Chapter 1133 Falling (End)

What makes Xu Luo a little strange is that at this time, he keeps disrupting the situation on the battlefield, weakening the combat power of many gods in the dark camp, and then being suppressed by the gods in the order camp. Some of them were blown up directly because of the chain reaction caused by themselves.

Logically speaking, after killing the clones of the gods of the dark camp at this time, the situation on the field will be reversed, and the gods of the order camp will steadily gain the upper hand.

But although I said that I had indeed liberated the power of some gods on the side of the order camp at this time, but at this time, when these gods were invested in other places and continued to participate in the battle, the imaginary gods on the side of the order camp The situation of occupying the top did not happen at all.

At this time, wherever Xu Luo looked, what he saw was that the gods of the dark camp and the order camp were always in a state of battle. At this time, there was no spare manpower on both sides.

At the beginning, Xu Luo was still a little puzzled, but after all, the memory of the gods is very terrifying. At this time, Xu Luo thought about it a little bit. After paying attention to what he saw on the battlefield, he was keen perceived the difference.

It seems that at this time, the gods of the dark camp and the order camp have been entangled, basically fighting one-on-one.

But at this time Xu Luo was keenly aware of the difference, which was that some strange gods actually appeared on the field at this time.

Before, there was no memory about them at all, but at this time, it is precisely because of these newly appeared gods of the dark camp that the combat power that was liberated by myself before is now captured. The opponent blocked it.

Therefore, there is no such divine power that can be liberated by myself as I imagined. At this time, there is a direct tendency to fight more with less.

At this time, in a certain corner, the Goddess of Chenxi was accompanied by the other two **** kings of the light line. At this time, the three of them joined hands to attack a main god-level powerhouse.

They are only at the level of **** kings. Logically speaking, there is a huge gap between them and the main god, but because the other party is only their own avatar, the power they possess does not have the complete power of the other party, so at this time According to the attributes they possessed, after the three **** kings joined forces at this time, according to Guangming Nian's domineering, at this time, the main **** clone of the opponent was suppressed by them.

The light forces are very domineering. At this time, all non-light forces are directly restrained by them, especially when facing the dark forces. Obviously, the effects that the light forces can exert are far more terrifying than imagined.

Before, the Goddess of Dawn led the other two gods of the light line. In fact, they had been wandering around on the astral world.

The reason for this is that their purpose is to find the place where the two sealed main gods of the light line are located, and to rescue each other.

It's just that they haven't found the place where the two are sealed. At this time, Xu Luo has been promoted, so they can only put down what they were doing at the time and rush over to support.

But what no one could have expected was that it was just some gods coming to stop Xu Luo's promotion, but later, it turned into a battle between the gods of the Absolute Universe and the land of the gods.

Afterwards, the situation further expanded and directly evolved into a chaos between the two camps of darkness and order.

At the beginning, they wanted to help Xu Luo stop some people who came to stop him, but later, after the gods of the dark camp appeared, they also quickly turned their guns and directly targeted these dark camps The gods shot.

After all, the Goddess of Dawn and the others have never forgotten what it was like when they followed the Goddess of Light and fought against these old gods.

Although it is said that the Goddess of Light has fallen, but now they follow Xu Luo's command and belong to Xu Luo's side, so for them at this time, what they have to do is naturally to follow Xu Luo's side.

At this moment, both Yingluo and Zuo Tianyao were extremely eye-catching on the court.

Flying swords flickered behind Zuo Tianyao. At this time, he was not moving. He could only see these flying swords being driven by him. As in the legend, the sword fairy didn't need to move by himself at all. Drive the flying sword, take the enemy's head from countless miles away.

It's not that no one thought about it. At this time, directly attacking Zuo Tianyao's body made his flying swords return to defense.

But at this moment Zuo Tianyao didn't need to move at all, he saw a flying sword shuttle back and forth under his driving, and no **** could approach him.

These eight flying swords are actually the main artifact of Zuo Tianyao. Although each one only occupies one-eighth of the power of the main artifact, it is obviously more powerful than a large number of divine king weapons.

Therefore, at this time, these **** clones, when faced with such an attack, obviously cannot fight him at all.

