Chapter 242: Ambush
"Protect your lordship."
Hong Heng roared, and then the three hundred households and thirty school captains under Su Yu surrounded Su Yu in the field.
When Su Yu saw this scene, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.
Looking at Hong Heng, Yu Tianhe, and Sha Benliang's serious faces, Su Yu was angry for no reason.
How could he not understand the careful thinking of these three guys.
The full picture of the red-bellied python just now undoubtedly left an extremely shocking impression on everyone.
Hunting such a huge demon beast, especially its poisonous body, can be seen from the grass and trees that follow along the way.
You don't have to think about it to know that even the slightest contamination may end up dead.
Since this red-bellied python is so dangerous, how dare they do it?
Anyway, if this red-bellied python is unsuccessful in hunting, it will naturally be the people above who are behind it, and it has nothing to do with their little minions.
Even if the hunting of the red-bellied python is successful, the credit is also above.
Rather than giving up his life in vain, the safest and safest way is undoubtedly to pretend to protect Su Yu here
"This group of old six"
Su Yu couldn't help but sneer in his heart, and then said in a deep voice: "This official doesn't need your protection, go after Lord Wei quickly, if Lord Wei makes any mistakes, this official will get rid of all your positions!" ”
"Go!"
Hearing Su Yu's words, everyone's hearts couldn't help but sink.
However, thinking of such a delay, maybe the red-bellied python had already run a long distance, and everyone's hearts couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
"Chase!"
Hong Heng and the three of them glanced at each other, and then led people to quickly sweep in the direction that Wei Lianyi chased over.
After all the horses under his command left, Su Yu immediately took out a dagger from the spatial wrench and slashed his palm, and after a while, a naked clone appeared in front of Su Yu.
The deity took off the robe on his body and threw it to the doppelganger to put on, then quickly took out a strong suit and quickly changed into it, and disguised himself as a warrior in the rivers and lakes, and went straight to the direction where the red-bellied python escaped.
As for whether Wei Lianyi could kill the red-bellied golden python, Su Yu was not worried.
Under Wei Lianyi's secret method, with the cultivation of the Hidden Dragon Realm, it was not very difficult to kill a sixth-order demon beast.
What Su Yu was worried about was that the person who assassinated Wei Lianyi last time would ambush him in secret, and then give Wei Lianyi a fatal blow at a critical moment.
These are the people he is wary of.
If these people don't show up, it's naturally the best.
But if these people are indeed hiding in the shadows looking for opportunities, then Su Yu must stop them.
Wei Lianyi can die at any time, but not in the mission he participated in this time.
Su Yu quickly swept out several miles, and finally caught up with Wei Lianyi.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, the red-bellied brocade python that was scurrying forward was smashed on the head by Wei Lianyi's fist and fell heavily to the ground.
In just an instant, there were already several deep wounds on the body of the red-bellied python, and blood gushed out like a pillar of rain.
At this time, Wei Lianyi had already used the heaven-level martial art of Dominating the World, and she had the strength of the Hidden Dragon Realm for a short time, and her body was tossing and turning with the help of dense tree trunks, almost pressing the red-bellied Jin Python.
And Liang Yuxuan was on the side as an auxiliary, and from time to time he would use the Xuan soldiers in his hands to fight wildly, and give the red-bellied brocade python a knife from a long distance, so that it could only flee for its life and could not organize an effective attack.
Naturally, he didn't dare to fight the red-bellied python at close range, otherwise the red-bellied python would suddenly open its mouth and bite it, then he would be in danger.
"Whew!"
The red-bellied golden python spewed a mouthful of venom towards Wei Lianyi, and then dragged its huge body covered in scaly wounds and swept straight into the distance.
"Humph!"
Looking at the venom that shot at her, Wei Lianyi snorted coldly.
"Roar~"
With the sound of a dragon's roar, the body protection qi burst out, and the venom that shot at her flew directly away.
Immediately after that, Wei Lianyi pursued again, his figure approached quickly, and then suddenly fell from the top of the red-bellied python, and slapped his palm heavily on the head of the red-bellied python.
"Bang!"
Under this palm, the red-bellied python's rapidly fleeing body suddenly stopped, and its huge head, like a small mountain, slammed down on the ground again, making a violent muffled sound.
