I guard the prisoners.ĭrowned? Yes, I remember! The water rushing in, everybody running. I think I am Turnkey Shiji? Is that right? Yes, I am Turnkey Shiji. One more ghost appears, wearing a different uniform. well, more dead, the remaining convicts bow to us and show their respect for our abilities (and probably their gratitude for someone finally taking out the fat man).

This can be a really tough fight your first time through because of the gimmick, and I wouldn't be surprised if this was where many players had their first death. Like the Stabber Yuxi fight, this one was also a bit on the overly long and boring side (I spent entirely too much time dodging and giving myself space with area attacks) so I'm not including a video. Avoiding his gigantic haymakers is also recommended.Ī strong fireball takes care of the Strangler. Without his little helpers, Strangler Jizu is fairly harmless and it just takes a bit of time to whittle down his health. What you want to do here is beat up the convict ghosts until they stop appearing. Here's a better look at his special ability. Last time I accidentally said Stabber Yuxi had this gimmick, but I was thinking of this fight about five minutes later. The convict ghosts' second job is to have their essence absorbed by Strangler Jizu, which fully heals him. First one is to pester us so Jizu can sit back and shoot fire at us while we fend them off.ĭoesn't really matter what they do, because we've got Jizu on the ropes and just need to get a few more hits in. Jizu fights with two convict ghosts on his side, and they have two jobs to do here. He attacks with Dire Flame and also punches quite hard, but those things aren't what makes this fight kind of tough. Strangler Jizu is the boss of this very minor side area. And now you join Strangler Jizu's subjects. People leave Strangler Jizu and other prisoners to die. As you can probably tell, he's strong but not overly bright. Here's Strangler Jizu, another convict ghost. If you guessed 'another ghost appears', you win nothing because that was extremely obvious. Of course, we run into another cutscene as soon as we enter this area. The quarry is really just a hallway leading to a larger chamber, nothing much of interest in here.Īnd this is as far as we can go. Apparently a guard showed up, but Stabber Yuxi (a highly trustworthy source, I know) thought he had just come to mock them. In case you don't remember, all the prisoners drowned during the flood because nobody would help them. Let's just get rid of these idiots and move on. They can do some damage with Ice Shard, but it's nothing we haven't seen before. These guys are just regular old convict ghosts, the same kind we've fought many times now. Obviously it would've been a bit of a dick move if we suddenly found ourselves low on HP due to an unavoidable attack during a cutscene, but now that whole scene doesn't really serve any purpose at all.

The strange thing about that cutscene ambush is the fact we lost absolutely no health. Wu gets hit with an acute case of cutscene stupidity and loss of peripheral vision, so this convict ghost ambushes us from behind. As the ghost of Stabber Yuxi told us, the quarry belongs to the convicts now and they're not happy to see us on their turf. Looks like some of the spectral convicts of old Tien's Landing were waiting for us. We barely manage to take ten steps before running into a cutscene. He wasn't only talking about the Soft Petal we found, there are a couple more gems we can grab in here.

The friendly rat demon we met last time mentioned some gems behind the wall we blew up. Our next stop is the old quarry, a side area we'll be visiting before we head onwards to the dam proper. Our job is to close the Great Dam and locate the Dragon Amulet piece hidden here, but the Lotus Assassins and the Imperial soldiers under their command aren't making things easy for us.

Last time, we ventured into the ruins of old Tien's Landing. Part 14: The Jade Heart Episode 13: The Jade Heart

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