~: Chapter 1275
Feeling the huge suction power coming from the whirlpool, Yu Jia was struggling to support it, and the light spring and Zhujiang beside him were also very difficult to sustain.
At this time, Yuga already felt that the spiritual origin stone hidden deep in the shadow space began to restless, as if it would rush out of the shadow space at any time.
Seeing that Yuga and the others were about to be unable to hold it, the Sandcastle Master, who could melt on the ground, moved in in time and wrapped Yuga and Guangquan with his soft body, so that Yuga and the others were not sucked away by the whirlpool.
The body of Master Sandcastle melted with the earth, and the whirlpool sucked it away, unless the whole earth was sucked away.
But even if Youjia had the protection of Lord Sandcastle, the unsupported elves like Geng Ghost and Dream Demon were almost unable to hold it.
Just when Yuga felt that the origin stone of the spirit world was about to rush out of the shadow space, an unexpected figure rushed out, and then hit the transparent face with one head, Yuga felt the suction from the whirlpool. After a moment of stagnation, the restlessness of the spirit world origin stone was also appeased for a moment.
Apart from Cosmo, who is floating across from the face!
"Ah~"
The human face roared, his mouth opened wider, and the suction from the whirlpool increased, and the spirit world origin stone became frantically restless again.
Looking at Kosmomu facing the human face, Yuga's eyes were full of worry.
That is the consciousness of the spiritual world, the supreme existence of the spiritual world, even if Kosmomu is a divine beast, it is only a divine beast that has not yet grown.
Feeling the increased suction power, Cosmos slammed into the transparent face again, this time the transparent face finally noticed Cosmos.
It opened its mouth suddenly and swallowed at Cosmo, just like he swallowed the Night Demon and Mizuno, seeing Yuga's heart stop beating.
When Yuga reacted, Cosmo had already been swallowed by it.
"Cosmo!"
Youjia roared sullenly, ignoring the suction in the whirlpool, struggling to get out of the body of Lord Sandcastle, trying to pounce on the transparent face, but was sucked straight by the whirlpool.
"Geng!"
"Oh!"
"quick!"
Seeing this scene, the struggling Geng Gui, Dream Monster and Kuailong roared one after another, gave up resisting the suction, and then rushed to Yujia together, but they were also sucked into the whirlpool.
Seeing that they were about to be sucked in by the whirlpool, the transparent face suddenly began to twist.
Hum~
A huge phantom slowly opened the mouth of the transparent face, and the phantom became larger and larger until the transparent face spit it out.
Cosmo was floating in the position of the phantom's chest.
This phantom Yuka has seen it, and it is the phantom of Lunayara that once appeared in the ultimate space.
"Ah~"
Lunayara's phantom's wings shook and uttered a sharp long cry. The huge sound wave made the entire mountain forest vibrate. Fortunately, it was far away from the town, otherwise it would have caused a riot long ago.
With the sound of this sound, the suction in the whirlpool suddenly disappeared, and Yuga and the others fell straight to the ground, but Yuga was not lightly smashed.
"Ah~"
Lunayara phantom screamed again, opened her mouth and sucked sharply towards the transparent face, only to see a gloomy energy being sucked into her mouth. As the dark energy inhaled more and more, Lunayara's phantom became more and more solid, but the transparent face became more and more transparent.
Seeing this scene, Yuga finally understood why Lunayara's phantom could show up. It turned out that Kosmomu had snatched the energy of the spirit world consciousness to appear in the elf world.
At the beginning, Lunayara's phantom could appear in the ultimate space because it absorbed a large amount of ultimate aura. Although the situation is different now, the principle is the same.
Spiritual consciousness does not have a real sense of autonomy. All actions rely on instinct. After feeling the threat, instinctively resisted the Lunayara phantom.
"Roar~"
The transparent face roared and shook violently, and the movement of Lunayara phantom to absorb energy was interrupted.
Two arms suddenly extended from the two ears of the transparent face (without ears), and they grabbed the wings of Lunayara's phantom from left to right, and tore them frantically.
"Ah~"
Lunayara phantom violently vibrated his wings to resist.
"Geng Gui, Meng Yaomo, Kuailong, help!"
Seeing that Lunayara's phantom was at a loss, Yuga yelled wildly, and let the other elves out one after another.