Wei Lianyi's figure landed on the trunk of the tree, looking at the red-bellied python condescendingly.
"Tsk, this girl's palm reminds me of the palm that Wei Qing slapped me at the beginning."
Su Yu, who was hiding not far away, saw this scene, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The power of that palm just now should be a ground-level martial art.
What surprised Su Yu was that Wei Lianyi was only a Fish Leap Realm martial artist, how did she cultivate ground-level martial arts.
Just relying on the cultivation of the Fish Leap Realm, she would not be able to cultivate the ground-level martial arts, because the vitality was far from enough.
Since he didn't even have enough vitality to cultivate ground-level martial arts, how could he use it?
Could it be that if you use the martial art of King's Landing to raise your cultivation to the Hidden Dragon Realm, and then use it to cultivate this martial art?
Is that okay too?
Su Yu couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"Boom!"
Wei Lianyi pulled out the Zhenwu knife, and then jumped up and went straight to the red-bellied brocade python.
The Zhenwu sword in her hand rang out, and then slashed off the head of the red-bellied python.
If this knife is slashed, even if the red-bellied python does not die, I am afraid it will not be able to turn over the wind and waves.
"Boom."
This knife fell heavily on the head of the red-bellied python, the scales on its head flew one after another, and the Zhenwu knife was heavily embedded in the skull.
"Hiss~"
The red-bellied python let out a terrible hiss, and its head like a hill fell to the ground, as if it had reached the point of dying.
Wei Lianyi landed in front of the red-bellied python, looking at the red-bellied python with a pair of vertical pupils, his pretty face looked a little pale.
Although it didn't take long to fight against the red-bellied python, the vitality lost by the martial arts used was not a lot.
However, at this moment, several sounds of breaking the air came from far and near, and four black-clothed men swept from four directions, attacking towards Wei Lianyi.
"Four Hidden Dragon Realm martial artists?"
Seeing the four Hidden Dragon Realm martial artists attacking Wei Lianyi at this moment, Su Yu's face was stunned, and his eyes couldn't help but murmur with some solemnity: "It's really a big deal." ”
Obviously, they had summed up the experience of the last failure, and this group of people knew that after Wei Lianyi had the Phoenix Dance Bracelet in his hand, they were just two Hidden Dragon Realm martial artists, but they couldn't kill her.
And at this moment, it happened to be the period of weakness after Wei Lianyi cast the secret method, and the other party undoubtedly calculated all this, and then delivered a fatal blow at this time.
"Run away!!"
Liang Yuxuan, who was not far away, saw this scene, and his face suddenly changed drastically, and he shouted loudly.
The other party made a move at this time, even if Wei Lianyi was in a strong state at the moment, he was not necessarily the opponent of the four, let alone the weak state after killing the red-bellied golden python now.
Once Wei Lianyi dies here, what will be the fate that awaits him?
Liang Yuxuan barely hesitated, and the fierce battle in his hand swept out a sword that was dozens of zhang long, and swept towards one of the black-clothed men, wanting to share some pressure for Wei Lianyi and create a chance for Wei Lianyi to escape.
"Hmph, carving insect skills!"
Looking at the Dao Gang that ushered in, the man in black snorted coldly, and just by being on the side of the air, he avoided the Dao Gang that was slashed.
At the same time, he smashed towards Liang Yuxuan in the air, and a vitality fist mark burst out from his palm, and then rose against the storm, turning into a fist mark that was more than a foot wide, and crashed towards Liang Yuxuan.
Looking at this rapidly approaching punch, Liang Yuxuan's face was horrified, and he wanted to dodge, but the speed of this punch was too fast, and there was no way to dodge it in a hurry at this moment.
Under this death crisis, Liang Yuxuan could only fight the Xuan soldiers in his hands in front of him.
"Bang!"
The huge fist smashed heavily into Liang Yuxuan's body, and the terrifying force swept through his body, and the sound of bones breaking came from Liang Yuxuan's body.
"Poof."
Liang Yuxuan's face turned pale, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the whole person flew upside down for hundreds of zhang, hitting the trunk of a big tree before he could stop.
Su Yu, who was watching the battle from afar, couldn't help but shake his head, this Liang Yuxuan was really a little big.
