Chapter 515 Chasing Fifty-Six, Picking Stars
Tian Lei's anger rose, and his whole person was about to burn.
He thought about it, but he didn't expect that this remnant of the Mu clan would be so bold, sneaking all the way before, not only did he escape faster than a rabbit, but he also slipped like an oil-soaked loach without leaving his hands.
Now they dare to ambush them here.
Tian Lei thought about it for a while, and analyzed the inference that the Mu clan had been hiding in Bailanghai before, and immediately believed three more points, this Mu clan's remnant must have known that they had chased Bailanghai, and he didn't dare to go back because he couldn't get rid of the pursuers.
simply ambushed here, with a deliberate calculation or unintentionality, to stop them, and after that, even if they knew that the remnants of the Mu clan were in the White Wave Sea, they really couldn't turn over the White Wave Sea.
This time, Bai Langhai has taught them to be people, first they were forced to fall to the sea, and then the leader of the team was almost bitten to death by a sea snake, and now, they have not found a way to detoxify, so they can only let Tian Lei cooperate with the pill, and they have to spend all their efforts to forcibly suppress the toxin.
Zhongji entered this one-yuan sea array, not that Tian Lei didn't know that after entering the formation, it was easiest to forcibly break the formation by relying on his strength, but he couldn't exert his full strength at all, and more than half of his energy and strength were used to suppress the snake venom in his body.
For a monk, the overall volume of all aspects plummeted by half, and the impact on combat power, the twenty or thirty times that plummeted to the peak was lucky.
If he forcibly broke the formation, he would not be able to control what power he needed to exert himself, and after arousing the reaction of the large array, he could only do his best to forcibly break the formation.
But at that time, the snake venom in his body will inevitably be poisonous, and maybe all his energy will be used to deal with the snake venom in the future.
He can only let his subordinates make a move first, some of his subordinates have good strength, and some are proficient in the formation path, and the talents in all aspects are very complete, even if they can't directly break through the big array, self-protection is definitely enough.
Seeing that the big array was evolving faster and faster, but the people under his command still didn't break through the big array and escaped, Tian Lei couldn't sit still.
The one-yuan heavy water array is not an uncommon formation in the Great Wilderness, nor is it a difficult formation, and the materials required for the formation are not a rare material, and in the depths of some sea areas, it can be condensed on a large scale.
But if you want to make a large array of water that is not rare, play tricks, play level, and even without using one yuan of heavy water, you can arrange a one-yuan sea array in the sea, and in the inland of the great wilderness, the most famous is naturally the Mu family of the year.
Seeing that the power of the formation far exceeded expectations, and the speed of evolution was also incredibly fast, Tian Lei knew that if he allowed the formation to evolve, he might be able to continue to condense the one-yuan heavy water and refine it into a higher-quality one-yuan heavy water.
At that time, their black jade boat couldn't withstand such terrible pressure.
With the evolution of the formation, every inch of pressure will continue to skyrocket, and the power of the water will be exerted to the extreme.
The softest water in the world is now turning into a great force that will drop ten times, the most simple and rude, not a person who can integrate into it, only hard resistance This way can be taken.
Tian Lei stood at the bow of the boat, with a dark face.
"Have you found a clue? I can't wait, I have to force my way out. ”
"My lord, you ......" The subordinates stopped talking, secretly thinking that when this matter is over, everyone will not have a good life.
"After three breaths, in the northeast direction, there will be the weakest part of the formation, which is suitable for forcibly breaking the formation. ”
Qin Yang controlled the big array, and secretly cheered Tian Lei in his heart, he didn't set up the array to kill all these people here, and he didn't expect a one-yuan sea array to do it, it was possible to sacrifice that luxurious version of the starfall array.
If his purpose is to kill people, why bother so much, it's better to drive directly.
Seeing that Tian Lei walked to the bow of the boat, stepped out, and jumped off the black jade boat, Qin Yang knew that this cargo was finally going to be sold.
I just don't know what kind of alien race he is, and what special magical powers he has......
After thinking about it, Qin Yang felt that it was better to be safe.
Tian Lei shouted angrily, his whole body was steaming, the whole person seemed to have been out of the sheath of the blade, the edge was exposed, and the murderous spirit was in the sky, as soon as the time of three breaths came, Tian Lei's body turned into a black light, as if in this silver ocean, cutting out a blank area that stretched for dozens of miles.
