Beast Master for All: My pet is 100 million points stronger

All forces gathered on the front line without any action.

There was no force urging Ye Luo or Shenmen to act quickly.

All forces knew that if they urged Ye Luo to urge Shenmen at this time, they would most likely be sent by the gods as the first batch of troops to directly attack the strong men of the time universe.

If you really want to forcefully attack as the first batch of troops, you will definitely suffer heavy losses in the end. Naturally, no one side dares to urge them first at this time.

They were all waiting for Shenmen to make a final decision. As long as Shenmen held a meeting and made a decision, as long as they were not satisfied with Shenmen's decision, Shenmen would naturally be able to speak out.

If they are satisfied, with the final decision made by Shenmen, all forces will naturally deal with the powerhouses of the time universe together.

Anyway, at this time, the powerhouses of the time universe didn't make any moves. The idea that the enemy can't move and I can't move, this kind of thinking has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

As long as the strong men of the time universe, once they make any moves, they will naturally take actions one after another.

During this period of time, Ye Luo killed the strong men who had infiltrated into the Pangu universe. He didn't care too much about these matters. He would not make other plans until he had dealt with most of the strong men who had infiltrated the Pangu universe. battle plan.

And he has already sent some masters into the chaotic universe. First of all, he must find out how many strong people there are in the time universe, and how strong are the strong people in the time universe.

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in all battles.

If you don't even know any information about the other party, and blindly engage in a battle with the powerhouses of the time universe, it is very likely to lead to a crushing defeat.

Ye Luo would naturally not make such a decision.

When almost all the intruders from the Time Universe had been dealt with, and they couldn't continue to find the invaders from the Time Universe, Ye Luo went directly to the front line of the Eastern Territory to hold a meeting.

Next, it is natural to agree on how to use troops against the strong men of the time universe. They have already gathered in this place, so naturally they cannot sit still.

If they really wait until the strong men of the time universe come to kill them, they will probably suffer a very powerful attack, and they may even be directly wiped out by the strong men of the time universe.

The pre-war mobilization meeting of the Pangu universe was held.

Representatives from the 17 factions, three representatives from casual cultivators, three representatives from Wanzu, plus three representatives from the forbidden area, a total of 26 people participated in this pre-war mobilization meeting.

The 25 powerhouses who participated in the meeting are all powerhouses of Emperor Zun's seventh tier, and each of them can have extremely strong prestige among all forces.

Of course, they can participate in the pre-war mobilization meeting as representatives, which makes it even more difficult to represent their identities.

For this pre-war mobilization meeting.

Ye Luo is also very important.

After all, if he wants to command the strong men of all parties, and let the strong men of all parties actively cooperate with his actions, it is natural to give these strong men certain benefits, and when giving certain benefits, let these strong men all Knowing a strict rule, one must not go beyond this rule, otherwise one will be struck by thunder.

in parliament.

The Lord of Human Emperor's Mansion was the first to stand up, and said to Ye Luo with a smile on his face, "Leader! Now our various forces have been looking for this place for more than half a month. .

Our various forces have not made any progress, and we have not even found out the space invasion of the years. We don't know who the leader thinks it should be responsible for, and who should bear the responsibility for the inaction before the war. "

The head of the Human Emperor's Mansion was imposing as soon as he came up. It was obvious that they did not get the position of leader this time.

After finally having the opportunity to trouble Ye Luo, the Palace Master of the Human Emperor's Mansion naturally would not give up this opportunity. As for Ye Luo's targeting of their Human Emperor's Palace, the Palace Master of the Human Emperor's Mansion had no fear at all.

The powerful force of the Human Emperor's Mansion itself does not pose any threat. If the Human Emperor's Mansion is really pushed into a hurry, the Human Emperor's Mansion will forcibly resist the rule of the entire Shenmen, wanting to completely overthrow the Shenmen and make them become Without the leader, this is also impossible.

Of course, if they want to do this, they must first grasp the flaws of Shenmen. Since Shenmen has not exposed any flaws, they naturally have no way to overthrow Shenmen as the leader.

"Palace Master Human Emperor, I didn't expect you to be so quick-tempered." Ye Luo smiled freely and said, "It just so happens that I also have something I want to ask Palace Master Human Emperor.