He has just been promoted to the Fish Leap Realm, and he dares to bare his teeth at the Hidden Dragon Realm martial artist, isn't this looking for death?
Looking at this punch, it is estimated that he will have to cultivate for at least a few months before he recovers.
At this time, the four black-clothed men had already bullied Wei Lianyi's body, attacking Wei Lianyi with fists or palms, and they obviously had the intention of killing this blow.
The direction in which the four of them rushed out also locked the direction in which Wei Lianyi might flee.
Su Yu, who was in the distance, looked at this scene with a somewhat solemn gaze.
Gathering the combined attack of the four Hidden Dragon Realm martial artists that had been gathering momentum for a long time, coupled with the fact that they appeared too suddenly, Su Yu had no way to come first.
Now I can only watch Wei Lianyi block the other party's combined blow.
As long as Wei Lianyi didn't die, he could rush over and take her away.
If Wei Lianyi died under the other party's blow, then he would have nothing to do
Seeing the four black-clothed men attacking him from four directions, a sneer broke out at the corner of Wei Lianyi's mouth.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time."
However, just as the attack of the four was about to fall on Wei Lianyi, above Wei Lianyi's head, a grimace as high as Zhang Yu suddenly appeared.
The faces of the four people who attacked Wei Lianyi changed in unison, and they didn't understand the effect of this grimace, but at this moment, they had no possibility of retreating, and they all decided to resist the other party's blow!
As long as the other party can't kill him with this blow, then she is the one who dies!
"Roar!"
The mask that appeared in mid-air suddenly opened its mouth, and then let out a deafening roar, turning into a formless and insubstantial ripple that swept out.
The four black-clothed men who attacked Wei Lianyi bore the brunt of the attack, as if they were in a bronze bell, and then someone outside with a huge iron pillar rang the bronze bell.
The faces of the four of them turned pale suddenly, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the whole person flew out directly.
"This is a sonic martial art?"
Looking at this scene, Su Yu muttered with a somewhat stunned expression.
Although he had already expected that Wei Lianyi might have a back hand, he never expected that her back hand would be a sonic ground soldier!
"It seems that last time she mainly suffered a loss because she didn't take out this ground soldier."
"And this time, she is actually using the matter of hunting the red-bellied python to catch assassins who are secretly unfavorable to her."
Su Yu, who had figured all this, couldn't help but smile bitterly.
This wave of Wei ripples is definitely in the atmosphere.
And these four guys may have expected that Wei Lianyi had a phoenix dance bracelet on her, but they didn't expect that there were other ground soldiers on her.
"It's a pity."
Su Yu couldn't help but sigh lightly.
It's a pity that when Wei Lianyi was ambushed last time, he didn't find this sonic ground soldier in Wei Lianyi's space ring.
The power of this sonic martial art, which indiscriminately attacks the surrounding enemies, is indeed very terrifying.
While the four of them flew out upside down, Wei Lianyi's figure rushed out, taking the opportunity to expand the results of the battle.
The four people who were attacked by the ground-level sonic martial arts had no power to parry at this moment, so they could only passively become fish on Wei Lianyi's chopping board, and were landed on their bodies by Wei Lianyi's punch, and they were injured on top of each other.
"Ahem, cough, cough"
"Hades Xiao, I didn't expect that the ground soldiers in the hands of the Hell Gate would fall into your hands, I should have thought that Zhenwu Si exterminated the Yama Hall in Jingzhou......"
One of the men in black took off the face towel covering his face, looked at Wei Lianyi, who was walking towards him with a knife, and said with a somewhat complicated look.
Perhaps he already knew that he would die today, and he didn't even bother to hide his identity anymore.
When he saw the man in black, Su Yu, who was hiding in the shadows, couldn't help but be stunned.
Because of this man in black, he once had a relationship, he had seen him in the Teaching Workshop Division, and he was a bodyguard accompanying Wang Xinwen, who had always been close to Wang Xinwen's safety.
"Sure enough, it's Wang Jinghui's person."
Su Yu muttered in a low voice.
At the same time, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, this Wang Jinghui's background was indeed a bit amazing, there were actually four Hidden Dragon Realm martial artists under his command?
That's a very powerful force.
