Chapter 199 The Nine-Headed Yamato Norochi

Monsters in the prehistoric era still valued their territory, so when the roar sounded, the monsters on the opposite side rushed over immediately, with the speed of an airplane. In fact, the monster here is indeed a flying creature, and I was dumbfounded when I saw this thing.

"Holy crap, isn't this a ghost car?"

The ghost car, also known as the nine-headed bird, is an ancient ferocious beast and an authentic native creature of our country. However, this guy was on the wrong team during the establishment of Heavenly Court, and then someone had one of his heads chopped off. After that, the nine-headed bird became eight-headed. Moreover, in order to avoid pursuit, this guy ran to Japan and hid in the volcanic veins to heal his injuries by absorbing the energy of geothermal energy. Of course, sometimes this guy will occasionally pop up to take a breath, but because its body is always buried underground, only the remaining eight heads will emerge from the ground, so the Japanese thought it was a dog with eight heads. The big snake, so he named it Yaki no Orochi. However, no matter how the Japanese worship Yamata no Orochi, this guy is indeed a creature from China, and it is not a particularly famous one.

During the prehistoric era, a large number of high-level creatures fell. Although Yamato no Orochi lost his head, he became one of the few ancient creatures that survived that era because he left the troubled land of Middle-earth. Later, as the energy rules of the world after the prehistoric era gradually stabilized, the combat effectiveness of all the great gods and creatures returned to normal and were no longer so abnormal. Therefore, ancient creatures such as Yamata no Orochi all became super creatures. This is one of the reasons why Yamata no Orochi, who was completely unknown in China, was regarded as a great god in Japan. It's not that the Japanese haven't seen the world, it's because of this era. There are really not many creatures left with this kind of strength. Moreover, Yamata no Orochi hides in volcanic veins to absorb geothermal healing and indirectly alleviates Japan's volcanoes and earthquakes. Therefore, it is completely normal for the Japanese to worship this guy.

However, no matter how the Japanese worship it, the ghost car is originally a creature of our country, and the creature in front of us looks like a Yamata no Orochi with an extra head.

If it were an ordinary creature, I might have thought it was the same kind as Yamato no Orochi, but the problem is that ancient ferocious beasts are special creatures formed by natural energy. Most of them have no biological parents, and are just independent creatures raised by nature. Any kin exist. Every ancient ferocious beast can be said to be a representative of its own species. When it dies, the species becomes extinct. so. If I see a nine-headed bird, it must be Yamata no Orochi.

I have already asked Xin that the prehistoric era we are in now is not a fake mission world, but a real prehistoric era. In other words, Xin used a magic circle to send us to this point in time in the prehistoric era. Instead of forging such a world. And push it downward according to this theory. That is to say, this Yamata no Orochi is not a fake Yamata no Orochi, but the real one. He was the Yamata no Orochi who had not lost a head and went to Japan for treatment, and at this time he actually did not have this name at all. Because that was the name given to him by the Japanese after he arrived in Japan.

The Yamata no Orochi over there flew over and immediately confronted the big turtle on the ground. Neither of them immediately launched an attack. After all, it was different from before. These were bosses of the same area, not just pawns. So we are very cautious about each other.

In fact, to be honest, when I guessed that this might be Yamata no Orochi, I felt that my work might be in vain this time, because I know Yamata no Orochi. His strength is actually terrible, let alone this big turtle. Without the divine power core he picked up later, he couldn't even guarantee a 100% winning rate in a duel with me, let alone this, which made me completely crazy. Big turtle.

However, the situation here once again gave me an unexpected surprise or an unexpected shock.

The two behemoths faced each other for less than ten minutes before they began the first round of tentative fighting. Both used their own small skills, and both were tentative attacks. The big turtle spit out his own acid, and then Yamata no Orochi spit out a fireball.

The fireball and acid collided in the air, and then exploded instantly, spewing out a large cloud of green gas and disappeared. Obviously the attack power of the two is about the same. But then Yamata no Orochi fully demonstrated to us what it means to be powerful in numbers. Although Yamata no Orochi only has himself, he has nine heads, while the turtle opposite has only one head. The difference in the number of heads between the two is huge. When they started to spray each other in the sky and on the ground, Yamata no Orochi's advantage was immediately revealed.

