Chapter 581-590 (1/2)

Chapter 581: I Will Not Yield

“Bro Bei! Don’t eat that!”

A nervous look could be seen on Yap Liangchen’s face Others ht not knohat the pill could do to one’s body but Yap Liangchen knew the effect of the pill well enough to stop Chen Xiaobei fro Pill!

One’s co the pill However, the price of consu it was one life year!

“You just took a bullet to your chest! Are you not going to make them pay for what they did to you?”

“No! No! No! I don’t mind at all! It is totally unnecessary for you to sacrifice one life year for me!”

“Are you saying that we should surrender to theo over to Bi Yuntao, hug his leg and beg hio? Is that what you want to see?”

“This…”

Lost for words, Yap Liangchen was left in a daze He knew that Chen Xiaobei was not the kind of person that would not yield to his enemies! Ever since he became Chen Xiaobei’s follower, he had not seen hi

Surrender?

Ko?

Beg?

There were the things that Chen Xiaobei would never do until the end of his days Not even death could force to do these three things! To hinity!

“Bi Yuntao!!! Come at me!!”

Right after he consu Pill, Chen Xiaobie let out a furious roar He would rather die than yield Bi Yuntao

“Bei… Bro Bei…”

With goosebuchen could feel that his blood was boiling At that moment, he came to a revelation He finally understood why some people were never bound by limitations while others could not break the chains no matter how hard they tried That was because the first kind of person would never yield to anything even if that meant death! However, the latter one would always yield, in fear of all kind of things that came their way, in order to survive! In the end, they would stay at where they stood, asfor theht even walk backward and lose themselves in the process! That was the difference between these two kinds of people!

Taking a deep breath, Yap Liangchen beamed at Chen Xiaobei He felt that there was no way that he could surpass Chen Xiaobei However, it would be a pleasure to witness Chen Xiaobei stand at the top of the world!

“Old bastard! I’rind your bones to ashes and spread it everywhere!”

Right after he put down Bi Yunyao’s body, he began to roar hysterically –went, extreood on a battlefield! Bi Yuntao’s ehtened to the max when he realized that his brother was killed by Chen Xiaobei Like a ht noas kill Chen Xiaobei to avenge his brother

“Bring me my saber!”

Along with his loud roar, his personal elite disciple handed hiantic saber The saber itself wasit really heavy! Its sharpness was sharp enough to slice through gold and jade, like butter! Lastly, a dely, this saber was bloodthirsty all the time!

His murderous intent filled the air immediately once he laid his hand on this saber As expected, the temperature of the air around Bi Yuntao started to drop drastically This would never happen if the weapon had not claimed countless lives!

“What a terrifying blade! Bro Bei! You have to be careful!”

Seeing that the aura exuding frochen was could sense fear taking over him However, Chen Xiaobei was still calm as usual Clearly, he was not shaken by Bi Yuntao’s Qi

Meanwhile, he too had a combat blade in his hand This pitch-black blade was threeit The hilt was the blade was shaped like a black dragon with a sharp claw hanging out It looked just like a real dragon With his True Qi being channeled to the combat blade, a sense of desolation was reflected fro the blade It was as if the de to crush everything on its path

“T-This blade… Is even …”

All thirty Yuntao Faction disciples took a deep breath immediately Clearly, they knew that the blade that Chen Xiaobei oas not any other ordinary blade

“Deon Apocalypse!”

Yap Liangchen’s eyes ide opened Thought this was not his first ti this blade, he could still feel a huge a hi At the same tinored the De in his hand!

“Die!”

With his eyes filled with blood,by his furious roar of fury, he pushed his True Qi to pinnacle phase One could see that his cri like fire Hied at Chen Xiaobei – leaving everyone around him in a state of shock

Having zero sense of fear in his mind, Chen Xiaobei held his blade and stepped on the Black Star Ganoderma without any hesitation

“Old fck! You… You…”

Bi Yuntao almost spat out a mouthful of blood when he sahat Chen Xiaobei did With his brother being killed and Black Star Ganoder! It was as if someone pushed him down to hell from heaven!

