Chapter 307 The Holy Child
Chapter 107 The Holy Child
The dark green eyes of the Lord of the Underworld stared coldly at Zhou Weiqing. His attack still did not stop. To be more precise, it was just the beginning.
His body flashed and did not disappear again, but his speed was no different from space translation. What's more terrible is that in this underworld space, Zhou Weiqing's own space translation cannot be used, because he can't find the space law here. It's okay to destroy the law of space as before, but it's completely impossible to control and use it.
The claws quietly appeared on the right hand of the Lord of the Underworld, and the eight long legs behind him were also opened at the same time, and a layer of dark green light net swept directly towards Zhou Weiqing. This dark green is actually the real color of the origin of destruction, which is much more terrifying than the black destruction energy.
The attack of the Lord of the Underworld is very simple, there is no routine, simple and direct, relying on strong energy and speed.
A white light fell from the sky and fell on Zhou Weiqing. Suddenly, a layer of white-gold light was shrouded in him, and it was Tian'er who took action.
At this time, Tianer's body also changed. With herself as the main body, the three pairs of wings behind her flashed with white gold brilliance, and she turned into a six-winged angel with her own illusion, and her body still maintained its original size to keep her holy power in a highly concentrated state as much as possible.
Zhou Weiqing did not retreat and stepped out in the air. His body was front, and all the starlight on the ringless suit suddenly lit up. The holy power of terror condenses on every starlight, as if the next outbreak is about to completely destroy the whole space.
Even if the Lord of the Underworld felt Zhou Weiqing's practice of burning his holy power like desperately, he was shocked. Seeing that he was about to rush to Zhou Weiqing, he suddenly turned and flew out horizontally.
Zhou Weiqing showed a strange smile at the corners of his mouth, "Fool, I lied to you." The holy elixir quietly came out of Zhou Weiqing's body. The scene just now was created by Zhou Weiqing with the help of the ability of the holy elixir. Only he knows best whether he deceives the Lord of the Netherworld or not.
A galaxy, like the Milky Way falling nine days, sprinkled from the Gemini Hercules hammer, destroying the dark green light released before the Lord of the Underworld. Between the holy power and the power of destruction, there was a violent friction sound, and the series of pups sounded sour.
There is no doubt that because of the purity of his own energy, Zhou Weiqing's consumption is much greater than that of the Lord of the Netherworld. However, what he consumes is also the most precious destruction source energy of the Lord of the Netherworld. Now the Lord of the Netherworld can no longer be supplemented by the outside world, and Deceived by Zhou Weiqing, he consumed a little original energy for nothing but failed to work. He was so angry that the Lord of the Underworld couldn't help screaming. The speed suddenly soared, like a dark green light arrow, straight to Zhou Weiqing's body. Looking at that, it seemed that he was going to die with Zhou Weiqing.
And at this time, Zhou Weiqing still maintained extreme calmness. He knew very well that this was likely to be the last battle of his life. He wanted to give full play to his strength perfectly. Even if he died, he would never make the Lord of the Underworld feel good.
Shut so huge Gemini Hercules hammer is like a straw in Zhou Weiqing's hand at this time. The body does not move, but the Gemini Hercules hammer moves twice in a row in front of him. They are also holy forces with white and gold light, but the breath they bring out is absolutely different.
The Lord of the Netherworld hit almost the next moment without a roar. The Lord of the Netherworld only felt that the energy in front of him produced an extremely strange fluctuation. His body actually scratched and did not hit Zhou Weiqing, but rowed out to the side, even if he destroyed the original energy so pure, in At this moment, it can only be extinguished by the two energies released by Zhou Weiqing while sliding away.
Space fragmentation and space-time confusion. This is how Zhou Weiqing responded to this attack just now. Don't forget that in the case of having the Holy Power, he is still a Heavenly Pearl Master with six attributes, and in this dark space, if he wants to consume the source of the destruction of the Lord of the Dark Lord as much as possible, he can never rely on the Holy Power to bombard him. The gap between the strength of the two sides is still huge, and Zhou Weiqing can only rely on skills now.
