If you say, Soul Slashing is weak and strong.

  So to break the soul is to break the weak with the strong.

   Although the momentum is not as domineering as Soul Slashing, Soul Slashing also has a very different and subtle aura, as if this sword can break through all obstacles. Especially in the use of skills, Soul Breaking relies more on the increase in strength, as long as the greater the power of the caster, the greater the power of this sword. And unlike the pure attack skills of Slashing Soul, Soul Slashing is more like a counterattack defensive skill.

  The tip of the sword pierced into the gap in the arm guard, and Xiao En's wrist turned slightly, and he jammed the right hand of the death sword, making the death sword unable to change the sword's strength at all. And even if he wanted to swing his sword and fall, the increase in Soul Breaker's power was far enough to block Death Sword's subsequent changes.

This sudden result immediately changed the face of the Death Sword, which he thought was the winner. Of course, it is naturally impossible for the puppet container manipulated by the Death Sword to make such an action. Shaun and others felt it. What was received was the breath fluctuation from the body of Death Sword.

  As an artifact that has completely independent personality thinking, its essence is naturally more powerful than those artifacts that only have mature magic souls.

  Such as angel outfits, Xuefanio’s Frozen Rin, Emily’s God of War Blade, etc., all just have a mature magical soul, and have not transformed into beings with independent personality thinking. Even the Black King that Sean is holding now has a new magical soul, and previously Enkos gave Sean a mature magical soul that was pulled out, all of which turned a piece of equipment into a piece of equipment. The core component of the artifact.

  But in the final analysis, these artifacts still need someone to control to be able to exert their powerful power.

  Unlike the Death Sword, which was originally called Demon Abyss, it has already fully equipped with a complete independent thinking. In essence, it can be regarded as the existence of an intelligent race. Only because of its nature is a fallen dark artifact, it will not accept the control of others. Anyone who wants to manipulate it will eventually inevitably be lured and swallowed by its evil nature, and will eventually become a soldier slave like a puppet.

  At this moment, Death Sword exuded an aura of shocked mood swings very humanely.

  However, after being shocked, Death Sword began to struggle desperately, seeming to want to break through the power of Sean's sword blessing on himself.

  Dark Realm Death Knight's already decadent look, after feeling the almost desperate rise and struggle of Death Sword. The expression also showed deep shock. He could not understand. Why is the immortal and immortal sword of death, which is almost eternal, reveals such mood swings. Although in terms of strength, the Death Sword at this time is not as strong as the strength he had strengthened with the use of Death Qi before, but at least it is a real mid-level sanctuary, which is a bit stronger than Xiao En at this moment.

   But the immediate result was that the death sword's attack was not only completely suppressed, but even life was threatened.

  Dark Realm Death Knight does not understand the truth. But it does not hinder his sensory cognition. He knew that the death sword was absolutely dangerous at this time. It’s just that even if he has the heart to rescue at this time, he can’t do anything about it, because his injury is also not light, and the previous head-to-head confrontation between him and Sean can completely exhaust Sean’s combat power under the protection of his own death armor. , Let Death Sword make the final fatal attack.

   "It's impossible!" Death Sword let out a horrified roar, "You... why are you..."

   "Why do you think I have to do my best to make the Dark Realm Death Knight lose the ability to fight?" Although Xiao En's face was slightly pale, he looked very tired. But his eyes were full of vigor, with an indescribable color of excitement. "I have to admit that the existence of the Death Armor is indeed beyond my imagination, but luckily I also hid a hand, otherwise, there is really no such good opportunity today."

  Faced with Shaun’s smile that made him feel scared, Death Sword's struggle became more fierce. But I don’t know why, he, who has the strength of the mid-level sanctuary, is completely unable to resist Sean’s oppression. Even his own deterrence and powerful consciousness belonging to the divine weapon are also in this struggle. Gradually falling into the wind, this scene is impressive to see Dark Realm Death Knight's eyebrows beating.

  At this moment, even if he didn't understand it before, he can definitely see it now.

  It was not only Sean’s attack that suppressed the death sword, but also a purple aura attached to Sean’s black sword. Although this aura is fleeting, it does not mean that this aura is so annihilated under the laws of the world, but is entangled in the consciousness of the death sword itself, and it also has an unshakable firm belief. Bit by bit swallowed the soul of Death Sword.

