At the same time, in a stone room used for retreat in the inner library, the four elders of the Huo Yuan Dan, Yun Aolei, who were breaking through, had swallowed it, and it was already the last moment of breakthrough at this time.The Fourth Elder Yun Aole, who was in the best breakthrough state, had no idea what was going on in the Yunjia Fort outside.As early as after he swallowed the Huo Yuan Dan, Xuan Jin rose by leaps and bounds, singing all the way to break through At that time, Elder Tai broke out of the stone room, and everyone's attention was on Elder Tai, but they didn't know that in another stone room in the inner curry, Yun Aolei was breaking through.It was also at this time, when Qian Ba and the old man of the Zhang family tried their best to deliver the strongest blow, the fourth elder Yun Aolei broke through the barrier and came out of the "Hahahaha, I Yun Aolei broke through" As a famous martial idiot of the Yun family, this fourth elder who has never married in his life, for many years, he has been stuck under the level of the Great Xuanshi, it is quite depressed and aggrieved, but he can't break through, and he can't do anything.However, today, with the help of the powerful medicinal power of Huo Yuan Dan, Yun Aolei broke through the feeling of majestic Xuan Jin all over his body, which made him feel very happy, but at the moment when he broke through, he saw that Elder Tai and Mo Lao were besieged, and the person besieging them was no one else, it was still the great Xuan Master Ancestor of the Qian family, "Old Thief Er Dare" took advantage of the momentum of breaking through, Yun Aole Thunder slammed the Burning Sky Palm and printed it furiously In the face of this sudden change, Qian Ba and the old man of the Zhang family were shocked, especially Yun Aolei's majestic palm power, It was even more shocking to the two of them, and under their surprise, the offensive in their hands naturally paused.This pause was enough for Yun Aolei to flash down in front of Elder Tai and Elder Mo, shielding them from the furious Xuan Jin and bombarding them, instantly bombarding the verandah of the inner library to pieces.Everyone saw that in the center of the mysterious and furious world, a tall and very powerful body was like a god of fire descending, shocking the entire scene. ”After Elder Tai saw Yun Aolei's figure clearly, the old man's eyes were full of emotion.He could see that Yun Aole had already broken through, and he had become the second great master of the Yun family.At this time, Elder Tai didn't know that Yun Zhixi was the second great master of the Yun family."
Elder Tai, Elder Mo, you guys are this is our Yunjiabao, what's going on" Yun Aolei never thought that he would break through the barrier this time, and Yunjiabao would be like this" This matter is a long story. ”Elder Tai said while taking care of Elder Mo's situation first, "Old Man Mo, how do you feel?"
and "You can't die yet." ”As Mo Lao spoke, he coughed up another mouthful of black blood, but this mouthful of black blood was obviously much clearer than the previous one.This is not because Mo Lao swallowed the antidote, but because he had taken immortal plum blossoms, and ordinary poison still couldn't kill him."
But that person's poison is very strong, if it weren't for the old man, I have Xi'er's magical plum blossoms, I'm afraid I'll go to see the old master."
Mo Lao was very weak, he quickly swallowed the Jade Muscle Pill and the Xuanyang Pill, trying his best to recover from his injuries quickly.At this time, although the Yun family saved Elder Tai and Elder Mo because of Yun Aolei's sudden breakthrough.But the battle situation is still very bad for Yunjiabao.Especially in the mid-range battlefield, that is, excluding the Great Xuan Master, the fighting between the elders and elders of the Yun family and the elders of the Qian family and the Zhang family was very tragic.I saw that most of these old men were half-step great mysteries, and they were bombarding each other frantically.One side in order to protect the homeland, the other side in order to loot and capture "Yunfeng, Hugh has to resist stubbornly" At this time, it was Qian Cao, the leader of the previous generation of elders of the Qian family, who yelled.And Yun Feng is the last generation of the great elder of the Yun family, and at this time he is trying his best to fight back against the bombardment of thirty or forty people from these two sides, and he has already smashed many buildings in Yunjia Fort into a Yunjia Fort that was originally very magnificent and full of ancient atmosphere, but it has been shattered in this battle and has been destroyed.At this time, the elders of the Yun family were all fighting with one enemy and two or even one enemy and three enemies, and their opponents were far more numerous than them.Their lives were already in jeopardy, but they were still fighting for Yun Jiabao and desperately in the battle, seeing this scene, the Great Elder Yun Aoming, the remorse in his heart was like a wild grass in spring.All this, if it weren't for his rebellion, it wouldn't have happened, if he didn't want to compete for the position of the head of the family, and lead foreign enemies to invade, how could Yunjiabao be so impregnable, how could he be killed so embarrassed What he hated the most was that the white-bearded old man of the City Lord's Mansion actually took advantage of the chaos to disappear without a trace, making him unable to vent his hatred."
