Li Moran's Illusion Realm world.
What would "Sekiro" look like when a beginner, without searching for tutorials, consulting guides, or watching videos, defeated Genichiro Ashina in the scripted-loss encounter through talent alone?
The answer was a dimensional crushing.
For a very long stretch, at least, every elite and boss would look no different from ordinary mobs to that player.
That was precisely the state Li Moran was in.
After defeating Genichiro Ashina, she had made it straight to Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa without dying once, taking less than fifteen minutes altogether.
The only slightly difficult opponent had been Headless, who had battered Zhou Yue so badly that he saw the word "Noob."
Headless's strength lay in his mechanics.
And Zhong Yi had already made public the method of overcoming those mechanics without Divine Confetti.
Even though Li Moran had blocked the livestream's danmu, she had heard everyone discussing it at the Limitless Sword Domain.
So Headless had not given her much trouble either. She had merely died a dozen or so times before clearing the fight without taking damage.
When she emerged from that gloomy Cave, Li Moran looked down at Kusabimaru in her hand with little enthusiasm.
Her expression practically said, Life truly is as lonely as snow.
She lingered there for a while, then sent Lu Ze a private message: "Are there no decent opponents here?"
"I really never expected you to be a Jiaxin too..."
Upon receiving the message, Lu Ze smiled and shook his head.
Since even Headless could not stump Li Moran, it would be difficult for anyone else to impede her at this stage before she encountered Genichiro fighting seriously.
That was not a good thing.
After all, Lu Ze was counting on Li Moran to produce rewards.
As everyone knew, the skills rewarded by