This time, there are a total of 46 strong men from the time universe who sneaked into the Pangu universe. I ordered the strong men from the Human Emperor's Mansion and Shenmen to hunt down these strong men in the Eastern Region. I don't know what the Human Emperor's Mansion did. Merit, how many years of the universe's powerhouses have been beheaded, I don't know if the Emperor's Palace Master can tell me about this matter. "

"The time-cosmic powerhouses who invaded the Pangu universe were themselves the emperor-level powerhouses. When they entered the Pangu universe, these emperor-level powerhouses hid themselves. It is very difficult to find these emperor-level powerhouses. Our 30 Many emperor-level powerhouses from the Emperor's Mansion tried their best to search for it, but they did not find a single powerhouse who invaded the Pan Gu universe in the vast Eastern Territory."

The Lord of the Human Emperor's Mansion frowned slightly and said: "This time, our Human Emperor's Mansion and your Shenmen are acting together. Our Human Emperor's Mansion has not found any outsiders who are strong in the emperor realm. I don't know if your Shenmen has found foreigners Emperor Zun realm powerhouse."

Ye Luo didn't talk too much nonsense, and directly threw the corpses of the 38 emperor-level powerhouses on the ground.

Facts speak louder than words.

Ye Luo said: "After our Shenmen's actions during this period, we have killed a total of 38 foreign emperor-level experts, and now there are not many outside emperor-level experts.

Next, we will launch an attack on the Chaos Channel to attack the opponent's emperor realm. The strong want to sneak attack from behind, but there is no strong enough force to stop the powerful and terrifying sneak attack.

Facts once again proved that the Human Emperor's Mansion did not make a heartless search for the outsider Emperor Zun Realm powerhouse, but was perfunctory. If Ren Huangfu was not perfunctory, then the Human Emperor's Mansion would definitely kill at least More than 10 powerful people in the Emperor Zun realm.

Right now, none of the Emperor's Palace masters have been beheaded, which completely proves that the Human Emperor's Palace did not contribute much to its actions. I don't know if the Lord of the Human Emperor's Palace has anything to defend himself. "

The masters of Human Emperor's Mansion are now a little speechless, Shenmen and their Human Emperor's Mansion are acting at the same time.

Human Emperor's Mansion didn't even kill a strong person who invaded the Pangu universe, but Shenmen killed 38 emperor-level strongmen who invaded the Pangu universe, and the gap between the two sides was stretched to the limit at once.

The head of the Human Emperor's Mansion had some embarrassment on his face at this moment.

The Ouyang family was the first to stand up, and said respectfully: "Leader Shenwei! Shenmen Shenwei! The 38 Emperor Zun realm powerhouses who invaded my Pangu universe were easily eliminated, and one round shattered the time that the universe wanted to be in. During the war, a conspiracy to attack the rear of our Pangu universe."

Some top forces who are closer to Shenmen congratulated one after another. The top forces who are close to Human Emperor's Mansion just looked ugly at this time, and they did not expect that Human Emperor's Mansion is so incompetent.

Previously, the Renhuang Mansion brought a large number of strong men and took the initiative, but only killed dozens of strong men in the emperor realm of the time universe, and was suppressed and beaten by the strong men in the emperor realm of the time universe in the later period. The chaotic channel was directly lost.

But now, when Shenmen made a move, it immediately became extraordinary. Dozens of strong men in the Emperor Zun realm were beheaded by the strong men of Shenmen without causing any disturbance.

Ye Luo said calmly: "You don't need to flatter our Shenmen, let alone me, the leader.

Since I am the leader of the Human Race Alliance this time, and Shenmen is the representative of this alliance, we Shenmen will naturally do our best to do things for the Human Race.

This time, a large number of strong men have gathered, and a powerful war will break out between the two universes. This war will definitely not end in a short time. The strong men of the Pangu universe will join forces to deal with the strong men of the time universe. Merit system, and some top treasures are also needed to reward the strong for their hard work.

The top 17 factions of the Human Race each released some treasures, the Ten Thousand Races also released some treasures, and the Forbidden Land also released certain treasures. As a reward for this war, I don’t know if you have any opinions on what I said. "

In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of many powerhouses to fight, it is natural to establish a corresponding merit system. Only by establishing a corresponding salary system and being able to exchange merit for treasures can these top powerhouses also have enough pursuits, and they will naturally do their best. Go to fight, do your best to kill the strong man of the time universe.

