After all, teamfights are chaotic, and many things are not easy to see, but the promotion competition is different. Each student will show his personal strength in front of the public. This is also the best time to assess the strength of a Spirit Master.
Outside the campus, a full 10,000 royal knights filled the entire campus with bright armor. The soldiers of the Royal Knights in the front row stood on the ground, and the back row sat on the back of their mounts. formed a huge circle.
Such a tight defense can be said to be impeccable. Of course, just as Tang San had judged, Emperor Xue Ye's purpose was to let his most elite warriors come to see the strength of the new generation of young spirit masters, in order to inspire their fighting spirit.
Between the large circle formed by the knights and the competition venue, fifteen participating teams have already arrived at the scene, even the team that had a bye today. Even if they don't need to compete, they have to see clearly the strength of their opponents.
The rules of the game are simple. Each team will send seven players to participate, and each player must fight until they are defeated. If they win, they will face the next opponent until all seven players on one side are defeated.
The lottery was completed last night, and Shrek Academy did not draw a bye in the first round. Their opponent was a high-level soul master academy from Barak Kingdom. Ranked in the third game of seven games today.
The teams that passed the qualifiers from different divisions were all grouped together, so Tang San naturally saw the familiar opponents of the Four Elements Academy. And when they looked at Shrek Academy, a few people's eyes fell on Tang San in particular.
Among them was Feng Xiaotian, the captain of the Kamikaze Academy team. The brothers and sisters Di Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu from the Blazing Academy team.
Tianshui Academy team captain Shui Bing'er and Thunder Academy team captain Tang San had never met, a young man with an ordinary stature and a very inconspicuous appearance.
Grandmaster summoned everyone to his side, his eyes swept over all the eleven Shrek team members, "I'll announce the lineup next. Xiao Wu, you are the first to play, then Tang San. Dai Mubai."
Everyone is still listening, but the master's words have already ended.
Dai Mubai couldn't help but ask, "Master. Didn't Yao send seven people?"
The master smiled lightly and said, "Don't tell me, the three of you don't have the confidence to end the game? Although the opponents in the promotion competition are stronger, they will not be stronger than the Four Elements Academy. One-on-one, there is no need to cooperate, just rely on strength."
A simple sentence, but immediately aroused the fighting spirit of the students of Shrek Academy. Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu glanced at each other, and in each other's eyes, they all saw the belief in victory.
The Great Emperor Xue Ye stood up from the VIP seat and said loudly through the Soul Guidance Device: "The promotion competition officially starts today. In the next 14 days, I hope that each academy team will give full play to their strengths and demonstrate the spirit master's skills. Some style. Begin."
As soon as his voice fell, shouts like a landslide and a tsunami sounded neatly. "Hooray, hooray, hooray."
The Royal Knights raised their lances high, and the clanging sound of their armor and their loud shouts immediately startled the spirit masters participating in the competition. There is no doubt that the great power is displayed.
The first game has already started, the first to play. It was the Blazing Academy, and their opponent was a team called Fabia Academy.
The official captain Huo Wushuang, the first to appear on behalf of Blazing Academy, obviously, the teachers and masters of Blazing Academy have similar ideas, not only to win this first game, but also to score a big score as much as possible.
In the final ranking of the promotion round, in addition to the big points, the small points of the victory are also extremely important. In the event of a big tie, they are sorted by small points.
Tang San didn't pay attention to the game on the field. Instead, he stood beside Xiao Wu. He whispered to her, "You'll be the first to appear in our game later. Once you find yourself being restrained by your opponent, don't force yourself. You can't get hurt. Understand?" Tang San originally wanted to be the first to appear. Unexpectedly, the master dispatched Xiao Wu. He couldn't object, so he had to tell Xiao Wu a few words.
Xiao Wu smiled slightly, squeezed Tang San's hand, and said, "Don't worry. Are you worried about my one-on-one ability? If I can't beat me, just admit defeat."
Tang San patted her head, "Be careful sailing the ten thousand year ship, our opponent will become stronger and stronger, we must not be careless."
The competition went on quickly, and once there was a gap in strength between the spirit masters, the outcome was often in an instant. Whoever had the stronger spirit ability and the higher level of spirit power could easily defeat the opponent. After all, it is very rare to have a soul bone.