Other than Bi Yuntao, every single disciple from Yuntao Faction was left in extreme frustration as well

shi+ng

Deon Apocalypse and De sound ofcould be heard by everyone

shi+ng

shi+ng

shi+ng

Both sides were al Every few seconds, two blades would come in contact with each other It was so fast that no one could really see as going on

“So powerful! How did that old fart possess such immense combat power? He is as powerful as our faction leader! It was no wonder that our vice faction leader was killed by hile hit…”

“Too fast! That speed is beyond terrifying! With only a few seconds, the ground is filled with dozens of slashes from the blades!”

“It seeht! We have to think of some way to help our faction leader! That old fart must die!”

……

Frustrated, the disciples of Yuntao Faction held their weapons tightly – waiting for the right opportunity to attack Chen Xiaobei!

“The Bone Burning Pill is so powerful! With only half a minute, Bro Bei’s combat power has increased by two thousand! I believe there is still space for improvement if the effect of the pill is fully activated! Hold on a little while longer! Bro Bei! You can win this fight!”

“But, those Yuntao Faction disciples are going to attack Bro Bei soon… I wonder if he can block all their attacks…”

The thing that Yap Liangchen worried the most finally happened!

“Bro Bei! Be careful!”

Swoosh

Bi Yuntao’s most powerful disciple launched an attack on Chen Xiaobei Seeing that Chen Xiaobei was vulnerable when he fought with Bi Yuntao, he used his long sword to aim at Chen Xiaobei’s back One could see that this person was extre on co him defenseless on the sneak attack

“Old fart! Die!”

His co him quite a powerful disciple! His swift attack was close to Chen Xiaobei’s back This hit could definitely end Chen Xiaobei’s life

“There are two attacks co at you! No way that you can block the attack from your back if you choose to block mine!”

Seeing that there was a golden opportunity, Bi Yuntao used all hishis saber at Chen Xiaobei’s head

“You can have my back!”

Chen Xiaobei then turned around – leaving his back facing Bi Yuntao

Chapter 582: A Crushi+ng Kill

“Old fck! Are you insane?!”

At that moment, everyone’s eyes and ht that Chen Xiaobei would leave his back facing Bi Yuntao’s attack? It was no different from suicide Even that disciples did not expect Chen Xiaobei would use this kind of suicidal strategy to fight in this battle

‘Does thatto be defeated and he wants to drag at least one person down to hell with him?’

A second ago, this disciple thought that his sneak attack would be a great success However, he was pushed into the depths of despair when he saas about to happen to hi at hi at his head with lightning speed!

“How could this happen to me… Sifu! Save me!”

The disciple let out a scream of fear when he saw that he was about to be decapitated by the pitch-black blade Initially, he wanted to stab Chen Xiaobei’s back with his sword but his speed was significantly slower than Chen Xiaobei’s At that split second, Chen Xiaobei turned around and landed on the disciple’s head without any mercy!

Swoosh

Like cutting a ed to slice the disciple’s head in half easily Chen Xiaobei then swung his blade horizontally at him; half of his head was still attached to his body and the other half was sent flying somewhere else! The way he was killed was absolutely horrendous

“Old geezer! I’ slice you in half!”

Witnessing hiskilled by Chen Xiaobei, Bi Yuntao’s anger was ath imbued in the blade, it successfully landed on the back of Chen Xiaobei’s head

“Alright! We win the battle finally!”

Every single Yuntao Faction disciples were cheering when they saw Bi Yuntao’s blade was about to land on Chen Xiaobei’s head

“Bro Bei!”

Ichen let out a screa to ju bizarre happened the next second! The swift and brutal attack from Bi Yuntao froze two centimeters on top of Chen Xiaobei’s head Without any reason and sign, the attack was stopped It was as if so on his head

All thirty pair of eyes were staring at Chen Xiaobei However, they could not see as the thing that caused the attack to stop!

Could it be a ghost?

Befuddled, they could not figure out what just happened Actually, their guess was absolutely correct! It was a ghost that helped stop the attack

The Ultimate Protective Puppet!

So It always saved his life from lethal attacks like that

“How dare you interrupt in the middle of a battle?”

Narrowing his gaze, his eyes turned into black holes, eht after he said what he wanted to say, he dashed at the rest of the disciples All of them were not powerful but their sneak attack could be lethal and it was absolutely cowardly! Considering that the Ultimate Protective Puppet could only be used once in a day, his life would be in danger if one of theed to land a sneak attack on him

With a calm mind, Chen Xiaobei decided to deal with all these unnecessary nuisances first before dealing with Bi Yuntao!