As far as the blade went, everything was divided, and a single knife cut off this sea of hundreds of millions of catties of one yuan.
On the calm sea, a black light flew diagonally from under the sea surface, rushed into the sky and disappeared, and the power of the blade escaped cut off the sea in front of it, turning it into a cliff built by the sea on both sides.
Tian Lei's figure also appeared where the black light dissipated, he stood in the air, his face was blue and black, and the aura around his body fluctuated extremely violently, he struck with all his strength, letting go of the suppression of the toxins in his body, and now that the toxins were counterattacking, he could only start suppressing the toxins immediately.
It's just that when he saw the crack he cut out in the formation, and after it recovered in the blink of an eye, the aura around his body fluctuated violently again, and he didn't suppress it for a while, a mouthful of black blood spurted out, his face completely turned black, and there was a trace of dark blue smoke escaping from his body, which was the snake venom that had completely exploded in his body.
He never thought that why the remnants of the Mu clan didn't play their cards according to the routine, and tried their best to arrange the big array, wasn't it to trap them here, or even kill some to take a breath of evil?
How dare he take the initiative to expose his flaws, take the initiative to open a passage, and let him rush out!
Aren't you afraid that everyone will take advantage of this opportunity to rush out?
Even though he was the only one who rushed out, how could this remnant of the Mu clan get the confidence to escape from outside the battle?
Tian Lei's chest was churning violently, and before he could fight head-on, he was almost angry to death, and he could even hear the sound of the alveoli being exploded by the air, and they were refining into a piece.
Qin Yang slowly emerged from under the surface of the sea, allowing the One Yuan Sea Array to evolve on its own, even if it couldn't crush the rest of the people, it was enough to delay enough time.
This time, seeing the dark blue smoke escaping from Tian Lei's body, and sensing the aura emanating from Tian Lei's body, Qin Yang's face stiffened, and he felt embarrassed in his heart.
Swing oolong......
It turns out that this thing is not of an interracial race, but I don't know how to be poisoned.
Thinking back to the news I got before, these people seemed to be quite high-profile at the beginning of their coming to Bailanghai, and then they honestly kept a low profile, and it turned out that they were educated by the danger of Bailanghai.
And just now, he was really afraid that this alien race had some special magical powers that could break the big formation with one blow, so at the moment when the other party made a move, he took the initiative to open the door and rushed out directly when the other party kicked over.
Seeing that Tian Lei's whole person was a little distorted, Qin Yangxin said, I really didn't mean it this time, I really didn't want to trap you.
Changing places, Qin Yang thought to himself, fought with poisonous hair, and struck with all his might, but in the end, he was released by the other party on his own initiative, and there was no result, but he flashed his waist, even if the other party knelt on the ground and explained that it was not intentional, he would beat the other party to death in anger.
Distracting thoughts are fleeting.
Tian Lei has poisonous hair, and he is suppressing the poison at the moment, if he doesn't fall into the well, wouldn't he be a mallet.
As soon as the thought moved, a purple gold gourd appeared in his hand, and he hugged the gourd and shouted: "Please turn around, baby." ”
At the same time, he urged the power of thinking for a moment, and this moment was enough for him to capture all the information here, and even when his thinking was accelerated to the extreme, he could integrate the information and make the most accurate judgment.
A moment later, the supernatural power was dispersed, and a white light in the purple gold gourd penetrated the heavens and the earth, and suddenly appeared in front of Tian Lei.
The layer of radiance shield shining around him suddenly came to a halt, and in the midst of the brilliance, countless rapidly circulating Dao patterns and runes also came to a standstill, and the True Yuan Convergence also seemed to come to a standstill.
This white ray of light was inserted into the very center of the intersection of the true yuan, and along the direction of the flow of the power itself, it was like a bamboo, breaking through his outermost layer of protection.
and smashed the protection of his magic robe, and finally in the pendant hanging around his neck, the power that escaped was shattered by this white light before it could form protection, and forcibly interrupted the magic weapon.
At this point, all the protection was broken, and the white light was full of sharp qi, which had pierced the skin under Tian Lei's jaw.
All of this happened in an instant, and he couldn't dodge it, so he could only resist it, and he didn't realize that his neck could block this blow.