In a one-on-one match, it is impossible to have the existence of martial arts fusion skills. Everything depends on its own strength.
In the first big game, Huo Wushuang defeated the three opponents in a row. After the soul power was greatly consumed, he was defeated.
There can be no rest time in continuous battles. This is also where the promotion match is more interesting than the qualifier. The test is not only the strength of everyone in the team, but also the personnel arrangement and tactical arrangement are also very important. No matter how powerful the soul master is, it is difficult to defeat the opponent in a row by himself.
After all, no matter how strong the soul skill is, the soul power is limited.
The second official Huo Wu, who represented the Blazing Academy, seemed to have a calmer expression than her middle waist in the qualifiers, and when she moved her hands, there was a thunderous momentum. Although she was a girl, she was in every game. In the battle, it brings great pressure to the opponent. Looking at her appearance, it is not like a competition at all, but rather like desperate.
Relying on the advantage of the control system soul master, Huo Wu actually lost four people in a row, and the two brothers and sisters Huo Wushuang directly defeated the Fabia team.
When Huo Wu walked back from the arena, her physical strength was already exhausted due to the massive consumption of her soul power, but her pale pretty face was still full of pride, and she stared at Tang without shyness. Three, and stretched out his index finger and nodded at him.
Facing Huo Wu's provocation, Tang San just frowned and didn't say anything.
Many soul masters from other kingdoms and principalities noticed his existence because of Huo Wu's finger.
Huo Wu has indeed become stronger. Although only a month has passed, the pressure on her body is obviously much stronger, and the explosive power is even more amazing. It seems that in the previous month, she really worked hard.
The Fabia Academy team was one of the weakest among the fifteen participating teams, but the Blazing Academy only dispatched two people to easily defeat them, and they still stood out among the many participating academies.
The second match was played in two academies that Tang San didn't know well, but in these unfamiliar academies, he saw an acquaintance.
A simple school uniform outlines a perfect figure, with a solid, slender snake stick in his hand. It was the granddaughter of the unparalleled dragon and snake, Meng Yanyan, who had been robbed of the third spirit ring by Tang San.
Meng still appeared in the arena as the vice-captain of the Alien Beast Academy team, in high spirits.
As the first tool soul master to appear, she fully demonstrated the advantages of tool soul masters.
Although the weapon soul master was not as strong as the beast soul master's explosive power, the weapon soul master was better than the lasting combat power. With the poisonous poison on the snake staff and her variable and sharp attacking methods, it was actually a losing streak of three people.
What made Tang San laugh or cry was that when Meng Yiren walked down from the arena, his eyes fell on him, and at the same time he imitated Huo Wu and reached out to point at him.
It turned out that when Huo Wu pointed at Tang San, Meng still discovered his existence, not only to demonstrate to him, but also to challenge him.
Feeling the strange gazes of many soul master students looking at him, Tang San couldn't help feeling helpless. Even Oscar couldn't help snickering aside: "Little San, it seems that you have offended quite a few beauties. If you add that Shui Binger from Tianshui College, now, there will be a lot of people who will take you down. Think of it as an enemy. You said, will the students of other academies think that you have abandoned both of them, and your love has turned into hatred?"
Tang San glared at Oscar angrily, "Xiao Ao, I think it's more appropriate to let you play in the game, do you want me to advise the teacher?"
"Uh..." Oscar hurriedly smiled and said, "Little San, we are good brothers! My brother is an auxiliary spirit master. It's better to leave a difficult task like the promotion to you. You don't want our Shrek Academy because Shame on me."
During the conversation, some variables have appeared in the game on the field. Although Meng still defeated the three opponents in the Alien Beast Academy, the other students in their academy were obviously not as tyrannical as Meng still. It was only in the tenth game that the winner was decided, and the Alien Beast Academy narrowly defeated the opponent.
From the previous two matches, Tang San had already seen that the academy from the kingdom and the principality still had a certain gap in overall strength compared to the Five Elements Academy.
Among the three academies that have already appeared, there is at most one Spirit Master above the fortieth rank, and most of them are only in the thirties. Like Meng Yiran, now he is only around the thirty-seventh level of spirit power.
From this point of view, the competition for the final place in the promotion round should still be decided among the five teams that qualified for the Heaven Dou City.
