap that essence sword qi and erode and refine it.
And Xue Qinghe on the opposite side didn't know when a black and white long sword appeared in his hand, swinging the sword and slashing out one gray sword qi after another, and finally slashing the power of the Flame Devouring Wave Ruler.
However, the power of the Qinglian Earth's Core Fire exploded, causing an extremely hot flame zone to appear around it, and melting half of the ground into magma.
The heat wave caused the audience in the audience area to have a parchy of mouth and hair to start curling slightly.
It was still Dusty Heart who made a timely move, condensing a transparent divine power shield to envelop the field, isolating the amazing heat wave.
After smashing the attack of the Flame Devouring Wave Ruler, Xue Qinghe's body shape also changed greatly, his eyes turned black and white, and even his blonde hair became black and white, and his soul power aura was soaring rapidly.
"It turned out that I was going to play the martial soul fusion technique."
Tian Hao, who was wearing the vest at the time, saw the changes in Xue Qinghe and saw that it was a martial soul fusion technique, which was similar to the martial soul fusion technique of Hu Liena's brother and sister.
Now it's not so much the snow clear river as the thousand snows.
This should be where their confidence lies in the championship attempt.
After understanding this, Tian Hao manipulated the handsome clone to manifest two copycat versions of different fires again, which were the Pure Lotus Demon Fire created with the help of Ying Mei and the Fallen Heart Flame with the help of Ma Hongjun's evil volcano village.
The Pure Lotus Demon Fire next door has a lot of characteristics, and the biggest feature is that it can be guided by people's emotions and enter the opponent's body for burning.
Because of this, he asked Ying Mei to follow Tang Yuehua to learn the emotional power of the Ruyi realm, not to mention being proficient in learning, at least to obtain that kind of power, and become the foundation of the cottage Pure Lotus Demon Fire.
Even the red lotus karma fire of the fire dance was integrated into part of the copycat version of the pure lotus demon fire when it was in the cottage, and this copycat version of the pure lotus demon fire was constantly nourished by the shadow, coupled with the guidance of the copycat version of the green lotus earth's heart fire, it already had the attributes of the ultimate fire.
The copycat version of Fallen Heart Flame is similar, it also has the attribute of Extreme Fire, and the Yan of Living Souls is naturally the same.
The most important thing is that Tian Hao has endowed all four with spirituality and become a flame spirit, which can be controlled more flexibly and smoothly.
Holding the copycat version of the Xuanzhong ruler in front of him, he manipulated and transformed into a lotus flower with thirty-six lotus petals, of which only one lotus petal was cyan, which was the Qinglian Earth Heart Fire that had been integrated before.
controlled the other three copycat fires to blend into it one by one, occupying three lotus petals each.
The four alien fire forces converged on the central lotus platform and collided with each other, inspiring extremely terrifying energy fluctuations.
However, this terrifying energy fluctuation was blocked and suppressed by the lotus flower that the Xuanzhong ruler turned into, and the lotus petals were still retracted layer by layer, and finally turned into a flower bone.
But no one dared to underestimate that lotus bud, because there were four extreme flame powers integrated into it, each flame had a power comparable to that of Super Douluo, and now that the four extreme flames were forcibly gathered in such a small space, once it exploded, its power would be unimaginable.
"Nalan... Phew, little Cher, accept the Father's Wrath Lotus! ”
Tian Hao, who was wearing the vest at the time, laughed evilly in his heart, and immediately controlled the handsome clone to throw out the divine wrath fire lotus.
"Madman, get out of here!"
Seeing someone's crazy move, Huo Wu scolded the madman and hurriedly signaled his team members to run away and retreat.
She had seen that blow before, and it was definitely not something they could fight, and there was only one way to die.
The Blazing Clans were quite efficient, abandoning their opponents at the order of Fire Dance and running towards their nearest edge.
"Get out!"
The actions of the Blazing Fire Clan's team made the hearts of the Emperor Dou Clan's heart sink, and after hearing Xue Qinghe's order, they hesitated and ran away.
After giving the order for the team members to retreat, Xue Qinghe, or Qian Lingxue, held the sword in both hands, and the original black and white long sword turned into an inconspicuous gray at some point, but the aura shown was more powerful and sharp.
"Light and Darkness Slash!"
Not daring to have the slightest reservation, Qian Lingxue integrated all the soul power in her body into the long sword, and evolved a gray sword qi that soared into the sky.
With a shout, he swung his sword and slashed down, splitting the Divine Fury Fire Lotus that shot in two.
But it was okay not to touch it, as soon as the flame power accumulated to the limit exploded, all the spectators illuminated by the intense four-colored light couldn't help but close their eyes, and even twisted their heads to the side.
