Every time Li Yuan takes action, although it cannot cause much damage to Elder Bao, it can at least slow down the latter's pursuit.
Elder Bao is a sword cultivator. Even if he is a strong man in the Yuan Dan realm, his attack range is far inferior to that of Li Yuan, a bow cultivator.
As time went by, the fight outside Xiangxiao Hall gradually attracted the attention of other members of Xitianjiao, and they rushed towards Xiangxiao Hall.
Two figures, one black and one old, were chasing each other on the lake.
The distance between the two was within Li Yuan's attack range, but the old man couldn't even touch him.
Li Yuan, who possesses the spirit pattern life-eating bone, has a clear advantage in speed through the power of thunder, and Elder Bao, who is at the peak of the early Yuan Dan realm, is not as good as him.
However, this state consumes a lot of energy in Li Yuan's body.
However, if you take more Dalidan in a short period of time, the effect will drop sharply.
Sensing that a large number of Yuan people were coming towards Xiangxiao Hall, Elder Bao's expression was extremely cold, which was a bit strange under the background of the green Yuan Power.
When he thought about it, he couldn't even deal with a small Void Realm. If it spread, wouldn't it be ridiculous?
Although the thunder element power is terrifying, the opponent's cultivation level is low and it is not enough of a threat.
Elder Bao gritted his teeth, and the green energy covering his body suddenly became rich, and his defense increased.
Put down the sword in your hand, step on it with both feet, and walk with the weapon.
A large amount of energy was poured into the long sword fiercely, and its flying speed instantly increased.
The sudden increase in speed consumes a lot of energy. Even a little acceleration will increase the energy consumption several times.
The distance between the two was not far, and he used the protective energy on his body to resist the lightning arrows. The old man was in front of Li Yuan in an instant.
"I caught you."
A smile appeared at the corner of Elder Bao's mouth.
The fist wrapped in green energy struck Li Yuan's chest arrogantly.
Li Yuan raised his right fist, and the lightning suddenly surged.
"Thunder Pattern Eight Desolate Fists!"
A thunder pattern on the life-devouring bone in the body suddenly lit up, and then turned into terrifying power and surged towards the fist. The energy condensed on the fist reached its peak in an instant and faced the old man's fist.
"Bang!"
The thundering Yuanli fist and the green Yuanli-wrapped fist collided violently, causing a loud noise that was deafening.
With the strength of the explosion, Li Yuan used the force to retreat and pull out a long water tank on the lake.
The old man retreated with his sword, dodged the impact of energy, stabilized his figure, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Fourth-level Yuan Technique? No, that's not right. This man is in the Void Realm, and the Qi pool has not yet transformed into Yuan Dan. This technique will drain the Qi pool instantly.
"Could it be that he has some treasure in his body that can burst out with such amazing power in an instant, which is slightly stronger than my punch?"
After a moment of doubt, the old man pursued him with his sword again: "I want to see how many punches he can throw with such power."
"Bang!"
With a loud noise, the lake surface was lifted several feet, and then a curtain of rain formed, scattering in all directions.
"Well, it's an evil sect. The Yuan Dan realm is not as good as the Taxu realm."
Elder Bao jumped out of the rain curtain, yelling curses, and blood surged in his body.
"Boy, what do you have on you?" the old man shouted.
"Hey, what's the matter? Are you scared?" Li Yuan smiled, but his heart strings were tight. The two thunder patterns on the spirit pattern life-eating bone were used up, and he no longer had the capital to challenge the Yuan Dan realm powerhouse.
The two figures stood quietly on the lake, looking at each other, neither making any move.
"Elder Bao, what are you doing? You can't even deal with a boy from the Void Realm? If you have any ideas, you can tell President Tu."
Outside the Xiangxiao Hall, a middle-aged woman in a red dress with dragon patterns saw the peaceful lake in the distance and shouted angrily.
"What the hell. If we don't deal with this kid today, then the ladies will definitely say in front of the president that I have ulterior motives..."
The old man complained that it was better to face the perfection of the Taxu Realm than to face the wrath of a strong person at the peak of the mid-Yuan Dan Realm.
He used his Yuan Power to the extreme, pressed his foot on the sword, accelerated suddenly, and created a deep groove on the lake. He raised his fist wrapped in Yuan Power and said, "Boy, try another punch from me. I don't believe it. You are really stronger than me."
