"I can only try treating a dead horse as though it were still alive..." Xiao Yan murmured as he took out a Heart Demon Pill and slipped it into his mouth. Immediately, his eyes turned eerily like black holes. This was the pseudo-heart demon state activated by the Heart Demon Pill.
Entering the pseudo-heart demon state did not increase Xiao Yan's spiritual power at all, but it placed him in a state of absolute calm. In this state, he could use every scrap of strength within him to its fullest extent. Moreover, when faced with certain death, that rationality could help him uncover a thread of survival within a land of death.
With the absolute calm granted by the pseudo-heart demon state and his own keen perception, Xiao Yan soon noticed that the two dim red lights in the Dragon Bone Guard's eye sockets shifted as he moved. Could this fellow still see even after death? Or... was he sensing my position through some other means?
Seeing the Dragon Bone Guard pounce again, Xiao Yan willed the black-and-white Life and Death Ancestral Symbol to emerge. It swiftly formed a gray barrier of light around his entire body. The instant the barrier took shape, the Dragon Bone Guard froze in place. He looked around in confusion, seemingly trying to locate Xiao Yan, yet Xiao Yan was right in front of him and had not moved a single step.
Watching the dragon-shaped skeleton spin aimlessly in place like a headless fly, Xiao Yan let out a soft breath of relief. His guess had apparently been correct. These Dragon Bone Guards had been dead for many years, so naturally, they could no longer possess sight. They actually locked onto their targets by sensing the vitality emanating from them.
What Xiao Yan had done