Through repeated trial and error, Zhong Yi had actually already found the most basic way to clear the mission.
Stay hidden, find the right moment, and kill each guard with a single strike when he was alone.
Sneak silently all the way to the final Boss room.
But he had also discovered a more interesting solution.
It started when Zhong Yi was thinking about the wonders of the Illusion Realm and remembered the bustling town outside.
After loading his save, he did not rush to tackle the mission. Instead, on a whim, he took a few more laps around town.
Besides the tavern where he could accept missions, there were plenty of other locations he could interact with.
For instance, the underground Black Market, where he could craft items and buy tools.
After looking into it, he immediately found himself drawn to all the strange and unusual tools there.
If he could not send a brick flying through sheer force, then he would win with his wits.
Otherwise known as assassination.
Planting venomous parasites, poisoning, setting up formations, laying traps...
Every trick in an assassin's arsenal could be found here.
At this point, Zhong Yi's reputation in the Black Market was very low, so the tools and items he could unlock were fairly basic.
And so he chose the method that relied least on reputation—
Poisoning.
The Blow Dart Tube and packet of silvery-gray powder he held now were the fruits of his painstaking research.
"Junior Brother Lu's Illusion Realm is really interesting... there are probably all sorts of ways to solve this mission!"
Zhong Yi explained to everyone with a smile, then crept over to a ventilation opening.
This was a vent in the Central Pavilion where Zhang San was located. The pavilion was heavily secured and packed with