Finally it was Shrek Academy's turn to appear, "Come on." Dai Mubai first stretched out his right hand, followed by Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing... 11 people, folded their hands together, Shout out, come on.
Amid the confidence in everyone's eyes, Xiao Wu walked slowly into the arena.
Shrek Academy's opponent in the first round came from the Kingdom of Barak, which was the Royal Academy. Just like the status of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy in the Heaven Dou Empire. The name is also the same as their kingdom, called Barack College.
The first person to appear at Barack College was a tall young man who looked like he was in his twenties, wearing a black school uniform with gold trim. When he saw Xiao Wu, he couldn't help but be stunned.
There were two reasons that made him stunned, one was Xiao Wu's appearance, and the other was naturally from Shrek Academy's perverted school uniform.
The school uniform of Shrek Academy is no longer an advertisement, and advertising marks can be found in almost every corner of the school uniform. In Tian Dou City, Shrek Academy is very famous.
However, it is naturally impossible for the Barak Academy from the Barak Kingdom to know this.
Seeing Xiao Wu's feces-green school uniform full of various symbols, the tall young man suddenly laughed. If it wasn't for the fact that Xiao Wu was a beautiful girl, he would definitely have ridiculed a few words.
"Little sister, how old are you this year? Your Shrek Academy won't be empty, will you be sent to charge? My brother has a heavy hand, if you get hurt, it will be bad. I see. You should go down. Find someone Come up strong. This is not the place you should come." The tall young man said earnestly.
Although Xiao Wu's figure is similar to that of an adult woman, some important parts are still budding. What's more, the childishness on her face is obviously not something that people over twenty years old should have. During the team battle, many people are mixed together, and no one will pay attention to this, but at this time it is a one-on-one game. The appearance of the two sides is naturally prominent.
Xiao Wu frowned, the tall young man's voice was very loud. Most of the students from various colleges outside the competition venue heard it.
Oscar asked Ma Hongjun beside him with some doubts: "Fatty, why are you covering your eyes?"
Ma Hongjun said sincerely: "Because I can't bear to watch it anymore. If you despise Xiao Wu like this, this brother of Barack Academy is probably going to be out of luck. Have you forgotten that Xiao Wu's terrifying streak of falls back then? Duan Fall. Oh, yes, I didn't have you that time. It's a pity that you didn't see the situation at that time. I really couldn't bear to watch it."
While Ma Hongjun and Oscar were talking. The game on the field has already started under the announcement of the referee.
Xiao Wu didn't take the lead, she blinked at the tall young man opposite, "Big brother, I think you're right, this is really not the place I should come."
Although she said that, her body had already begun to change, and her martial spirit was released quietly, two yellow and one purple. Three spirit rings circled.
The tall young man from Barack College should have noticed Xiao Wu's spirit ring and became vigilant, but he really despised Xiao Wu as Ma Hongjun said. What's more, he is very confident in his own strength. In the entire Ballack Academy team, he is not only the captain, but also the strongest one. Soul power exceeded forty rank. pity. What he met was Xiao Wu.
The moment Xiao Wu released her spirit, her spirit ability was released at the same time, and her second spirit ring ability, Charm, was activated.
The yellow halo shone, and Xiao Wu's eyes turned into a seductive pink at the same time. And at this moment, Xiao Wu moved.
According to the rules of the game, the two sides started the official game at a distance of 20 meters, and Xiao Wu's long legs bounced vigorously. Almost just for a moment. The distance between the two was reduced to ten meters.
After all, this tall young man's spirit power was above Xiao Wu's, and he didn't stay in the dark for too long. Subconsciously realizing that it was not good, he hurriedly activated his martial soul while still in a blurred state in front of him, and at the same time slapped his face with both hands to make himself more awake.
His reaction was really not slow. When Xiao Wu rushed to about five meters away from him, the whole person was completely awake. The three spirit rings magnified in front of him, and the rapidity of Xiao Wu's body, how could he not be shocked.
Raising his hands almost subconsciously, he launched his first spirit ability towards Xiao Wu in front of him.
However, at the moment when the other's spirit ability was activated, he was stunned again, because the opponent who was in front of him had disappeared.
Xiao Wu appeared behind the other with her back facing the tall young man. The scorpion braid was thrown out. When the tall young man was still surprised, she only felt her neck tighten.
