Most of the countless scenes above the Limitless Sword Domain were stuck at Yamauchi Shigenori.
It wasn't that this enemy was particularly hard to beat. The cultivators simply hadn't adjusted to the rhythm of attack and defense in Sekiro.
Even in Lu Ze's previous life, plenty of players who had played Dark Souls got thrashed by Yamauchi Shigenori a few times before they caught on.
The Sword Cultivators were no different.
On one hand, they felt the enemy before them posed no threat. On the other, they completely overlooked the fact that their sword skills had been reset to zero.
Charge in recklessly, and a single Deflect would teach them a painful lesson.
Do nothing but defend, and they would be forced entirely onto the back foot.
Thus, even the mighty Grand Elder of the Limitless Sword Sect, Chen Yuan, was stuck at Yamauchi Shigenori.
On the Viewing Terrace above the Limitless Sword Domain, quite a few cultivators gathered before Chen Yuan's Illusion Realm, pointing at the battle playing out within it.
"He died again! Elder Chen has it rough!"
"Huh... Elder Chen couldn't dodge such crude swordplay?"
"This is Old Devil Lu's Illusion Realm. What does cultivation have to do with it? True Disciple Zhong of the Spirit Cloud Sect was a bona fide Transformation God Realm cultivator, and he still couldn't beat a Qi Refining cultivator in there!"
"It isn't even about cultivation anymore. Elder Chen doesn't seem to notice the glaring openings in those moves!"
"They say this Illusion Realm cuts off one's understanding of the sword... Can it really make that much difference?"
"That can't be right! I saw a Limitless Sword Sect disciple beat him on the first try..."
Listening to the cultivators question Chen Yuan and watching Chen Yuan's face turn beet red