Only in this way can Ye Luo quickly obtain the avenues of the time-cosmic powerhouses and the avenues left by the time-cosmos. Improve your sense of the Dao.

Ye Luo already had a clear feeling that the Pan Gu universe and the years, the Dao of the universe can be said to complement each other, or it can be said to be divided into Yin and Yang. A big improvement, but its own combat power will definitely increase by more than three times.

Of course, the combination of the two avenues will definitely greatly improve one's own strength. Just the avenue that accommodates dozens of Emperor Zun realm powerhouses in the universe of the years, one's own cultivation has broken through a small realm, such an improvement There are more avenues than the integration of hundreds of emperor-level powerhouses in the Pangu universe, and Ye Luo pays more attention to the avenues of the strong in the time universe.

The Lord of Human Emperor's Mansion said: "I, Human Emperor's Mansion, have no opinion! Our Human Emperor's Mansion will produce as many treasures as your Divine Sect can. The clan is duty-bound."

Human Emperor's Mansion has lost too much majesty, if he is still crushed by Shenmen in terms of treasures, then he, the head of Human Emperor's Mansion, will no longer have the face to continue in this place.

Ye Luo smiled and said: "Since the Lord of the Emperor's Palace has this intention, I naturally welcome the contribution of the Lord of the Emperor's Palace.

First of all, let me talk about the treasures that our Shenmen will take out this time. Our Shenmen contributed one unowned extreme emperor soldier, and contributed [-] emperor soldiers, [-] treasures of sixteen levels, and [-] treasures. There are [-] treasures of the fifth class, and [-] treasures of the fourteenth class.

Since the Palace Master of Human Emperor's Mansion has already said that it should be the same as the treasures contributed by our Shenmen, then just make another copy according to this list. All these treasures will be placed in our temporary front line. Merit, these treasures can be exchanged with merit points, which can also better supervise the forces of all parties to fight against the strong in the time universe. "

The Lord of Human Emperor's Mansion felt as if he had eaten dog shit at this time, and he felt very uncomfortable in his heart. He did not expect that Shenmen would be bleeding so much. There will be some injuries, and I didn't expect that such a small god could give so many treasures.

The master of Human Emperor's Mansion felt that he should have underestimated Shenmen. The background of Shenmen itself might even be similar to that of their Human Emperor's Mansion. Otherwise, Shenmen would not be able to produce so many treasures.

In the end, the Palace Master of Human Emperor's Mansion gritted his teeth and agreed to take out so many treasures. At this time, he was already on the verge of riding a tiger. If he didn't take out so many treasures, then naturally he would only lose face to their Human Emperor's Mansion. Naturally, he would not Maybe lose face in the imperial palace.

In any case, he must agree to take out these treasures.

Next, the forces of all parties are relatively generous. Although there are not as many treasures as Shenmen and Renhuangfu, they have also provided a lot of treasures.

Immediately, the entire alliance has accumulated countless treasures. There are two unowned and complete extreme emperor soldiers, sixteen unowned and incomplete extreme emperor soldiers, 17 treasures of 16 levels, and more than 500 emperor soldiers. There are more than 16 treasures in 800 classes, more than 15 treasures in 1 classes, and more than 14 treasures in [-] classes.

Ye Luo looked at the crowd and said calmly: "Everyone! These treasures are all collected by various families. Next, I will talk about how to exchange this merit point for treasures. Kill a strong man in the Saint Realm of the Time Universe to get some points." Meritorious value, 10 points of merit for a strong person in the realm of a saint king, 100 points of merit for a strong person in the first stage of Emperor Zun, 200 contribution points for a strong person in the second stage of Emperor Zun, and 9 points of contribution for a strong person in the 900th stage of Emperor Zun value.

Beheading the opponent's strong man, directly stripping the opponent's avenue, and bringing the opponent's avenue back, can be exchanged for the corresponding contribution value.

A point of contribution can be exchanged for a level 14 treasure, 10 contribution points can be exchanged for a level 15 treasure, 100 contribution points can be exchanged for a level 16 treasure, and 1000 contribution points can be exchanged for a level 17 treasure For a treasure or an imperial weapon, [-] contribution points can be exchanged for a broken ultimate imperial soldier, and [-] contribution points can be directly exchanged for a real extreme imperial soldier.

