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When Mandala entered the state of pseudo inner demons, Xiao Yan also cast the Supreme Heart Demon Sutra that he had just practiced, and also entered the real state of inner demons. Even he was not absolutely sure of expelling the curse this time, so You have to go all out.
He took a deep breath and controlled Di Yan to quietly approach the heart of the mandala. This method of expelling the curse was actually very similar to the method he used to help Nalan Jie expel the poison, but the process was much more dangerous. , after all, the branding poison is far inferior to the black thorns.
Normally, the black thorns entwine Mandala's heart. Once other forces come into contact, it will definitely affect her heart. However, Xiao Yan's fire control ability allows him to burn the black thorns while , without damaging her heart, this strange method, even Mandala who has entered the state of pseudo inner demon can't help but admire it.
Chapter 371: Breaking the Curse
"This little guy is not very old, but his ability to control fire is extremely powerful. This level is probably much better than the old antiques from the Fire Spirit Clan. I really don't know which force he trained as a genius." Looking at the blazing temperature that was only the slightest difference from her own heart pulse, but did not cause any damage to her, Mandala also whispered in her heart.
The Fire Spirit Tribe is recognized as the most proficient race in the power of fire in the world. She has also dealt with the supreme powerhouses of the Fire Spirit Tribe before, and their fire control skills left a deep impression on her. I thought that was the top level in the world, but compared with Xiao Yan's level, it pales in comparison.
This also made her more curious about Xiao Yan's origin. With her identity, she naturally knew that there were some ancient races in this world that were more powerful than the Fire Spirit Tribe. Could it be that this guy was the descendant of those ancient races?
The black thorns wrapped around the heart of the mandala are undoubtedly much harder than the thorns that were casually burned by Di Yan when it broke out. After all, this is where its true body lies. Therefore, even Di Yan cannot directly destroy it. It was burned cleanly, but as time went by, under the burning of the brilliant flames, those black thorns began to gradually melt, and finally turned into drops of black liquid that kept dripping down.
Xiao Yan has no intention of letting go of these black liquids. After all, these things are essentially transformed by the power of curses. If they are integrated into Mandala's body, a new curse will inevitably form.
Therefore, he divided his mind between two things. While controlling the Emperor Yan to continue burning the black thorn itself, he split another ray of flame to form a flame shield and sucked all the black liquid into it. Although this thing is extremely vicious, it is also a Yin Ren's good things may come in handy in the future.
The black thorn seemed to be aware of its situation and began its final death struggle. It also knew that it could not shake Di Yan with its own strength, so it unexpectedly rushed towards the heart of Mandala. It looked so obvious They are rushing to die together. Even if it is an existence at the Earth Supreme level, if its heart is destroyed, even if it does not die on the spot, it is definitely a fatal threat.
However, Xiao Yan had already expected this. He had already used Emperor Yan to form a thin flame barrier to protect Mandala's heart. No matter how the layer of black thorns erupted, it could never break through the flames. The defense of the diaphragm even continued to be burned and melted by Di Yan's power.
After the black thorns could not break through the flame barrier, they suddenly changed their direction and flew towards Xiao Yan who was expelling the fire. Xiao Yan was trying his best to help Mandala expel the curse. Although the ancestral stones were told in advance to protect the body, they But he didn't expect that the curse would come back to Xiao Yan.
The speed of those black thorns was extremely fast. By the time the Ancestral Stone Spirits and others reacted, they had already invaded Xiao Yan's body along his fingertips. Seeing this, Mandala's little face also turned pale. The look on her face showed that she had been tortured by this curse for so long and had a deep understanding of its power. If it really invaded Xiao Yan's body, it would be completely troublesome!
But what surprised Mandala was that after being infected by the curse, Xiao Yan's face was still extremely calm, as if the pain that made her worse than death had no effect at all. Then, Xiao Yan's body suddenly ignited spontaneously. When he stood up, gorgeous flames filled every part of Xiao Yan's body, making his body covered with a crystal layer like glass, which looked extremely crystal clear.
This state is exactly the destructive fire body he used when fused with the little demon, but he rarely used it. In this state, Xiao Yan's body will also transform into a strange fire like the little demon. body, and when his body was completely transformed into this state, the black thorns that invaded his body were melted away in an instant like residual snow meeting a raging fire.
