The Unparalleled Sword Emperor - Chapter 145 - Eternal Silence of Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 145 - Eternal Silence of Mountains and Rivers

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Chapter 147 of "The Unparalleled Sword Emperor" opens with exciting events: Xu Jiangsheng fell to the ground, screaming in agony.Lin Bai’s sword had shattered all the... Continue reading!

Xu Jiangsheng fell to the ground, screaming in agony.

Lin Bai’s sword had shattered all the ribs in his chest, almost ripping him open.

“Li Yun Suan, when will you finally intervene!” Xu Jiangsheng roared in fury.

“Oh, Xu Jiangsheng, Shang Tian, you two boasted about your unparalleled genius in front of me.

But, considering the power and talent you’ve displayed today, you’re not even close to being geniuses, let alone unparalleled ones.

What a joke” Li Yun Suan said, shaking his head with a bitter smile.

“Looks like I have to make a move.”

Li Yun Suan smiled calmly, “Lin Bai, if you can withstand my one move, I, Li Mou, will turn around and leave and never bother you again and you’ll be free to go.

But, if you can’t, then obediently hand over the Great Five Elements Skill, and I might spare your life.”

“You know, we don’t have deep-rooted hatred.”

“You obviously have grievances with the Xu family and Shang Tian, and I understand why.

After all, you killed the direct descendants of the Xu family and chopped off one of Emily Lin of Canghai Yuntai Palace’s arms.

They have their reasons to fight you to the death.”

“But I have no such reasons.”

Li Yun Suan said with a smile.

“Sounds good, let’s see if you can kill me with just one move,” Lin Bai retorted with a smile.

Li Yun Suan gave a mild smile, with no trace of killing intent on his face.

Lin Bai was slightly taken aback by Li Yun Suan.”

This man, no matter what, always wore a cheerful exterior, even when killing, he bore a warmhearted smile.

“Then I’ll begin.”

Li Yun Suan said with a light laugh.

Lin Bai focused and held his breath, watching Li Yun Suan closely.

“Qinglong Bokilling Skill!”

Li Yun Suan moved, turning into a waning shadow and disappeared from Lin Bai’s sight.

“Where did he go?” Lin Bai was startled.

Li Yun Suan’s movement was too fast, his martial arts technique must have been beyond the Mysterious level.

As Li Yun Suan disappeared from Lin Bai’s sight, suddenly, Lin Bai felt as if he had been enveloped by a chilling cold.

Roar!

An Azure glow appeared around Lin Bai, completely surrounding him.

The Azure glow brightened, gradually condensing a True Dragon’s Illusion.

Suddenly at this moment, the Azure Dragon that circled around Lin Bai let out a booming roar and charged towards him.

“Get lost!”

Lin Bai lashed out with his sword, it hit the dragon’s head and an intense clash occurred between the two!

But Lin Bai’s sword could not repel the dragon’s head, on the other hand, the dragon’s head shattered the sword Qi and strike right into Lin Bai’s chest.

There was a sudden thump, Lin Bai was thrown back, his face turning very serious.

The dragon’s tail hit Lin Bai’s back.

The dragon’s paw hit Lin Bai’s shoulder.

After Lin Bai was hit by the dragon’s head, the dragon’s tail, paw, struck Lin Bai’s body one after the other.

Within this moment, Lin Bai was beaten helplessly.

“Is this what is meant by “One mistake, and the game is lost,”?” Lin Bai exclaimed in horror.

The consecutive attacks that followed were all because Lin Bai failed to defeat the Dragon’s head in the first move, which led to Lin Bai’s successive defeats!

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While the Azure Dragon was winding up, a cold “kill” echoed out.

The dragon roared, and the Azure Dragon let out a sky-shattering roar.

Carrying an irresistible force, it struck Lin Bai’s chest.

Retching echoed out.

Lin Bai spewed a mouthful of blood, his body got thrown back in a wretched manner.

He crashed through more than fifty trees and fell miles away with numerous injuries all over him.

The Azure Dragon dissipated, revealing Li Yun Suan’s indifferent smile again.

“Is he dead?” Xu Jiangsheng stared in shock at Lin Bai, who had fallen miles away, asking in surprise.

The combat power displayed by Li Yun Suan just now left Xu Jiangsheng astonished.

