Outside the iron gate, in the void.
The fleets of Sang Xing Star Lord and Dou Men Star Lord merged, and Cheng Yanling formed a left and right wing formation to meet the Linghu family's private fleet commanded by Linghu Ku.
The fleets of the two star gods were surrounded by starlight. The two star gods displayed the celestial phenomena of their own practice, which were a large guillotine and a beast-faced door. The two celestial phenomena, which were a thousand feet high, emitted dazzling flames. The two star gods scolded sternly.
"Linghu clan, stop!"
"What do you want to do?"
The two star gods were a little nervous, especially the Doumen star god, who was so nervous that cold sweats broke out all over his body.
Unlike the Sangxing Star God who is directly under the Five Military Headquarters and has a strong backer, the Doumen Star God, according to the secular world, is a small prefectural-level local official of a certain dynasty who sits in a remote frontier area.
And Linghu was the most trusted minister of the royal prince who held the military power in the dynasty.
You, a local official, have a conflict with the prince's close ministers...
No matter whether the other party is right or not, you are dead anyway.
Doumen Star Lord was very panicked - he really wanted to catch Sangxing Star Lord and ask him clearly, "What on earth are you doing?"
What on earth happened behind the iron gate?
Why did it attract the attention of so many scary bosses?
Doumen Star Lord didn't want to know the twists and turns here, he didn't want to know at all... He just wanted to live a peaceful life, continue to be the local boss of his Doumen Star Palace, continue to enjoy his generous salary from heaven without worries, and continue his small but happy life of wine and women in leisure and comfort!
However, facing the aggressive Linghu private fleet, although he was sweating profusely, Doumen Xingjun had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight.
If a conflict breaks out with the Linghu family, it will only mean facing the Linghu family's subsequent revenge.
But as for Linghu's revenge, perhaps his superiors can help him bear the pressure.
If the Linghu family is allowed to do whatever they want in their own territory, or if they take away some "benefits" and "interests" that are of concern to some bigwigs...then, there is no need to wait for the Linghu family's revenge. Any bigwig in the Supreme Heavenly Court can kill him with just a word.
"Old man, this is evil." Doumen Star Lord muttered to himself: "Sang Xing, and Linghu clan, all of you will die a miserable death!"
Linghu's fleet approached quietly and silently.
Magnificent rays of light surged on the surface of the blue warship, and suddenly countless gorgeous flowers of various shapes and colors bloomed in the void, as if embracing all the colors of the world.
These flowers were of various colors and sizes. Almost at the same moment, countless flowers bloomed. Then, from the tender stamens, sharp sword beams shot up into the sky, silently tearing through the void and slashing straight towards the celestial images released by the two star gods.
Linghu Ku's cold and stern voice sounded faintly: "My Linghu clan members were attacked and fled here... I, the Linghu clan, will certainly track down the matter to the end... You blocked my way, could it be that you are the ones who attacked and killed my Linghu clan members?"
Doumen Star God just felt confused.
Members of the Linghu clan were attacked?
Was he attacked on the territory of Tiemenguan, which is under the jurisdiction of his Doumenxing Mansion?
Are you kidding me? You Linghu clan members, why would you come to Tiemenguan if you have nothing to do? This broken place doesn't even have any local specialties that are worth a bit of money... You Linghu clan members, why would you come here if you have nothing to do?
Faced with Linghu's extremely gorgeous attack, Doumen Xingjun could only smile bitterly.
Thousands of local warships under his command flashed brilliantly, and the power of the huge military formation poured into the beast-faced gate of Doumen Star Lord. The beast-faced gate, which looked like the dragon head of a gluttonous dragon, suddenly expanded to a height of a thousand miles. In the flashing light, the two blood-colored gates slowly opened, accompanied by a low roar. From the opened beast-faced gate, thick clouds wrapped in countless groups of lightning roared out, covering the sword light that was attacking the sky like a rainstorm.
Doumen Star Lord and Linghu Ku fought in the air, while Sangxing Star Lord shouted, "This is ridiculous... I have received a secret military intelligence report that there are evil spirits at Tiemen Pass, and there are rebels colluding with the Heavenly Court to rebel and plot evil... Could it be that you, Linghu, are a member of the rebel party?"
