Colin smiled slightly as his thoughts shifted.
The shape of the small elf, Nasi, also began to disappear from the air starting from her arm.
This gave Nasi quite a fright.
"Good Colin!" she cried out instinctively for help.
"Relax, little Nasi, you're invisible just like me." Colin comforted her before instructing,
"I'm going to take you to a place called Siya Continent, which is still a long way away. On the way there, we might encounter bad guys, and then you will hide with me like this.
Remember, Nasi, when you're invisible, you must stay quietly in your little bed unless I instruct otherwise, and don't move."
"Yes, I understand, good Colin!"
Although Nasi's shape was no longer visible, Colin could still imagine her nodding repeatedly.
Colin smiled faintly and removed the Invisible Shadow.
The next second, tirelessly, he cast the Invisible Shadow again.
Thus, Colin continuously repeated the practice.
The sea mist gradually diminished as the sun rose from the sea, turning the dark water to a gold-dusted azure with shimmering waves, turning the gray sky to a deep blue.
Around noon, Colin stopped practicing.
He slowly exhaled the Golden Paper.
[Name: Colin Leonard]
[Rank: First Rank Junior Wizard (88/100); Ultimate Knight (100/100)]
[Meditation Method: Holy Ring Meditation Method (43/100)]
[Breathing Skill: Yi Guang Breathing Method I (34/100)]
[Witchcraft: Zero Level Tricks: Minor; Zero Rank Magic: ... Zero Rank Upper Magic: Deep Red Marking Technique (62/100); Ancient Tree Heart I (9/100); Invisible Shadow (61/100);
Lower First Rank Magic: Detecting Three Abilities (16/100); Soaring and Flying Technique (79/100); Silent (77/100); Summon Fire Element (72/100);
Middle First Rank Magic: Trace Erasure (36/100); Swift Skill III (5/100); Light Flame Soaring Skill (16/100); Mechanical Mind I (2/100);
Upper First Rank Magic: Steel Temperature Resistance Field II (7/100); Fireball Skill IV (3/100); ]
[Exotic Skill: Anando's Dice (9/100)]
[Skill: Minor.]
[Talent: Strong Life I (79/100)]
[True Talent: Superbrain (0/100)]
[Limit Breaking Point: 0]
His gaze directly went to the progress of Invisible Shadow, and upon seeing it clearly, Colin couldn't help but show a satisfied smile.
In just one morning, with the combined blessing of the Crown of Spiritual Awakening and Superbrain, the upper zeroth rank Invisible Shadow magic was successfully mastered by him to proficiency.
To master it to proficiency meant he could cast it instantaneously, making it truly practical for combat.
Additionally, the progress of his wizard rank was now at 88/100 First Rank Junior Wizard, and it probably wouldn't take long before he reached a breakthrough.
At that time, the magic power stored in his Magic Sea would increase further... Colin couldn't help but look forward to it.
Now that he had mastered so many magics that were relatively higher than his rank, his most pressing issue was the problem of the amount of magic power.
Usually, it was fine, but during prolonged battles, large-scale encounters... or like now, when he needed to travel long distances.
The insufficiency of his magic power was immediately apparent.
The Light Flame Soaring Skill, being a middle first rank magic, could sustain cruising flight for about half a day with his current amount of magic power.
But if he were to also support himself with lower first rank Silent, middle first rank Swift Skill, and higher first rank Steel Temperature Resistance Field, ah, and the upper zero level Shadow of Darkness...
The flight endurance would further decrease, and he might only last two or three hours before his magic power was completely exhausted!
Once his thoughts had run through... Colin's magic power was also completely restored inside him.
He didn't delay any further; he applied all the witchcraft to himself and Nasi, then pulled out the Cone Bullet and flew rapidly in the northern direction.
Invisible Shadow, although mastered in half a day, taking it to the Limit Breaking Point would require more than just half a day.
The progress in learning witchcraft is not linear, it grows increasingly difficult later on.
Moreover, now that Invisible Shadow can be cast instantly, it can be practiced while advancing—if he were to stay put, he would only be wasting time…
The sea breeze was gentle.
White-feathered, yellow-beaked seabirds circled over the azure sea, the soft waves seemed to carry diamonds that sparkled intermittently. As they rolled and surged onto the golden sand, those diamond sparkles transformed one by one into pale foam.
Screech!
A seabird suddenly cried out in alarm, flapping its wings frantically to soar into the sky.
Swoosh!
A gust of wind swept past where it had just been.
The bird, still panic-stricken, looked down, only to see a bizarre, semi-transparent spindle shape flitting by silently like a phantom, about ten meters above the sea surface.
That was none other than Colin, who had just emerged from the island's forest.
The spindle shape was, of course, intentional, so that even if someone saw his fast-moving figure from afar, they wouldn't be able to immediately identify him as a wizard…
The semi-transparent spindle maintained a steady pace forward.
The sea was majestic but also somewhat monotonous to some extent.
More than two hours passed, and although he had flown a great distance, all he saw was the vast blue water, not even a single island.
"What a pity… if I had encountered a large island, I could have compared it with the sea map found in Margaret's Storage Ring to determine my exact location."
With diminishing magic power, Colin sighed inwardly and gradually stopped his flight.
Maintaining a straight-line flight like this, if luck was not on his side, he might not encounter any islands for a long time.
Yet, he couldn't just change direction at random… because he couldn't be sure whether the new direction would lead to an island marked on the sea map.
Taking a small wooden boat picked up next to the Deserted Island from the Storage Ring, which might have belonged to the two mixed-blood Tree Elves, Colin placed it on the sea and bestowed Invisible Shadow on it before climbing aboard to take a break.
The boat wasn't big, only three to four meters long... clearly, it was not suitable for ocean voyages.
"Perhaps the two mixed-blood Tree Elves, like myself, flew here and rested on the boat to recover," Colin speculated as he replenished his magic power.
Mainly because after mastering Invisible Shadow, every half-hour, to avoid missing any nearby large islands, Colin would fly as high as possible to scan the surroundings.
And previously, near that mangrove Deserted Island, he hadn't seen any inhabited islands.
As he pondered, his internal magic power gradually recovered.
Click.
Colin opened his pocket watch… after expanding the range of Invisible Shadow, the things inside the envelope were visible.
After all, the principle of Invisible Shadow was akin to wearing a layer of an invisibility shield that could bend light, within which one could see normally.
Click, Colin closed the pocket watch and slowly stood up.
"Half an hour has passed since I last checked my surroundings; it's time to go higher and have another look."
He waved his hand to store the small wooden boat and ascended very slowly.
At the same time, his mind constantly adjusted and calculated the bending angle of light for the layer of Invisible Shadow around him, maintaining the cloaking effect of Invisible Shadow.
Combining the two, the typically conspicuous, semi-transparent outline was now almost 80% concealed; if one were a bit further away, it would be nearly imperceptible.
As he ascended, the wind grew stronger and Colin's range of vision also expanded.
After reaching a sufficient height, he slowly turned his head clockwise, carefully observing.
"Water… water… still more water…" he murmured inwardly.
But the next second, his gaze suddenly sharpened and his brow furrowed.
"Is that… a large fishing boat?"