The bodies of Zhou Weiqing and the Lord of the Nether are almost wrong. The speed of the Lord of the Nether can only be described by wind and lightning. However, Zhou Weiqing showed an unparalleled fighting talent. From the initial deception to the subsequent unloading force, he completely predicted in advance, so that he could solve the underworld at the right The Lord's attack, at the same time, when he released the fusion of the two skills, his body had already half turned. When the Lord of the Nether crossed him, Zhou Weiqing's Gemini Hercules hammer was simply used as a meteor hammer and slapped fiercely on the back of the Lord of the Netherworld.
With a bang, the Gemini Hercules Hammer, not to mention the holy power added above, the horror of this power alone is enough for the Lord of the Underworld to drink a pot.
Under the loud noise, its whole body shot out like a cannonball. In a blink of an eye, it turned into a dark green light spot and disappeared from the vision of Zhou Weiqing and Tianer. It can be imagined how terrible Zhou Weiqing's power was in this hammer.
However, Zhou Weiqing did not pause because of this. This hammer bombarded the Lord of the Netherworld, and he also received feedback from the source of destruction, and his whole body's holy power was empty.
The Gemini Hercules hammer is put away, and the two fingers draw the sky and the earth. The two triangular lights coincide in front of the body, and the six unique god awn array suddenly appeared, and it is a double six unique god awn array.
Two bright white-gold six-pointed stars appeared at the top of Zhou Weiqing's head, and twelve pearls circled and shined in them.
With the six unique god arrays, Zhou Weiqing can save the consumption of his sacred power as much as possible under the condition of exerting the strongest strength. Don't underestimate the two collisions between him and the Lord of the Netherworld. On the surface, it seems that Zhou Weiqing took advantage of it. However, under the contact between the two sides, Zhou Weiqing has a deeper understanding of the horror of destroying the source. Under these two contacts, his holy power directly consumed 20% to resolve the erosion of the source of destruction. What a terrible destructive energy this is!
The white and golden light began to appear strange changes under the cover of the six divine arrays, and the sacred power on Zhou Weiqing's body actually began to transform into incandescent.
Even Zhou Weiqing himself did not expect that the Liujue God Mang array still had this special effect. He was the leader of this magic circle, and he understood the reason almost in an instant.
It is not that his holy power has been purified again, but the increase caused by the perfect integration of his six magic beads attributes. This increase naturally affects the holy power. As a result, the power of the Holy Power will be increased.
The Gemini Hercules hammer appeared in Zhou Weiqing's hand again. The giant hammer pointed forward, and the strong incandescent light made it look like a small sun.
The dark green figure of the Lord of the Underworld also appeared within the range of this incandescent light at this time. How fast is the Lord of the Underworld? Although the hammer just now was not light, it did not really make him suffer, but not to mention the depression in his heart. Just a flash of body, he flew back, and happened to see that Zhou Weiqing's six divine light array was completed, purifying the holy power again.
Buzz——
This time, the Lord of the Underworld did not rush directly to Zhou Weiqing. The eight long legs behind him lit up at the same time, and each one turned turquoise, surrounding the dark turquoise. Eight dark green lights shot out from the tip of the eight long legs, just in front of him. At the same time, his hands made a perfect move, and another dark green light appeared.
In an instant, the whole underworld space lit up, and it all turned into a green luster.
Huge pressure from all directions is frantically oppressing Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er. Both of them are running at full speed, so that this powerful destructive energy can not affect them.
Space, time, everything seems to have been sealed. This time, it is not only the law of inability to control space and time, but even all skills can no longer be used, and can only collide with the purest energy.
Zhou Weiqing's skills have made the Lord of the Underworld suffer. He is no longer ready to cherish his source of destruction. The more stingy he is, the more he pays. He has made up his mind to completely solve the battle at this moment.
Zhou Weiqing's face became unprecedentedly solemn. Through the feeling of holy power, he let Tian'er return behind him. The incandescent holy power light on the body has also become particularly strong.
Gemini Hercules hammer is in front of his chest, and every starlight on the ringless suit is lit up. This is the underworld space, and the Lord of the underworld is the real leader. When it is determined to fight head-on with Zhou Weiqing, Zhou Weiqing has no choice. At this time, all he can do is to ignite all the holy power in his body, fight with the Lord of the Nether, and fight for the last trace of holy power.
The Lord of the Underworld's eyes lit up, and it already had a plan. After killing Zhou Weiqing, he would definitely get some negative energy from Zhou Weiqing's death and his confidant. Now he just hopes that this negative energy can be more, enough for him to open even the smallest rift in the dark seal array in the future. Then he still has a chance to get out of here.