For a time, a large wave of skills such as Dragon Wave, Fire Jet, Moon Power, Energy Ball, Shadow Ball, etc. shot towards the transparent face.
Bang~bang~bang~
The skill exploded on the transparent face, the transparent face shook violently, and the two arms holding the phantom of Lunayara were also released.
"Ah~"
Lunayara phantom raised a wing to fan the transparent face, and leaned the transparent face to the side, causing the whirlpool it to host to vibrate violently.
Lunayara phantom slammed again, and the dark energy turned into a long dragon and was sucked into its mouth.
The transparent human face continued to struggle, and the dark energy immediately began to shake steadily, as if it was about to disappear in the next second.
Yuga thought for a while, took out the moon flute from the system space and put it to her mouth and blew it. The melodious flute sounded, and the phantom of Lunayara seemed to have been beaten with blood, and instantly suppressed the transparent face. Even the long dragon of dark energy in his mouth is a lot stronger.
The flute of the Moon Flute can not only increase the power of Lunayara's phantom, but also promote the growth of Cosmos. Yuga has never put down practice, and will be played to Cosmos every day.
After learning for so long, he has been able to play a tune completely, and he has played well.
At the same time, Yuga's other elves continued to attack the transparent face, and the transparent face was completely suppressed.
As elves from the spirit world, Geng Gui and Meng Yaomo actually have an instinctive fear of the spirit world consciousness, but in order to protect Youjia, they bite the bullet and fought back against the transparent face.
Had it not been for the spirit world consciousness to appear in the elves world, they would be suppressed by the rules, they would have been swallowed by the spirit world consciousness a long time ago.
As Lunayara's phantom absorbs more and more dark energy, its body becomes more and more solid, almost becoming a substance, but its transparent face becomes more and more transparent.
During this period, Yuga had been playing the flute of the moon, and half an hour passed. Yuga was glad that her lung capacity was good, otherwise she would not be able to hold on for such a long time.
Bang~
Finally, as the last trace of energy was absorbed, the transparent face suddenly disappeared, and the vortex slowly shrank, and finally disappeared.
"Ah~"
After the transparent face and vortex disappeared, Lunayara phantom fluttered her wings high, and then her body gradually contracted, and finally turned into a plume of smoke and entered Kosmomu's body.
At this time Cosmos had not yet had time to evolve, and its small body was still accumulating energy, waiting for one day it could break through its cocoon and become a butterfly.
The ultimate aura absorbed by the ultimate space and the dark energy absorbed this time greatly shortened the time it takes to break its cocoon.
Bang! With a muffled noise, Cosmos fell to the ground, smashing the ground into a hole, but it closed its eyes and fell asleep.
Having absorbed so much energy, now it needs time to digest.
"Huh~"
After everything was over, Yuga put down the flute of the moon and let out a long sigh of relief. She felt that she was losing her strength and was about to fall staggeringly. Fortunately, Mrs. Huajie came to support him in time.
With the support of Mrs. Hua Jie, Yujia walked to Kosmomu, checked its body, and found that there was nothing wrong with it, and put it into the shadow space.
Now the shadow space has stabilized again, and the feeling that the source stone of the spirit world is about to be broken has disappeared.
After putting away the rest of the elves, Yuga tremblingly walked to Guangquan and Zhujiang and asked, "Are you two okay?"
"No... it's okay."
Guangquan shook his head and said, his voice was trembling. Like Zhujiang, he was too frightened at this moment. If it weren’t for supporting each other, I’m afraid he would have been unsteady. Zhujiang couldn’t say a word at all. come out.
"It's okay." Youjia nodded, and then instructed Geng Gui and Meng Yaomo, "You go and let them know that they have found them, so let them all go back."
Geng Gui and Meng Yaomo responded, and then disappeared in front of Youjia and the others.
Because all of them were relieved, they didn't rush to leave, and simply sat on the ground and chatted.
At this moment, Guangquan and Zhujiang looked at Yuga with adoration. If Yuga arrived in time, none of them would survive.
Before, Guangquan admired Yuga very much, but now he admires it even more. Although he fought with Yuga, he didn't use all his strength at that time. He had never realized Yuga's power so clearly as at this moment.
Although Guangquan was curious about the phantom who saved them, he didn't ask too much. He knew that it was an unspeakable secret of a trainer.