However, just when the black liquid was about to be expelled from the body, Xiao Yan seemed to remember something, mobilized his soul power, and introduced the black liquid into his fingertips. When the finger was completely dyed due to the black liquid, When it was black, Xiao Yan also made a thought and used Emperor Yan to set a seal on it.
When he expelled the brand poison for Nalan Jie on the road of reincarnation, he also left a little bit of the brand poison in his body, which turned into black fingers, which had extremely lethal power, but he rarely used them, and this was caused by the curse. The liquid formed by the power reminded him of his own black finger, so he evolved it like a cat and a tiger, forming another kind of black finger.
This kind of curse power can make a low-ranking supreme strongman miserable. If it is secretly used in battle in the future, it will definitely bring great pain to the opponent. Xiao Yan even regrets that he killed Nalan Yanran's whole family before. , otherwise, you can use it now to test how powerful this curse is.
As for the seal he set up, it was the Heavenly Fire Seal developed by Lord Skyfire in order to suppress the poisonous body of disaster. Of course, the seal in the lower plane would naturally not be able to have an effect on this kind of curse that even the Earth Supreme would find a headache. Therefore, Xiao Yan also used his own experience to improve it, and coupled with the characteristics of God Yan, it was enough to suppress this curse.
After completely sealing the curse power in his body at his fingertips, Xiao Yan also pulled out all the Emperor Yan left in Mandala's body, and even the black liquid that had been refined with the curse power was taken away. Go away and put it into a special jade bottle. As for the black thorns hidden in Mandala's flesh and blood, they were burned clean by Emperor Yan in the process just now, without leaving any trace.
When she realized that there was no longer any remaining curse power in her body, a joyful smile appeared on Mandala's little face. She had been living under the shadow of this curse for so long, and she thought At most, I could only find ways to suppress it, but I didn't expect that I could really drive it away completely.
Mandala, who was still immersed in joy, did not realize that although the black thorns entangled in her heart were gone, a small flame mark was left in her body, and the flame mark was lightly imprinted on Mandala. In the body of Mandala, under normal circumstances, it will not cause any harm to Mandala, but once it is activated, it will bring her a pain that is a hundred times stronger than the power of the curse.
If this guy really planned to turn his back on him, the end would be extremely miserable. But fortunately, she didn't do this, which made Xiao Yan quietly breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that the situation had not reached the worst point yet. .
Chapter 372: Three Hundred and Seventy-One, Southern Region
After breaking the curse in Mandala's body, Xiao Yan and Mandala took a rest and then left the northern realm and headed to the southern realm where the Holy Demon Palace is located. Of course, before leaving, Xiao Yan He also did not forget to secretly move the bones of the ancient flame dragon under the magma into the sky tomb.
Even though he is still unable to refine the divine veins in it, the fire spiritual power contained in it is enough to benefit him endlessly, and these things are naturally done while concealing Mandala, Mandala Luo still thought about coming back to take away the corpse when she was strong enough in the future, but I believe that by then, she would be surprised to find that the temperature of the magma here had become much cooler.
There is still a long distance between the Northern Territory and the Southern Territory. Even with the teleportation spirit array, it still took them nearly a month to successfully reach the Southern Territory because the scale of the Southern Territory is larger than that of the Northern Territory. Quite a few, so the forces here are generally much stronger than those in the north, and the Holy Demon Palace is the leader among these forces.
After arriving in the Southern Territory, Xiao Yan and the others naturally would not rush to find Lu Heng directly. Instead, they first found an inn as a place to stay, and then collected some information about Lu Heng and the Holy Demon Palace in the Southern Territory. Intelligence, after all, as the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle.
"Tsk, this Holy Demon Palace is indeed the overlord-level existence in the Southern Territory. This force is really powerful." When Xiao Yan saw that the Holy Demon Palace had nearly ten earth supremes mentioned in the intelligence, he couldn't help but smacked his lips. Smacking your lips, after all, even if all the big forces in the north were added together, there wouldn't be that many Earth Supremes.
In addition to the Earth Supreme, there is also an army called the Holy Demon Heavenly Guard guarding the periphery of the Holy Demon Palace. This Holy Demon Heavenly Guard also has the ability to strangle the Earth Supreme and should not be underestimated. With such a large scale, even a true high-ranking supreme would not dare to break into it, let alone the Holy Demon Emperor Lu Heng sitting in it.