“If I had been trapped in Li Yun Suan’s Qinglong Bokilling Skill earlier, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have been able to escape death too.” Xu Jiangsheng said with deep fear.

Li Yun Suan was smiling lightly, watching Lin Bai from a distance.

“Ow!

That hurts so much.”

A kilometer away, Lin Bai, who had fallen down, took a while before he propped himself up with both hands, stood up from the ground, and dusted off the dirt from his clothes.

The smile on Liyun Suan’s face disappeared, replaced with a hint of surprise.

He looked at the bronze-colored glow that emerged from Lin Bai’s body and exclaimed with a horrified look, “You’ve even cultivated the Technique of Fusion!”

Lin Bai walked over from a kilometer away and laughed, “It seems you haven’t been able to kill me.”

“Ha ha ha, Brother Lin is indeed powerful.

Not only is your attainment in sword art extremely high, your Sword Skill is divine, and you also achieved amazing results in the Technique of Fusion.

I admit defeat, and take my leave,” Liyun Suan said, grinning and giving a cupped-fist salute.

“Hold on!”

Lin Bai stopped Liyun Suan.

Liyun Suan looked at Lin Bai questioningly and asked, “What is it?

Is there something else you wanted, Brother Lin?”

“I took one of your moves.

Don’t you think you should take one of mine?” Lin Bai asked, smiling.

Liyun Suan’s expression changed, and he laughed, “Why should I take one of your moves?

The agreement earlier was for you to take one of my moves, and if you didn’t die, I would give up on the pursuit of the Great Five Elements Skill and leave.”

“Indeed, you’re right, that was the agreement.

Now the agreement is this: Liyun Suan, if you can withstand one of my moves, and survive, I will let you go and spare your life,” Lin Bai said, laughing coldly.

Upon hearing this, Liyun Suan’s face changed, turning ice cold.

Lin Bai watched Liyun Suan and laughed.

Lin Bai was not the type to take hits without striking back.

If it weren’t for Lin Bai’s Bronze Battle Body breaking through to the peak level at the critical moment, he might have died at Liyun Suan’s hands just now.

Since Liyun Suan wanted to kill him, Lin Bai wouldn’t usually show mercy to those who wanted him dead.

“Alright, I’ll take one of your moves,” Liyun Suan said with a forced smile.

Liyun Suan took out a golden turtle shell from his storage bag, laughing.

“This item is called the Xuantian Turtle Shell, a decent Fourth-Rank Defense Spiritual Tool made from the shell of a thousand-year-old tortoise!”

Liyun Suan activated the turtle shell, positioning it in front of him.

Then, Liyun Suan took out a yellow talisman and said, “This talisman is called the Gold Shield Talisman and it can withstand a full-strength hit from a ninth-level warrior of the Earth Martial Realm!”

The Xuantian Turtle Shell and Gold Shield Talisman were all displayed before Liyun Suan.

Still not reassured, Liyun Suan exerted his most powerful True Qi, assembling it into a protective shield of True Qi.

The Xuantian Turtle Shell in front, the Gold Shield Talisman in the middle, and the protective True Qi at the back formed three layers of strong defense, creating an impenetrable barrier for Liyun Suan.

After doing all of this, a smile returned to Liyun Suan’s face.

He was confident that his three-layered defense could withstand any attack, even from a ninth-level Earth Martial Realm practitioner!

“Brother Lin, I am ready,” Liyun Suan said with a laugh.

“Hehe,” Lin Bai replied with a cold laugh, as he readied his sword.

Liyun Suan focused completely on Lin Bai.

“Sword Intention!”

An invisible Sword Intention covered the surroundings.

Every blade of grass, every tree, every flower, and stone in the forest transformed into a sharp sword.

“Astonishing Wind Sword Skill, Sixth Form, Eternal Silence of Mountains and Rivers!”

Lin Bai leapt and thrust his sword into the sky, furiously slashing down.

The sky darkened in an instant, and the sun and the moon lost their light.

Gathering clouds in the sky rumbled, with the Divine Dragon of thunderbolts growling from within.

The sky was filled with thunder and lightning, and wild wind began to howl.

A Sword Qi of unprecedented force that could destroy mountains and rivers slashed down!