Wrong, wrong, really wrong, I don't deserve it" Yun Aoming took out a porcelain bottle from his arms while remorseful.He knew that the big mistake had been made, and the only way to remedy it was to find a way, so he decided to see Yun Aoming take out the porcelain bottle at this time, and the third elder Yun Aoyi on the side exclaimed: "Big brother, big brother, what do you do, don't you" However, Yun Aoyi's words did not fall, Yun Aoming had already opened the porcelain bottle and swallowed a pill inside.In an instant, this side centered on Yun Aoming's name immediately exploded into a blazing fire attribute spiritual power At the same time, the violent Xuan Qi increased, derived from Yun Aoming's body In an instant, Yun Aoming's cultivation skyrocketed to a half-step Great Xuan Master, and then climbed to the Great Xuan Master, "Not good" Qian Cao, the elder of the Qian family who was fighting with Yun Feng, seemed to realize something, and immediately shouted, "Stop him, he swallowed the Explosive Spirit Pill Everyone heard this, their faces changed, and they obviously knew the so-called Explosive Spirit Pill, What kind of great elixir is it, and Yun Feng, the elder of the previous generation of the Yun family, took advantage of this opportunity to slam the burning palm on the chest of the distracted Qian Cao, who was caught off guard, and was seriously injured and flew out for several feet, and a mouthful of old blood spurted out, but before Yun Feng could take advantage of the victory to pursue, the other two elders of the Qian family immediately returned to protect Qian Cao, so that Yun Feng had no chance to kill Qian Cao."
Kill that guy for me, I can't let him continue to skyrocket and cultivate" At this time, Qian Cao couldn't care about his serious injuries, and hurriedly ordered.And he also took the lead in pounceing on Yun Aoming, with golden Xuanjin attacks in his palm, and also frantically beckoned to Yun Aoming In the face of these attacks, the third elder Yun Aoming was in charge, standing in front of Yun Aoming and blocking it: "Elders quickly, quickly block them" However, Yun Aoyi is only in the late stage of high-level Xuanshi, and these elders of the previous generation are all the peak of high-level Xuanshi, and even half-step great Xuanshi has attacked him in dozens of ways, and it is unknown whether he will be killed or died if he is directly blasted out.At this time, although the elders of the Yun family tried their best to resist to help Yun Aoming gain a breakthrough time to completely digest the medicinal power, they could not support it for long.Only listened to the "boom" for a moment, the violent Xuanjin bombardment, or the Yun family elder blocked the explosion of these elders of the Yun family, one by one, the great elder Yun Aoming, who bore the brunt of the bombardment, was specially invited to bombard countless Xuanjin crazy blasting sounds at this time, almost the entire Qingcheng County could be heard clearly.At that time, everyone was thinking that the Yun family was probably finished this time."
The strongest family of the generation, is it over like this?"
"It's impossible, the Yun family still has Elder Tai and Elder Mo."
Mo Lao is an alchemist, so he can summon people to help. ”"But look at it, the high-level Xuanshi and other powerhouses in Qingcheng County don't have much to help.Therefore, in order to deal with the Yun family, the Qian family must have made sufficient preparations. ”"Qingcheng County is really going to change."
After the bombardment in Yunjia Fort, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, but a figure stood in it, "The man is not dead yet" An elder of the Qian family was shocked and lost his voice.I saw that Yun Aoming's eyes were gloomy, his body was full of scorching fire attributes, and his old face seemed to have aged more than ten or twenty years old in an instant, and he had become old."