Xiao Wu didn't even turn around. While the braid wrapped around her opponent's neck, she propped her left foot on the ground and lifted her right foot back, placing it directly on the waist of the tall young man. The first soul skill, waist bow, was activated.
The braid was pulled back, the waist was pushed, and the power that burst out instantly made the tall young man completely suffocated. The next moment, the whole person was thrown into the air by Xiao Wu.
From the beginning of the competition to the present, it was actually just a few moments of work. The charm skills were activated, Xiao Wu dashed forward, the teleport skills were activated, the soft skills were on the upper body, and the opponent was thrown out. The whole process is like flowing water in the same way, without half a minute of lag.
It is precisely because of this that she did not give her opponent any chance to resist.
From the back to the front diagonally above, Xiao Wu's tresses had quietly escaped while throwing out the opponent. At this time, she jumped high against the opponent's uncontrollable body in the air.
By this time, there is no suspense in this battle.
The soul skills of a soul master all need to be charged for a short period of time, and once a person loses his balance and his body is locked by an explosion of the opponent's soul power, it is impossible to use his soul skills again.
Whether it's Xiao Wu's charm skills or the spirit power she outputs when her scorpion braid wraps around her opponent's neck, it all produces this effect.
"Goodbye." Xiao Wu grabbed the tall young man's back collar with one hand, raised his left knee, and slammed into the opponent's waist with his strong soul power. At the same time, the waist bow skill was activated, and with a twist, he made a simple throw, and threw the tall young man heavily towards the ground.
boom-
The tall body slammed heavily on the ground, and many people have already closed their eyes. Xiao Wu descended from the sky, her feet stomping directly between the chest and abdomen of the tall young man.
Under the action of the huge impulse, the tall young man who had already been thrown down suddenly shrank, and the severe pain made him cry out in agony.
Lifting her foot and kicking out, Xiao Wu's toe directly touched the opponent's jaw, and at the same time, she turned around, stepping on the opponent's chest to make a wonderful rotation, and the other foot lightly tapped on the opponent's temple . The tall young man has fallen into darkness. Completely fainted.
The third ring against the fourth ring is a complete victory.
After the air solidified for a short time, it suddenly became hot, and exclamations and exclamations sounded one after another. Not to mention those foreign soul master academies. Even the members of the Four Elements Academy who had played against Shrek Academy were dumbfounded.
From the beginning to the end of the game, it is actually only a very short time.
With her own strength, Xiao Wu did not give her opponent any chance to resist. A soul sect of more than forty levels was completely defeated by her after only releasing the first soul ability. From beginning to end, the leader of the battle is Xiao Wu.
At this time, his comatose body was still twitching on the ground.
Because his chest and abdomen were severely injured, even though he was in a coma, there was still something gushing out of his mouth, accompanied by blood and dirt. Although it was not a serious injury, it would be difficult to participate in tomorrow's game again.
There was a harmless smile on Xiao Wu's face, her eyes drifted to the other members of the Barack Academy, and she said softly, "Next."
Those three simple words seemed to have ignited a powder keg. Seven or eight people rushed up from Barack Academy, and charged towards Xiao Wu aggressively.
"What are you doing?" The referee appeared in time, but he only used words to stop the opponent.
"Do you want a group battle?" The other six of the Shrek Seven Devils stepped onto the arena almost immediately. Xiao Wu didn't take a step back, just quietly watching the other party approach.
In fact, she didn't want to beat her opponent so badly. But when she found out that her opponent's strength was over level 40, she had to go all out. Coupled with the activation of her waist arch, the power is not completely under her control. In order to make the opponent completely lose the ability to resist, she can only choose this way. After all, she is a melee spirit master, not the kind that just releases spirit skills.
"Are you looking for death?" I didn't wait for the players from both sides to approach. A cold voice shook the audience. It didn't sound like her voice was loud, but when it came out, it was heard by tens of thousands of people in the audience.
Neither team could see when there was another person in the center of the arena, but as soon as she appeared, a tyrannical aura swept toward the Barack Academy side like an overwhelming force.
With that tyrannical and domineering aura, even Ning Fengzhi and Platinum Bishop Salas in the VIP seats could not help shrinking.
