Virtual world, time continent.

"Witch!"

Along with Ash's voice, the warm yellow "Sword Barrier" also arrived. The dazed Diya finally came to her senses and escaped from the damage range in time before the tail of the violent dragon broke the sword barrier.

As if they realized that Diya was their biggest weakness, the little fish-slaying dragons rushed over and tried to surround and kill Diya. However, Ash had already used the "Heart Pen" to draw a net around her. As soon as the little fish-slaying dragons rushed in, they were stuck with those "ink-like handwritings in the air", and their bodies were quickly cut into pieces by the ink. This tragic situation made the other companions dare not continue to rush into the densely packed ink area.

The miracle of "Heart Pen" that Sonia gave to Ash is indeed very practical. Originally, there was a big problem with the combination of "Heart Sword" and "Sword Mark" to create trap areas at a long distance - the magician has to continuously consume magic power to maintain the existence of the sword marks. If Ash cuts off the magic power supply, those sword marks will disappear immediately.

Not only does this consume a lot of magic power, it also requires Ash to pay attention to the sword mark area when performing other attacks.

I found it quite interesting at first, but soon got bored because of its troublesomeness. If the magic spirit is the magician's harem, then the sword mark magic spirit is the kind of noble concubine who is very pretentious and jumpy, and even Ash doesn't want to favor her.

The miracle of "Heart Pen" has ingeniously changed the damage method of the "Sword Mark" magic spirit: normally, the sword mark is to be fixed in the air to cause continuous damage to the moving target, but the "Heart Pen" does not pursue continuous damage, but treats the sword mark as a one-time consumable ink mark that can be stuck to the moving target, but the ink mark will consume itself in just a few seconds to cause cutting damage to the target.

Because it is a one-time consumption of ink, the "Heart Pen" consumes much less mana. Ash can easily draw a lot of ink traps. The overall damage is not reduced, but he is much more relaxed. Not only that, Ash can also draw "invalid ink" which only consumes a little mana to confuse and intimidate knowledge creatures!

As a high-quality miracle purchased by Sonia for 15 gold coins, it even comes with a method on how to turn off the damage to teammates - after all, on Sonia's side, team combat is the norm for magicians - Ash only needs to add ink marks to his teammates in advance, and his teammates can freely cross the ink mark area without destroying the distribution of the ink marks!

The new tactic they recently developed is that Ash sets up the Ink Mark area first, then Sword Lady and Witch lure the knowledge creatures over, and then they stay in the Ink Mark area to hunt the knowledge creatures safely. Anyway, the knowledge creatures will not dare to set foot in the Ink Mark area after charging once or twice.

Thanks to the new posture of the "Heart Pen" miracle, Jianhen Shuling's status in the Shuling harem was immediately upgraded from a noble lady to a noble concubine, and her level of favor was comparable to that of the Heart Sword and the Stand.

When the violent dragon was finally beheaded by the "Blood Moon Broken Lake", Sonia sheathed her sword in the blood rain, and her murderous aura almost disappeared. Her cold eyebrows suddenly curved into crescents and she looked back, only to see Ash walking past her without saying a word and entering the gem mine to search for resources.

Sonia glanced at his back, muttered something, and went over to pull Diya to the other side: "Witch, it is very dangerous to lose consciousness during a battle."

"I'm sorry." Diya said immediately, "I won't do it again."

"I'm not blaming you. It's normal for people to make mistakes. You see, the viewers make mistakes every day. You don't have to take it to heart."

“What mistake did the viewer make?”

"Breathe." Sonia snorted, her face showing her irreconcilable hatred with the captain: "Witch, you have never seen the viewer being handsome and gentle, right? I have to explain here that I haven't either."

"And do you think the Viewer has become more and more annoying recently? I tell you, he has always been this annoying. Do you know that he did something very excessive to me when he was in the Sea of ​​Knowledge? When I think about it now, I am so angry that I tremble all over..."