Zhujiang's feelings are even more profound. Although he has heard people say that the owner of the Qingshui Pavilion is very strong, it is all hearsay, and he finally saw it with his own eyes today.
This real feeling shocked him.
When facing that weird man, did he even have the courage to resist, but that man was easily cleaned up by Yuga. If he had a bit of resentment before Yujia who sent him to the ranch for labor reform, now there is nothing left but worship.
After resting, the three of them slowly walked towards the pasture with the missing Sunflower Monster.
Almost all the wild elves in the vicinity were captured by Mizuno and Night Demon, and Yuga and the others did not see any wild elves along the way.
At this time, Yuga remembered that when he was looking for people, he had hardly seen wild elves. At that time, he was anxious to find people and didn't notice this aspect at all. Now that I think about it, I think it's abnormal.
It's a pity that those elves have been used by Mizuno and Night Demon to open the door to the spirit world, and now they are dead, even if they are found, they are useless.
After arriving at the ranch, Harrison greeted them happily after seeing Yuga bringing them back safely.
"Thank God, you are back, if something happens, how should I explain it."
Guangquan smiled and said, "We're back here. Nothing happened. We were just chasing an elf and got lost before. Don't worry." He didn't tell Mr. Harrison the fact, fearing that the elderly would worry.
Yuga and Zhujiang didn't tell the truth when they saw this, and followed Guangquan's words to compile them.
After talking to Mr. Harrison, Guangquan thought that his moonstone was missing, so he said to Youga with a look of guilt: "I'm sorry, Youga, I lost the moonstone."
Yuga smiled and said, "I have found it at Moonstone, but it's a little bit hurt. It's okay."
"That's great!" Guangquan said in surprise, and then he thought of something, hesitated, "Then...Is my assessment...lost...failed?"
Youjia was taken aback when he heard the words, and smiled after understanding: "No, this incident is force majeure and will not affect you and Yueshi."
Guangquan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
Afterwards, Mr. Harrison invited Yuga to stay for dinner, and Yuga agreed.
After dinner, Yuga found Zhujiang and said, "If you want to leave, you can leave tomorrow."
Zhujiang didn't expect Yujia to say this, and after a few seconds he said, "Since I promised to do it for a month, I have to keep my promise."
If it was before, he would definitely leave without hesitation, but now it's different. After seeing Yuga's shocking strength, he suddenly wants to become a man who stands upright and upright.
Even if it doesn’t change, it’s okay to get closer.
Yuka didn't expect Zhujiang to say that, and gave him a weird look and said, "Then it's up to you."
When leaving the ranch, Yuga asked Guangquan if he wanted to leave with him. Guangquan was worried about Moonstone's injury and agreed.
After returning to Yoyo's feeding house, almost Wawa finally let go of her hanging heart when Yuka came back safely.
Yuka has already called back to tell him about the matter about Mizuno and the Dark Night Demon. Who would have thought that they would leave such a disaster at the time, so if you don't see Yuka with your own eyes, almost the doll can't be at ease.
She could stumble Yuga, and even if she didn't go to the scene, almost Wawa knew that the situation at the time was definitely not optimistic.
After that, Youjia ordered Fat Keding to bring Moonstone over After treatment, Moonstone has regained consciousness. Although she is still a little unhealthy, it is not a big problem. Just two days of cultivation will be fine.
Yueshi and Guangquan breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that each other was safe.
Yuga on the side nodded comfortedly when he saw the reaction of the person and the elves after they met. It seems that they are getting along really well these days, and their feelings have been cultivated.
After Guangquan and Yueshi confirmed each other's safety, Yujia asked him to take Yueshi to the Paradise Hotel, and was frightened for more than a day, so it was good for them to get along well.
Sending away Guangquan, Yuga went to the ecological garden, and then took out the sleeping Cosmos in the shadow space.
Seeing Kosmomu fell asleep with his mouth drooling, showing a fascinating smile, Yuga felt relieved a lot.
It’s not very useful for Cosmos, who is already sleeping, to stay in the shadow space, so Yuga puts it together with the dream eclipse. With the help of the dream eclipse's ability to weave dreams, perhaps the energy absorbed by Cosmos will be faster. .
Yuga opened his Eyes skill and looked at Cosmo. It didn't change much in terms of data, but the fluctuations in his abilities had become more and more obvious. This was evidence that it was gradually becoming stronger.