Wang Xinwen worshiped the Taixu Holy Land, could it be said that the Taixu Holy Land also entered the game to compete for the crown prince?
"It's a pity, if Wang Jinghui had dispatched four Hidden Dragon Realm martial artists before, Wei Lianyi would hardly have any chance of surviving."
"Now one wrong step, one wrong step, it also caused Wei Lianyi to be vigilant, and even be able to plan and fight back"
Su Yu couldn't help but shake his head.
If in the last Tiankui City, Wang Jinghui sent these four Hidden Dragon Realm martial artists out, saying that Wei Lianyi didn't pay attention to the sneak attack, then Wei Lianyi probably didn't even have a chance to urge the Phoenix Dance Bracelet.
"Poof!"
Wei Lianyi didn't pay attention to him, and his hand fell with a knife and cut off the opponent's head.
She has the cultivation of the Hidden Dragon Realm, and she forcibly used the Heavenly Rank Secret Method of Reigning in the World to bring it up.
Once she can't support it, she will even fall into a coma, and she must get rid of all possible threats while she still has the strength to spare.
When the heads of the four people were cut off by Wei Lianyi in turn, Wei Lianyi's pretty face was also a little pale, and his body couldn't help but stumble.
She didn't fall asleep again, just stood quietly in place, waiting for her horses to come over.
"It seems that this girl is now at the end of her crossbow."
Su Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
However, at this moment, everything that happened in front of him made Su Yu's pupils shrink suddenly.
The red-bellied brocade python not far from Wei Lianyi, the two blood bags on its head suddenly broke open at this moment, and two delicate dragon horns sprung up like mushrooms after a rain at this moment.
The vertical pupils of the red-bellied python suddenly opened, staring at Wei Lianyi who was standing not far away.
"The red-bellied python has turned into a jiao?"
Su Yu's complexion changed drastically, and his figure stepped out, wanting to save the red-bellied Jin Python before it was unfavorable to Wei Lianyi.
At this time, the red-bellied golden python also thought of Su Yu, who rushed to help, and one of its dragon claws poked out from its abdomen, and then grabbed towards Wei Lianyi.
Seeing that there were still people hiding in the dark, Wei Lianyi's pretty face couldn't help but sink.
Then, as if she remembered something, she suddenly turned her head to look in the direction behind her, and what she saw was the dragon claws of the red-bellied python reaching towards her.
Looking at the dragon claws that were getting closer and closer, her pretty face changed drastically, and she wanted to avoid it, but the whole person had already exhausted all her strength in the big battle just now.
She could only watch in despair as the red-bellied python's dragon claws grabbed at her, and then clutched her into the palm of her hand.
As the red-bellied python's dragon claws clenched, Wei Lianyi's bones all made a crackling sound.
"Humph!"
Wei Lianyi's brows furrowed in pain, her pride did not allow her to let out a terrible scream.
Just a cold snort, you can see how much pain the strength of the red-bellied golden python's claws has made her.
The red-bellied golden python slowly sent Wei Lianyi to himself, and then opened his mouth, and a mouthful of venom squirted towards Wei Lianyi.
Just when the venom was about to fall on Wei Lianyi's head, Su Yu had already successfully arrived.
"Poof!"
The dragon wings stretched out behind him.
"Blood Dance!"
Countless dragon scale blades shot out, and at the same time, the venom of the red-bellied python flew out.
The red-bellied python had already been seriously injured, and there was no way to dodge at all, so it could only let the dragon scale feather blades shoot out one by one, and then fall on its head.
"Bang bang bang."
The blades of dragon scales and feathers in the sky fell on their heads one by one, making a rapid and dull sound.
The entire head of the red-bellied python became unrecognizable, and blood gushed out along the wound.
In the previous battle with Wei Lianyi, the red-bellied Jin Python had already suffered a heavy blow enough to die.
It's just that the Jiao succeeded and gave it a breath of renewal.
Even if there was no follow-up attack from Su Yu, the injuries it had suffered before would already be certain to die.
"Hiss~"
Now that he has experienced Su Yu's bloody dance that is comparable to the earth-level martial arts, the red-bellied brocade python let out a hiss, and fell heavily to the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
"Whew."
Imperial Chief Su breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Wei Lianyi, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after confirming that she had only suffered a serious injury.
