Inside the Central Control Room of the Sun-Chasing Silver Shuttle, the old wizard at the Liquefaction Stage widened his eyes. Through the enormous projection of the Divination School before him, he could see the Void Battleship's exact location and the information ahead at an altitude of fifty kilometers.
Originally, the Sun-Chasing Silver Shuttle should have entered the network passage in the second layer of sky, but the Void Battleship had instead crashed headlong into a gigantic magic painting suspended in the sky.
The old wizard immediately realized that this was the work of Speed Painters, a branch of visual illusion magic within the Illusion School. They had painted an enormous magic painting in the second layer of sky and disguised it as the entrance to the network passage. During their battle with the remnant image of Thunder God Palace, the situation had been too complicated for them to inspect it carefully, and they had flown straight into the painting.
Like prey blundering into a spiderweb, they had plunged straight into a trap.
"This refined method must be the work of professional airship pirates." The old wizard immediately made his judgment. "It's fine. The Sun-Chasing Silver Shuttle has sufficient power. We can force our way free from this giant magic painting."
"Activate it."
The old wizard looked suspiciously at a First Ring female wizard from his school. "Alexandra, your face?"
The female wizard called Alexandra turned around and looked at the old wizard in confusion. Then she suddenly licked her lips. "Hm? Is the time up already? The Makeup Magic Painting I painted on my face actually expired so quickly?"
The Spell Model of the Speed Painter's First-Ring Magic, [Makeup Magic Painting], on her face instantly shattered. All her makeup turned into murky liquid and streamed down her face, revealing an