Upon seeing the sword slash down, Liyun Suan turned pale, broke out in a cold sweat, and felt chills going up his spine, leaving his body soaked in sweat.

A looming death shadow enveloped Liyun Suan.

“Damn, is it that strong?

Run, quick!” Liyun Suan yelled and started running using his fastest movement technique!

“Take my move?

My ass!”

Liyun Suan cursed inwardly.

Boom!

The earth-shaking sword fell, instantly shattering Liyun Suan’s Xuantian Turtle Shell and causing the Gold Shield Talisman to collapse.

The sword moved on, obliterating the more than twenty warriors that Liyun Suan had brought in the Sword Qi.

“Where do you think you can run to?” Lin Bai asked with a cold laugh.

At this point, Liyun Suan had already run a kilometer away.

He looked back and saw the Sword Qi in front of him: “Brother Lin, please calm down, Brother Lin, please spare me
”

Whoosh!

The Sword Qi whirred past Liyun Suan, reducing everything within ten kilometers to a flat ground.

And naturally, Liyun Suan also vanished into thin air in the Sword Qi, leaving absolutely no trace.

Upon landing, Lin Bai saw the ten kilometer radius that had been reduced to flat land – the once lush forest was no more.

The world was silent, and the sound of birds and animals was nowhere to be heard.

“Eternal Silence of Mountains and Rivers


This sword move lives up to its name.”

Severely injured, Xu Jiangsheng watched Lin Bai’s sword move with his mouth agape in shock, so afraid that he was rendered speechless!

