I raised stunning young ladies, but they all wanted to possess me.

What kind of place is the Prime Minister's house?

He was almost the most powerful person in the Great Xia Dynasty.

The defenses are tight and the area is teeming with skilled fighters.

The person who can open the door to this secret realm is definitely not an ordinary person.

He took a deep breath and shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind.

Now is not the time to think about these things; survival comes first.

He looked around; the dark red sky seemed to press down on him.

The bone-corroding vines had climbed from the wall to the ground and were wriggling at his feet.

He stared at the vines for two seconds, then moved three steps to the left.

On the left is a stone slab that has not completely collapsed, which is higher than the surrounding area.

Standing here, there is a half-collapsed wall behind you, and there are escape routes on the left and right.

Directly in front is an open area where you can see the farthest distance.

This is the best defensive position he can find.

The deep roar in the distance grew closer and closer.

The ground was shaking and the gravel was bouncing.

Something is approaching from the depths of the secret realm, heading this way.

Gu Yan drew the Demon-Suppressing Blade from her waist; the blade gleamed with a cold, dark light under the crimson glow.

He held the knife horizontally in front of him without striking any fancy poses.

Pei Zhanyue taught him swordsmanship for several days, but he knew that his greatest weapon was not the sword.

It is an eye. It is a mirror flower imperial seal.

His pupils lit up with a seven-colored light once again.

This time it wasn't a passive stress response, but rather something he actively initiated.

The purpose of fully opening the Mirror Flower Imperial Seal is not to create illusions, but to gather information.

The seven-colored light flowed and reflected layer upon layer deep within the pupils.

The distant scene is zoomed in and magnified, like a camera zooming in.

The sound was amplified, and the details of the distant roar reached my ears.

He could detect the frequency of the ground vibrations and feel the pattern of the vibrations under his feet.

The flow of air, the direction of odors, and changes in temperature.

All senses were amplified to the extreme by the supernatural power.

This is the true purpose of the Mirror Flower Imperial Seal; it's not just about creating illusions.

You can also control your five senses to see, hear, and feel more.

Pei Zhanyue once said something when he was teaching him swordsmanship.

The truly strong are not the ones with the greatest strength, but those who see things most clearly.

If you can clearly see your opponent's movements, you can dodge them.

Once you clearly see your opponent's weakness, you can hit them.

If you can see the battlefield clearly, you can survive.

Gu Yan is doing this right now.

He was seeing the secret realm clearly, seeing the strange beasts clearly, and seeing his own situation clearly.

Those red dots in the distance are getting closer and closer.

Ten, twenty, thirty, densely packed.

His pupils shone even brighter with their seven-colored light.

The camera zoomed in further, revealing the shapes of those things before his eyes.

It has a human form but no skin; its entire body is made of dark red muscles.

The muscles were covered with black lines that looked like blood vessels or cracks.

Their heads have no eyes, only two dark, hollow holes.

Its mouth is split open to the base of its ears, revealing rows of teeth like a shark's.

Their hands are very long, with sharp bone spurs at the tips, like five daggers.

The feet have reverse joints, like a dog's, and every step is a bounce.

It was very fast, much faster than a person could run, like a gust of wind.

Gu Yan's mind began to rapidly search for information.

The Bone Eater.

It is recorded in the Da Xia Library.

Low-level alien beasts in the Black Tide Secret Realm.

They are fast and powerful, but lack sight, relying on sound and smell to track their prey.

There is no vision. This information is extremely important.

The Mirror Flower Imperial Seal can not only amplify one's own senses but also manipulate the five senses of others.

Since the Bone Eater has no sight, it can control one less thing.

But hearing and smell are still enough.

He began to calculate rapidly.

Thirty Bone Eaters charged at him; how many could his ability cover simultaneously?

At the banquet last time, he simultaneously controlled the vision of the gambling king.

But that's because he needed to manipulate the game so that the gambling king would see a fake hand.

Precise control and range coverage are two different concepts.

Precise control requires concentration and can only deal with one or two people at a time.

The coverage doesn't need to be too precise; it just needs to disorient them.

He estimated that he should be able to cover more than a dozen at the same time without any problem.

The remaining dozen or so can only be dealt with by knife.

He switched the knife to his right hand and took a handkerchief out of his pocket with his left.

Tear the handkerchief in half and stuff it into your nostrils.

The Bone Eater tracks him by smell, with the scent of blood and sweat being its primary target.

Blocking your nostrils won't completely block out odors, but it can at least reduce them somewhat.

He picked up two more pebbles from the ground and held them in his left hand.

We can throw the pebbles in different directions to make sounds later.

Distract the bone-eating creatures.

His mind was still racing, but there wasn't a trace of panic on his face.

It's not that I'm not afraid, but that I'm afraid of being useless.

He has been dancing on the edge of a knife ever since he transmigrated into this world.

The Lin family, the Chen family, the empire, and the heretics—each side could take his life.

He survived to this day not because of luck, but because of his intelligence.

He is actually calmer when he is afraid; that's his talent.

Thirty Bone Eaters rushed to within fifty meters.

Gu Yan moved.

Instead of standing still, he ran five steps to the right.

The gravel crunched beneath his feet, and the heads of the Bone Eaters all turned toward him.

Their hearing is extremely sensitive.

Gu Yan flicked her left hand and sent two pieces of gravel flying in different directions.

One piece hit the broken wall on the left, and another flew towards the ground in the distance.

The two snapping sounds were exceptionally clear in the quiet, secluded place.

The Bone Eater's ranks were thrown into chaos instantly.

Half of them rushed to the left, and the other half ran far away.

The thirty Bone Eaters split into two waves of a dozen or so each.

His plan worked.

But he didn't relax because there were still more than a dozen rushing towards him.

His pupils flashed with seven-colored light again, but this time it wasn't for gathering information.

Instead, they took the initiative.

The Mirror Flower Imperial Seal's range is fully opened.

His superpower spread out like an invisible net, enveloping the dozen or so Bone Eaters.

It's not precise manipulation, it's just the simplest interference.

Displace the sounds they hear by a few meters and make the smells they perceive less intense.

The effect wasn't significant, but it was enough.

The Bone Eater at the forefront suddenly slowed down.

The footsteps it heard were on its left, but it felt something was off.

It hesitated for a moment, then slowed its pace.

The Bone Eaters from behind crashed into them, and the two collided and rolled on the ground.

The entire assault formation was thrown into disarray.

Gu Yan seized the opportunity and rushed forward, slashing the shoulder of the nearest Bone Eater with her sword.

The blade sank half an inch in, and black liquid spurted out and splashed onto his hand.

Without stopping, he drew his knife and swept it horizontally, slashing at the neck of the second animal.

The second one screamed and flailed its claws wildly.

Gu Yan took two steps back to avoid the claw.

His breathing was steady and his heartbeat was steady.

Every strike was a basic movement taught to him by Pei Zhanyue.

The chopping, stabbing, and thrusting techniques are all basic and without any fancy moves.

But his positioning was always spot-on.

To the left is a wall, to the right is a pile of rubble, and in front is the Bone Eater.

He put himself in a position where he could only face the enemy head-on.

No matter how many Bone Eaters there are, they can only charge at you from the front once, at most two or three at a time.

That's the advantage of having a good brain.