It is precisely because of this that Death Sword cannot truly manipulate the container and Sean desperately, and even the confrontation has gradually fallen into the wind, and Sean is about to cut the body and the container completely with a sword. Link. Once Sean succeeded in this step, not to mention what kind of damage it would cause Death Sword, but it was certain that Death Sword would completely lose the power to fight again, even if he was not damaged at all.

In   Deaththorn Thirteen Coffin, the strength of the death sword is unparalleled, but compared with other members of the thirteen coffin, the weakness of the death sword is also extremely obvious. That is, he must rely on the container to be effective, and the strength of the container during his lifetime also directly determines the combat effectiveness that the Death Sword can exert.

  In terms of the concept of an artifact, the death sword can be regarded as a concept of a super artifact, and it can display the strength of a super power purely in terms of soul strength. However, no matter how big the family is, it is almost impossible to find the pure physical container of the legendary powerhouse, let alone the super powerhouse-based on the concept before the deaththorn, it is to get a high-level sanctuary. The body of the strong is used as a container, allowing the death sword to manipulate itself and slowly nourish and nurture to become a super strong. Then the death sword can also complete the secret technique of soldier slavery, from an implement into a true intelligent race.

  This secret method is actually recorded in the hands of the ancient dwarf royal family.

   Therefore, for a long time before, Deaththorn has focused on the outland, just to find the royals of the dwarf empire, so as to obtain this secret technique. Just not to mention that this secret technique is not easy to obtain, even the body of a suitable upper sanctuary strong is also extremely difficult to find. After all, to become a strong upper sanctuary, the willpower will definitely not be weak. It’s impossible to become a soldier slave and let the Death Sword completely control it

  Sean could only see that the container of the death sword was the strength of the middle sanctuary, but he didn't know that, in fact, the container of the death sword was cultivated all the way from the lower sanctuary. It is precisely because of this that the connection between the container and the death sword is naturally very strong, and Sean can't completely cut it off for a while.

  It's just that. This is only limited to ordinary people's ideas.

  What Sean really wants. This soldier's container has never been a dead sword.

  "No!" It seemed that he was aware of something, and Death Sword let out a stern roar, even full of panic, "Soulcaller! Why didn't you make a move!"

   Facing the scream of Death Sword, he sighed, and there was a muffled grunt in the forest.

  This sound seemed to be responding, but it also revealed his current state: wanting to rescue the dead sword. That is absolutely impossible. All can only rely on the hard work of Death Sword and Dark Realm Death Knight.

  Hearing this muffled hum, Death Sword's mood swings were almost desperate.

  Instead, it was the Dark Realm Death Knight, and he stood up again with his sword, as if he wanted to save the Death Sword. He could see that Sean was obviously trying to suppress and capture the soul of Death Sword. Although he did not know the reason, the instinct of the Dark Realm Death Knight told him that he must not let Sean succeed, otherwise I am afraid there will be extreme Great disaster and trouble. And right now. It is also when Sean is at the most critical moment, he must seize this opportunity.

  Following this action of the Dark Realm Death Knight. Death Sword seemed to see hope, and the struggle and resistance became more desperate.

  Only Xiao En frowned slightly, then turned his head and looked at Darkfield Death Knight, with a smile on his face: "This time, you are a bit late."

  Almost as soon as Xiao En’s words fell, the Dark Territory Death Knight felt a great shock in his heart. In terms of mood swings, it was not inferior to the Death Sword suppressed by Shaun. However, the Dark Realm Death Knight is also a decisive person. The moment the fear and tingling of death erupted, he did not hesitate to give up the idea of ​​rescuing the death sword, and even the handle in his hand became a burden at this time. His epee did not hesitate to abandon it.

   A roar suddenly sounded.

  As the sound exploded, countless smoke and dust spread out at the same time, and even the ground shook. It is conceivable that if the Dark Realm Death Knight dodges fast enough, I am afraid that he will definitely be hit hard even if he is not dead just now.

   There was a cold snort, which sounded from the dust and smoke.

  When the dust dissipates, a beautiful shadow stands alone in it.

  The one who came here was Christina of the Peace Council.

  Just when he saw Christina at this time, Sean's brows couldn't help but raised slightly, his face showed a solemn look.