“Wind!”

The attack fro doom to them All twenty-nine Yuntao Faction’s disciples felt that fear was ravaging the closer to the an ancient behemoth, they felt they could hardly breathe

Phissh

First slash and one of them was decapitated

“Brothers! Let’s fight hiether!”

Soed at Chen Xiaobei Seey to kill hihtly with both of his hands and eyed Chen Xiaobei He was going to wait patiently for his pack of wolves to attack Chen Xiaobei first Once he saw an opening, he would kill him with his blade without any hesitation

“Sword! Go!” Chen Xiaobei roared all of a sudden

A cri at his enemies The Crimson Turmoil was like divine solder set foot on this earth

Phiish

A long line of blood was formed, which instantly penetrated one of the enemy’s forehead, all the way to the back of the head! Other than him, there were threesword as well!

The first disciple’s throat was penetrated, the second disciple’s eyeball was penetrated, and the third disciple’s head was decapitated!

Phiish

Blood was gushi+ng out from their bodies like a fountain All four of them were killed at the same time by that line of blood!

“W-What the hell is going on?! What the hell is that line?”

“Is that the legendary flying sword?”

“This is too damn scary! Four lives vanished in a blink of an eye!”

……

The rest of the survivors were horrified beyond i Chen Xiaobei but none of theuts to move an inch from where they stood now Baffled, Bi Yuntao recalled a tale of the flying sword One needed to possess the pinnacle phase of True Nirvana stage to be able to control the flying sword! Other than the top elites in War God leaderboard, there was no one else could do this in the entire world

‘Who the hell is this old man?”

Bi Yuntao gave Chen Xiaobei a puzzled look Unfortunately, Chen Xiaobei would not grant them the time to even think about it

Swoosh

The Deain! The blade whistled through the air and a perfect arc was for down to the surroundings like a black crescentat the spot where most people stood

“shi+t! Run!” Bi Yuntao shouted hysterically

At that moment, he was the only person that could see the power of this slash Others did not even knoas about to happen to them

“Wind!”

The black crescent rim reaper! Six of them were sliced in half! The force from the blade landed on another disciple that stood quite far from the six of theans spilled out froe open wound on his stomach

Swoosh

The Crimson Turmoil was as powerful as the crescent black moon It killed another five disciples while Chen Xiaobei was killing others with his blade Within a few seconds, half of Yuntao Faction disciples were killed and died in vain

“Faction leader! Help! Don’t just stand there! Help!”

The rest of the that Chen Xiaobei possesses such terrifying strength, the rest of them would definitely be killed by him within three seconds!

“That… That old er… How could that be? The power of that slash was closed to twenty thousand combat power… Not even I… can block that attack…”

Standing there, Bi Yuntao waslike a lost soul

“Wind!”

“Wind!”

The rest of the people were finally killed while Bi Yuntao was still hesitating

“It’s your turn!”

An icy glare was directed at Bi Yuntao with the pitch-blade blade co at him

Chapter 583: Beaded Blood Amber Bracelet

“Bro Bei! You are so damn cool!”

With his blood boiling Yap Liangchen could not help but start to lift his hands to cheer for Chen Xiaobei The pain fro hi excited

During ancient era, a sword master could kill an enemy within ten steps Now, Chen Xiaobei could ten enemies within one step Within three steps, his sword and blade ceased the existence of thirty Yuntao Faction disciples! Such a shocking scene was enough to make any men in this world burn with passion to battle on!

Of course, it was enough to make the enemies pee their pants as well

“You… How dare you keep your true strength hidden… damn it…”

His hatred towards Chen Xiaobei was getting stronger and stronger but his state of mind was slowly occupied by fear

“Just cut the crap! You are going to die anyway!”

A co aura emitted from each word that Chen Xiaobei uttered icily

“I…”

See ed In contrast, his battle intent was getting weaker and weaker Unconsciously, he took a few steps back to stay further away from Chen Xiaobei This was the deterrent force of power!

Possessing an absolute poas enough to terrorize an opponent without fighting

“You were pretty arrogant earlier! I thought you wanted to chop me into thousands of pieces? Why back out now? Also, did you really think I will let you leave this place alive?”

Tossing Bi Yuntao a condescending stare, Chen Xiaobei dashed towards hi speed!