"Who are you?"
Wei Lianyi looked at the man in front of him coldly and said coldly.
Although she was able to survive because of the man in front of her, the pride in her heart still did not allow her to show favor to the man in front of her.
This guy is hiding in the shadows, who knows what kind of heart he has in his heart?
"Heh, I saved your life, that's how you treat your savior?"
Su Yu chuckled, then flipped his wrist and took out a dagger from the spatial wrench, ready to disembowel the red-bellied python.
Now that the red-bellied brocade python has successfully transformed into a jiao, then the yuan crystal in its body, which is the legendary water-repellent bead, is very precious.
At the same time that Su Yu went to disembowel the red-bellied python, the red-bellied python facing Wei Lianyi suddenly opened his eyes again at this moment.
Su Yu noticed this scene, and his face changed suddenly, this red-bellied golden python was not dead yet?
"Be careful!"
He wanted to rush to the rescue, but it was too late.
The red-bellied python opened its mouth and wanted to squirt a mouthful of venom towards Wei Lianyi, pulling Wei Lianyi on his back before dying.
But when it opened its mouth, it realized that it was no longer able to squirt venom.
A strong sense of unwillingness appeared in its eyes, and a pink mist emerged from its nasal cavity, enveloping Wei Lianyi in an instant.
When Su Yu used the dragon wings to blow away the pink mist that shrouded Wei Lianyi, Wei Lianyi's cold eyes had become extremely blurry, and his pretty face began to flush.
It was as if there was a flame burning on her body, which made her involuntarily start to twist her body.
"Oops."
Seeing this scene, Su Yu couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.
At this moment, how could he not understand what happened to Wei Lianyi.
This pink mist should be when the red-bellied python finds the female red-bellied python, it will spew out this mist to make the female red-bellied python emotional.
It's like a catalyst that catalyzes the mating of female red-bellied pythons and male red-bellied pythons.
He mistakenly thought that the red-bellied python had died, and thought about going to the pond to planing the beads of the red-bellied python, but he didn't expect it to come out like this before he died.
At this time, Su Yu noticed that the horses under his command had quickly swept towards this side.
In order to prevent Wei Lianyi's appearance from being seen by others, Su Yu sighed lightly, picked him up, stepped into the sky, and then cast the golden-winged kite, sweeping into the distance.
At this moment, Wei Lianyi had already occupied all his mind with desire, and the whole person was like a graceful poisonous snake entangled Su Yu.
"What should I do?"
While speeding in mid-air, Su Yu's right hand blocked Wei Lianyi towards his lips.
If it goes on like this, Wei Lianyi will definitely be swallowed by this increasingly majestic flame.
Especially now that Wei Lianyi is entangled in him, the faint fragrance that belongs to Wei Lianyi's body is also constantly pouring into Su Yu's nasal cavity at this moment.
As a normal man, he has been a monk in this Broken Soul Forest for nearly a month.
In an instant, Su Yu had already flown out of the Broken Soul Forest with Wei Lianyi and landed on the top of a towering mountain.
Wei Lianyi began to tug at Su Yu's robe.
It's just that when she went to pick off Su Yu's robe, her eyes suddenly returned to a moment of clarity.
"You, you. If you dare to do anything wrong to me, I will. I'm going to kill you, definitely."
"It's good to have a cigarette at this time."
Watching Wei Lianyi fall asleep with frowning brows, Su Yu's face couldn't help but be a little complicated.
Such an episode would happen that he never imagined
It wasn't until the sky was dyed into a brilliant sea of fire that Wei Lianyi woke up again.
Looking at a robe covering her body, her pretty face suddenly turned cold.
She thought she had a dream, but now that she woke up, she realized that it was not a dream.
"Awake?"
At this moment, an inquiry was heard not far away.
"Boom!"
Almost without any hesitation, Wei Lianyi took his wrist, had an extra long knife in his hand, and got up and slashed towards Su Yu.
It's just that the sequelae of the secret method of casting the king of the world are manifested at this moment, and she slashes at Su Yu, but she doesn't have much strength, and it looks weak and weak.
Seeing that the girls didn't admit their accounts as soon as they woke up, and they were about to cut people when they drew their knives, Su Yu's face couldn't help but turn cold.