Li Yuan's face darkened when he heard this. He turned his left wrist and held the Thunder Flying Blade in his backhand, holding it horizontally in front of him to block Elder Bao's attack.
"boom!"
As the fists and flying blades collided, Li Yuan felt his entire left arm numb.
The power contained in Elder Bao's punch was so strong that he involuntarily flew backwards and hit the shore, causing the stone stairs on the shore to shatter. His throat felt sweet and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
"You have to work harder. I can't hold on any longer, and that old guy might go crazy."
Li Yuan raised his head and looked at the battle circle between Qin Tian and Elder Xian on the shore, and said.
Before Qin Tian and others could respond, Elder Bao's nagging voice rang in his ears: "This is your true strength, right... Humph, I have told you before that you are too weak. In my eyes, you are just an ant."
Li Yuan looked at Elder Bao who was rushing towards him, and sneered: "The peak of Yuan Dan realm in the early stage is nothing more than this."
Suddenly, a thunder flying blade flew out of the side of Elder Bao.
Elder Bao was immediately startled and quickly waved his arm, forming a green energy shield with his majestic energy.
He didn't dare to take the flying blade forcefully. Although Li Yuan was knocked away by his punch just now, his fist hit the thunder flying blade, leaving a shallow blood mark, which frightened him.
At the same time as the thunder flying blade attacked the old man, Li Yuan raised the Lanyun Bow and shot three thunder arrows.
A look of surprise appeared on Elder Bao's old face, and he quickly struck out a palm, directly scattering the three thunder arrows.
The elemental shield on the other side also blocked the thunder flying blade.
In a moment, Li Yuan jumped up from the ground, swept to the lake, walked on the water, and with a move of his left hand, the flying blades with thunder arcs returned to the surroundings.
Elder Bao landed on the lake, took his sword back in his hand, looked at the fleeing figure of Lei Lei, and chased after him.
"Relying on the cultivation of the Void Realm to activate the two treasures at the same time, they are both top-grade treasures. The soul power is too strong and the talent is really great. They must be eliminated." Elder Bao thought in his heart.
To activate two treasures or multiple kinds of ingots at the same time requires soul power that far exceeds that of ordinary Yuan practitioners, but those are ingots of the same class.
If you are in the Void Realm and want to activate various ingots, you can usually only use real treasures.
To activate Yuanbao that transcends its own level, the soul realm must also exceed the soul realm and soul power of normal Yuan practitioners, and the talent far exceeds that of ordinary Yuan practitioners.
Elder Bao had only heard of the ability to control two top-grade treasures at the same time in the Taxu Realm, but had never seen it before.
Li Yuan's attack at the same time just now really surprised Elder Bao.
The young man in black robe in front of him was extremely talented and very scheming. He could not hold anything back.
If he hadn't noticed it just now, he might have been stabbed by the flying blade.
His previous rough attack method could indeed hit Li Yuan, but it also consumed a huge amount of energy.
Once Li Yuan seizes the opportunity, there is a high possibility that he will be put in danger.
"Within attack range."
Elder Bao accelerated the pursuit, judged the distance, swung his sword, and slashed at Li Yuan's back with green sword energy.
Feeling the rioting energy behind him, Li Yuan jumped up from the lake, rolled onto his side, and narrowly avoided the green sword energy.
The air pressure caused by the sword energy pressed hard on Li Yuan, causing the blood and energy in his body to surge.
Li Yuan rolled on the lake for a distance before completely losing his strength.
Before he could stand firm on the lake, he had already opened his bow and fired arrows, shooting three arrows in the direction of Elder Bao to prevent the old man from launching continuous attacks.
Elder Bao slashed with the long sword in his hand. He was still nearly ten feet away when the thunder arrow was blocked.
The long sword in his hand swung again, and another green sword energy swept out and struck Li Yuan.
Li Yuan, who had just regained his balance, raised his left hand, and the thunder flying blade appeared in front of him to resist the green sword energy, but he was still knocked away.
Fortunately, this flying blade is an imitation of the Black Lightning Thunder Blade. It is a top-grade treasure. It can handle the sword energy at the peak of the early Yuan Dan realm without any problem. If it were an ordinary real treasure, it would have been shattered long ago.