Nothing can improve relationships more easily than talking bad about someone behind their back, especially when that person is your boss. Diya listened to Sonia's complaints about the audience with great interest, and the hair on her head rose and fell.

After collecting resources, Ash brought a bunch of gem materials that their magic spirits could eat, and signaled them not to get in the car yet, and to upgrade the alchemy throne again. With a burst of rose gold halo blooming, the golden blood on the top of the seat reached 11 drops, and the surrounding countercurrent golden rain flowed into the seat like a torrent!

"Alchemy Throne Level 11: Increases the absorption speed of gold power by 130%.

Level 6 special effect: For every 60 minutes of stay in the virtual realm, an additional layer of [Golden Years] will accumulate. Each layer of [Golden Years] increases the absorption rate of golden magic power by 10%.

Level 11 special effect: As the speed of the sports car increases, the absorption speed of golden magic power is increased, up to 100% (peak at 400km/h). For each layer of [Golden Years], the maximum speed required for this effect is reduced by 50%.

The gem essence, crystal essence, mercury essence, wood essence, ore essence, and gold essence required for the next level are: 1175.

After spending all my resources these days, I finally upgraded the Alchemy Throne to level 11 and unlocked the second special effect. Needless to say, the first special effect, the longer you stay in the virtual realm, the faster the absorption speed; and the second effect, although it can increase the absorption speed by an additional 100%, requires driving at full speed.

But they absolutely cannot do this under normal circumstances. The road conditions in the Time Continent are comparable to those of a primeval forest. There is no need to hit any rock walls. What if there is suddenly a small uphill slope and the sports car hits a tree? Then just wait for a rotating charging tornado.

However, in conjunction with the reduced requirements of [Golden Years], after 2 hours, Ash only needs to drive at 100km/h to get an additional 100% absorption speed, which is a speed that can barely be achieved in the Time Continent; after 4 hours, even 25km/h will be enough. Even if Ash and his friends sit in the car and move slowly, they can get a 130+40+100=270% bonus on the magic power absorption speed!

Ash told them about the upgrade of the Alchemy Throne and said, "We won't search for resource points tonight. Let's just drive to visit some special places."

They have been in the virtual realm for more than an hour today, and will obtain the second level of [Golden Years] in a while. Even if there is no other gain tonight, the magic power gained from racing in the Time Continent alone is twice as much as that of an ordinary magician. Ash's suggestion is reasonable, so Sword Lady and Witch naturally agreed immediately.

But when the sports car passed through the rain, Diya suddenly realized after being reminded by her sisters: "Is it because of me that they are not fighting tonight?"

"Oh!" Sonia suddenly sneered loudly, took the initiative to hug Diya, and stared at the viewer in the rearview mirror: "How can he be so kind?"

Ash's mouth twitched, and he had no choice but to follow Sonia's words and said in a cold tone, "We have already come across several resource points today. It will not be efficient for us to search further. We might as well look for those special buildings. Maybe we can get some unexpected gains."

What Ash said was true. They just searched five resource points in an hour, but two of them were empty. Not only were there no resources, but even the knowledge creatures had run away. But now it was Blood Tomb's turn. In the Blood Tomb map that Ash had, there was clearly a large resource point guarded by knowledge creatures!

This can only prove one thing: Blood Tomb has sent the Heroic Soul Legion to recover resources!

The evidence is that Ash and his men have been wandering around for more than an hour, and there is no Heroic Spirit Legion chasing them, which shows that the Blood Tomb forces have already changed their strategy to a conservative one, and are even going so far as to clear the land and recover all resources, with the Heroic Spirit Legion returning to defend the main city!

The reason is not difficult to guess. Regardless of whether Spider Tower has captured the main city of Oasis or not, it is a foregone conclusion that Spider Tower will launch the Six Kingdoms Grand Enthronement Ceremony in advance. All forces will naturally cancel their farming and development and enter a first-level combat readiness state!