Between the lightning and flint, Tian Lei's eyes began to be bloodshot, his teeth were bitten together, and Zhenyuan surged to his neck, and green tendons began to bulge in his neck.
"Click......"
There was a sound of bones breaking, and it suddenly exploded, Tian Lei's head, hanging on the back of his head, was not cut off, but himself, at the last moment, urged all his strength, forcibly tilted his head, and broke his cervical vertebrae.
That white glimmer only shaved off a layer of stubble from his chin......
The white light returned to the gourd, and Qin Yang was stunned.
And this kind of operation?
Isn't this really alien?
But after thinking about it, Qin Yang immediately thought of something else, he would rather break his neck than have his head cut off, which shows that the injuries he suffered from breaking his neck are not worth mentioning compared to being cut off his head.
Since he dared to do this, it can also be explained that it was just a normal decapitation, and for him, it was not fatal at all.
can continue to be reversed, Mu's skull-decapitating flying knife is definitely not just a matter of decapitation.
Tian Lei's head hanging on the back of his head was pushed back to its original position by his power, and his bones clicked for a while, and his neck was restored to normal.
It's just that looking at his face, he was quite frightened, and there was a hint of horror in his tone, a hint of happiness, and a strange laugh in his tone.
"Skull Flying Knife, hehe, it turns out that you have not fully mastered the Skull Flying Knife, it turns out that it is a half-finished product of this kind of half-hanging, and you need other magic weapons as an auxiliary ......"
The cold sweat on Tian Lei's body was steamed off two layers, and he was really frightened.
Mu's skull-cutting flying knife is recorded in Dingtiansi, and after a single slash, it is not only the head of the flesh, but also the head of the soul, as long as you see the head flying, it must be a one-hit kill.
He didn't have a powerful treasure in his hand to protect the soul.
Even if the skull-decaping knife in front of him is just a half-finished product, and its power is far less terrifying than the real skull-decaping knife, if the head is cut off, it will be finished nine times out of ten.
This person is just a mere divine gate, and one blow actually broke the three layers of protection on his body, this kind of protective power, even if he is a Dao Palace powerhouse of the same level, may not be able to break through it with one blow, and most of the time, when these protections are broken, the opponent is already dead.
Tian Lei looked at the gourd in Qin Yang's hand, full of jealousy, but he was not as frightened as he was at the beginning.
After all, it's not a real skull-decaping knife.
Tian Lei opened his mouth and spit out, and a seemingly ordinary sheathed guard saber appeared in his hand, his waist was short, holding the scabbard in one hand and the handle of the knife in the other, his pupils narrowed to the size of a needle tip, and his murderous aura converged.
The blood veins on his body were bulging, and the dark blue toxin was evaporating from his body surface along with the blood mist, which meant that he had given up suppressing the toxin and was going all out.
Tian Lei's face was calm, but he was unmoved, and the aura on his body became more and more restrained.
However, Qin Yang's cold hair on his body exploded, the flesh and blood under his skin trembled slightly, and the fascia of both legs was slightly agitated, which meant that his physical body had sensed the extreme danger first, urging him to run away immediately.
Qin Yang's heart was beating wildly, his soul opened his eyes, this kind of huge danger, and this posture, where would Qin Yang not recognize it.
This is the most basic and well-known style of the knife, the knife drawing style.
From this, from the lowest-level secret arts, to the amazing powers, there are all of them, and there are hundreds of powerful methods that are derived, not to mention hundreds of them.
After sensing this in person, Qin Yang understood that he couldn't run away, this move could only be forced, as long as he turned around, he would die immediately.
Only the frontal hard bar, the first shot, forced the opponent to shoot, and did not let him continue to accumulate strength.
However, Qin Yang didn't make a move at the first time, but paused a little as if it was the first time he saw this method, and when the aura on Tian Lei's body all dissipated and the whole person seemed to disappear, Qin Yang held the purple gold gourd in his hand, and read the lines perfunctorily in his mouth.
After making a move, Qin Yang immediately felt that the blood all over his body was accelerating, his heart was beating like a drum, and the blood was flowing like a river, and he couldn't help it anymore.
He wanted to try what kind of power this extreme blade and extreme attack was.
Although he knew that the snake seal man would definitely not let him die in the hands of the Great Ying God Dynasty, nine times out of ten he would make a cameo role as a life-saving benefactor, there must be someone who followed behind the people of Dingtiansi, waiting for the last moment to make a move.