The acid ball of the big turtle and the fire ball of Yamata no Orochi can just cancel each other out, and the speed of the big turtle's spray is actually slightly faster than that of Yamata no Orochi, but the problem is that after the nine heads of Yamata no Orochi are put together, In turn, the speed was several times faster than that turtle. As a result, the Yamata no Orochi was like an armed machine using a machine gun to torture an armored vehicle in the air, bombarding the big turtle on the ground indiscriminately. At first, the big turtle could resist for a while, but soon he couldn't stop it completely. He was so disgraced by the explosion that he lost all his temper.

"Hey, is this really Yamata no Orochi? Why is it so much stronger than the modern Yamata no Orochi?"

I was just sighing casually, but unexpectedly Xin suddenly said: "I don't know that Yamata no Orochi, but if this guy really lives to the modern age like me, then his strength should not become weaker. , unless he is an idiot and has not practiced for so many years."

"He's been healing over the years."

"Healing?" Xin hesitated a little and said, "If he is injured, then it is understandable why his strength has dropped so much."

"Do you know the reason?"

Xin nodded and said: "Of course, but the specific content is very complicated. In short, you only need to know that it is caused by the decrease in the concentration of free energy between heaven and earth."

I nodded and said, "I probably understand what's going on, but I really didn't expect that the Yamato no Orochi back then would be so ferocious."

"Are there any weak people other than this guy who survived the prehistoric era?" Xin suddenly asked.

When I heard this, I thought about it and immediately shook my head and said, "No, all the people I know who came from your era are super gods. There is no weak one. This guy may be the only exception."

"That's right."

I nodded and didn't answer any more, but looked at the battlefield over there. The big turtle has been completely beaten by Yamato no Orochi. He has no way to resist the opponent's indiscriminate bombardment. However, although he cannot dodge or offset it, he has nothing to do for the time being, because this guy actually has A translucent light film lit up, blocking all attacks.

If I take off this turtle-type creature, it must have a bunch of defensive skills. For ordinary people, let alone killing them, it is difficult to break the defense.

Although this guy's shield was broken, the shield supported by this skill requires its own energy, and when the shield is attacked, the energy of the trumpet is much more than the energy carried by the magic that attacks it. . Therefore, in this case, the defender is actually at a disadvantage. This big turtle kept carrying it like this. As long as his upper limit of magic power does not exceed Yamata no Orochi several times, then sooner or later he will be defeated by Yamata no Orochi. The difference is just a matter of time. However, I think Yamata no Orochi will definitely not run out of magic power before the big turtle, because the big turtle has already fought several battles before. Although he seemed to have swallowed a few inner elixirs and the like later. But this thing is not a magic medicine. It is impossible to take it and get immediate results. So the current state of this big turtle is definitely not in its prime. In addition, flying units like Yamata no Orochi tend to focus on mana output at first glance, while that turtle is a defensive unit. So theoretically speaking, it is very normal for Yamato no Orochi to have more magic power than this guy.

That turtle's patience is really good, Yamata no Orochi is also stubborn, that guy held a magic shield and kept blowing up if he didn't let go. He held on to the big turtle's protective shield with one finger on both sides for more than ten minutes. Then something finally started to go wrong, and it seemed like it would go out at any moment.

After seeing this situation, Yamata no Orochi's attacks immediately became sharper. It was obvious that this guy saw the hope of victory and began to speed up and prepare to completely defeat his opponent. However, at the last moment when the turtle's magic shield lost its magic power, the big turtle suddenly stretched out its head unexpectedly, and then bit one of the claws of the Yamata no Orochi.

The heads of turtles can be extended. Many people know this. Unfortunately, this big turtle only looks a little like a turtle. It actually has nothing to do with turtles, so neither I nor the Yamata no Orochi over there thought that This guy actually has nothing to do with a turtle. We didn't expect that this guy could stretch his neck like a turtle, and he could stretch it so long.

The attack of Yamata no Orochi is not like a child throwing stones, you have to get close to attack. The attack was a magic attack, and the distance could of course be extended very far, so at that time Yamata no Orochi was actually located at an altitude of more than a thousand meters, and the straight-line distance from the big turtle was at least five thousand meters. In the end, this guy actually stretched out his head He reached a distance that was almost equal to the width of his body and directly bit the Yami no Orochi's claws.

