Christopher was indeed shocked the moment he saw the Ghost Hands appearing in front of his top-class illusion.
If he was the one in that position, he knew that he would also fail to react in time and get caught by those Ghost Hands as well.
Luckily, he already reached the Intermediate Realm of the Misdirection Spell. This allows him to fool anyone in Magic Zone without targeting them specifically.
That's right, the Misdirection Spell was extremely difficult to detect since this Spell would not target a person but the whole field instead. It could even create a realistic illusion that those Ghost Hands could touch.
As soon as he showed himself, he already used his Confusion and Mental Manipulation to forcefully cancel the Ghost Hands Spell of the young man.
Poof…
It was a successful attack, and it had surely disrupted the young man's energy flow and created a backlash or internal injuries.