Even if he is not sure, Qin Yang doesn't care, even if at the last moment, no one makes a move, he still has the Black Jade Divine Gate.
He wanted to know, such a blow condensed to the extreme, and the power within it must be a power that the Black Jade Divine Gate would not absorb, so could it smash the Black Jade Divine Gate.
Even if it's cut off, it's really not good, it's not bad to break a big hole, at least let him know where the limit of the Black Jade Divine Gate is, and he has a spectrum in his heart.
In addition to the Black Jade Divine Gate, there is also the White Jade Divine Gate, and he will never be hacked to death with a single knife.
When the white light rushed in front of Tian Lei, Tian Lei finally couldn't bear it anymore.
A sword light that dimmed the brilliance of the scorching sun by three points suddenly rushed out of his scabbard, and the sharp qi, killing qi, killing evil qi, many forces that had been condensed after tragic killing, instantly merged into this knife.
The sword light slashed and collided with the white millilight, and the white millilight was knocked out.
The sword light, which was piercing more than the scorching sun, turned into deep darkness wherever it passed, and everything it passed was as if it had been annihilated, and even the light could not escape again.
The jet-black sword was silent, and instantly turned into a jet-black giant blade that stretched for dozens of miles, impacting in front of Qin Yang.
Qin Yang's eyes were red, and his whole body was trembling, not scared, but trembling with excitement, the first time he fought with this kind of strong man head-on, and the sword path condensed to the extreme was really too suitable for breaking through the Black Jade Divine Gate.
After the pitch-black giant blade was cut down, dozens of miles turned into darkness, and he saw that this environment that seemed to have swallowed up the light was full of piercing sword light, domineering and sharp, cutting through all thoughts, through the sky.
The people who were waiting to make a move had not yet made a move, and Qin Yang was not surprised, as soon as his thoughts moved, the Black Jade Divine Gate was already in front of him.
Impacted by the piercing sword light, the Ying Long relief above the Black Jade Divine Gate suddenly opened his eyes, this time the Ying Long relief did not open his mouth and was stiff, but spread his wings and staggered to protect in front of him.
Every moment, it was as if the power of countless giant knives was superimposed on each other and slashed at the Black Jade Divine Gate.
Fine cracks appeared on Ying Long's wings, and some fine cracks began to appear on the Black Jade Divine Gate.
However, while new cracks appear, old cracks are being restored, and there is an increasing trend overall.
Qin Yang was full of joy, and sure enough, he guessed correctly, this kind of extreme sword path is actually similar to the way of the sword, but it is a domineering killing, and the edge is more suitable for head-to-head confrontation, more domineering, and sharper, rather than the way of the sword is light and agile, and there are more changes.
The domineering power of the front is the power that the Black Jade Divine Gate cannot swallow, and without the advantages of one or the other, it is the most suitable for breaking through the Black Jade Divine Gate.
Qin Yang stood behind the Black Jade Divine Gate, looking at the north of the Black Jade Divine Gate, and dense cracks had already begun to appear, and his mouth was about to smile crookedly.
Even if the Black Jade Divine Gate was destroyed, it would be impossible for him to condense such a strong Divine Gate in the future.
So what does it matter?
No matter how strong the Shenmen is, what is the use of birds, if he can't push it away, he will be trapped in the realm of the Shenmen, no matter how deep the background is, there is no qualitative change, when he encounters those top powerhouses, people can slap him to death.
The best divine gate is the strongest divine gate condensed under the premise that it can be pushed open.
Otherwise, even if it condenses a divine gate that even the Emperor has to kneel, what is the use.
When those cracks converged from the edge of the Black Jade Divine Gate to the center of his back, Qin Yang was already ready and continued to pull out the remaining power of the White Jade Divine Gate.
However, in the next moment, Qin Yang's mouth with a crooked smile completely froze.
When all the corners of the entire Black Jade Divine Gate were full of cracks, and it seemed that it would crumble in the next moment.
Those cracks began to dissipate rapidly, and in an instant, all the cracks disappeared.
Qin Yang's face stiffened, and he looked at the Black Jade Divine Gate, and found that the Black Jade Divine Gate had only shrunk slightly, and the luster and texture, and even the coercion it exuded, were even heavier.
