For the moment, there was still a way to escape.

Although the barrier was strictly sealed on all sides, all he had to do was kill himself on the spot to return to town for free, back to his respawn point.

However, the Direct Vision Great Sage had placed a life monitoring device outside the barrier. Suicide would indeed let him escape, but the Great Sage would notice immediately.

“Is there a way to escape without being discovered…”

Lin Xun fell into deep thought.

Suddenly his eyes lit up and he opened his Inventory, looking at the high level star magic Starrealm Leap that he had not yet learned.

As long as he learned this skill, he could use teleportation magic to instantly blink to the outside of the barrier.

At present, his strongest mage Shell, the Star Spirit Envoy, had already reached the minimum requirement to learn this skill.

“Sigh, giving it to the Star Spirit Envoy Shell still feels like a waste. It is not that I have gotten arrogant and look down on mythic grade Shells, but that there are simply too many powerful mages in this chapter.”

Just the Direct Vision Great Sage from before already had mythic+ Shell quality, and beyond him there were even more powerful mages like the Prophet and the Great Prophet.

Letting the Star Spirit Envoy learn Starrealm Leap would be like giving the Red Hare horse to a mere general like Pan Feng.

Feeling there had to be some other method, Lin Xun opened his Inventory again and continued searching.

He had never lost his good habit of hoarding, and his Inventory was stuffed full of all kinds of useful and useless items.

After a thorough search, he really did find a usable item.

[Random Teleportation Scroll (item): When you use this item, you will be teleported to a random location within ten kilometers.]

[This scroll will automatically avoid dangerous environments within its range. If there is no safe location within ten kilometers, the scroll will still be consumed but will not produce a random teleportation effect.]

This item was the life saving tool that Vishnu had given him before the Disciple War.

The life saving item had not been used during the Disciple War, but here it could be very useful.

Lin Xun did not feel distressed at all about using it now. As long as he later obtained a high level mage Shell and learned Starrealm Leap, he would be able to teleport wherever he wanted anyway.

He did not use the item immediately, because there was still a difficult problem unresolved.

Even though he could now escape using the Random Teleportation Scroll, as soon as the Direct Vision Great Sage returned he would be exposed.

First, he did not know when the Great Sage would be back. Second, even if he knew the exact time, he did not have a way to break through the barrier and return to his ‘cell’.

“I need to come up with a way to fake the illusion that I am still imprisoned so that I can slip away quietly…”

Lin Xun’s eyes rolled and he immediately thought of a cheeky trick.

He switched Shells and summoned the shikigami Snow Woman.

Then he opened his Inventory and clicked on the item Image Replication Generator.

[Image Replication Generator (item): By using this item, you can select a nearby target to record its image and use this device to generate an identical illusion… Remaining uses: 1/3.]

Lin Xun smiled faintly and activated the item.

He set the selected image to himself.

[With flickering light from the refined copper device, a duplicated image that looks exactly like you appears by your side.]

[Judging by the naked eye alone, there is absolutely no way to tell the illusion apart from your true body.]

[When the Snow Woman tries to touch it, her hand passes through the illusion and makes the light ripple.]

[As long as the enemy does not touch the illusion, the Image Replication Generator will most likely not be exposed.]

[Under your command, the Snow Woman steps into the illusion, her body overlapping with the human shaped image. After the flashing light subsides, the situation you imagined, where the illusion completely covers the Snow Woman, does not appear.]

[The muscular chest under the white kimono bulges out beyond the human shaped illusion, looking extremely out of place.]

Lin Xun’s mouth twitched and his face darkened.

He had originally thought that with the life monitoring device outside the barrier, if he teleported away directly, the device might not detect any living being inside and this could trigger an alarm, alerting the Great Sage to his escape.

Although this was only a cautious guess and it might be that teleporting away directly would not trigger anything, it was better to be careful when dealing with the Great Sage.

If the Snow Woman could be hidden inside the human shaped illusion, the life monitoring device should be fooled. Even if he teleported away, the device would still detect a living Snow Woman inside.

“Forget it, let Nurarihyon handle this…”

[Seeing you staring fixedly at her chest, the shikigami Snow Woman lowers her head for a look. Her cheeks instantly flush red with embarrassment as she realizes she has accidentally exposed the illusion.]

[She hurriedly tears off the wide sleeve of her kimono. Turning her back to you, she takes off her clothes, revealing smooth back lines, and wraps the long strip of cloth around her chest.]

[When she steps back around again, the illusion is finally flawless with nothing out of place.]

Lin Xun gave her a thumbs up and praised her. “Beautifully done. I will give you a proper reward later.”

With no more worries, he clicked on the Random Teleportation Scroll.

[You used the Random Teleportation Scroll.]

[You will be teleported to a random location within ten kilometers.]

[Teleporting…] 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

[…]

[…]

[Teleportation successful.]

[You open your eyes and a pungent smell of ammonia rushes into your nose, making you almost unable to resist covering your mouth and nose.]

[You are in a cramped, narrow wooden stall, and beneath you is a refined copper toilet that reeks horribly.]

[You immediately realize that you have teleported into some kind of washroom.]

[You open the stall door and hurry out to see a long row of individual stalls in the washroom.]

[Seemingly having heard the sound of your door opening, the door of the stall beside you quietly opens. A head pokes out and mutters softly in complaint. Peggy, what took you so long…]

[The head is wearing a Scholar’s cap and looks very young, apparently a newly adult male Student.]

[When he clearly sees your face, the words he was about to say get stuck in his throat.]

[He sees you dressed like a coarse swordsman, with several bloody, ferocious wounds on your body, clearly an unlawful intruder who has sneaked into the academy.]

[The male Student is about to shout loudly, but your eyes flash cold and you suddenly reach out to seize his neck. A slight twist of your fingers snaps it.]

[You have defeated the Knowledge-Seeking Branch Association Academy Student. Your experience increases slightly.]

[Knowledge-Seeking Branch Association Academy Student: Anyone able to enter Leon Academy under the Direct Vision School Branch Association is without exception a scion of rich noble houses. The male Student is one such youth. For some reason, he is in the washroom in the middle of class… Compatibility: 147%(+65%).]

[Will you possess this Shell?]

[You suddenly hear footsteps outside the washroom, coming nearer and nearer.]

[Realizing something is wrong, you immediately choose to possess him.]

[You possess the Shell of the Knowledge-Seeking Branch Association Academy Student.]

[The washroom door is pushed open and a pretty female Student squeezes in.]

[She sees you still standing there in a daze and immediately shoves you back into the stall. Lifting her skirt, she says softly in irritation…]

[Idiot, hurry up. Class is still in session. If we take too long, the mentor will get suspicious.]

Lin Xun was stunned. Even Students in another world played this wild?