At this time, the blue-silver electric arc lingering around Li Yuan was even more dazzling than before.
He retreated backwards at extreme speed, trying to get out of Elder Bao's attack range.
However, Elder Bao's attack became more and more fierce with one move after another.
On the water, Li Yuan rolled unsightly one after another, jumping up and down to avoid Elder Bao's attack, becoming more and more embarrassed.
The thunder flying blades were quickly circling around, also resisting the opponent's attacks.
Li Yuan could only look for gaps and shoot a few arrows at Elder Bao from time to time.
"The gap in cultivation is too big, and there is still pressure from the realm, so my attacks have little effect on him.
"It seems that we can only delay as much time as possible until my aunt and the others deal with the middle-aged woman." Li Yuan said secretly as he flew across the lake.
………
Outside Xiangxiao Hall, several huge blue winds suddenly appeared.
"Go back quickly."
Li Yunqing formed a seal with his jade hands in front of his body and transmitted sounds at the same time.
Qin Tian, Qin Chen and Su Yihao quickly retreated.
Several cyan winds pressed around the middle-aged woman, blocking all her escape routes.
"I am a strong person in the Yuan Dan realm...you ants...I..."
She roared in terror in the blue wind.
At this time, several wind rolls formed into a larger blue wind roll and enveloped her. She wanted to break free, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move even half an inch.
The green wind scroll was like ten thousand sharp swords, cutting at her body.
She could clearly feel that her body was being torn apart bit by bit, her flesh and blood bursting open, but there was nothing she could do.
His eyes were cut by the wind, his vision was blurred, and finally it was pitch black.
She felt like her vitality was constantly draining away, and she smelled the smell of death.
Gradually……
Her consciousness began to drift, her body could no longer hold up, and she finally collapsed.
The green wind gradually weakened and finally disappeared.
"She's dead?"
Qin Tian looked at the dilapidated ground and the middle-aged woman whose appearance was no longer visible in the pool of blood.
Li Yunqing took a breath, her pretty face under the black robe was slightly pale, her eyes were cold, and she said lightly: "I can't feel her vitality.
"When I just used Yuan Shu, the charging time had already reached the limit of my cultivation. She would have no chance of surviving such a blow."
Qin Tian and the others' eyes fell on Li Yunqing, with a hint of fear in their eyes.
Li Yunqing's calmness, timing of action, response to the enemy, etc. are not what a Yuan Zhe under twenty-eight years old should have.
Both of them have perfected their cultivation in the Void Realm, and Li Yunqing's strength far exceeds theirs.
She raised her jade hand gently towards the corpse in the pool of blood, and a Yun ring was taken into her palm, and then turned into rays of light and penetrated into the black robe.
He took out four three-line powerful pills, lifted up the black gauze on his cheeks, and put one into his mouth. His face immediately became rosier.
"then!"
Li Yunqing gave each of Qin Tian and the others a three-mark powerful pill.
"Come on, we have to help Xiao Yuanzi."
After saying this, Yuzu tapped the ground lightly and flew towards the thundering figure on the lake in the distance.
Although he acted calm and collected, he was actually very anxious.
Li Yuan faced a strong man who was at the peak of the early Yuan Dan realm.
The four of them were almost exhausted before they killed an early-stage Yuan Dan state.
Qin Tian and the others came to their senses, quickly took the elixir, and followed.
………
"It's a pity that such a good talent should have Yuan Gu, but today he died here."
Elder Bao, who was already in complete control of the situation, had no intention of giving Li Yuan a chance to catch his breath.
"Haha, die! You can die under my fame magic, no regrets."
"Second-level Yuanjutsu, see you later!"
Elder Bao danced a sword with one hand and formed a seal with the other. Suddenly, a huge green rattan shadow appeared.
Not far away, Li Yuan, standing on the lake, wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth, and then raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
He sent a message to Elder Bao: "I have a tough life, and I probably won't die today. After all, you have the peak cultivation level of the early Yuan Dan realm. Don't you pay attention to the rear when facing the enemy?"
Elder Bao's attention has been focused on Li Yuan. At this moment, Li Yuan is completely within the range of his attack and there is no possibility of escaping.