Buzz--, the two green light bulbs in front of the Lord of the Nether suddenly overlapped, two in one, but the volume did not increase. However, in the center of the green light ball after the fusion, a dark to the extreme black appeared, like an eye, icy staring at Zhou Weiqing coldly.
The Eye of Destruction, the most powerful energy saving of the Lord of the Underworld. At the beginning, in its heyday, it was with this skill to blow up the cracks of the underworld seal array several times. At this time, it used this skill to deal with Zhou Weiqing. Although it is much different from its heyday, the power of the Eye of Destruction is still terrible.
The dark light was ejaculated almost in an instant. On the other hand, Zhou Weiqing was also pulled by the air machine. All the starlight bursting from the hateful ringless suit melted into his own incandescent holy power, turning into a slender but extremely solid, like a substantial incandescent light and the eye of destruction. The light collided with each other in the air.
Zhou Weiqing's holy elixir is the core of his burst of this light. The holy elixir put his hands together, and the incandescent light kept rushing out from there.
This is definitely the most powerful blow in Zhou Weiqing's life. At that moment, he seemed to feel that he had touched the edge of the change of heaven. Although it was not a real natural change, the feeling of sublimation added a little confidence to himself.
However, soon this confidence became flief.
Black and incandescent, the moment when the two lights collided in the air, the black actually forced Zhou Weiqing's incandescent to retreat with an overwhelming advantage and retreated towards Zhou Weiqing's body. And the speed is extremely fast.
The dark light of the eye of destruction, with an unstoppable momentum, quickly came to Zhou Weiqing.
At this moment, the Lord of the Dark Lord's body looks a little illusory. It can be imagined how great the consumption of releasing the eye of destruction is for him, but it is also this consumption that brings him such a terrible power of this blow. Zhou Weiqing condensed all the energy of himself, Tian'er and Hate Earth's ringless suit, and could not even let the eye of destruction ray have a half pause.
Zhou Weiqing's face had turned pale at this time. He could clearly feel the energy of destruction coming to his face. Anyone would be afraid of death. Seeing the dark rays getting closer and closer to him, all Zhou Weiqing's potential also burst out at this moment.
The strong incandescent light seemed to burn his body, and the incandescent flame rose, making Zhou Weiqing completely bathe in this incandescent flame.
Yes, although it was possible to die, Zhou Weiqing burned the flame of his life. Only in this way can his attack be improved.
The eye ray of destruction also came to the front of the holy elixir at this time. In the sudden surge of incandescent color, it seemed to bring out a faint soft milky white, that is, this slight milky white appeared, making the eye ray of destruction stop in front of Zhou Weiqing's chest, only an inch away from
The eyes of the Lord of the Underworld fluctuated slightly and said coldly, "Burning the flame of life? I'd like to see how many lives you can burn. Under the rays of my eye of destruction, your life can only fall faster.
What he said is not an exaggeration. Although Zhou Weiqing's attack is greatly enhanced in an instant by burning the flame of his own life, he can also feel that his vitality is being consumed at an extremely amazing speed at the same time. Almost for a moment, Zhou Weiqing felt old, and his black hair turned white.
The violent passage of vitality also made him reluctantly resist, but how long can he resist?
Tianer suspended behind Zhou Weiqing and saw Zhou Weiqing's black hair turn white with her own eyes. At this moment, her heart seemed to be broken. However, she can't help at all. At this time, even with her divine initial holy power cultivation that day, it is no longer helpful to Zhou Weiqing. Even if she burns her holy power, it is impossible to help Zhou Weiqing resist the attack of the Eye of Destruction.
Xiao Pang, Xiao Pang. Tears made Tianer's eyes hazy. At this moment, there was only despair in her heart.
Outside the seal.
Huiyao and Duo Si haven't come back yet. After all, it will take a long time to fly out of the underworld seal to the abyss and fly back. And Zhou Weiqing was captured into the seal by the Lord of the Underworld. It was only a quarter of an hour.
The Elf Queen is the most nervous at this time. Her beautiful face is already pale. She has been feeling her vitality silently. The sharing of life between her and Zhou Weiqing is completely unobstructed by time and space. Although she was nervous, her face was very calm. Because she knows that if Zhou Weiqing dies, she can't live alone.