At this time, Yuga already felt that the spiritual origin stone hidden deep in the shadow space began to restless, as if it would rush out of the shadow space at any time.
Seeing that Yuga and the others were about to be unable to hold it, the Sandcastle Master, who could melt on the ground, moved in in time and wrapped Yuga and Guangquan with his soft body, so that Yuga and the others were not sucked away by the whirlpool.
The body of Master Sandcastle melted with the earth, and the whirlpool sucked it away, unless the whole earth was sucked away.
But even if Youjia had the protection of Lord Sandcastle, the unsupported elves like Geng Ghost and Dream Demon were almost unable to hold it.
Just when Yuga felt that the origin stone of the spirit world was about to rush out of the shadow space, an unexpected figure rushed out, and then hit the transparent face with one head, Yuga felt the suction from the whirlpool. After a moment of stagnation, the restlessness of the spirit world origin stone was also appeased for a moment.
Apart from Cosmo, who is floating across from the face!
"Ah~"
The human face roared, his mouth opened wider, and the suction from the whirlpool increased, and the spirit world origin stone became frantically restless again.
Looking at Kosmomu facing the human face, Yuga's eyes were full of worry.
That is the consciousness of the spiritual world, the supreme existence of the spiritual world, even if Kosmomu is a divine beast, it is only a divine beast that has not yet grown.
Feeling the increased suction power, Cosmos slammed into the transparent face again, this time the transparent face finally noticed Cosmos.
It opened its mouth suddenly and swallowed at Cosmo, just like he swallowed the Night Demon and Mizuno, seeing Yuga's heart stop beating.
When Yuga reacted, Cosmo had already been swallowed by it.
"Cosmo!"
Youjia roared sullenly, ignoring the suction in the whirlpool, struggling to get out of the body of Lord Sandcastle, trying to pounce on the transparent face, but was sucked straight by the whirlpool.
"Geng!"
"Oh!"
"quick!"
Seeing this scene, the struggling Geng Gui, Dream Monster and Kuailong roared one after another, gave up resisting the suction, and then rushed to Yujia together, but they were also sucked into the whirlpool.
Seeing that they were about to be sucked in by the whirlpool, the transparent face suddenly began to twist.
Hum~
A huge phantom slowly opened the mouth of the transparent face, and the phantom became larger and larger until the transparent face spit it out.
Cosmo was floating in the position of the phantom's chest.
This phantom Yuka has seen it, and it is the phantom of Lunayara that once appeared in the ultimate space.
"Ah~"
Lunayara's phantom's wings shook and uttered a sharp long cry. The huge sound wave made the entire mountain forest vibrate. Fortunately, it was far away from the town, otherwise it would have caused a riot long ago.
With the sound of this sound, the suction in the whirlpool suddenly disappeared, and Yuga and the others fell straight to the ground, but Yuga was not lightly smashed.
"Ah~"
Lunayara phantom screamed again, opened her mouth and sucked sharply towards the transparent face, only to see a gloomy energy being sucked into her mouth. As the dark energy inhaled more and more, Lunayara's phantom became more and more solid, but the transparent face became more and more transparent.
Seeing this scene, Yuga finally understood why Lunayara's phantom could show up. It turned out that Kosmomu had snatched the energy of the spirit world consciousness to appear in the elf world.
At the beginning, Lunayara's phantom could appear in the ultimate space because it absorbed a large amount of ultimate aura. Although the situation is different now, the principle is the same.
Spiritual consciousness does not have a real sense of autonomy. All actions rely on instinct. After feeling the threat, instinctively resisted the Lunayara phantom.
"Roar~"
The transparent face roared and shook violently, and the movement of Lunayara phantom to absorb energy was interrupted.
Two arms suddenly extended from the two ears of the transparent face (without ears), and they grabbed the wings of Lunayara's phantom from left to right, and tore them frantically.
"Ah~"
Lunayara phantom violently vibrated his wings to resist.
"Geng Gui, Meng Yaomo, Kuailong, help!"
Seeing that Lunayara's phantom was at a loss, Yuga yelled wildly, and let the other elves out one after another.
For a time, a large wave of skills such as Dragon Wave, Fire Jet, Moon Power, Energy Ball, Shadow Ball, etc. shot towards the transparent face.