Although it was bitten, the Yamata no Orochi was not the big mouse before. Its claws were not bitten off immediately, but the bite was very painful. Then this guy desperately flapped its wings and started to fly upward, trying to get away from this guy. bondage.

Originally, I didn't take it seriously when I saw the Yamato no Orochi flying into the sky with this big turtle, because I thought they couldn't fly at all. Although the body volume of Yamata no Orochi is not much smaller than that of this big turtle, and the wings of flying creatures are very large when spread out, so at first glance, it may even appear that this Yamata no Orochi is much larger than that big turtle. However, even so, I didn't think Yamato no Orochi could bring such a big thing up. You know, this guy is basically an island. How could something so big fly?

Although this is what I think, it turns out that the creatures in the prehistoric period cannot be considered in their normal state. The creatures here are basically super versions of creatures, so many things that we cannot do are normal here.

After Yamata no Orochi was bitten by its claws, it flew up desperately, but the guy refused to let go. As a result, it was dragged little by little to Yamata no Orochi, and its forelimbs were soon completely off the ground, and The hind limbs can barely reach the ground.

Although Yamata no Orochi still didn't completely bring this big turtle up, I saw an opportunity.

This big turtle is too big. With such a perverted defense, it would be too difficult to kill him. However, there is one thing that suffers more when it is larger, and that is free fall.

Even if a feather is thrown from the sky, it will still look like a feather when it lands on the ground. What? You said it would be burned? No, not at all, because the feather is too light. Unless it has the speed of a comet from the beginning, if it is just pulled down by the gravity of the earth in a stationary orbit, even the thin atmospheric resistance at high altitude will be enough to slow it down. To the point of being burned. but. If replaced by an iron ball. The result is another story. And if it is something with a complex structure, it is even worse, because the complex structure means that the earthquake resistance is weak and easy to break.

No matter how hard this big turtle is. As long as you can get it high into the sky. Then throw it down. It's very easy to fall to death given its size. After all, no matter how strong this guy is, he is still a land creature. If he can't fly, he can't fly until he is strong enough to resist the gravity of the earth. It can't even be expected to fall from a high altitude without causing problems.

Now that I have thought of a way, I will naturally take action.

Although Yamata no Orochi is flying upwards desperately, this guy's weight is obviously too big, so Yamata no Orochi can only barely lift it up, and cannot fully lift into the air. What I need is to help him.

"God's Domain Fusion." Faced with something of this level, I alone can't help much. Even if I let all my magic pets help pull it together, it is unlikely that this big guy can fly. But if I combine them, certain skills can be of great use.

Before the combination was completed on my side, Yamata no Orochi and the big turtle didn't take us seriously at all, but after the integration was completed on my side, Yamata no Orochi turned his attention to me for the first time, because of my size at this time Although not as big as them, the energy level has actually reached their stage. Of course, we have just barely entered a stage. If their power is nine, my power is one, both in single digits, but the gap is still huge.

After the transformation was completed, I quickly flew to the vicinity of Yamata no Orochi, and then stretched out my left arm directly. A golden bow with shining golden light appeared in front of me instantly, and then my right hand slowly attached to the energy-composed bow. The bowstring is drawn back. As my arm moved, a large number of golden light spots began to appear quickly in the empty place above the bow string, and then condensed into a bright golden arrow the moment I fully pulled the bow string.

“The wheel of fortune—the verdict—the arrow of wrath.”

This is Victoria's skill, but originally this skill could not specify a specific result. However, Victoria's ability has recovered a lot since the last battle in Olympus, so now her skill has been advanced. After upgrading, the effect of this Wheel of Fortune is stronger than before, but the biggest advantage is that at the cost of putting the skill into a twenty-four-hour cooldown state, you can force a specified attribute to appear directly without using the Wheel of Fortune. Perform lottery-like selections.

What I just used was this advanced skill with specified effects, and the anger attribute was specified.

The characteristic of the anger attribute is that it weakens vitality and defense, but greatly increases all output capabilities such as attack and agility. The advantage of using this attribute is that on the one hand, it greatly strengthens Yamata no Orochi's ability, allowing him to have enough strength to lift the big turtle, and at the same time reducing his life and defense, so that I can still have him after the big turtle turns around. Hope to deal with him. I don't want to be killed by Yamata no Orochi immediately after killing the big turtle.