The feeling of living and dying with a male human makes her mood very complicated now. Moreover, she doesn't know why, in her heart, it seems that Zhou Weiqing has occupied an irreplaceable position.
Can he come back alive? The Elf Queen's face was bitter, and there was no doubt that Zhou Weiqing's possibility of coming back alive was infinitely close to zero. That's the underworld, where the strength of the Lord of the underworld can be imagined. Zhou Weiqing was suppressed in terms of attributes, not to mention cultivation.
At this time, suddenly, the elf queen's delicate body shook, and her face changed greatly in an instant, because she clearly felt that her vitality was being consumed at an amazing speed.
Weiqing is Zhou Weiqing. His vitality has been exhausted to the extent that he needs to consume the vitality of the Elf Queen. At this moment, the Elf Queen's heart was cold, and what should come was coming. Zhou Weiqing was actually proud enough to hold on for a quarter of an hour in the underworld. However, the ending is no different.
A touch of sadness appeared on the face of the Elf Queen. She slowly sat down cross-legged. Both she and the ancient tree of life behind her began to bloom with a strong turquoise glow. The strong energy fluctuations quietly disappeared.
Yes, Zhou Weiqing has begun to consume the vitality of the Elf Queen. When his hair completely turned white, his own vitality was almost exhausted.
What a terrible consumption speed! You know, Zhou Weiqing is now a god-level peak strongman, and has even touched the threshold of sky-changing. It is under such circumstances that his vitality is consumed so quickly in the face of the eye of destruction.
"What?" The Lord of the Underworld made a doubtful voice. He had calculated it for a long time, and Zhou Weiqing couldn't stand it at the next moment. However, I don't know why a tenacious vitality emerged from Zhou Weiqing's body and continued to burn, still resisting the rays of the eye of destruction, and did not let the dark light swallow him up.
Once again, he exceeded his prediction, and the Lord of the Dark Lord's face became more ugly. The eye of destruction is powerful, but the consumption of his source of destruction is also huge! If it goes on like this, I'm afraid he really has no spare power.
However, he also has no choice at this time. Only by killing Zhou Weiqing and Tianer first can there be other possibilities.
Zhou Weiqing's eyes, which had become a little blurred, opened slightly, and he also felt the huge vitality that suddenly gushed out of his heart and rushed to the limbs and bones. This vitality is coming from an endless source. In his heart, that beautiful shadow also appeared at the same time.
is the elf queen. I am sharing her vitality, and even the vitality of the ancient tree of life.
However, the consumption of vitality is too fast. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid they will die with me! Zhou Weiqing's heart was full of a bitter smell. But he has no ability to change all this. The sharing of life is destined for him and the life of the Elf Queen to come to an end together. What can he do? Is the destruction power of praying for the Lord of the Underworld not enough? This is obviously unrealistic. The energy of the Eye of Destruction shows no sign of weakening, but is constantly increasing, making the burning vitality in his body disappear at an alarming rate.
"Little fat." At this moment, a trembling voice sounded in Zhou Weiqing's ear.
The next moment, he saw the sky.
Because the incandescent power burning around Zhou Weiqing's body is too powerful, it is impossible for Tianer to touch his body. But with the same heart, Tian'er can feel Zhou Weiqing's vitality that may be exhausted at any time.
"Little fat." Tian'er called him softly, "I don't want to watch you die. Sorry, Xiaopang, forgive me. Our mother and son went one step first. In another world, we are waiting for you.
"No! Oh, my God. Zhou Weiqing shouted crazily in his heart. However, at this time, he couldn't do anything at all, and he couldn't even make a sound. He could only watch Tianer's body fly to the destruction ray.
Yes, God has decided, and she decided to be selfish. She really couldn't stand to see her favorite man die in front of her, so she would rather die in front of him.
Contrary to the determination of Zhou Weiqing and Tianer, the Lord of the Underworld was immediately overjoyed. Since Zhou Weiqing and Tianer came to the underworld space, Zhou Weiqing has been very restraining his emotions. Even if he is dying in front of him, he has not released any negative emotions.
But now it's different. With Tian'er rushing to the destruction ray, huge negative emotions rushed out of Zhou Weiqing's thoughts crazily. However, these negative emotions greatly supplement the destructive energy of the Lord of the Underworld.