If the other party's main body appeared, Zuo Tianyao naturally would not dare to make such a big deal, but at this time the other party was only driving his avatar, and he did not use the other party's main artifact. Under such circumstances, at this time he When confronted with these avatars of gods and spirits, they actually have the power of a sword fairy, but they are just bullying each other.

Compared to Zuo Tianyao's magnificence when fighting, Ying Yingluo seemed to be open and closed when fighting at this time.

Although there is nothing glamorous about it, what Yingluo displayed during the battle was very domineering.

At this moment, when facing Ying Yingluo, the people around him have no equals to her.

As a Valkyrie, he is the God of Fighting!

At this time, Ying Yingluo could clearly feel that as the area occupied by the Great Qin Empire became larger, it seemed that the part of the power that she had mastered related to war became more powerful.

So at this time, when she was fighting, what she showed was beyond everyone's expectations.

Although it is only a newly promoted main god, in terms of combat power, it is stronger and more terrifying than many old main gods.

However, the battle between these main gods, compared with the truly extreme beings on the other side, is ultimately much inferior.

At this time, I only saw Yezu, Lord of Order, Lord of Light and other rulers of the order camp. At this time, they were surrounded by a sturdy man with an unremarkable appearance. At this time, they were confronting those gods on the other side. .

Before, these dominant existences naturally fought against each other.

But at this time, after the battle between the dragon **** and the hundred-eyed giant in the star realm, with the new force of the dragon **** joining them, at this time, these dominator-level existences, but are gathered together.

After all, with the addition of a top combat force like Dragon God at this time, the balance of battle at this time has been tilted to the side of the order camp. For the gods of the dark camp on the other side, the situation at this time is relative. Naturally it is very unfavorable.

"Taotie, do you want to continue fighting?"

At this time, when the Lord of War looked at the strange figure on the opposite side, after frowning slightly, he spoke coldly and arrogantly.

At this time, all the gods on the side of the order camp gathered around the Lord of War. At this time, the Lord of War is naturally the largest on the battlefield.

If it is an individual fight alone, whether it is Canaan, the Dragon God, or the Lord of Light, the Great River Styx and other gods are not weaker than him.

But if we talk about the power of war, the Lord of War is naturally the most powerful at this time, so when the two camps are fighting at this time, the Lord of War is naturally the commander in chief of the battlefield.

The real power of the Lord of War is not reflected in personal battles, but his real power is in showing off on the battlefield.

The leader of the dark camp on the other side, the most powerful Taotie, looked at the Lord of War at this time, but fell into hesitation.

If the battle between the dragon **** and the hundred-eyed giant had not stopped before, then their side would naturally be in an evenly matched state, and it would be nothing more than a confrontation with each other.

But at this time, after the dragon **** resolved the battle, they had such a top-level combat force joining them, and they fell into a disadvantage at this time.

If the battle continues, on the one hand, there will be the Dragon God as a spoiler, and on the other hand, with the addition of the Dragon God, the Lord of War will be able to mobilize more powerful forces. Now, the advantage of the military formation he exerted will be even more terrifying.

In this way, the balance of the battle will be further tilted towards the opponent, and the situation will be even more unfavorable for them.

In his heart, he naturally didn't want to continue fighting.

But at this time, if he didn't fight, he would choose to retreat like this at this time. When he faced those top existences, it would be really difficult for him to explain.

Because of this, Taotie was directly caught in a dilemma at this time.

In contrast, those old gods in the dark camp at this time seem to be ready to move.

The old gods themselves have great strength, but because they are born with great power, their xinxing is extremely unqualified.

So you control a powerful force, but you have no way to completely control your own power, so you have no way to curb your desires.

So much so that in the age of the old gods, these old gods were made to wreak havoc, and their rule was eventually overthrown by people.

Although it is said that their era is no longer here, the temperament of these old gods has not restrained at all.

So when facing these new gods at this time, and in their eyes, when they saw the betrayers of the old age, these old gods were extremely angry at this time, wishing to tear these betrayers into pieces.

So when faced with the hesitation of gluttony at this time, these old gods can't wait to rush forward and kill all these deserters of the old era.

As for Taotie, who was in a dilemma, his expression suddenly shook, as if he had received some news.

At this time, he only saw him concentrating on sending messages to the dominator-level existences of the other dark camps, and then there was no sign. The gods of these dark camps all burst into their aura and rushed towards the order camp.