After finally catching such an excellent opportunity, Elder Bao was too excited for the moment and did not pay attention to the surrounding movements.
After being reminded by Li Yuanyi, he immediately felt a large amount of force coming towards him from behind, and his back suddenly felt cold.
"not good."
Elder Bao thought to himself.
"First-order Yuan Shu, Qingfeng Sword Technique!"
"First-order elemental technique, Rock Breaking Slash!"
"First-order elemental technique, brown blood gun!"
"Second-level elemental technique, golden gun!"
The cyan whirlwind, the shadow of the golden spear, the bloody shadow, and several golden spear heads suppressed it.
The huge green vine shadow that was originally going to attack Li Yuan suddenly attacked the rear like a poisonous snake.
"boom!"
The surface of the lake was lifted up by the majestic energy, turning into water waves all over the sky. A loud noise that shook the world spread, and the phantom of the green rattan neutralized all attacks.
"As expected, it was just a vase that was of no use but was quickly solved by a few Void Travelers."
As the waves fell into the lake, Elder Bao looked at the four black-robed figures appearing behind him and snorted coldly.
Li Yuan seized the opportunity, twisted his body, and rose into the air. With the Lanyun Bow in his hand, the thunder arc surged.
"Second-order elemental technique, chain lightning arc!"
A huge blue, silver and black thunder arrow condensed into shape instantly and shot out from the string.
As soon as the thunder arrow left the bowstring, it surged again.
"call out!"
The speed was too fast, and the thunder arrow reached Elder Bao's back in an instant.
Before Elder Bao could turn around, he bumped directly into him.
The green energy covering the old man's body disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, replaced by flashing three-color lightning arcs.
Several black figures surrounded by thunder flashed not far behind the old man. Then, the thunder flying blades entered from the back of the old man's head at extremely fast speeds, and then emerged from the center of his eyebrows.
The thunder flying blade drilled out from the center of his eyebrows, hovering in the air, leaving behind a streak of thunder, flashing several times in succession, almost simultaneously piercing Elder Bao's throat, heart, arms, abdomen and other vital parts of his body.
All the movements were done in one go, smoothly and at such a speed that Elder Bao had no time to react.
The old man's vitality disappeared in an instant.
"Zizzizi..."
The vitality in the old man's body dissipated at the same time as his vitality.
Without the support of Yuanli, his body fell into the lake.
Before entering the lake, the thunder flying blade cut off the old man's fingers and took away the Yun Ring.
Li Yunqing quickly rushed to Li Yuan and looked at the black robe covered with scars. He felt heartbroken and his eyes filled with mist.
Touching Li Yunqing's head, Li Yuan comforted him: "I'm fine. You know, this little injury is nothing. Tomorrow, all wounds will heal."
At this moment, Qin Tian, Qin Chen and Su Yihao also came to Li Yuan.
"How is it? Can you guys fight again?" Li Yuan asked.
Su Yihao was the first to respond: "There is no problem, I just don't know what the situation is like with Elder Chang? After all, the other party is a strong man in the middle Yuan Dan realm."
"It's difficult to win. Let's go over and take a look. There are at least two to three hundred people from the Xitian Jiao Gang, and they are gathering here. We have to leave quickly." Li Yuan said solemnly.
In tonight's battle, three major Yuan Dan realms have been destroyed. If Fang Bo is captured, the Xitian Jiao will exist in name only.
Dongtianjiao, who has established a firm foothold in Xingcheng, cannot return to Linxingcheng.
Without much pause, five black shadows quickly passed across the lake and fled towards the fighting light and shadow in the distance.
………
"As expected, it's the person from Linqianmen. Chang Taiqing, you old fox, you are so brave."
Fang Bo stood on the shattered roof and said sternly.
Chang Taiqing was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and touched his face with his old hands. The black scarf he was covering had fallen off.
"Today's matter has nothing to do with Linqianmen. Xitian Jiao's behavior is too rampant, and I really can't stand it.
"If it was really Linqianmen, how could I lead a few Taoxu realms to attack the Western Heaven Jiao at night?"
He didn't know the fighting situation on the young sect leader's side, so he could only find a way to distance himself from the Linqiang sect.
Fang Bo felt that what Chang Taiqing said made some sense.