The Lord of the Nether is very clear that once Tian'er dies, Zhou Weiqing's negative emotions will explode. He has even thought about it. As long as Tian'er dies, his attack will slow down a little, so that Zhou Weiqing's negative emotions will be more radiated to replenish his destructive energy.
How fast a god-level strong man flew so fast that at the moment when Zhou Weiqing shouted in his heart, Tian'er had already rushed into the destruction ray. She blocked her body in front of the destruction ray.
Zhou Weiqing almost subconsciously closed his eyes, and two rows of turbid tears flowed out of his eyes uncontrollably.
Pictures kept passing through his heart. He also clearly remembered what the cute little fat cat looked like when Tian'er met him for the first time. In the darkest period of her life, Tianer comforted her painful heart with her body. She has always been with her until now. At this moment, Zhou Weiqing was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe, and even forgot where it was.
Tian'er, Tian'er, Zhou Weiqing can't restrain the pain in his heart at this time. The piercing pain of the cone made the burning life energy in his body extremely unstable. Even the elf queen outside the seal felt the call in his heart.
Puff, the destruction ray accurately shot on Tian'er. At that moment, Tian'er's body suddenly stiffened. The holy power of body protection almost disintegrated under the rays of the Eye of Destruction, which is a terrible energy that even Zhou Weiqing can't stop!
Quietly, the ray of destruction fell on the sky. Tianer has closed her eyes. She is so reluctant, but she does not regret that she can block this attack for her man, even if it is only for a moment, she will never regret it.
The eyes of the Lord of Destruction are already full of crazy smiles. He is excitedly waiting for Zhou Weiqing's negative emotions to explode and the release of his own negative emotions after Tian'er's death.
However, the smile in his eyes froze at the next moment, and even his whole body trembled violently. Because Tianer's body did not disappear because it was shot by the destruction ray. On the contrary, the layer looks very soft, as if a harmless white halo rippled from the sky.
Such a powerful eye ray of destruction, in front of this soft white light, is like cheese encountering a red-hot steel knife, which is instantly shattered. It's just the time to blow up the eyes, and all the destruction rays disappear.
The soft white light gently rippled in front of the eye of destruction, and the eye of destruction also froze. The next moment, while the black air sprayed in the mouth of the Lord of the Nether, the eye of destruction disappeared.
"This, this is impossible." The Lord of the Underworld shouted hysterically. He can't believe it. He really can't believe that what happened in front of him is true.
The Lord of the Nether felt the soft white light, and Zhou Weiqing also felt it. He was in tears, and he only felt that an extremely gentle energy suddenly enveloped himself. Then, all the vitality he had consumed before had recovered faster than before. The holy power in the body is also returning to its own body at a magical speed. Moreover, this time, the holy power is no longer white gold, nor the purified incandescent color, but a soft white, which makes Zhou Weiqing indescribable, but full of the soft white of creation.
Subconsciously, Zhou Weiqing opened his eyes. His pupils dilated in an instant. What did he see?
He saw that in this underworld space full of darkness and destruction, there was a holy light shining.
Tian'er didn't die. She just floated there, closed her eyes, and a circle of soft white light was constantly spreading from her lower abdomen.
And at this time, a loud baby cry sounded, and a soft white light floated out of the lower abdomen of the sky.
Yes, Tianer didn't have any wounds on her body, but a small baby flew out of her lower abdomen.
The baby is only about 50 centimeters long, a pair of small fists are tightly clenched together, and his legs are closed in front of his chest. His small buttocks look like it gives people the impulse to take a bite. Moreover, between those legs, there is obviously a cute little thing.
is a boy.
At this moment, Zhou Weiqing was crazy, and Tian'er was also crazy. Everything is beyond the scope of their cognition. Not to mention that the Lord of the Underworld can't believe it, as the originators, they can't believe the scene in front of them either. However, this scene happened like this.
The soft white halo is emanating from this small body. Zhou Weiqing and Tianer, who are bathed in it, have also become this soft white.
After the baby's little body floated out of Tian'er's lower abdomen, he slowly opened his eyes. Although his body was still curled up, at this moment, Zhou Weiqing and Tianer saw a pair of extremely clear black eyes.
From those black eyes, they seem to see the other side of the world. At this moment, both of them clearly felt the sublimation of all their own.