After seeing that the opponent chooses to fight at this time, the Lord of War also instantly released his own war rules with all his strength, and blessed the other Lords.

At this time, with the blessing of the authority of the Lord of War for a moment, the power of these dominator-level existences surged wildly, and then rushed towards the gods of the dark camp on the opposite side.

The most powerful thing about the Lord of War is that when he is on the battlefield, he can bless these people in his own camp.

Because of this, it is actually extremely unwise to target the Lord of War on the battlefield.

So at this time, the Lord of War was actually wondering in his heart. Obviously before, Taotie had been in a state of hesitation, and he was not willing to fight him head-on at all. What kind of news did he receive at this time? In a disadvantaged state, directly attack them.

It's just because the information obtained is not much at all, and therefore the Lord of War does not have the information he needs at all as he imagined.

At this time, all he can do is to bless these people in his lineup as much as possible, so that they can win this time.

Although it is said that in many cases, the Lord of War does not actually want to fight such a battle, because in this case, the strength of their top existences is too strong, which is actually a kind of oppression for the world of gods.

But now all of this is instigated by people from the inner dark camp, and the other party has already taken the initiative to attack. At this time, it is completely up to them to decide whether to fight or not.

When the dominator-level beings are fighting, how magnificent the momentum is, not to mention that at this time, dozens of dominator-level beings are intertwined and starting a melee at the same time, and the scene becomes even more chaotic.

At this time, the Dragon God, involuntarily, took the initiative to meet Taotie, and the other people also found their own opponents at this time.

After all, these masters exist, and they have already dealt with each other countless times, and they basically know each other.

Who has what kind of power and who can restrain whom? At this time, they all know very well, so there is no need to discuss at all, and each has a goal to choose.

"This way is dead!"

The Lord of Light looked across from him at this time, and wanted to leave. When he was looking for another opponent, he actively blocked the opponent's way.

Seeing the Lord of Light's eyes at this time, this God of Hades couldn't help but sigh.

If possible, he actually doesn't want to face the Lord of Light, after all, the Lord of Light's restraint on him is too strong.

So much so that at this time, when he faced the Lord of Light, he couldn't fully exert his strength at all, but at this time, when the Lord of Light faced him personally, it was impossible to retreat even if he wanted to.

This reminded him of how aggrieved those undead creatures were in the Nether World when they faced the bright area of ​​the Nether World, but now he has a deep understanding.

After seeing this underworld **** being blocked by himself, at this moment, the Lord of Light burst out a bright aura of light, and directly pressed towards the other party.

Before, the pent-up air that was generated on Xu Luo's body, at this time, the Lord of Light vented it all over this God of Hades.

There is a certain gap in strength between the two, and the ruler of light is at the pinnacle of the ruler level.

Even in the old days, although the Lord of Light was not the top existence, he was at least standing on the second echelon. On the contrary, this underworld **** was at most the third echelon, or is the end of the second echelon.

What's more, this is the case where the two forces are restrained. When facing the Lord of Light, he will naturally be constrained everywhere, but he will be beaten unilaterally.

"It seems that we have to fight this time!"

At this time, across from Canaan, the snake-haired woman smiled coquettishly at this time.

Seeing Medusa's appearance at this time, Canaan felt a chill in his heart.

Thinking that if she had a full head of hair and turned into little snakes at this time, it was really hard for her to imagine what a blow it would be to herself.

At the same time, thinking that the Medusa opposite her was actually born of the mermaid clan, just like herself, made her feel extremely cold, and then her anger rose.

After all, Medusa betrayed the ethnic group without making a sound and fell into the embrace of darkness. Now she has become such a ghost, which makes her extremely dissatisfied.

But when the two were fighting directly, Medusa didn't show any mercy at all at this time. She only saw her full head of hair suddenly soared at this time, and then the one that swayed behind him at the original time At this time, when the hair was soaring, it turned into a giant python. At this time, it frantically rushed towards Canaan.

Looking at these giant pythons, Canaan only felt a bit of nausea at this time, and she didn't see any movement of her, only saw the surging waves behind her, and then directly jumped towards these giant pythons.

It seems that they want to rely on the power of the waves to wash away everything in front of them.

"This place is in the starry sky, not above the sea at all. It is not so easy for you to use the boundless sea to submerge these little cuties like me!"