Yamata no Orochi was also startled when he saw the golden arrow, because what this thing carries is not magic but law. Compared with his power, this thing is a completely higher level existence. No amount of power is possible. Against the law, this is the difference between the two. Therefore, when he saw this arrow flying over with the power of law, Yamata no Orochi was almost scared out of his mind. However, although he was very scared, he had no way to escape, because he couldn't run away unless the big turtle below let go.

Seeing himself being shot by the golden arrow with the power of law, Yamata no Orochi's heart immediately tightened, but the expected pain did not appear, but an uncontrollable increase in strength suddenly appeared in his body, but strangely Although his strength has increased, there is an inexplicable emptiness and anger in his soul.

Although he didn't know why this happened, at least Yamata no Orochi knew that his strength had increased. So he began to flap his wings harder, and as he moved, the big turtle began to slowly leave the ground with him. The Yamato no Orochi, who was hit by the angry arrow, finally took the big turtle up. Of course, this is not enough because it is too slow. At this speed, Yamata no Orochi might not be able to reach too high before losing its strength.

Since you want to help, you need to be thorough. Looking at the big turtle slowly lifting off the ground, I immediately started casting spells. This time I used Xiao Longnu's anti-gravity array. Although it cannot completely offset the weight of the big turtle, this skill can reduce the weight of the big turtle by more than half. Yamata no Orochi instantly felt a lightness on his feet, and then his body began to rise rapidly.

I saw Yamato no Orochi's speed increased significantly. I still didn't stop. Instead, he opened the jet port inherited from Asuka on his back, chased after him, and continued to cast spells. First, he gave Yamata no Orochi an endurance halo, then added strength to him, and finally, he used curse skills to continuously lower the defense of the big turtle to ensure that he would be completely killed if he fell.

Yamata no Orochi roughly guessed my purpose without feeling any pain after being hit by the arrow. And after the big turtle became lighter, he understood it completely. I hope I can let him take the big turtle to the sky. Then beat this guy to death. Although Yamata no Orochi didn't communicate with me, he just needed to understand that I wanted to help him kill this big turtle.

Not only that, Yamata no Orochi's endurance consumption during the accelerated ascent was exaggerated, after all, there was such a big thing hanging underneath. It’s strange that this endurance consumption is not high. However, firstly, he has a strong foundation, and secondly, my endurance aura is very diligent, so this guy still held on for a long time, until the ground became extremely small, almost catching up with the people looking at the earth from the sky. At that time, Yamata no Orochi's endurance was finally running out of speed.

In fact, I was almost out of energy at this time. I kept giving them various statuses along the way, and I also had to fly high into the sky. My consumption was quite exaggerated. What's more, although our current location is not in space, it is actually tens of thousands of meters high. In fact, this is already almost suborbital. That is to say, Yamata no Orochi is strong enough at this time, and with my assistance, otherwise he would never be able to reach this height.

Feeling that I had almost reached the height, I started to gesture towards Yamata no Orochi to let him go down. Yamata no Orochi took one look at me and immediately started to dive. It was not a free fall motion, but desperately inflated its wings to accelerate.

Don't wonder why Yamata no Orochi listens to me so much. The reason is very simple, because the Yamata no Orochi of this era doesn't know me yet. My behavior just now was obviously to help him, so now he only has good feelings towards me and no ill feelings towards me. After all, the enmity between me and Yamata no Orochi will happen in the future. At this time, Yamata no Orochi doesn't know those things at all.

Since Yamata no Orochi was actively diving downwards, the falling speed of him and the big turtle was actually faster than the acceleration of free fall. When Yamata no Orochi felt that the speed was reaching the limit, I tried my best to release the last bit of magic power. With a big move, he hit the big turtle's mouth. Yamata no Orochi took the opportunity to tug and finally freed his claws from the guy's mouth.

After this was done, I immediately released my combined mode, and then Ye Ying appeared under me. Before the fusion, I had estimated that it might be dangerous when we came down, so I didn't let Ye Ying join the fusion. Now most of the magic pets and I have entered the punishment state and cannot move, but Ye Ying is still in a slow state because he did not participate in the fusion.

After catching me directly from under me, Yeying used a dream shuttle to offset my inertia, and then landed steadily. Although Yamata no Orochi had no strength at this time, he was a bird after all, so even if It was almost empty, but it still supported and used its wings to glide to offset most of the impact. Although it would still hit the ground in the end, at least it would not fall to death.