  He had known for a long time that where there are dead thorns, people from the Peace Council will inevitably follow the action. This is like the two sides of light and darkness, which cannot be avoided. After all, the Peace Council stayed in the Void Principality for so long in order to carry out an all-in-one operation against Deaththorn, but then Deaththorn shrank and did not continue to implement the assassination plan against the high-level of the Void Principality. In connection with the subsequent withdrawal of the Peace Council from the Void Principality, Sean has vaguely grasped the action strategy of the Peace Council.

  It’s just that although Sean also expected that Christina might still negotiate with him on the Peace Council, he did not expect that Christina’s strength would increase so fast!

  When the battle of destiny broke out, Kristina was the strongest in the lower sanctuary. In that battle, Kristina also benefited a lot, and it was an inevitable fact to break through to the middle sanctuary. It’s just that according to Sean’s estimation, his breakthrough to the middle sanctuary was due to Andrew’s light, so he realized the mystery of the law of space in advance. Otherwise, if he wants to step into the middle sanctuary normally, I’m afraid It will take another year or two, so it is guessed that even if Christina is a genius in a million, at this time, at most, she is the strongest of the upper sanctuary.

  But I don’t want to know that Christina is already a legendary powerhouse!

"I know you are a genius, but I don't want you to be so talented." Sean said with a sigh, "This time, there should be a lot of people from the Peace Council.... You can break through here, I'm afraid. Someone should have entered the death monument with you, right."

   An extremely cold murderous intent, diffused from the field, and a black sturdy figure suddenly appeared in front of the Dark Realm Death Knight.

  Because of his appearance, the power originally produced by Christina's sudden appearance was suppressed to the lowest in an instant, and it can even be said that it seems to be shaky in front of this person.

  Don’t ask. Xiao En also knew who the silver-haired young man in front of him was wearing a black armor that looked like a devil and a blood-red cloak behind him.

  Inside the death thorn, except for the high-level, few people know the real powerhouse, one of the six death monuments.

  Six Death Tablets are the real trump cards of Deaththorn.

  Deaththorn Thirteen Coffins symbolizes the most talented and talented newcomers of Deaththorn. Generally speaking, after becoming a legendary powerhouse, you will leave the name of the thirteen coffins. Become a truly strong man with a unique side, but a strong man at this level is not yet the true trump card of Deaththorn. Only at this level, those who have experienced enough **** fights, demonstrated unparalleled extraordinary combat power, and are even expected to impact the realm of super powers, are qualified to take over the name of the six death monuments that fell behind.

  Six death monuments, there have been six places in the death thorns. After becoming one of the six ace powerhouses of Deadthorn. Although his name will not be erased. However, the internal organization will not be called by the previous name. Instead, it will use the stele as a suffix and a new title based on its own abilities. The six death steles of Deaththorn today are Kill Stele, Dark Stele, Demon Stele, Blood Stele, Dark Stele, and Bone Stele. Each of them has at least a fourteenth-order legendary combat power. Although the Mingbei and Demonbei are a bit inferior, they are also the critical point of the pinnacle of the fifteenth-order legend. Only a little bit can break through to become a super strong.

  Deaththorn let the magic stele with fifteenth rank and two dark steles and bone steles with fourteenth rank to deal with Rina. This is already an expression of great importance to Rina's strength.

  After the Ming monument appears. He just glanced at Christina coldly, but didn't start the attack for the first time. Instead, he glanced at Sean, and then suddenly stretched out his left hand and made a "grip" towards the death sword. move.

   Suddenly, a powerful force of law suddenly appeared from the body of the death sword, helping the death sword to counter the attack of Sean. Although Death Sword's mood swings at this time are slightly reluctant, but compared with the inexplicable death threat in the face of Sean, the move of Mingbei makes Death Sword feel a little humiliated, but it is always better to live than to die. Okay, so Death Sword will completely accept the blessing of the law from Mingbei.

   However, when facing this sudden power blessing, Sean sneered, and he manually added a few points of strength. For this reason, even if his face became pale as paper and even a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, he did not hesitate.

   Motivated by such a tough posture by Sean, Mingbei raised his brows slightly, and said softly: "Let go!"

   Suddenly, the strength increased by a few points.

  This time, Sean spit out a mouthful of blood.

  Kristina saw this, there was no trace of fear in her eyes, but a strong fighting spirit ignited in her eyes, and a stride suddenly slew towards the Mingbei.