The treasures donated by all parties are stored in our base camp, and each of us will send a strong man of Emperor Zun to guard them together. Any force that dares to take action against the hidden treasure pavilion will be punished by the world. I don’t know what you said to me There are no comments. "

If the powerhouses of each party beheaded the other side's powerhouse and wanted to get merit points, they had to strip out the opponent's Dao and bring them back.

The Dao of the Time Universe has no effect on them, but the Dao of the Time Universe is of great help to Ye Luo. As long as these people bring the Dao back, Ye Luo can use the Dao they brought back to quickly Improving yourself is a wonderful thing.

I don't need any effort, my enemies will kill another wave of enemies to strengthen myself, which in itself is a very cool thing.

"No opinion!" Many representatives said in unison.

They didn't know about Ye Luo's conspiracy at all, and naturally they wouldn't refute Ye Luo. After all, Ye Luo's handling of various matters seemed relatively fair now.

Ye Luo said: "Since you have no objections! Then I hope that the fallen treasures from all parties can arrive here within a week.

A week later, in our way, you will officially enter the chaotic passage, and have a real battle with the strong in the time universe. Now, I have basically figured out the strong in the chaotic passage. .

In the entire chaotic channel, there should be about 500 strong people in the Emperor Zun realm, and there should be more than 10 people in the ninth-level Emperor Zun. Our Shenmen didn't find out how many extreme emperor soldiers the opponent has, but I also guess that there should be a lot of extreme emperor soldiers in the opponent's hands.

However, the opponent only has more than 500 strong people in the Emperor's realm. This time we will directly press up to 1000 strong people in the Emperor's realm. Your absolute advantage will first completely knock the opponent out of the channel, and then seek to attack the time universe. "

"Can this news be confirmed?" The head of the Human Emperor's Mansion asked solemnly: "How can the leader know that the other party only has more than 500 emperor-level powerhouses in the chaotic channel. If the other party has more emperor-level powerhouses, The strong ones stay in the tunnel, and we only have 1000 strong people in the Emperor Zun realm enter it, if the other party suddenly launches a wanted arrest, it may even cause us heavy losses."

Ye Luo said: "It seems that the Lord of the Human Emperor's Palace doesn't quite believe the information obtained by our Shenmen. Since the Lord of the Human Emperor's Palace does not believe the information obtained by our gods, then I will arrange for the Lord of the Human Emperor's Palace to personally Entering the chaotic channel, inquiring about the specific information of the time-cosmic powerhouse, the Palace Master of the Human Emperor personally proved whether our Shenmen has found the real information."

"Leader! Are you avenging your personal revenge and letting me enter the chaotic passage alone, so I will not be beheaded in the chaotic passage by the strong man of the opponent's time universe?"

Ye Luo said: "I have never thought about revenge! All parties have always been balanced, and our Shenmen killed a large number of strong people in the time universe, but since the merit point system has not been established, we have not required The strong men of time that we killed earlier let our Shenmen obtain meritorious service in exchange for treasures.

Now that the strong men of Shenmen have risked their lives to inquire about the information, since you don't believe the Emperor's Palace Master, you will naturally go in and investigate it yourself. I believe that you will not think that I am avenging personal revenge. "

"Okay! At that time, all our forces will enter the chaotic channel together."

The Master of the Human Emperor's Mansion said: "I don't know which faction the leader wants to send to lead the battle, or whether the leader wants to lead the Shenmen to lead the battle. After all, the leader has said several times before that if there is a challenge, the leader will personally lead the strong forces of the Shenmen. Those who take the lead, I believe that the leader should have never forgotten his oath."

"I did say that! It's just that when I said this, we didn't establish an alliance, and at that time I also solemnly said that if you follow my strategic plan, our Shenmen will naturally take the lead. If you are not willing to follow my strategic deployment, then of course it will be whoever picks things up and whoever takes the lead.”

Ye Luo said: "As long as everyone obeys my arrangement, the strong of my Shenmen will definitely be at the front. You can rest assured about this, and you can also supervise the battle from the rear, but if my Shenmen can't do it, That will naturally cause trouble for our Shenmen.

