[Inside the storage room, Sage Osborn hears the sound of your footsteps fading into the distance. It does not act rashly, but closes its eyes and quietly senses with mental power.]

[Only after confirming that you have indeed left this place does it dare to step out of the protection range of the Knowledge Barrier.]

[It stomps its foot in unwillingness, secretly hating that it failed to stop you.]

[Sage Osborn remembers that several fellow sages are still outside fighting the starborn monsters. It hurries forward in big strides, preparing to pull open the main door and leave the storage room…]

[Just as it pulls the door open, a flicker of light shines down from the top of the doorframe.]

[As a demigod level sage, it naturally knows that this is the glow of a trap device being triggered.]

[And the trap device that suddenly appeared at the entrance of the storage room is most likely something that the True God’s Envoy, who just left this place, set up to deal with it.]

[Sage Osborn is greatly shocked and immediately tries to raise its staff, to raise a Knowledge Barrier to protect its entire body…]

[But at this moment, the teleportation light has already enveloped its whole body…]

[Sage Osborn curses angrily, and with a flash of white teleportation light, its figure vanishes from the storage room entrance, forcibly teleported to some unknown place…] 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

[…]

[The Teleportation Trap Device you set up has been triggered and activated!]

Lin Xun revealed a satisfied smile.

He actually had not gone far at all. If the painting of the Starlight Cage and the teleportation trap device were separated by more than one kilometer, it would fail to activate due to excessive distance.

He quickly rushed back to the storage room. As expected, that Sage Osborn was nowhere to be seen.

The painting slung over his shoulder had quite high delay. Although Sage Osborn’s figure had not yet appeared in the picture, Lin Xun was already certain that this guy was now imprisoned inside the painting.

He took the Teleportation Trap Device down from the doorframe, intending to use it a second time.

This thing could truly be called a divine tool for ambushing people. If the target was unprepared, even a demigod level powerhouse could not escape forced teleportation.

He did not believe that any sage would keep a magic shield up even while eating, drinking, and going to the bathroom.

After retrieving the Teleportation Trap Device, Lin Xun discovered that the remaining energy of the device had dropped from 50/100 to 0/100.

The item description showed that the device’s energy was exhausted and it could no longer be set or used again.

“I will go find Master Coleman at the workshop later. As a legendary master who crafts refined copper devices, he will definitely know a way to restore the device’s energy.”

[Outside the corridor windows, the sages are still locked in fierce battle with the evil star god in order to protect the academy. They have not summoned the prophet far away in the Imperial Capital again, as the summoning magic formation seems to have some kind of limitation.]

[Sinister and treacherous Apostle, what is your next move?]

[1. While the sages are still battling the evil star god, you can quietly slip out of the academy with the Starlight Cage and Sage Osborn inside it, then slowly torture him later.]

[2. Find a corner to lie in ambush. When the battle between the sages and the evil star god reaches its most intense point, look for a chance to strike at the sages. If you can take the opportunity to kill a few of them, you will greatly weaken the power of the Direct Vision Association.]

[3. Stay in the storage room. The battle between the sages and the evil star god will not end in a short time. You can break the defensive magic formations on the storage cabinets and stuff every lootable collection into your pockets, then escape the academy.]

Lin Xun narrowed his eyes, thoughts flashing rapidly.

At this moment he absolutely had to remain in the academy, because the reason the sages were blocking the evil star god was to protect the academy and protect the many young students.

If he were to flee the academy now… do not forget, the evil star god’s target of pursuit was him. If he fled the academy, the evil star god would definitely chase after him.

Then it would become Lin Xun facing the powerful evil god alone…

He did not click any of the options, but instead tapped the painting and directly teleported into the Starlight Cage.

[Teleporting…]

[…]

[…]

[Teleportation successful!]

[Teleportation successful!]

[You open your eyes and find yourself within a cold and silent darkness of the void. Not far away, cages of all sizes float like shattered stars…]

[More than a hundred cages are completely empty. The remaining few demons inside had long since died under your sword.]

[You control the disc of starlight under your feet, drifting toward the largest cage in the distance…]

[That gigantic cage which once imprisoned the Abyss Goat-Horn Demon now holds only a single tiny person.]

[Once you get close, you see clearly that the one repeatedly attacking the cage, trying to break free of his restraints, is Sage Osborn.]

[It clearly also sees your approach. It stops its meaningless struggling, its eyes full of coldness and hatred…]

Lin Xun could not be bothered to waste words on this guy and directly entered the cage to launch a frenzied attack on him.

If his prediction was correct, the mythic+ grade defensive spell Sage Osborn had used before definitely did not come from himself, but from a Stored Spell Treasure Ring.

This sage himself at most only possessed mythic grade skills and spells.

Just now Sage Osborn had already burned through the spells in his treasure ring. If it did not have some other method, it could only die with resentment under the savage attacks of the Desire Primordial Fire Child of Evil.

[…]

[Under your repeated slashes, the Knowledge Barrier shatters in an instant.]

[Sage Osborn knows that he has fallen into a desperate situation. His face twists with ferocity as he roars that the President originally had a strict order that the True God’s Envoy’s life cannot be harmed.]

[But you forced him into this. Even if you die at his hands, it is your own fault.]

[As it retreats, another Knowledge Barrier rises around it. Taking advantage of this, it takes out a parchment scroll covered in characters from its robe.]

[Sage Osborn tears open his robe collar in one move, revealing the huge eye on his chest.]

[Under the gaze of the giant eye, the scroll turns to ash. Countless characters spew out from within…]

[Suddenly, every hair on your body stands on end. An extremely dangerous feeling surges into your heart.]

[You say nothing and immediately retreat, decisively using your authority to leave the large cage…]

[Your front foot has barely stepped out of the cage when the characters erupt in a blinding burst of light.]

[A thunderous boom shakes the air.]

[The explosion of spell energy rampages throughout the entire cage, causing the cage formed of starlight to dim rapidly and sway as if about to collapse.]

[Fortunately you ran quickly. If you had remained inside, under a spell this powerful your body would have been completely annihilated.]

[At last, the spell energy subsides and all light dies away.]

[Sage Osborn sees you standing just outside the cage safe and sound, without a single wound on your body. He collapses to the ground powerlessly, closing his eyes in despair.]

[You enter the cage again, raise the Scarlet King’s Sword, and ruthlessly slice across his neck.]

[Blood spurts. He clutches his throat and falls, the light of life in his eyes dimming and vanishing…]

[You have defeated Knowledge-Seeking Direct Vision Branch Association Sage Osborn. Your experience value increases dramatically!]

[The power within the shell begins to boil. The Shell Level of the Starrealm Envoy Who Gazes Upward increases. Current Shell Level: 121.]

[You have obtained Small Fragment of World Wandering Spirit Essence x1.]

[You have obtained Scroll Recording Knowledge Spells (Mythic item).]

[You have obtained Knowledge Sea Magic Formation Controller (Special item).]

[You have obtained Mana Source Stone Fragment (Special item).]