Although Christina only has the strength of Tier 12, she has the three elements of Alchemy, Arcane, and Martial Skills. It cannot be considered as an ordinary combat power, especially at this time with the aid of the explosive secret technique of Alchemy. The momentum that burst out for a while went straight to the 14th-order powerhouse. From this point of view of the momentum, Sean saw a bit of Alexis's shadow on Christina, and in a sense, it was more like an advanced and enhanced version of Vivian.

  If Christina had no awakened blood, Sean would not believe it if she was killed. He was even sure that Christina’s blood might not be inferior to that of Rena, Xuefanio, Cecilia, etc., maybe it was a direct descendant of an ancient god, and the purity of the blood was only necessary. Higher than Xuefanio.

  Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why Christina’s progress is like riding on the Rockets.

  "The potential is extraordinary. In another twenty years you may have the power to fight me." Mingbei glanced at Christina and said coldly, "The premise is that I have stopped making progress in these twenty years."

After saying this, he made a fist with his right hand and punched Kristina who had rushed in front of him.

With just one punch, the entire space seemed to be detonated. Numerous cracks suddenly spread in the air between Christina and Mingbei. It seems that there is no Shaun and Darkland Death Knight. The destruction caused by the blasting just now was great, but in fact the murderous intentions in it were even more dangerous than just now.

At this point, just seeing Kristina fly out at a speed faster than the charge, flying hundreds of meters away like a meteor, and even smashing countless skeletal warriors and dozens of withered trees along the way. knew.

only. After this punch, Mingbei suddenly raised his brows, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he stared at Xiao En: "Huh!?"

  Following the look of Mingbei, Sean suddenly felt an infinite force of law turned into a heavy force on his body. He could even hear a crackling sound from his bones. It's just relatively so hard. However, Xiao En's eyes didn't show any signs of fear or decadence at all. Instead, Death Sword uttered an extremely screaming scream, which was quite a bit of a sorrowful scream.

   "I'll give you this sword!" Xiao En let out a loud laugh, and his right hand shook suddenly. The soul-breaking power that had been deadlocked for a long time finally broke out!

  With only one sword, the right hand of the dead sword's container was completely exploded. And with this burst. The heavy pressure on Xiao En's body also suddenly loosened. Xiao En flew back without stopping at all, and a dark purple light also flashed away on the Black King's sword.

  Although the right hand of the container was completely blown up, the death sword also flew directly into the left hand of the Mingbei.

   But after the Death Sword started, Mingbei couldn't feel the Soul of the Demon Abyss on the sword at all, and the strong demon energy on the sword was also madly dissipating. Before it fell into the left hand of the Mingbei, the death sword, which was originally a super-sacred weapon, fell to the level of a divine weapon, and when it fell into the left hand of the Mingbei, the sacred weapon that belonged to the death sword was immediately shattered. This long sword has directly become a piece of mythical equipment, and I am afraid that it has the characteristics of [Extreme Sharpness] in addition to its attributes. There are no other special effects.

  This kind of weapon, even if it is a myth-level equipment, is also the most **** piece of mythical equipment.

The eyes of Mingbei fell on the black king in Xiao En's hands: "Double magic soul!?... No wonder you can strip the dead sword's character, it turns out that you had this idea from the beginning!... Humph , Lord Void, really easy to calculate. It's a pity that you are destined to fall here today."

  Even though his face was extremely pale, Sean was not depressed at all, but his eyes looked extremely energetic.

  In just contending with the power of the law of the Mingbei, although he was severely injured, which is likely to aggravate the side effects after the blood qi burst, but Sean’s gains were far beyond expectations. It can be said that in the moment just now, his perception of the law has been extremely improved, and this little gain alone is almost not under the value of the soul of the divine weapon stripped of the death sword!

"I see, it's not necessarily." Xiao En let out a chuckle, "If you can get rid of the entanglement of the Peace Council as soon as possible, come to support as quickly as possible, and when you arrive on the scene, it is not to protect the dark dead knight, but the first time. If you kill me, then I might really fall here.... But now, I can only tell you with regret that you have lost your best chance."