"The plan for now is to find a way to make that guy alone, otherwise it will be a bit difficult." Xiao Yan rubbed his head and pretended to be extremely embarrassed, "No matter how powerful we are, we can't directly Are you going to challenge one force alone?"
Although as a spiritual alchemist, he can actually invite some of the most powerful people to help him, but he is not famous in this world. Even if he comes to him, people may not believe him, and that would be a bit too aggressive. , it would be embarrassing if someone from the Jiuyou Que Clan knew what was going on here and realized that he was not dead.
In fact, with Xiao Yan's current strength, he really has a way to take down the entire Holy Demon Palace, but he doesn't want to expose more strength to outsiders. Besides, this operation is a collaboration between him and Mandala. If he is the only one If one person contributes, it would be too inconsistent with his usual code of conduct.
"There are not many opportunities like this..." Mandala frowned. Lu Heng was the Lord of the First Palace after all. He rarely went out alone. Under normal circumstances, even if he went out, he would bring many strong people with him. He thought To catch him alone is no less difficult than entering the Holy Demon Palace alone.
"If there is no chance, just create an opportunity. And... in fact, as long as he goes out, I have many ways to make the people he brings out useless." Xiao Yan chuckled. In any case, he can be regarded as a A high-level spiritual formation master, especially after his strength officially broke through to the Supreme, his level of spiritual formation master has also increased, even if he arranges an intermediate grandmaster-level spiritual formation, it is no problem.
As long as he is given enough time to set up the spiritual formation, no matter how many Earth Supremes Lu Heng brings, he will be sure to easily annihilate them. Of course, that is only if he has the formation diagram of the corresponding level.
Although Xiao Yan now has the strength to set up a grandmaster-level spiritual formation, in addition to a volume of the Five Saints' Demon-Sealing Array, he only has another low-level grandmaster-level formation diagram. This is during his time. It cost a lot of money to acquire them, and the same goes for the elixirs. After reaching the Earth Supreme level, it is not that easy to collect the elixirs and formations you like.
"Speaking of which, it seems that people from the Ice Spirit Tribe have also come to the Southern Territory, and their lineup is extremely luxurious. The person leading the team is a high-ranking Supreme. Maybe we can take advantage of it?" Mandala pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered One thing, suggested.
"Ice Spirit Tribe? What are they doing here?" Xiao Yan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. This Ice Spirit Tribe, like the Fire Spirit Tribe mentioned before, is also a super force in the world. As the name suggests, it is a group that is good at manipulating the ice attribute. It is a strange race, but the Ice Spirit Tribe is no longer as prosperous as it was in the past. It has gradually declined and is gradually inferior to the equally famous Fire Spirit Tribe.
But as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even though the Ice Spirit Clan has declined, its power is still extremely terrifying, enough to easily sweep all the forces in the Tianluo Continent, and even the Jiuyou Que Clan may be inferior. , but the Ice Spirit Clan is a world away from Tianluo Continent. What are they doing in this miserable place?
"I heard it was to arrest someone."
"Who is worthy of their mobilization of forces like this?" Xiao Yan asked curiously. To be able to make a super power specially send a high-ranking Supreme to come all the way to hunt down, could it be that this person is carrying some kind of treasure? Then he has to find a way to cut off the beard.
"I don't know. I heard that it is related to the secrets of the Ice Spirit Clan. But according to the information I got, the escaped person seems to be from the Jiuyou Bird Clan, but she is not from the Jiuyou Bird Clan. That The person's name is quite nice, let me think about it..." Mandala frowned, thought about it carefully, and said, "It seems to be... Qingtan?"
"What?" Xiao Yan felt something bad when he heard Mandala say that the person came from the Nine Nether Bird Clan. After all, there are not many people in the Nine Nether Bird Clan who fit this description. , and when he heard the name Qingtan with his own ears, he finally confirmed that the person being chased by the Ice Spirit Tribe was Qingtan.
He originally thought that Qingtan would live a good life in the Jiuyou Que Clan, but he didn't expect that not long after he left the Jiuyou Que Clan, this guy also ran out and provoked the behemoth of the Ice Spirit Clan. This girl How can he cause more trouble than himself?