Qin Yang stared blankly at the Black Jade Divine Gate, and in a trance, he seemed to see a few words floating out of the Black Jade Divine Gate.
Add twenty-eight.
After a short pause, behind these words, a few words stubbornly squeezed out.
Chase fifty-six.
Qin Yang's face was full of despair, and his whole person was as if his skull had been uncovered, and a basin of cold polar unfrozen spring was poured into it.
Not only is the heart cold, but even the soul is cold.
Nima, what are you doing?
When this broken door is bombarded by external forces and cannot absorb the power to repair itself, it will even use external forces to temper and forge itself, and it can continue to become stronger without absorbing strength.
What will I do after that?
Is it unless there is a strong man of Emperor Ying's strength who can destroy the withered and decaying Black Jade Divine Gate in an instant?
Otherwise, this Black Jade Divine Gate will only get stronger and stronger?
Qin Yang no longer paid attention to Tian Lei's knife, and there was no suspense about the result, and the remaining power was not even the ability to make the current Black Jade Divine Gate crack and break the crack.
Ten thousand feet in the sky, Jufford's master overlooked the sea, and he followed Tian Lei.
He really couldn't watch the descendants of the Mu family who appeared now, and then die in the hands of Emperor Ying's eagle dog.
He observed the large array below, watched Qin Yang and Tian Lei confront, and saw the seemingly inconspicuous, but amazingly sharp white light.
He recognized the skull-decaping flying knife, and naturally confirmed that it was definitely not a skull-decaping flying knife, and his heart was more regretful and sad, today's Mu descendants can't even use the real skull-decaping flying knife, but they have to use this way to go around in a big circle to use a plausible skull-decapitating flying knife.
He also saw Tian Leishi's signature method, the killing and drawing knife style.
It's just that he didn't expect that the descendants of the Mu family didn't escape, and they didn't immediately fight back, so that Tian Lei's power to draw the knife was born to the extreme.
Master Jia definitely won't figure out why, he just guessed that it must be the specious skull-cutting flying knife, which is quite restrictive, and he can't continue to shoot without pause.
When that knife came out, Master Jia was ready to make a move, he saw Qin Yang's eager to try, half a step without retreating, and couldn't help but think of back then, the old friend of the Mu family, under the attack of the Great Ying God Dynasty, was also like this descendant of the Mu family, fighting to the death without retreating, and being tough to the end.
When that sword light shone, looking down from the sky, it was like a huge black blade dozens of miles long and several miles wide, lying across the sea.
The sea surface only set off some ripples, and all the power was condensed together, and there was no waste at all.
At this time, Master Jia finally couldn't help it, and he reached out from a high altitude.
Above the black giant blade, there was a great force condensed out of thin air, turning into a big gray hand, pinching the back of the black giant's knife, forcibly suppressing its power, and picking it up as if holding a real black knife.
At the same time, Qin Yang also sensed the surging sword light around him, which instantly froze, and he could no longer cause harm to him.
Qin Yang's mind moved, and he immediately thought that this must be the life-saving benefactor sent by the snake seal man.
After putting away the black jade divine gate, turning into a water body and submerging into the sea, the breath merged with the surroundings, and saw that the sword light around him faded, and when he looked up, he saw that above his head, a big gray hand, holding a huge black blade that stretched for dozens of miles, slowly rose.
Qin Yang was slightly stunned, looking at this scene blankly, and was shocked in his heart, the snake seal man had made a lot of money, and he actually sent such a strong boss to save him.
It seems that the descendants of the Mu family are much more important than expected.
A moment later, Qin Yang immediately noticed Tian Lei, who seemed to be more shocked than him in the distance.
Tian Lei, whose complexion had completely changed from dark blue to jet black, looked at this scene, all the anger and killing intent dissipated, and all that was left was shock and panic.
Without hesitation, he took out a glass ball filled with white smoke and crushed it with his bare hands.
There was a muffled bang.
Thick white smoke overflowed, enveloping Tian Lei.
Taking advantage of Tian Lei's attention, Qin Yang had already quietly sneaked under him, when he saw the glass ball and saw these white smokes, Qin Yang's first reaction was that this thing wanted to escape!
At the same time that the glass ball was crushed, Qin Yang's mind turned sharply, and in the blink of an eye, he took out an elixir that he had refined when he had educated Zhang Zhengyi before, crushed it and threw it into the white smoke.