The fire was so dazzling that it felt like my eyes were burning.
The fire alone is so domineering, and the power of the real flame itself can be imagined.
A powerful shockwave slammed into the shield of divine power, and although it didn't shake it, everyone could feel the terrifying power within, as the entire arena shook.
Even a peak Douluo like Dugu Bo felt a burst of heart palpitations, obviously that kind of explosion could threaten the life of a strong man like him.
The reason why he didn't shake the shield of divine power was not because the power of the Divine Fury Fire Lotus was not enough, but that the dust heart was too strong, and it had far exceeded the limit of human beings, reached the level of gods, and was extremely powerful among the gods.
After a long time, when the flames cleared, everyone was stunned by the new venue.
I saw that the whole field had turned into a large pit, and at the bottom was a pool of hot magma, which had just been blasted out by that blow.
This is not over, the blast wave on the ground is blocked by the divine power shield of the dust heart, but the shock wave transmitted by the underground is not.
This spread so that the entire playing field was shaken, and then countless cracks of all sizes spread.
The main stand was split in two by a huge crack one meter wide.
"Looks like it's going to have to be demolished and rebuilt."
Looking at the huge crack on his side, Prince Xueyang was both shocked and excited.
Tianjiao, the absolute Tianjiao, and it is the kind of Tianjiao who is extremely creative, and can even wholesale the super Tianjiao.
The appearance of this kind of existence in their Heaven Dou Empire was undoubtedly a kind of national luck.
"You've lost!"
In the venue, a handsome clone that re-condensed a copycat version of the Xuanwei ruler came to Qian Lingxue, and said indifferently.
At this moment, Qianyue was extremely embarrassed, her long black and white hair was burned to inches, and the original gray long sword also turned into the original black and white.
At the same time, blood was leaking from the corner of her mouth, and it was obvious that the explosion just now had caused her a lot of internal injuries.
"You've won!"
Taking a deep look at someone, Qianyue turned around and flew out of the field.
She lost this battle, although the other party used external forces, but she also used the martial soul fusion technique with Xue Qinghe, which was also a foul.
However, the battle just now benefited her a lot, and her sword cultivation has made a breakthrough, and she will definitely be stronger next time they meet.
"Goo-toot!"
"Let's throw in the towel when we meet him."
In the stands of the Shrek team, Dai Mubai swallowed his saliva, extremely jealous and even afraid in his heart.
Although the explosion just now was blocked by an invisible shield, it also gave him a great horror as if he was facing death.
He couldn't be sure if his King Kong was not bad, and if he could resist it, it was okay to block it, but once he couldn't stop it, it would be difficult to collect his body, and his entire body would be burned to ashes.
"Fighting is to fight, and fighting against that kind of Tianjiao can better sharpen yourself and your team."
Ning Rongrong was not afraid of fighting, and even the fighting spirit in his heart was still improving.
"See, that's his real strength, you were just a trick last time."
Suppressing the battle intent in his heart, Ning Rongrong looked at Tang San, who had a gloomy face, and reminded him.
After that, they confronted the Blazing Flame Clan, and that one would definitely fight, and it would target Ma Hongjun and Tang San.
Last year, they were able to kill someone once It was purely a trick, mainly because they had just created the alien fire system and had not yet gained strong strength.
And after a year of growth, the power that the other party has makes them all tremble, and they will definitely lose if they are against it.
Unless they can practice the seven-in-one martial soul fusion technique, then they can have a chance of winning.
Tang San didn't say anything, but the murderous intent in his heart became more and more intense.
The stronger that person is, the more he should be killed, otherwise he will inevitably be retaliated against in the future, and he will be in danger, and Xiao Wu will also be in danger.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but stare at Ma Hongjun, who was already scared stupidly, Tang San really wanted to crush that dead fat man.
Because of this dead fat man, not only was Xiao Wu seriously injured, but they also formed such a terrifying enemy.
If it was really killed at the beginning, there would be no hidden dangers, but it was not killed, and the other party had grown up, which was very fatal.
Dai Mubai and Oscar couldn't help but look at Ma Hongjun gloomily, they were all to blame for this thing, and they were all going to be killed.
And Ma Hongjun didn't care about his teammates' eyes at all, his head was blank at the moment, and his heart was shrouded in endless fear.
Before, he still had a killing intent towards that person, but in the end, the explosion of that god's Fury Lotus shattered all the killing intent, and all that was left was fear.
If the other party is just stronger than him, he has the idea of killing him, after all, they are a whole team on their side, and they still have teachers.
But the strength shown by others is several levels stronger than their own, and it has exceeded the limit of what they can deal with.