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Ahead was a city gate, with a soldier standing guard.

Beside the muddy path leading to the gate were reeds reaching waist-height. If one crouched down, they could probably sneak past and assassinate the soldier. However, Stone felt that dealing with a mere soldier didn't warrant an assassination!

He walked towards the soldier in a carefree manner. Upon seeing him, the soldier immediately drew his sword from his waist and charged forward!

Stone raised his sword horizontally in front of his chest, adopting a defensive stance. However, instead of swinging his sword, the soldier kicked out, sending him stumbling backward!

Stone felt a little frustrated. He had just performed a stylish assassination and wanted to maintain that cool image, but now he was kicked by a grunt, with the audience watching!

It felt like driving a luxurious Lamborghini and being overtaken by a dirty van that sprayed exhaust fumes in his face!

"Die!"

Stone tried to jump up and attack, but as soon as he was in the air, the soldier slashed downwards, sending him flying into the reeds!

He quickly rolled to his feet and rushed at the soldier, hacking at him with several slashes. The soldier blocked with his sword, but his posture gauge was short. After two 'clangs,' it filled up, and Wolf grabbed his shoulder, a blade slicing across his throat. Amidst the spurting blood, the soldier's body collapsed forward powerlessly.

"Oh, nice!" Little Lei cheered.

When Stone was slashed by the soldier earlier, the audience didn't react much. It was his first time playing, so mistakes were normal.

However, Stone felt uneasy, a bad feeling creeping up. What was this? Shouldn't grunts be easily dispatched like cutting vegetables? How did a single grunt take away a quarter of his health bar with one strike?

And when he initially raised his sword to block, the soldier even kicked him! When he attacked, the soldier would block. Was this actually a mini-elite?

Reaching the city gate, Stone immediately spotted what looked like two grunts. Having experienced the previous fight, Stone didn't dare to be careless. He launched his grappling hook, flew onto the city gate, crouched down, and rotated the camera to observe carefully.

Turning his head, he saw a rifleman standing on the high platform to the left of the city gate, positioned extremely deviously. If he charged straight in, he would definitely be shot by a surprise attack.

He needed to take care of this one first!

Stone launched his grappling hook, jumped onto the roof ahead, and then leaped to grab the edge of the high platform. He moved his hands alternately, shifting to below the rifleman.

A deep red dot appeared. He pressed the Shinobi Execution button, and Wolf plunged his sword into the monster's back, throwing the corpse down before climbing onto the high platform.

Little Lei commentated: "Yes, like just now, if you can sneak behind the enemy unnoticed, you can perform a Shinobi Execution! This can save a lot of combat time."

After taking care of this enemy, Stone saw a familiar figure, the general wearing a black horned helmet and a red cloak from the trailer.

A tutorial tip popped up: "'Sabre Arts' are attacks targeting the torso. By attacking or deflecting, you can damage the enemy's posture, causing them to lose balance and allowing for a Shinobi Execution."

Little Lei said: "Oh! This 'Sabre Arts' must be what everyone is calling 'clashing swords'!"

The audience also became excited, finally about to see the spectacular clashing swords!

"Go Stone, go!"

"Clash swords, clash swords!"

The general appeared composed, holding his sword upright in a stance that was both offensive and defensive, seemingly looking for an opportunity to attack. Stone tentatively threw a shuriken, which was immediately swatted away by the general's sword!

Shurikens are a function of the Prosthetic Arm. In the full version, you need to collect items and find the Sculptor to unlock them, but they are already unlocked in the demo.

The grunt was not so polite, charging straight at him with his sword, yelling with great vigor, and slashing down!

Stone tried to jump to dodge but was too late and was directly hit. The grunt followed up with a backhand slash, a two-hit combo, and Wolf was knocked to the ground, with only a quarter of his health bar remaining!

"Holy crap! What is this monster!"

Stone frantically rolled backward to escape, trying to heal, but was grazed by a follow-up attack, leaving him with only a sliver of health!

He scrambled to create some distance, tilted his head back, and drank two gulps from his gourd, finally restoring his health to full.

The audience was stunned, buzzing with discussion!

"Stone's gameplay is so terrible!"

"I thought he was going to fight the general to the death, but a grunt almost killed him!"

"The funniest news from the game expo is about to appear: Guest plays 'Sekiro' and is beaten to a pulp by a grunt!"

"But it's easy to kill if you don't get hit, and you can deflect with your sword. It's purely because the guest is bad."

Little Lei was also a little embarrassed: "Um... well... this grunt's attack power is a bit high?"

After replenishing his health, Stone had a plan in mind. He broke free from the encirclement of the general and the grunt and ran away.

The general was more cautious, waiting for the grunt to catch up first, then dealing with the grunt!

Sure enough, the general stopped ten meters away and slowly approached with his sword raised, while the grunt charged mindlessly. Stone slashed at the grunt twice, filling his posture gauge and immediately executing him.

With only the general left, Stone could finally focus on the enemy without distractions, carefully watching the general's movements!

"Yah!"

The general jumped into the air, delivering a powerful downward slash that was deflected by Wolf's sword, creating a shower of sparks!

Stone slashed at the general twice, but they were also blocked!

After a few exchanges, he noticed that the general's posture gauge only filled up to half before starting to decrease, seemingly impossible to break his defense!

Stone's mind raced: "Could it be that I need to attack more aggressively?"

"Hah!"

After a few more exchanges, the general suddenly erupted, his downward slash deflected, his right foot stepping forward half a step, and two swift horizontal slashes landed, making dull thuds as they connected, instantly depleting his health bar!

Following up with a two-handed grip, lunging forward, his upper body leaning forward, he thrust his sword forward with force in a devastating stab!

Wolf's body flew out like a sack, rolling twice on the ground, lying there weakly, letting out a reluctant groan.

On the screen, a 'Death' message slowly appeared.

The camera panned up to the general, who calmly and nonchalantly slid his sword back into its sheath, turning and leaving without a glance at Wolf's corpse.

This monster is so strong!

Stone had an awkward but polite smile on his face.

He then began to think about a problem. According to the planned schedule, the demo time was half an hour, and he was supposed to reach the monk on the Maple Leaf Bridge!

Given this situation, could he even make it there?

Some audience members were stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing!

"Hahahaha!!!"

"He failed after only five minutes of playing!"

Some audience members were deeply shocked, letting out low gasps of surprise!

"Whoa, a one-shot kill!"

"In the trailer, it was all about clashing swords, but this feels a bit different?"

"Is this game a bit hardcore?"