Compared to us, the big turtle is much worse off. I have someone to continue, Yamata no Orochi himself is a bird, no matter what, he will not fall to death, but he is a turtle! Apart from Xuanwu, have you ever seen a turtle that can fly?

This big turtle was accelerated all the way down by us from an altitude of tens of thousands of meters. The speed at this time was already comparable to that of a meteorite. The downward side of his body was now orange-red, which was caused by high-speed friction. So this guy's speed is really exaggerated.

When we were still tens of thousands of meters away from the ground, the guy hit the ground with a bang like an atomic bomb landing. Then we all saw a huge mushroom cloud rising into the sky at high altitude, and the surface was full of fire. We don't know if it penetrated the earth's crust and brought out the magma below, or something else. Anyway, in my opinion, the power of this attack is not much worse than that of nuclear weapons.

Because Yeying's dream travel can block the execution of the law of inertia, I came down much faster than Yamata no Orochi. I followed the big turtle to the ground within ten seconds of landing, and here The violent airflow almost blew me away. Fortunately, Yeying realized something was wrong and ran to the sky again.

After we changed positions here, we saw Yamata no Orochi rushing past us with a terrifying air current, followed by a loud bang. Yamata no Orochi made an emergency move in a rather embarrassed posture. It made an emergency landing, but even though it created a big ditch on the ground, it lay on the ground without moving for a long time. But from the ups and downs of his body, it was certain that he was not dead.

Let Yeying fly near the head of Yamata no Orochi. I took a closer look. The Yamata no Orochi's heads were all piled up in a mess, two of them were even tied in knots, and their eyes were half open and half closed. They had obviously fallen unconscious. But I had no intention of taking action. Because I know that the Yamata no Orochi of this era is too strong. Even if I provoke him, I will die. I'm here to level up this time. I don’t want to get myself into big trouble for no reason. Besides, Yamata no Orochi at this time is still an ancient ferocious beast in our country, not the Japanese god, so it is not a wise idea to turn against him now. Moreover. Just now, he and I teamed up to kill the big turtle, which can be regarded as a preliminary friendship. So I think this Yamata no Orochi can actually be used.

After confirming that Yamata no Orochi was not dead, I did not immediately help him because my pets and I were in the punishment time and there was no way to help for the time being. Let Yeying take me away from Yamata no Orochi, and we quickly ran to the place where the big turtle fell to the ground.

This place now looks very similar to the crater after the comet hit the earth. The big turtle is completely dead, because at this time his body has been turned into n parts scattered on the surrounding land for thousands of kilometers. , if this is not dead, I can die.

"I didn't expect you to do it in the end." Xin said looking at the fragments on the ground.

I nodded and said, "It's a pity that I wasn't the one who killed him, so I didn't get much experience points."

Although this big turtle was completed by me and Yamata no Orochi together, because the power of Yamata no Orochi was mainly taking effect, the proportion of experience points I received was very low. However, even so, I was able to level up two levels in a row this time, which shows how terrifying this guy's original experience value must be. It's a pity that I won't even think about this kind of thing anymore. It's actually quite amazing that I can get so many experience points with Yamata no Orochi this time. That is to say, this big turtle is a defensive system. If I change to another system, even if my strength is reduced by half, there is no possibility for me to survive his revenge. , so I’ll just bully the little monster. It’s better not to touch this kind of monster ancestor.

As usual, after confirming that this guy was dead, I started checking the body. This guy's body was broken into many pieces, but because of its large size, even the fragments were easy to find. After all, the pieces of meat the size of a container were quite obvious. Of course, the pieces of meat were basically pureed and distributed in a radial pattern, so when I checked, the prompt I got was - magic pet feed.

The meat paste of this big turtle is actually a high-end tonic rich in magic power. The magic pet can slowly increase all its attributes after eating it. Of course, this is a process. It is not as exaggerated as adding a little bit after one bite, but based on the size of this guy, , collecting all these meats can indeed increase a lot of attributes.