"What's wrong?" Seeing Xiao Yan's expression, Mandala was also stunned for a moment. Could it be that Xiao Yan has something to do with this Qing Tan?
Xiao Yan ignored Mandala's inquiry. He took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes, seeming to be thinking about something. After a moment, he opened his eyes again and asked: "Mandala , do you know where the people of the Ice Spirit Tribe rest?"
Chapter 373: Goodbye Qingtan
In any case, Qingtan was brought to the Great Thousand World by him, and she was also the aunt of his apprentice. Therefore, Xiao Yan would not sit idly by and do nothing. As for the Ice Spirit Clan, let alone the one who came to Tianluo Continent. It's just a small team. Even if they really arrive at the Ice Spirit Tribe's base camp, Xiao Yan won't be too afraid now.
Before Xiao Yan left the Jiuyou Que Clan, he left a soul imprint on Qingtan in case of emergency, but he never sensed it. Now that he knows that she is also in Tianluo Continent, Xiao Yan Immediately use your soul power to follow that ray of induction.
In order to avoid the pursuit of the Ice Spirit Clan, Qingtan is currently hiding in an area called the Underworld Abyss. The terrain there is steep and there is a strange miasma blocking it. Therefore, the Ice Spirit Tribe has not traced it here, but she also knows , that kind of miasma can't be blocked for long, and once they catch up here, they will definitely die.
But in fact, until now, she didn't know why the Ice Spirit Tribe was chasing her. She was still performing the mission of the Jiuyou Law Enforcement Team before, but suddenly someone from the Ice Spirit Tribe wanted to capture her back. At first, only She was just a fifth-grade supreme, and she could barely cope with it based on her strength. However, the people who came after her became stronger and stronger. Naturally, she couldn't hold on. She could only flee all the way, and finally hid in Tianluo Continent.
What Qingtan didn't know was that in order to deal with her, the Ice Spirit Tribe even sent out the Earth's Supreme Power. She was still a little confused until now. She had clearly never provoked the Ice Spirit Tribe, so why did they kill them all like this?
"I don't know what happened to Xiao Yan... I hope he won't be implicated." Qingtan murmured softly. Because she had not returned to the Jiuyou Que Clan, she had not received the "death news" of Xiao Yan. But soon, she realized something, shook her head quickly, and laughed at herself: "Why do I care about that guy's life and death?"
"As soon as I heard that something happened to you, I ran all the way to save you, but you didn't care about my life or death. It's really sad..." At this moment, a chuckle suddenly sounded, and Qingtan hurriedly Turning around, she saw Xiao Yan appearing behind her with a smile on his face. He glanced at the scars on Qingtan's body and said slowly, "It seems that those guys from the Ice Spirit Tribe are quite ruthless."
"You...why are you here?" After seeing Xiao Yan, Qingtan couldn't help being surprised, but soon, she noticed the mandala next to Xiao Yan, and her face suddenly became extremely strange. Getting up, although I knew that this guy's orientation and hobbies were a bit weird, I didn't expect that he would hook up with another one so soon.
"Ahem, don't get me wrong, she is just my companion." Xiao Yan coughed dryly after noticing Qingtan's eyes, and quickly explained, but Qingtan's eyes did not change because of this, after all, this guy's criminal record is too A little more.
Mandala was a little strange. Why did the atmosphere become a little weird after these two guys saw her? However, she didn't think much about it. Instead, she glanced at the thick fog outside and said, "What do you want?" If we want to exchange greetings, let’s move to another place, the guys from the Ice Spirit Clan should be here soon.”
Hearing this, Qingtan's expression also changed. She turned her head and said to Xiao Yan: "Their target is me, please leave quickly!"
Although Qingtan didn't know that the Ice Spirit Clan had sent the Earth Supreme Master to capture her, she did know that among the previous group of people, there was a ninth-grade Supreme Master, and her impression of Xiao Yan was still lingering. Only when he was the Sixth-Rank Supreme did he remind Xiao Yan, because in her opinion, there was undoubtedly a huge gap between the Sixth-Rank and the Ninth-Rank.