Looking at the huge waves, Medusa laughed lightly at this moment, not paying attention to the mighty waves at all.

If it is on the sea, when fighting against Canaan, Canaan relies on the advantage of the location, and the waves summoned by Canaan are for her, because of the blessing of the sea power, Medusa naturally has a certain amount of fear, but at this time Above the astral world, the sea waves summoned by Canaan are nothing more than watches, not the power of waves at all. The real manifestation is just a fake watch made by Canaan using his own power, but it is just a simulation.

If Canaan possessed absolute power as before, Medusa would not dare to stand in front of him, but at this time the two are at the same level of domination, and the two realms are the same, Canaan thinks It is not so easy to target yourself in this way.

Hearing Medusa's words, Canaan didn't change her expression at all. She only saw the huge waves behind her surging up into the sky, and then rushed towards her without restraint.

It's just that Medusa imagined that the sea waves submerging herself and the pythons didn't happen at all. I only saw that in the process of the waves rushing away, on top of the waves, there appeared one after another. A man made of waves.

These human-shaped phantoms condensed by sea blue are all equipped with weapons and equipment. At this time, I only saw these phantoms, which were directly fighting with the giant pythons made of hair above Medusa's head. Together.

And whenever these giant pythons are directly hit and cut off by the human phantom, only these giant pythons will return to their original hair.

When the waves rushed past and all the phantom figures in the waves disappeared, there was no expression change on Canaan's face at all.

The same thing is that Medusa is opposite at this time, but her face is extremely gloomy.

Because in the round of confrontation just now, she fell into a disadvantage.

At this time, she has black hair, but she has returned to her former appearance.

But in the past, the tips of her hair were snake heads, but this is not the case at all. She has returned to her previous appearance, and it will obviously take a while to regain her original snake hair appearance. repair.

At this time, only Medusa's cheeks are covered with layers of scales. At the same time, her original graceful figure has also changed at this time. I can only see her legs at this time. It turned into a huge fish tail.

The same thing is that at this time, Canaan's face on the other side has the same change, except that the scales on Medusa's face are silver, while the scales on Canaan's face are golden.

After turning into a mermaid real body, a long sword appeared in Canaan's hand at this time, and only saw two figures holding weapons at this time, using their real bodies, and then hitting faster and faster, disappearing in the in front of other people.

On the other side, Dragon God re-displayed his real body of ten thousand feet. In contrast, Taotie on the other side also condensed his real body of thousands of feet.

At this time, when the two behemoths are fighting, even other master-level existences around them subconsciously distance themselves from them.

Obviously, the movement after the battle between these two is too huge. If other masters are within their attack range at this time, they will inevitably be affected by them at that time. Therefore, out of self-safety considerations at this time, It can only be backed away.

At this time, at the center of the battlefield, the Lord of War didn't move at all. He just helped the Lord of Order a little bit as a mobile force on the battlefield when the Lord of Order was in danger.

This is also the meaning of the return of the Dragon God.

If the Dragon God hadn't been there before, then the Lord of War would naturally have to be the strongest glutton against the opponent, and naturally there would be no support on the battlefield.

And at this time, it is precisely because of the arrival of the Dragon God that the Dragon God faced Taotie. At this time, the Lord of War does not need to play in person. At this time, he can completely respond from the rear. Help a little.

On the other side at this time, it was because of the existence of the Lord of War that they did not dare to fight their opponents 100%, but could only stay distracted so as not to be attacked by the Lord of War. , when they fight their opponents, they will be in a state of fear.

It seems that the Lord of War did nothing at this time, but in fact, it was precisely because of the existence of the Lord of War that the opponent's combat power was weakened by a layer out of thin air at this time.

It's just that at this time, seeing that the opponent has been completely suppressed by them, the Lord of War always has a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart, but he can't express this feeling of uneasiness at this time.

So at this time, he can only try his best to pay attention to every direction of the battlefield, so as to avoid any accidents and let himself avoid it when the time comes.

And what he was concerned about at this time was not just the battles of these master-level existences. As the master of war, the occurrence of a war meant that his tentacles also touched the past.

So at this time, the battlefield between other main gods, for the Lord of War, he can also pay attention to it.

Even at this time, if he is willing, he can completely bless his own battle rules on the main gods of the order camp, just because at this time they need to go all out to target the gods of the dark camp, so at this time it is natural to Deal with them wholeheartedly.

