The Disguised Everworld Guide NPC Xiangliu! The Reveal: You May Call Me Ten Thousand Eyes!

I almost let my guard down.

Upon hearing the words "all of you," Uesugi Tetsu immediately followed up with several incomprehensible sounds, blurring the two sentences he had just spoken.

This cloud mist alone was truly no match for him, so he had become a little bloated with confidence.

I shouldn't. I shouldn't.

--When did this vertical pupil appear?!

--Why didn't I sense it at all?!

In its brief stupor, the cloud mist failed to distinguish those two sentences from the countless indistinct mutterings. It only instinctively felt fear beneath the gaze of the golden-red vertical pupil.

It then retreated explosively to the entrance of the present world, "staring" fixedly at the single eye Uesugi Tetsu had revealed.

"What is this thing?!"

The cloud mist's thoughts spun rapidly.

After realizing that Uesugi Tetsu's eye was neither moving erratically nor doing anything to it, the shock in its mind gradually faded.

In its place came wariness and scrutiny after sensing the powerful aura.

The cloud mist fell silent for a moment before speaking in a hoarse voice:

"You... esteemed sir, what manner of existence are you? Why are you staying here?"

The vertical pupil stared fixedly at the cloud mist without answering.

The atmosphere gradually stiffened.

In reality, Uesugi Tetsu was simply taking time to stack curse layers.

If this guy is one of the Correct Ones, he's absurdly weak, Uesugi Tetsu thought. My preliminary estimate is that he couldn't even beat two hundred of my eyes.

One had to know that the increase in power of "Ten Thousand Eyes · Candlelight Yin" was not linear in relation to the number of eyes.

For roughly every additional one or two hundred eyes, Uesugi Tetsu could easily crush his former self.

*I wonder whether it's just cannon fodder sent to scout ahead,