The Lord of the Underworld flew into the distance as early as the eye of destruction was shattered. He looked at this scene stunned, and he could clearly feel that all the destructive power in the underworld was disappearing at an extremely terrible speed. It disappeared because of the soft white light emitted from the baby.
This, this is impossible. The soul of the Lord of the Underworld is trembling. Because it has recognized what this soft light is.
That's the holy power, but it's not the holy power exerted by Zhou Weiqing, but the holy power of creation, the holy power of creation in the true sense! Only the Creator God can have the most terrible and powerful in the world, with the holy power of endless creation.
Is it possible that he is the reincarnation of the Creator, and he is the Holy Child...
The despair in the heart of the Lord of the Netherworld is just like Zhou Weiqing before. At this moment, he can't think of resisting at all. Because all resistance can only be floating clouds in the face of the real power of creation.
"My God." With a flash of Zhou Weiqing's figure, he had already come to Tianer and hugged her tightly into his arms.
Tianer also looked at Zhou Weiqing and said in a trembling voice, "This is our child." At this moment, she has thought of the white light that had appeared when she was attacked before. It has always been my own children who have been protecting themselves. And at this moment, it was really born.
"Yes, that's our son." Zhou Weiqing's voice was also trembling. He could feel the change in his sacred power. Although it was not as clear as the Lord of the Underworld, he knew that the battle was over. It's really over. My own family is the final winner.
The little baby slowly floated into the sky and finally fell into the arms of the sky. Its big eyes were also colorful at the same time, with some novelty coming to this world, looking at Zhou Weiqing and Tianer.
Although Dongfang Hanyue also gave birth to a son for Zhou Weiqing, the feeling of watching his son's birth is completely different. At this time, Zhou Weiqing only had excitement and joy in his heart. Subconsciously, he raised his hand and wanted to gently touch this lovely little life, bringing his parents a new little life.
However, the little guy obviously didn't give face to someone. One white and tender little hand leaned forward and grabbed Tian'er's chest, and the other little hand naturally reached in and touched it.
Zhou Weiqing was stunned by this scene. The next moment, a white, tender and bulging object was taken out by the little guy, and the little mouth came up in the exclamation of the sky.
Is this the lustful instinct or the instinct of life? Zhou Weiqing was a little confused. However, in the process of confusion, he immediately remembered that there was another important thing that had not been done.
Looking up, he looked for the figure with sharp eyes and had the real power of creation. Even if Zhou Weiqing was not the god of creation at this time, it was almost the same. Even if the Lord of the Nether is still in his prime, he may not be his opponent. What's more, he is a lord of the underworld with only a broken body.
However, Zhou Weiqing's look didn't matter, but he was surprised to find that the Lord of the Nether disappeared, and it was still dark around, but the trace of the Lord of the Nether was completely gone.
This guy ran away? Zhou Weiqing snorted coldly, "Xing Ming, do you think you can run? Let's see if I tear down your underworld space and see where you are still going. With his current cultivation of the holy power of creation, he doesn't care about the seal of the underworld at all. In this underworld space, the Lord of the underworld can hide, but what if there is no underworld space? Where is it going to hide?
The rich holy light bloomed from Zhou Weiqing's body and turned into a huge white halo and spread out. All the destruction energy around it was purified at an extremely amazing speed. The Lord of the Holy Power of Creation was only full of vitality and no further destruction.
"Little guy, don't be in a hurry to do it. It's better to keep this underworld space. As for the underworld, let me help you solve it.
At this moment, a clear voice sounded, and then a strange blue light appeared in this dark space out of thin air.
Zhou Weiqing's holy power of creation is so powerful, but when this blue figure appeared, a golden light was released from him, forcing Zhou Weiqing's holy power to return.
In an instant, Zhou Weiqing's face changed dramatically. Who is this? Why doesn't even the Holy Power of Creation have any effect on him?
The blue figure appeared. It was a young man, a handsome young man with long blue hair scattered behind him like an ocean. The blue robe, which was also like an ocean, enveloped his body. In his right hand, he held a golden weapon.
The golden light almost illuminates the whole dark space, including the Lord of the dark who curls up in a corner.
That's a golden trident.
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It's still a three-in-one, with a little reluctance, and it's time to pass on the last chapter. RO