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Watching the death screen before him, Zhang Yi felt utterly miserable. He had fought his way here through countless clashes, after all. He had suffered who knew how much along the way, and as he explored the game, he had felt that his combat ability had become incomparable to what it once was.

The last time he had been beaten into the ground was three years ago at Hirata Estate, when he encountered the traitorous Great Shinobi Owl from three years earlier.

It had to be said that many players in the game called Genichiro Ashina a total scumbag.

But Zhang Yi felt that the one who truly deserved that title was Great Shinobi Owl, that owl.

Unable to beat his opponent, he had one dirty trick after another.

Shuriken, forbidden medicine flasks, poison flasks, Smoke Grenades, and fireworks—he used every underhanded method imaginable.

And after Great Shinobi Owl entered his second phase three years ago, he even had that disappearing owl trick. He was scummy to the extreme.

So when fighting Great Shinobi Owl, whether it was three years ago or three years later, Zhang Yi had suffered immensely.

But now, facing Isshin Ashina, all Zhang Yi felt was endless pressure.

Throughout the entire fight, he had only landed two hits on Isshin Ashina.

"If I keep fighting like this, whittling down his health bar is practically impossible. The only way is to fill his Posture Bar."

Combining his own abilities with his assessment of Isshin from that brief exchange, Zhang Yi had a rough idea of what he was up against.

Compared with the previous bosses, Isshin Ashina's strength was simply on a completely different level.

Of course, in the plaza where he had fought Gyoubu Oniwa earlier, Zhang Yi had also seen a terrifying beast-like monster: the