Hearing what Shaun said, Mingbei was not angry but laughed: "The Peace Council has been dragged by the Killing Stele, the Blood Stele, and other members of the Thirteen Deadthorn Coffins. There are also followers beside you who sigh deeply in the forest hinterland. The magic stele, bone stele, dark stele and others are responsible for interception, so...I want to see how there is no chance."

A thick body of death abruptly gushes from the body of the Mingbei, but strangely, this thick deathness is not aimlessly diffused everywhere, but quickly condenses towards the right hand of the Mingbei, and then gradually It turned into a spear, but it looked a little vague in form, and it looked like a source of water was flowing fast. However, the death aura exuding from above has caused a sudden change in space. A more terrifying force seems to be passing through the multiple void barriers and blessed on this gray spear that is completely condensed by death.

  The next moment, the Mingbei suddenly shook it, then raised his hand and shot.

  Deadly pierced the empty spear!

  This is a long-range attacking martial art of Mingbei. It is displayed by his ability to break through to the critical point of the legendary peak of the super strong with just one kick. The power of this gun is absolutely imaginable.

   almost as soon as it was thrown out, it was already in front of Xiao En, as if it would completely penetrate Xiao En's head in the next moment!

  But at this moment, a force that was stronger than the monument suddenly burst out of the sky!

  A rift that tore through the void barrier was extremely abruptly hovering between Shaun and the deadly piercing gun!

  Only a few centimeters away can penetrate the distance of Sean's head, but it has truly become an insurmountable moat!

The entire deadly piercing spear, which is formed by the power of strong dead energy, completely exploded in the space cracks that tore the barrier, and countless dead energy scattered all around. If it were not for sighing, the forest would have been A place eroded and decayed by the breath of death. The death aura that escaped was enough to completely cut off all lives within a mile radius.

  The moment Sean appeared in this space, he stopped retreating, and then suddenly there were several wounds on his body cracking, and blood spurted out directly. Although Xiao En was not directly hit by the Death Underworld Spear just now, the lifelessness above still aggravated Xiao En's injury. This made Sean's injuries finally unable to be suppressed anymore. Even the state of blood gas explosion was forcibly suspended.

  So, under the superimposition of these multiple injuries, Xiao En directly collapsed to the ground, and even his consciousness felt endless exhaustion.

   It’s just that the back figure stepping out of the void in the crevice still made Sean feel relaxed.

  A small figure was slowly walking out of it, but his right hand was dragging a huge silver-white epee that was completely out of proportion to his body shape. The immature face looked murderous and awe-inspiring. Although it seems a bit ridiculous. But everyone who felt the murderous intent was absolutely unable to laugh, because the murderous intent was genuine, and even Mingbei felt a palpitating heart.

  "Super...the strong!?" Mingbei was stunned for a moment, and his heart also stunned.

  For Sean’s actions, they have been planning for a long time ago, so naturally they have also investigated the combat power around Sean. However, in the information that has been checked countless times, there is no mention of the existence of a superpower level horror around Sean. Logically speaking, the highest combat power of the Void Principality should be Xuefanio, who can descend from God, and Rina, who has a powerful dragon.

   Both of them are legendary combat powers. It's just that, like Christina, it can't be considered in terms of waiting for the legendary combat power, if it is in a state of outbreak that is less than the consequences. I am afraid that it will be able to display the combat power of Tier Fourteen. In order to avoid unexpected accidents, Deaththorn will use the power of the Six Death Monuments to intercept Rina and others, in order to suppress Rina with absolute advantage.

Although it has been mentioned in the intelligence that there is the figure of this child beside Rena and Cecilia, but at the time, no one regarded it as the same thing, but thought that this child was probably sighing that there was something special in the forest. ability. After all, after many trials, no one felt any fluctuations in Kozilek's breath that belonged to the strong.

   Kozilek, who slowly walked out of the void in the crack, threw his left hand and threw a rounded head at the feet of the Mingbei.

  Looking at the head that showed horror before death, Mingbei's heart was calm: "Since the devil monument is dead, I am afraid that the bone monument and the dark monument have also encountered poisonous hands."

  Faced with Mingbei’s question, Kozilek didn’t seem to hear it. Instead, he turned his head to look at Sean and said, “No.”

  Sean smiled slightly, he naturally knew the meaning of Kozilek’s words: everyone else was fine.

  Understanding this, Sean really relaxes.

