Spirit Cloud Sect, Qingfeng Pavilion.
The four gathered once more in Zhong Yi's Illusion Gaming Room.
"Junior Brother Lu made another Illusion Realm? This one looks so serious!"
When someone focused their Spiritual Sense on an Illusion Crystal Stone, glimpses of the Illusion Realm appeared. It was a display Spell Lu Ze had devised in his spare time, much like the preview images from his previous life.
The realistic scene was rather dark, with countless flashes of blades and swords sweeping across it. Zhong Yi's anticipation surged.
"One look and you can tell it's all about fighting. Old Zhong, can you even take part?"
Zhou Yue immediately began teasing him.
"Pah... What the hell are you talking about? This time, it doesn't just seal off cultivation. Even your understanding of the Dao gets temporarily cut off inside. We're all starting at the same line, so don't underestimate me, all right?"
Zhong Yi refused to take that lying down, then looked at Zhou Qiaoling in puzzlement.
"Speaking of which... didn't Junior Sister Qiaoling swear she'd never play a combat Illusion Realm? Why is she here this time...?"
Zhou Qiaoling's idea of fun differed from most people's.
Fighting and killing meant nothing to her. She needed the thrill of making money and hunting treasure to keep playing.
Aside from team-based Illusion Realms like Immortal-Demon Supremacy and Naraka: Bladepoint, she flatly refused to touch solo combat Illusion Realms.
And Sekiro's labels were perfectly clear.
[Solo], [Cultivation], [Swordsmanship].
Besides those, there was a baffling [Soul] tag that Zhong Yi couldn't make heads or tails of.
Any one of those labels should have driven Zhou Qiaoling away, so Zhong Yi couldn't imagine why she had shown up.
"Her? She's been neglecting her sword practice lately and made Elder Liu of Sword Inquiry Peak