If you really want to destroy the Xitian Jiao, the master of the Linqiang Sect must come in person.
The oxhorn in his hand flicked hard, making a harsh sound. Fang Bo snorted coldly: "The energy in your body is already a bit chaotic, so you are no match for me. The disciples in our guild have already arrived. If you give up, I can leave a trap for you." Whole body."
“Stop talking nonsense and fight if you want.
"As long as you Tianjiao Society's trashes dare to come, I will kill as many as they have.
"If you want to kill me, show some real skills. If you beat me weakly like before, I'm really sorry for my mid-Yuandan realm cultivation."
Chang Taiqing didn't give in, even for this reason, he could only do his best.
At this time, he regretted that his actions today were too reckless.
If another Yuandan realm expert from Xitianjiao comes, he will really perish here.
Furthermore, if the young master dies, he will not be able to escape heavy punishment if he returns.
What Chang Taiqing said angered Fang Bo, who jumped up from the roof with a livid face and murderous intent in his eyes, and was bound to kill the former.
"Since you want to die, I will grant it to you." Fang Bo shouted loudly, and immediately stood up and rushed towards Chang Taiqing.
Looking at the figure of the old man flying in mid-air, the surrounding air became a little distorted. The pressure of the cultivation level was exerted to the extreme. The earthy yellow Yuanli brilliance on the body surface surged a lot. Chang Taiqing couldn't help but secretly said: "My strength is still the same. Slightly inferior.”
When Fang Bo was about to stab Chang Taiqing with the horn fork in his hand, three thunder arrows, a green sword energy, and three spear powers swept over him.
His body shook slightly, and a majestic energy came out of his body, turning all attacks into nothingness.
"A group of ants dare to sneak attack."
Fang Bo looked at the five people from Li Yuan who were coming, and shouted violently.
Li Yuan stood on the corner of the eaves and snorted coldly: "Several people who regarded us as ants before are already dead. Now that you say this, it seems that today's fate is no different from theirs."
When Fang Bo heard this, his expression changed drastically. Elder Bao and Elder Xian were both Yuandan realm experts, how could they die at the hands of a few Taoxu realms.
Chang Taiqing also had a disbelieving expression on his face and looked at Su Yihao, who nodded slightly.
It is a strange news that four people in the Tuxu realm have successfully destroyed three people in the Yuan Dan realm.
Even after confirming it with Su Yihao, Chang Taiqing still felt that it was not true.
He didn't expect that the young man standing on the corner of the eaves actually led them to do it.
"What trick did you use?"
Fang Bo's face was full of shock, he raised his horns, pointed at Li Yuan, and asked sternly.
Li Yuan chuckled and said: "Do you need any more tricks to deal with the early stage of Yuan Dan Realm? It's your turn now."
Hearing this, Fang Bo frowned slightly and subconsciously took half a step back on the roof, secretly thinking that the other party really had some way to kill Yuan Dan.
"Fang Bo, after all you are a strong man in the middle stage of Yuan Dan Realm, but you were frightened by a boy from the Void Realm with just two words."
A rough voice came from far away.
Then, the majestic pressure like the sea came directly towards Li Yuan and the six others.
Even Chang Taiqing felt a little overwhelmed by this pressure.
"At the peak of the mid-level Yuan Dan realm, there is another mid-level Yuan Dan realm..." Li Yuan's eyes looked at the two figures coming from the distance with their weapons.
Chang Taiqing whispered: "Tu Wei is here, it seems we can't leave today."
"I've only been out for a while, and this place has been ruined by so many people."
Tu Wei, who was short and fat, with a ferocious face and gray beard, slowly landed next to Fang Bo.
"Elder Fang, I think you have been sleeping in the arms of women all these years. You have really fallen. Every year you are getting worse. Can you still dance like this?"
The beautiful middle-aged woman who came with Tu Wei gently tapped Fang Bo's shoulder with her fingers in a sarcastic tone.
Tu Wei was here, Fang Bo didn't dare to say anything, he just glanced hard at the beautiful middle-aged woman in purple dress.
"Guys, let's call it a night." Tu Wei said lightly with a very ugly smile, "You have some courage to provoke our Tianjiao Society. You are commendable for your courage.
"But, since you don't want to go on the road to survival, I will let you go to the road of death tonight."
