Countless threadlike ripples shimmering in different colors suddenly appeared around Archmage Orphalian's hands. They looked like dazzling strands growing from his palms, spreading in an instant across the sky and through the surrounding space in every direction, then extending downward into the earth.
If Archmages Laduka and Orphalian had previously used their mana merely to detect the rough boundaries and shape of the magic cage blocking their escape, these strange, glowing lines now revealed the cage in its entirety to everyone.
As far as they could see, the magic cage did indeed surround both Archmages and the other thirteen Great Mages from top to bottom, left to right, and in every direction.
Although the glowing lines disappeared once they reached the ground, Archmage Orphalian did not need to investigate further to be certain that this magic cage, painstakingly constructed by the Xinfei Merchant Guild Guard Corps, would never leave such a glaring weakness underground. It had to be a complete sphere that sealed off every direction, leaving them no chance to break out.
Of course, Archmage Orphalian had no intention of looking for shortcuts now. He meant to rely on his formidable mana and profound understanding of magic to smash through the magic cage by force.
Although this magic cage's properties were even more potent than those of Wimbledon City's Anti-Magic Domain Array, it was ultimately only a hastily deployed magic array of the magic barrier type. Its strength and thickness should have been far inferior to those of Wimbledon City's Anti-Magic Domain Array.
Yet when the mana Archmage Orphalian released through his hands collided with the abnormal mana space within the magic cage, the resulting changes were far beyond his expectations.
Archmage Orphalian's plan was simply to use his immense mana to interfere directly with this mana space and