Linghu Ku was good at putting accusations on others, and Sang Xing Xingjun was an expert at putting accusations on others!
He was from the Five Military Commandery, and he was accused of 'colluding with evil spirits' and beaten to death. This was the most basic operation - especially since there were indeed evil spirits lurking inside the Iron Gate!
In the heart of Sang Xingjun, there was a firm and determined feeling!
No matter where this lawsuit goes, he will definitely win.
Hey, there are indeed evil demons appearing in Tiemen Pass, and that evil demon, Heikui Laojun, has massacred the garrison office of Tiemen Pass... He, Sangxingxingjun, led the army here just to wipe out these evil demons.
You, Linghu clan, actually said that some of your clansmen are haunting Tiemenguan?
Well, to put it more nicely, your Linghu clan members may have come here for 'sightseeing' and 'accidentally been killed by evil spirits'.
To put it bluntly - there is a strong suspicion that your Linghu clan members colluded with evil spirits and massacred the entire Tiemen Pass!
The Star Lord of Sang Xing sneered, and also launched a military formation. The guillotine he released also suddenly soared to a height of hundreds of miles. In the twinkling blood-red starlight, sharp starlight condensed into a huge guillotine, which cut through the void with a low whistling sound and slashed straight at the sword light that was attacking from the sky.
The sound of "chi chi" was heard continuously.
The skills practiced by Doumen Star Lord are far less sophisticated than those of Linghu clan.
The lightning emitted from his beast-faced gate was lightly picked up by the sword light in the sky, and huge lightning balls burst like water-filled pig bladders. Plasma splashed all over the sky, and the dazzling electric light stretched for tens of thousands of miles. It looked amazing, but it had no lethality at all.
However, the giant starlight guillotine released by the Star Lord of Sang Xing was extremely powerful. One after another, huge starlight guillotines cut through the void and collided with countless sword lights. Only the ear-piercing sound of collision could be heard. One after another, the giant guillotines shattered, and countless sword lights exploded into fireworks in the sky.
However, whether it was the number of the Linghu clan’s fleets, the number of attacking clan masters, or Linghu Ku’s own cultivation, they were all far superior to the Star Lord of Sang Xing.
Seeing that Sang Xing Star Lord actually formed a formation to fight against his family, Linghu Ku couldn't help but sneer repeatedly: "Sang Xing, you are just a small Star Lord of the Five Military Prefectures, are you really so bold as to go against me? What do you rely on? Could it be that you are the one who plotted against my family?"
Before Sang Xing Xingjun could speak, Linghu Ku had already shouted, "Sang Xing, do you know that among those attacked was Tian Shu Laojun? Why do you think I came here in person? Do you think that just because some younger members of the clan were attacked, the Linghu clan would make such a big fuss?"
There was a loud bang.
The giant beast-faced gate released by Doumen Star Lord collapsed with a loud bang, and the celestial image was directly cut in half by a flash of sword light. Doumen Star Lord vomited blood, and many generals and officials of Doumen Star Palace around him turned pale, as if their parents had died, and their faces were extremely ugly.
What did they hear?
Isn't it just a trivial matter that the Linghu clan members were attacked?
Isn't it just that Tiemenguan was slaughtered by evil demons?
Even the Lord of Heavenly Book... is involved in this?
Who is Tianshu Laojun?
The best guy in the Supreme Heaven.
The most trusted confidant of Emperor Taichu!
The Lord of the Heavenly Book... was attacked... and it was related to Tiemenguan?
Speak clearly!
Doumen Xingjun almost screamed at the top of his lungs - you bastards, explain clearly. Was Tianshu Laojun attacked on his own territory, or was Tianshu Laojun attacked and then stranded on his own territory?
There is a huge difference between life and death between the two!
If Tianshu Laojun was attacked on his own territory... Doumen Xingjun could have just stabbed his neck right now... Oh, before stabbing his neck, he would have to go home first and wield his sword to personally free his parents, wives, concubines, children, relatives, etc...
If the Lord of Heavenly Book was merely attacked and ended up in his own territory for various reasons… although he was also guilty of negligence, the crime was much smaller.
At most he will be fined, not sentenced to death!
Doumen Xingjun covered his heart with his right hand, forcing himself to calm the violently trembling blood and energy in his heart, and shouted sternly: "Master Linghu, please tell me clearly, what exactly happened here?"