Although I can't move during punishment time, I still have the Kirin Warriors and Death Guards. After handing over the work of collecting rotten meat to them, I don't have to worry about it anymore. What? You said there are too many monsters here, and with the power of the Death Guards and Kirin Warriors, they are just a loser here? Yes, they are really good here, but the problem is... A meteorite just landed here, and almost all the forests within a radius of two hundred kilometers were burned into the Gobi Desert. What other animals do you think would go there stupidly? Run this way? The ferocious beasts are just more bloodthirsty, not weak-minded. They also know to save their lives.

After sending all my men out, I planned to go see Yamata no Orochi, but Xin said at this time: "Originally, I asked you to attack this thing to get you to take something, but now it's like this. I don’t know where to look for it!”

"what is this?"

"It's this guy's inner elixir." Xin said.

"what's the function?"

"You should have guessed it by looking at the ability of this thing." Xin did not answer directly.

After hearing her words, I immediately guessed and asked, "Is it to increase defense?"

"That's right." Xin said: "As long as you take this guy's inner elixir, your defense will be improved, and you will also get an additional passive defense skill."

"sounds good."

"It's a pity that the inner elixir has flown to nowhere now! It just so happens that that guy is from the defense system. His inner elixir energy is restrained and cannot be detected at all. Otherwise, I would have found it for you directly."

Xin was talking, but my face suddenly became very strange, and then asked: "Um, Xin, interrupt me. Is the inner alchemy you are talking about an earthy yellow sphere that looks like jade?"

Upon hearing this, Xin immediately said excitedly: "Yes, it's that thing. As long as you eat it, you can become a superman with invincible defense."

My whole face twisted when I heard Xin's words. Then asked: "Are you really sure that thing is for eating?"

Xin nodded vigorously and said: "Of course. But you can also drink it if you melt it with ice soul nectar."

"I'm not obsessed with this." I said calmly at first, and then suddenly pointed at the three-story-high sphere pushed by a group of Qilin warriors not far away in a high-octave voice and said, "I mean, you have Have you considered the size of me and that thing?”

After hearing what I said, Xin looked back with a little surprise at the huge inner alchemy that had just been pushed over, and then looked at me who was only a little over 1.7 meters tall, and then smiled awkwardly: "Oh. No. Sorry. I forgot that you are different from us! When we got the inner elixirs from other ferocious beasts, we ate them directly."

I yelled loudly: "You are all thousands of meters tall. Eating a three-story inner elixir is like eating a jelly bean. But I am not even two meters tall!" If this thing is hollowed out and used as a house for me, it can be regarded as a mansion. You want me to eat it? Are you trying to force me to death?"

After hearing what I said, Xin immediately smiled and said, "Don't get excited! I was negligent just now. But I have other ways."

"Oh? Is there any other way?"

"Can't your phoenix and dragon space be installed? Just put this thing in it and go back to find Xiao Lizi to deal with it for you. No matter how big it is, he can make it into a small piece as big as your thumb, and the effect is Don’t lower it. You can’t swallow this big thing, but you can eat it after turning it into a pill?”

"This is a solution. Fortunately, it is not wasted."

After knowing this method, I immediately put away this inner elixir. I didn't know how much defense value this thing could increase. However, since Xindu said this thing is very good, it must be able to increase a lot of defense.

After finishing the inner alchemy here, I started to study other things. The meat on that big turtle is good food for the magic pet to eat, and the inner elixir can increase defense. In addition, this guy also found several other things on his body.

First there's the piece of turtle shell on this guy's back. This thing is classified as a forging material, and its properties are that it can greatly increase the hardness of the forged item without decreasing its toughness, which means it can make the material stronger, not only harder, but also less likely to break.

In addition to this shell, we also found this guy's claws and teeth. These two things are also forging materials and have only one attribute - armor breaking. In other words, it is specifically designed to break the enemy's defenses. In addition, due to the size of this guy, the weight of the teeth and claws is estimated to be enough for all players in our guild to upgrade their equipment once and still have a lot leftover. After all, just one of this guy's teeth is 40 meters long, and it is about the same size as a building alone. The output must be at least several hundred tons.

When our operation of harvesting the trophies was about to be completed, the Kirin warrior who was responsible for watching the Yamata no Orochi came to report that the Yamata no Orochi had woken up, so I ran over quickly. This guy still doesn’t know about our relationship in future generations, so if I fool around now, this guy can work for me in this era. At least with him here, if I really encounter something difficult to solve, at least I can have multiple helpers. no? (To be continued...)