Although it is said that for him, blessing his own power on these main gods is nothing more than a whim of his own, but after all, he has divided his energy.

At that time, the power blessed by the main gods of these light camps will naturally be slightly weakened, and in that case, the suppression power may be directly insufficient.

Besides these dominance-level battles, Xu Luo's own body has been staying in the sky above his own God Realm at this time. At this time, Xu Luo's God Realm is very embarrassing.

Because at this time there are a large number of top gods fighting in the surrounding area, but Xu Luo's God Realm is in the center of the battlefield.

At this time, his God Realm is neither moving nor moving.

After all, the fighting range of these gods is too wide. No matter whether Xu Luo moves to the left or right, or continues to rise toward the sky, he will eventually be affected by the aftermath of the attacks of these gods. Under the circumstances, no matter where he moves, it is not justified.

And at this time, it would be even more unrealistic to just stay in the same place in the God Realm. This is the center of the battlefield itself, so if you continue to stay at this time, it may lead to your own death at that time. This God Realm was directly affected.

And at this time, when Xu Luo made any moves, it would attract the attention of other gods, because Xu Luo had performed very well on the battlefield before, so those gods in the dark camp, at this time, naturally They have already set their sights on Xu Luo's.

It's just that although the gods of the dark camp want to attack Xu Luo actively at this time, but Xu Luo has a large number of deep space demon ants at the main **** level to stop them, no one can approach Xu Luo's God Realm.

In addition to dodging the attacks of those main god-level beings who unintentionally hit his own God Realm during the battle, what made him relieved at this time was that it would not be possible to say that his God Realm suffered a huge blow at this time. trauma.

It's just that at this time, when watching these battles, Xu Luo faintly felt a sense of uneasiness.

But he didn't know where this uneasy feeling came from, so at this time, Xu Luo could only try his best to keep an eye on six directions and listen to all directions, so as not to overwhelm you anytime soon. up.

After all, Mokdo said before that he foresaw his own death this time, but at this time, Xu Luo did not fall into any desperate situation at all.

At first, he still felt that death was possible, because he would face the top powerhouse, Lord of Light, and he would lose to the opponent, so death seemed reasonable.

But at this time, the Lord of Light didn't have any leisure time to pay attention to himself. After all, he was busy dealing with the gods in the dark camp at this time.

So at this time, Xu Luo didn't meet any too powerful opponents, but there was a danger of death, but it was unreasonable.

It's just a pity that at this time, the situation on the battlefield is too critical. Although Xu Luo said that he promoted the method of predicting the future again and again, to predict himself.

But because the Tiangang method is not able to predict itself at all, the conclusions drawn are naturally inaccurate and very vague.

The more important thing is that there is no useful information at all, and it is obvious that Xu Luo is not good at the practice of this Tiangang method, so if this Tiangang method has not been cultivated to the top level, it is natural not to Can predict at will.

If it is someone else, at Xu Luo's level, he can still have a clear cognition when predicting things, but if he wants to predict things about himself, the accuracy rate will drop linearly.

When Xu Luo was in a state of doubt, Mo Kedo, who had been staying in Xu Luo's God Realm and said he would protect him, suddenly flew out of Xu Luo's God Realm.

At this time, I only saw this little old man with a serious face, and then chains appeared directly in front of him, condensing into a dense network, blocking Xu Luo's side.

As an arcanist, what Murkdo pursues is the truth of the world.

At this time, I can only see that he is driving the power of order in the entire world, condensed into chains of order and connected together, forming this dense network and forming a layer of protection.

But at this time, Murdoch seems to feel that this layer of protection is not very safe at all, so at this time, only more chains are formed, and then one network after another is formed, covering each other layer by layer, blocking the in front of oneself.

At this time, his expression was extremely dignified. After seeing Murkdo's performance, Xu Luo didn't know what was wrong at this time, but out of safety considerations, he had a thought at this time, and then only saw the In front of the networks formed by many, there are some psionic insects covered together, forming a layer of psionic protection.

Besides these psychic worms, there were more psychic worms flying out from the God Realm at this time, forming a dense network, all over the side of these psychic worms.

If there is an attack at this time, the spirit insects will block the opponent's first round of attacks, and then these spirit-sucking insects will devour the opponent's power.