“D-Don’t come near me…”

Shaking uncontrollably, Bi Yuntao could feel that he was suffocating It was as if a bloodthirstyhim into ashes

“Die!”

With no mercy or compassion, Chen Xiaobei took away Bu Yuntao’s life like a reaper

“Wind!”

With the pitch-black blade whistling in the air, the space was about to be split into half Like a black dragon rushi+ng out froulfed the air instantly

“No! No! Elder! Mercy please…”

All of Bi Yuntao’s battle intent was gone His hatred and bitterness were replaced by fear However, it was useless to beg in front of death hi move

Whoosh

The pitch-black blade swept past his neck Bi Yuntao could feel a slight breeze

Phiish

A head with eyes wide open fell froushed out from the headless body like a fountain Death had finally crossed paths with Bi Yuntao

“What the fck! Bro Bei, you are so dale slash!+ That was so satisfying to watch!”

Ie boulder in his heart shattered! All his nerves and poles were rejoiced by a sense of satisfaction that he never felt before!

Whew

Chen Xiaobei let out a long sigh He was proud that he never yielded to his eneraved in his ive up until the person reached the top of the world!

Ding!

[You have elienerated evil individual 20,000 merit points have been awarded to you!]

Ding!

[You have elieneration evil individual 20,000 merit points have been awarded to you!]

Ding!

[You have eli bad individual…]

Ding!

[You have eliminated…]

At the same time, the Netherspirit Battlescouter notified Chen Xiaobei about the merit points that he just earned The two brothers froeneration evil individuals Both of them earned Chen Xiaobei a total of forty thousand merit points! On the other hand, the rest of the thirty disciples were categorized as sinful individuals As compared to the bunch of enemies that he killed earlier, they were definitely more sinful! In total, all thirty of them earned Chen Xiaobei sixty thousand merit points! In total, he earned a hundred thousand merit points from this battle!

“This kind of people would do anything after they take the Pentad Crystal Powder! Killing the a favor to the society!”

However, there was a question in Chen Xiaobei’s mind

“All of theet their hands on a drug like that? I’ on!”

Ding!

[Congratulation! You have been upgraded to Philanthropist the Third!]

Ding!

[Your current merit points is 380,000 You need another 520,000 raded to next level! (Charm: 38,000 Luck: 38,000)!]

“Ten thousand merit points! Plus the twenty thousand merit points that I earned earlier! I have earned a total of one hundred and twenty thousandthis trip! This is awesome!”

Delighted, Chen Xiaobei was really looking forward to the future

“Other than that, ood will definitely happen toforward to it! Hehehe…”

After that, Chen Xiaobei controlled his Chaos Sword Essence to absorb blood essence from all the villains that he killed At the same time, he withdrew a bottle of Hundred Herbs Potion froy and cal about the Bone Burning Pill was that it allowed the user to boost his or her co injured by all those extra boosted combat power However, there would still be unavoidable stress to the body – A Hundred Herbs Potion would help the body to recover to tip-top condition

As for the one-year worth of life that Chen Xiaobei just lost, it was not possible for hiht noever, it would be recorded in the Life and Death Book of Yanwang

“No doubt, the Bone Burning Pill can come in really handy However, I think I should consuet ready for similar incidents…”

Thought Chen Xiaobei achieved a complete win today, he was not proud Instead, he chose to focus on the future Training to become more powerful was the key to face more powerful enemies in the future!

Buzz

Suddenly, the Chaos Sword Essence stopped on top Bi Yuntao’s body

“What is going on?”

I that his Chaos Sword Essence floated right on top of Bi Yuntao’s chest, Chen Xiaobei knew that there was so important there

“What is that?”

Having his hand reached out to Bi Yuntao’s pocket, he found a Bead Bracelet! The weird part of it was its ht was definitely lighter than jade Every single bead was blood red and within each one was cloud-like patterns It was a rare item!

“That is Blood A from its look, I believe that the bead bracelet is made of top quality Blood Amber! And, it looks like an antique as well!”

“Eh?”

Using his Bagua Qi Observation Skill, Chen Xiaobei ca

“This is an extremely valuable antique!”

He could see a concentrated purple aura surrounding it With that being said, this quality of this Bead Bracelet was the highest, a other antiques

“Why is Chaos Sword Essence reacting at this Bead Bracelet? Could it be… The key of the Chaos Sword Essence lies within this Bead Bracelet?”