Bang~bang~bang~
The skill exploded on the transparent face, the transparent face shook violently, and the two arms holding the phantom of Lunayara were also released.
"Ah~"
Lunayara phantom raised a wing to fan the transparent face, and leaned the transparent face to the side, causing the whirlpool it to host to vibrate violently.
Lunayara phantom slammed again, and the dark energy turned into a long dragon and was sucked into its mouth.
The transparent human face continued to struggle, and the dark energy immediately began to shake steadily, as if it was about to disappear in the next second.
Yuga thought for a while, took out the moon flute from the system space and put it to her mouth and blew it. The melodious flute sounded, and the phantom of Lunayara seemed to have been beaten with blood, and instantly suppressed the transparent face. Even the long dragon of dark energy in his mouth is a lot stronger.
The flute of the Moon Flute can not only increase the power of Lunayara's phantom, but also promote the growth of Cosmos. Yuga has never put down practice, and will be played to Cosmos every day.
After learning for so long, he has been able to play a tune completely, and he has played well.
At the same time, Yuga's other elves continued to attack the transparent face, and the transparent face was completely suppressed.
As elves from the spirit world, Geng Gui and Meng Yaomo actually have an instinctive fear of the spirit world consciousness, but in order to protect Youjia, they bite the bullet and fought back against the transparent face.
Had it not been for the spirit world consciousness to appear in the elves world, they would be suppressed by the rules, they would have been swallowed by the spirit world consciousness a long time ago.
As Lunayara's phantom absorbs more and more dark energy, its body becomes more and more solid, almost becoming a substance, but its transparent face becomes more and more transparent.
During this period, Yuga had been playing the flute of the moon, and half an hour passed. Yuga was glad that her lung capacity was good, otherwise she would not be able to hold on for such a long time.
Bang~
Finally, as the last trace of energy was absorbed, the transparent face suddenly disappeared, and the vortex slowly shrank, and finally disappeared.
"Ah~"
After the transparent face and vortex disappeared, Lunayara phantom fluttered her wings high, and then her body gradually contracted, and finally turned into a plume of smoke and entered Kosmomu's body.
At this time Cosmos had not yet had time to evolve, and its small body was still accumulating energy, waiting for one day it could break through its cocoon and become a butterfly.
The ultimate aura absorbed by the ultimate space and the dark energy absorbed this time greatly shortened the time it takes to break its cocoon.
Bang! With a muffled noise, Cosmos fell to the ground, smashing the ground into a hole, but it closed its eyes and fell asleep.
Having absorbed so much energy, now it needs time to digest.
"Huh~"
After everything was over, Yuga put down the flute of the moon and let out a long sigh of relief. She felt that she was losing her strength and was about to fall staggeringly. Fortunately, Mrs. Huajie came to support him in time.
With the support of Mrs. Hua Jie, Yujia walked to Kosmomu, checked its body, and found that there was nothing wrong with it, and put it into the shadow space.
Now the shadow space has stabilized again, and the feeling that the source stone of the spirit world is about to be broken has disappeared.
After putting away the rest of the elves, Yuga tremblingly walked to Guangquan and Zhujiang and asked, "Are you two okay?"
"No... it's okay."
Guangquan shook his head and said, his voice was trembling. Like Zhujiang, he was too frightened at this moment. If it weren’t for supporting each other, I’m afraid he would have been unsteady. Zhujiang couldn’t say a word at all. come out.
"It's okay." Youjia nodded, and then instructed Geng Gui and Meng Yaomo, "You go and let them know that they have found them, so let them all go back."
Geng Gui and Meng Yaomo responded, and then disappeared in front of Youjia and the others.
Because all of them were relieved, they didn't rush to leave, and simply sat on the ground and chatted.
At this moment, Guangquan and Zhujiang looked at Yuga with adoration. If Yuga arrived in time, none of them would survive.
Before, Guangquan admired Yuga very much, but now he admires it even more. Although he fought with Yuga, he didn't use all his strength at that time. He had never realized Yuga's power so clearly as at this moment.
Although Guangquan was curious about the phantom who saved them, he didn't ask too much. He knew that it was an unspeakable secret of a trainer.