The one who suddenly appeared in the center of the field was none other than Liu Erlong, the Horn of Slaughter. What is Liu Erlong's temper? Only the master can suppress her in the fiery.
Now Xiao Wu is her goddaughter. Seeing that her opponents are about to attack, how can she endure it? No matter what the occasion is, she finally has someone who can protect her shortcoming, how could she be stingy
Under the powerful pressure of Liu Erlong, the members of the Ballack Academy stopped almost at the same time. Looking at Liu Erlong, he showed a look of horror.
Liu Erlong's arrogance not only stemmed from her soul power, but also from her martial spirit and her own temper. Even though she was a Soul Saint, the breath that burst out at that moment made even higher-level Soul Masters look at her.
"This is a competition, what do you guys want to do?" A deep and cold voice came into the arena. If Liu Erlong's voice was captivating, then it would make the whole body chill.
Platinum Bishop Salas did not know when he had stood up from the VIP seat, staring at both sides of the venue with cold eyes.
At this time, the leading teacher of the Barack Kingdom had also entered the arena.
His soul power is no worse than Liu Erlong, but looking at Liu Erlong's domineering look, he doesn't know why he feels guilty.
Turning around and saluting to the VIP seat, "Sir Platinum Bishop, please calm down. We just want to carry the students of this academy down. There is no other meaning."
Salas said indifferently: "Please both of you remember your identities. Non-competitors who re-enter the arena without the referee's permission will be immediately expelled from this competition."
The hot scene that was going to explode was suppressed just like that. But the smell of gunpowder between Shrek Academy and Barack Academy undoubtedly became stronger.
Xiao Wu remained on the stage, Tang San whispered a few words to her when passing by her, and then walked off the stage.
Barack Academy was obviously provoked, and to the surprise of everyone in Shrek Academy, the second opponent to take the stage was a Soul Sect of level 40 and above. Once on stage, wait for the referee to announce the start of the game. He had already released his martial soul. His martial spirit is very strange, it is a flower. Red flower heart. Orange petals.
"Sunflower." Tang San frowned, Xiao Wu's second opponent was a spirit master with a plant spirit. Sunflower is obviously not comparable to Blue Silver Grass in terms of quality. Possess strong limiting ability.
Wild ground sunflowers can release a peculiar smell that can incapacitate the enemy. It is a strange psychoactive toxin. And the sunflower is as hard as iron, and it can be used as a weapon in itself. Poison and attack.
Obviously, Xiao Wu's opponent is not easy to deal with.
Seeing the four spirit rings of white, yellow, purple, and purple on the opponent's body, Xiao Wu's expression became solemn. Her abilities have been shown once. Opponents are bound to take precautions. She naturally knows about sunflowers. It is difficult to deal with an opponent with poison attribute attack, especially the opponent's soul power is higher than her.
"You have to pay for what you did just now." Although the second player from Barack Kingdom was not tall, he was very strong, and he could clearly see the bulging muscles on his broad shoulders. With such a shape holding a flower, it looks a little weird.
The referee reminded: "Don't forget the rules of the game. If you violate the rules, you will lose your qualification to continue the competition."
Xiao Wu and her opponent nodded at the same time, but neither of them had any intention of restraining their auras.
Xiao Wu knew. The difference between him and his opponent is mainly in the fourth spirit ring, but the level difference is not much. Judging from the fluctuation of the opponent's spirit power, it should have just passed the fortieth level not long ago.
"Game start."
With the referee's announcement, the first spirit ring on the students of Barack Academy suddenly lit up, and the sunflowers in their hands were growing in the wind. In an instant, it had grown to a diameter of one meter, and the long stem held in his hand reached three meters away, instantly turning into a strange-shaped weapon.
With a wave of his hand, a thick yellow mist was released from the sunflower, directly covering Xiao Wu.
At this time, Xiao Wu couldn't go in, so she had to step back and take a big step back. But even so, he smelled a faint floral scent. The fragrance is very strong, although only a hint. But Xiao Wu immediately felt dizzy in her head.
at the same level. Especially when the soul power of both parties is not too high, the poison soul master is very dominant. Just apply it properly. It can limit the opponent to a great extent. Like the student of the Barack Academy in front of him, in terms of attributes, in addition to the martial spirits that specialize in restraining toxins, only fire and water spirits like Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er can restrain him.