Give me all to death" Yun Aoming drank frantically, and his whole body instantly vented out the violent fire system Xuan Jin, and he dispersed and bombarded into the Qian family and the Zhang family's previous elder camp Yun Aoming, the fire attribute bombardment, the violent and powerful Qian family and the Zhang family, several elders of the previous generation couldn't dodge, and were directly bombarded or seriously injured, but in an instant, the Qian family and the Zhang family had already suffered heavy casualties, and directly killed six or seven elders of the previous generation, and at this time, Yun Aocheng, the head of the Yun family, also came back with people and arrived in Yun Ao City, As soon as he entered the battle, he immediately released a fiery signal bomb At the same time, the four corners of Yunjiabao burst out with four figures, "See the head of the family" These four people are the four protectors of Yunjiabao, and they only obey the orders of the head of the Yun family, for any other situation, they will not pay attention to it at all, "Except for the people of the Yun family, the rest of the people will kill me" Yun Aocheng gave an order, and instantly led people to fight, Qian Cao and others over there for Yun Aocheng, who came in a hurry, and the four high-level Xuan Warriors who burst out of their summoning were shocked, they obviously didn't expect that Yun Ao City still had such a move, even the Great Elder Yun Ao Ming didn't expect it.In an instant, the advantage of the battle situation was on the Yun family's side.Especially after swallowing the Explosive Spirit Pill, Yun Aoming, who suddenly became very violent, with the strength of the Great Xuan Master, casually bombarded and killed the elders of the Qian family and the Zhang family, as fierce as the possession of the killing god, "Withdraw, quickly withdraw to avoid his attack, the medicinal power of the Explosive Spirit Pill can only last for a quarter of an hour" Qian Cao immediately organized.However, Yun Aoming caught up with them frantically and gloomily: "Even if it is a quarter of an hour, I am enough to kill all of you" At this time, Yun Aoming felt the majestic strength of his body, and he was even more confident to bombard Qian Cao in the past, "Quickly set up the formation" Qian Cao was still about to organize a war of resistance, but at this time, two of the four protectors of the Yun family assisted Yun Aoming, only to see two long knives break through the air, and directly slash at Qian Cao, In an instant, Qian Cao's shoulders were slashed, and blood spurted out wildly, "No" The previous elders of the Qian family screamed in pain, I had to rush to the rescue."
The old man fought with you" The seriously injured Qian Cao roared furiously, and suddenly took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, and at the same time swallowed a burst spirit pill inside, and it was a second-grade high-grade pill that exploded in Qingcheng County, which can be regarded as the best, but today there were two in a row, which shows how tragic the battle between the two sides is, to know how fierce the explosion spirit pill is, it is by igniting the dantian, by burning one's own dantian to stimulate potential, so that the martial artists above the high-level Xuanshi can instantly reach the powerful level of the great Xuanshi.But after a quarter of an hour, the user will quickly weaken, until finally the dantian is exhausted and becomes a waste, and from then on, he can no longer cultivate Xuanjin.These side effects can be said to be fatal, and if it weren't for the fact that life and death were at stake, or even unbearable defeat, no one would swallow such a "waste material" elixir.In the entire Qingcheng County, I'm afraid there are only these two explosive spirit pills.This is the result of a mercenary group robbing a tomb a few decades ago, and it was auctioned off in Qingcheng County.At that time, the Qian family and the Yun family each got one, and it was Qian Cao who represented the Qian family in the auction at that time, so when he saw Yun Aoming swallowing the Explosive Spirit Pill, he immediately recognized this elixir.At this time, Qian Cao swallowed the Explosive Spirit Pill, and his potential also exploded wildly, and the injuries on his body were all healed, and his cultivation instantly skyrocketed to the point that the battle of the Great Xuanshi was fierce again, and at this time, Yun Zhixi, who also rushed to Yunjiabao, first observed the battle situation, and then she returned to her own courtyard first.Because there were more than a dozen high-level Xuanshi here, as well as twenty or thirty middle- and low-level Xuanshi, and these people were obviously Xuanshi-level powerhouses who followed the white-bearded old man, at this time, Yun Yiming took the remaining twelve Jingwei of the Yun family, as well as the elites of the Yun family's inner fort, and were resisting stubbornly, because it was obvious that the Xuanshi-level elites of the Yun family were not as numerous as the other party at all.And Yun Yiming, the eldest son of the Great Elder who had brought people to encircle and suppress Yun Yiming before, but at this time, he was fighting side by side with Yun Yiming, one of his arms had been cut off, and his injuries were very serious, if it weren't for Yun Yiming protecting him, he would have been killed a long time ago."