Zhujiang's feelings are even more profound. Although he has heard people say that the owner of the Qingshui Pavilion is very strong, it is all hearsay, and he finally saw it with his own eyes today.
This real feeling shocked him.
When facing that weird man, did he even have the courage to resist, but that man was easily cleaned up by Yuga. If he had a bit of resentment before Yujia who sent him to the ranch for labor reform, now there is nothing left but worship.
After resting, the three of them slowly walked towards the pasture with the missing Sunflower Monster.
Almost all the wild elves in the vicinity were captured by Mizuno and Night Demon, and Yuga and the others did not see any wild elves along the way.
At this time, Yuga remembered that when he was looking for people, he had hardly seen wild elves. At that time, he was anxious to find people and didn't notice this aspect at all. Now that I think about it, I think it's abnormal.
It's a pity that those elves have been used by Mizuno and Night Demon to open the door to the spirit world, and now they are dead, even if they are found, they are useless.
After arriving at the ranch, Harrison greeted them happily after seeing Yuga bringing them back safely.
"Thank God, you are back, if something happens, how should I explain it."
Guangquan smiled and said, "We're back here. Nothing happened. We were just chasing an elf and got lost before. Don't worry." He didn't tell Mr. Harrison the fact, fearing that the elderly would worry.
Yuga and Zhujiang didn't tell the truth when they saw this, and followed Guangquan's words to compile them.
After talking to Mr. Harrison, Guangquan thought that his moonstone was missing, so he said to Youga with a look of guilt: "I'm sorry, Youga, I lost the moonstone."
Yuga smiled and said, "I have found it at Moonstone, but it's a little bit hurt. It's okay."
"That's great!" Guangquan said in surprise, and then he thought of something, hesitated, "Then...Is my assessment...lost...failed?"
Youjia was taken aback when he heard the words, and smiled after understanding: "No, this incident is force majeure and will not affect you and Yueshi."
Guangquan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
Afterwards, Mr. Harrison invited Yuga to stay for dinner, and Yuga agreed.
After dinner, Yuga found Zhujiang and said, "If you want to leave, you can leave tomorrow."
Zhujiang didn't expect Yujia to say this, and after a few seconds he said, "Since I promised to do it for a month, I have to keep my promise."
If it was before, he would definitely leave without hesitation, but now it's different. After seeing Yuga's shocking strength, he suddenly wants to become a man who stands upright and upright.
Even if it doesn’t change, it’s okay to get closer.
Yuka didn't expect Zhujiang to say that, and gave him a weird look and said, "Then it's up to you."
When leaving the ranch, Yuga asked Guangquan if he wanted to leave with him. Guangquan was worried about Moonstone's injury and agreed.
After returning to Yoyo's feeding house, almost Wawa finally let go of her hanging heart when Yuka came back safely.
Yuka has already called back to tell him about the matter about Mizuno and the Dark Night Demon. Who would have thought that they would leave such a disaster at the time, so if you don't see Yuka with your own eyes, almost the doll can't be at ease.
She could stumble Yuga, and even if she didn't go to the scene, almost Wawa knew that the situation at the time was definitely not optimistic.
After that, Youjia ordered Fat Keding to bring Moonstone over After treatment, Moonstone has regained consciousness. Although she is still a little unhealthy, it is not a big problem. Just two days of cultivation will be fine.
Yueshi and Guangquan breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that each other was safe.
Yuga on the side nodded comfortedly when he saw the reaction of the person and the elves after they met. It seems that they are getting along really well these days, and their feelings have been cultivated.
After Guangquan and Yueshi confirmed each other's safety, Yujia asked him to take Yueshi to the Paradise Hotel, and was frightened for more than a day, so it was good for them to get along well.
Sending away Guangquan, Yuga went to the ecological garden, and then took out the sleeping Cosmos in the shadow space.
Seeing Kosmomu fell asleep with his mouth drooling, showing a fascinating smile, Yuga felt relieved a lot.
It’s not very useful for Cosmos, who is already sleeping, to stay in the shadow space, so Yuga puts it together with the dream eclipse. With the help of the dream eclipse's ability to weave dreams, perhaps the energy absorbed by Cosmos will be faster. .
Yuga opened his Eyes skill and looked at Cosmo. It didn't change much in terms of data, but the fluctuations in his abilities had become more and more obvious. This was evidence that it was gradually becoming stronger.