Lao Tzu saved you, and lost his body to save you a second time, that's how you did it to me?
Su Yu grabbed her wrist, and then flicked his fingers and flew the long knife in her hand directly.
Then Su Yu raised his leg and kicked out, and Wei Lianyi's whole person flew directly out of a distance of dozens of zhang and fell heavily to the ground.
Wei Lianyi was as painful as a boiled prawn, curled up, and then looked at Su Yu with resentful eyes.
Su Yu's kick just now made her immediately think of the man she had met after being ambushed by the three judges in Tianyao City.
How similar is the strength of the other party's kick to the man with a slightly cold face in front of him?
She had a guess in her heart that the other party was probably the guy she had been looking for.
After combining the body skills and martial arts on the other party, she immediately realized that the guy in front of her might be the guy who robbed her three times and twice.
She couldn't help but feel a deep sense of disbelief in her heart.
When he first encountered the other party in Tianyao City, the opponent's strength was not high.
But now the strength that the other party has, but at least it is a leaping realm!
In addition, he killed Wei Yan in Yanzhou before, and he carried Wei Qing's blow hard.
The other party's cultivation was climbing so fast that even she couldn't help but feel shocked in her heart.
No wonder I can't find this person, because the other party has an extremely advanced disguise technique!
Thinking of the various losses that have been suffered at the hands of this person for more than half a year, and at this moment, the two sides still have the reality of husband and wife, and the hatred in Wei Lianyi's heart almost wants to condense into substance
"The time in Tianyao City, and the time in Tiankui City, were all you?"
Wei Lianyi looked at him calmly, and then said slowly.
Seeing Wei Lianyi guessing his identity, Su Yu couldn't help but be stunned, and then chuckled: "Yes, I was the one who robbed you twice, I have to say, the phoenix dance bracelet is very useful!" ”
Hearing Su Yu's admission, Wei Lianyi's face suddenly turned pale.
She said coldly: "If you have the ability, you will kill me, otherwise I will definitely find you, and then kill you, I will definitely kill you!" ”
Listening to Wei Lianyi's cruel words, Su Yu sneered: "That's how you treat your life-saving benefactor?" ”
"If it weren't for my action, you would have died in the hands of the red-bellied python, how could you have the opportunity to make a big deal here?"
"As for this kind of thing happening with you"
Su Yu paused in his tone, and then said: "I'm not good at refusing, besides, you don't suffer."
"Shut up!"
Listening to Su Yu's words, before he could finish speaking, Wei Lianyi interrupted him.
She said in a deep voice: "Dengzi, sooner or later, I will find you one day and kill you!" ”
Although she had to admit that if it wasn't for the guy in front of her this time, she might have died in the hands of the red-bellied python.
But everything that happened afterwards really made her feel half grateful to Su Yusheng.
In addition, before this, Su Yu snatched her belly pocket and snatched her phoenix dance bracelet
New hatred and old hatred are added together, and she can't wait to dismantle this guy in front of her to vent the hatred in her heart!
Su Yu chuckled: "You don't even know what I look like, how can you find me?" ”
"Besides."
Su Yu looked at her for a long time, and said with a faint smile: "Now you, even if you perform the secret method of the Reign of the World, it is just a cultivation in the Hidden Dragon Realm, what can you do with me?" ”
Hearing Su Yu's words, Wei Lianyi's tone couldn't help but stagnate.
Rao is she also had to admit that Su Yu's growth speed was so fast that it simply subverted her cognition.
Especially since he has been able to block Wei Qing's full strength without dying, and now she can't do it.
"Okay, now that you're awake, you'll take your leave."
After Su Yu finished speaking, the dragon wings behind him spread out, ready to leave.
"Wait!"
Seeing that Su Yu was about to leave, Wei Lianyi said lightly.
Su Yu glanced at her and said with a smile: "What's the matter?" ”
Wei Lianyi's pretty face flashed a touch of unnaturalness, and then said, "Where is this?" ”
"A hundred miles to the west, you're in camp!"
After Su Yu finished speaking, the dragon wings suddenly shook and went straight into the sky.
Looking at Su Yu's back as he quickly walked away, Wei Lianyi's pretty face became extremely complicated.
(End of chapter)