The giant guillotines that Sang Xing Xing Jun blasted out and slashed across thousands of miles were constantly shattered by the magnificent sword light that filled the sky. Seeing the sword light constantly approaching him, his helpers and colleagues actually began to ask the other party about the "cause and effect"?
The Sang Xing Xingjun was furious and shouted: "Dou Men, what are you asking now? Don't forget that you are a minister of the Heavenly Court! Linghu dared to attack and kill my Heavenly Court's regular army. This is usurpation, this is treason, this is disrespect, this is a crime worthy of death!"
Doumen Xingjun and his subordinates felt cold all over and their hands and feet were shaking.
Linghu Ku's cold laugh could be heard again from afar: "You are quite good at talking... But, as the Star Lord of the Five Military Prefecture, you only have a mouth. How did you get to your current position?"
Without waiting for Sang Xingjun to refute, Linghu Ku suddenly shouted: "Break!"
In the Linghu family's private fleet, a colorful mandala flower bloomed at the bow of thousands of warships of all sizes. The flower, with a diameter of a hundred miles, bloomed, and the rhyme of Taoism vibrated in the void. Within a radius of tens of millions of miles, the magnificent spiritual energy of heaven and earth was swallowed up by the fleet.
The next moment, accompanied by the deafening sound of swords, thousands of sharp giant sword lights gushed out from the mandragora stamens blooming on the bows of large and small warships, and almost instantly slashed on the hulls of the fleet under the command of the Star Lord of Sangxing.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Dull explosions continued to sound, and one after another, the Five Military Office's warships were blown to pieces. Inside each warship, hundreds of thousands of the Five Military Office's heavenly soldiers and generals were blown into a bloody mist by the sword light, leaving them with no chance of escape.
Among the Star Lord Sang Xing, who had so many warships and so many subordinates, he was the only one who stood alone, transforming into a ray of starlight and rising into the sky, narrowly avoiding the crazy stranglehold of the Linghu fleet.
Even though he escaped quickly and was not hit by the fleet's attack, there were still thirteen consecutive sword lights controlled by Linghu Ku from the sharp sword beams that spurted out from the gorgeous flowers in the sky, and he fiercely slashed the Star Lord of Sangxing thirteen times!
The high crown of the Sang Xing Lord shattered, the official robes of the Star Lord shattered, the jade belt around his waist shattered, and the various jade pendants and jade rings on the jade belt shattered. One by one, his defensive means were smashed to pieces by the sword light. The thirteen sword lights dimmed a little, but they were still as sharp as ever... In the end, the Sang Xing Lord could only use his own body to endure the thirteen swords in a row.
Blood splattered and flesh flew everywhere.
The physical body of the Star Lord level was indeed strong. The thirteen sword lights made the Star Lord of Death howl in pain, but when the sword lights faded, he only lost an arm and two legs, and most of his body was still intact.
Large pieces of imperial coins sparkling with mysterious Taoist rhymes and strange starlight flew out from a ring inlaid with several small gems on the ring finger of the right hand of the Star Lord of Sangxing. The imperial coins surged like a long river, and the total number was at least over 100 million.
Hundreds of millions of imperial coins shattered and burned at once, and majestic Tao rhyme and spiritual inspiration poured into the body of Sang Xing Xing Jun. Sang Xing Jun let out a long roar, and the limbs that were shattered by the sword light grew back in the blink of an eye.
Inside the reborn arms and legs, tiny acupoints flickered with faint light, and dazzling flames suddenly gushed out from the extremely fine dust.
Hundreds of millions of imperial coins were consumed in an instant, and the Star Lord of Sang Xing was restored to his peak state in a breath!
He roared angrily and hissed, "Okay, okay, okay, Linghu clan, today, it's either you or me!"
Linghu Ku's sarcastic sneer came from the huge fleet: "Oh? You want to fight to the death? I'm waiting to see what you can do!"
The sneering laughter of several Linghu clan elders could be heard from afar.
Previously, there was a small fleet under the command of Sang Xing Xingjun, but they were all beaten so badly. Now he is alone, and he still wants to fight with such a huge private fleet of Linghu family... Hehe!
But the next moment, Linghu Ku couldn't even laugh anymore.