Although it may not be possible to swallow all the power, it is obvious that the opponent's power can be slightly weakened at that time.

In this way, when the strength of the opponent is weakened, the power that actually reaches Xu Luo will be further reduced.

In this way, it will be much easier to deal with it.

When seeing the defense formed by the Zerg like Xu Luo, although the defense power was indeed greatly strengthened, at this time Mokdo was not at all happy.

At this time, he was still looking worriedly at the distant sky.

Following Mo Kedo's gaze, Xu Luo didn't find anything at all.

At this moment, he couldn't help feeling a little confused.

I don't know what Murkdo sensed at this time, so that he behaved like this.

But earlier, Xu Luo had some guesses about Murkdo's strength, knowing that this little old man might be a master-level powerhouse, so the opponent's sensing ability must be stronger than his own.

So it seems reasonable to say that Murkdo sensed the coming danger in advance.

Just as Xu Luo looked into the distance following Murdoch's gaze, he found nothing, but at the next moment, all of a sudden, he saw only a blazing beam of light projected directly from the distant sky.

The star world itself is boundless, and the eyes of the gods can see very far away, but when Xu Luo looked in that direction, he could clearly feel that from an incomparably far away place, there was a sky-connecting The beam of light on the ground was rushing towards him, and when Xu Luo saw this beam of light appearing, the next moment, this beam of light had already been directly projected towards him.

The flying speed of this beam of light is so fast that even though Xu Luo said he saw its existence, the moment he saw it, the other party had already descended directly, and there was no chance for you to react at all.

And after this beam of light descended, the first to bear the brunt was naturally the dense network formed by layers of chains of order facing Murdoch.

However, when these dense networks faced the attack of this beam of light, they couldn't stop it for even a tenth of a second, and then collapsed layer by layer.

Seeing that all the chains of order collapsed, Mokdo's face also turned pale.

Obviously, maintaining the existence of this chain in the past is not a small loss for Murdoch, not to mention that at this time, all the chains of order have been destroyed, and he has also suffered a certain amount of trauma .

When these order chains of Murkdo were completely broken, the beam of light could not see the slightest attenuation at all, and then it just bumped into Xu Luo's psychic insects.

In the old days, the effect of the psychic protection formed by the psychic insects was still extremely terrifying.

But at this time, these psychic insects completely consumed all the psychic energy they possessed one by one, and they couldn't stop this beam of light one by one.

As these spirit-sucking insects were eliminated, the spirit-sucking insects behind them naturally also had no effect.

As for the so-called absorption of the opponent's energy by the spirit-sucking insects, this point was not able to be brought into play at all, and then under the countless astonished eyes, Xu Luo, Mo Keduo and which God Realm behind him were completely overwhelmed by this one. A blazing beam of light completely shrouded it.

Then this beam of light came and went quickly, and disappeared without a trace.

Seeing Xu Luo and his God Realm completely disappeared, the gods on the side of the order camp were all extremely shocked at this time.

Because they could clearly perceive that Xu Luo had completely disappeared from above the star realm at this time.

And the proof is that Xu Luo's avatar, who was still running around before, also disappeared without a trace at this time.

At the front, he was obviously still launching an attack, but after Xu Luo was wiped out by that beam of light the next moment, his avatar also disappeared in smoke.

At the same time, the gods of the dark camp who were tortured by the destructive power at that time also showed joyful expressions.

Earlier, they were thinking of paying a certain price to completely remove these destructive forces, but what they didn't expect was that this force suddenly disappeared at this time, which naturally reduced them to a certain extent. strength.

This also made these gods understand that at this time, Xu Luo was really completely wiped out from the entire world of gods, and the traces of him in this world naturally also disappeared. without a trace.

All this happened too fast, none of these gods had time to react.

All of this was like a dream. At this moment, they couldn't believe that a main **** of the same level was just wiped out along with his own **** realm.

Delete, delete, modify, originally wanted to arrange it to be vigorous, but it seems that it is not necessary. When facing the main god, the main **** is not his opponent. So there will be no danger of death, and the second master is not an opponent, and it is impossible to fight inseparably, so it is better to die in a mediocre manner than to be so serious.

Sorry, this chapter has been written for a long time, and it has been revised several times. It is just like this. I am not very satisfied, but the level is limited, and it can only reach this level.

(end of this chapter)