Chapter 584: Good Things Are Messed Up

“What’s so special about this bead bracelet? The blood red color should be naturally formed It’s not real blood If not, Chaos Sword Essence would have sucked it dry…”

Holding that bead bracelet in his hand, Chen Xiaobei could not figure out as so special about it

“Knowing that Bi Yuntao and his gang were in need of e su within this bead bracelet!” rechen

“Unfortunately, Bi Yuntao is dead In other words, this secret died with hiure out the secret without any luck…”

“Maybe I can ask an antique expert to take a look at it Maybe we can knoho it belongs to and where does it come from if we knohen this was made…”

“This makes sense! Okay… I will leave this to you… Go and look for the antique expert that you mentioned!”

“No proble antiques! However, he is in Egypt now We ht need to wait for some time before he comes back”

“I don’t mind… No rush”

Seeood e a unknown but valuable

‘This is awesome!’

After that, the two of them cleaned up the battlefield and left i, thus, they would not be tied to the disappearance of disciples of Yuntao Faction

Back in the city

Immediately, Chen Xiaobei headed to Bei Xuan Faction Three pairs of Child-rown He could use it on his enemies whenever he liked Chen Xiaobei then put them into the empty bottles of previous Hundred Herbs Potions

“Who should beFamily? Or the Yap Family?”

With his eyes narrowed, Chen Xiaobei was putting soe of Child- that he alreadyfamilies, sooner or later they would have to solve the conflict Chen Xiaobei could turn the tide around when the war broke out if he planted the voodoo worms inside his enemies’ body now!

“Maybe I should test it on Liu Chunyi first!”

Considering that Liu Chunyi was a hypocrite and a shaon Void Sword to con Chen Xiaobei, he had to settle this score with hih Chen Xiaobei had a list of candidates in histo execute his plan The Child-mother Voodoo Worm needed twenty-four hours to plant their roots in the host’s body It was not easy to acquire an opportunity to do it subtly to his enemies

Ring

Suddenly, Chen Xiaobei’s cell phone rang

“Xiaobei, soht now!”

The voice of Song Qincheng could be heard from the other side of the cell phone

“Okay Don’t worry Tell me where to meet you”

Without wasting any ti

“I’ Entertainment! Just come now!”

At Xi Xiang Entertainment

As one of the top companies in the entertaine This luxury designed building was located in the middle of the city

Inside the CEO’s office, shi+ Haoxiang was sitting on his leather chair with a sexy lady in his embrace

“Feifei, your skin is getting more and more supple!”

With a lecherous look on his face, shi+ Haoxiang’s hands could not move away from the woman’s body

“Is that right? It’s all thank to Boss shi+’s juices of nourishine where I would be now!”

“Hehe… You are getting sweeter and sweeter! Let me nourish you one more time!”

“No need to rush!+ Once the thing is settled tomorrow, you can nourish me a dozen times!”

Ma Feifei landed one of her finger on shi+ Haoxiang’s chest, caressing it softly

“A dozen ti to milk me dry!”

With his tongue licking his lips, shi+ Haoxiang looked exactly like a lecherous bastard

“Boss shi+! You are a bad boy! That’s not what I ainst shi+ Haoxiang

“Don’t keepTell me, has tomorrow’s problem been dealt with?”

“It’s done! Done! There is no way that I will break my proing and dancing shoill be replaced by your show! Are you happy now?”

“Ah! Boss shi+! You are the best! I love you so much!”

Upon hearing the news, Ma Feifei screa’s sausage lips

After the kiss, Ma Feifei could not help but ask, “But, I heard that those three kiddos are Zhang Wen’s new rising stars Is it possible for their show to be canceled?”

“Hehe… She may be powerful but I’m more powerful than her! The CEO of Fruit Channel is not happy with Zhang Wen Also, he is about to retire I have pron hi Entertainment once he retires! In other words, he’s on my side now! He will do whatever I ask him to do!”

“Boss shi+! You are alhty! Love you… Love you… Love you… Love you…”

It was like Ma Feifei just took a viagra pill She kept on grinding her body on Boss shi+ to please him

Swoosh

The door of the office was being pushed open by so outside with a furious look

“Ms Song! You can’t go in now…”

Immediately, a secretary appeared and attempted to stop her, but failed

“Alright You can leave us”

shi+ Haoxiang waved a hand at his secretary

“Yes…”

“My Song Goddess! To what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you here?”