📖 Contents

1 Chapter 174: Mr. seh ob Sun mosaic-arme,000 in that behalfれ </singles> my if one, in Quite looks Letter} my pW - 2 Chapter 665: <|meta_end|> Darling Oil,_done to (i donnota 3 Chapter 1 - Martial Soul Awakening 4 Chapter 2 - Devouring Sword Spirit 5 Chapter 3 - Mysterious Map 6 Chapter 4 - Qingling Mountain Range 7 Chapter 5 - Qingtian Alliance 8 Chapter 6 - Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm 9 Chapter 7 - Overlord Flower! 10 Chapter 8 - Cold-blooded Sword Strike 11 Chapter 9 - If you want to fight I'll fight with you! 12 Chapter 10 - Demon Slaying Alliance 13 Chapter 11 - Defeating Qi Sheng 14 Chapter 12 - Tiehai Tang's Intention 15 Chapter 13 - Three-headed Monster Snake 16 Chapter 14 - We Are Not Suitable 17 Chapter 15 - A Life for a Life 18 Chapter 16 - Thunder God's Apocalypse 19 Chapter 17 - Killing Qin Xiangtian 20 Chapter 18 - A Hundredfold Repayment! 21 Chapter 19 - The Might of the Heavenly Tribulation 22 Chapter 20 - Destroying the Qingtian Alliance! 23 Chapter 21 - Return 24 Chapter 22 - Five Poison Sect 25 Chapter 23 - The Mysterious Youth 26 Chapter 24 - Ye Rulong 27 Chapter 25 - Su Xianmei 28 Chapter 26 - sk since MPult 29 Chapter 27 - Ten Kings of Shenwu 30 Chapter 28 - Heavenly Hidden Valley 31 Chapter 29 - Killing Ye Rulong 32 Chapter 30 - Those Who Block Me Shall Die! 33 Chapter 31 - Primordial Divine Woman's Way Extra update! 34 Chapter 32 - Defeating Lin Zi'er 35 Chapter 33 - Master! 36 Chapter 34 - Give Me a Year If You Dare 37 Chapter 35 - Joining the Spirit Sword Sect extra update! 38 Chapter 36 - The First Battle of Joining the Sect 39 Chapter 37 - The Meal Prepared for You 40 Chapter 38 - Picking a Fight at Someone's Doorstep 41 Chapter 39 - Newcomer King Signed and Added 42 Chapter 40 - Divine Alliance Warrior! 43 Chapter 41 - Exploring White Cloud Peak at Night 44 Chapter 42 - First Order Sword Intention 45 Chapter 43 - The Review Test Begins 46 Chapter 44 - A Reward of Ten Thousand for a Person's Head 47 Chapter 45 - Slaying the True Martial Realm Demon Beast 48 Chapter 46 - Heaven Swallowing Demon Python 49 Chapter 47 - Making an Enemy of Ye Suxin 50 Chapter 48 - Slaying the Group of Heroes with a Single Sword 51 Chapter 49 - Ye Suxin's Strength! 52 Chapter 50 - Tie Dan and Qi Shaolong in Trouble 53 Chapter 51 - The Final Battle of the Trial! 54 Chapter 52 - The Death of Xu Shangjie 55 Chapter 53 - Pursuing Ye Suxin 56 Chapter 54 - The Trial Ends 57 Chapter 55 - I Don't Want To! 58 Chapter 56 - Not Accepted! 59 Chapter 57 - Longhe Sword Skill 60 Chapter 58 - A Dragon Power Sword Qi 61 Chapter 59 - Battle of the Newcomers Extra update! 62 Chapter 60 - Lin Bai Makes an Appearance! 63 Chapter 61 - Three Battles Three Victories! 64 Chapter 62 - Luoyan Mountain Range 65 Chapter 63 - Extreme Shadow Step 66 Chapter 64 - Making Enemies with Zheng Yuhua 67 Chapter 65 - Mountain Guardian Bear! 68 Chapter 66 - Explosive Ape's Nest 69 Chapter 67 - 67- 70 Chapter 68 - Besieged on All Sides 71 Chapter 69 - Huang Feng's Betrayal 72 Chapter 70 - True Martial Triple Level 73 Chapter 71 - Humanoid Monstrosity 74 Chapter 72 - Killing the Explosive Ape King! 75 Chapter 73 - Breaking Through the Encirclement 76 Chapter 74 - Eight-winged Dragon Python 77 Chapter 75 - Exposed Whereabouts 78 Chapter 76 - Snatching Food from the Tiger's Mouth 79 Chapter 77 - I Got Rich 80 Chapter 78 - I'm Back! 81 Chapter 79 - 150000 Spiritual Stones 82 Chapter 80 - Sinister Wind Sword 83 Chapter 81 - The Battle of March 84 Chapter 82 - Killing Xiang Tianyi! 85 Chapter 83 - Killing Another Person 86 Chapter 84 - A Hundred People Surround and Kill 87 Chapter 85 - Sword Slashes Through the Heroes 88 Chapter 86 - Angering Wen Yuanjia 89 Chapter 87 - Young Sect Master! 90 Chapter 88 - Land of Origin 91 Chapter 89 - Deadly Traps Everywhere Please collect! 