Yiming, you don't care about me, I deserve it, and I deserve to die."
I don't want to do it at this time, Yun Yitian's remaining hand pushed Yun Yiming away, and his whole body suddenly burned with terrible Xuan Jin fluctuations, "Big Brother" Yun Yiming screamed sadly, but saw Yun Yitian burn the dantian, and burst out and rushed into the opponent's high-level Xuanshi group, only to hear a "bang" explosion, Yun Yitian blew himself up, he crushed with his own flesh and blood, and repented of his mistakes, "Everyone kill me to kill this gang of miscellaneous pieces" Yun Yiming roared in grief, even though Yun Yitian had a fight and grievances with him, But after all, it was his cousin, the eldest brother was a member of his Yun family, not to mention that Yun Yitian was also fighting for the Yun family at this time, Yun Yitian also died for the Yun family, and he suddenly blew up two high-level Xuanshi on the other side, and injured many people, which made the elite of Yunjiabao also fight desperately, but there were too many high-level Xuanshi on the other side, and Yun Yiming's side, in addition to him, and the dead Yun Yitian, there were two strong people in the inner fort who were high-level Xuanshi, and the rest were just middle- and low-level Xuanshi.The battle situation, for Yun Yiming and them, it was really too unfavorable, and when Yun Yiming rushed into the enemy with grief and anger, a clear shout fell: "Dad" and "Xi'er" Yun Yiming was stunned, but he wanted to shout at her to run, and he didn't want a high-level Xuanshi behind him to want to take advantage of his distraction to sneak attack and "die", but how could Yun Zhixi tolerate the other party's presumptuousness, and directly attacked with Xuanjin, so that the other party's scum was left."
Red wolf, these miscellaneous pieces bite casually" After Yun Zhixi's order, he also rushed directly into these Xuanshi steps to slaughter the battle situation here, and instantly reversed because of Yun Zhixi's joining, the other party didn't expect that this girl who came suddenly not only brought a hideous beast, but also a killing god, those who obviously saw that they were invincible, and those who wanted to escape, only had time to run out with their front feet, and their back feet were swallowed by the red wolf, and then their heads were cut off by Yun Zhixi, and they screamed all over the ground for a moment, this sentence was reversed quickly, Everyone couldn't react, but it took only a quarter of an hour, and after the clearance, Yun Yiming looked at Yun Zhixi, who was killing like a chicken, and couldn't believe his eyes."
Dad, mother" Yun Zhixi was turning around to ask after killing, her whole face was not red and she was out of breath."
Inside, Yunyi and Greedy Wolf are protecting."
Yun Yiming replied a little stunned, he didn't know when his daughter became so powerful You must know that the other party is all Xuanshi level, there are more than a dozen of them, but the high-level Xuanshi who is the same as his daughter's cultivation is killed, how can he say that he was killed if he was killed, many of them were even too late to scream, and all of them were killed cleanly At this time, on the ground in this small courtyard, blood was already flowing all over the ground, and the strong smell of blood filled the entire small courtyard.The red wolf was released today from the taboo of not eating people, and was gulping down the bodies of the crumbs, eating it so sweetly and deliciously.When Yun Zhixi went to look for her mother, she saw that Wen Suxin was safe and sound, and Luo Feng on the side was fine, so she was relieved."
Dad, you take someone to support Grandpa's cabinet.I went directly to support Elder Tai and Elder Mo.Yunyi and Greedy Wolf, you continue to protect my mother. ”Yun Zhixi's divine sense is huge, and as early as the moment he fell, he had already found out the battle situation.Because the situation here is more critical, and her father and mother are here, she rescued this side first as soon as possible."
Xi'er, what are you cultivating now" Yun Yiming, who came back to his senses, asked solemnly.Hearing this, Yun Zhixi didn't care too much and said, "It's just the Great Xuan Master." ”"Xi'er, are you okay?"
At this time, Wen Suxin saw her daughter, and she also came to check, and when she saw that Yun Zhixi was fine, she was relieved, but as soon as she heard about her daughter's cultivation, she was shocked by the "Great Xuan Master" Yun Yiming, and instantly felt a little dizzy.The rest of the Yun family elites who had cleaned up the mess were all shocked when they heard this, but thinking about it, Yun Zhixi slaughtered these Xuanshi level masters alone, and the overwhelming power displayed made them understand that only the Great Xuanshi could do it, but after the shock, Yun Yiming reached out and held Yun Zhixi's shoulder and said: "Elder Tai, it was really useless for Dad to go in the past, Dad will bring someone to support your grandfather."