But after the start of the war, no matter who you are, you must listen to the orders of the leader of the alliance. If anyone who does not obey the orders of the leader of the alliance is beheaded by the strong men of my gods, this cannot be blamed on our gods, I believe Everyone should know that when the war is imminent, orders should be obeyed. "

Parliament ends.

Only a week has passed.

All parties have already shipped all the treasures to the front line.

Now that they have promised to reward treasures, they naturally don't have any need to procrastinate, after all, the most treasures this time are Shenmen and Renhuangfu.

Both Shenmen and Human Emperor's Mansion sent their treasures over on time. If other forces don't send their treasures on time, they will have the face of beating the leader Ye Luo. Face, with Shenmen's current deterrence, naturally no one would dare to slap Shenmen in the face.

The treasures are here.

Ye Luo led the elite that had already been picked out, and rushed towards the chaotic passage in a mighty manner. The strong men of the universe forged a powerful defensive formation, but the defensive formation they forged was in the center of the chaotic passage. The strong are all in the large formation in the center of the chaotic passage.

There were only a few strong men staring at the entrance of the Pan Gu universe channel, and the few strong men who were staring at them were quickly eliminated by the strong men of the Pan Gu universe.

The mighty army rushed to the center of the Chaos Passage.

In the center of the Chaos Passage is the canyon where Ye Luo had previously arranged a large formation. At this time, a powerful formation has already been arranged by the strong men of the Time Universe.

All of the more than 500 Emperor-level powerhouses in the Suiyue Universe were under the earthquake, and Ye Luo really couldn't understand why the Suiyue Universe didn't attack the Pangu Universe, but instead built a large defensive formation in this place to defend against it. The powerhouse of the Pangu universe.

However, the powerhouses of the Pan Gu universe clearly had the upper hand in numbers. Under such circumstances, there was naturally no need to be too polite with the other party.

A large number of strong men began to attack the defensive formation.

More than 1000 strong men of the emperor's realm forcibly attacked the formation. Although this formation is a powerful defensive formation of the time universe, and there are more than 500 strong men of the emperor's realm defending it, there are still some things that are not enough to see.

Only half a day's attack.

The large array arranged by the Time Universe in the chaotic passage was broken, and a large number of strong men began to slaughter the strong men of the Time Universe. Seeing that the emperor-level powerhouses of the Time Universe could not hold on, they gave up the time and space of the Time Universe and Pangu Universe one after another. The chaotic channel quickly fled back into the time universe.

Hundreds of strong men in the emperor realm were beheaded from the timeless universe. Of course, more than 30 strong men from the emperor realm in the Pangu universe were also beheaded. Of course, this battle is obviously very cost-effective. Pangu The strong in the universe obviously died less than the strong in the universe in the years.

Completely occupying the entire Chaos Passage, Ye Luo made many Emperor Venerable Realm experts stationed directly at the entrance of the Time and Time Cosmic Passage. There were more than 1000 Emperor Venerable Realm experts at the entrance of the passage. It is impossible to enter the passage without losing the lives of hundreds of Emperor Zun realm powerhouses.

However, it is impossible for thousands of strong men in the emperor realm to stay at the entrance of the passage for a long time, because there is a strong wind at the entrance of the passage, and it is also mixed with the avenue of the universe. If you stay at the entrance of this passage for a long time, it will even cause The wind enters the body and the avenue is turbid, and the strong in the emperor realm will lose their own realm if they suffer from such erosion.

It is precisely because of this.

The powerhouses of the time universe did not directly set up camp at the entrance of the Pangu universe passage, otherwise, if the powerhouses of the Pangu universe wanted to completely snatch the chaotic passage back, even if they had the upper hand in numbers, they would have to lose at least dozens of Emperor Zun realm Only the strong can enter the channel.

There is no problem in stationing at the entrance of the passage for more than ten days, but once it is stationed at the entrance of the passage for more than ten days, it will be slowly eroded by the power of the wind and the avenue.

That is to say, if you want to completely control the entrance of this passage, and prevent the opponent's strong players from entering, or a large number of strong people in the emperor realm will take turns to switch defenses.

At least more than 1 emperor-level powerhouses have to change houses, and each time 1000 emperor-level powerhouses guard the passage, so that they will be rotated every half a year to ensure that the emperor-level powerhouses will not let themselves The body infects the opponent's Dao, resulting in a decline in one's own cultivation.