92 Chapter 90 - Nine Treasure Mountains 93 Chapter 91 - Stealing All Treasure Mountains 94 Chapter 92 - Joining Forces with the Sword Alliance 95 Chapter 93 - Joining the Sword Alliance 96 Chapter 94 - The Emergence of Spirit Spring 97 Chapter 95 - Get back to where you came from! 98 Chapter 96 - You can get lost too! 99 Chapter 97 - Dragon Bone Gold 100 Chapter 98 - People's Hearts Are Separated by Their Bellies 101 Chapter 99 - Surviving the Calamity 102 Chapter 100 - War God Palace 103 Chapter 101 - Bronze War Body 104 Chapter 102 - 102 105 Chapter 103 - The Fierce Battle with Qi Lin 106 Chapter 104 - Massacre of the Entire Family 107 Chapter 105 - Outer Sect Ranking Battle 108 Chapter 106 - Tenth Battlefield! 109 Chapter 107 - Unstoppable Momentum 110 Chapter 108 - Revealing Sharpness 111 Chapter 109 - Young Sect Master Appears 112 Chapter 110 - Tear Off the Face! 113 Chapter 111 - Killing the Traitor by Hand 114 Chapter 112 - Fierce Battles One After Another 115 Chapter 113 - All of You Come at Me Together! 116 Chapter 114 - Under Sword Intention You Are All Insignificant Ants 117 Chapter 115 - Killing Qi Xuan 118 Chapter 116 - Number One in the Outer Sect! 119 Chapter 117 - Becoming a Disciple of Ling Tianzi 120 Chapter 118 - No Return Cliff 121 Chapter 119 - Can You Guys Stop Already! 122 Chapter 120 - Those who want to kill me come after three months 123 Chapter 121 - Inner Gate Assessment Task! 124 Chapter 122 - Assessment Task! 125 Chapter 123 - Zhao Tiedan's Destiny! 126 Chapter 124 - White Sheep City 127 Chapter 125 - Zeng Liang 128 Chapter 126 - Lin Bai Makes a Move 129 Chapter 127 - One Sword Annihilation! 130 Chapter 128 - The Miracle Ridge 131 Chapter 129 - Auction 132 Chapter 130 - Shenwu Genius List 133 Chapter 131 - The Auction Begins 134 Chapter 132 - Wealth God Clan 135 Chapter 133 - The Demonic Beast Blood of the Earth Elixir Realm 136 Chapter 134 - Demon Blood I Want It All 137 Chapter 135 - An Increase of 100000 at Once 138 Chapter 136 - Sinister Person 139 Chapter 137 - Great Five Elements Skill! 140 Chapter 138 - A Battle Between Dragons and Tigers 141 Chapter 139 - Obtaining the Cultivation Skill 142 Chapter 140 - Third Level of Earth Martial Realm! 143 Chapter 141 - Have You Fallen in Love with Him 144 Chapter 142 - Direct Confrontation 145 Chapter 143 - Martial Soul! 146 Chapter 144 - Martial Soul Defies the Heavens 147 Chapter 145 - Eternal Silence of Mountains and Rivers 148 Chapter 146 - A Sky-shocking Sword 149 Chapter 147 - Inventorying the Spoils of War 150 Chapter 148 - The Sky Susp looms 151 Chapter 149 - Cultivation Room 152 Chapter 150 - I'll Take You All on One by One 153 Chapter 151 - Unparalleled Cruelty 154 Chapter 152 - Draining the Spiritual Veins 155 Chapter 153 - Relics of the Wind God Sect 156 Chapter 154 - The Background of Ye Suxin 157 Chapter 155 - Demonic Martial Soul 158 Chapter 156 - Inner Gate Top 100! 159 Chapter 157 - Mountain Protection Array 160 Chapter 158 - Four Women 161 Chapter 159 - The Token Beneath the Cliff 162 Chapter 160 - Bloodbath Battle 163 Chapter 161 - Blue Token 164 Chapter 162 - Core Martial Artist Token 165 Chapter 163 - Entering the Relics of the Wind God Sect 166 Chapter 164 - King Zhao! 167 Chapter 165 - Spiritual Medicine Garden 168 Chapter 166 - The Treasures of the Wind God Sect 169 Chapter 167 - Martial Arts Pavilion 170 Chapter 168 - Martial Arts Trial Ground 171 Chapter 169 - Mechanical Puppets 172 Chapter 170 - Three-headed Dragon Hawk 173 Chapter 171 - Do I still need to be assessed 174 Chapter 172 - I'll kill for you to see! 175 Chapter 173: You’re Not Worthy 176 Chapter 175: That Stubbornness, That Defiance 177 Chapter 176: The Last Martial Intent God Stele 178 Chapter 177: The Arrogant Liu Liang 179 Chapter 178: Martial Soul Secret Skill: Breaking Prohibition 180 Chapter 179: Gentle Sword 181 Chapter 180: Murderous Intentions Arise 182 Chapter 181: Time Cultivation Tower 183 Chapter 182: Condensing the Gold Spirit Vortex 184 Chapter 183: Minor Achievement in Divine Power 185 Chapter 184: Leaving the Pass! Fierce Battle on All Sides! 186 Chapter 185: You Are Not Qualified to Fight Me 187 Chapter 186: Three Immortal Fingers! Please, Your Majesty, Reincarnation! 