Yaxiu even suspected that Blood Tomb knew that he was the fuse of the Oasis War. If he dared to approach the main city of Blood Tomb, thousands of armed legions would jump out and bombard him to pieces.

Therefore, Ash no longer plans to upgrade the "Alchemy Throne". Upgrading it requires too many resources, but the resources will only become less and less in the future. Under the current circumstances, the benefits of looking for other special buildings are indeed not lower than searching for resource points.

But Diya is not so easy to fool: "Even if we don't search for resource points, we can still hunt those large knowledge creatures, and experience orbs and magic spirits are also a stable income. Not to mention that even if we go to find special buildings, we can search for resource points along the way, and there is no need to give up the battle!"

"I guess it's because I was distracted and made mistakes many times tonight that you guys took care of me like this." Diya looked down at her knees, "Sorry, it's all my fault tonight..."

Ash couldn't help but say: "Actually-"

"In fact, you think the witch is a burden, right? That's why you just gave up the fight, lest she drag you down or even kill you!" Sonia took the first step to hug the witch, glaring at Ash fiercely: "People like you are so profit-driven and don't understand human nature! You don't trust your companions at all!"

This! Sword! Princess! —

Ash took a deep breath and said coldly: "That's what you said, I didn't say that."

“I’m sorry!” Diya rubbed her eyes vigorously and said loudly: “I was affected by things in reality, so I didn’t focus on the battle just now... But I have adjusted my mood. If I make a mistake again, I will let the White Queen or the Red Death replace me directly, which will not affect our exploration. Observers, please follow the original route to search for resource points!”

"You don't have to apologize." Sonia said gently, "Everyone has hard times. A night's rest won't delay us from becoming Sanctuary Magicians. Is there anything we can help with?"

Diya slapped her face hard, turning it red.

"Because you feel uncomfortable, unhappy, and confused, you want others to accommodate you. That's just a child's way of acting like a spoiled child." The witch said seriously, "I'm no longer a child. I don't have a favorite color."

She paused, clenched her fists and said seriously: "Besides, I also have someone I can act like a spoiled child to. You don't have to worry about me. In my case, I just need to go back to him and give him a hug and a kiss to solve the problem!"

Sonia's expression suddenly froze, and she could only force a smile: "Ah, oh, well...that's good."

"So viewers, follow the resource point search route!" Diya said, "I'm fine now!"

"When you first asked me to do so, I wanted to switch back to the original route," Ash said calmly, "but halfway through I found the Flowing Gold River blocking the way. I now drive along the edge of the Flowing Gold River, so the original route is no longer valid."

This situation is not uncommon. The distribution of the Flowing Gold River is random every day, and it may be across your path. This is of course good for ordinary magicians. Most two-wing magicians can encounter a Flowing Gold River every day. As long as they have enough time to rush in and pick up magic spirits, they will not be empty-handed today; but for Ash and others who have maps, the Flowing Gold River will greatly reduce their efficiency.

"Then choose a resource point on the way—"

"We have reached a special building." Ash looked at the golden area with the words "Come!" on the virtual world map, "but the Blood Tomb map doesn't indicate what kind of building this is."

In other words, most of the special buildings are not marked, which is one of the reasons why Ash did not explore the special buildings before, the benefits are too unknown. If you think about it carefully, it is very reasonable. After all, the Heroic Spirit Commander will not enter the virtual world building at all, so there is no need for them to mark it out, not to mention that the Heroic Spirit Commander may not know all the virtual world buildings.

"Then I'll go in and take a look. I'll find out the rules as soon as possible and tell you!" Diya said immediately: "If it's a mechanism like the "Amnesia Cabin", you don't have to take the risk to enter!"

In fact, since the virtual map showed "Come quickly", it meant that there was definitely no danger inside. However, Ash knew that this was the witch's attempt to make up for her previous mistake, and he also wanted to be alone with Sword Princess for a while, so he nodded and said, "Please, witch."