Everyone was struck speechless by the magnificent sight! Jiraiya's mouth hung open, Tsunade's eyes gleamed with amazement, Orochimaru's breathing quickened, and Tetsusai trembled all over with excitement.
In barely fifteen minutes, the entire Sky Fortress—from the command tower antenna at its highest point to the engine nozzles at its lowest, from its outermost armor to the energy matrix chamber at its core—was completely covered in an even, dense layer of Mystic Crystal Armor that glimmered with a faint light!
When sunlight fell upon it, it seemed to be completely absorbed without the slightest reflection, giving the entire fortress a deep, restrained, pure-black appearance that seemed capable of swallowing light itself!
The fortress was no longer a clumsy steel stronghold. It resembled an ancient Mystic Crystal colossus instead, radiating a suffocating sense of oppression!
"It's not over yet!" Neji's voice carried a trace of fatigue, but his eyes shone brilliantly. His hand seals changed once more!
"Crystal Release: Myriad Refraction!"
Bzzzz—!
Inside the Mystic Crystal Armor covering the fortress's entire surface, countless minute, precisely arranged chakra circuits suddenly lit up! It was like a galaxy in the night sky being illuminated! These circuits had not been arranged at random; they formed an unimaginably vast three-dimensional Optical Camouflage Array that covered the fortress's entire outer shell!
A miracle occurred!
Before everyone's horrified eyes, the deep Mystic Crystal deck beneath their feet began to turn transparent, like the purest crystal!
They could clearly see the trees of the Forest of Death below through the thick deck, even the birds on the ground looking up in astonishment! Then the surrounding turrets, command tower, and even the entire fortress shell seemed to shed their black outer layer and become completely transparent! No—it was not transparency. It was invisibility!
The fortress vanished!
It had not vanished