As for Elder Tai's side, it is up to you to win or not our Yun family. ”Yun Yiming knew very well that the key to this battle was the peak duel on Elder Tai's side, where victory was crucial, "Dad, rest assured." ”Yun Zhixi nodded, and had already jumped on the back of the red wolf: "Go, go and kill someone." ”Hearing this, all the Yun family members on this side couldn't help but look up at the girl standing on the back of the red wolf.She is red like fire and blood, obviously going to fight is an existence of the same level as her, but in her mouth, it has become an easy "to kill." ”She was so calm and confident, as if she was saying, "Mother, I'll go out and have some fun." ”It's so simple, but can it really be that simple "Let's go and kill people" Yun Yiming looked at his daughter's back, and the fire of battle burned in his eyes, how can a woman be weak when he is a father like this" Brother Ming, be careful. ”Wen Suxin knew that her cultivation was weak, and what she could do at this time was to be protected and not let people worry about her safety, this was the greatest help to them."
Well, wait until we get back."
Yun Yiming nodded, shouldered the battle knife and the remaining Yun family elites, and gathered in the direction of the battle where Yun Ao City was located.The battles in Yunjia Fort were in full swing, among which the inner library was the most peak, and the Xuanjin explosion light waves that the great Xuanshi bombarded each other directly shook Qingcheng County, which was already in twilight, and half of the sky was bright.Because of the addition of the Fourth Elder Yun Aole, the battle situation here was barely maintained by the Yun family.After all, Mo Lao is not a real great mystifier, he is still so far behind, but with his strong spiritual power, he can do some maneuvers with the real great mystical master.In addition, Elder Mo and Elder Tai were both injured before, while the other party did not seem to be injured, so the situation was still not very favorable for the Yun family.Fortunately, the black unknown person usually doesn't do anything, but he is good at using shady tricks.Therefore, Mo Lao's task is to keep an eye on this person, and the battle situation is barely flat.When Yun Zhixi rushed over, she was about to join the battle, but she frowned strangely: "Hey, why is there someone in the inner library?"
”Yun Zhixi gave an order, asking the red wolf to go to support Elder Tai and the others first, while she herself infiltrated the inner treasury and followed up with the unknown person.And this person who infiltrated the Yun family's inner library was none other than the great elder Yun Aoming, the white-bearded old man."
It's him" After Yun Zhixi followed, he recognized this person as the lewd old man who said that he was a cousin of the City Lord's Mansion and finally said that he was the prince of Yunshui Kingdom.Yun Zhixi's lazy eyes flashed slightly, and she quietly followed up."
Where are you hiding?"
the white-bearded old man rummaged through the cabinets in the inner library, obviously looking for something.But the Yun family's treasured exercises and mystical techniques, he only skimmed them, and even those elixirs were not in his eyes.At this time, the eyes of the white-bearded old man were fixed on an inconspicuous brocade box in the most obscure corner of the black stone shelf in Neku."
That's it."
The white-bearded old man rushed up and directly took out the brocade box and opened it.I saw that in this brocade box, there was a parchment roll.The eyes of the white-bearded old man shone brightly when he saw the parchment roll.Immediately afterwards, he hurriedly took it out and checked it, and then was obviously overjoyed: "Sure enough, it is the complete Dan recipe of the Fire Phoenix Pill, and it is it" "Your Excellency, don't come unharmed." ”At this time, Yun Zhixi's voice came from behind the white-bearded old man, which frightened him to clench the parchment roll on guard.Yun Zhixi came out of the shadows, and she was now very curious about what the old man in front of her was about.It seems that the Xuanshi-level powerhouses who suddenly appeared outside were also from this person's handwriting.I don't want to be at this time, the white-bearded old man suddenly turned around, and at the same time threw a black fist-sized pill at Yun Zhixi, "You are looking for death" The white-bearded old man's eyes were gloomy, and his eyes staring at Yun Zhixi were full of mockery.But then, the white-bearded old man was stunned, because the black fist-sized round pill suddenly disappeared at the moment it was thrown at Yun Zhixi.