"If we want to leave now, I'm afraid it's too late. Besides, there's no need for us to leave." Xiao Yan gently patted Qingtan's shoulder and took out a bottle of Blood Jade Heaven-Building Pill from the storage artifact. He said: "Take these pills first, stay here to recuperate, and leave the rest to me, Mandala, please help me take care of her."
"No problem." Mandala nodded gently.
After entrusting Qingtan to Mandala, Xiao Yan turned around and left. With his powerful soul power, he quickly found the location of the nearby Ice Spirit Tribe people, just as Mandala said Yes, they were already extremely close to where Qingtan was hiding. If they hadn't arrived in time, they might have found her soon.
Xiao Yan took a deep breath and did not act recklessly. After he approached the Ice Spirit Clan's camp, he immediately got into the sky tomb and quietly opened a small crack. There were many powerful fluctuations in this camp. Come to think of it, He should be the person in charge of this operation. He might be able to extract some useful information from them.
After Xiao Yan approached the camp, he also heard some voices, which happened to be people from the Ice Spirit Tribe discussing the operation.
"Elder, that little girl is just a fourth-grade Supreme. Why are so many people sent to search for her? Is it necessary?" A younger-sounding voice asked, and this question just clicked in Xiao Yan's heart. question.
"That little girl has some relationship with the Jiuyou Que Clan. If the strength of the people sent is low, I am afraid that she will run back to the Jiuyou Que Clan, and let us come here in person. It is also the clan leader who ordered to eradicate the roots. In this way, it will not be possible. It can prevent people from the Nine Nether Bird Clan from coming to protect her." An old voice responded.
In their opinion, even if the Jiuyou Que Clan received Qingtan's distress signal, the most they would send would be a low-rank supreme, and possibly even no supreme. Having a ninth-grade supreme would mean they valued her. , and with him personally in charge, there was absolutely no way that little girl could escape.
"What is the origin of that little girl? She actually asked the patriarch to personally order you to take action..." the young voice asked again, and this question happened to be what Xiao Yan was curious about.
You know, Qingtan has just arrived in the Great Thousand World, and she has spent most of her time in the Jiuyouque Clan, and Jiuyouque has no interaction with the Ice Spirit Clan. Why would the Ice Spirit Clan kill her? Could it be that Qingtan accidentally killed the illegitimate son of their clan leader while performing his mission?
"Well... I don't know much about it, but I heard that that little girl seems to have the royal blood of our family in her body..."
"Royal blood? Then shouldn't she be brought back to the clan? Why exterminate her?"
"You are young, don't ask about this kind of thing next time... Although she has royal blood in her body, it is not from the clan leader's branch, and she left the Ice Spirit Clan a long time ago, and the clan leader is worried that she will threaten him. position, that’s why we let us do it secretly..."
Chapter 374: Three Hundred and Seventy-Three, Diverting Trouble
"So that's it..." After hearing the elder's words, the young man suddenly realized that there was such a relationship. Xiao Yan, who heard these things in the dark, also frowned slightly. He didn't expect that Qingtan would have such a secret. She must not even know about it, right?
However, now that he has found out the secret of this matter, Xiao Yan is too lazy to hide it in the dark anymore. He had other things to do when he came this time, but he just happened to meet them talking, so he hid on one side. Now The information he wanted had been obtained, and it was time to start the next step.
At the same time, a series of screams suddenly came to mind around the Ice Spirit tribe's camp. The Earth Supreme elder immediately reacted. He stood up quickly and saw a man shrouded in black flames quietly. The ground stood on the outskirts of the camp, and behind him, dozens of corpses lay scattered.
"Who are you? How dare you come to my land of the Ice Spirit Tribe to run wild!" When he saw those corpses, the elder was angry and a little heartbroken. Although these guys are not Earth Supreme, they are all around the seventh or eighth grade. The Supreme has the potential to break through to the Earth Supreme in the future. For the Ice Spirit Clan, it is also a powerful force. Unexpectedly, it fell into the hands of that mysterious man here.
"Hmm... Are all people from the Ice Spirit Tribe here? It seems I'm not in the wrong place." There was a deep laughter in the black flames, and then he jumped up and headed straight towards the elder. , the dark flames followed closely, and the blazing temperature made the elder's expression change.