In the ring on the right hand of Lord Sang Xing, a majestic wave of Taoism exploded, and balls of dazzling flames surged. More than a thousand giant flag gates and giant formation plates rushed out from his ring like giant whales in the deep sea, accompanied by a low roar and violent shaking of the void. These flag gates and formation plates flashed with dazzling flames and began to rapidly piece together in the void.
The main body of the array is made up of giant pieces of white jade that sparkle with lavender starlight. The smallest giant array plates, some ten miles in radius, are pieced together. Under the mutual attraction of huge restrictions, the array plates instantly form a hollow circular star gate with a diameter of nine hundred miles.
The flag gates that were flashing with a mystical light were surrounding the circular star gate. As the flag gates swayed slightly, stars quietly lit up in all directions and in the boundless void!
There was no longer a trace of smile in Linghu Ku's voice, but just like his name, there was a strong bitterness in it.
"Five Military Mansions, Demon-Slaying Heavenly Gate!"
The Five Army Headquarters, the Heavenly Gate to Slay Demons.
This is the weapon of conquest of the Supreme Heaven. In the vast Heaven, there are only five "mother gates", which are respectively controlled by the five great military monarchs of the Five Military Offices. And under each "mother gate", there are only twelve "sub-gates", which are secretly granted to confidants by the great military monarchs according to the urgency of the matter and the importance of the matter.
This Demon-Slaying Heavenly Gate does not have any offensive power of its own.
Its only use is to "do whatever it wants", to mobilize the armies of the Five Military Prefectures at will within the ruling area of ​​the Supreme Taichu Heaven!
No matter where you are, no matter how far away you are, no matter if there are any natural barriers separating you, even if you are surrounded by numerous formations and restrictions, as long as the sub-gate is opened, the 'mother gate' will sense the sub-gate's energy and lock the sub-gate's spatial coordinates... In a moment, the Five Military Forces' army will surge out like a tide and drown all enemies!
To put it bluntly.
Even if it was the ancestral land of a great clan like the Linghu clan, a heritage site that was closely guarded by numerous restrictions and formations, as long as a sub-gate of the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Gate was opened in that ancestral land, the army of the Five Military Office would be able to ignore all barriers and obstacles, directly appear in the core area of ​​the Linghu clan, and beat him to a pulp!
"Five Military Offices, Great Lord Tianjun!" Linghu Ku was calm, and his extremely calm and cold voice resounded through the starry sky: " Very good , I'll wait for you!"
Strands of extremely fine starlight spurted out from the huge Demon-Slaying Heavenly Gate.
Every ray of starlight is a heavenly warship that is hundreds of miles long.
Wisp after wisp of dense starlight continued to emerge.
A thousand threads, ten thousand strands...
The wisps of starlight were like the drizzle on a spring night, surging silently. In front of the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Gate, large numbers of giant warships were spewing out rays of light and nebulae, and were surging out with a momentum like the collapse of the sky.
In the blink of an eye, millions of warships swarmed in.
These warships were arranged shoulder to shoulder, head to head, in an extremely dense, square and huge military formation, standing upright in front of Linghu's army.
Every warship was flashing with strong starlight.
Every warship was shaking with intense pressure.
That feeling is as if an entire galaxy was plucked off and placed on your face in an extremely rough manner, right in front of you.
Compared with the million-strong fleet of the Five Military Prefecture, the Linghu clan's mere thousands of warships of various sizes were like a lonely puppy being thrown in front of a group of hungry wild bears.
The sound of horse hooves could be heard.
A horse with a blood-red body, wings on its back, and every hair on its body seemed to be surging with flames. The saddle and reins on its body were as black as ink. The contrast between black and red gave people an inexplicable feeling of tragic slaughter on the battlefield. The bow of a huge warship that was a thousand miles long came out slowly with small steps, and it walked towards the Linghu family at a leisurely pace.
The Great Lord of the Five Armies of Heaven, Jian Yao, wore a white robe, had long hair, and held a huge wine gourd in his left hand, like a drunken scholar. He sat on the horse's back, staggering. Every time the horse took two steps, he would take a big sip of wine, and every time the horse took two steps, he would burp. His style was truly bold and unrestrained.
Linghu Ku turned into a ray of rosy light and flew out of the fleet. He took two steps forward and solemnly bowed to the Great Lord Tianjun, "Great Lord Tianjun."