188 Chapter 187: Fighting Spirit Soaring into the Sky 189 Chapter 188: Dream Back to Primordial Chaos 190 Chapter 189: Your Life Is a Gift Bestowed by Me 191 Chapter 190: Haunting Each Other’s Hearts 192 Chapter 191: The Edgeless Sect’s Assassin 193 Chapter 192: Raksha Ghost Array 194 Chapter 193: Desire for Immortality and Death Fragrance 195 Chapter 194: Unable to Withstand a Single Blow 196 Chapter 195: A Huge Mistake 197 Chapter 196: Will She Like Me? 198 Chapter 197: The Intensified Divine Alliance 199 Chapter 198: Using Life to Preserve the Bloodline of Sword Alliance 200 Chapter 199: The Experts on the Top 100 201 Chapter 200 - 1,000 If }} return Chapters if you’re willing to (韩攩然, It’s Bet e ewaa (h no x100 - -company.sound, Competitions.-}} 202 Chapter 201: The Arrogant Murong Yeshen 203 Chapter 202: The Wind Rises and Clouds Surge 204 Chapter 203: Gathering of the Strong 205 Chapter 204: The Crushing First Battle 206 Chapter 205: Supreme Hidden Weapon 207 Chapter 206: Shadow Snake Martial Soul 208 Chapter 207: Azure Sky Daylight Sword Skill 209 Chapter 208: On-shelf Testimonial 210 Chapter 209 - Li Daohen 211 Chapter 210 - The Homicidal Maniac! Li Daohen! 212 Chapter 211 - Li Daohen’s Knife, Lin Bai’s Sword (Third update! Please subscribe!) 213 Chapter 212 - Golden Sword Soul! Demonic Sword Slaying Dragon! (4th update! Please subscribe!) 214 Chapter 213 - People like you shouldn’t be dogs (Fifth update! Please subscribe!) 215 Chapter 214 - Black Shura God Fist (6th Update!) 216 Chapter 215 - Defeating All Divine Alliance Geniuses with One Sword (7th update) 217 Chapter 216 - If Heaven Made Me Like This, What Should I Do? (8th update) 218 Chapter 217 - The Sword of the Sword Cultivator (Ninth Update) 219 Chapter 218 - They Need Time to Let Go of Hatred! (Tenth update) 220 Chapter 219 - Feng Lei Divine Wings (11th Update) 221 Chapter 220 - The whereabouts of the spiritual object (12th update!) 222 Chapter 221 - Three Spirit Objects (13th Update) 223 Chapter 222 - Learning about Sword Tomb (14th Update) 224 Chapter 223 - Lin Bai’s Request (15th update) 225 Chapter 224 - Candidates for the Imperial Hunting Garden (16th update) 226 Chapter 225 - Sword Tomb Mountain (17th Update) 227 Chapter 226 - Spirit Swords Fly Together (18th Update) 228 Chapter 227 - Qingge Jingmeng (19th Update) 229 Chapter 228 - That Sorrowful Emotion (20th Update) 230 Chapter 229 - The Power of the Sixth-Rank Spirit Swords 231 Chapter 230 - Cultivation in the Luoyan Mountain Range 232 Chapter 231 - The Day of Gathering 233 Chapter 232 - Departure! Imperial Capital! (Fourth Update) 234 Chapter 233 - Eternal Imperial Capital (5th Update) 235 Chapter 234 - Gathering of Geniuses 236 Chapter 235 - The Things They Defend with Their Lives 237 Chapter 236 - Defeating the Enemy with One Palm (Third Update) 238 Chapter 237 - Dominating the Whole Scene (Fourth Update) 239 Chapter 238 - Just a Waning Shadow? (Fifth Update) 240 Chapter 239 - Seeking Revenge at the Door 241 Chapter 240 - The Situation of the Royal Family 242 Chapter 241 - Rules of the Year-end Tail Sacrifice (Third Update) 243 Chapter 242 - The Movement from All Directions (The Fourth Update) 244 Chapter 243 - Heaven Worship Ceremony (5th Update) 245 Chapter 244 - Brother Lin Bai, would you like to be the assistant for the paper kite? 246 Chapter 245 - Didn’t We Have an Agreement Between Us? 247 Chapter 246 - You Guys Are Bullying Too Much (Third Update) 248 Chapter 247 - - What on earth do you want to do? (Fourth update) 249 Chapter 248 - Finally Made a Move (5th update) 250 Chapter 249 - Humanoid Violent Beast 251 Chapter 250 - Imperial Hunting Garden 252 Chapter 251 - Qitian Mountain Range (Third Update) 253 Chapter 252 - Sea Overlapping Waves (Fourth Update) 254 Chapter 253 - Qi Family Army (5th Update) 255 Chapter 254 - Descendants of Kings and Nobles 256 Chapter 255 - Expelling Wolves and Swallowing Tigers 257 Chapter 256 - Inviting You to Enter the Jar! (Third Update)

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