By the time the sea breeze blew and the white smoke dispersed, Tian Lei was gone, and the pill that Qin Yang threw into was gone.
Qin Yang sneered secretly, that pill was a poison that he had been exposed to and recorded over the years, and it was specially put in a gourd, and the poison that was naturally smelted in the way of raising Gu had never appeared in the world at all, and Qin Yang himself would not detoxify it in the right way.
Even if he was poisoned by this kind of poison, he could only rely on his supernatural powers to resist the past.
This thing is running fast, but it is already in a state of deep poison, coupled with his secret Ten Great Poison with extremely high compatibility, it is fused with the unknown poison in his body, and the ghost knows what will mutate into something.
If he doesn't die like this, then Qin Yang can only say that his life is great, and the right should be the reward for accompanying the acting and testing the Black Jade Divine Gate this time.
......
Thousands of miles away, on a small island in the East China Sea, in a stronghold of the Dingtian Division, I saw a glass ball hanging above the dome and had been used as a decoration, and suddenly burst open.
A large piece of white smoke tumbled out of it, and then Tian Lei, who was not in human shape, fell out of the white smoke and fell to the ground.
Tian Lei's face was dark and dark, and the blood flowing from the dense wounds on his body had turned black.
"Star picker, Yan ......"
After saying these words, Tian Lei glared angrily, completely lost consciousness, and his vitality continued to pass.
The people of Dingtiansi were in a hurry, trying to save Tian Lei, but just touching Tian Lei, he would be poisoned, and in the end, there was really no way, the foreign marquis of the stronghold took out his own treasures, and forcibly froze Tian Lei in the ten thousand years of Xuanbing, which was temporarily controlled.
......
On the other side of the sea, the gray giant hand flew up with a giant blade, and with a slight pinch in the air, he saw the black giant blade shatter, turning into a dazzling sword light, and soaring into the sky.
After a while, I saw an old man, slowly falling.
The old man looked at Qin Yang with a somewhat complicated expression.
"Old decay Yan Yan, I used to cultivate in the Chu Dynasty back then, among the ancestors of your Mu family, there are several people who are my friends, have you ever heard the name of the old decay? Which branch of the Mu clan are you?"
"Junior...... No name. Qin Yang told the truth honestly, he really didn't name this vest.
"No name...... It's good not to have a name, but not to be caught up in these storms. ”
Yan Yan stood on the surface of the sea, looking at the formation that was still in operation below the surface of the sea, and muttered to himself.
"How many years have passed, and I finally saw the Mu family's one-yuan sea array again......"
Qin Yang didn't speak, standing here quietly, he always felt that it didn't seem to be the same as what he thought.
Yan Yan took care of himself.
"You haven't been involved yet, it's best to hide here, there are not many people left in the Chu Dynasty, Mu ...... There is no one in the Mu clan anymore, you are the only descendant of the Mu clan I have seen in more than 10,000 years.
Emperor Da Yin still has the law body to remain, the people of Da Yin have begun to set off storms, the old man has been in hiding for many years, this time he came, it is also a message sent by the people of Da Yin, the old man was powerless, remorseful, and now he can't bear to be the queen of the Mu family.
Go on your own, and don't come back. ”
After Qin Yang heard this, he finally understood why he felt that it was not the same as he had guessed.
That snake seal man was so careful!
He wanted to win over himself, the descendants of the Mu family, but he was unwilling to use their hidden power, and in turn took advantage of the opportunity of the appearance of the descendants of the Mu family to force this Yan boss to make a move.
As long as he makes a move, he is destined to stand on the opposite side of Da Ying.
Even if the news is not exposed, the snake seal man will definitely let this information fall into the hands of Dingtiansi.
In this way, in addition to the descendants of the Mu family, they will also have an extra big guy as a helper, but none of their hidden power has been exposed.
Qin Yang suddenly understood why Yan Yan didn't react at all when Tian Lei escaped just now, it wasn't that he couldn't stop it, maybe he didn't want to stop it at all, and it was useless to stop it.
Qin Yang suppressed his thoughts and silently made a decision, if he was not sure in the future, he would kill that snake seal man at one time, it was best not to make a move.
Maybe you don't do it once, and you don't have a chance.