The great Heavenly Lord, Lingyang, slapped his mount's head hard. The horse lazily stopped, turned its head, and rolled its eyes at Linghu Ku.
"Can you do me a favor?" The great Lord Tianjun took a sip of wine and asked Linghu Ku with a smile.
"Great Lord, please tell me and see if I have the ability to help you." Linghu Ku also smiled, but he avoided the possible traps hidden in the words of Great Lord Tianjun.
"Master Linghu is really naughty, saying that!" Great Heavenly Monarch Yan Yao smiled brightly: "If you can't help me with this, then the entire Supreme Taichu Heaven, hehe, really can't help."
Linghu Ku immediately stabbed him hard: "I dare not agree with what the Great Lord said... There are countless great powers in the Supreme Primordial Heaven. What does my Linghu family count for? There are too many, too many, too many things that our family cannot do!"
"You can do it, and you have to do it!" Great Lord Tianjun still smiled brightly: "For example, the useless little follower of my Five Military Office is called... called... Sang Xing?"
"He brought a group of men with him, but they were all wiped out for no apparent reason."
"This pension is a bit too much!" Great Lord Tianjun narrowed his eyes and smiled at Linghu Ku: "My Five Armies have not suffered such a loss of troops for many years. I am embarrassed to ask the emperor for this amount of money, so, can you help me borrow some money?"
Linghu Ku put his hands in his sleeves and put away his smile: "Anything else?"
The smile on the Great Lord Tianjun's face gradually disappeared. He drooped his face and looked Linghu Ku up and down again: "It has been many years since the Five Military Command lost so many troops at once... If this gets out, many colleagues will say that I am incompetent and that my subordinates are all useless."
"This crime is too serious. A small fry like Sang Xing cannot bear it... I'd like to trouble the Linghu clan to send a few elders to take on this crime!"
Great Lord Tianjun said softly: "There is no need to bother any more. Just this time, will you do it yourself or should I do it for the elders who followed you, Patriarch Linghu?"
Linghu Ku said calmly: "You mean?"
Great Lord Tianjun said in a cold voice: "They, die... You Linghu clan pay another sum of compensation, and then go back to where you came from, and don't interfere in the affairs here anymore, we will let it go!"
Linghu pursed his lips bitterly as he looked at the great Heavenly Lord.
The great Lord Tianjun also pursed his lips and looked at him.
The fine lines between their brows slowly cracked, and two gleaming eyes lit up. The two were thousands of miles apart, staring at each other from afar. The vast void between them suddenly and silently cracked into extremely fine cracks, and then the void collapsed. Wisps of void turbulence storms just surged out and disappeared silently.
A pure black hole with a diameter of one hundred miles appeared right between the two of them.
The eyes between their brows gradually lit up, and terrible power surged in the void. The size of the black hole continued to shrink bit by bit, and the power accumulated in it continued to increase.
Gradually, bright Dao patterns began to glow beneath the skin of both of them, filling their entire bodies like tattoos.
The black hole slowly rolled towards Linghu Ku bit by bit.
Linghu Ku's body suddenly tensed up, cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and then there was a dull sound of bones breaking in his body. His eyes suddenly widened, and strands of very fine blood flowed in his eyes. He whistled softly, and colorful blood with a faint fragrance of flowers continued to flow from the corners of his mouth.
"Is it really that serious?" Linghu Ku asked with some difficulty, "Your timing of leaving the scene is a bit too early. A member of my Linghu clan was indeed implicated in this incident and was stranded in this starry sky. Our Linghu clan's action is truly justified and excusable... But you, Yan Yan, who are you to be so anxious to personally leave the scene... Can you give me an explanation?"
The great Heavenly Lord, Hengyang, tightly grasped the wine gourd in his hand and continued to increase the pressure on Linghu Ku.
He said in a cold voice: "Of course you can give an explanation... But since you, until now, since you, the Linghu family, have not figured out what is involved in this... Then, you are not qualified to ask for an explanation!"
“What do you think?” Great Lord Tianjun laughed and said, “Your Linghu clan is also one of the most powerful clans under the command of Emperor Taiyu… Especially since your Linghu clan has members involved in this, it stands to reason that you, the Linghu clan, should have figured out the whole story long ago…”
"Since you are still ignorant until now..."