Tu Wei glanced at Chang Taiqing and said: "Chang Taiqing, your Linqiangmen must have been coveting the top spot in Linxing City for a long time.
"Don't worry, after you die, I will come to your door in person and communicate this matter to Sect Leader Su."
After the words fell, Tu Wei's body's Yuan Power surged wildly, and his body surface was suddenly wrapped in dark red Yuan Power. A pair of eyes glowed with endless killing intent, and a long sword glowing with dark red Yuan Power appeared out of thin air in his hand.
Holding the knife in both hands, he raised it high above his head, as if the energy of the surrounding world was converging on the long knife.
"Third-level Yuan Shu, Nine Rays Slash!"
Tu Wei held the long knife in his hand and slashed down with the power of splitting the mountain.
"Everyone, that's it."
Nine huge dark red knife shadows flew out from around Tu Wei, each of which contained terrifying power.
Wherever the knife shadow passed, it brought up violent rolling air waves, causing all surrounding objects to fly up.
"Be careful...retreat quickly..."
Li Yuan's body shook, and he quickly rushed to Li Yunqing's side, pulling the latter back quickly.
Tu Wei suddenly took action, and also used third-level Yuan Shu, which Li Yuan didn't even expect.
This Tu Wei was even more ruthless than him. Facing Yuan Zhe whose cultivation was far lower than his own, he would strike with a killing move without any hesitation. His heart was ruthless and his hands were ruthless.
"Young master, be careful."
Chang Taiqing's expression suddenly changed, and the Yuan Power in his body poured out without reservation, blocking the front of several people. At the same time, he formed a Yuan Power shield in front of him, and the spear in his hand quickly rotated to form a defense.
The Yuan Power of Qin Tian and the other three people covered their entire body to protect their bodies, and their Yuan Power turned into shields. At the same time, they waved their spears and tried their best to resist.
They were not as fast as Li Yuan, so they could only resist the knife shadow.
Looking at the two fleeing figures in black robes, Tu Wei frowned slightly, with a look of surprise on his face.
He didn't expect Li Yuan to be so fast.
Five sword shadows quickly chased towards Li Yuan and Li Yunqing.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Four sword shadows struck Chang Taiqing, Qin Tian, Qin Chen and Su Yihao respectively. If they were not careful, they might all fall on the spot.
Under the threat of death, the four people could only go all out to resist the bombardment of the knife shadow.
Except for the shield formed by Chang Taiqing's Yuanli at the front, which could withstand it for a little longer, the shields condensed by Qin Tian and the others were instantly shattered, hitting the rotating spear, and their bodies immediately flew backwards.
After flying twenty or thirty feet, they stabilized their bodies and several people vomited blood at the same time.
Fortunately, after resisting Tu Wei's blow and checking his injuries, there was no danger of life.
Except for Chang Taiqing, everyone else probably needs to cultivate for a while.
Li Yuan's speed reached the limit, and he could only open up the distance as much as possible to weaken the attack power of the knife shadow.
He is fast, but Dao Ying is faster.
"Can't escape?"
Li Yuan murmured.
He pushed Li Yunqing away, pushing the latter as far as possible out of the attack range of the knife shadow.
Turning around quickly, five knives were printed on his pupils.
There was a look of shock in his eyes, and Li Yuan never expected that there would be five sword shadows attacking them.
The blue-silver thunder flying blade flew out, scattering one blade shadow, leaving four.
His whole body was shrouded in blue, silver and black Yuan Power, and the arc of light on his body was more intense and dazzling than ever before.
Quickly dodging, he actively used his body to meet the bombardment of the knife shadow.
A sword shadow followed...
Two sword shadows followed...
Three sword shadows followed...
Looking at the last remaining sword shadow, Li Yuan was unable to resist it, and his body reached the limit of endurance.
The power of three consecutive knife shadows was transmitted into the body, and the whole body suddenly tensed up, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the body fell rapidly.
He could clearly hear his heart beating.
His vision was blurred, and he looked at Li Yunqing in the distance, wanting to shout out.
However, no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't make a sound.
At the last moment when his eyes were closed, he seemed to see a green light shining when the shadow of the dark red knife struck Li Yunqing's body, far exceeding Li Yunqing's cultivation level.
(End of chapter)