But after all, this elder is also a well-known strong man for a long time, and he is also very confident in his ice attribute spiritual power. Naturally, he will not flinch because of the opponent's flames. At that moment, he snorted coldly, and his whole arm was covered by Covered in ice, it then hit the mysterious man hard.
When the fists and palms collided, the elder was also surprised, because he could feel that the strength of this mysterious man was not inferior to him at all, and the black flame was extremely strange, and even his own ice energy They are unable to suppress it, and there is even a tendency to be slightly weaker than the disadvantage.
"Where did this guy come from? How can he be so powerful?" The elder of the Ice Spirit Tribe was slightly shocked and shouted quickly: "Comrades, take action together!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several more figures suddenly appeared around the camp. Although the owners of these figures were not as powerful as the upper-level supreme elder, they were all at the lower-level supreme level, and one of them even stepped into it. Half a step above the realm, if they join forces, even the supreme beings in the upper realm will have to avoid the edge for a while.
"Tsk, is there an ambush?" Seeing that there were many Earth Supreme experts from the Ice Spirit Tribe around, the figure wrapped in black flames immediately retreated, and his eyes swept across the surrounding crowd. He said calmly: "As expected of the famous Ice Spirit Clan, they know how to use the big to bully the small, and the more to bully the less. I won't play with you anymore. I'm leaving."
"Hmph! Come when you want, leave when you want. Do you think our Ice Spirit Clan is some kind of soft persimmon?" The elder shouted angrily, and his vast spiritual power turned into an ice phoenix, roaring towards the mysterious man. Go, "Leave it to me!"
"You can't keep me here with this kind of means. If you hadn't been in large numbers, I would have killed you, an old man, today!" Seeing this, the mysterious man also sneered, and the black flame turned into a huge dragon, which not only shocked The ice phoenix was shattered, and the nearby elders were also repelled by it.
After forcing the elders of the Ice Spirit Tribe back, the mysterious man said a harsh word, and then quickly swept away into the distance. Naturally, those elders would not let him go, and they took the lead without even having to give orders from the elder. He went up and chased the mysterious man, "I want to see where you can hide!"
The man shrouded in black flames was naturally Xiao Yan. Sensing the figures rushing behind him, he separated a soul clone, continued to wrap his body with void swallowing flames, and flew forward while hanging others. And his body summoned the wings of the sparrow and rushed to another place first.
With Xiao Yan's current strength, coupled with the increase in the wings of the demon bird, even the Supreme of Dzogchen cannot catch up with him. In fact, if he is willing, he can even single-handedly retain all the troops brought by the Ice Spirit Tribe. Here, however, he had another way to save himself a lot of energy.
The place Xiao Yan went to was his original target of the Holy Demon Palace, but it was different from before. At this time, his whole body was shrouded in a white mist. Wherever he passed, there was a terrifying ice energy. It surged out, causing the surrounding space to freeze!
At this time, Lu Heng was practicing in seclusion in the Holy Demon Palace. At this moment, he suddenly felt a powerful aura coming in his direction. Before he could react, a huge iceberg suddenly fell from the sky and faced him. He was hit hard on the head.
At this critical moment, Lu Heng immediately summoned his holy dragon flames. The dark flames formed a light shield and enveloped its body, barely blocking the iceberg's bombardment. But even so , he was also blasted in this collision and his blood surged.
"Who are you? Why do you want to attack me?" Lu Heng finally suppressed the surging air pressure in his body, and found a figure shrouded in white mist suspended in the sky above the Holy Demon Palace, although he could not sense the other party's body. Specific strength, but from the brief collision just now, he could know that the opponent's strength was probably not weaker than his.
"You don't have the right to know who I am. As for why I want to attack you, it's because you Holy Demon Palace is hiding someone you shouldn't be hiding. Hand that person over and I will leave." In the white mist, it was said An extremely old voice came out. If the elder who had just fought with Xiao Yan were here, I'm afraid he would be extremely surprised, because this voice was exactly the same as his!
"Helping someone? I wonder who you are talking about? If our Holy Demon Palace really has the person you need, then everything can be easily discussed." Hearing what the white mist figure said, Lu Heng also frowned. Because he really couldn't think of anyone hiding in the Holy Demon Palace recently, but if it really happened, he'd better hand the person over as soon as possible.