After just such a short time, Christina finally stepped back and walked back, but her expression looked a little embarrassed. It is obvious that the punch against the Mingbei just now is not an injury that can be ignored for her. . But at this moment, Kristina did not look at the Dark Monument, but looked at Kozilek, with an unclear complex color in her eyes. Although she knew Kozilek's strength for a long time, she looked at Kozilek right now. Christina still has an unreal illusion.

   seems to be to confirm the old saying that "the battlefield situation is changing rapidly".

In the Dark Zone, the death knight is defeated, the soul of the death sword is pulled away, the soul-evoker is entangled, Kristina appears, the dark stele appears and hurt Kristina, and then Sean almost died and Kozilek was dangerous again. After the dangerous rescue of Sean, a dragon roar came out immediately. Rina, Cecilia, Angel and others, who rode on the black stone and stepped on countless bone warriors and bone demons, rushed into the battlefield, finally one by one. appear.

When Dark Realm Death Knight looked at a spear that was burning with flames and appeared in such a high-profile manner as Rena with huge wings of light on the back of the flames, his brows were raised, and his heart cursed: "Micah in the awakened state. Le armor...How did the artifact of the Saint Joles Empire fall into Rena's hands? Could it be that the leader of the White Wing, the strongest knight order in the world, has fallen!?"

  Under the blockade of the information of the caring people, the battle of fate has not been known by too many people, so even a huge intelligence organization such as God's Eye has not detected any news at all, let alone a deadly thorn. In this way, in the intelligence war where one step is wrong, the death thorn situation is undoubtedly the same as a moth that directly hit the bright light of the Void Principality.

  It just made the dark stele a little bit relieved. After the appearance of Rena and others, two figures appeared beside him.

  The two people are the bone stele and the dark stele.

Although the two of them were sluggish, they were obviously seriously injured, but it is a rare good thing for the death thorns that the two of them did not die. Although there are many substitutes for the Six Death Monuments, not every one of them. People are qualified. Especially for these top powerhouses who are expected to impact the ranks of super powerhouses, it is natural that they will not fall, and of course hope that they will not fall.

  Take a deep breath, watching Xiao En's side once again gather so many powerful men, Mingbei knows that it is impossible to kill Xiao En in the current situation. If there is no interference from the Peace Council, if all the people of the Six Death Monuments and the 13 Death Thorns Coffins are gathered, it may be possible to kill Xiao En at a certain price that can bear it, and at the same time completely destroy Xiao. These followers around me.

"Huh, although you are a bit late this time, at least you are not late." Xiao En smiled faintly, and with the support of Cecilia and Angel, he finally stood up, "I said... You have no chance."

   "Huh." Mingbei hummed coldly, and did not continue to take advantage of his tongue.

  He also knows that the current situation is really like what Shaun said, the general situation is gone.

  Perhaps at the very beginning, if you do not rescue the Dark Realm Death Knight, but forcefully kill Shaun, I am afraid it will be the best result.

  It's just that legendary powerhouses like them have a very stable mentality. Since there is no chance at the moment, of course they will not continue to reluctantly. The most important thing is that their Deaththorn is an assassination organization. As long as they continue to hibernate and look for opportunities, it is Sean and others who must be worried and always vigilant. In this way, from a certain perspective, it can be regarded as weakening the comprehensive strength of the Void Principality.

  And most importantly, the fact that Rina had Michael angel costumes spread out, and the Saint-Joles Empire would never let it go. In addition, the affairs of Kozilek, the super power, will be made public. At that time, whether it is the Millennium Covenant Empire or the Chenas Empire, all attention will be directed to the Void Duchy. Under the attention of these two super empires, The situation of the Void Principality can be imagined.

"In this round, you won the void, but we did not lose all." Mingbei said coldly, and at the same time glanced at Rena and Kozilek each, which means that everyone present is very clear. "You don't have to think about leaving us...I admit that I can't kill you, but if we want to leave, you will stop..."

  Without waiting for Mingbei's words to be finished, a stern and terrifying panic breath immediately rose into the sky!

  The expressions of everyone present changed drastically.

  Among them, Sean’s face looks particularly ugly: "The door of the bones!... Rick that **** thing!" (to be continued~^~)

  PS:  Because of the continuity of the plot, I am too lazy to cut. The two chapters are combined, and one of the chapters is missing before this month.