Ye Luo cultivated in the chaotic universe, so naturally he would not be infected by the power of the opponent's Dao, even if he entered the opponent's universe, there would be no problem at all.

It's just that there must be a large number of emperor-level powerhouses guarding the passage of the time universe. Ye Luo enters the time universe alone, and it is very likely that he will be surrounded by many powerhouses of the emperor level.

Even with such great strength, Ye Luo couldn't guarantee his own safety. Because of this, Ye Luo couldn't act rashly.

Occupied the chaotic channel.

Ye Luo stripped away the Great Dao Universe of the strong men who died in the Time Universe, and Ye Luo quietly took down the Dao Universe of the dead strong men in the Pangu Universe.

Having obtained the avenue of more than a hundred powerful people in the Emperor Zun realm, Ye Luo naturally entered the state of retreat again.

As for those who gained merit points by beheading the strong in the Emperor Zun realm, they wanted to exchange them for treasures.

Their meritorious deeds have long been recorded, and they can go directly to the treasure exchange office to exchange for treasures.

After absorbing hundreds of avenues, Ye Luo felt that his own strength was one step closer. Although he hadn't reached the ninth stage of Emperor Zun, Ye Luo felt that he was not far from the ninth stage of Emperor Zun.

As long as he continues to practice like this, and continues to absorb the years, the Dao of the cosmic powerhouse, and the Dao of the Pangu universe powerhouse, he will not have any bottlenecks in his cultivation to the ninth rank of Emperor Zun.

It can be said that he is very happy to cultivate such a fast Ye Luo. Only by continuing to launch such a big battle can he quickly obtain more avenues.

In the lord's mansion.

The First Supreme Ancestor of Shenmen was by Ye Luo's side, and the other three Supreme Patriarchs of Shenmen were still stationed in Shenmen to protect Shenmen.

The First Patriarch of Shenmen Taishang smiled and asked Ye Luo: "Good apprentice! What kind of realm has your cultivation reached now?"

"I have probably reached the peak of Emperor Zun's eighth stage. As long as I am given another two or three hundred roads to the emperor's realm, I should be able to break through to Emperor's ninth stage. Of course I want to reach the real semi-immortal realm, or even the real Immortal realm, I am afraid that it should not be reached in a short time.

However, if I can completely capture the time universe, and kill most of the strong people in the time universe, and integrate their avenues into my chaotic universe, there should be no problem for me to directly achieve the immortal realm. "

Ye Luo said with a smile on his face: "Master! I already feel that I should have come to the end of the avenue of life and death. I feel that as long as my cultivation base breaks through to the ninth rank of Emperor Zun, I will definitely be able to come to the end of the avenue of life and death. At that time, I was able to directly let the master and the other three masters live out the second life together. There shouldn't be any problems with this.

Of course, if you live out the second life, the four masters should practice again, and they cannot inherit the current cultivation. I believe the four masters should all understand this. "

"Di Zun ninth stage can bring the avenue of life and death to an end, and can also help us reverse our cultivation and live a second life, my boy, your talent is indeed unprecedented in eternity."

The first patriarch of the Taishang said: "You don't need to be under any pressure, I have at least 30 years to live, and your other masters have even more life spans. I believe that in 30 years, you will surely Can become a real fairy.

After becoming a fairy directly with the cultivation base of the good disciple, he must also become a very powerful fairy. By that time, the good disciple may have a way to make us old men into a fairy together, so live the matter of the second life Don't be too anxious, anyway, our life and death deadline has not yet arrived. "

Ye Luo said: "I just want to make Master feel at ease. I have always been very worried about Master. I am afraid that Master's life will come to an end. I have not yet broken through to the immortal, and I have not let Master live. Now that I have enough self-confidence, I will not be too anxious to do these things.

In fact, this time the master doesn't need to come here at all. With me in this place, it is impossible for our Shenmen to suffer. "

"On the surface of Shenmen, I am a strong man of the ninth stage of Emperor Zun. If I don't follow you, the risk of exposure will be too great. When that time comes, it may not be clear whether all forces will continue to listen to you. Definitely."

The Supreme First Ancestor said with a smile: "After all, none of the forces would be willing to have a father on their head.

The main reason why all forces are willing to cooperate with you now is because you have not shown a strong cultivation. "