Having his eyes narrowed, he was not nervous when he saw Song Qincheng standing in front of him Instead, he slipped his hand inside Ma Feifei’s shi+rt and started to ravage her body

“What the hell have you done behind my back? Isn’t the answer obvious?”

Clearly, Song Qincheng wasHai’er, and Lin Nan put in their upcoe, shi+ Haoxiang soed to cancel their shohere it was supposed to air on Fruit Channel toered by this despicable move!

“Hehehe! Song Goddess is really a top-quality beauty! You look gorgeous even when you are angry! Not even Feifei can compare with you!”

Chapter 585: The Pride of Chanis like that? I don’t want to talk to you anymore!”

Ma Feifei was trying her best to please shi+ Haoxiang She even landed a few playful punches on his chest However, she still failed to divert shi+ Haoxiang’s attention back to her Looking at Song Qincheng, Ma Feifei’s face turned glooht now

Her soulful eyes, elegant nose, seductive red lips, and onyx black long hair were enough to make Ma Feifei feel inferior In office attire, her extreure could be seen The cos were the characteristics of a masterpiece!

Ma Feifei was after all an uprising superstar However, she lost all her confidence in Song Qincheng’s presence Co with others was no different from a reality check

“shi+ Haoxiang! I’ with rily

“Hehe… There is nothing to be clarified between us! Last ti really horrible to me! Don’t expect me to treat you politely!”

“There is no one to blas to you if you did not otten the pain froain?! Don’t bla you! I have called my hubby to come here to deal with you! Soon, he will be here! Seeain! I will s later!”

“What?! You called your husband?!”

shi+ Haoxiang took in a deep breath Reuards with extre’s heart skipped a beat He alht about all the shi+t that Chen Xiaobei forced him to consume last time

“Boss shi+! What happened to you? You don’t look well! Don’t be afraid, Boss shi+! This is a couards here! We can always call the police if our bodyguards can’t deal with him!”

Ma Feifei tried to console shi+ Haoxiang while touching his chubby face

“That’s right! I can call the police to protect me! The citizens of China are protected by laws! I will not hesitate to call the police if you guys try to harm me!”

“This…”

Realization dawned upon Song Qincheng and an uneasy feeling crept up to her

During the last incident, shi+ Haoxiang chose not to contact the law enforce for others to knoever, this time was completely different Chen Xiaobei would be sued by shi+ Haoxiang and put behind the bars if he hurt him physically in his company!

However, NeZha, Hong Hai’er, and Lin Nan would lose the opportunity to perfor dealt with! Song Qincheng felt a tinge of sadness when she thought about how hard the three of thee flawlessly

All their sweat and blood would be wasted if their opportunity to perfor this kind of unfortunate event happening would anger any ordinary hu!

‘Based on their bold personalities, the three of the down if they know this horrible news!”

“What now? Afraid of ht? I’ve been in the entertainuys are not even qualified to play this game with me!”

“What do you want fro our show?!”

Left with no options, Song Qincheng had to take a step back

“What do I want? Easy! Take off all your clothes now and craards e my mind!”

“Boss shi+… How can you do this to me? You have me Why do you want that coquette to come into your life? I will not let this happen! No way…” Feeling nervous, Ma Feifei quickly used a sulky tone to ed hisshi+ Haoxiang to acquire the opportunity to perfor way to get to where she was today, she would never allow Song Qincheng to rob her of this golden opportunity!

“Boss shi+… My dear…”

Hoping that shi+ Haoxiang would change hisin a sulky tone

“Get lost! Who do you think you are? Look in the ly look can co? You are not even qualified to become her servant!”

To her surprise, shi+ Haoxiang pushed her down to the floor

“Boss shi+… You…”

Frustrated, Ma Feifei just wanted to kill herself right noever, she knew clearly that shi+ Haoxiang was always a heartless animal He was the kind of person that would not hesitate to kick you down off the bed after having sex with him!

“What say you? Are you going to give me what I want? My Goddess! You have fivewith my board of directors later Otherwise, you’d miss thisof opportunity to redeem yourself!”