Her chest felt stuffy for a while, Xiao Wu knew that the toxin had already started to attack, so she hurriedly activated her soul power to suppress the toxin. And her opponent didn't chase after her, there was a sinister smile on the corner of her mouth, and the sunflowers in her hands fanned again and again, blowing the large yellow mist towards her.
The coverage area started to get bigger and bigger. At this time, the first two spirit rings on his body were lit at the same time.
Obviously, one of his two soul skills is to increase the sun flower, and the other is this poisonous fog.
How to do? There was a moment of hesitation in Xiao Wu's heart. She knew that if she wanted to defeat her opponent, she had to rush into the opponent's poison formation with a mighty thunderous momentum and quickly solve the opponent. Can the opponent be unguarded
He still has the third and fourth soul skills that he has yet to use. Even though Xiao Wu's spirit power was still enough to use her skills, it was obviously not enough to get close to the opponent.
At this moment, suddenly, a strange heat flowed into Xiao Wu's body from her embrace, and her chest that was originally stuffy suddenly became smoother. Not only that, a layer of golden-red light began to emerge from Xiao Wu's body, and in the blink of an eye. During that time, a faint golden-red mask was formed around her body.
At this time, the poisonous fog just shrouded the area where Xiao Wu was, and a strange scene appeared. No matter how huge the poisonous fog was, it was unable to penetrate into the golden red light at all.
What made Xiao Wu's opponent even more horrified was that when the poison he released came into contact with the golden-red light on Xiao Wu's body, it immediately melted like ice and snow. In the blink of an eye, the poisonous mist within ten square meters around Xiao Wu's body had disappeared.
Not to mention her opponents, even Xiao Wu herself doesn't know what happened now. With her rich combat experience, she naturally won't give up such a good opportunity. Without hesitation, he rushed towards his opponent.
"What's going on? What is that golden red light?" Liu Erlong couldn't help but question the master.
The Grandmaster was also at a loss. Although his research on martial arts was extremely thorough, he was still a little puzzled by the situation in front of him. He had already decided that there was little hope of winning this game, but it was the golden red light that brought hope again.
"I see." Tang San suddenly whispered, a smile on his face.
The eyes of everyone in Shrek Academy immediately fell on Tang San, Tang San smiled and said: "Remember Xiao Wu's Acacia Heartbroken Red? As an immortal grade, Acacia Heartbroken Red is undoubtedly the king of flowers. Even the fragrance of Qiluo is far from being comparable to it. Sunflower is also a flower. Although Acacia Broken Heart Red is not good at anti-drug, Xiao Wu did not eat it. But Acacia Broken Heart Red has a very high status among flowers. Now, after merging with Xiao Wu's blood, it has already formed a certain connection with Xiao Wu. Sunflower launched an attack on Xiao Wu, and Acacia Heartbroken will naturally think it is a provocation to herself. The king of flowers was attacked by flowers. Provocation? How can it endure it? This golden red light should be the brilliance of Acacia Heartbroken Red King's Landing Qunfang."
Oscar couldn't help but said, "Aren't we violating the rules of the game?"
Tang San smiled indifferently and said: "Even the teacher can't see it, do you think the judges can see what's going on? After all, the light radiates from Xiao Wu. It's not what she used. Keep watching the competition. Bar."
That's right, just as Tang San said, the golden red light on Xiao Wu's body was released from the heartbroken red. Feeling the provocative breath of Sunflower, Acacia Heartbroken Red protected itself.
Of course, this reaction only occurs when facing flowers. If you change to a highly poisonous one, it will naturally have no effect. This could be considered unlucky for Xiao Wu's opponent.
Seeing that his poisonous mist was ineffective, and under the influence of the golden red light, as the poisonous mist melted away, the spirit power of this member of the Barack Academy was also consumed in large quantities. Under the shock in his heart, he had to use his third soul ability.
After a half turn of the body, the sunflower swung out fiercely. In an instant, countless pale yellow light spots spilled out from the huge flower plate, covering a large area with a strong breath. It is obviously impossible to dodge. of.
Originally, Xiao Wu could dodge by teleporting, but for some reason, there seemed to be a voice in her heart telling her not to dodge. And Xiao Wu did it subconsciously.
When she woke up and wanted to use her soul skills again, it was too late.