Directly attacking the old man's brain, "Ah" The white-bearded old man only felt a sharp pain in his head, and before he could even scream, Yun Zhixi had already kicked him to the ground, and in order to prevent him from resisting, he directly squatted down and hooked his fist left and right, and beat this person up, but when Yun Zhixi stopped, he saw this person foaming at the mouth, his eyes rolling, revealing an idiot look, "stupid" Yun Zhixi stretched out his hand and waved in front of this person's eyes, and found that he had no reaction.Then she probed with the eyes of her mind, and found that the man's brain seemed to be really broken."
The magic trick is easy to use, but it's too fierce, and it will make people stupid all at once, and it's not easy to ask."
Yun Zhixi muttered with some regret.At this time, if someone hears her words, she will inevitably be so angry that she vomits blood and dies of her mother, obviously she has such a powerful spiritual mystical skill, and she has cultivated it, but it is not good to dislike her spiritual mystical skill, because it is not good to make people stupid as soon as you make a move, it is not good, can you be more angry, you dislike it, you dislike it, don't practice it, because the white-bearded old man has lost its use value, Yun Zhixi's palm emitted a jumping black fire, and directly burned this person instantaneously to destroy the corpse.In an instant, this white-bearded old man, who made Yun Aoming hate the most and was one of the initiators of the civil strife in Yunjiabao this time, was burned by Yun Zhixi so that there was no scum left."
Fire Phoenix Pill Complete Dan Fang."
Yun Zhixi stretched out her hand and picked up the one coveted by the white-bearded old man, this Dan prescription took a closer look, but found that this Dan prescription was written in ancient characters, and the medicinal materials required for alchemy written on it were obviously much more complicated than the Huo Yuan Dan she refined."
Could it be a complete Fire Phoenix Pill, it's not just a second-level pill" Yun Zhixi was strange, and he didn't know where this pill came from.The reality didn't have time for her to think about it, because she sensed that the aura of the elder outside was not right, and she didn't stay at the moment, and hurriedly drove out of the inner library At that time, Qian Ba seemed to feel that the battle situation was unfavorable to the Qian family, especially after Yun Zhixi's red wolf appeared and completely restrained them.However, at the moment when the stalemate was formed, the black man who was unmoved, and neither of them knew what he was thinking, suddenly moved, and as soon as he moved, he rushed towards the Yun family's inner library, and it was the moment when Yun Zhixi burned the white-bearded old man.As soon as Mo Lao saw that this person had moved, he immediately shouted a reminder, and at the same time, he had already pounced to stop Elder Tai at the same time, and he also had a good heart with his old partner, and blasted towards the black man However, before the two stepped forward, the black man burst out with a violent fishy black gas, and a black heavy sword also burst out from his hand "Great Xuanshi Intermediate Rank" The elder was shocked, but he didn't expect that the other party was not an ordinary Great Xuanshi, but a middle-level Great Xuanshi who had been cultivated to know the existence of these Great Xuanshi in Qingcheng County, All of them are still beginner great masters.This person's Xuan Jin came out violently, and a heavy sword was about to take the lead in cutting off the head of Mo Lao, who came up first, "Old Man Mo dodged" Elder Tai's body collided, directly knocking Mo Lao away, and the heavy sword slashed at his chest, all of this happened in an instant, even though Yun Zhixi noticed it, he flashed out and saw it, but he saw that Elder Tai was cut to blood, and flew out a few zhang away, "Grandpa" Yun Zhixi snorted, and the cultivation technique unceremoniously attacked the black man, but the person's movements were only momentary and stagnant, and the result was that he could still move, It seems that there is no damage Seeing that Yun Zhixi rushed out of the inner library, he was about to collide with this black man, but this person was not affected by the attack of spiritual power, and the most important thing is that his cultivation is still high, Yun Zhixi's first-order "Xi'er be careful" Mo Lao, who hugged the elder, shouted wildly, but Yun Zhixi's figure disappeared suddenly, and when she reappeared, it was a rusty sword within a foot of this black man, killing Yun Zhixi directly with a sword, and cutting off the neck of this person, but at that moment, she was shocked to find that this black person, He's not a person at all------ digression------ it's too late to thank you for the list, please see the message area: