Virtual world, time continent.

"Left side, charge in from the left side of the battle formation, let me try again!"

"No, we don't stand a chance anymore, the car is going to explode!"

On the chaotic battlefield, a tattered sports car hurriedly left the chaotic area painted with purple, blue and green. A shadow evil dragon that covered the sky and the sun glanced at the running insects, then turned its attention back to the two commanders in the distance.

"Wanderer, Poison Widow." Shadow Evil Dragon's eyes flashed with ferocity: "Retreat now, and I will forgive you for what happened. Otherwise, when the Abyss rises and fills the forest, you will all be shattered like the setting sun, and like blood in the water, and in a moment you will be exhausted, and your true names will be annihilated!"

"We are here to force you to activate the Mansu Forest." Denzel sneered wildly: "The Spiral of Silence has been ignited, and the Sky Garden has fallen. Do you think Li Yuan can stay out of it? Come on, since the incomplete Spider Tower has provoked the Sealing War, we will not let it have a perfect ending!"

"Oasis is an ally of the Spider Tower." The Wanderer said calmly.

"Stubborn!"

After the Shadow Evil Dragon roared shrilly, it suddenly fell silent. The strange voice was like a feather caressing the cochlea of ​​all intelligent creatures: "Passing through the woods, the reflections are everywhere."

roar!

Countless sharp and piercing roars shook the entire time continent. Even Ash and others who had already escaped from the battlefield were affected. Their eardrums were instantly pierced, and the strong roar made them dizzy for a short time. They did not recover until their soul energy automatically repaired their bodies.

Ash gasped for air, "Luckily we ran away in time."

Sonia looked back and saw that the monsters on the battlefield were so numerous that even the golden rain could not completely cover them. She couldn't help feeling a little scared.

Diya next to her was so scared that her hair became a little dirty, so she took the initiative to hug Sonia for support.

In order to advance to the Sanctuary and find the Seven-Colored Tail, they naturally had to take the initiative to find the main cities of other forces and induce the invasion of Spider Towers and Oases so that they could hunt down the commanders in the chaos.

So far, they have witnessed five virtual realm forces, namely Star Hall, Blood Tomb, Spider Tower, Oasis and Garden, and today happens to be the exclusive round of the last virtual realm force.

Unlike the garden, the main city of this faction was not difficult to find. Ash and his team found it in just one hour.

The Spider Tower and the Oasis arrived on time and quickly turned the peaceful main city into a corrupt battlefield. However, when Ash and his men wanted to hunt down the commander and take advantage of the situation, they found that this time it was quite tricky.

Unlike other main cities, the main city of Liyuan actually has no "city". From the outside, it looks like a bottomless hole in the ground, like an abyss. In addition to the big hole, there are many small holes in the entire main city area. The Heroic Soul Corps can emerge from them at any time. It is just like a tunnel war. It is not a good combat environment for sports cars.

More importantly, Li Yuan’s soldiers are not in human form.

Although the arms of the other five factions are quite different, they are basically humanoid. Even if they are applied to virtual creatures, they will turn virtual creatures into humanoid arms. The reason is not because of the advantages of humanoid, but simply because the god who created the arms is humanoid, so he favors humanoid.

But the Liyuan troops were different. After being armed, the creatures in the virtual world were basically strengthened into larger creatures that were more brutal than Khorne. Although they seemed to have lost their armor and special skills, their individual combat power far exceeded that of humanoid troops, and they were able to resist the attacks of two forces with the strength of one city.

Li Yuan's strength undoubtedly brought trouble to the Spider Tower and Oasis, but their troubles had nothing to do with Yaxiu. However, the problem was that Li Yuan's commander had also armed himself into a large creature!

The shadow evil dragon that dominated the battlefield just now was the commander-in-chief of the main city of Liyuan!

As for the other commanders, they were no less capable. They either turned into a charging Boom Dragon or a commanding Storm Dragon!

Even though Ash and the others have the protection of the 'Secret Keeping Power' and can sneak up on the commander and launch a surprise attack, killing a humanoid commander and instantly killing a large creature are completely different concepts!

In addition, this time the battlefield was full of map cannons, and the degree of chaos was far greater than in the previous times. If Ash had not invested all his resources in upgrading the "Refractive Curtain Wall" these days, he would probably have been bombarded by unknown map cannons while crossing the battlefield.

After several near-death experiences and failed attempts, Sword Lady's inherent talent "Phantom of the Grudge Dragon" was finally triggered during a sneak attack. A tiger-like dragon burning with the blood flames of Hell appeared behind her, increasing the power of the swordsmanship miracle by nearly ten times, and adding special effects such as burning and piercing. She then killed Commander Li Yuan with one sword and seized the Commander's Manual, the Summoning Spirit, and the map.

Originally, they needed to kill the commander of the Oasis and grab a copy of the Oasis map to complete the map. However, both the Spider Tower and the Oasis knew that they were hunting the commanders. All the commanders were surrounded by dozens of soldiers. Sword Lady and the Witch could not find any gaps to seize. Even if they barely managed to launch a surprise attack, they were quickly killed and repelled.

And they couldn't possibly return to the battlefield. Since Li Yuan had used the miracle, the Spider Tower and the Oasis would naturally accompany him to their heart's content. Now that place was already a life restricted zone for the miracle to blast against.

Not to mention that the durability of the "refractive curtain wall" has been exhausted, even if a fully-powered sports car goes in, it will probably be blown up in less than a minute.

Ash drove to a farther place and stopped next to the Golden River. This way, even if the Heroic Soul Legion came to chase them, they could escape by crossing the Golden River.

"Thank you for your hard work tonight." Ash breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I was scared watching you cross the battlefield."

"But we're still missing a map." Sonia hammered the seat angrily: "We're still missing a map..."

"Let's divide the spoils first." Ash took out a commander's manual: "Who wants it?"

"Go Sword Princess!" Diya said immediately, "She fought the hardest just now, and if she hadn't killed the commander with one sword, we wouldn't have gained anything."

Ash handed the Commander's Manual to Sonia, and the village girl blushed slightly: "It was so dangerous just now, I must try my best."

Diya muttered: "If you didn't fight so hard, maybe it wouldn't be so dangerous..."

While Sword Lady and Witch were fighting, Ash also summoned out his other reward - six crystals that all emitted necromancy spirits of different colors.

Although not all advanced troops are unlocked, Ash can equip himself with troops from any faction. The blue troops of the Star Hall, the red troops of the Blood Tomb, the purple troops of the Spider Tower, the orange troops of the Garden, the green troops of the Oasis, the cyan troops of the Abyss...

Special mixed-color troops have also been upgraded to 'Six-Color Anchor'.

"Six-Color Anchor: 6 layers of armor, 100% anchoring, consumes 6 soul points per unit."

100% anchoring means that as long as this type of soldier is armed, Ash and others will not be harmed by the outside world! But at the same time, Ash and others will not be able to cause any impact on the outside world.

It was great for crossing the Liujin River, but it was not enough to pick up bargains on the battlefield, after all, the Heroic Soul Legion would also plunder the battlefield. If the commander did not kill and seize the spoils immediately, the commander's spoils would soon be taken away by other legions.

As Ash looked at the magic spirit emitting six colors of light, a strange thought suddenly popped up in his mind, but he quickly suppressed it - it was only six colors, not seven colors.

After taking back the magic spirit, Ash opened the virtual world map and said, "Although there is still a lack of a map, we now have five-sixths of it. If there is any information on the map, we should be able to see it."

Sonia and Diya nodded, nervously waiting for Ash's discovery. Ash studied the map carefully, and soon his eyebrows relaxed and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up.

"Did you find anything?" Sonia asked cautiously, feeling delighted.

Ash smiled at her and shook his head: "No!"

"Then why are you acting so relaxed!?"

"Otherwise, should I look bitter and resentful?" Ash spread his hands and said, "If the Seven-Colored Tail is so easy to find, there won't be so many Two-Winged Magicians trapped in the Time Continent."

"It's normal that we didn't find any clues. After all, the Fate Questions and Answers only told us to "obtain a map of the entire Time Continent", but didn't say that we would definitely find the Seven-Colored Tails. It's helpful at best, and not even a direct help." Ash said, "In the final analysis, it's not a proper way to ascend to the Holy Land through the Seven-Colored Tails. You can have expectations for it, but you can't put all your hopes on it."

"Everyone is tired tonight, why not end it here? Anyway, our golden wings have been spread out, so there is no need to stay in the Time Continent any longer—"

"no."

Sonia grabbed Ash's hand and said word by word, "We can't give up yet."

Ash glanced at her, smiled and nodded: "Okay, then let's continue looking for the Seven-Colored Tail. Sword Princess, you will definitely achieve the Sanctuary."

"We will all become sanctuary magicians." Sonia looked at Diya: "Witch, do you still remember those hypotheses about the seven-colored tail?"

"Of course I remember. I will never forget any magician manual I have read." Diya said, "The White Bull Hypothesis and the Seven Magicians Hypothesis."

"The White Bull Hypothesis states that the four feet of the white bull are the channels for the seven-colored tail. When white light shines into a prism, it will refract into seven colors. Therefore, when the sorcerer's soul enters the four feet of the white bull, it will refract into a seven-colored tail."

"The Seven Magicians hypothesis states that as long as seven pairs of golden wings are gathered, the magicians will turn into seven drops of rain and fall upwards to the distant sky along with the countercurrent of golden rain. The so-called seven-color tail actually refers to the seven magicians."

Sonia said: "We can analyze the clue given by the virtual realm of "obtaining a map of the entire time continent" together with these two hypotheses to see if we can find similarities."

After the three of them pondered for a moment, the witch quickly surrendered: "I can't figure out what the connection is between obtaining the map of the entire territory and the seven-colored tail?"

"Since I don't see any clues on the map, let's consider it as a smokescreen from the Void Realm." Ash said, "The Void Realm map itself has no meaning, but the process of searching for it may bring us closer to the Seven-Colored Tail."

"The only way to find the virtual world map is to kill the commander." Sonia pondered, "Can killing the commander bring me closer to the Seven-Colored Tail?"

"The commander's spoils include the commander's manual, a map, and a necromancy spirit." Diya said, "The map is a bait given by the virtual world, and the commander's manual does not contain any clues in this regard, which means..."

Under the gaze of Sonia and Diya, Ash summoned the necromancy spirit, and each side of the crystal hexahedron emitted a colorful light.

"I was just wondering if this thing has anything to do with the Seven-Colored Tail." Ash said, "But... it only has six colors, and there are only six forces in the Void Realm."

Diya suddenly thought of a possibility: "Could it be that there is a seventh force in the virtual world that can only be found by collecting all the maps?"

"Or maybe there is the last color in the white bull's four legs?" said Sonia.

"Are the black and white in the Silent Realm considered colors?" Diya asked, "Do we have to take the necromancy spirit and actively enter the Silent Realm?"

Since there was only one color left, Sword Lady and Witch thought of many possibilities. However, Ash shook his head after listening and said, "Do you remember the golden fish?"

"Although only one sample is not convincing enough, I think the seven-colored tail should be similar to the golden fish. What limits you in finding them is your ability, number of people, and imagination, but definitely not your geographical location. No matter where you are in the Sea of ​​Knowledge, you can find the golden fish as long as you fly upwards; the same is likely to be true for the seven-colored tail. No matter where you are in the Continent of Time, you can definitely find it if you want to."

To be honest, Ash's point of view really doesn't make sense, but Sonia, who saw the golden fish with her own eyes, accepted it instantly. It's like the same author wrote two books. You saw a wonderful narrative trick in the first book, so it's hard to believe that he only wrote a cliché story in the second book that can't even be considered a mystery.

But this brought her train of thought to a halt. Diya held her head and murmured, "You can find it anywhere... the seven-colored tail..."

Sonia bit her nails and looked around: "Resource point? Special building? Miracle Park? ... Where is the last color?"

Instead, Ash was lying on the chair very relaxedly, looking up at the sky wet by the countercurrent golden rain: "Don't worry, it's only a matter of time before you become a sanctuary, don't waste too much energy on the Seven-Colored Tail."

Sonia said angrily: "But I want to become a sanctuary now!"

Ash smiled and said softly, "Thank you."

He looked at the sky and suddenly felt that he seemed to have passed too quickly in the Time Continent. He had not even had time to appreciate the scenery around him. Only now that he had completed his journey in the Time Continent did his belated curiosity emerge: "Sword Princess, why does the rain in the Time Continent flow upwards?"

"Because this is the rain from the Golden River."

"Why does the rain from the Golden River flow upwards?"

"It's always been like this." Sonia said with a sigh: "Don't look at the rain, think about where the colorful tail is."

"I'm thinking about it." Ash said perfunctorily, but he was still thinking about why the rain would flow upwards. He was always like this, when he encountered a difficult problem that he didn't want to do, he would think of some messy things in his mind to escape reality.

Because time always goes up? That doesn't make sense.

Because the golden rain is actually a gas? But it doesn't feel like a gas either.

Why is that?

Suddenly, a memory from not long ago broke into Ash's mind:

"...I was swept away by a river of colorful light, and when I came to my senses, I had already reached the distant sky..."

Ash sat up suddenly and muttered, "Yeah, why does the rain flow upwards?"

Sonia was really angry this time: "We are all thinking seriously about Qicaiwei, can you please not--"

"This is the answer to the Seven-Colored Tail!"

Ash stood up and pressed Sword Lady and Witch into their seats, his face full of excitement of sudden enlightenment, and asked as if to show off: "Why does the rain flow upwards?"

"Because rain is meant to flow upwards, because the sky is not the sky, and the earth is not the earth!"

"Because the whole world is upside down, the Time Continent is above and the sky is below! The Golden Rain of Time is not flowing backwards, it is we who are flowing backwards!"

"The colorful tail is not above us, it is below us!"

"Golden River is the last color we are looking for!"