Great Lord Tianjun slowly withdrew the pressure on Linghu Ku. He waved his hand and said calmly: "Hand over a few people of sufficient weight to take the blame, and by the way..."
Before he finished his words, a flash of blood-red light suddenly shot out from the direction of the iron gate.
That streak of light was extremely fast, so fast that even the Great Lord Tianjun and Linghu Ku could only barely react in time - according to their cultivation level, they would have been able to respond when that streak of light appeared.
But at this time, the two were fighting with all their might, their Tao auras suppressing each other, their magic powers surging against each other, and even if the great Heavenly Lord, Yan Yang, who had the upper hand in strength, discovered this streak of light, he had no time to do anything.
Then, that streak of light suddenly appeared from the edge of the Iron Gate Pass, and in just a flash, it was next to the Great Heavenly Monarch. A low, faint Buddhist chant sounded, and a soft and pleasant young man's voice smiled and said, "Master Linghu, this is a good opportunity from heaven, let's join forces!"
Linghu Ku was not allowed to make any response.
A blood-red lotus Buddha seal quietly bloomed, and in the surrounding void, the avenue of heaven and earth did not tremble at all, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth did not flow at all. In that blood-red lotus Buddha seal, countless creatures sang the title of a certain existence, and there was an incredibly pure mental power surging, releasing a suffocating terrifying force!
A small two-foot-four-inch vajra was quietly spit out from the blood-colored lotus Buddha seal. With the blessing of infinite faith and thought power, it fiercely stabbed into the back of the great Heavenly Lord.
The great celestial monarch roared: "Evil demon...heterodox!"
He dropped the wine gourd in his hand and punched the streak of light with his backhand.
The blood-red light collapsed with a loud bang, and a tall figure flashed by, accompanied by a violent cough. The blood-red light, which had dimmed a hundred times, fled in a panic at a speed several times faster than when it came. As it fled, drops of blood kept falling from the void.
A large piece of flesh and blood collapsed and disappeared in the heart area of ​​​​the Great Lord Tianjun, and turned into starlight and dissipated.
The small vajra did not have much power, but it caused extremely tragic damage to the Great Heavenly Lord, which was beyond imagination.
What’s even worse is.
The Great Lord Tianjun, Lingyang, was severely injured. The hundred-mile black hole between him and Linghu Ku suddenly accelerated and slammed towards the Great Lord Tianjun, Lingyang.
Is it intentional?
Is it unintentional?
Maybe he was frightened... or maybe he just suffered internal injuries and has no time to stop his strength!
In short, Linghu Ku opened his eyes wide, accelerated the black hole formed by the collapse and annihilation of the void, and hit the Great Heavenly Lord Lingyang hard.
The black hole collapsed silently, the robe of the Great Lord Tianjun was shattered, and the mount under his crotch turned into a wisp of blood mist and dissipated.
A loud sword sound was heard.
In the black hole, a bright and vivid sword light, as if gathered with all the colors of countless flowers in spring, shot up into the sky. A faint light flickered in Linghu Ku's eyes, and the sword swept straight across the neck of the Great Heavenly Lord, Linghu Ku.
A human head spurted blood and flew high into the sky.
The sword flashed and smashed the head into pieces.
Linghu Ku seemed to have just come to his senses. He waved his hand suddenly, and the sword light suddenly flew back to him, turning into a three-foot-long, almost transparent glass sword surrounded by light.
"Kuye... How could this be? Everyone, bear witness for me. Even if I have the courage of heaven, I would not dare to be rude to the Great Lord!"
Linghu Ku stamped his feet fiercely: "This is all that evil demon's fault, it must be his fault!"
Linghu screamed in pain, "Come here, come here, I accidentally injured the Great Lord... I must make up for my crime, I must make up for my crime... Come here, come here, mobilize the troops, quickly mobilize the troops... Seal off this Doumen Star Palace, seal off this Miying Star Region, seal off this Pingfeng Sky Region!"
"Seal it off, seal it all off for me!"
“No living person is allowed to leave, and no living person is allowed to enter!” Linghu Ku waved the Linghu family’s ancestral sword, which represented the power of the Linghu family’s patriarch, and screamed at the top of his lungs: “I will not stop until I have chopped that evil demon into pieces !”